9

"PARK JIMIN WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?!!!" Taehyung shouted rushing into Jimin's and Jungkook's dormroom, after the accident, Jimin has been so busy taking care of Jungkook even though he didn't need taking care of that he hasn't checked his phone in days.... I could NEVER😶

"WHO THE FUCK DIED?!!!" Taehyung grabbed Jimin by his shoulders, he was in the kitchen making breakfast for jungkook.

"Jungkook and I had a fight and he had a panic attack and passed out and hit his head really hard, so hard he had to get surgery. That was when I called you historically... Taehyung I'm so sorry, I was just so scared that I took it out on you. I didn't mean any of it I promise. Please forgive me?" Jimin explained and took Taehyung's hands off his shoulder to hold them in his hands. "Of course I know that, you would never call me a peace of shit nevermind a useless one. Not while being serious of course, but, IS JUNGKOOK OKEY?!!" Taehyung yelled the last words now just as worried about the youngest as Jimin was.... almost, as worried as Jimin was.

"Hyung... please don't yell at him..." jungkook walked over from his room, he had only put on his sweatpants after waking up naked and wasn't wearing anything else, not even underwear. *He was only naked because he sleeps naked all the time, get your mind outta the gutter you dirty ass bitch😑*

"JUNGKOOKIE ARE YOU OKEY?!!" Taehyung ignored Jungkook's whisper begs and yelled nonetheless. He ran over to where Jungkook was standing and cupped his face gently, he wanted to hug the youngest really really tightly but remembering that he had head surgery he was being gently. "Whimpers... please don't yell Tae hyungie, whimpers, it really hurts my head.... "Jungkook whispers eyes filling up with tears, he was still whimpering whenever someone spoke up not only because he hadn't had the morning painkillers Doctor Song gave him, but also because he was scared. "Jungkookie, I told you not to get up without me...." Jimin whispered back hugging Jungkook. Jungkook's response to that was sitting down on the floor and lifting and spreading his arms open wide as if asking Jimin to pick him up just like a toddler would ask his mother to pick them up. "Giggles, Jungkookie, you're so childish you know that?" Jimin asked helping Jungkook get up again. "I have headaches, im not disabled." Jungkook whispered and Taehyung finally noticed. "Why are you guys whispering?" he said in normal voice. "I don't know.... he won't speak up and starts crying if anyone else does. Wether it's me or the doctor... and he refused to see anyone else." Jimin said and Taehyung instantly lowered his voice to mach Jimin's and Jungkook's.

"Did you scream at him when you had that fight?" Taehyung asked sitting down next to Jungkook on the kitchen counter. "Yes?" Jimin asked questioningly, slowly understanding. "Then that's why, you never get mad. Remember that one time when we were in highschool you got upset at a bully that kept making really sexual remarks about the girls? And then you yelled at him and after that when I tried to calm you down you yelled at me too. After that I was having panic attacks left right and center and even just my mum's voice broke me down into tears, for like two days, that probably happened to jungkookie as well." Taehyung explained while Jimin fed Jungkook, Jimin literally treated him like a literal toddler. "Mm" Jungkook hummed yes not wanting to talk with food in his mouth.

"Y-you ... it's because I yelled at you? Really?" Jimin asked and Jungkook nodded his head. "You never get mad, and it's really scary when you do." Taehyung said after taking Jungkook's hand and intertwined it with his own. He usually likes holding someone's hand when he's scared or got hurt and thought it might make Jungkook feel better as well. Which it did, it reassured Jungkook that he wasn't alone and that he didn't only have his jiminssi to love him. He wasn't much of a people's person so he only had that many friends, so Taehyung being there for him while he's at his weakest point really made him feel safer.

"I'm so sorry... I didn't realize I.... I wasn't mad at you! I was just so scared and I-i thought I'd lose you." Jimin raised his voice not yelling but now speaking normally, he grabbed Jungkook's other hand and held it tight. Jungkook of course flinched away not from Jimin's hand but from Jimin's voice. "I-im sorry Jungkookie..." Jimin whispered again holding back tears, he then tried to distract himself by continuing to feed Jungkook.

