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"It's Jungkook.... Jungkook isn't... talking to me... Dad Jungkook is not breathing!!!!!!!!" He cried madly, the phone slipping from his clammy palm to the ground.

"Jungkook!! Jungkook open your eyes! Jungkook wake up!! Jungkook!!!" Jimin cried again, pulling his shirt in the front as his tears wet Jungkook face in droplets.

"Jungkook!!!!"

Almost immediately, Chan's guards rushed into the tent, all armed.

They've actually been surrounding the sea unnoticed since Jimin and Jungkook came in the morning, protecting them at Chan's orders.

They took Jungkook from Jimin, and he was crying so hard as he ran after them till they arrived at the car.

Jungkook was tucked in and taken away without waiting for an ambulance.

*

JEON ESTATE, SECOND MANSION*

Lisa's tears is currently flowing uncontrollably down her cheeks, and Haeyung is sitting on one of the dinning chairs, looking paralyzed like he got stuck by lightning or something.

The rest of the guys are still so weak from crying so much, and Wooyoung already joined the waterworks exercise too.

"I can't believe it, still" Liaa stood, dipping her fingers in her hair.

"Why didn't he tell us? Why would he keep such to himself?" Haeyung stood too.

"It was already past the treatable stage when he found out about it too, so there's nothing to be done" Hoseok replied.

"And also, how would both of you know if he's fine when you never speak to him?" Rosé said.

"What do you mean?" Lisa retorted.

"Since we came back from school, you've never called him in for a talk anytime despite the fact that you're aware of his condition. You only see Yoongi,  isn't it? I bet you aren't even aware of when he began growing affection for Jimin. He even travelled to Italy for a week but you never knew" Rosé continued.

"What! When?" Haeyung said, and Rosé shook her head.

"You both are...gawd!"

"Is it because he's Jessi's son?" Namjoon said.

"Don't say that again! I love him like my own son! He's my son! I love Jungkook so much but he shuts me down anytime I try to show him love" Lisa replied.

"Show him love by touching his lips during his sleep?" Hoseok said, and Yoongi gasped.

Lisa held her breath.

"What are you talking about, Hoseok?" Rosé faced him.

"Kook told me about it, your excessive shower of affection is making him feel uncomfortable, which is why he's drawing lines. I thought it was normal, till he told me about how you touched his lips in his sleep" Hoseok said, and Lisa gulped again.

"Are you in love with your stepson?" Hoseok raised his brows.

"What are you talking about!" Haeyung spranged up.

"Stop accusing mum wrongly" Yoongi defended, and Hoseok scoffed.

"I wouldn't harbour such thoughts, I'm not shameless" Lisa said slowly.

"This ain't the time to argue, y'all. Can't you see the writing on the wall? Kook is dying! We're losing him! We won't see him anymore! He'd be buried!" Rosé shouted, and the ringing of her phone interrupted her.

Immediately she saw Jimin's line, she quickly swiped green, and when she heard the sound of his cries, her heart nearly flew out of her chest.

"Baby, please tell me it's not what I'm thinking"

"Jungkook is not breathing! Doctors are trying to bring him back but it's not working!! He's not talking to me!! Why didn't you tell me about his cancer? Why didn't you tell me Rosé!! How could this happen to me when our love is still so young!! How could this happen to me!!" He cried loudly on phone.

Rosé ran out of words to say, so she cut the call and released a low exhale.

"What's going on?" Namjoon and Wooyoung asked at once.

"I think...I think we're already losing him. At the hospital... he's...

Before she could finish, Lisa already rushed out of the house with Haeyung, and the rest followed.

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POKEY A. HOSPITALS*

After several minutes of trying to save Jungkook in the ER, the doctors finally came out with tensed looks on their faces, led by Dr. Chaeryoung, the female head doctor.

"We were able to make him come back, but that's just for now" she said sadly.

"Wh..what do you mean?" Jimin hiccupped, and Dr. Chaeryoung came closer to touch his shoulder.

"Cheeks, you'd have to prepare your mind for the worse" she said.

"Dear" Chan rushed in with Jennie.

"Dad, dad I don't understand what she's saying" Jimin cried, and Chan wiped his tears first.

