Requested by beqxmish

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"One, two, Bah Bah Bah!" Hobi yelled at his team while they rehearsed for an upcoming concert. There were two days left until their first show and the members had been practicing like crazy. It was one choreography after another. They were also now at the point of even practicing in their stage costumes at the arena.

One of the first things the members always did when preparing for concerts was make sure to take care of their health first. All of them would make sure to eat well, sleep well, take their vitamins, etc.

Jungkook had been feeling extra exhausted during the rehearsals for practice and wasn't too sure why. He couldn't help but feel bad that maybe he was coming down with a sickness at the worst possible time. He'd even already done some IV treatments to get some extra nutrients in him but that didn't seem to help that much.

The members had noticed him be a bit more inattentive than usual during their practice stages. He would usually run around and goof off on stage during downtime but today he was just sitting down or laying around somewhere whenever he had the chance.

He was exhausted while Hobi was going over the dance steps. He tried his best to keep up but his body felt so drained that he wanted to break down and cry instead. He didn't want to seem sick though. He wanted to show himself putting forth his best effort, especially because he really was excited for the concert they'd be doing for ARMY's. This was a comeback stage after not performing live for a few months so he wanted the performance to go great. As excited as he was he was surprised that the adrenaline from excitement still wasn't enough, he was feeling tired anyway.

After going through several of the choreographies it was finally time for a break. While some of the other members talked about details, and Taehyung and Jimin ran around chasing eachother, Jungkook made his way over to where Yoongi was sitting and lay down next to him. He used his hyungs lap as a pillow.

Yoongi rubbed his back, "Still not feeling great?" he asked.

"No, not really," Jungkook pouted.

"Will you be alright for the concert?" Yoongi asked. He was worried for Jungkook. They all knew he wasn't feeling well but giving his best anyway. They all knew that overworking like that usually caught up to them sooner rather than later.

"I don't have much of a choice," Jungkook shrugged. He really didn't know if he was coming down with the flu or what but he did know that after the concert was over going home and sleeping for a week straight sounded like the perfect plan.

"Well, just don't overdo it. Especially not during practice okay?" Yoongi said. Yoongi wasn't one to give his all during practice, usually ever. But nobody would know that once it came time to perform because he killed it every time. "It's best you save your energy for when we've got our audience."

Jungkook nodded. He figured that was good advice. He spent the rest of practice taking it a bit more easy so he could do exactly as Yoongi told him and save his energy for the concert.

Two days later, it was showtime.

The members were gathered backstage in their stage outfits going over some last minute details before walking to the under stage lift.

Unfortunately for the maknae, he hadn't started to feel better, but only worse. He had a couple of energy drinks before getting into costume to try and raise his energy but even that wasn't helping. He could already hear ARMY cheering for them from inside the stadium but that wasn't giving him the energy it usually did. He was also getting strange chest cramps that he was continuously trying to massage away. He could only hope it didn't affect his performance.

"Hey," Jin gently grabbed Jungkook's arm as they were waiting underneath the stage, "Take it easy yeah? ARMY's will love your performance no matter what."

"Yeah Kookie, if you're still not feeling good just do what you can, alright?" Hobi said reassuringly. They all knew Jungkook would tend to overwork himself. Especially when he was sick because he wanted to make up for how bad he felt by trying to give 150% percent as not to disappoint anyone even though his hyungs told him time and time again he would never disappoint anyone.

The concert was off to a great start as the members started with some songs and then gave opening statements. Jungkook immediately went into performance mode and tried his best to hide his facial expressions of pain when the cramps in his chest would start.

Not here, not now. Please.

The members were more attentive to him than he thought. They all noticed the little things he was doing that made them know he was struggling. He was out of breath more quickly than usual, he'd rub his chest, he'd cough a bit. The hyungs were constantly making their way over to him and asking if he was okay and he would just give a thumbs up.

While the stage lift was bringing them back down to do a costume change, once it was lowered Jungkook completely collapsed from exhaustion. The members helped pick him up and walk him back to their backstage room and gave him water.

"Bunny really you have to tone it down a little out there. It's too much for you right now," Jimin told him.

"It's okay, I'm fine," Jungkook lied. He knew he didn't feel fine but really didn't want them to worry.

