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"Are you coming?" Taehyung asked Jungkook as the rest of the members had finished packing up after a long day of practice and were headed out the door. Jungkook didn't even have his shoes on yet.

"No, you guys go ahead. I'm going to stay and work out for a little bit. I'll walk home after."

Jin stared at him, "You know how hyung feels about you walking home by yourself at night. Hyung doesn't like it."

"I'll be fine," Jungkook reassured.

"What if someone attacks you?" Jimin asked. He had concern in his voice but everyone knew he was asking sarcastically.

"Have you seen the kid box? He'll be fine," Yoongi chimed in.

"Yeah, what Yoongi-hyung said!" Jungkook chuckled.

"Okay, fine. But promise to call us when you're on your way home, okay?" Jin asked. Jungkook replied with a simple thumbs up. The members headed out the door and Jungkook made his way to the gym that was in their company building. He was exhausted from practice so didn't initially plan on doing that long of a work out , but once he started it turned into 'just one more rep' and 'I could probably do that again' and before he knew it two more hours had gone by. He called Jin like he promised he would to let him know he was headed home now. Jin gave him another one of his lectures about 'being aware of your surroundings' and 'if anyone looks suspicious run into a store and call me'.

"Yeah, yeah. Got it, got it. I know," Jungkook hung up and smiled to himself. Jin worries too much.

He wasn't nervous to walk home alone, their dorm wasn't all that far and it's not like it was the first time he'd ever done it. He was always pretty safe at night. He was walking along the main city strip when he stopped in front of one of his favorite small cafe's. He decided to go in and grab a smoothie, taking a seat at one of the tables. He sat there for a little bit and looked through a magazine while he drank it.

At the dorm, Jin was starting to get nervous. Jungkook should have been back by now. He wasn't responding to his texts or phone calls.

"Relax hyung, he probably stopped for one of those smoothies again," Jimin tried reassuring his now anxious hyung.

"I'm going to go look for him," Jin stood up and put his sweater on.

"Isn't that a little bit dramatic?" Yoongi asked, "He called like 20 minutes ago."

"Better safe than sorry, right?" Jin headed for the door. Taehyung and Hobi offered to go with him but Jin said he'd rather they stay at home. He only wanted to worry about one dongsaeng at a time. He tried to walk at a relatively fast pace, it had gotten cold out. He got more nervous as the longer he walked there was still no sign of Jungkook anywhere. He figured he'd check the smoothie place once he got to the main strip. While walking he kept his eye out and still kept trying to call his maknae with no success, but his heart lightened up when he saw him across the street waiting for the crosswalk light.

"JUNGKOOK!" Jin yelled, yelling across the street. Jungkook noticed and waved back, "Hi hyungie! What are you doing? I was on my way home, I stopped for a smoothie!" Jungkook smiled back. Jin sighed in relief, of course he did.

"I was looking for you! Are you trying to give hyung a heart attack?!" Jin yelled. The two continued yelling to eachother from across the street until Jungkook's crosswalk light finally turned green and he started making his way over. Jin watched his maknae make his way to him and turned his head to see a car coming that showed no signs of slowing down. Jin's heart froze, wait..

"Jungkook!" Jin screamed. Jungkook noticed the car and also froze, he had turned into a deer in the headlights.

"Move! Jungkook! Move! !"Jin started screaming as he saw the car headed straight for his maknae, "JUNGKOOK!" Jin screamed again.

Jin panicked when he realized Jungkook was frozen in place by fear and not running out of the way.

"Maknae! NO! " Jin instinctively ran out and pushed Jungkook out of the way, sending the younger flying further out into the crosswalk. All Jungkook heard behind him was a loud thud, tires screeching, and a lot of people screaming. He looked back and saw Jin laying on the ground in front of the car, covered in blood.

"Hyung?!?!" Jungkook screamed, frantically crawling over to Jin. He tried to get up and run but he couldn't seem to get his footing, the impact of the push smacked him into the pavement and it had hurt. He overheard people in the crowd screaming to call 911, that someone had gotten hit by a car. When he got to Jin, his hyung was barely responsive, he had blood pouring out of his head and his clothes were torn, and he was full of bleeding scrapes. Jungkook lifted his hyungs head and placed it in his lap, "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!" Jungkook looked around frantically and someone told him an ambulance was on its way. The driver of the car had gotten out and was continuously apologizing, but Jungkook screamed at the man to get back and stay away. He looked back at Jin whose eyes kept closing shut, but opening again.

"Hey, no no no stay awake please, " Jungkook cried. Tears were spilling out of his eyes and landing on Jin's face, "You're going to be okay, you hear me? You'll be fine I promise."

"Kookie..." Jin started to whisper as his eyes were falling shut again, "I love you."

"Why are you saying that? I love you too but you're going to be fine!"

"Can you promise me something?" Jin's voice wasn't anything more than a whisper, Jungkook had to lean in to hear him, "Take care of yourself, bunny. And the members. Take care of them for hyung."

"Stop! Nothing is going to happen to you hyung! Stop talking like you're going to die!" Jungkook screamed.

"If I do, promise me, maknae."

