Inspired by Jungkooks cute puffy cheek in Run ep 73. ☺️

"Jungkook? You alright?" Namjoon asked, noticing him clutching the left side of his face.
"Yeah, I just... have a toothache." Jungkook said, uncertainly. He wasn't really sure what it was, just a strong pain on the left side of his face.
"Ok hold on I'll get some ice, maybe that'll help." Namjoon said walking to the kitchen to get ice. Meanwhile Jungkook stayed sat on the couch, sulking. It hurt a lot. More than just your average toothache from too much sugar or something. He got worried. A trip to the dentist was not his favourite thing ever.

"Here," Namjoon said, sitting down next to Jungkook, putting the ice pack on his left cheek. "Is that better?" Jungkook just hummed, not wanting to even try opening his mouth to give a proper answer.
"How long have you had this toothache for?" Namjoon asked, getting worried for the maknae, knowing how much he hates the dentist. Jungkook held up three fingers.
"3 hours?" Jungkook shook his head.
"...3 days?" Namjoon said, getting more concerned. Jungkook shook his head again.
"....3...weeks?" Namjoon was really worried now. That's a long time to have a toothache for. Jungkook nodded shyly, anxiety building. He already knew what was coming.
"Look, Jungkook.... I know you don't wanna hear this, but... I think you should go to the dentist..." Jungkook started sniffing away tears, shaking his head. He really didn't want to.
"I'm sorry Jungkook, I know you don't want to but 3 weeks is too long a time to be having toothache for. Why didn't you tell us earlier? We could have sorted it out before it got bad." Namjoon said, rubbing careful circles on Jungkooks back to calm the younger.
"...cause I didn't want you to say I had to go to the dentist..." he mumbled. Namjoon sighed sadly.
"Unfortunately it's hard to avoid kook. I'll come with you, don't worry. I'll be there the whole time." Jungkook nodded and sniffed again, letting out a deep exhale.
"Ok, just wait here, I'll go make an appointment for you." Jungkook sat nervously, listening to Namjoon on the phone. No going back now.
"Is tomorrow ok for you Jungkook?" Namjoon peeked his head around the door. No. No it's not. Jungkook thought. But he knew he had to, so he let out a slight nod, and Namjoon gave a reassuring nod back, before going back to the phone.
Jungkook went back to nervously playing with his hands, knowing the hell he will soon experience.

Namjoon ended the call and came back into the room and sat next to kookie, placing an arm around his shoulder. "I booked the appointment for tomorrow morning, ok? Don't worry, I'll come with you. Remember, if anything happens, it's all for your own good. And I'll be there supporting you the whole way, yeah?" Jungkook nods, his breathing still quick from anxiety.

"I'll go get you some ibuprofen for the pain, ok kook?" Jungkook nods and joon pats him on the shoulder before getting up to go to the bathroom where their medicine cabinet is.

——(the next day)——

Jungkook barely slept all all night. He was too filled with the anxiety of knowing what he was going to go through. The thought of what was to happen made him nauseous, and he refused breakfast.
"Are sure kookie? It might help..." joon said, noticing his refusal.
"No thanks hyung, I'll be ok." Jungkook forced a slight smile on his face, as he went to go wash up and get ready to go.

He left his room to see Namjoon grabbing his coat, already ready to leave.
"You ready kook?" Namjoon asks after spotting Jungkook standing frozen in the hallway.
"....not really..." Jungkook says with a shaky breath. Namjoon sighs sadly. This is going to be a long day.
"It's ok Jungkook, take a deep breath. Remember, I'll be with you the whole time, no matter what happens. The dentist knows your afraid, so you can take a break when you need to, yeah?" He said with a hand on his shoulder, looking deep into his eyes. Jungkook nods and looks down to the floor, before shuffling behind Namjoon to the car.

When they arrived, Namjoon could sense Jungkooks tension. He looked over and placed a hand on Jungkooks thigh, giving him a supportive smile.
"Just take deep breaths, you're ok." Jungkook complied and took a few deep breaths before giving the signal that he was ready.

