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The few hours before their concert started how they normally did, everyone was gathered in a backstage dressing room getting their hair and makeup done and putting on their stage outfits. Jungkook was going around taste testing all the nice snacks they had out on the tables, Yoongi and Taehyung were both napping on the couch. Jimin, Hobi, Jin, and Namjoon had started doing some pre-show rituals that involved stretches and chanting. Namjoon gathered everyone up into a circle before it was time to head out and they did a group chant together before all slapping eachothers backs. As they headed out to the under-stage lifts the staff and security greeted them and wished them all good luck. This was their last concert of their World Tour so the energy was super high. They heard ARMY's cheers as they got on stage and began their concert.

They were a few songs in and the mood was still very high and both ARMY's and the members were full of smiles. They were performing their song 'So What' and there was so much energy in the room, it was impossible to be aware of what would happen next.

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Once the performance for the song was over, the members gave some ending remarks before heading backstage for one last costume change for their encore performance. It was a quick 5 minute change, as they had been quite trained in completing costume changes quickly.

They came back on stage with one last loud performance of one of their songs, and half way through it Jungkook noticed a section of the crowd beginning to act strange. The crowd seemed distracted, like they were all paying attention to something else. He kept watching as Taehyung came over and stood next to him, noticing the strangeness of the crowd as well. In the blink of an eye, a man was standing at the side of the stage and pulled a gun out from underneath his jacket, pointing it directly at Taehyung.

"Taehyung, no!" Jungkook screamed, jumping in front of his hyung in the same instant the person had pulled the trigger. What came next was chaos. The entire stadium was screaming, security guards were running all over the place, all of the lights had been shut off and the music was cut. Jungkook was laying on the floor bleeding, Taehyung holding him and screaming, "No, no, no!"

The members and staff quickly ran over and helped pick Jungkook up and carry him to the backstage room to prevent ARMY's from witnessing any more. Security made a statement while evacuating the venue, and unfortunately the shooter had escaped just as quickly as he had snuck in.

Backstage, Jungkook was bleeding quite a lot. He had been shot in the chest, he was struggling to breathe as staff members called for an ambulance. His eyes kept fluttering shut but all of his hyungs were yelling at him to keep his eyes open. They were all frantically crying. Taehyung cupped Jungkook's cheeks in his hands, "Why did you do that?! Jungkookie why did you do that?!" he screamed. He didn't want Jungkook to protect him like that. He'd rather have gotten shot himself.

"Where the hell was security?!" Namjoon screamed at some of the staff.

"The man snuck in past them, they're still looking," One staff member replied. Taehyung was shedding the most tears. The guilt flowing through him was unbearable thinking about how the gun was pointed at him, not Jungkook. This shouldn't be happening to his maknae. Taehyung placed his forehead against Jungkook's , "You're going to be okay. You hear me? You'll be fine, Jungkookie. I promise you'll be okay," he cried. The rest of the members were uttering out the same reassurances. Staff members were trying to hold towels to Jungkook's gunshot wound to stop him from bleeding to death, but the boy was turning lighter shades of pale as every moment passed. It was becoming too hard for him to breathe as he continued wheezing and gasping for breath, he couldn't speak. He grabbed Taehyung's shirt and squeezed it in his hands, he was terrified that this was how he was going to die.

When the ambulance arrived, Jungkook couldn't breathe on his own anymore. The bullet in his chest had caused too much damage. He was placed onto a ventilator and quickly loaded into the ambulance. Taehyung demanded he go with Jungkook in the ambulance. He wasn't about to leave his maknae's side. He went with him in the ambulance while the rest of the members had a staff member drive them to the hospital to meet up. In the ambulance, Taehyung took Jungkook's hand and continued to promise him he'd be okay. He was alive, but only because a ventilator was breathing for him. Taehyung cursed at himself under his breath about how he should have been a better hyung and not let Jungkook take that bullet, even though it happened too quickly to realize what was even happening.

Once at the hospital, Taehyung met up with everyone and they waited a few hours, unfortunately the doctor didn't have any positive updates. Jungkook was still unconscious and still on the ventilator. Their manager who was with them advised the members go home and get some rest, and Taehyung refused to leave. The members decided Taehyung would stay with Jungkook and would keep them all updated. Everyone hugged before the other members left with their manager.

After a few more hours, a doctor came in and told Taehyung he can go be with Jungkook in his room, but he still wasn't awake or breathing on his own yet. Taehyung jumped to his feet and ran to his maknae's room and barged in, taking a seat on his bed right beside him. He took Jungkook's hand in his own and began to sob loudly seeing the state he was in, "I'm so so sorry," he cried.

