Namjoon's POV:

I woke up again, this time however, I was in a familiar looking room with a scent I was used to.

My own bedroom. I got up, feeling nauseous. My tongue was watering, my head was spinning and I had a weird sensation inside of my stomach.

Before I could adjust myself up onto the bed, I flung the bedsheets off of my body and ran
towards the bathroom.

When my parents heard me throwing up, they rushed behind me and asked if I was okay.

Later on, they told me how I got here and why they left the hospital so soon.

"Namjoon, we had to evacuate the hospital because of a virus that was going around. It was spreading from patient to patient there and we couldn't risk you or any of us getting it. It's hazardous and deadly." Rather than feeling relieved of being away from that contagious virus in that hospital, I felt worried.

Not for me. But for Jin.

"What about Jin and his parents? They are home, right? Right, dad? Mom?" My parents stayed silent, despite me asking them twice.

My father spoke first after giving me a nod of denial.

"No, Joon. Unfortunately for Seokjin's case, they had to stay in the hospital overnight, and they're still in there." With Jin being in a hospital full of sick people and a deadly virus, I started to freak out.

"But, but they told us that Jinnie was going to be released from the hospital today." My father told me.

"Thank goodness." I sighed. I cleaned myself off and my mom gave me medicine to help my nausea subside.

When I looked at myself in the mirror, I had a scar from the side of my brow bone, to the back of my head. It looked insane, but either way, I'm just glad that I'm alive.

Though I'm still worried about Jin's health. If he contracts a virus, he might die. His body is in no shape for any type of illness.

Hopefully they arrive home soon. I can't wait to see him and get to hear his voice again.

"Joonie, you had a message from someone named Vixen...? I think it was a voice message- DON'T RUN, YOU'LL GET DIZZY- Ahh, this child of mine." My mother's voice disappeared as I practically teleported back to my room, racing to get my phone.

When I snatched it up, I read that I in fact, had a message from Jin.

🦊💋 Vixen 💋🦊: [Kim Seokjin sent you a voice message]

"Good morning, Joonie. Are you alright?" He sounds okay. His voice is still unstable.

🐺🔥 Master 🔥🐺: [Good morning, Jinnie. I'm fine, it's just that this annoying dizziness won't go away. I'll be alright soon. How do you feel?]

Five minutes after I sent my text and patiently waited (by patiently, I mean: Throwing a toy baseball up in the air in my bed countless times while looking at my phone every ten seconds).

Jin finally texted back.

I flung the phone over my chest and tapped on the screen until it brightened up.

🦊💋 Vixen 💋🦊: [I'm healing, but I feel tired. Very tired.]

🐺🔥 Master 🔥🐺: [I know how you must feel, but that's why you need to rest before leaving the hospital, sweetheart.]

🦊💋 Vixen 💋🦊: [Are you in pain? You scared me so much when you fell in the bathroom. I thought I was going to lose you.] A smile of sadness along with sympathy appeared on my face when reading Jin's message.

He's so sweet and caring. I feel bad for startling him like that.

🐺🔥 Master 🔥🐺: [I'm fine. Don't say something that absurd, you'll never lose me. I'll always be with you.]

When I hit send, I stared down at my phone for about two minutes, then turned away for about ten minutes when I decided to take a shower to wash the germs off of my body.

A hot shower was perfect for my aching and bruised body, yet I had to wear a thick gauze
pad over my head along with a shower cap just to not get water into my newly sewn wound.

I was hoping that during the time I spent showering, Jin would text me back. But he didn't.

He didn't text me back until a whole hour passed by.

When I came out of the shower, I stepped out of it with the fear of falling again. I made it out safely, this time, and wrapped the towel around my waist, leaving my chest exposed.

Water was dripping down from my arms, legs, and all over my neck and back, but none was on my head.

Luckily, the shower cap prevented any water from getting into my head. My hair was wet
because of the humidity inside of the bathroom. The mirror was fogged up due to the vapor.

It reminded me of the night Jin and I escaped our parents and went stargazing.

...And of what happened afterwards.

~flashback~

The teasing.

"H-how much more?"

Jin's moaning...

"Fuck, Baby." My patients wearing thin.