The wait in the waiting room was agonisingly tense. Luckily they didn't have to wait long though, as a nurse soon entered and called jungkooks name. Then sent a shot of anxiety through him, and he tensed up suddenly. Namjoon, sensing this, put a hand around his shoulders, and gave him one last pep talk.

"It's ok, im here. Just take deep breaths, it'll be over before you know it ok?" Jungkook let out one more deep exhale before standing up on shaky legs and following the nurse back to the dentists office.

The sight he saw before him struck fear into him once again. A chair that was laid back sat in the middle of the room, and a tray full of scary metal objects sat next to it. Then there was the dentist himself, with his horrible squeaky latex gloves (side note i have a weird fear of latex gloves and i legit cringed typing that) and oddly intimidating face mask, moving forward on his wheely stool.

"Hi jungkook! Have a seat." He says, motioning to that chair that looks more like a torture device. Jungkook moves his shaky legs over to the chair and sits on the edge before swing his legs up onto it. Namjoon goes and sits on one of the chairs at the side of the room, that was uncomfortably far away for jungkook.

"I understand you're a little scared, thats ok, it happens to the best of us." Yeah... a little scared...
"But if you want a break just raise your hand and i'll stop ok?" Jungkook nods, gulping deeply. He shuffles about for a second and looks over at namjoon, who gives an encouraging nod, before he lies back in the chair.

"now am I right in saying that you've had a tooth ache for a while now?" The dentist asks, scooting around on his stool to his computer.

"uuhh, y-yeah." Jungkook stutters, still swallowing frequently to try and clear the lump in his throat.

"ok... Do you know how long exactly?" The dentist asks after typing a few things down.

"umm... about three weeks?" Jungkook says, just beyond a whisper, afraid of the reaction he might get. The dentist just hums and continues to type stuff onto the computer.

"mmm.... and whereabouts?" He asks scooting back over to jungkook, looking over him.

"umm, like... here..." He said, pointing towards the left side of his jaw. He looks up to see the dentist towering over him from above, and he gets that horrible feeling of vulnerability.

"C-can I s-sit up... for a second?" Jungkook asks, feeling his heart start racing.

"Yeah sure, go ahead." The dentist scoots back and types more stuff on his computer while jungkook sits up. Namjoon communicates with his eyes, sending a look of "Are you ok?" Jungkook just nods and regains his breath. If he was already getting this panicked, how was he meant to last the whole appointment? He looks back to see the dentist waiting patiently for him, and stutters out "s-s-sorry," about to lie back down again before he is interrupted by the dentist saying "Don't worry, take all the time you need." Namjoon shoots him another reassuring nod before jungkook gathers the courage to lay back down again.

"Now, if you don't mind, i'll need to take a look." The dentist grabs his tools and switches on the light, before scooting back over to jungkook. The sight scares him again, but he just takes a deep breath and shuts his eyes before opening his mouth wide. The dentist rests his hands on jungkooks face, and the feeling of the latex gloves against his cheeks makes him cringe. Before long he can feel the scraping of metal against his left molars, but surprisingly no pain.

"Did that hurt?" The dentist asks. Jungkooks eyebrows scrunch in confusion.
"n-no its... It's further back than that..." Thats when it hit him. His wisdom teeth.

"Ok, I think I'll need to take an x-ray, it could be your wisdom tooth." The dentist wheeled back grabbing all the necessary equipment. Jungkook took this opportunity to take a few more deep breaths, as his anxiety had spiked up again. The dentist wheeled back over to jungkook again, with a piece of plastic.

"If you could just open again for me please..." The dentist says, and jungkook complies. The dentist places the piece of plastic in his mouth and tells jungkook to bite down, so that's what he does, causing the plastic to dig into his gums, uncomfortably.

"I'm going to have to ask you to leave the room while we take the x-ray" The dentist says, directed at namjoon. Namjoon nods and stands up, walking towards the door. Jungkook feels another spike of anxiety after seeing his hyung leave the room. He was left in a dark room, alone, just him and the dentist.

