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Big Hit Entertainment official announcement (12/01/2021; 11:28 AM – French time):

Jungkook was found in a Parisian hospital where he is currently receiving treatment. He was admitted overnight to treat several serious injuries, including a stabbing wound and several broken ribs. His life is not in danger anymore, according to his doctor. Having tested positive for Covid-19, he is now in isolation.

The other members are still missing right now and finding them is our priority.  

In the face of this tragedy that struck the Stade de France on Tuesday, November 30, we join in the general dread and pain of the victims and their families.

Big Hit Entertainment official announcement (12/01/2021; 3:04 PM – French time):

Hoseok was also found in the same hospital as Jungkook and now shares his room. He suffers from a dislocated knee that needed emergency surgery, three broken toes and four broken fingers. His life in not in danger but he will not be able to recover and danse for several weeks. He is very affected but assures that your support will be enough to overcome his pain and heal faster. He is also in isolation because of a positive Covid test.

We hope to find the other members very soon but for the moment remain in total ignorance. We thank you for all the messages of support you send to our artists.

Big Hit Entertainment official announcement (12/01/2021; 7:43 PM – French time):

Members Jimin and Yoongi were finally found and taken to the same hospital as Jungkook and Hoseok where they received appropriate care. Jimin suffers from a fractured tibia that will immobilize him for several weeks and Yoongi from a dislocation of the shoulder. Their life are not in danger.

Many videos showing Jimin in a state of shock in front of a crowd entering his room and worry grew among the fans. Know that he is now safe and will have the same psychological support as the other members to overcome these terrible ordeals.

Members Kim Namjoon, Kim Taehyung and Kim Seokjin are still missing but actively sought in the Parisian hospitals and in other French and European hospitals in neighboring countries. We are collecting all the information needed to find them.

We thank you again for your consideration of our artists. We will do everything we can to find them, rest assured.

Big Hit Entertainment official announcement (12/02/2021; 4:12 am – French time):

We would like to bring you reassuring news regarding the members who have been missing so far.

Members Kim Namjoon, Kim Taehyung and Kim Seokjin were all found together in the same hospital, suffering from multiple injuries.

Namjoon suffers from a lung puncture that was immediately taken care. The operation was a success. His wrist and his right hand broken were plastered. In addition, his sternum and some of his sides were broken. His condition requires absolute rest, but he's on the right path to recovery.

Taehyung suffers from a cervical sprain and will have to wear a cervical collar for some time avoiding sustained efforts.

Finally, Seokjin, who was in a mild coma, woke up. He suffered a stabbing injury and was successfully operated on. He also suffers from a broken ankle that has been plastered and broken ribs that will require rest to heal. His knife injury is under special surveillance as several organs have been affected but doctors are optimistic about his recovery. The blow to his face opened his eyebrow arch and his wound had to be sutured. Seokjin is recovering slowly but we will keep you informed of the evolution of his condition. 

Thank you for your attention to their health. Know that they are currently receiving all the appropriate care and that it is not necessary for you to offer your assistance for the accompanying care.

Big Hit Entertainment official announcement (12/03/2021; 8:03 a.m. – French time):

There has been a lot of concern about the lack of publication by our artists. Know that they need rest and are not yet fit enough to communicate with you. But don't worry, they will do it as soon as possible because they themselves are eager to allay your concerns.

Thank you for your concern for them, we will continue to keep you informed.

      Namjoon could not get over it, discovering the company's succession of announcements during the previous days: they did not express one single public apology. Where was they regard for the suffering of the victims and their families? 

     Even if they wanted to hide their part of the responsibility, why did they refuse to apologize in all humility for the suffering caused by the company which had to be a dream maker and not a nightmare maker? Was economic profit a valid reason to forget their human values?

    In anger and knowing full well that the company was going to reproach him, he took a selfie of himself in his hospital bed and published it with the following mention: "I am ashamed because it is far too late that, in the name of BTS and Big Hit, I offer my most sincere and deepest  apologies for the suffering you have had to go through. Please, forgive us."

     The Armys' answers which immediately arrived by the millions were unanimous: no one was angry with them, everyone was happy to know they were alive and they were asked to take care of themselves.

      The concern of the fans for them touched Namjoon a lot and reassured him but deep down, he knew what his share of responsibility was in this tragedy and it almost hurt him to see that no one was reproaching them except for the haters. How was he going to make amends for his mistakes if no one blamed him?