"M...master, I think I'm ready." His pleading...

~~~

"S-son, are you alright?" I was snapped out of my steamy thoughts when I heard my father's voice. He entered the bathroom, staring at me with widened eyes.

"Why is he staring at me like that? Did I do something wrong?" My dad answered my question before I even asked him to.

"You just shouted the word "fuck!" out of nowhere. Did you get injured?? It's not like you to swear so loudly and so... So..." My father rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed.

"Seductively." At that moment, I wished that the bathroom floor swallowed me up so that I wouldn't have to deal with this.

How can one thought mess me up so badly?

"KILL ME NOW. DAMN YOU, STEAMY MIRROR!!" I thought of a quick excuse to tell my dad, and covered up my body even though I was already covered with a towel.

"I'm so sorry, dad. It won't happen again." He just smiled at me and nodded.

"Just don't let the water get so hot next time, alright?" Yes, my excuse was that I had burned myself with the hot water. What else was I supposed to say?

"Oh, I was just thinking of when I had sex with my BRO Kim Seokjin.

Because that's what BEST BRO'S DO! They escape their parent's house late at night to stargaze in the cold ass weather and nearly crash their car just to have two orgasms in a row...

No big deal. Yeah, they would lock me up in a mental hospital if they knew that."

I left the bathroom to enter my room. When the cold air hit my body, I started to shiver.

Instead of changing, however, I decided to check my messages when-

🦊💋 Vixen 💋🦊: [Kim Seokjin wants to video call: ACCEPT or DECLINE?] Seeing this pop
up out of nowhere, I panicked from both excitement and joy, I hit "accept" without even thinking about it twice.

The first thing that I saw was a surprised look on Jin's face.

Jin: "Sorry, Joonie! I didn't mean to call you, my phone was slipping out of my hand and I accidentally hit the camera button." Jin had a tray of food over his lap and was eating a cherry red gelatin from a small plastic cup.

Typical hospital food.

Namjoon: "It's alright. I'm actually glad to be hearing your voice. How are you feeling?"

Jin: "I feel happy, seeing you. I miss you so much." My heart fluttered then sunk when I saw Jin's state.

He was very weak, his eyes had dark circles underneath them, his lips were chapped.

Over all, Jin didn't look like the happy and healthy fox he always is.

His voice was even different. He sounded miserable.

Jin: "Okay, thanks, Mom. I'll be alright. Yeah..." But Jin wasn't "as" alright as he told his mother he was.

He lied. When I heard a door close behind Jin, he stared back at his phone and his eyes started welling up, producing tears.

My heart no longer was filled with butterflies, but with cracks when the boy started to talk.

Jin: "I don't like it here! I'm surrounded by sick people, I... I hear my mom crying every night because she thinks I'm going to get the virus. She- she thinks I have it, Namjoon. She thinks I have it and she won't let me get near her or my dad." What?

Did I just hear that?

Did a mother just choose her health over her son? What type of mother does that! Mine wouldn't.

Namjoon: "What room are you in, Jinnie?" My voice was meant to sound reassuring to Jin, but instead, the boy started wailing again.

Jin: "No. You can't see me. I'm infected. I'm sick- Th... That's why mom and dad left me!"

Namjoon: "Jin, I'm not your parents. I'm your boyfriend, and your best friend. Now tell me what room you're in so I can kiss your pain away, even if I get sick."

Jin: "That was cheesy." Jin and I started laughing. His laughter was accompanied with his audible sobs, he was laughing through his own tears.

Namjoon: "I'll be there soon. And I won't take no for an answer: I'm seeing, I don't care if I have to wear an astronaut suit to enter your room, I'll do it! I WILL." Jin nodded, thanking me.

I got dressed and thought of another excuse to tell my parents in order to leave the house.

"A game of pool? But you don't really like that game, Namjoon. You prefer to read comics and be on your phone rather than to play those games." My mother had a good point, but
I tell her and my dad that I was going to a place that was pretty far, just so that they wouldn't think of looking for me at the hospital.

"A man can change his mind and try new things, right?" I faked a laugh as my parents looked at each other.

They gave me their approval of leaving the house in my condition, but of course, there was a catch.

"Don't come home too late. I want you back by 4:00 PM. Deal?" I turned my head over to the clock on my mom's kitchen stove, it was 12:00 PM right now.

I had more than enough time. I immediately grabbed my car keys and left.

"Thank goodness." I sighed in relief. The moment I stepped into the hospital, I grabbed a white mask to cover my face with it, preventing any floating bacteria to enter my system through my breathing.

But just when I think one problem is over, another one shows up.

A swarm of sick people were all around the recovery area. The same area that they had Jin in.

"Namjoon? What are you doing here?" I turned around when I heard someone call out my name. Wondering who it was, I responded to the voice and was surprised to see the person standing in front of me.

"Kangdae...?"