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Hobi hated taking a day off.

He felt it was a waste of precious time.

Which was why whenever he was sick, he'd ignore it and pump himself full of over-the-counter medicine until he got through it. It worked most of the time, but his members always told him it wasn't healthy and if he was sick he needed to take a break and get actual rest.

He wasn't one to listen to their advice because he was always way more concerned with making sure to get through every single dance practice and vocal rehearsal. He couldn't dare let anyone down by falling behind.

However, he'd recently been getting sick again, but this time was different. It wasn't his usual runny nose or slight headache that he'd get with a cold.

This was something much worse, and no amount of over-the-counter medicine was helping. It was to the point where Jin already told him he had to stop taking these cheap medicines because he was nervous about his dongsaeng getting weird side effects or hurting his body more in the attempt to cure it.

Hobi couldn't stop coughing during dinner. His body ached and his chest felt tight. It seemed like no matter how much oxygen he sucked in, he couldn't fill his lungs enough. Between coughs he found himself gasping for air.

Yoongi started patting his back. "You have to go to the doctor, Hobes. You're never going to get better if you don't take the time to go there, and then rest a bit."

"N-no, I'm fine." Hobi muffled his cough into his elbow. All of the members were staring at him with great concern. It was hard for them to eat dinner because they were so worried. Hobi had never seemed this sick before. "It...it...will...pass." He was constantly cut off by the coughs his body had to release. At one point he went to suck in a deep breath and everyone heard the mucus build up in his lungs. It sounded like someone had shaken up a bag of rocks.

"You feel like you have a cold?" Taehyung asked.

"Yeah, just a cold. Like I said it...it will pass..." Hobi fell into a pretty bad coughing fit. Yoongi was still patting his back the best he could to help. His dongsaeng couldn't seem to get the mucus up and out of his lungs.

"Hobi hyungie," Jungkook pouted, "You need to see a doctor. We're all really worried about you. You've only been getting worse instead of better. It doesn't seem to be passing, hyungie."

"Everyone, please stop. I said I'm fine, okay?" There was a hint of annoyance in the rapper's voice. He knew he didn't want to go to the doctor and he wanted everyone else to drop it as well.

Jin spoke up. "Are we not allowed to be worried?"

"There's no need," Hobi replied. "I've been sick before."

"Not like this though," Jimin frowned.

Hobi stood up after his annoyance and anger got the best of him. "If you don't mind I'd like to go to bed. We have practice early and I'm feeling quite tired."

The members watched as Hobi departed down the hall to his room, having a coughing fit into his elbow the entire time.

"I'm scared," Taehyung admitted. "I don't like it when he's sick."

"None of us do," Namjoon replied. "Hopefully it passes on its own."

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The next morning, Hobi could barely lift his body out of his bed to get ready in time for practice. He felt as though he'd been hit with a giant truck, and then continuously ran over by it. The pain sat in his chest. He couldn't get the feeling of tightness out no matter how much he coughed up.

He realized he was coughing up a lot of mucus, and when he'd go to inhale, he'd accidentally suck it all back in. At one point he slightly started to choke and he panicked a little bit, before finally being able to clear his throat. It's fine. I'm okay. I just...need some water that's all.

After finally gathering the strength to get dressed and head to the kitchen, Yoongi and Jungkook were the first to greet him.

"How are you feeling today, hyungie?" Jungkook placed his hand on his hyungs forehead to check his temperature, and was overcome with even more concern when his hyung's forehead was practically on fire. "Hyung...you have a fever." The youngest also pointed out that his hyung was sweaty and his face was super pale.

This caught Yoongi's attention as well. He checked Hobi's forehead and also immediately noticed the heat radiating from his dongsaeng. "Aish. You can't go to work like this." Yoongi tried giving his dongsaeng puppy dog eyes in hopes that'd it'd make him cave and agree to stay home.

It didn't work.

