Met in an Apocalypse | BTS story

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Jimin woke up in extreme pain. His limbs were feeling numb and he couldn't move. Tears rolled down his cheeks but he couldn't sob, it would hurt and he had no energy. He felt like dying. But then he remembered. Hoseok and Namjoon saving him. He had the slightest hope that Taehyung would be here too... "Tae..." he mumbled out lowly. Taehyung had heard this. Because he was awake, he couldn't sleep whilst worried about Jimin so much. Seconds later he was to Jimin's side with widened eyes. "J... Jimin... are you ok? I mean- stupid question, sorry. How are you feeling?" Jimin smiled weakly at his friend being worried about him, bringing him some comfort. Taehyung frowned at Jimin's mere response, now more worried about the male. "Seriously... please Jimin, say something" he sobbed. Jimin's heart broke at this. So, he gained all the energy he could and whispered, "I'm here." Taehyung sobbed at this and brought Jimin's head to his lap, hugging him carefully and sobbing quietly.

The rest of the members woke up slowly, and smiling at the sight of Taehyung and Jimin cuddled up together. Hoseok even went to hug Yoongi in his sleep, who groaned and tried getting away, but Hoseok wouldn't allow that. A few hours passed before Jimin woke up, waking Taehyung up too. The two stared at each other then Taehyung got up, carefully setting Jimin's head back down. He looked up and saw Yoongi, Hoseok and Jungkook asleep, whilst Namjoon and Jin were awake. Namjoon noticed Jimin and Taehyung waking him, so he asked, "How's Jimin?" Taehyung looked at Jimin then back at Namjoon. "He's weak, he can barely talk or move." Namjoon sighed then Taehyung remembered about Jungkook. "How's Jungkook...?" "He's worse." Taehyung looked at Jungkook and walked over to him slowly. His face was extremely pale and he had chapped lips and bags under his eyes. The poor boy looked terrible. "What happened" Taehyung breathed out, concerned for the boy. "He woke up with a fever, he couldn't stop shaking. He took some painkillers, but it didn't seem help at all" Namjoon replied. Taehyung sighed and then asked, "Now what?" The question filled the air with no response. Now what? What were they supposed to do? "We can't be like this forever. We need to set up a system" Namjoon started. "A system?" Jin asked. Taehyung had nearly forgotten that Jin was awake. "Yes, remember that half made tree house kind of thing? I was thinking, we go back to the city and repair one of the places. The woods are too dangerous." "Hmm... that sounds like a good idea, but what about Jimin and Jungkook?" Taehyung asked. "Well... we'll all have to do seperate things. So... me and Jin will work on the place, you too Tae when you're not looking after Jimin and Jungkook. Then Hoseok and Yoongi will be in charge of supplies."

Jin and Taehyung both nodded then they heard Jungkook groan. Seconds later he was running off and Taehyung ran after him with widened eyes. Jungkook threw up, again. Afterwards he nearly collapsed but Taehyung quickly caught him. "Jungkook, Jungkook!" Namjoon and Jin ran over and Taehyung looked up at them with tears in his eyes. "He... he's p... passed out..." Namjoon looked at Jungkook's face then checked his pulse and his temperature. "This is bad..." Taehyung and Jin looked at Jin worried and waited for him to continue. "He has a really severe fever... and his pulse is really slow... I... I think he... he's dying..." They both widened their eyes and Namjoon quickly thought of what to do. "We... we have to get his temperature down... Taehyung lay him down." Taehyung did as he was told then Namjoon said, "Find something to cushion his head with..." They looked around but couldn't find anything. "...Scrap that, Tae put his head on your lap." Taehyung did as he said then Namjoon said, "Jin, go get some cloth and water. " "Hold on" Jin quickly ran off then came back with a cloth and a half empty bottle of water. Namjoon quickly wet the cloth with the water and put it on Jungkook's forehead. He checked his pulse again and it was slowing down even more. Namjoon quickly untucked Jungkook's shirt from his pants and fanned him with his shirt so he could cool down. Jungkook's lips parted and he let out an almost unaudible groan, but Taehyung wa close enough to him to hear it. "Jungkook? Jungkook, are you awake?" Jungkook panted lightly and Taehyung moved his bangs out of the way of his face then said, "Stay with us... please... just stay awake..." Jungkook suddenly choked and turned to his side, throwing up again. Taehyung winced and moved him into a better position whilst Namjoon patted his back. He choked on his sobs then turned around and dug his face into Taehyung's shoulder, hugging him tightly. Taehyung hugged him back panicked that he would get hotter, but Jungkook didn't seem to care. It actually... helped him. His sobs died down and his breathing started to get back into a regular pace, calming down Taehyung and the others. Namjoon leaned closer to Jin and said quietly, "Go back to the others and make sure they're fine, and tell them what happened." Jin nodded and went off, and Namjoon stayed watching the pair silently. "H... hyung?" Jungkook eventually asked in a quiet, sad voice. "Yeah?" Taehyung responded. "W... what happened?" he asked weakly. Taehyung sighed and said, "It was your fever. You were way too hot and your pulse was really low." Jungkook nodded into Taehyung's shoulder then let his arms loose a bit so that his head was only resting on Taehyung's shoulder. "...Are you ok now?" Taehyung asked. "Yes" Jungkook responded, relieving Taehyung a bit from his worries. It was silent for a while then Taehyung said, "Don't worry, Jungkook. We have a plan. You're gonna get better and so is Jimin, and we'll all be ok." Jungkook wanted to believe that, but he was beyond worried. They were still in danger, and something could go wrong. But... they were all together now, and he had trust in all his hyungs.