"Just make sure to take a break when you need one," Taehyung told him. They got back up on stage and did more performances. Jungkook suddenly started to feel really dizzy and stumbled over a few dance steps, but he recovered quickly. He started to feel anxious wondering if anyone noticed his mistake but it seems as though nobody did.

Going back down the lift for another costume change, Jungkook needed help walking again. When they got to their back room they went to let him sit on the floor but he completely went limp and collapsed and passed out for a second.

Members from the medical staff ran over and placed an oxygen mask to his face while trying to shake him awake. Taehyung started crying.

"Is he okay?!" Taehyung screamed.

Yoongi started shaking Jungkook to get him to open his eyes, "Hey. Maknae. Can you hear us?"

Jungkook's eyes finally opened and he tried to sit up but some of the medical staff instructed him to keep laying down while taking in the oxygen.

Namjoon was stressing out. He knew he had to make a lot of split second decisions as the leader of the band and some decisions were extremely hard to make. He knew he needed to keep his members safe while at the same time he didn't want to disappoint ARMY either. But he figured what good were they as a band if one of them got seriously hurt.

"Jungkook I don't want you dancing anymore. When we go back out there I want you to sit. We will just make an announcement that you got injured," Namjoon told the maknae.

Jungkook shot up from laying down, "No! Hyung no! I can do it! I'm okay!"

"You just passed out on us. It's not safe for you to push your body past its limit and you already are," Jin said.

"I'm just a little tired but I swear! Please!" Jungkook started crying. This was not how he wanted the event to go.

"I'm saying no Jungkook. Your health is too important," Namjoon said firmly. He felt terrible seeing Jungkook get so upset but he knew it was for his maknae's own good. An announcement came out to the audience that Jungkook would be seated the remainder of the show.

They got back up on stage and Jungkook took his seat, but he saw how much fun the members were having dancing around and he couldn't stand it anymore. He got up and ran to them and joined in the choreography. He figured he'd deal with the scolding from Namjoon later, right now he really just wanted to give his best for ARMY no matter what.

"Go sit down!" Taehyung screamed into his ear while passing Jungkook during one of their dances. Jungkook shook his head no.

They finished off their concert and gave ending statements. Jungkook said how he wasn't feeling well but he couldn't just sit there and disappoint his fans and that he hopes they had fun. He was so glad it was over as his body felt ready to shut down on him any second. As the members were being lowered on the lift again, Jungkook suddenly fell to the side clutching his chest. He was still extremely sweaty and although he had caught his breath after dancing he felt like he was losing it again.

"What's wrong?!" Hobi screamed as he rubbed Jungkook's back. Jungkook couldn't reply. The pain in his chest felt like fireworks exploding and all he could do was groan and cry out and scream. He didn't know what was going on but he realized something was very wrong. The members picked him up and carried him to their room. He was placed on a couch and he was hyperventilating and screaming through tears.

"Help..help...something......something's wrong," Jungkook whispered. He started to feel like he was choking. He couldn't get a breath in and he felt like someone was repeatedly hitting him in the chest. He curled up into a ball.

"Maknae!" Jimin cried. He was holding Jungkook's face in his hands and wiping his maknae's tears. The medical team was frantically trying to figure out ways to help while the members gathered around speaking reassuring words that he'd be okay. He tried to listen to them until he couldn't anymore. His body gave out and he went limp.

"Jungkook? Jungkook?!" Namjoon screamed. The members realized Jungkook had gone unconscious and they needed an ambulance. There was so much chaos with everyone running around and screaming that the members were all in the midst of having a mental breakdown. They had no idea what was going on but they knew their maknae needed help.

"Guys....guys! He's not breathing! He's not breathing!" Yoongi yelled. He realized this when he noticed Jungkook's ribs weren't moving and his lips had started to already turn blue.

Medical staff took him and placed him on the floor and started doing CPR.

"Save him! Please! Save him!" Taehyung screamed through tears. The members were completely freaking out at this point. They were absolutely terrified. They sat around screaming and begging for Jungkook to breathe and wake up while the medical team continued CPR. Once the ambulance got there, paramedics took over.

They realized CPR wasn't working and ended up having to use a defibrillator on Jungkook. It scared the members even more seeing their maknae convulsing every time the paramedics turned it on.

"Our baby....our maknae..." Hobi cried.

"Don't let him die! Please you can't let him die!" Yoongi screamed.

