Requested by 2seokminbiasedd

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The members loved playing pranks on eachother. Whether it was a birthday or just any random day, they always got a kick out of doing something funny to someone else just to see their reactions. They would often have prank wars both at home and at work.

With Halloween being just days away, everyone was in the mood for a good, scary prank. Jimin mentioned that he wanted this years victim to be Hobi in which the others agreed. Hobi hated Halloween because he hated scary things. Monsters, ghosts, all of it. Which made him their perfect target.

The prank they wanted to play on him was to make him believe that the BigHit building was haunted and that a ghost was after him. They wanted the prank to last a few days so they decided they would start small and simply talk about odd things going on around the building or make him believe there was a ghost around. Then on the final day they'd dress up as ghosts or monsters and really scare him. It was a going to be a group effort.

The beginning of the prank started lightly. During dance practice when Hobi wasn't paying attention , Taehyung had snuck the remote to the stereo and turned the music off in the middle of a song.

"What the hell was that?" Jimin asked, winking at Taehyung.

"Oh? The music turned off?" Hobi asked confused. He walked over to the stereo and inspected it. The remote was where he had left it. "Maybe something is wrong with it?" He couldn't figure out why it had turned off on it's own.

"You know, Hobi, there is a legend that this dance studio doessss have a ghost in it," Yoongi said nonchalantly, "Maybe he doesn't like our music." The others tried not to chuckle.

"Aish, don't say things like that! You know I hate ghosts! There are no ghosts!" Hobi cried. He gulped. He didn't like that idea or want to hear it from anyone. He was creeped out enough already by the building, the last thing he wanted to hear was that it was actually haunted.

Hobi turned the music back on and told everyone to get back to practice. Taehyung turned the music off again.

"What the hell!" Hobi shouted in frustration. "What is wrong with this thing?!"

"It's the ghost," Jin said in a serious tone.

"That's not funny! Stop saying that!" Hobi could feel his palms get sweaty with anxiety and his heart started racing. No way was he going to believe his members, he couldn't, because the thought alone terrified him to no end. He sighed before turning the music back on. This time the members took the prank a little further.

When they were done with dance practice Hobi turned the music back off.

"Hey hyungs," Jungkook started, "We should try and talk with the ghost."

"Shut the hell up Jungkook!" Hobi pleaded. He didn't want to do anything of the sort.

Jungkook ignored him. "If there is a ghost in here, prove yourself to Hobi and turn the music on in 3..2..1.."

The music came back on and Hobi ran out of the dance studio screaming. The members were in stitches on the floor laughing. They clapped for Taehyung who had been capable of controlling the remote without Hobi ever noticing he'd touched it.

"This is going great!" Namjoon chuckled, "He's actually freaked out!"

Hobi ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind him. He stood against the door panting trying to catch his breath. He couldn't make sense of it. How did that just happen?! He put his hand to his chest and tried to take deep breaths but he felt like he was choking. Of all the years they'd worked in this building nothing like that had ever happened. He didn't understand why it was now. He walked over to the sink and splashed the sweat off his face with cold water as he tried to compose himself. He screamed and flinched when he heard someone knocking on the bathroom door.

"One second!" he yelled to whoever was knocking. However the knocking didn't stop. He walked over and opened the door, "I said one sec-hello?" He looked around but there was nobody in sight. Nobody down either side of the hallway.

"Guys?" he whispered but got no response. He stepped back into the bathroom and began to cry. He was becoming quite terrified. He jumped when he heard knocking again. He stood there and began to hyperventilate. He wouldn't dare open that door again.

"Hyung?" Namjoon called from the other side of the door. He sighed in relief and ran out, embracing Namjoon in a tight hug. "Joonie! It's following me!"

"What's following you?" Namjoon asked.

"The ghost! It followed me to the bathroom!" Hobi cried. Namjoon had to try hard not to smile. He couldn't believe their prank was working.

"I want to go home!" Hobi pouted. Namjoon said they were headed out and Hobi held his leaders hand and clung to him the entire way to the car.

The members weren't going to let the prank stop at home either. They kept doing small things to Hobi to make him believe the ghost had followed him home. They'd misplace his things, tap the walls, whisper things.

Hobi felt like he was going crazy. He became afraid to sleep alone so he scooted himself into Jungkook's bed that night. Jungkook was no help considering the last thing he said to his hyung before falling asleep was, "Don't let the ghost get you."

