Leaving The Angel Behind Only To Meet The Devil

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Author's POV

Jungkook was running…

Running as if he was being chased or chasing something. His breath goes uneven as his legs work on their way to reach his destination. All he could feel is the amount of nervousness growing fast in his body… Scared if something bad happened.

He walked past the hospital entrance, feeling his heart race faster with each second passed. "W-where is he?" Jungkook raised a question as soon as he arrived at the reception, not giving himself enough time to even breathe properly. His face already turned dark red, showing how the oxygen didn't reach all of his organs. But did he care? No. The only thing he could think of at that time was to meet Jimin.

Jimin… Jimin… and Jimin.

"Where is he?!" He started to raise his voice when the nurse didn't answer back, or to be exact; about to reply. Three seconds hadn't passed, yet Jungkook felt like the world's time slowed down; leaving him waiting for some kind of eternity whilst the sensibility was far from that. He just couldn't wait anymore.

He wants to see Jimin. Right now.

"We need you to calm down, sir… we can't help you if you keep acting rude." Another nurse wearing a green uniform appeared behind them, which Jungkook could only assume was the manager because she's wearing different colored clothes than all of them. "Don't tell me how to act in front of the public!! Tell me where he is!! I need to see him!!" Jungkook yelled loudly, surprising the girls in front of him and catching a few visitors' attention by the sudden violence.

"I'm sorry sir but we can't help you. Please get out. You're doing a scene…" The second one said politely, maintaining their respect towards whoever visited the hospital even though Jungkook was being such an impatient asshole at that moment. Her eyes gazed towards the security guards and made some signals for them to come, which received a nod from one of them, telling her silently that they're on their way.

The nurses gasped in fright when Jungkook suddenly banged his palm on the table reception loudly, before starting to yell at them over and over again; asking them where Jimin was but never mentioning who the person was. Of course, if the male is in the right state of mind; he will state the name but that time he isn't. He almost loses all of his sanity.

"Where is him?!" He snarled for the third time, scaring the shit out of the nurses who literally backed away; looking at him with a judgmental stare. Judging by Jungkook's appearance, they could tell that he was someone with power, someone who is wealthy, and someone who is well educated. But judging by his actions, all of their assumptions said nothing except that Jungkook looked like a mad man.

"Tell me where is—"

"I'm sorry to interrupt sir, but you need to get out. People are watching." One of the two guards said, appearing behind Jungkook who scoffed loudly at the statement. All he wants is to see Jimin. His Jimin... But why did they make him look like a crazy person who was asking for some money from them? Is it hard to say where Jimin is admitted to?

"Fuck off!! I'm not going anywhere until you let me meet him!!" He growled deferentially, trying hard to not just yell or punch the shit out of the guards' faces for the sake of the hospital's peace. "Sir, you are against our protocols. Please, walk away or not; we don't have any other choice but to drag you out." The second guard claimed strictly, already holding the wooden black stick that was surely enough to make a nasty bruise just by one stroke.

"Try me," Jungkook muttered under his breath and watched the two guards sigh before holding out their sticks, showing the younger what he got himself into and silently hoping for him to give up and eventually walk away. But of course, none of that will happen. Even though the sticks could hurt him, it's all worth it if he got to see Jimin. No matter how much the amount of pain he will receive, he will and forever will endure it.

Beside… He went through a lot of pain for Jimin already. One more didn't make it any more hurt.

The first guard marched towards him, already holding out the wooden stick to hit Jungkook but in a blink of an eye; the guy was already laying on the floor with a shot of pain spreading through his whole body while Jungkook was sitting on top of him; catching other people's awareness who was hesitant to do something to stop the fight.

The younger raised his fist, about to punch the guard when a familiar voice stopped him further, ending the fight in a split second without any struggle.

"J- Jungkook?" 

Abruptly, the male shot his eyes upwards; glancing towards the person who just called his name out. There, SeokJin was standing with a food tray in his hand that looked yet to be touched and a shocked facial expression was displayed across his face, showing how the view in front of him is unbelievable.

Jungkook didn't waste any time and stood, leaving the guard he was about to punch alone as he marched towards the older impatiently. "Where is Jimin? Where is him?" He asked while holding onto the male's shoulder, already feeling his eyes burn while his sight slowly got blurred. "What are you doing here? I called Aíden, not you?" SeokJin asked, confused clearly in his voice. He's sure that he called the male that morning, so what is Jungkook doing here?

"For fuck sake, just answer the question hyung!! Where is he?! Is he okay? Is there anything bad that happened?!" Jungkook snapped, unable to control his emotion anymore. He wants to see Jimin!! That's all he asked for, couldn't they just tell him?! "Follow me," SeokJin mumbled and walked past Jungkook, reaching the guards and the nurses as he apologized sincerely; asking for their forgiveness for the childish act of his old friend which luckily for him; they shrugged off.

Jungkook on the other hand didn't even think to apologize, he asked nicely at the nurse but they kept ignoring him like some kind of stone in front of them. They hella deserve his disrespectfulness. He walked past them like nothing happened, completely ignoring the judgmental stares he received from the public after creating such an inappropriate scene as he followed SeokJin silently from behind; couldn't help but wish the old man would walk faster.