"I told him to stay sitting! Why the hell did he get back up and dance?!" Namjoon yelled. He wasn't yelling at anyone specific. He was just extremely frustrated and heartbroken. He figured if Jungkook had just listened, this wouldn't be happening right now.

What felt like an eternity went by before they finally detected a pulse. As soon as they did the paramedics immediately loaded him into the ambulance and were off to the hospital with him.

"We have to go! We have to go right now!" Jimin cried. A staff member pulled an SUV up to the venue private exits and the members hopped in and were driven to the hospital. When they got there they frantically ran in screaming for Jungkook. A doctor told them to go wait in a private room. While waiting the members were in a fit of tears and anxiety. They couldn't make sense of what happened. Jungkook was young and super healthy, they didn't understand how or why on earth he would have collapsed and stopped breathing. They tried to go over every scenario of what could have gone wrong. He was overexerting himself, he was trying too hard, he was too sick and shouldn't have even done the show, etc. The members really just didn't know.

They sat around hugging eachother and crying until six hours later a doctor finally came in to talk to them. The doctor told them he'd gone into cardiac arrest.

"Why?!" Jin screamed.

"How?! He's young and in shape! What happened!?" Taehyung cried.

The doctor told him that it can happen to anyone, young or old, and that his heart simply just gave out because evidently he had been sick and the performance was just too much for his heart to handle at the same time. So it had stopped. The doctor said there was no underlying reasons for it, Jungkook had just simply worked too hard and made his own heart stop.

"Is he okay?" Yoongi asked nervously.

"He is resting, but he will be alright. Thankfully he got his breathing back before any real damage occurred," the doctor informed him.

"Can we see him?" Jimin asked. The doctor said yes and brought them to Jungkook's room. The maknae was attached to a ton of wires and he was fast asleep.

"Oh, Jungkookie..." Jin whispered. The members still couldn't stop crying. Although they were glad their maknae was going to be alright, it was still extremely scary and painful seeing him go through this.

Namjoon took Jungkook's hand and squeezed it lightly, which had woken Jungkook up. He really wasn't too sure what was going on but he knew it was bad considering he was in the hospital all wired up. He gently squeezed Namjoon's hand back.

"Did I do a good job?" Jungkook whispered. The first thing he wanted to know was if he made his fans proud.

"Of course," Namjoon started, "But are you crazy!!?"

"Maybe," Jungkook let out a small chuckle.

"You know I should scold you to no end right now for not listening to me, but I don't have it in my heart to do that right now," Namjoon said.

"You scared the hell out of us! Don't you ever do that again!" Hobi lightly scolded.

"I'm sorry," Jungkook pouted. He was still extremely exhausted and wasn't too sure what they were referring to but he knew they weren't really mad at him, just worried.

Namjoon ran his fingers through Jungkook's hair, "Why didn't you just stay sitting? Maknae you gave yourself a heart attack."

"I'm sorry," Jungkook said again but this time he started crying. Those words scared him.

"Aww maknae..." Jimin said as he leaned over and wrapped Jungkook in a hug.

Hobi started talking about how he can't be overworking himself like that and that they had to have a serious talk about it once he was better. Jungkook nodded.

"We're so glad you're okay. It was so scary," Yoongi told him.

"I didn't mean to scare hyungs," Jungkook said wiping his tears. Taehyung wiped some of Jungkook's tears for him too.

They continued to talk for a bit as Jungkook kept falling in and out of sleep. It took a couple of days for him to be released from the hospital. Once he was, the members realized that ARMY had found out that Jungkook was in the hospital and that they were all extremely worried and wishing him well. They saw countless tweets about how Jungkook had kept performing even while sick and how he shouldn't ever feel the need to overdo it like that.

"See, we told you. You'd never disappoint them. Everyone just wants you to be safe," Jin said. Jungkook smiled while curled up on the couch. He was grateful to his fans who were there for him no matter what. The members talked about ways they could help Jungkook better pace himself during concerts.

They'd come up with a few plans to use during some upcoming shows, but Namjoon made it clear that first Jungkook would need a medical checkup before ever stepping foot back on stage and if even the slightest thing was wrong, he'd glue his maknae to a chair himself if he had to.

The members curled up together and put on a movie. Jungkook fell asleep almost instantly.

"He will probably sleep for a week," Yoongi joked. The members laughed and said he could sleep as long as he needed.

They were just happy to have their maknae home.

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