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It was always an adventure for the BTS members when they were given extended vacations from work. This time around most of them decided to go visit their families. Namjoon had already been gone for a few days while Jin, Yoongi, and Jimin had left the previous night.

Jungkook, Taehyung, and Hobi were left to their own devices. They had wanted to visit their families as well, but per simple shitty luck, all of their families were out of town doing their own things.

The boys were a bit bored in the dorm and tried to come up with ways they could pass the time. As much as they loved vacations, it wasn't the same with half of the group not home to enjoy it all together.

"We could throw a party," Taehyung suggested as he sat on the couch, sipping some water.

Jungkook walked over and grabbed the water from his hyung, stealing a few sips. It was hot as hell in the middle of July. "Yeah, and are you going to clean up afterwards? 'Cause I sure as hell won't."

"Yeah, I don't think a party is the way to go." Hobi joined them in the living room while fanning his body by tugging on his shirt. He could feel the sweat dripping down his chest. "I have a better idea, the weather is perfect for a beach day. It's sunny, it's hot as hell, we have the whole day ahead of us. We haven't been to the beach in a while."

Taehyung and Jungkook turned their heads to each other and stared at one another silently. Hobi didn't know what was going on until he saw them both start sprinting down the hallway to their rooms. "Last one in their bathing suit is a rotten egg!" Taehyung screamed.

Hobi couldn't help but smile to himself. I take that as a yes to the beach idea.

As Hobi drove his two dongsaengs to the beach, the two of them wouldn't stop teasing their hyung about how he was, in fact, the rotten egg.

"Aish," Hobi giggled.

The beach wasn't as packed as they expected, considering it truly was a beautiful day for the occasion. They walked barefoot across the hot sand to find a good spot to settle down. The sand between their toes felt great. Relaxation immediately set in as they all breathed in the scent of the salty ocean and listened to the birds overhead, flying and going about their day.

"This was a really great idea, hyungie," Jungkook mentioned as he slathered sunscreen all over himself before taking the bottle and dumping a bunch of it onto Taehyung's back. It soon turned into a sunscreen war between the two, but it did get the job done. They were both well lathered in it before setting out to go play in the water.

Hobi took his time applying sunscreen as he watched Taehyung and Jungkook giggle and splash around in the water. I really can't believe I'm still willing to bring these two out in public by myself. At least they're cute. He threw the bottle down and made a break for the waves. "Hey! You two! Stop having all the fun without me!" As soon as his body hit the water he was instantly attacked by his two little brothers and it became a splash-fest.

That's how their day was spent. First splashing and swimming in the water, then once that wore them out they spent time taking pictures of each other, specifically for Hobi to add to his photo archives that dated all the way back to before BTS even debuted as a band.

"Aww! We're all so cute!" Hobi cheered as he looked through the photos. The next task at hand was to have a sand castle building competition. Jungkook won, having created a three story sand castle with an actual terrace and everything.

"I don't know why we even bothered trying, hyung," Taehyung said to Hobi.

The remainder of the day escaped them and before they knew it, the sun was setting and darkness was consuming the horizon. After packing everything up and making their way to the car, Taehyung suggested that they stop somewhere for dinner. Jungkook and Hobi didn't hesitate to agree.

"Honestly, I'm craving some seafood after smelling the ocean all day. Some nice shrimp or salmon or something sounds delicious right about now." Taehyung was grateful that the other two were also craving seafood, so they stopped at a local restaurant on their way home that specialized in just that.

The restaurant was having some summer deals on seafood platters so the boys decided to order two of them and share amongst themselves. Each platter contained an all you can eat variety of shrimp, salmon, cod, tuna, crab, and an abundance of different sauces.

The food had a little bit of an unusual taste to it, but none of them cared. All they knew was that they were starving, and this food would cure that hunger.

They talked a bit about how fun their day was, and how they hoped that the others were enjoying time with their families. They took some photos of their food to send to the others in hopes of making them a bit jealous of their extravagant meal.

Once they were full and satisfied, it was time to get going. "I'm exhausted." Hobi stretched and yawned before having to tap his own cheeks a little bit to wake himself back up.