"How do you know?" SeokJin was the first one to ask the silence as Jungkook looked down to his feet, feeling the elevator they stood on moving upwards while his mind occupied with what happened that morning and how he got to know that Jimin was admitted to the hospital. What happened though?

Well, let's see how it begins…

Jungkook groaned in annoyance when Aíden's cellphone didn't stop ringing, causing him to open his eyes and glanced to his side; expecting the man to be there who was probably still asleep but frowned in confusion when all he saw was nobody.

"Aíden…?" He called out the man's name, and almost got a mini heart attack when he received a loud response from inside the bathroom which was situated right opposite the bed he sat on. "Yes?! I'm in the toilet!!" Aíden shouted from inside, causing the younger to chuckle at the action. But a wave of memories hit Jungkook in the face, remembering back on his conversation with his fiancee.

He already decided.

He will leave Jimin.

For the sake of his friends… for the sake of his family reputation… for the sake of innocent Aíden and last but not least; for the sake of his own life.

He had thought about it thoroughly. He can't just accept Jimin in his life after everything the older had done to him. He can't just forgive him and pretends he didn't cry to sleep every night. He can't just leave everything behind just to be together with Jimin. He can't. He will lose all of the people in his life if he ever decided to stay with the older.

A loud ring coming from Aíden's phone echoed the room again, bringing Jungkook back to the real world as he glanced at the white screen and watched the name; Brother SeokJin displayed on it. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, wondering why the name sounds so familiar. "Aiden?! Your phone didn't stop ringing!!" Jungkook announced out loud and suddenly felt the urge to answer it by himself.

"Really? Could you answer them for me? Tell them I'm in a shower!!" Aíden responded as Jungkook nodded in return; didn't waste any second than to answer the call, feeling satisfied by the fact he got to do what he wanted. He put the phone beside his left ear and opened his mouth to greet the other line but immediately got cut off by a familiar panic voice.

"Aíden?! Jimin is admitted to Seoul hospital!! Come here now!!"

And that's all it takes for Jungkook to know who is speaking as he hangs up and immediately rushes out of the room, leaving the angel behind only to meet the devil.

And now there he was… standing in front of Jimin's room as he stared at the still unconscious man from the small mirror on the door entrance.

"Come on." SeokJin mumbled and pushed the door using his shoulder, opening them wide for him and Jungkook to enter. The younger was hesitant but nonetheless followed the other command, letting his legs take him inside the medium sized-room only to find his eyes immediately blurred by the view that was on display.

There, Jimin was laying on the hospital bed calmly; his crescent eyes tightly closed; his usual soft pink plump lips are now turned to purple and dried; his hands that were always small and cute from Jungkook eyes are now wrapped with fabric. Easy to say, Jimin is still Jimin but so different from the usual one he saw. The older look so… vulnerable.

Jungkook didn't even realize he was crying until he felt his tears drop on one of his newly polished shoes, bringing him back to the realization which he quickly held out his hand and wiped the stains. Why was he crying though? Is it because of the sight? Or the fact he knows he didn't be there for Jimin when all of these things happen? He doesn't know. But what he does knows that it hurts.

It hurts too much when he looks at Jimin in that condition.

"W-what happened? And why is he still unconscious?" Jungkook asked half-heartedly as his gaze stayed still on unconscious Jimin, forgetting the fact he has a fiancee waiting for him at home, forgetting the fact that SeokJin also knows about his engagement, forgetting the fact he already decided to leave the man.

"Well, for the first question, I'm sorry but I can't tell you what happened because that's not my place to tell. And for the second, the doctor decided to put him to sleep because his body was in awful pain. He'll wake up in three hours. Don't worry." SeokJin explained, catching Jungkook's attention who immediately looked at him with a glare. He asked two simple questions, and he expected them both to be answered.

"When I ask something, I expect the question will be answered. Don't tell me it is not your place to tell me what happened, I need to know..." Jungkook mumbled, feeling anger rising up inside him; certainly failed to notice the same behavior he has with Jimin as he watched SeokJin keep shut for a second, as if he was thinking about something, and eventually nodded at him.

"Sure. Besides, we need to have a serious talk. Perhaps now is the time…" SeokJin mumbled and walked out of the room after putting the food tray on top of the visitor's table; leaving Jungkook who couldn't look away from Jimin alone. Slowly, he moved closer and bent down; reaching the other height as he held out his hand and cupped Jimin's right cheek; feeling his heart crushed by the moment he felt how cold the others were.

"What happened to you, love?" Jungkook mumbled under his breath, caressing Jimin's face extremely soft to the point you couldn't feel anything. He might have piercings all over his body, he might have many tattoos, he might have a tough body, he might be dominant but he always… Always weak for his Jimin.

With one last set of tears coming out from his eyes, he leaned down, placing a tender kiss on Jimin's forehead; not knowing SeokJin was watching it all from the very beginning.

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