     As he was getting better, he asked the doctor for permission to visit some of the fans hospitalized in the same department as him. He could not get out of it because of the increased security, but he had been able to meet several people who had been very enthusiastic and beyond happy about his surprise visit and had assured him that seeing him on his feet gave them hope. Namjoon was happy to be the source of their smile and happiness. It was what he had always wanted since he became an idol.

     He had agreed to take photos with these people who had suffered because of his fault and the photos had not been long in circulating, reinforcing the popularity of the leader who had wanted nothing but to cheer up his fans. It worked and a wind of hope blew among the fans: BTS helped their fans to get up as they had always done before and were going to get up for their fans.

     However, when the wounded people that Namjoon visited asked him excitedly if Taehyung and Jin would also come to see them, the rapper had to explain, uncomfortable, that the two boys were not yet fit enough to leave their room. He also had to refuse strongly when, each time, they had asked him with hope if they could visit them then.

    Indeed, Jin and Taehyung never left Jin's room. Taehyung had refused to return to his own and had decided that he would sleep in the chair as the room only had one bed. But as his cervical sprain required a suitable position to sleep, a second bed was added to the small room. Namjoon would go into the room sometimes to greet them and check on them but did not stay there too long because of Jin's behavior.

     Most of the time, the latter was as if absent, unconscious of the world around him but when he returned among them he did not speak and if he was too surrounded, he began to become anxious. 

      Strangely, only the presence of Taehyung, who had finally established himself as a reassuring presence for the elder, seemed to be totally tolerated.

    The sessions with the psychiatrist had not yet been conclusive and the only thing they could get was advice on how to act with Jin. Gentleness, calm and benevolence seemed to be indispensable around him from now on because anything could stress him.

     Reading the company's fourth publication, Namjoon found that Jin's medical report had only been partially transmitted and did not know whether he should be relieved. It was he who had asked the doctor to keep silent about part of his health. 

     Moreover, Moreux had told him that Lee had actually gone to get Jin's official medical file - prepared especially for him - to send it to the company while the unofficial but more complete one had been preciously kept in duplicate by the hospital and by Namjoon.

    However, Han and Hyun-Jung had also been able to discuss with the doctor certain aspects of his health, in particular his mental health. These two must have discussed it at length with the communication department of the company. 

      That meant it was the company that had chosen to keep silent that was psychological for Jin at the moment, probably hoping Jin recovers soon. This report published by the company only mentioned his external injuries and seemed to suggest that Jin was in the same state of health as Jungkook while the oldest was in a particularly worrying state.

     Even his birthday, December 4, had not cheer him up. Thousands of people had sent bouquets of flowers and, unable to accept them all, the company had them redistributed to all the hospital. 

     The many gifts and letters also received had been sent to the hotel because Jin didn't seem to be in a condition to plainly appreciate these presents and it was better to wait before giving them to him. 

     They had join the rest of the member's belongings that were to be stored on the plane before their departure whose date was unknown for the moment but which would certainly coincide with the end of the quarantine imposed on the boys of the Pitié-Salpêtrière.

      Although the fans were looking forward to the anniversary live, the company apologized the same day, saying that Jin's health did not allow him to ensure a live performance. 

      Faced with the rising irritation of some who had been waiting for several days for Jin, like the other members, to appear on social networks, Taehyung had tried to take a selfie with Jin to publish it. 

     "Hyung, please, smile for Army, they wants to see you smile for your birthday."

     But he had fail because Jin, whether he understood or did not understand, that, no one really knew, had ignored him. The inexpressive face of the elder, whom the colored flowers had not made suddenly joyful, was not a good tone for a birthday and to thank all those who had thought of him. So Taehyung, in the end, had preferred to take another type of picture with a message of thanks in the name of Jin.

      It was a picture of a beautiful bouquet of flowers which he placed in Jin's uninjured hand who had obediently squeezed it, easily recognizable by the fans but marked by the presence of the catheter and a huge bruise on top which moved them. 

     After that, they no longer demanded a photo of him but asked him to take care of him and rest well, thanking and praising Taehyung for taking good care of his hyung.

     Taehyung had asked Han to bring a chocolate birthday cake and Jungkook had given the name of a Parisian pastry that Jin had once told him about excitedly. Namjoon and Taehyung were the only members present with a few staff members that Jin liked - Hyun-Jung, Soo, Eun-Jung, Cho and Kang-Dae - and which didn't include either of the two managers who had agreed not to come. 