"Jiminie, don't you think he can feed himself?" Taehyung asked causing Jimin to pause what he was doing and hand Jungkook his chopsticks, "I'm sorry... " Jimin whispered and backed away. Jungkook realized that Jimin felt bad about always treating Jungkook like a baby so he tried to make his hyung feel better by putting the chopsticks down and opening his mouth as if asking Jimin to feed him. Jimin giggled and feed him happily. He liked taking care of jungkook, he felt like he was making up for what he did. 'What he did' meaning for making Jungkook have a panic attack and get hurt. And though it made Jungkook feel inferior and useless, he would gladly help his hyung get rid of the demons in his mind.

"Ah~" Taehyung opened his mouth wide and said 'ah' to ask Jimin for a bite too. And Jimin did give it to him, "Have you eaten breakfast yet? Or are you just being a piggy?" Jimin giggled feeding Taehyung a boiled egg, and then went back to Jungkook. "I had a late dinner last night so I guess it counts as breakfast too." Taehyung said then paused all his movement while both Jimin and Jungkook stared at him, they knew he was keen on skipping meals often and then complaining when he gets sick from not eating enough.

"Well, more food then." Jimin stuffed Taehyung's mouth with a peace of toast, causing Jungkook to giggle and Taehyung to nearly choke to death. "Taehyungie can have the rest, I'm not really hungry because, and I quote, you made me eat an entire hot pot even after I told you I was full, and plus my tastebuddies are still wacky." Jungkook said and Jimin replied with, "Okey, but at least eat your last boiled egg." and then fed it to him.

"Is there something wrong with your tastebuds?" Taehyung asked and got an answer quite quickly from Jimin, "The doctor said that it'll come back to normal in a few days, right now he can't taste sweetness and taste metal half the time. He's also a little sensitive to light, so that's why all the lights are so dim."

"Have you gone to class lately? " Taehyung asked and both Jimin and Jungkook shook there head no. "Jungkookie can't go to class in this condition, what if he falls and gets hurt and then no one would know what to do, and I can't leave him alone here." Jimin answered and Jungkook replied to him also, "I told you to go to class, I'm perfectly fine here, the only symptoms I have anymore is headaches and taste loss. Decides, you gave me that necklace with the emergency bottom on it. Anything happens I press it and let you know immediately." Jungkook tried to convince Jimin to go to class but he was stubborn.

"Nope. Plus, I let all my and your teachers know that you had a brain injury and the doctor said I should take care of you for a couple of days, speaking of, Tae? Do you mind going to our classes and picking up some homework and assignments that we need to do?" Jimin asked Taehyung but Jungkook started shaking his head no stopping when Jimin saw him. "Please don't... " Jungkook whispered even softer then he usually did putting his hands together basically begging Taehyung not to. "Of course I will." Taehyung agreed happily and watched Jungkook sulk. "Jiminssi, I'm sick, I have a headache, I'm gonna die soon, don't torture me with homework too." Jungkook really doesn't like studying.

"Do you want to fail the year? You need to study hard if you want to graduate and get a successful career." Jimin said and Jungkook had a plan ready to explain. "I don't need to graduate, I'll just become a YouTuber, or a singer, professional gamer, anything that doesn't require hard work." Jimin giggled softly at Jungkook's desperateness but Taehyung couldn't hold in his loud, angelic, laughter. At first Jimin wanted to shut him the fuck up and thought he'd scare Jungkook but watching Jungkook's eyes sparkle while looking at Taehyung's big boxy smile just made him want to hug Taehyung. He loved seeing that 'Hyung I look up to you, you're my hero' look on Jungkook's face.

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(two weeks later)

Jimin was still really protective over Jungkook but not anymore protective then he was before he had his accident. He started bringing Jungkook lunch or taking him out to lunch pretty much everytime he could or had the chance to escape class. But he was already doing that before, just not as much. He started distancing himself from his other friends from his year because they were making fun of Jungkook and calling Jimin rude names just because he was worried about him and stayed friends with him. Saying things like:

"Are you a slut or something?"

"His cock has gotta be big for you to act like this!"

"He can't even talk normally."

"He's such a loser, you shouldnt waste your time on him."