"I can see that, hyung. I don't mind driving," Jungkook offered. And within minutes, both Hobi and Taehyung were passed out in the car while Jungkook drove them back home. He looked at both of their sleeping faces and thought his hyungs looked so adorable with their newly sun-kissed skin and the slight puffiness in their cheeks from eating so much.

The night was mellow as the three of them decided to curl up on the couch and watch a movie. However, out of nowhere, Hobi stood up and ran to the bathroom. He made it to the toilet just in time to expel the dinner he had just eaten as it crawled its way right back up his throat.

"Uh...oh no..." Hobi wiped his mouth right as he heard Taehyung and Jungkook knocking on the bathroom door.

"Hyung, are you okay? What happened? What's wrong?" Taehyung's voice expressed great concern.

Hobi walked over and opened the bathroom door, clutching his stomach with one hand while leaning against the wall with the other. He was met with two pairs of worried eyes. "I-I don't know. I suddenly feel so nauseous...ugh..." He immediately ran to the toilet to throw up once again.

"Oh no! Hobi hyung!" Jungkook screamed as he and Taehyung ran to their hyungs side and rubbed his back. Taehyung grabbed some washcloths and soaked them in cold water from the sink faucet, wiping the residue that was left around Hobi's mouth and chin. He could feel his hyungs face completely burning up. Taking his hand and feeling Hobi's forehead, he furrowed his brows. "You feel like you have a fever. Jungkookie, can you go find the thermometer?"

"Of course, right on it!" Jungkook went and found it in a kitchen drawer, and ran back as fast as possible. The thought of one of his hyungs being sick broke his heart. Especially after such a great day that had been full of laughter and joy. Upon taking his temperature, Hobi ended up having a 102F fever.

"Wow," Taehyung said as he glanced at the thermometer, "You're quite sick."

"Aish, really? I could have told you that." Hobi groaned in pain as he continued to clutch his stomach.

"Here, hyung, let's get you to your room." Taehyung grabbed on to one of Hobi's arms as Jungkook grabbed the other and they slowly escorted him to his bed where he immediately curled up under his covers. Taehyung went to run out to grab a bucket to put by Hobi's bedside, but as he was grabbing the bucket he was hit with a sudden dull ache in his head that was making his vision blurry. He leaned against the wall as he took a moment to steady himself, and felt a hand on his back while he stood there with his eyes shut.

"Taehyungie? Are you alright?" Jungkook stared at Taehyung with the same worry he'd been staring at Hobi with.

"Yeah...I just...I don't know. My head suddenly hurts pretty badly," Taehyung admitted.

Jungkook grabbed the bucket from Taehyung and then grabbed his hyungs arms, escorting him to his own bed. "Why don't you rest too? It was a long day. Maybe you two got too much sun or something. Don't worry about Hobi hyung, I will take care of him. I'll come back to check on you too. Do you need anything before I step out?"

"No thank you, Jungkookie. I am going to close my eyes and rest."

Jungkook tucked Taehyung into his covers and ran his fingers through his hair, noticing that this hyung of his also felt a bit hot. "I think you might be getting a fever too."

Taehyung groaned as he realized his body did in fact feel hot too. He also felt waves of nausea swirling around inside his stomach. "Ugh." Without a second thought, he snatched the bucket out of Jungkook's hand and threw up into it just in time to not make a mess in his bed.

"Oh no...not you too, hyungie..." Jungkook's eyes started to water. Seeing one of his big brothers sick was bad enough, but two? He could barely handle how devastated he felt. He wanted to do absolutely everything in his power to help them and make them feel better as soon as possible.

He also felt the extra weight of responsibility fall on him because none of his other hyungs were home to help. It's up to me. You've got this.

Jungkook wiped the sweat plastered hair from Taehyung's forehead. "It's alright. I'm going to make something that will hopefully settle both of your stomachs, okay? Keep resting, I will find another bucket for Hobi hyungie."

Jungkook went to leave but Taehyung reached out and grabbed the youngers wrist, stopping him in his tracks. Jungkook turned back to him, "Yes?"

