Dancing With The Devil

wake up.

Jungkook's POV

I walked back into the hospital leaving Yoongi hyung to sit on the bench by himself. He was probably going to fall asleep there anyway. Namjoon, Taehyung, and Hobi sat in the waiting room.

"Is there an update?" I asked.

"They took her for emergency surgery. They said it wasn't looking good" Hobi answered.

"Where's Jimin hyung?"

"He's still in his room" Taehyung answered. I nodded my head and walked into the room that Jimin was being treated.

"If you're gonna attack me again, please just leave," he said as I approach. The doctor had left him sitting on the hospital bed by himself, his arm in a brace and a few stitches and bandaids on his face and neck.

"How's the arm?" I asked.

"It's fine. It's just a fracture. Doc said to keep this brace on for a few weeks"

"Look, man, I'm sorry about before"

"Don't worry about it. I get it" he shrugged, "I'm pissed too"

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The hospital corridor was stuffy and the air had an undertone of bleach. The walls were magnolia and scraped in places where trolleys were bumped into. The pictures on the walls were cheap prints of uplifting scenes and above the double doors are large blue plastic signs indicating what lied ahead. I nearly lost my mind sitting here, bopping my leg up and down. We all sat in the waiting room for what felt like hours before Jin hyung came down from the surgery. All our eyes shot up immediately to him.

"What's the latest hyung?" Namjoon asked.

"We have given her several units of blood and she's stabilized for now. The bullet went through her liver, diaphragm, and lung. So we put a tube into her chest to reinflate the lung and help her breathe and she has seven broken ribs"

"So is she going to be okay?" Hobi hyung asked.

"Well, the next several hours are critical. In scenarios like this, the patient usually has to go for another surgery"

"Another one?" Jimin asked.

"Yeah because rebleeding is very common so usually we have to go back in and restitch"

"Would the second surgery be risky to do?" Hoseok asked.

"Well, all surgeries have a risk of complications. Her body doesn't seem to be strong enough to withstand another surgery right now. So all we can do is hope that she makes it 24 hours without rebleeding so she can regain some strength. But... the next surgery can kill her"

I took a deep breath and slump deeper into my chair.

"Look, guys, I think you all need to go home and get some sleep. You won't be helping her if you sit around. Go home, it's late, and I'll call if anything happens" Jin suggested.

"He's right guys. We'll come back tomorrow" Namjoon said. All the boys nodded and got up from their seats.

"Hyung can I stay?" I asked, pulling him to the side.

"Kook..." Jin said.

"Please?" I begged.

"Hyung, let him" Yoongi insisted.