"Is he hot enough to make you act this way? Dump the moron already, I don't want to hang out with someone who can't even talk properly" Right in front of Jungkook too. Jungkook even started crying once and and actually had the guts to ask Jimin why he stuck around.

And they would even intentionally shout to scare Jungkook while he was still scared of loud noises.

And Jimin didn't want to surround himself with people like that.

Like you could've noticed, Jungkook still couldn't speak louder then a whisper often resulting in people not hearing or understanding what he's talking about. So pretty much everybody in his year and out of his year either called him a weirdo, attention seeker, or pitied him and treated him like a child because they knew it was because of a brain injury. So now he was even more grateful to Jimin and Taehyung because they stuck around when everyone else just packed up there bags and left him alone. But he did make a new friend named Jung Hoseok, contrary to Taehyung.

He couldn't speak louder but was fine with other people speaking loud, that took a lot of therapy.

But Jimin was still whispering when talking to Jungkook because he knew that it calmed Jungkook down and he didn't want to scare Jungkook the way he did that night ever again.

"So how was your day? Anything exciting happening?" Doctor Choi asked Jungkook, he was a therapist that Doctor Song recommended to help with Jungkook's sudden speech disability. He was the therapist that helped Jungkook be able to not start crying and not be scared whenever other people was talking loudly. Jungkook absolutely LOVED going to his appointments, not because it helped him get through this difficult time in his life but because Doctor Choi was a really nice guy and he felt more like a friend rather then a therapist, it never really accorded to Jungkook that it was his job to be a friend to people with disabilities. By the way, Jungkook's whispering was considered and diagnosed as a speech disability by two different doctors and his therapist. In case that wasn't already clear. He was even recommended to learn sign language, but he was too lazy for that and only learned a few basic ones like:

'I love you'

'Thank you'

'Yes'

'No'

'Help me'

'Please'

He was still learning more though.

"It was really good! I got an A- on a math pop quite! And my Jiminssi came to have lunch with me." Jungkook spoke with enthusiasm even though his voice was so, so low, he always tried really hard to speak up because he felt ashamed of his whispers. But he could never do it, he physically couldn't do it. "An A- you say? I'm very proud of you Jungkookie. When I was in school I couldn't manage more then a B. But! See what I did there? B but? Haha, Im so funny. Anyway, But who is this jiminssi fellow? I've heard you mention him quite often. Is he... you're boyfriend?" Doctor Choi paused and lifted one eyebrow before saying 'boyfriend' and it made jungkook giggle, unfortunately he couldn't manage more then just a soft giggle or a chuckle.

"No, he's not my boyfriend, he's my roommate." Jungkook answered with a bitter smile, he wished that Jimin could be his boyfriend.

"Oh? really? Tell me a bit about him, are you two very close? " Doctor Choi asked bending down to rest his chin inside his palm, as if his best friend was spilling some tea about his new crush.

"We're pretty close, he was taking care of me after I had my accident. And ever since he's been acting like my best bro. I really like him, he's the sweetest person to ever walk the Earth. And he's a really good cook, and he cooks for me a lot! He makes me lunch and dinner and breakfast and he feeds it to me often. He always makes sure I have enough food on my plate before he gets his own food and he treats me like a real little brother and his smile lights up the room whenever it was dark. And he's really handsome too. And don't put a puppy in front of him he will steal it and take it home with him. And he's like the perfect hyung and he even sleeps with me when I have a nightmare and when I was sick he always stayed with me and even helped me shower. He even picks out clothes for me to wear for the day which I find very attractive and he makes me feel really loved and- am I talking too much?" Jungkook stopped drooling over Jimin mid sentence because he felt like he was being annoying.

"No no! I like it when you talk with such enthusiasm. But, tell me, are you sure he's just your roommate? The way you talk about him, it doesn't seem like you have a 'just a friend' kind of view about him. And the things you tell me about him also doesn't seem like the type of things friends would do for each other." Doctor Choi did it, he really did it, he hit Jungkook's weak spot, he sliced through it like a hot knife would slice through butter. What other choice did Jungkook have but to lie?

"H-hes he's just a friend, he's like my older brother...." Jungkook suddenly whispered even softer then he normally did. And Doctor Choi backed up immediately, he had his own relationship problems and didn't want to intrude anymore then he already did. He could tell Jungkook needed time.

