Can I have your number? [Completed] ✅

28 - Life & Death

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Seokjin's phone rang out into the quiet of the night. He groaned and turned over in his sleep to silence the thing that had disturbed his dream. Next to him, Taehyung groaned in his sleep at the disturbance.

"Mmmmm....turn it off babe," Taehyung groaned.

Seokjin squinted his eyes at the caller ID. His eyes went wide when he realised who it was that was calling. He sat up quickly and answered his phone tentatively.

"What's wrong Noona? It's 2am. Everything okay?"

"I-it's Seomi Jin. She's in the hospital."

Jin sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Seomi's mum sounded really worried. But it was quite normal for Seomi to end up in the hospital with her precarious health issues. So Jin couldn't understand her apprehension.

"I'm on my way Noona. Just text me the details."

Jin cut the call and started to get dressed.

"What's wrong babe? Is everything okay?" Taehyung asked sleepily.

"Seomi is in the hospital. Her mum called," he said, pulling on his pants and jacket.

"I'll come with you babe."

"No love. You have a meeting at 7. You rest up and if it's anything serious I promise I'll call you."

Taehyung nodded and Jin kissed him sweetly before grabbing his car keys and making his way to the hospital. He was worried about Seomi. Ever since the kidnapping, her health has just been really on a see-saw.

Thirty minutes later, Seokjin pulled up into the parking garage of Seoul General. He made his way to the ward room that noona had texted him about and found Seomi hooked up to a bunch of crude monitors and IVs.

Jin himself had had his fair share of hospitals and nursing homes. He understood what all these equipment meant. Seomi was not well. Not at all. When noona caught sight of Seokjin, she burst into tears and hugged him close. Seokjin moved her out of the room and stood outside, waiting for her to get a grip on herself.

"It's bad Jin. I'm afraid. .. I'm afraid she's not going to make it this time," she cried into Jin's shoulder.

He patted her back and sat with her, consoling her for more than an hour, lost in thoughts about the sweet girl inside the room, suffering through her pain. She was the closest he had gotten to having a real sister. Being an only child had always weighed heavily on Jin but Seomi had filled that void for a long while, especially when his parents separated. And now she was lying there, almost lifeless and Jin felt impotent to do anything for her.

As he reflected on his own battles with the medical world, his thoughts were interrupted by a nurse who tapped Noona on her shoulder to get her attention. Seomi was barely awake and asking for Jin.

"Oppa, I'm sorry oppa. I couldn't keep my promise."

"Please don't speak Seomi. You need your strength right now." Seomi's voice was raspy and sounded distant.

She shook her head slowly, determined to get out what she wanted to say. "I always wanted to see you get married and have your family and now I'm breaking that promise we made. I'm sorry oppa. Please tell Taehyung oppa that he should always take care of you for me."

"I promise you baby, I'll always take care of your Jin oppa." Taehyung startled them by replying to Seomi. No one had realised that he had entered the room quietly. Tears streaked down Jin's face as Taehyung held onto his hand firmly. Seomi was dying and he could do nothing for her.