Flashback continues~

Lightoller fiddled his fingers, pressing his back against the chair with growing insecurity inside him. His eyes were stuck on the clock's hands of the huge wall clock that was hung. He was hoping that Jungkook would open his eyes, but he didn't. His eyelids kept closed as they were glued. Jungkook was under a ventilator at the local hospital.

Lightoller had no heart to just leave him there all by himself. 

It's been three days since they shipped off from Carpathia, the hero of the Titanic survivors.

The survivors were sent to the campaign near the harbor until they settled down. They were provided with all the basic facilities they needed. The ones who needed immediate medical support were sent to the nearby local hospital. 

Jungkook's unconscious body was taken to the hospital.  After taking to the hospital bay of the Carpathia, the doctors did their best to bring his vitals back to normal. Severe loss of body heat and low blood pressure weren't a good sign at all.

The moment the machine started beeping showing a straight line on the screen, they thought it was over.

"He's in cardiac arrest! Start CPR!"

The whole staff that was working in the ICU started panicking. The doctors ran to him and started giving CPR instantly as his heartbeat showed a linear line.

Jungkook's body vigorously shook when the doctor frantically pressed his palms against his chest while the nurse held the Ambu bag.

Lightoller who was watching from the glass that was the barrier between them, tried very hard to hold the tears that were trying to escape his sockets. He couldn't bear it as he saw the doctors trying their last treatment of hope on his captain.

"Please don't go captain, You have to live..."

Lightoller couldn't watch it anymore. He back-faced the scenery and heaved a deep sigh.
It was heart-clenching to see him crying, leaning his back against the door of the ICU room.

"God, please make him live..." he kept praying, holding to the cross he was wearing around his neck. 

The door opened in a few minutes, revealing the figure of the tall doctor who was wiping tickling sweat out of his forehead. He googled from his eyes for Lightoller. He reached the man who watched him nervously. Lightoller didn't want to hear what he was about to say.

He didn't want to hear that Jungkook was gone too.

"Mr Lightoller?" The doctor called him. Lightoller stepped with a heavy heart.

"Mr. Jeon, he..." the officer closed his eyes. He felt like his heart was torn apart.

Jungkook was gone too...

"He is stable now. His vitals are back to normal, surprisingly" Lightoller held his breath and stared with wide eyes. Did he hear right? Did he say that Jungkook made it?

"You are saying that..."

A smile crept to the exhausted face of the doctor. He nodded assuring Lightoller that what he heard was correct.

"He made it, Mr. Jeon is safe now. He was in a very critical condition. His vitals are rising back to normal"

"Oh thank goodness" Lightoller grabbed the doctor's hands, enfolding between his.

"Thank you so much, Doctor. Oh my god..." He kneeled, still holding the doctor's hand. Lightoller didn't have enough words to describe how happy he was at that moment. 

"You shouldn't thank me, You should thank Mr Jeon. He held on tightly. He didn't let go..."

Lightoller gazed at the figure who was now peacefully breathing. Unlike a few hours ago when Jungkook was practically wheezing and struggling to gasp, now he was breathing normally. Slow, but he breathed.

"Thank you, Captain" He murmured heaving a sigh of relief. 

"But he needs to be on the ventilator. After he wakes up we can remove it" Lightoller nodded as he apprehended.

Since that moment, Lightoller kept waiting. Waiting for Jungkook to open his eyes. It had been three days and there was no sign of him waking up. But Lightoller didn't give up on him. He believed that now any moment,  Jungkook will open his eyes.

While he was waiting, suddenly he remembered the girl whom he met during all the hubbub in the Carpathia after the survivors were saved from the water.

Who is she? 

He wondered. He knew he was quite familiar with that face. When his eyes were lying on Jungkook, it suddenly clicked his mind.

"Right! That was her, wasn't it? The girl Captain Jeon was with. That girl who saved young Lilian..." his thoughts shattered as the creaking of the door caught his attention. 

A tall male figure with broad shoulders entered the room. He was neatly dressed in a vintage suit. He didn't look much older than Jungkook. Lightoller understood that he must be the guy he was expecting. 

After bringing Jungkook to the land, Lightoller immediately contacted the only relative he knew of Jungkook through telegram. It had taken three days for Kim Seokjin to arrive.

"Jungkook..." His face was clouded with grief seeing his younger brother's body lying on the hospital bed with the support of a ventilator.

He heaved a sigh and turned to Lightoller.

"How bad is his condition?"

"He's stable now. He will survive but he still hasn't opened his eyes."

They both gazed at his figure.

"I've never seen him so weak like this. It's so painful to watch him like this" Seokjin stepped near Jungkook, stroking his smooth hair. He swept away the hair bangs that were covering the youngster's forehead.

A small whimper escaped from the sleeping figure.

Lightoller flickered at Jungkook.

They heard another whimper. A groan with pain. Jungkook's body started moving a little. His fingers twitched. Seokjin stared with disbelief. 

"Is he- is he waking up?"

Lightoller paced towards Jungkook.

Wincing his eyes, Jungkook slowly opened his heavy eyelids. He winced his eyes several times before completely opening them. The intense light of the ICU made him pretty dizzy and nauseous.

Seokjin and Lightoller immediately called the doctors on call.

Jungkook was making huge progress after waking up. Seokjin took him under his wings, thanking Lightoller amount of time for rescuing him. Lightoller had a long discussion with Seokjin, explaining the whole episode that happened on the Titanic.