(after the appointment)

"How was it?" Jimin asked after he picked Jungkook up to take him to basketball practice. "I don't want to talk about it...." Jungkook whispered the same answer he always gives his jiminssi, nothing really bad in particular happened, he just didn't want to talk about his therapy. He felt ashamed that he needed it....

"Listen, Jungkook. I don't want you to continue playing basketball. It's not safe, can't you join a different club? Just come to drama club with me. Just once, to see if you like it or not." Jimin offered an alternative for Jungkook but Jungkook just said, "But, I really like playing basketball.... " Even though everyone either hates him or treats him like a child, he still enjoyed playing.

"Please? Just once okey? " Jimin said and Jungkook silently nodded. He felt completely defeated, he didn't know what to do because he didn't want to disobey his jiminssi hyung and he certainly didn't want to stop playing basketball.

(Almost a month later)

3:46 pm:

"Jiminssi hyung? " Jungkook's whispered woke Jimin up from his deep sleep. Jungkook had been having nightmares about that night and would always go to Jimin for comfort. And that is exactly what Jimin gave him.

"Jungkookie?" Jimin asked sleepily, the first few times his sleep was disturbed in the middle of the night he got rather afraid and once started crying because Jungkook was crying and he didn't understand the soft whispers Jungkook made and thought that something was really wrong.

But now, it felt like routine, at least five nights a week Jungkook would come to Jimin's room and either silently get in bed with him or he'd wake Jimin to ask for hot chocolate and cuddles. More often then not he'd just get in bed because he didn't like disturbing Jimin's sleep, but when he got really scared by the nightmare he needed more. And Jimin definitely didn't mind, he actually found it really cute how Jungkook would softly say "I'm scared, will you make it go away please?" and cuddle into his chest, it was always his chest. Jungkook found listening to his jiminssi's heartbeat really relaxing, and, Jimin wasn't the only one taking care of someone. Jungkook also liked listening to Jimin's heartbeat because he could make sure it's not too high or not too low. It was his way of sharing the love. One way of many habits and routines that's so small yet mean so much to Jimin. He always noticed whenever Jungkook tried to protect him.

"Will you please make me hot chocolate? I had a bad dream...." Jungkook asked sitting on his knees in front of Jimin's bed. "Of course baby bunny." Jimin accidentally spoke normally without a whisper in sight and Jungkook's eyes instantly spilled tears. They were already filled with tears from his nightmare but now they slipped out of his beautiful chocolate doe eyes.

"I'm sorry.... " Jungkook whimpered thinking Jimin didn't whisper because he was mad that he got woken up. "No Jungkookie! I'm not upset baby, I was just used to speaking normally. I'm not mad Jungkookie," Jimin whispered as if he was talking normally, he's gotten used to just lowering his voice when he's speaking with Jungkook and then speaking normally to other people.

"Come here," Jimin hugged Jungkook and pressed his chest against Jungkook's face, when he broke the hug he softly cupped Jungkook's cheeks and kissed away his tears. He almost kissed Jungkook on the lips by accident because it was too dark, unfortunately he was like, ONE inch away from Jungkook's lips.

"Y-youre not?" Jungkook sniffled, the space between there faces was so little... the urge to kiss his jiminssi was so strong, but he couldn't. "No... I love you so much, how could I ever be mad at you?" Jimin softly placed a kiss on Jungkook's nose then he kissed the scar on his cheek. He loved kissing that scar, he did it when Jungkook felt sad, he did it when he felt sad, it just made his day whenever he kissed that small insignificant looking scar.

"Come on, let's go make some hot chocolate for my baby.... " Jimin said then got up to go to the kitchen. He made Jungkook his hot chocolate and cuddled with him on the couch because he didn't want Jungkook to fall asleep and spill the drink onto himself. How it makes a difference wether he's on the couch or on his bed? Well, Jimin's nightstand is completely full and he'd just drop the hot chocolate on the ground, putting it on the coffee table right next to him would be more effective.

Jimin lied on his back legs spread open while Jungkook lied on his stomach in between Jimin's legs while hugging his torso. They stayed like that until Taehyung barged in the next morning to tell Jimin about what happened to him the night prior.