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Jungkook was running around the dorm, screaming about how excited he was to go on vacation. It was something he looked forward to every single year, considering it wasn't often the boys got a chance to get away for a while. Yoongi was also extra excited for this because two of his friends were tagging along on this vacation. Ryung and Yeong would be accompanying them. It wasn't often that friends outside of the band tagged along on these trips, but Yoongi had practically begged for it because he hadn't seen them in a long time and it was his only time off. He was ecstatic when the members caved and said they wouldn't mind.

"I have to go pick up Ryung and Yeong in a few minutes, don't leave for the airport without me!" Yoongi giggled. He knew they would never do something like that, but he got his point across anyway. He quickly went and grabbed his friends from their houses.

"So what are we going to do on vacation?" Ryung asked, excitement in his voice. He and Yeong were extra excited to hang out with not only Yoongi but also the entire band as a whole, they hadn't had much of a chance to meet the other members and get to know them that well so they were happy to finally be able to bond with Yoongi's other friends. More like his family.

"Probably tons of things! We will be near a beach so the members will probably want to spend a lot of time in the water. Jin hyung will probably want to fish a lot. The maknae's, who knows, Hobi usually takes them all around touristy spots. Namjoon usually reads the whole time." This made all three of them laugh. Yoongi returned to the dorm with his friends and everyone greeted each other warmly.

"Hi guys!" Taehyung and Jimin ran to greet them, trying to act as hospitably as they could.

"We can greet each other later!" Hobi's voice was clearly full of slight panic. "We're going to be late if we don't get a move on it! And if we miss this vacation, you're going to have one angry Hoseok!"

Namjoon and Jin turned to each other with wide eyes. "Oh no, we don't like an angry Hoseok," Namjoon laughed.

Hobi rushed everyone out the door and to the airport. While relaxing on the plane, Ryung and Yeong finally had a chance to settle down and get to know the others a little bit better. They thought it was comical that somehow a conversation with any one of them ended up with that member talking about or mentioning Jungkook.

Ryung turned to Yoongi. "Jungkook is the youngest one, right?"

"If it wasn't obvious, yes." Yoongi gestured to Jungkook who was sitting in a seat next to them, staring off into space with giant doe eyes and an otherwise blank expression.

"What the hell is he doing?" Yeong asked.

"We still haven't quite figured that out." This made Taehyung and Jimin die of laughter. It was hilarious to them how often Jungkook spaced out. Everyone continued to hit it off well on the plane ride over to where they'd be vacationing. A nice island a few hours away off the coast of South Korea.

When they landed and got to their hotel, Jin immediately started going over the itinerary for the trip. Talking about the restaurants they had mentioned visiting, the local hot spots, where and when to find some stage shows on the beach. They even planned to go to a couple local museums.

They initially all stuck together for the first half of the day, grabbing lunch and hitting the beach. Jin and Yoongi even attempted surfing. Something Yoongi hated, but he only did it because his maknae's begged for him to try it. Mainly so they could get funny pictures and videos of him complaining and struggling the entire time. While the two oldest hyungs were out in the water, Yeong and Ryung got comfortable with the others on the beach. They even started building some sand castles per request of Jungkook.

As they were building their sand castle they couldn't help but realize that Jungkook was spoiled beyond measure by his hyungs. Everyone kept coming over to make sure he was getting enough water, putting his hat back on his head that he kept throwing off, coming over and reapplying his sunscreen for him when he kept forgetting to do it.

"Do you like being the youngest?" Yeong asked.

"Most of the time. Sometimes it sucks when I have to listen to six different hyungs but they take care of me, so it has its payoffs."

"Interesting," was all Yeong said in response.

The day continued just like any other. They went to a shopping mall in the evening. One with multiple floors. As the hyungs were getting into the elevator Jungkook told them he was going to race the elevator by running up the stairs.

Something he always did. A fun game he loved playing with his hyungs, because he would not step foot inside an elevator.

Yeong and Ryung figured it was something Jungkook enjoyed doing simply because he really liked to work out any opportunity he got. They didn't know it was because he was terrified to actually get inside of the elevator.

They met up on some of the higher floors and and shopped around. The members all started getting playful and playing fun little pranks on each other inside the stores. Ryung and Yeong joined in on the fun, mainly targeting Yoongi since they were the closest with him. They also decided they wanted to play a prank on Jungkook, they just didn't know what yet.