Despite everyone's efforts that morning to convince Hobi to stay home and rest, he didn't listen. The others couldn't believe how insanely stubborn he was being, but they knew part of it was because he wasn't feeling well. He always acted a little more moody and irritable when he wasn't feeling good.

They were all back in the dance studio working on some choreography when Hobi had to constantly take breaks to grab water or take a seat. The others were constantly running to him to check on him. It seemed his body was only getting hotter and hotter with every passing moment.

While the dance leader was kneeling to grab some water, Jimin was crouched down next to him and rubbing his back. He noticed his hyung's face was drained of color and he looked way too sick. While he had his hand on his hyungs back, he could feel the raspiness with every breath Hobi tried sucking in. And without warning, Hobi suddenly dropped onto the floor and rolled onto his back, breaking down crying.

"Hyung?!" Jimin screamed as he put his hand on Hobi's chest and started rubbing it.

"I...I..." Hobi started gagging and choking as the others rushed over to him. "C...can't..." He couldn't get the rest of his words out before he was gasping for breath and falling into an uncontrollable coughing fit.

The others were surrounding him and all crying. Jimin was patting his chest to try and help break up the never ending mucus.

Hobi was internally panicking. He couldn't explain it to them. What he knew seemed like another coughing struggle to them, felt so much worse for him. He wasn't getting any oxygen into his lungs, he just kept sucking in more mucus. He felt his heart race as he began to panic even more. He could feel his body overheating and pouring sweat out from his glands. His shirt was sticking to the floor of the dance studio.

I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Guys. Help. Help me. I can't breathe.

He couldn't get the words out but they were racing through his head. He took his hands and started gripping and clawing at his chest and throat while gagging. He needed them to understand.

"Ambulance! He needs an ambulance!" Taehyung screamed through his tears. He was helping Jimin pat Hobi's chest in a desperate attempt at help. The members were now freaking out even more as they saw their brothers lips turning blue and his eyes start to roll into the back of his head. Namjoon was on the phone with emergency services while Jin took his finger and shoved it into Hobi's mouth to search for a blockage, something he was taught to do if someone might be choking. He knew the younger hadn't eaten anything and it was because he was sick, but he wanted to do literally anything he could to try and help.

Hobi burst into tears, which only made him feel worse. He was terrified of what was going on, and had convinced himself that this was how he was going to die.

"Hey, it's okay." Yoongi was drenched in his own tears as he was rubbing Hobi's arm. "Help is coming and you're going to be okay, you hear me?"

They all tried their best to remain calm but in this situation they simply couldn't. The ambulance only took a few minutes to get there but it felt like multiple lifetimes as they helplessly watched their brother struggle to breathe.

Hobi passed out before the paramedics got there and this sent the members into a whole new panicked frenzy.

"No!" Jungkook screamed. "Hyungie!"

Jimin started doing CPR. He didn't know what the hell he was actually doing but he couldn't sit around and do nothing. Thankfully, the paramedics were there only seconds after Hobi had passed out.

The paramedics asked the others to back up as they took over. They immediately hooked him up to machines and shoved tubes down his throat while simultaneously moving him onto a stretcher and scurrying off with him.

"Hobi!" Jin cried after him. The members didn't even bother to grab their stuff. They chased behind the paramedics outside and begged and screamed for them to save their brother. The paramedics said they'd do all they can. The members spewed all the information they could about how Hobi had been sick and coughing too much and had a fever, whatever information might help the paramedics before they shut the ambulance doors and took off.

"Come on!" Jin screamed as he raced to the car. They knew they had to get to the hospital immediately. The short drive felt like it took ages when all they wanted was to be with their brother. Taehyung, Jungkook, and Jimin were all huddled up together against Namjoon bawling their eyes out. Jin and Yoongi were in the front sobbing as well. Jin felt anger course through him. "We tried to tell him he needed help! He needed to rest!" He felt a shameful guilt knowing he was the oldest of them all and didn't do anything to help. I should have forced him to stay home against his will. As his hyung I should have forced him to go to the doctor. Then maybe he'd be okay right now.