Hobi didn't sleep that night, all he did was cry. Every slight noise or creak made his heart almost stop. Every shadow made him hold his breath because he didn't want whatever it was to hear him. He didn't understand how the others weren't as scared as him. Didn't they know the supernatural was nothing to mess with? He wondered why this was only affecting him so badly and nobody else. He concluded that for whatever reason this ghost was after him and he didn't know why but it scared him to death.

Dance practice the next day was brutal for Hobi. He didn't even want to be the dance leader that day. He was exhausted. He had bags under his eyes. He was so tired he didn't even bother to correct his members mistakes, even when they themselves admitted to making them. Everything startled him. Yoongi had come up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder and it sent Hobi almost flying out of his skin. The others were getting a bit worried wondering if maybe they were taking this a bit too far. They wanted to scare him, sure, but they didn't intend on making him this sick. He hadn't even eaten breakfast because he was too anxious to eat anything.

"Maybe we should call off this prank, or end it early, he's miserable," Taehyung suggested. The members agreed that they'd end it early. They decided all they were going to do to finish the prank off was have Jin dress up as a ghost and pop out of one of the hallway closets to scare Hobi and then that'd be the end of it. To put their dance leaders misery to a quick end they decided they'd do it that same day. They decided to lay off doing anything else that might scare him in the meantime, but that didn't seem to matter as even things that happened naturally were scaring the hell out of him.

By chance, the stereo did end up skipping completely on its own and Hobi almost had a mental breakdown. He sunk down to the floor and cradled his knees to his face. Jimin walked over to him, "It's an old stereo hyung, these things happen."

Hobi looked up at Jimin with tears in his eyes, "It's coming for me Jimin. The ghost. It's coming for me."

Yoongi frowned when he overheard this. They had somehow managed to convince their sunshine that a ghost was after him and it made Yoongi feel quite guilty. He also couldn't wait for it to be over.

After practice while the members were packing up their stuff Jin mentioned he had to go to the bathroom. Which meant it was showtime.

They finished packing up and headed down the hall.

"What about Jin?" Hobi asked.

"He said his stomach was hurting so he could be a while. He will catch up with us," Taehyung replied. As they continued to walk down the hallway, Namjoon stopped everyone.

"Does anyone else hear that?" Namjoon asked. They stood quietly and began to hear tapping coming from inside one of the closets.

"Is that..tapping?" Jimin asked curiously. Hobi felt a lump in his throat form as it began to suffocate him. His heart rate picked up again as he started walking a little further down the hallway, "Let's just go, guys. Please we should just leave."

The members ignored him and walked over to the closet door, Jimin slowly started turning the handle, "But I want to know what that tapping is."

"Who cares?!" Hobi cried. He was fighting back tears, "Please let's just go!" he begged.

Jimin opened the door and Jin, dressed in costume, jumped out. The members fake screamed, but Hobi absolutely lost it. He started screaming like there was no tomorrow and completely ran away. He needed to get out of there and now. He began to hyperventilate as he ran. He felt like his feet couldn't keep up with how fast his mind wanted them to run. He started down the stairs and even tried skipping steps to get down them, but he slipped.

The members were in a fit of tears laughing after seeing Hobi panic. They could hear him screaming as he ran away. However, suddenly they heard a crashing noise just as Hobi's screaming stopped. They all fell silent.

"What the hell was that?!" Yoongi screamed.

"HOBI!?" They all screamed and started running after him.

"Hyungie?! Hyung are you okay?!" Jungkook cried. They made it down the hall and towards the stairs when they saw him.

He was unconscious at the bottom of the stairs with blood trickling out of his head.

"No!" Jimin screamed and flew down the steps, the rest of the members trailing behind him.

"Oh no! Oh no!" Jin screamed. The members burst into tears.

"Hobi hyung!" Taehyung cried.

Jimin took Hobi's cheeks in his hands, "Oh my God, no no no . How did he...he fell?! Hyung wake up! Please hyung wake up! It was just a joke! We were just joking!!" Jimin was in a fit of tears. Namjoon immediately dialed 911.

The members were in a panic begging for him to wake up but got nothing.

"Try not to move him he could have broken something," Jin said in a panic. He realized he was still in the costume and quickly ripped it off. He never wanted to see that stupid thing ever again.

The members sat there screaming and crying feeling guilty as all hell as they waited for the ambulance to show up. When paramedics got there Hobi was quickly taken away and the members trailed closely behind the whole way to the hospital.

