Chapter 42: Saving or failing?

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Jungkook: WHAT'S GOING ON?!

Namjoon: TAEHYUNG...! SOMETHING'S WRONG! HE DOESN'T ANSWER!

Jungkook: The hell-! Is it the first time it happens?!

Namjoon: I-i don't know-!! Sometimes he was breathing heavily-!

Jungkook: Why didn't you tell anybody!

Namjoon: I didn't think it was something serious!!

Jungkook: Taehyung, come on...!

The two were holding Taehyung whose eyes were closed and the heavy breathing didn't ease up.

Jungkook: HYUNG!!!

Taehyung's eyes slightly opened.

Taehyung: Hyung... Jungkook...

Namjoon, Jungkook: TAEHYUNG!!

Taehyung: I... I don't know what's happening to me...

Namjoon: Taehyung, please hold up...!


Taehyung (narrating): What's happening to me...? I can't breathe normally... It's like having a panic attack, but it happens randomly even when I'm not panicking... My sight is blurry, but I see Namjoon-hyung's and Jungkook's worried faces... I can hardly hear what they are saying but I think they are trying to call out to me... It feels just like the last time with Jimin-hyung... I remember hearing music suddenly fainting to the state when I was hearing it echoing and my legs felt weak... I remember seeing Jimin's worried face... My heart is pounding so hard that it hurts... What's happening...? Someone else appears in the room before everything goes black...


Taehyung: Hyung...

Seokjin: TAEHYUNG!! Jungkook, bring water!

Namjoon: S... Seokjin-hyung?!

Seokjin: Namjoon...

Namjoon: W-what are you... doing here...? You--

Seokjin: Namjoon, don't ask me anything right now. We gotta focus on Taehyung. He might die any minute now-!

Namjoon: W-what?!! Die?! How do you know-!?

Seokjin: I just do!

Namjoon: I'll call the ambulance--

Seokjin: No, don't! This is not a disease. Not a panic attack either. Hospital won't help him.

Namjoon: What the hell-?! What's going on?! What's the reason then?!

Seokjin: Jungkook and I have a theory--

Jungkook: Hyung! I found water in the car!

Seokjin: Namjoon, take care of Taehyung. He's waking up.

Seokjin and Jungkook had left the place. Before leaving, Seokjin gestured Namjoon to not tell Taehyung about seeing him.

Taehyung: N... Namjoon-hyung...?

Namjoon: Taehyung! God, you scared the hell out of me...!

Taehyung: I'm sorry... I don't know what that was...

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Hoseok looks up at the drawer near the face mirror on the wall where he knows his pills are. He opens the drawer and grabs the pills. He looks at his hand that has a small container of pills in it, his hands a bit shaky, but still moves towards the trash can to throw them away. He looks at it hesitantly, then at the pills. His heart rate started to increase as he kept holding the pills container in his hand while his whole body started to shake. Unconsciously, without realizing, he opened the container and took out some pills and swallowed them in his mouth. He could feel his heart rate increase even more as he felt himself losing consciousness.

*THUD*

Jimin rushed in at the sound to see Hoseok lying on the ground. He starts shaking him up when the container falls from the older's hand and rolls on the floor. This worried Jimin since he realized what happened. He grabbed the container from the floor and the others that were in the drawer and threw them away in the trash can.

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Seokjin and Jungkook were sitting in the car after driving from Namjoon's.

Seokjin: We gotta find a way to save Taehyung. We have to know what's happening to him!

Jungkook: Isn't it obvious?? Hyung, he is having some hard-breathing attacks!

Seokjin: There might be a lot of reasons why a person can have trouble breathing, Jungkook. But Taehyung is different... Dammit, we should've stayed there! He needs us!

Jungkook, who was looking at Seokjin, turned his head to face the front to notice smoke coming from a nearby building. He realized what building it was. He shook the older's shoulder to grab his attention.

Jungkook: Um... Hyung...

Seokjin: Don't interrupt.

Jungkook: Hyung, look!!

The younger pointed in the smoke direction.

Seokjin: Isn't that...-

Jungkook: THAT'S WHERE YOONGI-HYUNG IS STAYING!!!

Seokjin: Oh, no. No, no, no, no! I got so carried away worrying about Taehyung, that I completely forgot about Yoongi!!

They quickly drove to the place and rushed into the fired building. They covered their faces with the upper part of their shirts, but it didn't help the coughing. Fire was clenching, the rooftops could crash any minute, yet, they still move forward to the door of Yoongi's apartment. As they get closer, they hear Yoongi's calls for help.

"GET ME OUT-- *cough cough* GET ME OUT OF HERE!!"

Jungkook: YOONGI-- *cough cough* *cough cough*

Seokjin: Jungkook. You alright??!

Jungkook: Hyung-- *cough cough*

It was hard for Jungkook to deal with the smoke. He squatted on the floor as the coughing continued.

Seokjin: JUNGKOOK-!! Dammit!!!!

Seokjin started banging on the door, calling out for Yoongi.

Seokjin: YOONGI!!! YOONGI!!!!

The younger didn't answer, and the banging stopped. Seokjin didn't know what to do until he saw an emergency drawer that contained an ax. The grabbed it and knocked off the door with it to find Yoongi passed out.

Seokjin: YOONGI!!!!

Seokjin grabbed Yoongi and Jungkook with nearly enough strength left in his body, trying his best not to pass out due to severe amount of smoke in the building.

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He arrived at the hospital, hopefully on time. The staff immediately took the two patients. When they did, couple of nurses rushed near Seokjin with another patient on the stretchers. It was Taehyung.

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Seokjin was sitting in the lobby, waiting for the news about his friends.

Seokjin: Jungkook... Yoongi... please...!

???: S... SEOKJIN-HYUNG...???!!!

Seokjin was out of his thoughts by the voice that came from aside.

Seokjin: J... Jimin...

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