Jungkook was struggling to breathe because of how hard he was crying. He could finally hear sirens in the distance.

"And Jungkook," Jin started but Jungkook cut him off.

"No no no , please stop talking like that. You're not allowed to do that to me, I won't let you! I need you! You hear me?! I still need you! We all need you!" Jungkook cradled Jin's head even tighter. He was afraid if he let go for a second he would lose his hyung forever.

"Jungkook-ah," Jin found the strength to grab his maknae's hand in his own, "You've been the best maknae a person could have ever asked for. I need you to know that. And you'll continue to be the best maknae ever, hyung believes that," Jin started coughing.

"Please," Jungkook didn't have the strength to scream anymore, his heart and soul were too broken, all he could do was whisper back, "Don't leave me. You can't. Why did you do that? Why did you save me? Huh?! You didn't have to save me. It should have been me, not you."

"That's what a hyung is for, bunny," Jin whispered back, "Please promise me you'll take care of yourself and them."

"I promise," Jungkook cried. Jin closed his eyes and didn't open them again.

"Hyung? HYUNG?! Jin! Wake up! You have to wake up now," Jungkook started screaming again and shaking his hyung, "A hyung isn't supposed to just leave their maknae behind! Wake up! You can't die!" Jungkook rested his forehead on Jin's, " You can't die! Please stay alive! Please, stay alive," he whispered one more time before falling into a fit of sobs and uncontrollable breathing. The ambulance arrived and quickly grabbed Jin up into a stretcher, they also took Jungkook with them. All he could do in the ambulance was sob and stare at Jin who was unconscious. When they got to the hospital paramedics quickly disappeared with his hyung and some took him into a separate room to be examined. He didn't have any serious injuries, just a few small scrapes on his knees, hands, and stomach. A doctor had come in to tell Jungkook that the rest of his members were here, the hospital had at some point called them. The doctor walked him into the waiting room they were in and he could see they were all completely hysterical, they ran over and grabbed Jungkook into a tight hug.

"I'm so sorry," Jungkook cried into their arms, "It's my fault."

"What the hell happened?!" Taehyung cried.

"I..I...a car," Jungkook started to hyperventilate, "was speeding and I was walking and he ...he...pushed me out of the way and got hit. I'm so sorry!" he cried. Everyone held him tighter. "It's not your fault," Yoongi rubbed the youngests back to comfort him.

"Is he dead?" Jungkook asked, but he really didn't want the answer.

"I don't know nobody has told us anything," Hobi replied, failing to wipe the tears away in time before more came.

"He's not dead," a doctor had appeared out of nowhere "However, he took a pretty bad beating to his head. He has a severe concussion and is in a coma."

Everyone cried harder.

"Could he still die?" Jimin asked through his tears. The doctor explained concussions and comas, and how sometimes there will be patients who never wake up and are put on life support and then it's up to the family to decide what to do after a certain amount of time. He also explained how sometimes people come out of them quickly, it really depended on the severity of the damage. Unfortunately Jin had pretty bad damage to his head. When the car hit him he smacked right into the pavement, the doctor said he was surprised Jin was conscious at all immediately after the impact. They asked if they could see him now but the doctor told them no, they had to wait a while. The waiting room was silent aside from the crying and sniffles and quick breaths everyone was taking. Jungkook didn't know it was possible to feel a guilt like this. If he dies it's because of me.  He let out a loud sob and Namjoon and Taehyung wrapped him in a hug again.

"Why would he do that?" Jungkook cried, "Why would he try and save me knowing he'd get hurt?"

"Because he loves you and didn't want you to get hurt," Jimin told him.

"Well he shouldn't have done that!" Jungkook yelled in frustration.

"It's instinctive to protect you, we all would have done that," Yoongi added. The rest of them nodded in agreement.

"Well, don't," Jungkook wiped his tears with his sleeve. "If he dies it's my fault. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," he fell into a fit of sobs again.

"No it's not," Hobi told him.  Nobody blamed Jungkook. They blamed the driver who didn't stop. Many witnesses informed the police that Jungkook did in fact have the right of way because the crosswalk sign had still been green, and a couple people said they saw the driver speeding and texting, not paying attention. The driver was quickly arrested, but that didn't make anyone feel better. Them being arrested wasn't going to save Jin.

After a few more hours the members were told they could go in and see him, but the doctor reminded them that he wasn't awake and warned them that he was hooked up to a lot of machines. They quickly made their way to his room and barged in. Knowing Jin was hurt was scary and sad enough, but actually seeing him laying unresponsive in a hospital bed was so much worse. Jungkook ran to him and grabbed his hand, it was cold.

"I'm so sorry, hyung," Jungkook cried. The rest of the members gathered around Jin's bed and still kept trying to reassure Jungkook that he had nothing to be sorry about.

"Don't worry, he'll wake up soon, because he knows he has to cook us dinner," Jimin smiled through his tears. Sometimes he tried to use humor to hide how badly he was actually hurting, and he needed to reassure himself that Jin would be fine. He had to be fine, there wasn't any other option. The members started talking to Jin as if he could hear them, maybe he could for all they knew. They tried to tell him bad dad jokes and talked about memories they shared.

