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"You're not coming with us Jungkook!" Jin screamed at the maknae.

"That's not fair!" the maknae screamed back, "You can't just go to America without me!"

"We can, and we are," Yoongi said sternly as he walked past the two while he finished gathering things to load into his suitcase. The other members were also finishing packing up for their vacation to America.

A vacation that Jungkook would not be joining them on. Not after what he'd just gotten in trouble for a few days ago and had been grounded for since.

He had tried to burn the company building down. Or at least that's what his hyungs were convinced he had tried to do. Jungkook had been playing with matches when a curtain caught on fire from them. Thankfully it was under control quickly but Jungkook got a good scolding from everyone after that. He claimed it wasn't matches but candles for Yoongi's birthday cake. He had bought special candles and couldn't figure out why they weren't lighting when he decided to use matches and didn't realize afterwards that he was holding the cake too close to the curtains and the candle had caught on it. He pleaded over and over again that it was an accident and he wasn't trying to burn the building down. Yet his hyungs didn't believe him because he was always one to talk about how old and creepy the building was.

He couldn't believe they'd think so lowly of him and it made him angry. It also made him angry that now because he was grounded he wasn't being allowed to go on their vacation to America. He was to be left behind and stay in the apartment.

Jungkook stood in front of Jin teary eyed. "This isn't fair hyung! I didn't even start that fire on purpose! I shouldn't even be grounded!"

"Life isn't fair, maknae! Maybe now you'll learn not to play with matches and light our building on fire!" Jin screamed at him.

"I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE! I was lighting Yoongi's birthday candles! How many times do I have to explain this?!"

"Save it, Jungkook." Jimin's voice chimed in from down the hall. "There's nothing you can say to make us change our minds. So just drop it."

"This isn't fair!" Jungkook screamed and stormed off to his room in tears. He lay in his bed and cried into his pillow thinking about how much he hated his hyungs right now and how it would never be fair that they didn't believe him. He had only been trying to do something nice for his hyungs birthday. Accidents happen all the time.

A little while later Taehyung came knocking on his door to let him know they were all getting ready to head out. Jungkook made his way out to say goodbye to everyone. He was still extremely angry and a small part of him hoped they'd change their mind last minute and tell him to go hurry up and get packing.

But they didn't.

"We're all set to go," Namjoon told Jungkook, "Be good while we're gone and please try not to set the apartment on fire too, yeah?"

Jungkook scowled at him and crossed his arms, "Whatever."

Taehyung walked over and patted Jungkook on the head, "See ya. Sorry this sucks for you but I guess this is part of learning. We've all been in trouble before." Taehyung did feel bad but also knew Jungkook needed to be punished.

"Yeah, whatever. I'd say have fun but you know what? I hope your entire vacation is shitty!" Jungkook huffed.

Yoongi turned to Jin, "You really raised him to be a brat, didn't you?"

"Me?! You all played a part too!" Jin protested. The members all gave Jungkook a small pat on the shoulder before heading out the door. "Be good!" Hobi screamed from outside. With that, his hyungs were gone and he'd have the next week with the dorm to himself.

As jealous as he was that they'd gone to America without him for vacation he was also somewhat relieved to have alone time for a while. He was mad at them all anyway so having run of the place for a short time did sound like fun. They had called him to let him know they landed safely and after that Jungkook decided the place was officially his for now.

He spent the first two days alone making a complete mess. Dishes and garbage were all over the kitchen, something that Hobi would have never let slide. He let the laundry get backed up. He had no desire to clean now that nobody was home to tell him to do it. He spent most of his time watching TV and playing video games.

As time went on he started to realize how lonely he was getting. The place had been been silent for a few days now and although he was angry with them he was really starting to miss his hyungs. He hadn't heard from them much, just a casual update of where they were or what they were up to but they all seemed too busy to hold any real conversation with him. He also wasn't entirely sure when exactly they'd be heading back home either. He wondered if any part of them missed him yet too.

While watching TV one night and feeling a bit down he heard a loud bang come from the front door. He instantly turned off the TV.

"Hyungies? Is that you guys?" His heart jumped with excitement a bit at the thought of them maybe coming home early. He really was missing them. When he didn't hear an answer he got off the couch and started walking towards the front door.

"Hyungs?"

"Nope, try again." A man's voice came from behind him and before he could turn around or register who had said it he felt himself get knocked in the back of the head. He crumpled to the ground in pain and frantically turned onto his back.

"Who the hell are you?!" Jungkook screamed. He started crawling backwards as fast as he can. "Get out of my house!" he cried.

The man kept walking towards him and Jungkook tried to grab random things to throw at him while he kept trying to crawl backwards. He got a hold of a glass cup he had left lying around and threw it at the man, "I said get out of my house!" he screamed. He could feel his heart pounding and beads of sweat dripping down his face.

He was terrified.

The intruder was wearing all black and had a black backpack. He was wearing a black face mask so Jungkook couldn't figure out what the man looked like but he could tell it was nobody familiar.