"Thank you for everything Lightoller" Jungkook took his hand to his grasp. Lightoller shook his head, gazing at Jungkook.

"No captain, I'm the one who should thank you...Thank you for living..."

"Remember,  don't let the White Star line know that captain lives. They will put all the weight on his shoulders..."

That was his last advice before he left, bidding farewell to the cousin brothers.

After a few more days, Jungkook was able to sit and stand on his feet with some help. But we could call it a progress. He almost came out of death. With intense care and aid, he was healing fast.

Seokjin approached Jungkook, who was conscious to talk at that time.

"How are we doing now?" Seokjin sat on his bed beside him.

Jungkook glanced at him with his sunken eyes. His lips were parched with dryness because of the medication he was put through. 

"I am alive...I still can't believe it" his usual melodic voice was hoarse because of the damage to his vocal codes after the traumatic event he faced.

"You are strong Kook, I'm so glad I didn't lose you" Seokjin pulled him into a hug.

"Hyung..." Jungkook seemed to be in deep thought. He glanced at Seokjin with a concerned face.

"Yes, Jungkook? What's worrying you?"

"There's someone I must find..."

From that day onwards, Jungkook's only mission was to find Y/n. Seokjin did everything he could. He searched through the registers for the name 'Park Y/n'. But he found nothing about her. There was no name registered under the surname 'Park'. Seokjin was on the verge of giving up after two weeks of nonstop search for her.

"She's not there Kook, her name isn't there"

But Jungkook of course denied it.

"No hyung, you are wrong...She survived...I know she did"  Seeing how dedicated he was to finding her, Seokjin couldn't give up either.

Almost a month passed before they could get a positive result from their search. 

It was the day that Seokjin attended the one-month anniversary of the Titanic tragedy. He presented to the commemoration of the heroes who died that night, sacrificing themselves on the cold tragic night. It was held by the White Star Line for the family members who lost their dear ones. As for Jungkook, Seokjin was the one who went as the family representative.

Slight rain started as they started giving the speech as the honour to the ones that departed from them.

There were memorials made for the Titanic crew. The remembrances were built in honour of the souls that rested in peace in the deep Atlantic. The whole cemetery was filled with grief and gloom as cries of the kiths and kins echoed in the air. It was such a sorrow that they couldn't endure.

Seokjin held a white flower, walking towards a particular tomb. He walked through the wave of people who were wearing black, holding umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain. The tomb he approached had a certain name carved in it. It was lying right beside the name 'Captain Edward J Smith"

In loving memories of Captain Jeon Jungkook
September 01, 1884 - April 15, 1912
May your soul rest in peace in the North Atlantic

(A/n; This AI image is not created by me, I found it on Pinterest and I thought this fitted perfectly so I used this. Credit for the real owner)

Seokjin kept the flower he brought to the tomb that was made for Jungkook. The irony was that, Jungkook himself was attending his funeral. He was back there, watching Seokjin showing respect to his tomb. He covered his face with the umbrella, and he wore a usual black suit like everyone else, acting completely normal.

No one saw him, no one even noticed that Jungkook was there, among them. Everyone was so busy heaving sighs and crying with the loss of their loved ones.

Jungkook watched how his grave was filled with white flowers. He did not know what to feel at that moment. For the world, he was a dead person. Only Seokjin and Lightoller knew his existence.

(A/n; This AI image is not created by me, I found it on Pinterest and I thought it fitted perfectly so I used this. Credit for the real owner)

And the only thing Jungkook had on his mind was to find Y/n. He wanted to tell that he was alive. He wanted to get to her so badly. But they had no leads of where she was. Jungkook didn't let that discourage him. Even Seokjin knew that Jungkook wouldn't give up until he finally found her.

When Seokjin walked back again to join the crowd, he felt a grip on his arm. It was Lightoller. He silently gestured to him, taking Seokjin to a place where others couldn't hear them.

"How's captain doing now?"

"He's better now, still under medicine but he's recovering fast. Doctors said that it might take a good amount of time to get over his wheeze though...his respiratory tract is badly damaged." Lightoller nodded with a sigh.

"At least he is alive, that's what matters..."

"Yeah," Seokjin looked at the crowd where he knew Jungkook was standing.

"Something tells me that he lived because of that girl. He lived for her...and now he's desperately trying to reach her..." As Seokjin said, Lightoller raised his brows in surprise. 

"What girl?"

Seokjin briefly told him about his they were after a girl named Park Y/n and they were not able to find her yet.

"I fear that she isn't alive" A sigh escaped from Seokjin. He was of course flustered. His head hung low with frustration.

But Lightoller looked completely confused.

"What do you mean she's not alive? I saw her on the deck after we got on the Carpathia..." Seok Jin's jaw dropped in the sudden bombshell news.

"Say what now?"

"That girl Park Y/n, She was on Carpathia, she was one of the survivors..."

At that moment Seokjin knew that it was not long before the reunion of them happens. A smile crept on his lips.

"Park Y/n, she's alive..."

End of the flashback...

Okay guys, phew I have like three or four more chapters to go, and then done. Awe, I'm feeling emotional knowing that it's ending

Thank you, everyone, for hanging on to this story, I don't have enough words to appreciate you all...I love you all ❤️ Believe me when I say that your comments make me the happiest person in the world.

I'll keep the speech for afterward lol, see ya