Jin tapped on the bedroom door and Namjoon finally let him and Jungkook out.

"Well?" Namjoon asked expectantly.

"We're okay hyung," Jungkook smiled. "You're a genius!"

Namjoon and Yoongi smiled. At least the fighting between the youngest and oldest was one less problem they had to deal with for now.

"Took you guys long enough. Both of you have always been quite stubborn," Yoongi chuckled.

Things were calm for a while. Hobi went back to cuddling up with Jimin who was still passed out. Yoongi and Namjoon headed back outside. Jin decided he wanted to get some cleaning done and Jungkook offered to help him. Every now and then Jungkook would go check on Taehyung but he was clearly not going to be waking up anytime soon. Jungkook couldn't help but stare at him while he slept. It was the only time Taehyung actually looked peaceful and the youngest wanted to soak it in any chance he could, considering peace wasn't something found around the house anymore.

Jin and Jungkook were scrubbing down the bathroom, wanting to scrub it clean after the previous situation with Jimin and Taehyung that took place. They wanted to disinfect every single corner, but they quickly ran out of the cleaner they were using.

"Feeling up for a trip to the store?" Jin asked Jungkook. "I really want this bathroom cleaned today. I won't feel better about any of this until I know every teardrop that landed on this floor is gone."

Before Jungkook could answer, they both heard a voice come from behind them. The voice made Jin flinch.

"Good idea. I need to go out as well."

Ky was standing there, hovering in the bathroom doorway. Jungkook immediately crawled over to where Jin was, realizing he was starting to tremble as he tried to be discreet about hiding behind his hyung.

Jin's heart was racing. He sure as hell didn't want to go to the store with Ky. Last time any of them went out with him they came home and got beatings from the man. Jin wasn't about to let that happen. Especially not to the youngest again.

Jin gulped. "Well...feel free to head out. You have your own car."

"I need to save on gas. So we will take the group's car. And you'll drive," Ky demanded of Jin. He then looked at Jungkook. "Get up and let's go." He turned and walked away before either of the two could respond. Jin turned and looked at Jungkook and could see the fear in his eyes.

"Hyung, I don't want to go with him. Not again."

Jin could see Jungkook trembling but he didn't know what to do. He felt too anxious to tell Ky that Jungkook couldn't come with them. He didn't want to go either but he had already learned pretty quickly that all arguing with Ky ever did was get you hurt.

"I know," Jin sighed. "But I don't think either of us have much of a choice." He grabbed Jungkook's hand and hoisted him to his feet. He gripped the youngest's shoulders. "But if we just do what he says he will have no reason to get angry."

Jungkook's bottom lip quivered but he quickly bit it, feeling embarrassed that he was this scared about taking a trip to the store with Ky. Although he felt like he had a good reason to be.

"Let's go!" Ky screamed. Jin and Jungkook hurried outside behind him.

Namjoon and Yoongi saw them walk outside and towards the car and ran to catch up. Yoongi grabbed Jin's arm. "What's going on? You're going somewhere with him?"

"He told us we have to go shopping with him," Jin replied.

He looked at Namjoon and could see the immediate worry in Namjoon's eyes. "Don't...hyung..."

"We don't have a choice. You know what happens when we don't listen to him. You of all people know that." Jin then looked at Jungkook, knowing the youngest also knew all too well.

Ky screamed for Jin and Jungkook to get in the car and they frantically obeyed. Yoongi said that he and Namjoon should tag along but Ky screamed at them to go away and "make some kind of use of your lives."

Jin hopped in the driver's seat and Ky sat up front next to him. Jungkook curled up in the back and planned to keep his mouth shut this entire trip and only do what he was told. The ride to the store was silent. The only thought going through Jin's mind was to get what he needed and get out. Get in and get out. Simple enough.

However, nothing could ever be simple when Ky was involved. Once they got to the store Ky immediately handed Jin a list and told him to grab his own cart and help find what he needed. As they were getting out of the car Jungkook ran to be with Jin, but Ky grabbed his wrist.

"Uh-uh," Ky said. "You're going to stay with me. I've already learned I can't take my eyes off of you for one second when we go places."

Jungkook felt a lump in his throat. Jin felt anger boil up inside him. "Then why'd you even make him come?"

Ky walked over and roughly patted Jin on the back. "The more the merrier, huh?"

"If that's what you think, then you would have let Namjoon and Yoongi come too," Jin replied. Ky's logic never made sense to him. He felt like Ky was constantly delusional.