They did know, however, that they wanted it to be something big. They knew he was the youngest and well cared for, and they also felt as though it would be super easy to pull a big scary prank on him because in their eyes they saw him as a helpless little maknae who always needed his hyungs to protect him, making him an easy target. They figured it would be something they could all laugh about in the end. They decided to keep the idea of a prank away from Yoongi, they didn't want the rapper to warn the youngest.

The vacation was coming to an end and Yeong and Ryung still hadn't figured out what they wanted to do to prank Jungkook. They saw the others pull small pranks like pouring hot sauce in his soda or filling his shoes with sand but they thought those were all too juvenile. Everyone was out shopping again when the two left the group to go to a store that was specifically for pulling pranks. They found some smoke bombs and bought them, however they still weren't sure what they wanted to use them for.

"But whatever we do, let's definitely use these on him!" Ryung laughed. After they purchased them they hid them in some bags. The others asked what they bought but they lied and said just some clothes.

After a quick stop at the hotel Ryung and Yeong put the smoke bombs in the backpacks they planned on using while everyone was out and about. They figured they'd think of some way to prank the maknae. The members split up, and Jungkook ended up going with Yoongi and his friends to a museum.

While at the museum, the two friends were wandering around when they realized what kind of prank they wanted to play on Jungkook. They wanted him to get stuck in the elevator and make him think it was on fire. Which was where the smoke bombs would come in.

They figured it was harmless fun. The elevator wouldn't actually be stuck. And the smoke bombs wouldn't hurt him. He'd just get a little freaked out for a few minutes and then they could all laugh about it afterwards.

That's how this prank was supposed to play out.

It was a small and intimate museum, nothing more than just a small house with an elevator recently built in so that handicap people could access the top floors. The two friends spent time sneaking into some back rooms and were able to find how to control the elevator (such as making it stop and start again) and they also realized there were security cameras around the building, even one inside of the elevator. "Even better, we get to watch!" Yeong chuckled. Once they figured out the entire plan, they met back up with the others.

The four of them were together when Ryung and Yeong knew they needed to get Jungkook alone and away from Yoongi. They persuaded him to follow them around because they "had something cool to show him." Yoongi let them go have their fun while he continued to explore the place by himself.

The friends led Jungkook right to an elevator door and opened it.

"Oh, is what you have to show me something upstairs?" Jungkook asked, a pinch of anxiety was evident in his voice. "Because if it is, I will take the stairs..."

The friends really wanted Jungkook inside the elevator, not for him to make a run for the staircase, so they made up a little white lie.

"No, no it's not upstairs! There's actually something really cool inside of the elevator we wanted to show you! It must be part of the museum exhibit!" Ryung lied.

Jungkook didn't think too much into it, he believed them. He'd just have to peek inside to see what it was they wanted to show him. He walked towards the elevator and poked his head in. He looked around but didn't see what it was they were trying to show him. "What am I supposed to be looking for?"

Ryung grabbed Jungkook's arm and shoved him more inside of the elevator. Jungkook's body tensed up. "I don't see anything."

"It's right there!" Yeong said, pointing to nothing but the wall.

"I don't see..." Jungkook was caught off guard when he felt himself be shoved all the way inside the elevator, and the door was quickly closing.

"Wait! No!" Jungkook yelled as he tried shoving his way back out. The door was already closing as the two friends kept shoving Jungkook backwards into the elevator. "No! I don't want to be in here! Let me out!"

They were able to keep him shoved in there until the door was almost closed, they pulled their arms out of the way and then the elevator was completely shut.

"Help! Let me out of here!" Jungkook screamed. He started pounding on the elevator door. He felt the elevator start going up. He took deep breaths to try and calm himself. "Breathe...just breathe...." he started instantly having a panic attack, feeling trapped inside. He felt as though he was going to be trapped inside that elevator forever until he died. He clutched his chest. "Just...just make it...to the next floor and then you can get off...." He felt like he was crazy for talking to himself out loud but it was all he could do. He didn't have any of his hyungs there to help him.

Ryung and Yeong had sprinted to the control room as soon as the doors shut, they needed to stop the elevator half way so that Jungkook would be stuck in it. They'd also planted the smoke bombs in the corner that would go off any second.

They made it and immediately stopped the elevator.

Jungkook felt a slight jerk, and then realized he had stopped moving.

