"A new crack appears every time I pretend to be strong
So it appears that my heart must be made of glass 
Just like an empty dream." - Mayonaka No Orchestra by Aqua Timez, 2012

Taehyung was bouncing his thigh up and down while he waited for the doctor to finish up with Namjoon's daily checkup. Yoongi was pacing in front of him and it was only making his anxiety worse.

Taehyung rubbed his currently tiny bump in order to feel the slightest bit of relieved. He just wanted to see Namjoon and Jimin...

The door opened and the doctor gave them the go-ahead.

Taehyung was in there first, his arms around Namjoon as he babbled into his shoulder about how much he had missed him. He never wanted to admit it when someone spoke on it or when he argued with himself about it, but he truly missed Namjoon.

"I missed you too, baby... I'm so sorry for everything," Namjoon said, cupping his cheeks and brushing over one with his thumb.

While Taehyung and Namjoon reconciled, Yoongi asked about Jimin.

"He hasn't woken up yet. They say the average time someone is passed out for things like this is about 3 days. It's been 2 days so now I'm getting worried."

Jimin was on the other side of the curtain, having more hourly checkups to make sure everything in his body was doing ok. He hadn't woken up, but everyone knew that when he did he would be in for it.

Jimin had woken up mere hours before Taehyung and Yoongi's arrival, but he said nothing and just feigned silene all this time. He wasn't ready to confront those two... Especially not Taehyung.

When he was drinking, he had lots of time for thinking. He ha thought about the relationship timeline of Namjoon and Taehyung's relationship. The way Taehyung had acted that night when Jimin had told him.

He had replayed Taehyung's words over and over again, each time only getting him into a shittier mood than he was before.

Jimin shook his head. Now wasn't the time...

Jimin had been quietly going through the motions for the past couple hours, waiting for the alcohol withdrawal to kick in so he had an excuse to be left alone.

"When is Jimin going to wake up?"

Yoongi's voice... Sweet, sweet Yoongi.

He had found out a few days ago that Yoongi was the one that had called 119 and gotten an ambulance to him. If he hadn't come in anytime earlier Jimin just might have lost his life...

"I don't know, Yoongi. The nurse came in for his checkup a while ago..."

Jimin sighed softly, rubbing his temples. He might as well get this over with sooner or later... Pounding headache and slight dizziness and all.

He began to pull back the curtain, hissing at the amount of light hitting his face at once. The curtain had caused him to draw enough attention to himself as it was.

"Jimin? How long have you been awake for?" Namjoon asked, turning to the slightly less pale boy.

"Long enough for me to develop a pounding headache and dizziness that makes me want to puke," Jimin stated bluntly as he leaned back in the hospital bed. He let a couple more beats of silence go by before continuing, "Looks like the gang is all back together, huh?"

"Jimin... I want to know why you did it. Why you just, why you put your life on the line like that?!" Taehyung demanded, worried but also relieved he was alive.

Jimin shrugged, "It helped me get my mind off of things. Off of the events that eventually led to this moment. I will never be able to exaggerate how much I regret acting upon my own selfish desires that night, Taehyung."

"I know... I know you do, but it simply doesn't excuse anything..."

"So I guess you should be held to the same standard then."

The room went silent at Jimin's blunt remark. He didn't know what exactly had triggered him to say such a thing, but he did and now he was rolling with it.

"Jimin? What do you mean?" Namjoon asked, hoping Jimin wasn't taking this where he thought he was going to take this.

"I said what I said. I said he should be held to the same standard since he says it doesn't excuse anything."

Yoongi understood that he felt the slightest bit bitter, maybe it was the alcohol?

"That night, he was talking about how he and Namjoon were in a one on one relationship, how Namjoon was supposed to be loyal to him and him ALONE," Jimin's eyes narrowed as he sat up a little straighter. "But when you think about it in the grand scheme of things, he's being hypocritical."

Taehyung was placing his arms protectively over his bump even if he knew Jimin wasn't going to do a thing to him.

"I stand by what I said, Jimin. He shouldn't have fucked you because of our one on one relationship."

"Well maybe if someone had been nice enough to TELL ME-" he briefly glared at Namjoon before turning back to Taehyung and Yoongi, "Maybe this could have all been avoided."

"I'm still not understanding what this has to do with me," Taehyung said in a kind of arrogant tone.

"I'm fucking GETTING THERE," he took a moment to collect himself before continuing, "You wanna know how fucked this situation really is? You had the audacity to talk to Namjoon preaching about how you were his and he was yours. But when he wasn't here you were fucking other men and making out with me!"

Namjoon was shocked at Jimin's words, but he most certainly wasn't surprised 

Taehyugn quivered but stood his ground, "I was just doing my job!"

"Yeah, and so was I! Namjoon asked me if I wanted to do it with him and I agreed. At least he was more gentle with me than anyone had been at the club! That's why it felt so special and I didn't think it was wrong!"

"It was still selfish to go after Namjoon when I told you to stay away."

"I thought he was fair game to the rest of us! Even if he was your favorite customer, you couldn't monopolize him from the rest of us, that's not how business works! We go to that damn club every day and we have to bust our asses 10 times as hard where you barely have to do a thing!"

Jimin had a lot of pent-up resentment towards Taehyung. He had suppressed his envy of him for so long it was all spilling out now. He had taken too much time perfecting his mask of blissful ignorance and smiles when he knew what was really going on.

"If you had just TOLD ME-" Jimin began sobbing, "If you had just told me when we were talking on the phone..." 

The room fell silent save from Jimin's sniffles and sobs.