"How's he doing?" He asked the doctor.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Chan, but there's no hope. He has been surviving on oral medication for the past three years, and right now no amount of pills can help the state of his lungs anymore. To make matters worse, he's a smoker, and that's just... bad. Please, prepare your minds" the doctor said and took a bow before leaving with the rest.

"Dad...Mum...I can't lose him, i don't want to" Jimin cried hotly, and Jennie hugged his teary face to her chest.

"This bastard kept it from everyone?" Chan said.

"Trust me, no one knew about it at the estate" Jennie replied, and he sighed.

Lisa and Haeyung rushed in with the rest, and Lisa quickly wiped her tears before speaking.

"Where's Jungkook?"

Chan didn't reply.

"He's... he's not gonna make it according to the doctor" Jennie replied, and Lisa held her head with her two hands.

"Jungkook.."

Namjoon closed his eyes, and tears slid out, same with Rosé.

Hoseok folded his fists, and Yoongi's eyes are already red.

Wooyoung was looking at Jimin pitifully.

Within one minute, grief descended on the hallway, and then Lord Kim came in too.

Immediately he saw the atmosphere, he stopped some meters away from them, staring at them from there.

"Something doesn't feel right" he muttered.

Hoseok walked out of the hallway, and Wooyoung followed him till they got to the end of it, then he turned to face him.

"I can leave if you don't want my company" Wooyoung quickly said.

"It's fine" Hoseok replied, and they backed the wall together.

"I can't believe he's really... gonna die" Wooyoung said slowly.

"Maybe because I've been preparing myself for this since I found out two months ago, i expected it, but still...it fucking hurts" he replied, and Wooyoung sighed.

"I know...I mean...he has been your friend even before you went to college together. Rosé told me" Wooyoung replied, and Hoseok nodded once.

"I can't take it, I..."

He stopped talking and covered his eyes with his palms, crying into it.

Meanwhile, Rosé is squatting by the other side of the wall alone, shedding tears too when Yoongi came to meet her.

She didn't even bat a lid as he squatted beside her.

"I can't believe we'll be wearing black to a funeral soon. I hate black, and I don't want to wear it...I don't want to bury my hyung" He said.

She kept quiet.

"I was already dreaming of showing him off to my school girls next year in college...I can't..." He started crying too, burying his face in his knees.

Rosé looked at him, and her tears only poured more.

Namjoon is at the far end of the wall, sobbing alone.

Meanwhile, Lisa is currently on her way to Jessi's ward.

She didn't wait for the nurses before barging in, and she met Jessi displaying madness, chained to her bed as usual.

She went straight for her and grabbed her neck, pressing it down to the mattress.

"You're the root cause of all these! You made him into what he is! You made him addicted to smokes at a young age! You ruined his life witch!! It's all your fault!!!!" She yelled.

Jessi was already seeing the other side of the universe when the nurses rushed in.

They were shocked beyond words as they began trying to take Jessi's neck from Lisa's grip, but it was impossible.

Lisa was determined to kill her once and for all.

Only the male doctors could take her away when they arrived, and by that time, Jessi already passed out with a swollen neck.

"No I need to kill her!! Let me kill her!!!" Lisa was crying as she was dragged out.

*

11PM, JUNGKOOK'S WARD*

Jimin's face is all puffy and swollen and red, even his throat.

He's sitting beside Jungkook's bed, looking like a widow as he stared at Jungkook's unmoving body in bed.

Jungkook face turned completely pale already, even his lips, and he looks horribly sick.

His monitor is barely beeping, and the transfusion of IV to his system has been stopped since his body didn't take it.

The only thing left right now is for the doctors to announce his demise anytime before daybreak.

Jimin is holding his right hand, and Prada, his loyal dog is sitting beside him, watching Jungkook sadly too.

"Do you know you're a betrayer?" Jimin said as if Jungkook's able to hear him.

"How could you change me this much and then decide to take your leave? I'm sure I did nothing to deserve this. Why are you so cruel to me? How could you tell me you love me yesterday and then decide to take your leave today? What do you want me to do? Jungkook..." He cried bitterly, rubbing his hand.

"How could you do this to me, douche? How could you...how could you do this to me?" He sobbed hotly, the lines streaming down his neck.

"Please open your eyes and talk to me...huh? Tell me you love me again... Jungkook... pl..ease" he sobbed, closing his eyes and hugging that hand.

