"You're late again, Jimin! If you keep this up, you won't have a job to be late to!"
Jimin nodded to his manager, and quickly ran to the back of the factory to change into his work uniform. He didn't have enough energy to change earlier this morning.
Haneul had to get him out of bed this morning. He couldn't do it himself.
He can't seem to do much himself these days.
"Jimin-ssi!"
Jimin spun around, and was met with his coworker Kai.
"Hi, hyung." Jimin smiled weakly, throwing his jacket over his arms. "How come you're always so late? You can get fired-" "I know, I'm sorry, okay?" Jimin snapped. By the time he realized what he said, he was already walking away.
"Jimin, what's wrong with you?" Kai asked, following behind him. "Nothing. I just keep falling back asleep-" "Liar." Kai crossed his arms, walking next to Jimin to his station. "Kai- hyung- I really don't want to talk about it. Please just take what I say and leave it at that." Jimin sighed, making sure his arms were covered.
Kai stopped him.
"I've seen you like this before, Jimin. Before V. I don't want you to-" "I'M NOT RELAPSING!" Jimin yelled, storming off away from Kai as quick as possible. Tears formed in his eyes, but Jimin wiped them before they had a chance to escape.
He shoved his body into his place he was in charge of working, and forced himself into a work headspace.
Haneul's POV
"Hey Haneul!"
Oh, it's Changmae.
I run across the gym, and smile at him. "What's-" "Do you want to come over to my house after school? My dad wanted to take us to dinner since it's Friday."
This is why I love Changmae.
No homo though!
"Sure. I'll just finish these last few laps and text my dad, and I'll meat you by the front office." I tell him, wanting to reach my goal of 14 laps around the gym since I'm mad about my Chemistry grade. "Great! My dad's on the way, so I'll just wait for you by the front entrance." Changmae waved even though I'd see him within the next 10 minutes.
I take a few gulps of water from my water bottle, and start doing my laps again.
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Jimin had tears in his eyes by the time he got home from the muscle cramps in his arms, and flicked on the living room light. "Haneul? I'm home." He said loudly, hoping Haneul would hear him if he was in his room. He tried not to cry, and took in a deep breath to stop the tears from constantly forming.
The house remained silent as he took his shoes off, and Jimin didn't like the silence.
It was only 5:17 P.M., he shouldn't be asleep already.
"Haneul?" He yelled, waiting still for an answer.
Nothing.
He made his way to Haneul's room, and didn't see his son in his room. School ended 2 hours ago, where was he?
With that thought, his heart skipped a beat. "Haneul?" He repeated in a worried voice, rushing into the bathrooms and looking for Haneul.
"Haneul!" He shouted throughout the house, frantically looking for him. "F*ck..." He whimpered out of nervousness, and grabbed his phone to call Haneul.
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
"Haneul please."
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
'Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system-'
"F*ck!" Jimin ended the call, not leaving a voicemail, and dialing Haneul's number again with shakey hands.
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
Ring~
'Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice messa-'
"Haneul!" Jimin started sobbing, ending the call again, and collapsing to the floor. 'Maybe he's just out with his friends and his phone died, or maybe he's somewhere loud so he can't hear his phone and the volume is down.' Jimin thought, trying to calm himself down.
His body ached, and now he didn't know where his son was. His head was pounding with a migraine, and crying wasn't helping. His stomach was empty, and his hands were shaking because of it.
And now they were shaking more from the fear something happened to Haneul.
"Jimin, calm down, he's f-fine." Jimin assured himself, forcing himself up on his feet. "You're just overreacting, he would tell you if he was going somewhere." He added, making his way to his room to draw a bath. "You just need to relax and take a breather." He told himself, stumbling into his bathroom. He set his phone down on the counter and started the water, slowly stripping himself of his work clothes.
He hugged himself to feel secure while the tub filled up, and closed his eyes to hopefully calm down his migraine. Once the tub was full enough to Jimin's liking, he turned off the water, and stepped in.
He completely melted into the warm water, and all of his muscles loosened up. A wave of relaxation overcame him, and everything left his mind for a few minutes.
Nothing but silence and calmness filled his head and bathroom, and the soothing sound of the water carefully swishing around was almost arousing.
He opened his eyes to see the water flat and completely still, and he did his best to not mess up the surface tension.
But he made a quick movement, and giggled as the surface tension was broken anyway. He reached for his mixed berry body wash, but quickly procrastinated by reading the ingredients.
"Interesting." He mumbled to himself, then smiled when he realized what he was doing. He soaped up a wash rag, and lifted his knees up to wash himself off. The soothing feeling of the bubbly soap set his mind at peace, and the berry smell made him smile.
It was relaxing without Haneul, but wasn't at the same time.
He did but didn't like this alone time.
He didn't bother to wash his hair since he only wanted a bath to relax, and he relaxed against the wall when he was finished washing and rinsing himself off.
He looked at the now foggy water, and slowly drug his fingers across the top, barely dipping them in the water and watching how the ripples spread out across the tub.
So very satisfying...
He hasn't taken a bath in a while, and he was glad he took one now, because he really needed it.
He whined when he stood up from the warm bath, and cold crashed against his warm skin. He started to drain the tub, and wrapped himself in a big thick towel.
His phone rang with a call, and he instantly picked it up when he saw it was the hospital.
'Haneul got shot, he's injured, he has a major concussion, and he was raped before he got shot-'
"Hello, is this Park Jimin?"
"Y-yes this is he."
"It brings me great joy to tell you Kim Taehyung has awaken from his coma."