Luckily the x-rays were over quickly and Namjoon came back into the room. Jungkook quickly put his hand up, about to sit up, when the dentist stops him.
"Hold on just let me take this out." Jungkook lays back down and opens his mouth so the dentist can remove the uncomfortable piece of plastic.
"There ya go, you can sit up now." The dentist lightly pats his face and jungkook sits up, sighing with relief at the sight of his hyung sat in front of him.

In the meantime, the dentist scoots over and looks at the X-rays on his computer, and the answer was clear.
"Yep, just as I suspected. It's your wisdom tooth." He said as he wheels himself back over to jungkook.
"We should organise for you to get that removed as soon as possible."
Jungkook sat nervously, playing with his hands. What would that involve? He thought. He'd heard about wisdom tooth extractions, but he never really knew exactly what it involved, and that caused him to panic. Luckily, the dentist seemed to read his mind.
"It's a surgical procedure, and so you'll be under general anaesthesia. Then you'll just have to take a few days to recover."
Jungkook just nods along, but inside he's freaking out. A surgery? Anaesthesia? A few days to recover? This wasn't just a small procedure. No. This was a big deal.
"So, I think that's all we need, unless there's anything else bothering you you want me to look at?" Jungkook frantically shakes his head, and dentist nods back.
"Ok then. I suggest you make that appointment soon." The dentist stands up and dismisses them, and Jungkook sighs with relief that it's all over. Namjoon walks towards the front desk, ready to book the appointment for Jungkook. Luckily, they had the whole of tomorrow off, and there was a free space for the appointment. Jungkook wasn't so happy about this though. He felt like he had no time to prepare himself.

Anaesthesia. needles. needles. pain. dentist. needles. stitches. dentist.

Those were the only things jungkook could think about for the rest of the day. He knew tomorrow, was not gonna be a fun day. He stayed quiet the whole way home. Namjoon noticed.
He felt sympathy for the maknae. The poor thing was going through a lot right now. But all they could do was stay by his side and try to help him through.

When they reached the dorm, jungkook slumped into living room, sulking over his misfortune.

"Oh your back! how did it g-" Jimin said as he saw kookie walk into the living room, and was cut off when he saw the youngest's pout. He let out a sad sigh and scooted himself over to sit next to kook, who had flopped onto the couch. "Is it bad?" Jimin said, sympathetically, an arm around his shoulders. Out of no where, the maknae let out a shaky breath, before breaking into sobs and nodding his head. Jimin switched to rubbing his back, as he sobbed, his head in his hands.
"Ssssshhhhh... It's ok kook, you'll be ok." Jimin said, after hearing from namjoon what had happened.

———(the next day)———

Once again, Jungkook barely slept all night, only when his eyes started to feel so heavy that he had to give in, did he ever sleep. Even then, the sleep was light and restless.

Namjoon had told all the others and their managers about what had happened, and they all got the day off that day, to care for kookie. They would need all the help they could get.

Getting kookie out of bed in the first place was already a challenge.
"Cmon kookie we need to get you ready to go! We can't be late." Jin says, shaking the youngest by his shoulder. Jungkook just groans and mumbles "I don't wanna goooo~"
"I'm sorry kookie you have to." Jin said, pulling him up by his arm. With that, Jungkook had no choice but to get up and slump to the kitchen for food, before Jin quickly stops him.
"Nononono jungkook! I'm sorry, but you can't have any food yet. You have to wait until afterwards." Jungkook just stares at him with deadpan eyes, before whining, saying "but hyung I'm so hungryyyyy~"
"I know kook, but you're just not allowed. Don't worry, you can have all the food you like afterwards."
Jungkook rolls his eyes with a groan and slumps back to his bedroom to get changed.

When he exits his room Jin and Namjoon are ready waiting for him. They look up and see him standing in the hallway, so Namjoon stands up and says "so, are you ready to go kook?" With an encouraging smile. Jungkook just looks at him with doe eyes and shakes his head.
"It's ok. I know you're nervous, but remember this is really important for you. And we'll be here caring for you the whole time ok?" Jungkook thinks about it for a moment, before nodding sadly. He knew really that he had to go along, he was just too nervous.
"Come on, let's go then. Get it over with."

