That night, Jimin sat in Jungkook's bed with his little his head against Jungkook’s gentle chest. It was a great day to Jimin, he finally reconnected with Taehyung and the two laughed about the sad situation they spoke on after the pain. Just as they were before, they joked about the sad and heartfelt moments from earlier and shared happier stories together. It was such a happy moment for the older man, however, it didn't save him from the illness that still roared from the inside and got worse by the hour.

           The couple laid together in bed where Jimin was wrapped into a bigger blanket with a yellow sweater over his long, loose, grey joggers and white socks as always. The older was coughing here and there with soft huffs following after. All the soup he ate before managed to stay inside while at times, it didn't. This pushed Jimin into a dangerous state to be in. Of course, Jungkook knew this was just a way Jimin’s fragile body adjusted. But it was in ways that scared him the most.

          “Mochi…” Jungkook whispered while his eyes fixed down at his ill boyfriend. “Mochi… How are you feeling?”

            “A-Ah… Like shit…” Jimin whispered and coughed into his own hands. “You'll get sick… Get away from me, you bunny boy.”

           “No. I won't get sick. I have ways to get rid of it before it happens. So, I'll be here with you all night, Darling.” Jungkook assured and caressed Jimin's hair back. “I'm sorry I did this to you, my Mochi.”

          “S-Shut up… You did nothing wrong.” Jimin giggled weakly as Jungkook caressed Jimin's face softly into his grasps. “Why are you looking at me… l-like that…?”

           “Because I'm scared. What if you get worse? You've gotten sick three times already. What if you can't be by my side anymore? I'll miss you… So much.”

            “Don't… talk like that Jungkook.” Jimin whispered and coughed into his elbow. Then, the man moved his arms wrapped around Jungkook's torso happily. “I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here with you… I love you. W-Why are you talking like I'm going to die? I won't die… R-Right, Jungkook?” Jimin pouted and looked up to Jungkook with tears ready to fall from his moon crescent eyes. “Don't scare me…”

            “You aren't going to die, Mochi. I'm just worried you might get into a bad state and your father will have to take you to a hospital to have a different caretaker… I'm not really equipped for this and I guess doing things like this to you caused you to get sick like the first two times. You're so fragile… Why did I think this was going to be easy?” Jungkook whispered and felt Jimin cling on tighter.

             “D-Don't let him take me away from you, Jungkook… Don't let my father take me from you!” Jimin whispered and pressed his face against Jungkook's dark blue sweater. “Please…”

              “If he does… I'll have no other choice but to allow it. What can I help you with? I've made you sick three times already. Mochi… If you get worse, I can't keep you here. Even if it hurts me to say that.” Jungkook assured as Jimin softly pressed a hot kiss against Jungkook's sweater leading up to his neck. “Stop that~” The sound of Jungkook's lovely chuckle finally made the hot tears on Jimin's face dry as he met up with Jungkook's lips right at his own face. “You're going to get me really sick too…”

             “Then you'll follow me.” Jimin whispered and cupped Jungkook's face to move it against his. “My father is coming tomorrow… He's going to ruin us. Just like he ruined Namjoon and I…”

               “What did he do?” Jungkook whispered as Jimin pressed his head against Jungkook.

               “He… He told me one night to leave Namjoon. That I was too busy to be with Namjoon and him to me. I loved him so much back then, but my father wanted to fire him if I didn't pull back. I felt so much pressure… I wanted to tell Namjoon, but I couldn't bring myself to break his heart. So then, I heard Taehyung was going to have a space expedition so I thought… Maybe if I go, time will do it’s healing and my father will have time to rethink me and Namjoon. Yet, doing this meant I had to take Taehyung's place. The B248 could only sustain one person at the time and I realized that there was going to be so much consequences during this trip. After all, that would hurt Taehyung. He wouldn't be able to move… talk… meet new people and thoughts about space would scare him and give him headaches. E-Even in space, I had to drink my own urine and sweat! Along with those small packaged food that had no flavor. My appetite was bad and you knew that.”

             “So that's what started everything before… Ah, if I knew you drank your own fluids, I should have thought twice before kissing you.” Jungkook teased as Jimin coughed into his own hand and puckered his lips and try to kiss Jungkook. “Oh you sick, little Mochi!”

             “Ah, fine… don't kiss me.” Jimin pouted. The man then pressed his head down on his lover's chest until… He finally felt Jungkook kiss him on the forehead. “Jungkook… He's going to break us apart…”

              “I won't let him. Okay? Jimin… I want forever with you. Even if we aren't even over two months together, is it weird that I found my universe intertwined with yours? I just learned to love you after such a short time… I'll tell him how much I love you. I wont let you go by then, Mochi. You're so beautiful… Losing you would kill me too…”

              “A-Ah! You're too romantic, Jeon Jungkook!” Jimin laughed and pressed his forehead against his lover's. “I love you… So much…” Jimin whispered and only then, he pressed a hot and soft peck against Jungkook's lips. “Jungkook… I think I'll go back to the facility. I want to work with you by my side if possible. I don't want to quit…” Jimin whispered to his boyfriend and let out a giggle to himself.

              “Stop giggling like that or else you'll cough on my face and then I'll really get sick!” Jungkook laughed and wrapped his arms around Jimin's petite waist. “Anyways… I'm so happy, my love. You'll work with me… I will really look forward to that. But...before you can think about working with me… Let's celebrate that.” The younger man whispered as Jimin rolled off and kept the big blanket wrapped around his own body. “Jimin?”

              “N-No! You got me sick!” Jimin giggled and turned his head sideways to face Jungkook with another weak and childish giggle. “No more!”

