Ocean // BTS

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"You were there for him when it happened. You did everything you could-"

"I'm the one who took him and the rest of the members to play on a sheet of definitely not frozen ice over a lake. I was so stupid."

"We all do things like that-"

"If he wakes up he's never going to forgive me."

"Oh! Really?" I exclaim. "Look, he loves you. A lot. He won't care about it. You guys are the closest 'family' I've met in, like, forever."

I see his eyes gloss over and he becomes a little quiet as he rests his elbows on his knees.

"I still messed up. Don't you blame me?"

I shake my head. "I don't. No matter how hard this will be for me, I don't blame you. Or anyone. Mistakes happen, and if- when he gets through this, we'll see we were lucky that you learned your lesson before something worse off could happen."

"You're really nice. I see why he liked you now."

I chuckle as he wipes his eyes. "He always said I was 'nice'." We both go silent and I continue, "I think I love him."

"That's cool. He deserves someone like you."

"Thanks." I pause.  "I know, I say this with great optimism. But I know he'll be okay, because if he's not, I don't know what I, or you, or we, or anyone will do. None of us can live without him."