Taehyung dropped his head down onto Jungkook's side and completely wailed. His cries echoed throughout the hallways of the entire hospital ,"Please start breathing again maknae. Hyung just wants you to wake up. I should have never let this happen to you. I should have stood in front of you as soon as I realized something was wrong in the crowd. I'm so sorry I failed you as a hyung. But please forgive me and please Jungkookie, please wake up," he cried. Those were the only words Taehyung could find before screaming into the hospital bed sheets that were covering Jungkook. He hated this. Jungkook had tubes going down his throat, Taehyung wondered how they weren't choking him. He was also covered in IV's and tubes and hooked up to various monitors. The one Taehyung payed the most attention to was the heart monitor. It was beeping, but slowly. It matched the rhythm of the ventilator. Taehyung wondered how such a fun and exciting night had turned so dreadful so quickly. They were just running around on stage having the time of their lives, how was Jungkook now laying in a hospital half dead? He started rubbing Jungkook's arm comfortingly with the tips of his fingers, wondering if his maknae could sense he was there with him. He vowed to not leave his side for a second, he didn't care how long it took.

As Taehyung was caressing Jungkook's arm, he was startled by screams and shouts coming from the hallway. He ran out to ask people what was going on and a woman running by told him that a man with a gun was running around the hospital. He asked for the mans description and it matched the description of the guy from the concert.

He got away?! Now he's here?!

Taehyung quickly ran back into the room and locked the door. He assumed the man had followed them to finish what he started, and he wasn't about to let that happen. Not to himself, and not to Jungkook. He could hear more screams and even a few gunshots coming from somewhere in the hospital , he looked through the door window and saw everyone running by. Are people evacuating? He looked back at his maknae all hooked up to machines, knowing he wasn't going anywhere without him. If Jungkook had to stay in this room, then he did too.

Everything went dark.

Taehyung flinched when suddenly the entire hospital shut down its power. All the lights turned off, which also meant so did all of Jungkook's machines. Taehyung stared at Jungkook for a moment and then realized his chest wasn't rising and falling anymore.

No!

Taehyung ran over to Jungkook and placed his hand to his chest, his maknae's heart wasn't beating either.

"No no no , Jungkookie!" Taehyung cried. He jumped onto the bed and placed his hands on Jungkook's chest, immediately starting to do CPR.

"Please, please don't die, bunny. I don't know what the hell happened to the power but please breathe!! Just breathe on your own for hyungie!!"

Taehyung turned towards the door and started screaming, "HELP! HELP!" Fear and anxiety ran through him as he realized he needed a doctors attention to come help, but screaming could also draw the shooter right to him. He felt like no matter what he did he would be putting Jungkook in more danger. He decided to keep doing chest compressions before pulling the tube out of Jungkook's mouth and giving him rescue breaths himself. His tears were drenching both of their faces.

"Kook-ssi please. I am begging you to breathe," Taehyung went back and forth between pumping Jungkook's chest and giving him rescue breaths. He started sobbing loudly all over again while pleading for Jungkook to wake up.

"You're my only maknae! I can't let you die! If you die then hyung will just die too!" he screamed.

"Jungkook please!!" he screamed louder as he continued CPR. He turned back to the door and saw some doctors run by, he ran to it and unlocked it, opening it, "Help! Please help him! He isn't breathing because the ventilator turned off!" The doctors heard him and ran into the room.

The doctors took over and began doing CPR to Jungkook, asking Taehyung to step back.

"Save him, you have to save him! If he dies it's your fault! He was breathing with the power on! What the hell did you do?!" Taehyung was angry. How could a hospital just cut their power? He didn't care if there was a shooter, a hospital should leave the damn power on! The doctors ignored his sobs as they continued CPR. Taehyung watched and cried while biting his shirt sleeves in an anxious fit, "Jungkookie please wake up. Hyungs need you. We can't keep going without you kookie. You're our baby. Kook please."

Taehyung's own heart stopped when he saw the doctors stop giving CPR. They ran over and grabbed a defibrillator that was attached to a wireless battery and they placed it on Jungkook, beginning to shock him. They shocked him and shocked him but were getting no response. After a few minutes, one of the doctors turned the device back off.

"I'm really sorry," one doctor said as they turned to Taehyung.

"What? What does that mean? Why? Why are you sorry?" Taehyung cried.

"We can't get him back."

"What does that mean?"

"Sir, it's been too long. He isn't going to breathe on his own. He lost his heartbeat. I'm very sorry. He isn't coming back."