"Too many is a crowd," Ky replied.

"But you just said..." Jin started, but Ky gripped Jin's face. "Stop questioning me."

Jungkook stood there staring at the ground. He didn't know what to say or do at this point. If Ky said he had to stick with him, there was nothing he could do about it. As they walked in Jin hesitantly grabbed a cart and started departing from the two, worried as hell about what might happen to his maknae when he wasn't around. He made it his duty to get everything on Ky's list and make it back to them as soon as possible. He was in such a frantic hurry that while turning a corner he accidentally knocked some glass jars off a shelf, causing them to shatter on the floor.

Jin turned to the other shoppers around him. "Oh no! I'm so sorry! Everyone please watch out for glass!" A store associate came over and called for clean up and Jin still kept apologizing, although everyone around him kept telling him not to worry about it.

To his horror, he turned to see Ky and Jungkook standing there observing what was going on. Jungkook looked absolutely mortified, while Ky looked like he was ready to go on a murderous rampage. Jin immediately felt like he was going to pass out as he swayed back and forth on his feet. Jungkook ran over and grabbed his arm when he could tell his hyung was in distress.

Ky screamed at Jin and Jungkook to go to the car and wait for him. "Before you embarrass me any further!"

The two ran back to the car and while running out devised a plan to get in the car and drive home, leaving Ky stranded at the store. They were both so panicked their only thought right now was to get the hell away from him and find some kind of safety. However that dream was crushed when they got to the car and it was locked, causing Jin to remember that Ky had grabbed the keys as soon as they had gotten there.

Jin immediately started crying. He felt guilty breaking down in front of Jungkook like this because he felt like he was supposed to be the brave and strong one in these situations, but he couldn't do that right now. He was terrified of what kind of punishment he was going to get for this. Not only that but he figured for whatever reason, Ky would find a way to blame Jungkook and hurt him again too. Jungkook wrapped his arms around Jin in an attempt to console him.

"I won't let him hurt you." Jungkook felt a lump in his throat right after he said it. He had an immediate flashback of what happened with Namjoon and how he'd tried any and everything to protect Namjoon yet still failed. Deep down he knew he'd fail again and he let tears slip down his cheeks. While hugging they both flinched when they heard the car unlocking.

"Get in the fucking car, now!" Ky was screaming from halfway across the parking lot. Both of them took their place back in the car and Jin had his face in his hands as he continued to cry. He was in no position to drive right now but knew Ky wasn't going to care. Jungkook offered to drive the car instead but Ky overheard the offer. "Like hell you will. I'm not going to let a motherfucking baby drive me."

Jungkook's cheeks flushed red with anger. I'm not a motherfucking baby.

Ky slammed the car door closed when he got back in the passenger seat and he immediately smacked Jin in the shoulder.

"Stop!" Jungkook screamed. Ky turned and grabbed the front of Jungkook's shirt, crumpling it up in his fist. "This doesn't concern you."

"Leave him alone, he didn't do anything wrong!" Jungkook begged.

"Tell that to the broken glass all over the floor!"

"I'm so sorry," Jin whispered through his tears. "It was an accident."

"Yeah, really? It seems like this entire group is one big accident." Ky punched the dashboard and told Jin to get a move on it. Jin slammed on the gas, desperate to get back home to the others as soon as possible. He wanted to park that car and make a run for his life, making sure to drag Jungkook away with him.

Ky continued to scream and punch the dashboard and car windows, sending both Jin and Jungkook into panic attacks. It was getting hard for Jin to see the road through his tears but he was trying his best. Jungkook felt like he was going to throw up so he rolled the window down to get some fresh air. Ky started grabbing at Jin's steering wheel. "You want me to show you an accident?!"

Jin tugged the steering wheel back. "Stop it!" he screamed.

Ky kept grabbing at it, making the car swerve back and forth on the road. Jin and Jungkook both screamed for him to leave the car alone, but their pleas went ignored.

Rounding a corner, Ky pulled on the steering wheel so hard that Jin lost his grip on it and the car veered into the other lane, smashing into a car head on.

The only noises that could be heard were the tires screeching, glass shattering, and loud thuds. All overpowering the screams of both Jin and Jungkook. The youngest closed his eyes as he begged not to die. He kept them closed until he felt the car stop spinning. Once it came to a halt he took deep breaths. I'm not dead. I'm not dead.