"Thank you, Koo." Taehyung's voice was just a low whisper, as he clearly became consumed with exhaustion.

Jungkook smiled. "It's no problem at all, Taehyungie."

It did end up becoming a bit of a problem once Jungkook felt sickness crash through him, just like the waves from the ocean they had been swimming in. He was heating soup up on the stove when sharp pains stabbed him from within, sending him hunched over in pain. "Mfff," he groaned. Not me too. I have to take care of hyungies. I'm the only one here who can.

So he fought against it. He ignored the stomach pains. He ignored the headache that set in. He ignored himself in order to spend the entire night awake as he ran back and forth between Taehyung's room and Hobi's room. He constantly had to clean out their buckets, wipe their faces, make sure they were sipping their water, getting them to eat soup, wiping the sweat from their foreheads. For the time being he was in full caretaker mode and wouldn't allow himself to rest until he knew his brothers were feeling better.

Yet, after another full day, Taehyung and Hobi were still sick as hell with no signs of recovery in store for them.

On the bright side, the rest of the members had finally returned home in the early hours of the morning.

"Hyungs! Hyungs, finally! You're back!" Jungkook cheered as Jin, Yoongi, Namjoon, and Jimin all arrived home at the same time. A wave of relief washed over him now that he knew he didn't have to bear the weight of this responsibility alone. He hadn't mentioned it to Taehyung or Hobi because he figured they had enough going on, but he too found himself throwing up and dealing with the severe head pain while taking care of them. He hid it from them very well.

"Hey, Kook-ah. Where are the other two?" Jimin asked as he hugged the maknae.

"They've been bed-ridden for days! They're really sick! I've been taking care of them but they aren't getting any better, I don't know what else to do!" The members could hear the panic in Jungkook's voice and they all became worried about how sick their two brothers might have been.

They ran to Hobi's room and found him fast asleep, curled up and sweating underneath his covers. They then went to check on Taehyung, who was in the middle of throwing up into the bucket again.

"Oh, Taehyung..." Jimin ran to him and pulled him into a hug. He could feel the heat radiating off his best friend's skin. "What the hell happened to you two?"

"I-I don't know," Taehyung choked out before heaving back into the bucket. He was too tired for conversation, although he was very happy to see the others arrive home.

Namjoon turned to Jungkook. "Have you called a doctor at all?"

"N-no..." Jungkook immediately noticed the instant look of disapproval from his hyungs.

"They've been this sick, and you didn't think to call the doctor?" Yoongi crossed his arms. "What were you waiting for exactly?"

Jin was immediately on the phone with the doctor, asking if he wouldn't mind making a quick house call to come check on Taehyung and Hobi.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think-" Jungkook started but was cut off.

"-Yeah, clearly you didn't think. How could you be so careless? If they weren't getting better, what did you expect to happen?" Yoongi replied.

"I thought they would get better with some time." Jungkook dropped his gaze to the floor as he fought back tears. "I'm sorry."

"I'm sure you are," Jimin said.

Taehyung, overhearing this, felt bad for Jungkook. He knew how much Jungkook had been helping to take care of them, but unfortunately he was too busy throwing up to be able to defend his maknae. He also noticed the dark circles under his maknae's eyes, and the paling color of his skin.

Jungkook ended up going to his room and resting on his bed. This was the first time he'd gotten an ounce of rest ever since his two hyungs got sick, so even if the others were a bit angry, at least they were willing to take over. The doctor arrived within the hour and was very quick to diagnose the two with an extreme case of food poisoning. Hobi was awake long enough to say that it would make sense, since they'd gotten sick after eating a bunch of seafood that did happen to taste a bit funky.

Hobi asked the others how Jungkook was doing, because he'd eaten the same food as well. Namjoon told him that Jungkook was doing perfectly fine, but that they were all mad that he was careless and didn't think to call the doctor so they could get some proper medicine. Hobi accidentally fell asleep before finding the words to defend the youngest.

While Taehyung and Hobi were finally on some heavy duty medicine from the doctor, Jungkook was curled up in his own bed while sweating out the fever that had picked up. He wished he had gotten some medicine too, figuring he most likely got hit with the food poisoning as well. He stayed in his bed, drenched in his own sweat, feeling a heavy weight of neglect as nobody ever came to talk to him or check on him.

