There Was Nothing You Could Do

-𝑌𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖-

The hospital is empty except for a man at a desk.

"Hobi."

He doesn't respond.

"Hoseok?" I tap his foot a few times.

"Huh? What?" He uses his morning voice when he responds.

I can't believe he was asleep while I was running.

I slide him off my back and help him to his feet.

He grips his wound and puts his hand on my shoulder to steady himself.

Jungkook is still tired from the run, and Jin helps Taehyung off his back.

Namjoon speaks up, "Excuse me, sir?"

The man looks at the six of us and dials a number on the phone at the desk.

Four nurses come and take Taehyung and Hoseok away.

Taehyung looks a bit nervous.

Once they're gone the four of us sit down in the waiting room.

Jungkook sits to my left.

Across from us sit Jin and Namjoon.

Jungkook yawns and lies his head on my shoulder.

I glance over at Namjoon and Jin.

Jin is asleep, his head on Namjoon's shoulder, and Namjoon is asleep with his head rested on Jin's.

I refuse to let myself sleep.

The room is silent, except for the occasional coo from Jungkook as he sleeps.

I space out and stare outside the window behind Jin and Namjoon.

I'm startled as something touches my thigh.

I look, and Jungkook's hand slid off the arm of the chair and landed on my thigh.

I don't want to move it, because I don't wish to wake him.

His eyes and nose start to twitch.

He suddenly grips my thigh.

Jungkook starts to whimper, "No...no...hyung! H-hyung...d-don't leave me l-like this! P-Please hyung..." With each cry, his grip becomes tighter and tighter.

I wrap my arm left around the kid, and stroke the side of his arm.

It seems to be calming him down because he loosens his grip, but doesn't move his hand.

He lets out a deep breath, signaling that he is in a deep sleep.

I lightly pick up his hand and place it in his lap, but I don't remove my arm from around him.

The man at the front desk breaks the silence, "Guardian of Mr.Kim? Is the guardian of Kim Tae Hyung here?"

I pull my arm away from Jungkook and he wakes up.

I pat his back as I get to my feet.

I walk over to the desk.

"Are you the guardian of Kim Tae Hyung?" He doesn't bother looking at me.

"Y-Yes."

"Room 143."

I wait for him to elaborate or ask for an ID but he doesn't.

I tap Namjoon's shoulder, waking him up.

He blinks a few times.

"143."

I turn and head down the hall, leaving the three to fully wake up.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you stay and read until the end. Have a lovely day! <3