Please Don't Tell
Yoongi's POV-
"What happened?!" Tae runs up to me, still dressed formally from his dinner with Seulgi.
I move my eyes from where I've been staring off into space since we arrived here. Everything went from so good, to unbelievably good, to disastrous in a span of minutes.
"He... remembered me."
He gasps when he hears this and sits abruptly on the chair opposite mine.
"He realized that I was the one that was there that night. That I pulled him out of the water." I take a sharp breath in as my lip begins to quiver.
"He realized that he has been hurting you. That he has thought you were the one he made all those memories with that were actually with me. He was so sorry Taehyung. He felt so terrible."
Taehyung lets a tear escape as he nods his head before bringing his hand up to wipe it away. "But he remembered you?"
"Yes, he did. And he was okay but I think remembering it so suddenly was all so overwhelming and he blacked out. At first I held him just thinking he would wake up after a short time, but his body temperature began to rise rapidly.
"After a few minutes passed and there was no sign of him waking up. I called the ambulance and they brought him here."
"I bet you're right. It was all too much too fast. Well, after you called me I called Doctor Yang and he said he would head in. I think he was closer than I was so he might be back there already. Hoseok and Jimin were visiting one of Jimin's friends in Yangju so they might be a little while but he said they were on their way."
"I believe the nurse that was here a little while ago said that Doctor Yang had arrived."
"Was it Yuna?" He asks.
"No it wasn't her. I asked where she was and they said that she was off this week. That she was on vacation or something."
The emergency room door then opens and Doctor Yang walks towards the two of us with, thankfully, a relieved look on his face. We both immediately stand up on our feet to stride closer to him.
"Hello boys." He smiles shortly at the two of us before turning to me. "It's good that you brought him in. He had a fever but we were able to combat it and it has broken. He is sleeping right now but he should be waking up in the next twenty minutes or so.
"The nurse will be out to get you when he has woken up and after they have had a chance to do their final assessments to see if he should be released tonight or will need to be observed here until tomorrow."
We both offer grateful Thank Yous to him. He nods in response and turns to Taehyung.
"Taehyung, do you have a list of his medications and doses of each? I came straight from a show and I don't have my briefcase or anything with me.
"I would ask Yuna to fill out the paperwork, since she seemed to have been particularly invested in Jungkook's recovery and treatment, but she is off on a trip she's had planned for a while and I didn't want to interrupt her time off.
"If you don't have the list then I can fill it out when I am on shift again, if it can be filled out while he is here it will just keep us from having any delays with ordering tests and getting them sent to the lab."
"Oh yes I have pictures of the list of medications in my phone. Where do I go to get the form?"
"I am going back by his room right now so I will tell them who you are and that you will be able to complete the paperwork. They've run a few routine tests today so when I get the results back I will give you a call to let you know if anything was fine.
"It probably won't be until Thursday at the latest. As of now though, I'm pretty confident that these are just side effects of the Brain Hypoxia. It will be a slow recovery but he is already looking better. Just make sure he continues to sleep."
"We will do that. Thank you again Doctor" I say before he turns back and exits back into the emergency room.
I return to my seat and Taehyung returns to his as well. We sit in silence, him observing the few other people in the waiting room with us and myself staring at my hands in my lap and glancing at him every once in a while.
Since the doctor left he has dawned an emotionless straight face. I finally speak to break the silence.
"We need to talk about where he will stay if he still remembers me. Will it be better for him to continue to stay with you or to move back in with me?"
"I think the obvious answer would be that he moves back in with you. You are the one he wants to be with." He answers without looking at me.
His tone doesn't sound unhappy or bitter. He's simply making a statement.
"I really am sorry that you've become a casualty in all of this Taehyung." I move my eyes to him to see him only nod with the same blank face.
He seems to be more focused on something or someone than his previous casually observing but other than slightly furrowed brows he still seems unemotional.
I avert my eyes to continue staring aimlessly at my lap but my attention moves back to him when he raises himself slowly out of the chair and moves to sit in the chair next to me. Once seated he says in a tone only I could hear.
"Did you say that a nurse told you Yuna wasn't working today?"
"Yes? She said she was out of town or something." I answer back a little confused.
"And the doctor said she was away on a trip?"
"Yes..."
"That's what I heard too." He says before sliding his phone out of his pocket and looking back at me. "I am going to make a quick call. I'll be right back."
"Okay. I'll come find you when they let me know he's awake."
Tae nods and stands up to walk rather quickly into a nearby hallway.
I lean my head back on the backrest of my chair and close my eyes.
...
"Hey, Yoongi right?"
I crack my right eye open to see Yuna standing in front of me, smiling.
"Hi." I say in an uninterested tone.
Wait, Yuna? Ugh, whatever. I'm surprised to see her, but she is the least of my concerns right now. So I just close my eyes again.
"Do you know what room Jungkook is in?"
I open both of my eyes and lift my head to look at her when I hear that. She could have asked any number of things.
Like How is Jungkook doing, Is he sleeping better, How is he adjusting to being home, but instead she asks where he is?
How does she even know he was here if she isn't working. The doctor said he didn't call her and Taehyung said he called the doctor and Jimin.
Suddenly she takes a seat next to me and I can see her hands are shaking slightly and her knee is bouncing.
I move my eyes from where her hands are in her lap fidgeting up to her face. Her hair seems disheveled and she has dark circles under her eyes that are deep. She hasn't been sleeping well for more than a few nights.
What is her deal? Is she tweaking out or something?
"You okay?"
"Just, is he- is Jungkook okay?"
"Doctor Yang is with him. I thought you were out for a few days or something."
I see her face pale at my words. What is going on with her?