                “Not what I had in mind, Mochi.” Jungkook chuckled as he leaned over to catch Jimin in his arms to pin him against the bed and lock his lips with his. “I'll be right back~” The younger whispered and with that, Jungkook got off the bed and walked off, leaving Jimin to lay in his heat with the blanket wrapped around his body to keep him warm. Since he was sick, every little cold air brushed along his fragile skin, made him shiver even for a split second. So, he was wrapped around with a big blanket to keep him warm.

              After a while of waiting there to wallow in his own heated temperature; underneath all the blankets wrapped over him, Jungkook finally came back to see Jimin coughing and rolling around to crawl into a comfortable position to sleep in. “Jungkook… Jungkook you know I can't sleep without you…” Jimin whispered out of breath from coughing. “Come here…”

              “Mochi, you're so attatched to me. I wonder how bad it must be to hold you close every night. You grew on me and you have to learn to at least breathe for an hour without me by your side.”

               “Are you trying to kill me again, Mr. Jeon?” Jimin whispered and coughed once more. “I-I need my medicine… my fever is getting worse…”

                “Okay.” Jungkook answered. Setting the book that was in his hands of astronomy down on the nightstand before opening the leather bag go take out many medications for Jimin. After a good thirty seconds, Jungkook finally took out a flavored cough syrup for Jimin. “Here… Sit up.” Jungkook instructed as Jimin then let out a huff. “Don't worry… I'll give it to you.” The younger then proceeded to turn the lid and finally lean over to tilt it forward against Jimin's lips. Within seconds, Jimin drank from the medication and Jungkook felt a little sad to see Jimin this pale and sick. It was a gloomy look over Jimin's face that hid behind every smile and childish giggles.

              The young man then pulled the bottle away as Jimin swallowed the cherry medicine made into syrup. This left Jimin to cough once more and close his eyes to breathe heavily. “Oh Jungkook… My body hurts..”

              “I know sweetie. You'll feel better by the morning. Okay?” Jungkook whispered and finally grabbed the book to sit next to Jimin on the bed. “Why don't we… read a little about the stars and constellations? Galaxies? Planets? Anything, Mochi…”

               “How about… the stars and then...‘The Little Prince’? I'd love to hear about those two before I fall asleep.” Jimin suggested. Jungkook then moved in closer to kiss the side of Jimin's cheek before having Jimin rest his head against the younger's chest. After that, Jimin closed his eyes and listened to his lover's voice talk about the stars; just the way he wanted. Jimin not only adjusted through his illness, but he also began to adjust to words about the stars and galaxies; before, he would have headaches having to look back at his expedition, but now… he was free from that prison within his own mind.

              “The stars, beautiful white lights shining from afar into space. They are a 'massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources.' And I quote.” Jungkook laughed and watched how Jimin's eyes were closed with a smile over his face. Jungkook kept reading to his lover until he changed books onto The Little Prince and finished off there. By then, Jimin was fast asleep and Jungkook kept his gaze down at Jimin for a good minute.

             “I love you, My Dr. Park Jimin…” Jungkook whispered one last time before getting up to take a hot shower just to prevent himself from getting sick. After his shower, Jungkook wore his usual black, sleeved shirt and loose grey pajama bottoms to sleep in for the night. The younger man crawled into bed with his lover, before pulling him into his arms. Jungkook slightly began to tear up to himself as he then hugged Jimin close… Deep down, the greatest fear he had was losing his true love so quickly. In the shower, Jungkook thought of how easy it was for Mr. Park to ruin the relationship between Namjoon and Jimin a year ago… So what made Jungkook and Jimin any different now?

              The younger held his breath at the thought and only focused on his center of his universe; Park Jimin himself. Jungkook kissed Jimin's forehead and let out a sigh while holding his boyfriend even closer. “Please get better soon… I don't want to lose you… I want you and love you. Please… Let it lighten up by tommorrow…” Jungkook begged into a silent whisper against Jimin's small ear before he drifted off into a deep slumber with Jimin's hot, body temperature, warming him up even without the bed covers over his own body.

              By the following morning, Jungkook opened his eyes to see Jimin still sleeping in. The older only slept in when he was sick, but this made Jungkook worry as soon as he knew Jimin had to take his pills at the scheduled hour. It was now 8:45 AM and Jungkook dropped his gaze onto the older over his chest like the night before. He hasn't moved an inch and that alone surprised Jungkook since Jimin loved to move around until he found his favorite spot on top of Jungkook completely. Alas, there he laid, head against his lover's chest like nothing more as Jungkook was left to gawk in silence.

           “Jimin…” Jungkook called out and fixed a strand from his lover's hot face. “Jimin… Wake up, Mochi. You need to take your pills…” Jungkook whispered until then, he slowly began to tap Jimin a little harder. “J-Jimin?” Jungkook asked as he took a moment to see that Jimin was still sleeping and his body temperature was still hot like last night. “Oh, you're burning up…” The younger worried to himself until then, he quickly began to tap Jimin a little harder. “M-Mochi? Mochi! Mochi, wake up!” Jungkook continued and pressed his ear against Jimin's chest to hear his lover's heartbeat. On the other hand, Jungkook began to wonder what would happen if it would slow down? Jimin's face was paler, his lips were no longer red; it looked like a faded pink now, and finally, the bags under his eyes no longer had it's red blemish as well.

          “Jimin… Jimin! Jimin! Please wake up!” Jungkook began to panic as he held Jimin in his arms. “Ah! A-Are you in a coma?!” The younger shouted to himself and continued to tap Jimin's shoulder and hug him against his body. “JIMIN!” Jungkook rose his voice, but the older was still lost in his sleep. It was like he couldn't hear, he couldn't feel. This was far more worse than just a little heat wave Jimin had that night. It was like a ring of the sun's hot flame shot out so suddenly; leaving Jungkook to suffer and panic to himself while he sat there, holding his unconscious lover to himself.