Yoongi reached over and gently gripped Jin's shoulder to comfort him. "He's a stubborn boy sometimes, hyung. There's nothing we could have done."

Jin swerved the car into a parking space and the members ran out and rushed inside.

"Hyungie?! Hobi hyungie?!" Taehyung was panicking as he was spinning in every direction looking for someone to come tell him his hyung was okay.

A nurse came over and guided them to a private waiting room as she asked who they were here to see. Namjoon explained what was going on and she offered to go find out all the details she could. She did inform them that they just had two recent casualties come through the ER via ambulance, but they hadn't been identified.

The members hearts completely stopped as they all felt the color drain from their faces and they felt the earth stop spinning.

"No..." Jimin choked out. "Oh my God, no!" He screamed.

The nurse said she'd be back with more information before leaving the room.

The members ran to each other and collapsed onto the floor in each other's arms as they waited to hear if their worst nightmare would be confirmed or not. Jungkook's face was buried into Jin's chest as he screamed and cried. A few moments later the nurse came back to tell them neither of the causalities were Hobi.

Yoongi stood up, angry as all hell. "Then why the hell did you even say anything to us?! Isn't that against protocol?!"

The nurse apologized for the scare and just walked out.

"So hyungie isn't dead?!" Taehyung cried. Namjoon pulled him into a tight hug. "No," he whispered as he kissed the top of Taehyung's head.

They could finally breathe again, but they were still terrified as hell with worry. They could do nothing but wait for someone else to come and give them an update.

After a while, a doctor finally came in to speak with them. Jin ran to him and grabbed his shoulders. "Is he okay?! Please tell me he's okay!" Jin's tears started to well up in his eyes.

The doctor smiled as he saw all of the others surround him, concern and worry written on all of their faces.

"He's not completely in the clear, but I'd say as of right now he's stable and with a bit of monitoring and treatment, he will get better. We have him hooked up to some medicine and breathing treatments right now and were able to get his oxygen levels back to normal. We are still working on getting his fever down."

Jimin wiped his wet eyes. "What happened to him? What caused all this?"

The doctor read over a little chart he was holding. "It would appear he was suffering from a severe case of pneumonia. Without proper treatment, he went into respiratory failure."

The members felt sick to their stomachs hearing that.

Respiratory failure.

Yoongi felt lightheaded and had to go take a seat. That was too heartbreaking for him to handle. It was for all of them.

"You said he's going to be okay though, right? You're fixing it? Yeah? You're helping him, right?" Namjoon asked.

"He's going to have to undergo some heavy monitoring and medicine, but I'm confident he'll be okay." The doctor had to inform them that unfortunately their brother was currently heavily sedated and not awake as they were giving him some heavy breathing treatments and they probably wouldn't be allowed to visit him for a day or two.

They didn't know how much heartbreak they could take, but it seemed to be the current feeling on loop as they waited for the chance to visit Hobi. They didn't leave the waiting room to go home or back to work. They refused to leave that building. They refused to leave him behind.

It took about two days before the members were allowed to finally go into Hobi's room. When they entered he was slightly awake, laying there with IV's and oxygen. He burst into tears as soon as he saw everyone come into his room. Last time he was awake he thought it'd be the last time he'd ever see any of them again.

"Hyung!" Jungkook cried as he was the first to run to his hyung and grab his hand. The others were right behind him and surrounded the bed in an instant.

The doctor had already informed Hobi what happened, and it scared the hell out of him. It also made him feel guilty.

For being sick...and missing work.

"I'm so sorry..." Hobi whispered as he wiped his tears.

"Sorry?! Oh, Hobi-ah, don't apologize!" Jin reassured. "We're just so glad you're okay."