What hurt the most was his efforts to care for his hyungs went unappreciated and unnoticed, all because he never called the doctor. Was I not enough? Am I not good enough to take care of my own hyungs?

As the heartbreak consumed him, his eyes began to drift closed but right before he fell asleep he heard Namjoon calling him out into the kitchen.

"I need you to help me clean up a bit," Namjoon commanded after having made a bit of a mess. Jungkook didn't protest. Despite his anger, he still wanted to show his hyungs that he was a good maknae.

"Sure thing, hyung."

When he was done helping, he went back to his room desperate for some sleep, yet every damn time he was about to drift into slumber, another hyung called him out of his room needing him to do something for him. This time it was Namjoon, once again.

He got right to work wiping down the kitchen counters just for Yoongi and Jimin to come in and mention again how careless he'd been for letting the two members suffer in their beds. Jin overheard and came into the kitchen as well, joining the others in their scolding.

Jungkook couldn't take it anymore. "Well, what the hell?! I did my best, okay?! You guys weren't even home and I stayed up day and night taking care of them! So I forgot to call the doctor, but it's not the end of the world! I mean they're alive, aren't they?! I made sure they were taken care of! That has to count for something! I'm sorry that I'm apparently not the most responsible person in the world, but I tried. At least I care about them!"

"Don't "what the hell" us!" Namjoon scolded. "You should have figured if they weren't getting better it was time to call a doctor. And what do you mean 'at least you care about them'? We care about them too. We've been helping care for them ever since we got back!"

"But what about me?" Jungkook slumped his shoulders as he avoided eye contact with his hyungs, he didn't want them to notice that he had tears on the verge of spilling from his eyes.

"What about you?" Jin asked as he wondered what the hell Jungkook was getting at, and how the maknae had the nerve to try arguing.

"I haven't been feeling well either..." Jungkook finally admitted as he wiped the tears that spilled down his cheeks. "But I ignored it to help out my hyungs and now I'm being scolded for not being good enough but I did all I could."

"So now you're faking sick just to get out of helping us, is that it?" Jimin asked as he crossed his arms.

Jungkook was done.

He broke out into a complete sob as he ran past his hyungs, shoulder-checking Jimin as he passed him. He ran to his room and slammed the door closed making sure to lock it. He didn't want to be bothered by anyone anymore. The plan now was to ignore them no matter what any of them wanted. He sobbed his heart out into his pillow, completely broken by the way he was being treated. It's not fair. This isn't fucking fair. First they think I'm careless, and now they think I'm a liar?

The youngest of the group ended up crying himself right to sleep, finally experiencing a break in the headache and stomach pains that kept gnawing at him.

The others decided to ignore Jungkook for the time being. They figured he was acting out because he had been scolded, and right now it was best to leave him alone. They went back to check on Hobi who was still fast asleep. Yoongi placed a damp, cold washcloth on the boy's head to try and help the fever subside a bit.

After that, everyone gathered back into Taehyung's room. Thankfully he'd finally stopped throwing up, so Jin took the bucket and went to go wash it out. Taehyung wasn't asleep but was silently staring off into space. Namjoon sat on the bed next to him and wiped some of the sweat droplets from his forehead. He sent Jimin out to go get him some damp washcloths as well.

"Feeling any better?" Namjoon asked Taehyung in a soft voice.

"How is Jungkook doing?" Taehyung asked, completely ignoring Namjoon's question.

"Huh?" Namjoon replied.

"Jungkook, he's sick too. How is he? Is he okay? He ate the same food as us and hasn't stopped to take a second for himself since he got sick. Please tell me he's doing okay. I'm worried."

"He's not actually sick, Taehyung. He probably told you that too just for the hell of it. He's been up helping us..."

Taehyung sat up in bed. "He never told me he was sick. I just know he's sick. Did he tell you that he was? Why would you think he's lying? He's sick, Namjoon."

"How would you know that?"

"Because I looked at him."