The car journey there was filled with the sound of Jungkooks nervous deep breaths and Jin and Namjoon trying their best to comfort him. But I think it's safe to say, there wasn't much you could do to comfort him at this point. He was so nervous that he couldn't even walk from the car to the building, his legs were shaking so much. It took Namjoon and jin supporting him from either side to be able to get him into the building.

The wait in the waiting room was even more agonising than the last. He couldn't help but let nervous tears escape, garnering stares from all the other patients waiting, and most likely scared some of the kids. A nice-looking nurse walked in and called jungkooks name, giving him uncomfortable deja vu. The other two had to help him stand up again, and walked him to the room. It was a different room from last time, some how more terrifying.

"Just take a seat here." She said, motioning to the chair, more like torture device, in the middle of the room. Jungkook pretty much collapsed into the chair, still struggling with shaky limbs. He could feel layers of sweat forming on his forehead, and his palms we're clammy. While the nurse was busy sorting out something else, jungkook weekly calls out to namjoon, so he gets up and kneels next to the chair in the center of the room, holding jungkooks hand.
"It's ok, I know your nervous, but me and Jin hyung are here for you. And we'll be right here when you wake up too. We won't leave you. Ok? Just keep taking deep breaths. You'll be fine." Namjoon said with a warm smile. Jungkook just nods and sniffs, before sitting back in the chair. The nurse comes over with a blood pressure cuff and puts it around jungkooks arm.

"Don't worry, everyone gets a little nervous. Just try and relax. We've done the procedure many times, nothing will go wrong." The nurse says while securing the blood pressure cuff and inflating it to get his blood pressure, and jungkook just nods, not one for conversation.

After getting all the necessary details from jungkook, the dentist himself finally enters the room, striking more fear into jungkook. They could hear his heartbeat go up through the heart monitor he was connected to.
"So jungkook, are you ready?" The dentist asks, placing a clipboard on the side.
"Umm...." jungkook shakily responds. The dentist just chuckles slightly to himself as he pins the X-ray onto a light box.
"You'll be ok. Let's just get it over with shall we?" Jungkook whimpers in fear. Everything is all too scary and overwhelming for him. Namjoon and jin both quickly spring up and run over to hold his hand in comfort. He just looks at them, his eyes rapidly switching between the the two, still breathing heavily.

"Cmon, deep breaths jungkook." jin says, gently caressing his arm. Jungkook closes his eyes and tries to focus on just breathing and the touch of his hyungs, and eventually it works, and his heart rate went down.
"Are you ready to start now, jungkook?"The dentist says, and it comes off as sinister to jungkook. Jungkook just nods, and takes one last deep breath. "Ok then."

An oxygen mask is placed over his mouth, and the nurse cleans the back of his right hand, before pricking him with a needle. He stares at his hyungs as he can already feel himself getting drowsy, and he hears the dentist tell him to count down from 10, so he does.
"10...9.....8......" His eyelids start to feel heavy.
"7.........6......" Speaking is getting harder.
"5......................4......." His eyes close, and the beeping of his heart monitor is the last thing he hears before he's knocked out.

"Ok, you two are free to go now. Come back in about an hour and a half." The two nod, before hesitantly leaving the room, feeling guilty for leaving poor kook behind.

Jin sighs, saying "I hope everything goes well..." He saw how nervous kook was, and it seemed to be contagious, as now jin was getting nervous for him.

"He'll be alright. He's in good hands." Namjoon says, placing a hand on the small of jins back, as they leave the building.

You know what? Imma make this a two parter this is getting too long 😂😂 it was surprisingly hard to write this considering I had this whole idea in my head 😂
Remember I'm still taking questions for a Q&A! If you don't ask any I'll just use my own but y'know i'd like to know what y'all wanna know about me so go ahead and ask questions! It can be literally anything! No matter how boring or weird i dont care 😂😂😂
kk see ya in the next one!
안녕!!! 👋🏻