"D-Doctor Yang is here? Now? With him?"
"Yeah. Taehyung called him."
She immediately stands up.
"I need to know what room Jungkook is in. I-I need to speak to his nurse. Do you know who the nurse is?"
I look at her with wide eyes.
"I don-"
"Yoongi, I've got the papers filled out for Doctor Yang and he said we can go back to see him now." Taehyung walks up, eyes not leaving Yuna.
Gone is his stoic, unreadable expression. He now shows a small, almost arrogant smirk. He knows something.
"I can run those back to him if you'd like. I wanted to check on Jung-"
"Of course not, I can do it. You shouldn't have to work on your day off."
Her eyes move around nervously from side to side as she thinks, "I-it's not my day off, I just got in for my shift."
She's lying. Why is she lying? Now it's my turn to speak up.
"Your trip got cancelled?"
She gulps and by now she has a bit of sweat showing on her neck and forehead.
"Oh y-yes. I got called in so I had to postpone..." She says in a tone that sounds like even she knows that was a terribly unbelievable excuse. She has to know that we already know she's lying.
There's a tense silence between the three of us before Taehyung asks gently, "What did she do for you Yuna? What did she give you?"
My head as well as Yuna's snap in his direction, looking at him with wide eyes. He has his arms behind his back with the paperwork in his hands.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She says in a whispered tone as her eyes begin to tear up before she looks at the ground.
"Yuna" Taehyung speaks in a gentle tone as he slumps his shoulders down a bit so he can see her face. "The woman that contacted you is a very intimidating, powerful person, but I know you care about Jungkook.
"You have done so much for him and I've spoken with you for hours while you were on shift helping him about how much you enjoy your job.
"You have also mentioned your bills before when I've commented on how many hours you work. About all the overtime you do.
"Whatever was held over your head I'm sure was something you needed and were offered it in exchange for your cooperation. Please, tell us what you were asked to do."
She begins to cry as she slumps down in the chair behind where she's been stood.
I'm still standing stunned as I wonder how in the world Taehyung knew all of this as he kneels down in front of her and puts his hand on the arm of her chair next to her.
He stays silent as he lets her cry before she grabs his shoulders and pulls him into a hug.
"This job is all I have. I worked so hard for my scholarships to get into school and become a Nurse. I wanted to be able to help people." She sobs.
"My parents died eighteen months ago in a car accident and I had no idea how badly they were in debt. Not just to banks but to dangerous people.
"When they passed away all of that fell onto my shoulders. I couldn't afford to keep making the payments towards my parent's debts along with paying for my own expenses."
She pulls away from the hug to look at Taehyung as she continues. "It wasn't a woman who approached me. It was a man. I don't know who he was, but he came to me and told me that he could help me. He said that he was aware of my parents debts and that he wasn't with the collectors.
"That he wanted to help me, he just needed me to update him on one of my patient's condition when they asked. He then gave me a phone and had me text updates."
"Do you have the phone?" I ask, trying not to sound angry at this girl that was obviously taken advantage of, but I am still very much pissed off.
"I had just finished the last task I was given the day he was discharged and she told me to destroy the phone."
"... What was the last task they had you do?"
She places her hand on Tae's that is rested on her shoulder as she looked at him still with tears on her cheeks. "I wouldn't have done this if there was any other way."
"I know Yuna. I've known you for two months. You would never do this if you had any other choice but Jungkook is innocent in all of this. He doesn't deserve any more pain... and neither does Yoongi." He says as he looks up at me and Yuna does the same.
"Yoongi is the love of his life and he remembered him only today. It isn't just Jungkook that is effected by this, so please Yuna." He turns back to her. "What was your last task?"
"H-he had me change his blood pressure medication. The new medication was still the same dosage and still used to treat high blood pressure, but one of the possible side effects of the drug was that it could aid in memory loss...
"He asked me to swap the medication out but I could only do that while Jungkook was in the hospital. When he was going to be discharged I had to forge a prescription with Doctor Yang's signature for you to be able to continue the meds at home."
Oh my God...
"If he stops taking this medicine and goes back to the previous one will he start to remember?" I ask slowly.
"It's possible. The memories won't come back right away but the side effect of memory loss is that it can block memories if it is taken before they are recalled. If he is going to gain memories back himself he needs to stop taking it." She says before she moves her eyes between the two of us, eyes full of regret.
"I really thought I didn't have any other option. I was down to no car, living on a friend's couch, or sometimes not living with anyone, so I could save enough money to make the payments.
"I don't know how they found out about my debt but I was desperate. I need my job. I love my job. Please don't tell Doctor Yang."
"How did you know Jungkook was here?" I ask in a monotone voice.
I don't feel bad for this girl. I want to call the police and have her dragged out of here. How could someone do this to an innocent person? Under any circumstance.
She turns to me and looks at my face before looking down. "One of the nurses sent in our group chat that Suga- that you were here. I knew that you were one of his frequent visitors so I asked my friend to see if Jungkook had been admitted. I came down as soon as I found out."
She moves her eyes back up and lets them graze over me and then land on Taehyung's.
"Please. Please don't tell Doctor Yang. I've never done anything like this before and I wouldn't ever again. I have been sick for days and haven't been able to sleep because I feel so guilty. Please..." She begs.
Taehyung looks at her before turning to me with glossy, pleading eyes that match hers.
Damn this genius asshole and his puppy eyes. I sigh in defeat and Tae takes that as permission to make a deal with her.
"We won't, if you give us the name of the man that approached you. The one who said he could help you." Tae says softly.
Still sniffling she says, "I'm so sorry, but he didn't tell me his name."
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