"No!" Taehyung started screaming, "No!" He ran to Jungkook, "He can't be dead! He can't be! I won't let him die !" Taehyung pushed past them and grabbed the defibrillator, the doctors tried to stop him but he pushed them back, "I'm not letting him die! He's not your baby brother, he's mine! I won't let him die! "

"Sir, he's already dead."

"No he's not!!" Taehyung screamed. He had watched the doctors use the device long enough to know how to use it now. He jumped up onto the bed and pressed the device down onto Jungkook, shocking him again and again, "Wake up!" he screamed.

"Sir! He isn't coming back, it's too late for that!" One doctor yelled at him and tried pulling Taehyung off but Taehyung pulled away, "He's my little brother! Just let me save him!" he sobbed. He continued to watch Jungkook's body convulse with every hit of electricity, "Please," he cried, "Don't leave me. You can't. You have to wake up! You hear me?! Respect your hyung and do what you're told! You're not dying on me! Jungkook!!" Tears poured out of Taehyung's eyes as he refused to give up.

Taehyung heard beeping.

The lights and all the machines came back on.

Jungkook's heart monitor came back on, and he had a heartbeat.

Without the ventilator.

Taehyung pointed to it and turned to the doctors, "What is happening?"

The doctors looked completely in shock as they couldn't believe their eyes.

"Sir it means he's breathing again, on his own," they exclaimed. They had never seen anything like it. Taehyung took the defibrillator off Jungkook and stared at him. His chest was rising and falling , on it's own. Taehyung took his hand and could feel Jungkook's heart beating. He dropped his head to Jungkook's chest and cried, "Thank you," he whispered. He wrapped his arms around Jungkook's neck and sobbed, repeating a million thank you's over and over to his maknae for breathing. Other doctors had rushed in explaining how the shooter in the hospital had been caught and arrested. They asked what was going on in the room and Taehyung turned to him, "He's alive. Jungkookie is alive!"

All the doctors went around and examined Jungkook and made sure all the machines were working correctly, in which they were. They stayed in the room for a bit to monitor him, while Taehyung made his way into the bed and was cuddling Jungkook. He had become too afraid to let him go, possibly ever again. Without realizing it, the sound of Jungkook's heart monitor beeping lulled him right to sleep. He didn't expect to sleep until the next day, but he was more exhausted than he thought. He woke up and was greeted with Jungkook staring at him. Taehyung's heart stopped for a second, Jungkook wasn't even blinking, was he dead?

"Jungkook?" Taehyung asked.

"Hi," Jungkook replied. There was a deep rasp to his voice as his lungs were still healing, and his voice also sounded exhausted.

"Maknae?!" Taehyung frantically sat up and pulled Jungkook into a gentle hug, trying not to hurt his wound, " Oh my God you're awake!!"

"I'm awake," Jungkook replied. He was on some heavy painkillers and was a bit out of it, but all Taehyung cared about was that he was awake.

Taehyung completely lost it and began crying again, "I thought I lost you forever! They tried to tell me you were dead but I couldn't just sit here and watch you die!" They both hugged eachother silently for a while. Jungkook wasn't sure what Taehyung meant, but he'd soon come to learn that Taehyung had saved his life.

The members were called and showed up shortly after to find the two still holding eachother in bed. They all greeted eachother with a smile.

"How are you feeling?" Yoongi asked Jungkook as they all made their way to the bedside.

"It hurts. Could be worse, I guess," Jungkook whispered. The members pouted, they hated seeing their maknae in so much pain.

Namjoon explained what they were told about the shooter and how the man had somehow snuck past security into the venue with his gun and did have the intention of killing Taehyung during the last song of the performance. Jungkook looked at Taehyung and cried, it hurt him knowing someone actually had the intention of doing that to his hyung. He definitely didn't regret doing what he had done. Namjoon discussed their plans for bringing in heightened security from now on. The members were also informed of what Taehyung had done in the hospital room to save Jungkook's life and he was showered with hugs and praises.

Jin ran his fingers through Jungkook's hair, "Looks like you have yourself a guardian angel," he said as he pointed to Taehyung. Taehyung started blushing from all the compliments. He didn't see it as some miraculous heroic prideful thing, he just saw it as doing what he had to do to make sure Jungkook was alive and safe. Jungkook took Taehyung's hand and held it in his.

"I know," Jungkook replied.

"Jungkook-ssi next time you decide to die," Hobi started, "Promise to make sure it's not until after we're all gone first and you're old and gray and wrinkly."

All of the members started laughing.

Jungkook smiled at all of them.

"I promise."