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Yoongi is known to stay in his studio for a long time. Sometimes for days or even weeks. Yoongi has been working on his mixtape and didn't notice the time. He promised Jin he would be home before dinner but then called and told him he had a meeting so he could not make it. So here Yoongi was in his studio after the meeting working on his mixtape. It was close to midnight when he looked at his phone. He had some messages and missed calls from the members but that didn't stop Yoongi. He had to finish this song before he deems his work done for the night. Soon midnight turned to one then soon 3, before Yoongi decided he was done. He saves his song and shuts down his computer before gathering his stuff. Once he got everything he made his way downstairs. He knew he had to walk back to the dorm but he was ok with that. He didn't want to be a burden to his members. It was 3 in the morning and they had to wake up at 6 for dance practice.

One bad thing about walking at 3 in the morning is it's dark. His phone was dead so he was out of light. He ended up going the wrong way, but he didn't really notice until he saw some restaurants and stores that are on the other side of town.

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Yoongi quietly cusses to himself as he adjusts his bearings. But since it was still dark, the town looked different. He took a left turn in hopes it was the right direction to the dorms. Though the further he walks, the more unfamiliar his surroundings are. He wishes his phone wasn't dead so he could use his direction to find his way back. Then he remembers the missed calls and messages. Many of the messages were the members just checking on him, but a few of them were warnings about the rain that was on the forecast. In his devotion to finish the song, he never looked at the messages from his concerned members.

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He dragged his feet along the concrete sidewalk, thinking about his mixtape, and what he could do to make it better. His mind was in all sorts of directions, even though he was going the wrong one. He took a left by a small cafe across the street, hoping it was the right way. He needed to find somewhere to charge his phone so he could find directions. On the left of the cafe was a small street light that was turned on, much to his surprise. He took advantage of this, walking over to it. He finally got to it, taking in his surroundings. He had no clue where he was. All he knew was that he wasn't with his members or at his studio. He was lost. Looking around once more, he decided it was best to keep walking. Maybe walk the way he came from? Which way that was, that was the question. He crossed the street once more, seeing the small cafe he had passed earlier. By now, it was starting to sprinkle outside.

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He carried on walking, trying to ignore the fact that he was getting a little nervous. He was out, walking alone at night, no light to be seen anywhere around. For a moment he went to put one of his ear buds in his ear, before remembering his phone was dead. He couldn't even listen to music to calm his anxieties and make this walk a little less boring. He sighed, shoving it back in his pocket and carried on walking. By this point the rain had started to pick up. It wasn't the type of rain that had big droplets, it was the type of rain that has smaller droplets, but there was a lot of it. So now all that yoongi could see was the rain falling in front of him. The rain made it even harder to be able to see his surroundings. He could just about see where the edge of the pavement was, to stop him from walking in the road. If the rain got any thicker, he probably wouldn't be able to tell the road from the pavement. Luckily there weren't many cars out, being the middle of the night. Even though they live in seoul, a usually bustling city, it would always get surprisingly quiet at night, and this night seemed to be especially quiet, much to Yoongi's luck. That meant he couldn't even ask any strangers for help or at least use the light from their cars to get his bearings. It was starting to play on his eyes now, and he started to feel like he was going blind or something. He rubbed his eyes and still when he opened them, everything looked the same. He can't even use the light of the moon to help guide him, since the moon is hidden under a giant cloud.

By this point yoongi had been walking for about an hour, though at this point he couldn't tell the difference between 5 minutes and 50 minutes. He was definitely panicking now, having no clue where he is, not even being able to see more than a few feet in front of him. He's also absolutely drenched at this point, and walking around in wet clothes in the cold isn't making him feel good. His nose is starting to stuff up, and he feels like his head is in the clouds. If this goes on for much longer, he might pass out. He gets his phone out of his pocket again, desperately pressing buttons with false hope that it'll suddenly flash to life. But of course, it doesn't. Even if he hadn't run out of battery, the rain would have probably broken his phone by now anyway. It's definitely gonna have to sit in some rice for a while when he gets home. If he gets home.