"You're telling me you know he's sick...just because you looked at him?" Namjoon raised an eyebrow. Surely the medicine is just getting to this boy.

Taehyung looked between Namjoon and Yoongi as he tried to suppress his bubbling anger. "He's my little brother. That's exactly what I'm saying."

"He's our little brother too, Tae. We'd know if he was sick," Yoongi replied.

Jin and Jimin returned and listened in on the conversation, unsure of what was exactly being discussed.

Taehyung ripped the covers off himself. "Clearly you're wrong. I saw how you treated him in here earlier. You were all too mad at him, for no reason may I add, to see that he was sick. Where is he? Where's Jungkook?"

"He's in his room," Jimin informed.

Taehyung dragged his feet to Jungkook's room as the others followed behind him. Once at his door he found that it was locked, so he started banging on it. "Maknae! Open up! It's me! It's Taehyungie!"

Slowly they heard the latch unlock. Jungkook only opened it because it was Taehyung at his door. One of the only hyungs he cared to see right now. As Jungkook opened it, all of the hyungs' hearts broke at the sight of the poor kid.

His eyes and cheeks were swollen from all of the crying. Tears and snot were caked to his face. Dark circles- worse than what Taehyung had seen earlier-encompassed his eyes. On top of it all, before Jungkook could even acknowledge anyone's presence, he leaned over and threw up on the floor right in front of everyone.

Taehyung immediately grabbed Jungkook and pulled him into a tight hug. "Oh, bunny, it's okay. You're real hyung is here." Taehyung scowled at the other members standing next to him and saw the immense weight of guilt take over. "I told you," he scoffed at them.

"Oh, Jungkookie," Jin started, "I'm so sorry."

Immediately all of the hyungs started expressing their immense apologies and guilt for not having been nicer to Jungkook and for calling him a liar. They guided Jungkook and Taehyung to Jungkook's bed where the two of them lay down and were tucked under the covers together.

Jungkook couldn't stop crying as Taehyung hugged him. Jimin was right there to rub his back and offer words of remorse and reassurance.

"We really are some shitty hyungs, huh?" Jimin asked. Nobody replied, but Yoongi, Jin, and Namjoon did agree with that statement.

Within a few minutes, Hobi was swaying in the doorway, clutching his stomach. He'd missed everything considering he'd been dozed off into another universe for a while. "What's going on?"

"Bun is sick too," Namjoon informed.

"Oh no, not you too Jungkook-ah." Hobi slowly waddled his way to the bed and soon all three of them were curled up together and cuddling.

Jungkook wasn't immediately forgiving, but he was too sick to argue with how he'd been treated. As a few more days had passed and the rest of his hyungs were waiting on their every need hand and foot, Jungkook's anger did begin to subside. He felt like they were getting their karma now that they continuously had to take care of all three of them and clean the kitchen up their damn selves.

They'd been making sure that Jungkook was also getting some of the same medicine that Taehyung and Hobi had been taking in order to get better. It was working rather well, and by the end of the week the three boys were starting to feel on the mend. The headaches and stomachaches had stopped and all that was left was some lingering exhaustion.

Hobi and Taehyung were the first to fully recover, with Jungkook taking a bit more time because he'd over-exerted himself at first and didn't get the proper rest he needed. The hyungs mentioned how exhausting it was taking care of them, and they ended up thanking Jungkook for all the effort he had put in to take care of Hobi and Taehyung all on his own despite being sick.

"We should have never scolded you," Yoongi admitted while bringing Jungkook some water. Jin, Namjoon, and Jimin were standing right there next to Yoongi. They all chimed in as well, stating how the youngest actually did a really great job and they respected his effort. They didn't know how they were going to gain Jungkook's full forgiveness, but they hoped in time that they could.

"Now," Jimin said, "the main concern here is getting you better. You're sickness seems to be lasting a bit longer than the others. I mean we can only make so much soup."

Jungkook looked at his hyungs and smiled. With a weak laugh he knew this would be the perfect time to really fuck with his hyungs.

"I'm not sure why I'm still sick, hyungs. Maybe instead of soup...you should have called the doctor."

[The End]
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