"Wait....hello? Why did ...why am I not..?" He started pounding on the elevator door, his tears now heavily flowing. "Hey! Help! Help me! Please! I-" he was hyperventilating badly with panic. "I can't breathe!" he screamed. "I want out! It's stuck! Can anyone hear me?! It's stuck!"

The two friends watched Jungkook on the cameras as he cried and was pounding on the elevator door. "What a fucking baby!" Yeong giggled. "He's really crying over this?! Oh man!"

"Yoongi!" Jungkook screamed. "Yoongi hyung! Help!" The maknae felt like he was going to lose his mind. Unfortunately for him, Yoongi wasn't in ear shot. He was currently exploring stuff outside in a nearby garden.

"Help!" Jungkook kept screaming. He kept gagging over his tears. He felt as though he was going to cry so much the elevator was going to fill up with water and then he was going to drown in it. Although he felt like he was already drowning, suffocating even. The air became thick and he felt like he wasn't sucking in any oxygen. Then he noticed smoke start rising in the elevator.

"Oh...oh god..no...no no no...fire?! Is it on fire?! Is something wrong with it?! Help! Someone help me!" He started punching on the walls and doors in such a rage of terror that his knuckles immediately started bleeding. He felt like the walls were closing in on him and were going to crush him.

The two friends continued to die of laughter watching Jungkook panic. They figured they'd give him a few more minutes in the smoke filled elevator and then let him out of there. However, they weren't aware of just how terrified Jungkook was.

He clutched his chest and dropped to his knees, he buried his face into his own lap and was sobbing loudly. His screams of terror had finally gotten so bad that while outside, Yoongi could hear a strange noise coming from within the building that sparked his curiosity. As he got closer he realized he could hear Jungkook faintly screaming.

"Kook?!" Yoongi screamed and ran inside, wondering what the hell was going on. When he ran in he immediately saw Ryung and Yeong pulling Jungkook's screaming form out of the elevator. His knuckles were covered in blood and he was curled up in ball, coughing up half a lung and hyperventilating. Tears were flooding his face.

Yoongi dove down next to Jungkook. "What the hell happened?!" he screamed. "Kookie?!" He grabbed Jungkook's body and pulled him up into a hug, holding him in his arms tightly.

"H-hyung......hyung..." Jungkook whimpered. He curled up against Yoongi and let himself cry. He knew in his head that he was safe now but his body couldn't figure that out yet. He was trembling terribly and still couldn't relax.

"Hey, shh..it's okay..." Yoongi said as he gently brushed Jungkook's hair out of his face and ran his fingers through it. The maknae was also drenched in sweat. "What the hell happened?!"

Ryung and Yeong were standing shoulder to shoulder, clearly nervous. "It was supposed to be a joke. We didn't think he'd freak out so badly."

"This is your doing?!" Yoongi screamed as he held on to his sobbing maknae. "Why the hell was he in the elevator? He never goes in those for a reason so I know damn well he didn't go in there willingly!"

"We didn't know!" Yeong screamed in defense. "It was supposed to be a stupid little prank but we saw him freaking out so much we didn't know what to do!"

Yoongi saw the blood on Jungkook's hands and knew if he had gotten that worked up, he had been in there for a while.

"And you let it go this far?! He's bleeding! And you could see him!? You could see how bad this got and didn't think to end this sooner?! This poor boy is terrified of being in those things! And what the hell is with all the smoke?!"

"They were just smoke bombs. He's freaking out for nothing!" Yeong got even more defensive, as if it was Jungkook's own fault for panicking so much.

Yoongi was absolutely livid. His face was a deep red. Jungkook started crying that he wanted to go home. Not to the hotel, but to their actual home. He continued to drench Yoongi in his tears as his heart thudded heavily against the inside of his chest. He had honestly thought he was about to die so coming down from that fear was proving insanely difficult.

"Bunny, please, it's okay..." Yoongi cooed softly. "You're safe. Alright? You're safe. Take deep breaths."

Yoongi looked up to his friends and continued to scream at them about how insanely immature they'd been, how cruel of a prank it was. "Whether you knew about his fear or not, you sat there and let him get this scared? You saw him panicking and just let it continue for longer!? What the hell is wrong with the both you?!" He instantly knew this was going to greatly impact their friendship.

Ryung and Yeong stood there silently, they were angry too. "It's not our fault he's such a damn baby!" Ryung yelled. He really didn't want to be blamed so badly for this. "You guys pull pranks on each other all the damn time!"