"Not until I get what I came here for," the man demanded as he continued trailing after Jungkook.

"What do you want?! Is it money?! Is it some of our stuff?! I don't care take whatever you want just get the hell out of here!" Jungkook begged.

The man then pulled a gun out of his backpack and Jungkook felt the lump in his throat begin to choke him. For a moment he froze as the gun was pointed at him. In a split second the man pulled the trigger and shot at him. Jungkook rolled sideways and the bullet nearly hit him. He got up and ran into a bedroom and locked the door. In a mess of tears he pulled his phone out and called his hyungs. It was instinct to always call his hyungs first. No matter what, whenever anything was wrong it was always  "Call hyungies first."

He stumbled with his phone because he was shaking so badly. Finally he dialed Jin's number.

"Hey, Kook-ah," Jin's voice sounded cheerful.

Jungkook broke down into the phone. "Hyung! Hyung! Someone broke in and he-he-he has a gun! Hyung he tried to shoot me!"

"For the love of God, Kookie, please don't do this right now." Jin didn't sound so cheerful anymore. Jungkook could hear the mans footsteps getting closer.

"No hyung I'm serious! Please believe me! Someone broke in and they have a gun!"

Taehyung took the phone from Jin, "Jungkookie?"

"Taehyung! Someone broke in! They have a gun! I'm scared! He's going to kill me!"

"Nobody is going to kill you," Taehyung said calmly, "But stop making stuff up. Don't try to mess up our vacation just because you weren't allowed to come."

"I'm serious! Taehyung! Taehyung! Tae-Hello? Hello?!" Taehyung had hung up the phone. Jungkook realized he needed to call 911. He freaked out into the phone saying there was an intruder and that he was being shot at. He begged for someone to come quickly.

The man shot the door handle to the bedroom and the door flew open.

"Get away from me!" Jungkook cried. He ran at the man and pushed him, making him stumble. The man was quick to point the gun at him again and this time a bullet clipped his arm. He fell to the ground screaming.

"Ah! Please stop!" Jungkook screamed as he held his now bleeding arm. The man started walking towards him as Jungkook tried to crawl away again. He was sobbing in pain. "Please don't kill me. Please. Take what you want but please don't kill me."

The man took his foot and stomped on Jungkook's chest, pinning him to the ground. He held the gun and pointed it right at Jungkook's face. The maknae didn't have any words left, only tears. He couldn't imagine ever dying like this, but here he was. The man pulled the trigger but to Jungkook's shock, the gun was out of bullets. He kicked the man in the leg and was able to get back to his feet while he tried running to the front door. The man grabbed the back of his shirt to stop him. "Let go of me!" Jungkook cried, "Get off!"

Jungkook took his elbow and elbowed the man in the face with it. He started running in the opposite direction while the man was busy reloading his gun. Just as he was about to make it into another room he heard the gun go off again and he dropped to the floor screaming. The bullet caught him right in the side. He lay there clutching his side, sobbing and screaming in pain. He heard footsteps come up from behind him.

"Please..." he whimpered, "Please don't kill me.."

He lay there feeling helpless as he gasped for air. His insides were on fire. Part of him wondered if maybe death would be better than this.

Sirens could be heard outside headed for the apartment and instead of shooting Jungkook again the man took off running. Jungkook lay there in a puddle of tears. The pain was too unbearable and he was so terrified. Before any emergency personnel made it to him he had passed out.
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The members were gathered at their hotel packing up when Namjoon got a call from their manager. When he picked up their manager was in a fit of hysterics.

"What's wrong?!" Namjoon asked worried.

"Jungkook is in the hospital, he got shot. Someone broke in and shot him!"

"He what?!" Namjoon screamed into the phone. He felt his heart seize up as he started to panic.

"He got shot, Namjoon!"

"Is he okay?!"

"I don't know! You guys need to fly back right now, I've already arranged it. When you get here meet me at the hospital!"

Namjoon hung up and started screaming for the others. He told them what happened and they completely broke down.

"He wasn't lying?!" Taehyung cried. He was so sure Jungkook had been lying. "We have to get home! We have to get to him! Our poor baby! He's probably so scared!!"

The members frantically finished packing but left half their stuff behind. They didn't even care about it anymore they just wanted to get home as soon as possible and unfortunately it was quite a long flight back to Seoul.

The members were crying and freaking out the entire flight home. The plane had wifi so they were able to stay in contact with their manager. Their manager didn't have many updates . All they knew was that Jungkook was in the hospital with a gunshot wound in his arm and in his side and that the man who had broken in had luckily been caught.

The main concern was if Jungkook was going to die or not in which their manager didn't have any updates on that either. All he knew was that Jungkook had been unconscious and bleeding out a lot by the time paramedics had gotten to him.

The members were overcome with guilt. Especially Jin and Taehyung who hadn't believed Jungkook when he tried calling to tell them. They expressed their guilt to their manager and their manager just kept reassuring them there was nothing either of them could have really done, they weren't even in the same country at the time.