When they got there they begged doctors to help him and make sure he was okay. Doctors said they'd do everything they can. The members sat in a waiting room crying and yelling about how guilty they all felt.

"It was a stupid prank! It was stupid!" Taehyung cried.

"We should have just ended it as soon as we saw him not feeling well. The poor boy couldn't even sleep because of us," Yoongi frowned.

"My poor Hobi hyung.." Jungkook cried. Jin pulled him into a tight hug as tears spilled all over his cheeks, "It's my fault. I'm the reason he ran and fell..It's all my fault.."

Jin was feeling the most guilty. He knew it was going to scare Hobi but he didn't know his dongsaeng was going to run away and trip and fall down the stairs. He wished he could rewind time and just not have even pulled the prank. His mind was racing with all the thoughts of things he could've or should've done differently.

"We should have known this would be too much for him, we're all idiots!" Namjoon cried. The members nodded in agreement. They all realized they should have known not to mess with Hobi so badly. The poor boy was scared of things like bugs and they really made him think he was being haunted by a ghost?

The members sat in the waiting room all night with no updates. Finally the next morning a doctor came in with news.

"How is he?!" Taehyung asked in a panic. "Is he okay?!"

"He's not great, but he's doing better," The doctor told him. They were informed that Hobi had broken his ankle and his arm from falling. He also had a concussion from hitting the back of his head in which there was a gash he needed stitches for.

"Thankfully, his memory seems to be intact so he should make a full recovery in a few weeks," the doctor said. The members started crying all over again. They felt absolutely terrible. They felt like they were all the ones who deserved the injuries, not Hobi.

"Is he awake? Can we see him now?" Jin asked. The doctor nodded and led them to his room.

"Hobi hyung!" Jungkook cried when he saw him laying in his bed. The members hearts shredded to pieces. He was laying there with a cast on his ankle and on his arm, as well as some bandages wrapped around his head. They ran over to him.

"Aish.." Hobi groaned, he still wasn't feeling well. His entire body hurt and the headache he was still dealing with made opening his eyes less than easy.

Jin immediately got started with the apologies, "We're so sorry! I'm so sorry! Hyung is so sorry! None of us meant for you to get hurt!" Jin cried, "It was all just a stupid prank to scare you but we didn't know you'd run and fall!"

"Please forgive us hyung!" Taehyung cried. The members then all started apologizing with tears in their eyes. Hobi was confused for a second and it took him a minute to realize what they were even talking about until he remembered someone jumping out of the closet after him. He realized it had been Jin. He saw how upset and sorrowful everyone was over what happened and he didn't really have the heart to stay mad. He noticed that Jin seemed the most upset.

"Jin hyung...it's okay..." Hobi started and grabbed Jin's hand, "It was an accident."

Jungkook cut him off, "And hyungie we are so sorry for everything else we did! Making you believe there was a ghost and turning off the stereo and everything we did at home to freak you out! We are so sorry!"

Hobi was confused again. "What?"

The members confessed everything they'd done and Hobi couldn't believe it. Although he was a bit frustrated with them he was also more than relieved to know there wasn't actually a ghost following him around.

"Please forgive us," Jimin cried. He was standing there gently rubbing Hobi's arm.

"I will have to think about it," Hobi said sternly. He watched Jimin completely burst into tears and he spoke up again, "Okay okay, I forgive you," he smiled. He hated seeing his dongsaengs and hyungs so sad.

"We promise there was never any ghost," Yoongi added, "Just us being stupid jerks which you didn't deserve."

Hobi really was quick to forgive them. He knew the prank was meant to be harmless even though his members took it too far. He didn't blame them for the fact he tripped and fell, he was more mad at himself for losing his own footing. He asked them to lay off pranks for a while and they instantly agreed. They sat around and talked for hours. The hours turned into days before Hobi was allowed to go home.

When he got home the members spoiled him to no end. They helped him with everything and catered to his every need, even when he said he didn't need help the members helped him anyway. They refused to let Hobi be scared or vulnerable anymore. They made it a point to make sure he knew there was no ghost around and they even left all the lights on all the time for him. He was getting better quickly due to everyone taking such good care of him and they were happy to have their sunshine back, even if he couldn't participate in many activities they were just glad that he was always laughing and in good spirits again.

They realized they enjoyed seeing Hobi happy and laughing much, much more than seeing him scared.

-[The End]