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Looking around again, he can see the rain droplets dropping bigger and quicker. His brain racing, he needs to get home. Maybe if he can find a familiar landmark? Where and what is the problem. The droplets hit his skin harder each time, leaving his skin stinging from the contact. He has no umbrella, his light jacket isn't nearly enough for this rain. A small pocket of thunder is heard from what seems like far away, to be honest he doesn't even know where it is. Double taking, he sees a car with headlights out the corner of his eye. No one is usually out this late, who knows. It might not even be late. He might have been walking until 6am. The car comes to a smooth stop, lights still on. The stop the car makes flings water into the air, now soaking the already cold rapper. Approaching the car would be risky, but what other choice does he have?

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He shook some wet strands of hair out of his face, trying to get a clearer look of the car. He walked slowly over to it, more like stumbling because he was so cold that his legs were trembling. He held a hand out in desperation, trying to attract the attention of the driver. Then the door opened slowly. Yoongi's heart stopped; what if it was a total stranger? What if it was... a sasaeng? These thoughts faded quickly from his mind as he heard a familiar voice,

"Yoongi? Hyung, what are you doing so far from the studio?"

It was Hoseok. Thank God, it was Hoseok who got out of the car. Yoongi breathed out shakily, almost wanting to laugh at the relief he felt. Hoseok flinched at the rain that was soaking the two of them, and pulled his hood over his head in one swift movement. Then the younger stepped cautiously towards Yoongi, asking in a shout to be heard over the strong winds,

"Hyung? What happened to you?" Yoongi inhaled sharply and tried to explain, but he was so cold his teeth were chattering and his breath was hitching with every word,

"I- I d-didn't wanna call y-you to come- come pick m-me up so- so I walked but I got lost an' my phone's d-dead-"

Hoseok got closer to Yoongi and grabbed him by the shoulders, shouting over the thunder that had started to get louder and scarier sounding,

"Listen, hyung. I'm gonna take you home, okay? You're too cold and wet from being out for so long, you've gotta warm up." Yoongi nodded, not really paying attention to what the younger rapper was saying. His mind was becoming fuzzy and numb, like the static channel on a TV. Hoseok guided Yoongi to the car and helped him sit in the passenger's seat, not caring that his sopping wet clothes were soaking the polyester seats. Hoseok ran over to the other side of the car and sat in the driver seat, pulling off his hoodie and draping it over Yoongi's shoulders. Yoongi sniffled and pulled the hoodie around his small, shaking frame. Hoseok started the engine and turned the heater on full, watching Yoongi out of the corner of his eye as he set off the route back to the dorm. The elder seemed to be semi conscious, drifting off every now and then, his constant shivering jerking him awake again.

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Before starting to take off in the expensive car he shot a quick text to the group chat about the eldest rapper's condition. He told them to start preparing some soup for the freezing rapper, as well as a pile of blankets, pillows and anything to warm up the poor boy. He looked back once more, sighing at the sight of the boy. Thinking, he didn't tell us when he was lost? Did he even think about telling us before his phone died? Why does he always think he is a burden when he clearly isn't? All the members love him, he works so hard for everyone. He never fails to give us everything we need, but he doesn't think we would do the same back? The drive back to the dorm was quite lengthy, the healthy boy constantly checking up on the sleeping one.

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Hoseok frowned, desperately keeping his eyes on the road. It was too tempting to look over at Yoongi and make sure he was ok, especially with the wheezing that seemed to be getting worse by the minute. He flashed a look quickly, and noticed how pale Yoongi looked, much paler than normal. He needs to get him home as soon as possible. He started driving a little faster, luckily the roads were fairly empty so he could go faster without crashing into anything.

