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about one year prior
two weeks after jungkook's "death"

jungkook laid on the soft bed breathing heavily. before opening his eyes, his hand slid across the silky surface, at the end, clenching the bedsheets with his hand. his grasp felt so weak ...
jungkook grimaced at the sudden pain he felt in his head and opened his eyes immediately squinting from the light. it wasn't bright at all, but it still hurt jungkook's eyes.

after a while, jungkook was finally aware of his surroundings. he sat up, leaning on the pillows behind him, and noticed a silhouette at the door.
"look who's finally awake." jungkook immediately recognized the soft and quiet voice that belonged to none other than jimin.
jungkook hummed in response and closed his eyes again. when he opened them, he saw hoseok along with jimin sitting on the bed next to him. jimin placed a tray with food he held onto the bed and moved it up closer to jungkook.

"what happened?" jungkook asked in a raspy voice and placed the tray on his knees.

"you were in a coma for about ... two weeks." jimin replied. "at first you stayed in the nurse's office, but recently you were moved to hoseok's room."

"I decided it would be better to let you sleep here ... it's also warmer than in the nurse's office." hoseok said and stood up to open the curtains.
jungkook just watched the two in confusion. he didn't really understand what was going on, but slowly memories fled back to his mind.

"do you ... remember what happened?" jimin asked quietly.

jungkook rubbed the back of his head and closed his eyes as if trying to go back in time in order to remember the events that took place two weeks ago.
"I can't really– I don't know. a forest? I was running from somebody ... the guys from our rival gang..."

"taehyung stabbed you." hoseok spoke up. he was standing near the window, leaning on the windowsill. 

"what...?" jungkook was about to say something, but before he could, memories fled back to his mind in painful detail. and just like that, he remembered it all. from the first day he met taehyung, to the day he mercilessly pierced him with a knife in the woods.

he was so confused and frustrated. why? after everything that has happened between them ... why?

taehyung leaned in and pressed a kiss onto jungkook's lips. he tasted the metallic blood and salty tears that made him mentally gag.
jungkook kissed back, weakly.
he pulled away and gave the boy he loved so much the last glance. he stared into those beautiful, big eyes that held an entire galaxy in them and pulled out the knife, letting go of jungkook fully.

the younger screamed in pain and fell onto the cold, forest floor.

"I am sorry... I am so fucking sorry, jungkook."

sorry? jungkook thought to himself. he's ... sorry?

hoseok and jimin didn't know what was going on with jungkook. they watched his expressions change by the second. sorrow, frustration, and now anger, anger and pain.

jungkook got the tray off him and stood up, immediately falling back into the bed from a headache that pierced through him like a bullet. jimin ran up to jungkook and laid him back down on the bed.
"you're still weak, you need a lot of rest, where did you think you were going?" jimin muttered.

"I want to kill him." jungkook whispered.

"who doesn't? but for now, you need to rest and eat, I cooked this myself, for your information, so if you don't eat this I'll shove it down your throat." jimin replied and gave the tray with food to jungkook once again.

"that's the jimin I know." jungkook chuckled. "I got scared upon seeing you act so nicely to me."

jimin chuckled and helped jungkook take a comfortable position and handed him a glass of orange juice.

"and they call him their best killer?" hoseok laughed. jimin and jungkook weren't sure if he said it to himself or to them. "the cut of the knife wasn't deep at all, and with the way it was positioned it hasn't damaged any important organs... if only you, jungkook, wouldn't have fallen backward, your head would've been alright. but unfortunately, you hit your head on a rock and lost quite a lot of blood."

"what if..." jimin cleared his throat. "what if taehyung did it on purpose?"

"what do you mean?" jungkook asked and took another bite of his food.

"I mean... what if he was forced to hurt you or kill you, but he didn't want to." jimin pondered and got weird looks from both hoseok and jungkook. "so he barely hurt you, wanting to keep you alive."

jungkook suddenly looked down and frowned. giving this all a second thought, jungkook realized that jimin's 'theory' made a lot of sense. after all, jungkook hoped and believed deep down that everything between him and taehyung wasn't counterfeit. what if somebody from his gang found out about their relationship? they would obviously not like such news... 
but then again, if he really loved jungkook, he wouldn't have done something like this.

"if so..." hoseok came up to jungkook, staring down at him. "then who was taehyung to you, huh? why don't you tell us what was going on between you two?"

"I am guessing you already know the answer if you're asking in such manner." jungkook responded and put aside the tray with finished food. "we were a thing."

"are you out of your mind? you are, aren't you?" hoseok chuckled darkly. "you were dating somebody from our rival gang?! this was obviously nothing like a one night stand, you started a freaking relationship! for how long have you been doing this behind our backs? do you realize you've put the entire gang in danger by your actions? "

"hoseok!" jungkook yelled. "I understand! I know all of this, I am not an idiot. but neither was taehyung! we both knew the consequences, and at first we wanted to keep it all a secret, but then decided that we loved each other too much and leaving all this gang business behind was the only option! "

"you wanted to quit?" jimin interrupted. "you know yourself how difficult and dangerous that is! it's impossible to just peacefully leave a gang, you know things others aren't supposed to know."

"I think I've said before that work and love are words to never be used in one sentence." hoseok spoke calmer now. "and I'm talking about anything bigger than fuckbuddies. you were very irresponsible, kook."

"I know, I know..." jungkook mumbled. "I guess I'm sorry and... thank you for saving me, I really appreciate it."

"I would've killed you myself for something like this, you know?" hoseok said in a low voice. "but unfortunately you and your abilities are too precious."

jungkook nodded, trying not to meet hoseok's eyes. hoseok just looked down on the younger for a couple of minutes that felt like hours and exited the room.

jungkook sat with jimin in silence for some time while the elder changed the bandages on jungkook's body. the wound on his stomach has almost healed, but the one on his head was in bad condition and would definitely need more time to heal. he'd need somebody to stay by his side in case something happens, if he hurts his head once again and doesn't receive needed help in time, he might not survive.

"please don't make any stupid decisions, jungkook, you barely survived." jimin told him quietly.

"but hoseok said-"

"hoseok lied." jimin finished tying the bandage and exhaled. "you were on the verge of death and the fact that you survived was a fucking miracle."

jungkook could see how worried jimin must have been. he nodded and lowered his head. "I'm sorry." he apologized once again.

"you recover quite quickly though, I'm glad." jimin said and went over to the door. "you'll have to stay in the gang building for some time. everybody thinks you're dead, you can't create any type of commotion. and don't you dare in any way contact taehyung. forget he exists."

"you know damn well that is impossible to do." jungkook whispered. "I just want to know why he did this to me... i loved him, jimin, and do you know what love is? people in love would never hurt each other."

"you don't say."

"listen, I just feel like there was a reason behind this action of his, he was keeping some secret away from me and-"

"oh yes he was." jimin supported jungkook, but he couldn't understand how he could've fallen in love with somebody from their rival gang while knowing how dangerous it would be for everybody else.

"what...?"

"you obviously didn't know this... don't people in love also have no secrets between each other?" jimin smirked. "taehyung was the one who killed your sister years ago."

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[a/n: sorry guys, forgot to update yesterday 😅 to make up for that, here's a double update]