However, he realized it was suddenly too quiet. His eyes shot open and he saw his hyung slumped over in the driver's seat with blood smeared on the glass window.

"Hy...hyung...?!" Jungkook's panic intensified. He looked to see Ky sitting there, apparently unhurt and unphased by everything that just happened.

Jungkook fought his way out of his seatbelt and crawled to the front of the car. He grabbed Jin. "Hyung?! Hyung?!" he screamed as he tried shaking him.

Jin was unconscious and bleeding from his head. Jungkook turned to Ky and immediately started punching him. "What the hell did you do?! What the hell did you do?!" he screamed over and over.

He turned back to Jin, screaming, crying and begging for him to wake up. "Hyungie!" he cried as he continuously shook him.

The youngest then felt an arm wrap around his neck and pull him backwards. He was being strangled. He gathered enough strength to turn his head and bite Ky's arm so hard that he drew blood and Ky let go.

Jungkook turned and punched him in the face. "What the fuck did you do?!" He turned back to Jin and all his efforts to wake him up didn't work. He put his fingers to his hyungs neck and felt his heart do a flip of relief when he at least felt a pulse.

Slowly, other sounds finally started coming into focus. Sirens, people screaming, Ky screaming, more glass breaking. Paramedics and firefighters were quickly surrounding them and pulling everyone from the car. Jungkook watched Jin being loaded onto a stretcher and he started screaming for him, but other paramedics were holding him back.

"No! I want to be with Jin! I want my hyung!" The youngest screamed as he saw Jin being put into an ambulance.

"Try not to move so much," a paramedic said. Jungkook didn't understand why until he realized he had injuries too.

His fingers were clearly broken and his chest was bleeding. He had pieces of glass sticking out of his arm and a piercing sharp pain started forming in his lower right rib. He felt extremely desperate and alone as he felt himself being loaded onto his own stretcher and carted into an ambulance. He was having trouble breathing and the oxygen mask that was put on him made him feel even more helpless. He looked around to see Ky talking to police.

He couldn't understand how out of all three of them, Ky was the one who was untouched. He looked through the crowd and saw that thankfully the people in the other car all seemed to be okay too. He was glad that they looked okay, but angry that he and Jin couldn't have also been okay. He started crying so uncontrollably that he had to be sedated to the point of being knocked out as he was transported to the hospital.

--

It had already been a few hours since Jin and Jungkook had been dragged out with Ky. Namjoon and Yoongi tried to ignore their growing worry. They went to check on Taehyung, Hobi, and Jimin, who were all still sleeping.

Then Namjoon's phone rang. "I don't recognize this number." He picked it up. "Hello?"

Namjoon and Yoongi listened while a receptionist from the hospital called to let them know that Jin, Jungkook, and Ky, had been in a severe car accident.

"Severe?! What does severe mean?! How?! What happened?! Are they okay?!" By they, Namjoon meant Jin and Jungkook. He could only hope that Ky had suffered.

The receptionist said she can't go over all the details on the phone but did say that both Jin and Jungkook currently weren't conscious but that Ky was holding up well. Yoongi started screaming more questions but the receptionist said they'd have to come to the hospital for more information.

"We're coming ! We're coming!" Namjoon and Yoongi both burst into tears as their bodies overflowed with terror. They ran around the house waking the other three up in a panic. "We have to go ! We have to go!" All three of the others were in a groggy confused state but as soon as they were told the news they were just as terrified.

"Jungkook and Jin hyung?!" Hobi screamed.

"Are they okay?!" Jimin screamed next. Yoongi spit out all the information he could but quickly rushed everyone out the door. When they all ran outside the situation felt even more real when they realized they didn't have their car, and that it was currently totaled.

The only car in the driveway was Ky's.

"Motherfucker!" Yoongi screamed and ran back inside. While he quickly disappeared the others tried to figure out what to do. They heard stuff crashing in the house and ran back in. They found Yoongi destroying Ky's room searching for his car keys.

"Hyung! He's going to kill you when he sees this!" Taehyung yelled.

"You think I give a shit about that right now?! I'll kill him first! We know damn well he did this on purpose!" Yoongi was throwing clothes and shoes all across the room. He even grabbed Ky's laptop and slammed it into the wall, smashing it to pieces. The others decided to help. At this point they didn't care about any of Ky's stuff either. Jimin found the keys and they ran out to Ky's car. Yoongi hopped in the driver's seat and sped them to the hospital.

Right now they were all way more worried about the mess they were driving towards, not the one they'd just left behind.