He heard the wheezes turn into little whimpers, and Hoseok's frown got deeper. The poor thing was whimpering in his sleep. Hoseok felt like he was in an oven with how high the heaters were turned up, but when he quickly reached out to feel Yoongi's forehead, it was still cold. Suddenly the navigation screen flashed, showing the caller id "Kim Seokjin" and a green and red button, Yoongi was woken up by the ringing, and whimpered. Hoseok gently shushed him.

"It's ok hyung, go back to sleep." He says, reaching up to accept the call.

"Hoseok are you nearly home with Yoongi yet? We're all getting worried. You said you found him nearly half an hour now." Seokjin says, the worry obvious in his voice despite the distortion of the phone line.

"He was quite a way out hyung, I'm nearly home, I promise." Hoseok replied, gently rubbing Yoongi's arm with his free hand to comfort him while he whimpered quietly.

"How's Yoongi? Is he holding up ok?"

"I don't know, hyung. He was wheezing while he slept and now he's whimpering. He still feels really cold." Hoseok replies. He nearly choked at the lump making its way to his throat from his chest. He hated seeing his hyung like this.

"Ok well, just get home quick. We're waiting with blankets and Jimin is making him some tea to warm him up."

"Be there soon hyung." Hoseok said, before hanging up. "We're nearly there Yoongi, I promise. 5 minutes. Then we can get you warmed up, ok?" Hoseok said, his voice wavering a little. Yoongi just continued to whimper, curling up as much as he could in the car.

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Soon they arrived at the dorm and Jin was waiting by the door for him. As soon as Hoseok parked Jin rushed to Yoongi, picked him up and rushed him inside. Inside all the members were up and ready to help. Jungkook helped Jin upstairs to the bathroom where a hot bath was ready for him. They helped him undress and into the tub. Namjoon and Taehyung got a sweatshirt that belonged to Jin and sweatpants that belonged to Jimin. After Yoongi warmed up they got him dressed and onto the couch. Jimin has his tea and soup and Hoseok has a warm towel for his head. Jimin made sure to sit beside him to warm him up and Taehyung did the same on the other side. Yoongi ate his soup and drank his tea before slowly nodding off, so Jimin and Taehyung helped him upstairs into his bed where he had a heated blanket on.

Yoongi slept until 7 am. That is when his body decided to go against him. He was bound to get sick so the other members had prepared his room with everything from tissues to medicine to a bucket. Hoseok stayed in the room in case he had a nightmare, Taehyung had put his fuzzy blanket on him over the heated one, so they were prepared. What they were not prepared for was a silent Yoongi. Yes Yoongi has always been a quiet person but not when the members know he is sick. Yoongi would complain to anyone and everyone about how awful he feels.

"Hey Hyung. How do you feel?" Yoongi says nothing. "Do you need anything? Anyone?" This time he speaks.

"Hug." So that is what Hoseok does.

They stayed like that until Jin came up with more soup from last night. Jin just smiled and walked over to them.

"Hey there Yoongi. You hungry?" Yoongi nodded but didn't let go of Hoseok so Jin sat next to them and began feeding Yoongi.

Soon Yoongi finished the whole bowl and fell asleep in Hoseok's arms. Jin left and sent Jimin to take Hoseok's place so he could also eat something.

The rest of the day went by smoothly. Yoongi mostly just slept while the member took turns holding him. Soon after dinner they decide to ask Yoongi why he didn't ask for a ride.

"Yoongi? Why were you walking home this morning? It was way too early to walk, especially after no sleep." Jin asked.

"I didn't notice it was getting late until it hit 3. I didn't want to ask you guys to come get me since we had practice at 6. So I just walked, my phone died so I was on my own, when the wrong way then it started raining. I'm sorry."

"Aww Hyungie. You don't have to apologize. And you could have called any one of us, we would have saved you even if it was 3 in the morning. We love you!" Jimin said before throwing himself onto Yoongi with a big hug, soon all the members joined in as well.

"I promise to call next time."

"Good." The members said with a smile.

I hope you all enjoy this chapter and you have a fantastic day.