"He's probably thinking of bad dad jokes in that head of his right now and can't wait to wake up and tell us," Yoongi said.

Their manager had been contacted and they were informed they didn't have to return to work right away, they should just stay with Jin. The hospital gave them permission to stay past visiting hours, they could stay for as long as they needed/wanted. Nobody wanted to leave Jin's side. They didn't leave the hospital for anything. There was a cafeteria so they just ate there. Jin's hospital room had a private bathroom so they all just showered there. His room had been quite large, and there was more than enough space for everyone to sit and lay down. Hobi, Taehyung, and Jimin had ventured out to the hospitals gift shop and bought Jin a bunch of get well soon gifts such as stuffed animals, shirts, and a card full of confetti that Hobi bought specifically because he knew Jin would hate it and he thought that'd be funny.

Days went by with no improvement and Jungkook's guilt had only grown worse. He found himself sitting right at Jin's side for most hours of the day and night. Sometimes mindlessly talking to him, and sometimes scolding and screaming at him all over again for saving him. The members had to calm Jungkook down whenever he started doing that because he'd fall into complete panic attacks every time.

After about a week, Jungkook was still sitting at Jin's side and holding his hyungs hand. He was singing a song to him. Something he'd written with Yoongi while they were there, a song about staying alive. Jungkook thought if he sang it to Jin enough times, he'd finally stop being stubborn and wake up to listen or annoyed enough by Jungkook's voice to finally wake up and ask him to shut up. He stopped singing when he felt Jin's hand move in his. He stared at it and saw Jin's fingers start twitching.

"Hyung?" Jungkook stood up, there was hope on the horizon. The rest of the members asked what was going on.

"I think he just moved," Jungkook told them. They gathered around Jin and Taehyung shook him a little bit, "Hyung?" he asked. They stared and saw Jin start to move around a little more.

"Maybe he's just twitching?" Hobi asked. They kept staring and were soon greeted by Jin's eyes opening. The members were frozen. Whether it be shock or excitement they couldn't tell.

"HYUNG?!?!" Jungkook screamed. Jin reached for his head, "Ow," he whispered. The members went frantic. They all started cheering and crying tears of joy and jumping up and down hugging eachother.

"ABOUT TIME!!!" Namjoon yelled at the oldest. Jungkook couldn't contain his excitement, he jumped into Jin's bed with him and immediately pulled him in close. Jin groaned, it had hurt, but he didn't mind.

"Did you have a good nap there, buddy? It's been a damn week," Yoongi crossed his arms and smiled. The rest of the members laughed. Jimin had pushed a red button that got a nurse in. The nurse was happy to see Jin had woken up. She did some tests and stuff to check on him and then said she'd leave them alone. Before she left she said that everything had been looking good, Jin was definitely healing.

"Do you remember what happened to you?" Jimin asked. Jungkook frowned, he still couldn't help but feel like this whole thing had been his fault.

"Yeah," Jin was exhausted and wasn't up for so much conversation, but he knew the members must have really missed him, "That bastard." This got a laugh out of all the members. Jungkook took Jin's hand, "I'm really sorry, hyung." Jin could see Jungkook tearing up with sorrow. Jin took his hand and cupped Jungkook's cheek with it wiping his maknae's tears with his thumb, "Why? You didn't do anything wrong." Jungkook couldn't for the life of him figure out why none of his hyungs were mad at him. He was the one who had stopped at the cafe, which sent Jin out looking for him in the first place.

" I feel like I did," Jungkook pouted.

"We've been trying to tell him all week this isn't his fault but he won't believe us," Taehyung added. Jin hugged Jungkook tightly, "It's not your fault." Hobi grabbed Jin's arm, "We're really glad you're okay. You can never scare us like that again. We need you, hyung." Jin looked around at his members and couldn't help but cry. He wondered about death, and what would have happened to them all if he hadn't woken up, would they have been okay? He wondered if he'd miss them in the afterlife, if there was one, or if he'd completely forget about them. Both thoughts scared him.

" I didn't mean to scare anyone," Jin pouted. Yet he in no way felt guilty. He'd save Jungkook from anything, a million times over if he had to. Whether it killed him or not. He'd save any of them.

"You're not allowed to die. Ever," Jimin told his hyung.

"Well, I don't think that's how the human body really works, Jimin, "Namjoon chuckled. Jungkook looked at Jin, "Promise me you won't die before I do."

"How am I supposed to make a promise like that?" Jin laughed.

"Promise me, hyung!! You're not allowed to leave us, ever. You're not allowed to leave me!" Jungkook scolded.

"Okay okay, I promise," the oldest smiled at everyone and they smiled back. They all needed their oldest, he wasn't allowed to leave them behind. Jungkook curled up closer to Jin and rested his head on his hyungs chest, "Thank you, hyung."

"For what?"

"Not dying on us. Not dying on me," Jungkook felt his bottom lip quiver. Jin grabbed Jungkook's chin and tilted his head up to look at him. Jin smiled and winked at Jungkook,

"A hyung isn't supposed to just leave their maknae behind."