Darkness swarmed around the young man as the only memory he clung onto was light flashing once, followed by darkness filling in another moment. All he recalled at that very moment was Jimin running towards him. He was locked within his own mind and there, he scolded himself for showing how weak he became with Jimin right before him. All he wanted to do was to prove how strong he could be in front of the one who loves him, but focusing too much into it, made him suffer. He couldn't recall anything now. All those memories of the minutes before he passed out went dull.

           Eventually, Jungkook was laying on the bed within the care unit. He felt the soft fabric of the white, bedsheets underneath his hands and with the gleam of the light falling over his closed eyelids. Yet, he couldn't wake up. There Jimin stood right by the bed his lover laid in and let out a sigh. For him, it's been fifty minutes Jungkook has been out and he just couldn't help but to feel like crying each second. “That idiot…” Jimin hissed to himself and fought back his tears. “I told him so and he just wanted to ignore me like some annoying child! All we did today was fight and he just couldn't seem to understand…” The older hissed to himself and hugged himself.

          With every second, there was a gap in his heart that seemed to spread further each second while he stood there with pain following alongside it. “I didn't want you to get mad at me… I was only trying to protect you… and you took it as me being annoying? Are you out of your mind?” Jimin then teared up and pulled a chair up to sit right by Jungkook. “In the same room I spent here… You helped me to walk and we fell in love… Now, in this room… You're silent and I'm crying; thinking you don't need to hear anything I have to say. ‘Shut up' is what you told me when I wanted to help.” Jimin cried and slowly reached out to Jungkook's hand to hold and softly make him caress his cheek, ever so gently. Jimin sat there, and guided Jungkook's hand up and along his own face and let out a tear that rushed down his face so suddenly. “My love… wake up...”

           Abruptly, Mr. Park and the Chief of the facility walked in to check up on the young man to only drop their gaze on Jimin resting his tearful eyes right by his boyfriend.

         “Dr. Park…” Called out the head Chief as Jimin opened his eyes and intertwined his hands with Jungkook's.

          “Chief…” Jimin replied in silence while his gaze then focused onto the elder standing right by his own father. “Father… Look, I-I told him-”

           “Who would have guessed he has been taking prescriptions behind our backs?” Mr. Park asked and with that, the Chief folded his own arms. “I knew he was trouble and he-”

            “Don't...I-It's all my fault. Don't blame him… I told him to take the pills if he couldn't sleep and he told me he couldn't…” Jimin lied to the Chief and his Father as well. He did this so Jungkook wouldn't be in trouble, so he took all the blame so his lover wouldn't.

              “Are you fucking crazy?! You know how bad it is to take those. Look what you did! You could have killed him!” Hissed the Chief and shook his head right after. “Whatever relationship the two of you have, I don't care. But what I do care is the health of the astronaut that is going to space! It's in a month from now and you just messed with his health! You should be ashamed of yourself. You should be punished for that!” The head Chief scolded Jimin after the lie the older made. He took every word and kept his eyes locked onto the ground. Never wanting to meet with the elder as he was being lectured. “Imagine if this happened in space?! He could have died! Do you hear me?! Dead!”

             “Jimin… I can't believe you would even try to do that. You know that rule very well. This has gotten out of hand! I knew you were going to stand in his way eventually… Sleeping pills, really? I bet you told him to do it so he could stay by your side and never go off to space. So selfish of you… I thought I told you to break up with him. You'll end up hurting each other.” Mr. Park then sighed while Jimin stuck through it all. “I should hit you right now! But having you like this must be enough torture for yourself as much as it is. Call us when he wakes up…” Mr. Park concluded and with that, Jimin let out a huff with the sound of the door closing behind them. He was once again, alone with Jeon Jungkook.

           “The things I do for you…” Jimin whispered once more before resting his head over the bed and holding his lover's hand into his tightly. “Wake up… W-We can start our morning over… Today has just been the worst. Even if you hurt me and ignored me for the most of it, I still love you the same! Please wake up and help me smile again… You're the only one who can make any grey cloud go away. I know so…”

           After two hours later, Jimin still remained seated and clung onto his lover and cherished every second they spent together. Even if Jungkook was still in his deep sleep, Jimin never left his side. Just like a loving and loyal boyfriend he was to his soulmate. Suddenly, those hours didn't go to waste when Jungkook instantly opened his eyes to see Jimin resting his head against the bed while he sat on a seat right by him. There, Jimin clung onto Jungkook. Never wanting to leave his side for more than a second. Jimin was afraid since he had to wait for Jungkook to wake up; exactly two hours later.