"Don't you dare talk about him like that! And we never take pranks this far!" Yoongi screamed.

Yoongi stood up and dragged Jungkook to his feet. "Let's get back to the hotel. I'll call the others." He turned to his friends. "You two...just...back the hell off for now...go do something else with the little time we have left." He really didn't care what they did or where they went, he just wanted them out of his sight while he got Jungkook back to the hotel to take care of him. It broke his heart seeing his youngest so hurt.

Yoongi's friends went elsewhere while the rapper took care of Jungkook back at the hotel. The maknae had finally calmed down enough to explain how the two had first lied and then pushed him into the elevator. He was still trembling and sniffling as his hyung cleaned his knuckles up and wrapped them up in bandages.

"Lay down and rest, I'll call the others." He gestured for the maknae to snuggle up in one of the beds while he made some hot tea. He called everyone else and let them know that Jungkook had gotten hurt while they were out due to Yeongs and Ryungs ignorance. The rest of the members all flocked back to the hotel immediately to come check on him and offer their comfort.

"What assholes!" Jimin screamed when he saw Jungkook's hands all bandaged up.

"I hate your stupid friends!" Taehyung also cried. He was sitting next to Jungkook on the bed, rubbing his back. "How are you? Are you alright?" Everyone could hear the worry in Taehyung's voice.

"I-I'm okay.." Jungkook sniffled. The extreme fear had finally subsided, but there was still a hint of anxiety flowing through his veins. "I just want to go home."

"Thankfully we leave soon," Jin said. "After this trip is over I don't want those two anywhere near Jungkook!" Jin screamed. He made sure every single member knew it. Yoongi immediately agreed. He said he didn't plan on having them over, or really even seeing them at all anymore after what they did. He figured he simply couldn't trust them anymore, prank or not, it was too sinister and mean and it made him nervous. What if they try it again?

Everyone surrounded Jungkook as he was curled up in the bed. Rubbing his back, wiping the remainder of his tears, hugging him. He appreciated their comfort and love, it was helping a lot.

"Where are they now?" Hobi asked. He sure as hell didn't care to ever see their faces again.

"I don't know. I kind of told them to get lost for the time being," Yoongi mentioned.

"Well we have to go soon, so unfortunately it's time to call them back." Namjoon was already up and helping pack stuff up. Yoongi sent a very vague text to his friends telling them they had to get packing to be ready for the airport.

Nobody talked to Ryung or Yeong ever since they'd returned to the hotel. Not even Yoongi. He didn't know what to say but he sure had a lot of thinking to do. Jungkook stayed extremely clear of the two. One of his hyungs made sure to keep themselves between him and them at all times. They didn't trust either of them for a second to not try and pull some kind of bullshit. What was bothering everyone the most was that they were still defensive, not once did they apologize to Jungkook for what they did to him, and not once did they apologize to Yoongi or the others for hurting their little brother.

When they were back in Seoul the two parted ways from everyone with a blunt and quick goodbye. Jungkook finally felt safer being out of their presence as he made himself comfortable at home. Namjoon was checking the bruises on the maknae's knuckles, they were pretty bad. Yoongi looked at them too. "I'm so sorry they did this to you, Jungkook-ah."

"What are you going to do?" Jungkook asked Yoongi, hurt evident in his eyes. He personally hoped Yoongi wouldn't remain friends with them.

The rapper sighed. "I don't know."

He still had a lot of thinking to do.

A few days had passed and thankfully Jungkook was doing just fine. He was still a bit exhausted from the explosive reign of terror he experienced and his bruises were finally fading away. All of his hyungs were doing a wonderful job of taking care of him. Yoongi sat on the couch across from where Jungkook was resting. Watching his sleeping maknae, he had finally realized what he had to do.

He stepped out of the room and called Ryung and Yeong. He called to let them know he couldn't see himself being friends with them anymore. They started fighting with him, freaking out saying it was all bullshit that he'd really end their friendship over a stupid prank they pulled.

"That was more than a stupid prank. That was assault. And I won't befriend anyone who blatantly hurts that boy."

"Wow, Yoongi. You're really choosing him over us?" Yeong spat into the phone.

The rapper couldn't help but chuckle at the two mens ignorance.

"You must not know me that well after all." Before hanging up the phone on them for the last time ever, he ended the conversation with one final statement.

"I'd choose my members, and Jungkook, over anyone. Every. Single. Time."

[The End]