      They were filming live only for the other BTS members who all – with the exception of Junkook – had sung "Happy Birthday" to a passive Jin at the time of the entry of the cake on which were some lit candles.

     Jungkook did not dare speak on the phone when the Namjoon was in Jin's room because he was afraid that the eldest would hear his voice or see him appear on the screen. After his first disastrous experience, he had once again tried to talk to Jin on the phone but the same thing had happened again: he had been seized with panic.

     The maknae was now afraid to try again, afraid to believe that it was final and that Jin would never be able to watch him or hear his voice again. And anyway, Taehyung wouldn't let him talk to Jin anymore. If Namjoon entered the room with a video call, he made sure Jungkook wasn't on the screen and he wasn't talking. 

     Jungkook was fed up with Taehyung's attitude because since Jin couldn't make a decision on his own anymore and was totally dependent on others, Taehyung seemed to think that it was up to him and him alone. But dispite, Jungkook had accepted it because he knew it was for Jin's good. 

      He preferred to let him convalesce away from him for the moment but he asked Namjoon every day during his video calls to go to the room and show him Jin that he could not do without seeing. 

      When the last sentence of the birthday song rang, he whispered "happy birthday hyung", tears in the eyes and a lump in the throat. 

     Jin had finally celebrated his 30th birthday as a Korean - even though he was only 29 in international age - and Jungkook could not even make fun of him or congratulate him as he had always known he would to be. 

      He could not even give him his gift or even hug him and say that he would love him no matter what their age difference and no matter how old he was. He couldn't do any of that. On that day that should have been joyful and fun, he wanted to cry.

      While singing, everyone had their eyes on Jin, expecting at any time to see him emerge from his torpor for smile with excitement in front of this chocolate cake but Jin did not even look at it and they were quite disappointed.

     "Hyung, do you want to blow out your candles?" Taehyung asked Jin gently.

     During the preceding days, Taehyung had not ceased to hold monologues, on a tone as gentle as possible not to rush Jin and he was accustomed to the silence of the elder. His questions were always unanswered, and this was also the case that day, even though he had hoped that this particular event would bring him out of his silence.

     When the cake was too close to Jin, however, the flames that were stirring drew his attention and he quickly moved away from it. It probably reminded him of the red glowing glow of army bombs that were stirring in the thousands just before the attack and looked like a dancing blaze.

      Seeing this, Taehyung hurried to blow out the candles himself but the the staff who were present next to them, without thinking and wanting to lighten the atmosphere, exploded a noisy salvo of colored confetti in the room, which brutally startled Jin whose injured shoulder hit the headboard hard. 

     "Aaaaah!"

     The pain made him whine and Taehyung hurried to put the cake on the table to get closer to him and instinctively place a hand between the headboard and Jin's shoulder to prevent further injury because he was very agitated.

       At the same time, Namjoon spontaneously shouted "Hyung!", forgetting he shouldn't shout next to Jin.

      The eldest's reaction was immediate. His gaze filled with dread and he began to tremble violently, suddenly noticing everyone gathered around him in his small room and he began to utter frantic little cries. 

     He curled up in his bed without paying attention to his wounds, scratching his face again where a new bandage had been made and he was already threatening to rip it off. Namjoon had to get everyone out in a hurry, without forgetting to recover the telephone which allowed the other members to attend, worried, with all the scene.

     Thus, they saw Jin struggled hard when Taehyung tried to hug him. Instead of letting him go, Taehyung tightened his grip to immobilized him, trying to soothe him in a familiar and secure embrace.

      "Sshhh, calm down hyungie, it's me, you're safe," he said gently to reassure him, "you're safe".

     It took some time but Jin finally stopped moving and calmed down in the arms of the youngest. Taehyung then exchanged a desperate look with Namjoon. How would they be able to resume a normal life if Jin's condition did not improve?

     "Let's give him some time," said Namjoon, who was trying not to be negative towards Taehyung and the others who were still on the phone and had witnessed the entire scene in a painful silence. "It's only been three days, I'm sure it will be better in a few days." 

     Only three days, they all thought at the same time. Three days that seemed like an eternity to them.

     It was now clear that his coma was not solely responsible for his current condition : after the horror experienced, Jin suffered a deep trauma and was frightened by both human contact, noise, and especially... by Jungkook. 

       Inexplicably, Jin could only calm down in contact with Taehyung and conversely, he could not stand to see him or hear Jungkook's voice. 

      Everyone was saddened by this situation and even if Jungkook didn't tell anything, Namjoon knew he was devastated.