          As Jungkook's eyes explored around the pale walls and floors of the care unit, he observed Jimin longer and finally rose his other hand up to pat the head of his lover; caressing the soft strands back and eventually waking his partner up right after. Jimin woke up to the feeling and slowly rose his head to see Jungkook staring at him and pulling a smile from the corners of his lips. With that, they exchanged stares and right when Jungkook caressed Jimin's face, the older turned his head away from Jungkook.

          “I told you… Why do you have to wait to suffer in order for you to learn?” Jimin questioned in pain as he moved Jungkook's hand away. “Why do you do this to me? I've sat here and waited for you… For two hours! Starving and crying… Taking the bullshit our Head Chief and my own Father threw at me. I-I took all the blame so you wouldn't.” Jimin cried and wiped his own tears as Jungkook was silent. “I know… you asked Taehyung to get you another bottle and I know… you said I was annoying with this whole situation. We had a bad start in the morning and even when you tried to repair it, it failed miserably. We repeated the same issue and here you are… Here you fucking are; sitting on the same bed I sat in when I was suffering! Jungkook… Why don't you ever listen to me? Talk to me… What's going on?” Jimin asked again and wiped his own tears. “Tell me..”

         “Jimin…” Jungkook breathed softly and kept staring at the love of his life like nothing stood in between them.

           “It must be so painful, you're even hesitating to tell me…”

           “First, stop crying… Baby, just stop it, okay?” Jungkook whispered and held Jimin's wrists to look at him in the face. “I hate it when you cry like that. Please… Hear me out now, so you wouldn't cry later.” Jungkook advised and Jimin finally nodded his own head to hear him out. “Jimin, I didn't want to tell you anything… Ah, I hate doing so now because I feel so weak telling you all of those things that hurt me…” Jungkook slowly sat up and cupped Jimin's face to get his attention. “I hate this… I hate it.. So much, Jimin… I hate the fact that I'm going to space and that alone scares me. I hate training and I knew I just couldn't tell you all of this! Doing so would only make me feel so small, so weak… So fragile. You were so strong after coming from space. You didn't give up once and I wanted to be like you. I wanted to learn through it all, I wanted to be like you when it came to strength. You… weren't strong at all on the outside, but on the inside; deep in your heart, you were as strong as anyone else in this facility! As any other astronaut that ever walked on earth and came back with only little to live from. I wanted to be that strong...”

         Jungkook told Jimin everything. His love for the stars were plain now, his excitement for the expedition was silent and he just couldn't carry all these things in. “I didn't want to show you how weak I was since… I was so busy showing you the stronger side of me. The side that promised to protect you if anything was to ever happen. Instead, I grew stupid… I ignored you because you took my sleeping pills. I was so angry, Jimin. I didn't know what the hell I was doing.” Jungkook told Jimin as the older moved his head away from Jungkook's soft grasps over his cheeks. “Now look at me… Sitting here in this care unit after going against your words.”

           “Shut up… Doesn't sound nice does it? Ah, Months into a new year and you finally tell me what's wrong with you? Why did you have to wait until now? I was always honest with you… So, I believed every lie you told me!” Jimin bickered and looked down to dry his own tears. “But, I still sat here even if we had a bad start of our day. I swear Jungkook, you're just like a reckless Asteroid; hitting every object in the way and breaking yourself down until you finally open up.” Jimin dried his own tears and let out an exhale. “So… shut up…”

          “Jimin, come here..” Jungkook requested and held his hands out to hug Jimin. “Hug me…” The younger requested and Jimin didn't want to pass up on anything. He was upset, but knowing that Jungkook was finally awake after two hours, his anger soon changed into glee and tears of joy. Living for two hours with Jungkook in this condition, was so lonesome for Jimin. “My Mochi…. Sticking around so you could be by my side all day and make sure I wake up… I love you… But I'm not strong enough to protect-”

         “You don't have to be strong to keep me as yours or even protect me, Honey… I love you no matter what you are. Strong, Weak… I love you more than anything..” Jimin whispered and with that, Jungkook smiled and positioned Jimin's face to his.

          “We had a bad start today in the morning…” Jungkook pointed out and pecked a soft kiss over Jimin's lips. “Let me make it up for you, my love..” Jungkook then leaned in and kissed Jimin's lips; softly kissing him and pulling him into a tight hug. “Good morning, My Mochi~” Jungkook whispered to Jimin's ear and the older smiled into the kisses they shared playfully.

          “Good morning, Mr. Jeon.” Jimin played along right after. At one point, he was upset and angry over Jungkook's poor decisions… But then the next, he was just glad Jungkook woke up feeling himself again. No matter how much Jungkook messed up towards Jimin, Jimin never held it accountable because throughout those silent and sad two hours all alone; it was enough to show him that holding something back for so long, was just wasting the valuable time they still had to spend forever with. That was their love inside and out when it came to each other.