"Don't leave me please...stay longer with me... please..." He cried harder when no move came from him, and then his monitor began irregular beeps, scaring him so much.

Jimin spranged up from his seat.

"Jungkook...no you can't go completely! Jungkook!!" He shook him, and Dr. Chaeryoung came back in with her nurses.

"Take him out" she ordered, and two male nurses grabbed Jimin.

"No no please... please!! Jungkook!!!!" He screamed madly, struggling with them.

He tried biting, but he was overpowered and finally dragged out, though his screams could still be heard outside clearly.

Dr. Chaeryoung got a loaded injection from the tray of one of the nurses, and the moment she turned back to Jungkook, a devilish glint appeared in her eyes.

She smirked secretly, then she brought the syringe to Jungkook's wrist.

Immediately she took it and made to insert, Jungkook's eyes flew open, and she was caught off guard when he snatched the syringe from her and tossed her on the bed, sliding his hand on her neck.

She froze completely.

"Caught you, bitch" he muttered, smirking wide.

FLASHBACK, ITALY ~ A WEEK AGO*

After passing out at the Alphas mansion and getting taken to the hospital, Jungkook woke up six days later, feeling much better.

Immediately he recognized his environment as the hospital, he quickly sat up in bed to see he's surrounded by the Alpha brothers.

"Shit, how long was I out for?" He muttered.

"Six days" Kenzie replied freely,.

"Damn! Jimin" he said, rushing down from the bed.

"You're suffering from lung cancer? That's probably what your doctor told you" Stone said from his seat, and he stopped.

"Yeah. Since three years ago" he replied weakly, and Stone scoffed.

"I wanna meet the motherfucking doctor and waste him" Adonis muttered.

"It's a female doctor" Jungkook replied.

"So it's a bitch" Steel said.

Jungkook looked on in confusion.

"You've been fooled, and it was easy since you use only that hospital" Kenzie said.

"Meaning?" Jungkook frowned.

Stone snapped his fingers, and a doctor came in.

"Since three years ago, you've been getting poisoned by a slow liquid, and the aim is to cut your strength and energy to bits within three years before it'd kill you completely" the doctor explained.

"What the..." Jungkook muttered shockingly.

"What was your issue when you went to the doctor to complain three years ago?" Stone asked.

"It was tummy cramps, and she immediately diagnosed me with cancer. She gave me the pills to take daily if I wanna prolong my lifespan" Jungkook explained.

"I believe the slow poison is part of the pills you've been taking for three years" the doctor replied, and Jungkook sat back...

More shock.

"Don't pass out, dude" Kenzie said.

"But there's an interesting part to it" the doctor continued, and he looked up.

"To finalize the action of the poison when it eats deep into you, she'd inject you with potassium, and you'd be gone for life" he said, and Jungkook smirked.

"Dr. Chaeryoung..."

"Did you break her heart for trophy before? Bitch is mean" Adonis said.

"Never fucked her before" Jungkook replied, fisting his palms ragingly.

"You should play her a bit, I think. Be the only one to direct and act the drama, but your family and the love of your life will have to cry" Stone said.

"I know what to do" Jungkook stood.

"With the deposit of poison in your system, it'd be hard to bounce back to normal. It might take another three years to stop bleeding" the doctor said.

"I don't care, so far I don't die" Jungkook replied.

"Good then" Kenzie shrugged, and Jungkook stood.

Kenzie patted his shoulder fondly, and Jungkook smiled slightly.

"I'm your godfather from now on. You're Zinnia's junior brother" Kenzie winked.

Jungkook couldn't help but smile again as they left the ward together.

The other three brothers followed behind, and Jungkook folded his fists.

"Chaeryoung..." He muttered.

FLASHBACK ENDS*

Dr. Chaeryoung's eyes are still so wide in their sockets as she stayed frozen under Jungkook's chokehold.

More doctors poured into the ward, then everyone else.

"I know something seemed off" Lord Kim muttered with a scoff.

"Jungkook!" Jimin gasped, covering his mouth shockingly.

All eyes are widely open in utter shock.

Dr. Chaeryoung gulped fearfully again, and Jungkook smiled with a side of his face.

"You might wanna start talking now, or I'll ram this syringe into your damn heart"

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TBC.