When the members got to the airport they were immediately greeted with staff members who were there to rush them to the hospital. They got to the hospital about 45 minutes after landing and were escorted to the waiting room with their manager.

"Any updates?" Yoongi asked.

"Nothing yet," their manager told them. Jimin asked for a recap on what exactly had happened and all their manager knew was that a man broke into the apartment by shooting the lock and then he shot Jungkook twice. Nobody knew what the man had wanted or what the motive was as the man hadn't stolen anything.

"So he just wanted to kill Jungkook?" Hobi cried.

"That's kind of what it sounds like," the manager pouted. The members felt sick to their stomachs.

"We shouldn't have left him behind. What the hell were we thinking leaving him alone like that?!" Namjoon cried. He felt so incredibly terrible that they'd all punished Jungkook to the point of not even bringing him on their vacation. "If we had just swallowed our pride and let him come he'd be okay and safe right now." Namjoon couldn't take the guilt anymore and started sobbing. Jimin walked over and rubbed his leaders back.

A nurse came in to let everyone know Jungkook would be okay. He was all stitched up and conscious again and was ready for visitors.

"You guys go ahead," their manager told them. He knew how badly they all wanted to see eachother and he didn't want to intrude. The members ran to Jungkook's room and were greeted with their wide eyed maknae.

"Hyungs!" He cried as he lifted his good arm out to them. They ran to him and hugged him. He let out a small whimper of pain at the movement.

"Sorry, sorry," Hobi said gently. "How are you feeling?"

"I've been better," Jungkook pouted. At the same time he thought about how he'd also been worse. At least he wasn't laying in his own blood on the floor unconscious anymore.

"Maknae we're so sorry! I'm so sorry I didn't believe you! I'm so sorry I hung up!" Taehyung cried. He bent over and started sobbing into Jungkook's blanket. Jungkook patted Taehyung's head.

"We're so sorry we didn't bring you with us. This is all our fault," Jin cried.

"It's not hyungies fault. I'm the one who got in trouble," Jungkook pouted thinking about the entire situation that landed him here in the first place.

"No no. Kook-ah. You're not in any more trouble," Yoongi frowned. He realized the entire fight was stupid. Whether Jungkook had set that fire on purpose or not, it didn't matter anymore. Knowing he could have been killed while home alone all because they felt like being stubborn hyungs broke Yoongi's heart. He held Jungkook's hand and squeezed it, "I'm sorry. We're all sorry for being so mean to you about it." The members told him how they felt terrible for how they had treated him and they were incredibly sorry.

Jungkook smiled. An apology from his hyungs was always nice to hear. Hobi was gently rubbing Jungkook's arm and wiping away his silent tears. He wished he could have taken Jungkook's place or been there to stop the man from hurting him.

"We're never going anywhere without you no matter what. Never again," Jimin said sternly. It wasn't a suggestion, it was a statement.

"Hyungies?" Jungkook pouted with teary eyes, "I really missed you guys."

As Jungkook started crying the rest of the members completely broke down crying with him. They all pulled him into gentle hugs and told him how deep down they were all really missing him too but nobody had wanted to be the first to admit it on the trip.

Pride could be a dangerous thing sometimes.

"As soon as I realized I was in trouble all I wanted was hyungs to come home," Jungkook sniffled, "That's why I called you first."

"You called me before you called for help?!" Jin was surprised. Didn't Jungkook know better? They weren't even in the country!

Jungkook shrugged, "Hyungs always are my help."

The members hearts broke more. That one hit them all right in the stomach. Even when Jungkook knew they were upset with him, he still ran to them for help when he was in trouble. It made their guilt a lot worse. They knew their maknae had unconditional love for them and they had it right back.

Jungkook was getting a bit tired and decided to fall into a nap. The members got talking about how they felt like really shitty hyungs and they needed to do better.

A few days later their maknae was released from the hospital and sent home. He had a bandaged arm and bandages on his side to cover up various stitches. He was told to take it easy for a while while he healed. Thankfully neither gunshot wound had caused any serious internal damage.

The hyungs absolutely spoiled Jungkook when they got home. Hobi had already cleaned the place up after telling Jungkook not to worry about the mess.

They also had their doors fixed. Jin had new locks put on the front door and all of their windows and they also installed a new security system.

They made Jungkook lay on the couch and watch his favorite TV shows while they made his favorite food for dinner. Taehyung kept going over and offering Jungkook anything he might want. Water, snacks, popsicles, Taehyung's favorite stuffed animals, etc. The maknae absolutely loved seeing his hyungs take care of him again. It was nice not being scolded or grounded anymore. He was reminded of just how much they loved him.

"Do you need anything else, Kook-ssi? I'll get you anything you want," Jimin asked as he made his way over to his maknae.

"There actually is one thing I'd like," Jungkook smiled.

"And what would that be?" Hobi asked from the other side of the room. All of the hyungs tuned in to see what their maknae might request.

Jungkook started laughing.

"I could really go for a vacation."

-[The End]