BTS Sickfics

Jimin has a Diabetic Emergency

requested by anonymous :-)

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Taehyung's POV -

I really do love being home in Korea. Shame I'm in London right now. Still, the Victorian buildings here are lovely, as the Brits say, and, in between our schedules and concerts, I've enjoyed wandering the streets with Jimin and Hoseok hyung. It's pretty early in the day, and we have our last concert here tomorrow, as well as one today, before we travel into mainland Europe. We don't stray far from the stadium, since when it's light outside we're more likely to be recognised. A few times now, I've seen peoples' eyes light up when they catch me or the other two, but they either just wave shyly and keep walking, or pretend they haven't noticed at all. We really appreciate this, since, outside of the concerts, we are just normal people, acting like tourists and trying to take as many pictures as we can before we go home.

I'm surprised it took us so long to come to London. It seems like one of the main places every single artist goes to when they're going on tour, due to it being a popular destination for other concert goers if a concert doesn't land in their country.

Jimin looks down at his watch, which doubles as a glucose monitor. Jimin has had Type 1 Diabetes since he was a very young child, and has had a monitor for it since, due to the fact that his blood sugar levels suddenly drop after exercising. The stylists have been pretty good with it, by making coloured straps or bejewelling it, so that it matches whatever outfit he's wearing. Although Jimin has never openly discussed it, many ARMY recognised the watch shape, and worked out that it was for diabetes.

Despite Jimin knowing his body well, and has managed to pull himself through 24 years of life so far, he doesn't really take care of his diabetes. We all know that he finds the constant monitoring and the injections a strain, but he often gets careless, by leaving behind his glucose tabs, or waiting until his watch alerts him that he needs sugar. However, he does carry lots of sugary snacks and drinks around in his bag, which help level him out. Even if he is a little careless with his diabetes, he doesn't want to get himself seriously sick.

Jimin suffers more with hypoglycemia than hyperglycemia. That means that his blood sugar levels drop, instead of rise, if he doesn't get his insulin shots or doesn't take in a lot of sugar. He's had an 'attack' before, last year (the first time he'd ever had one since being in Bangtan), where he suddenly just got all shaky, and fainted before he could get to sit. An ambulance was called for him, but we managed to lift his sugars up again before they arrived. He was checked over, but was fine. At that time we realised that we didn't really know what to do, so PDnim gave us lots of training. Although it's not happened since, we feel like we could stay calm if it did.

"How are you looking?" Hoseok asks, peering at Jimin's watch.

"Oh. I was just checking the time." He flicks over to his glucose monitor, waiting for it to load up properly. "Four point four."

The average sugar level is between 4-6mmol, but Jimin's rests a little higher than what's 'normal', so Jimin is only just hypoglycemic. "You wanna grab something to eat from a cafe somewhere?" I ask.

Jimin just shrugs, switching the watch back. Hoseok looks up at him. "You need a snack, honey. Or you'll get sick."

"We have a staff meeting in ten minutes. We'll have food then. No use using my snacks if I know I'm about to eat."

I gasp, bringing my own watch to my face quickly. "Shit, where's the time gone? Let's get back, fast, before we're late."

We end up running. By the time we get into the office, Jimin's watch is making a loud beeping sound, and although I can't see, feel or hear it, I know it'll be vibrating. It's a worrying sound, but none of us bat an eyelid, as the alarm goes off at least once a day, usually during a dance practice. Like I said, Jimin doesn't keep on track of his blood levels.