"We used to be a team, Taehyung... I know I shouldn't have expected it to last, but you were one of the only people I could rely on in that club next to Yoongi! Then-Then you started getting so far away and-" Jimin inhaled roughly "You kept using our duo act for your own gain! When-Whenever you touched me or-or kissed me, only you got to reap the benefits of it! I saw the big payouts you were getting from such simple actions... And while you basked in your money, the rest of us had to reap the consequences..."

Yoongi rubbed his back. Jimin had ranted and talked about this with him time and time again in the backroom.  Half the time Jimin didn't even want to come to work because he knew about all of this going opn behind his back

"Because I didn't want to complain... I didn't want to look insufferable about the treatment at the club... I put up with it. We put up with it...  And then you just-you just played with my heart like that! And then you said that you loved Namjoon-"

Jimin felt like he was overreacting. It shouldn't have been that serious... But it WAS. No matter how much he wanted to believe it was another wound to add to the scars, this one went much deeper than that. 

"You weren't the only one that felt hurt that night, you know!" Jimin whimpered, "We all got hurt, we all were affected by it, but when you think about it, we ALL fucked up here..." Jimin wiped his eyes. "Except Yoongi... He was just trying to do his damn job and got caught up in this mess..."

They had all fallen silent, Taehyung beginning to sob along with Jimin. He didn't know how much hurt he had caused through this entire thing. He knew he had been selfish, taking advantage of Jimin when he got the chance to or turning away any Alpha that came near him that he didn't find worthy. 

Namjoon leaned back in the bed, "So in conclusion, we all fucked up... I fucked someone else while I was mated, Taehyung fucked other people and took advantage of the other Omegas and his best friend, and Jimin is so emotionally constipated that he only lets his feelings out when he's dizzy and recovering from a coma."

Taehyung nodded, "Yeah... I think I have a lot of reflecting to do..."

Taehyung turns to Jimin and holds his hands in his, "I'm sorry, Jimin... We should have handled that situation so much better. Maybe if we had more conversations and-and we communicated better we could have avoided this..."

Taehyung hugged him, Jimin hugging him back just as tightly, "I-I have a proposal to make... Namjoon, would you mind settling for a poly relationship?"

Jimin's eyes widened, "W-What?"

Namjoon looked equally as surprised, but he tried not to show it. He saw Taehyung's eyes, still glassy with tears as he held Jimin's hand.

"You said you wanted to help Jimin love himself, right? I think we can do it together... Besides, I think we're all well overdue for some loving..." He turned to Yoongi, "That INCLUDES you, Mr. Beta."

Yoongi whined, "But I don't NEED a man... Or a dick..."

Jimin gave a little grin at Yoongi, "I know some people that are completely your type~"

Yoongi groaned, "Can't you, Taehyung, and Namjoon go back to loving each other? I'll just go back outside-"

And before anyone could protest, Yoongi was already gone.

Jimin snuggled up to Taehyung, "Yoongi was the one who called the ambulance... He saved my life TaeTae..." Jimin felt the need to cuddle up to something after an emotional outburst like that. Taehyung seemed like just the cuddle buddy at the time. He couldn't believe he was still talking, really. He thought he had run out of words to say. "If it weren't for him, I don't think we would have ever gotten anything done... Namjoon wouldn't have contacted you to come here... I wouldn't be alive right now... So much, Tae..."

Taehyung rubbed his back, "He even put up with all of our shit when it came to the club... From your endless tears to angry Alphas..."

Namjoon looked at the pair, Jimin's head resting on Taehyung's chest.

He didn't think Taehyung or Jimin would forgive him. He didn't think Jimin would blow up like that in front of Taehyung, and he didn't think that Jimin and Taehyung would be here, right now cuddling in each other's arms in the middle of the hospital.

"So you think this poly thing will really work out, Tae? It'll be weird explaining to our pup that he has three dads," Namjoon commented with a dimpled grin.

Taehyung gave him a playful eye roll in return, "Please if they have something to say about it I'll just embarrass them for the rest of their lives about their three wonderful dads."

Namjoon's grin got wider as Taehyung continued talking, Jimin glancing every so often at him and catching his gaze. Namjoon found the boy extremely cute when he wasn't acting provocatively.

"Alright, first order of business when we all get shacked up-"

"Wait, what?!" Jimin jumped in shock, "I thought we were going to take this slow-"

"Jimin-ah, we have to seize the opportunity before Namjoon regrets it!" Taehyung said, his eyes sparkling. "You're apart of this relationship too and I won't tolerate you being left out again."

Jimin's gaze softened as he glanced over at Namjoon, his eyes a little more confident.

"I feel like we resolved this too quick," Jimin said jokingly, "We had one big emotional talk and we forgave each other just like that..."

Taehyung leaned on him, "I mean, what would I do without my Alpha and my soulmate, hm?  probably would have died if Yoongi weren't there to keep me company!"

"So... I'm moving in with you both?" Jimin asked hesitantly.

"Yes, and as Taehyung said, I think we're all overdue for some loving. I want to be there for my pup and I want to make things right between Me and You."

Jimin felt his face get hot as he stared back at his lap.

"Jiminie? Are you crying?"

"No! No, I'm not-" those words had prompted Jimin to cry. He hated being asked if he was crying or not because that defeats the entire purpose of trying not to cry.

He was so happy that everything was ok now... Even if they had so many more hurdles to jump in the near future, he would never stop being grateful. He had been given a second chance and he was prepared to make the most of it.

"A small spoon is just enough to scoop up happiness
There's the question of if there are people to share with." - Mayonaka No Orchestra by Aqua Timez, 2012