"We will be behind because of me. I want to go home." Hobi started trying to pull his IV's out. Namjoon grabbed his hands. "No, no," he whispered gently. "Hobi...you need to rest here...I'm sure you want to go home but you need to stay here and get better. We're all still so scared for you. You're sick, hyung. It should have never gotten this bad."

Jimin couldn't help but feel a bit angry at his hyung for still caring more about work. He grabbed Hobi's hand and squeezed it. Tears slipped from his eyes as he looked down at his hyung. "Do you not care about your life?"

Everyone was caught off guard by the question.

Jimin continued. "Hyung, you could have died. You almost died right in front of us. For a moment, because of a stupid nurse, we thought you actually did die. You're sick, and all you care about is falling behind in work? Your life is more fucking important than work!" Jimin was getting more and more visibly upset. Yoongi grabbed him and pulled him back into a hug.

Hobi felt terrible. Jimin is right.

Jimin couldn't stop. "You were sick. So sick. And just didn't care to get help and it almost killed you. What would I have done? What would we all have done? Huh? You think I want to live without you? I can't, hyung. I can't and I wouldn't want to! You have to start caring about your health as much as we do. Please, hyung. You have to care." His voice fell to a whisper as his tears consumed him. "Please."

Everyone was crying. Hobi too. He reached his hand out and grabbed Jimin's. "I know. I'm sorry."

He felt terrible for ignoring his body and trying to power through something his body needed a break from. I almost died because of my own selfishness.

Taehyung was running his hands through his hyungs hair. "We love you too much to lose you. You know that. If we had to choose between the bands success and having you alive, what the hell do you think we'd pick, hyung? You're more important than deadlines and schedules and practices. Your health always comes first. You have to accept that."

"I will," Hobi frowned. His chest still hurt and he was still exhausted. He really didn't know what to say. He wished he could turn back time and gotten the right help in the beginning so it wouldn't have come to this.

He also knew staying in the hospital was really going to suck. He reiterated again that he really wanted to go home and rest there instead. He didn't like being strapped up to medicine, but ultimately, he didn't like being stuck in a room without them.

Yoongi picked up on Hobi's fear. "Hey, it's alright. We will stay with you the whole time, okay? We're all right here. And you'll be out of here in no time." He was rubbing his dongsaeng's arm to try and comfort him.

Hobi nodded. He was glad they planned to stay.

The members stayed with him for days while he continued to recover. He was finally off all of the breathing treatments he needed and the medicine he was getting had knocked out his fever and most of his sickness.

He wasn't well enough to go back to work, but he was well enough to go home.

The members were ecstatic when they were able to take their brother home. They got him comfortable, asked what he needed, organized the medicines he had been sent home with. They curled up on the couch together and hugged Hobi as he nestled under a blanket. He was still feeling quite exhausted.

He couldn't help but start crying as they were all watching a movie together. The members panicked thinking something was wrong again, so they surrounded him.

Namjoon was kneeling in front of him and wiping his hyungs tears away. "What is it, hyung? Do you not feel well? Do you need some of your medicine?"

"It's not that," Hobi sniffled. "It's just...I can't thank you enough for helping me. I don't deserve you guys."

"Yeah, that's true." Yoongi started giggling, making the others start giggling which immediately lightened the mood.

"I wanted to thank you all." Hobi wiped his own tears away. "Thank you for caring so much."

"I mean, obviously we care a lot," Jin informed. "You're our Hobi. We only get one of you."

"Which is why," Jimin started, "You need to listen to your body better. Listen to it the way we do. We only ever want what's best for you."

"I will," Hobi replied. He stopped crying and got back to watching the movie. He started dozing off on the couch as Jungkook was gently playing with his hair.

Jungkook had turned to the others. "When exactly do we actually have to go back to work?" he asked.

Hobi overheard, and before anyone else could answer and without even opening his eyes, he replied. "Work can wait."

The members smiled greatly at that.

Hobi is finally understanding. And now, he can finally rest.

[The End]

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