Jungkook looked at his hyungs with terror as his lips trembled. "What do you mean 'bad news'?" His eyes darted between Namjoon and Jimin, searching for a softness in either of their expressions to help ease his rising anxiety, but they continued to look defeated and scared.

Namjoon's breath got caught in his throat. "Everyone is hurt, Kook. Ky-"

Jungkook cut Namjoon's words off as he let out a whimper at the mention of Ky's name. He gripped his forehead in frustration and clamped his eyes shut. "No..." he whispered. What the hell else did that monster do?

Jimin was also in shambles. "I'm sorry." His eyes wandered over to the youngest's' casted fingers and stitches.

He also noticed the bandages and bruises all over Jungkook's chest that were poking out from under his shirt. He felt sick to his stomach. As if physically seeing everyone else get hurt right in front of him hadn't taken its toll on him already, now actually seeing how hurt Jungkook was from the car accident only heightened his misery. Part of him wished Ky had knocked him out too. He envied the others. He wanted to be able to lay there and forget for a little while.

"W...what happened to them?" Jungkook's voice was clearly hurting and weak and it broke the hearts of his hyungs.

Namjoon gently squeezed Jungkook's leg as he got started on all of the terrible things that had taken place between the car accident and now. Jungkook burst into tears as his heart shattered. Most of his hyungies laying in the hospital hurt, and there was nothing he could do about it. He was worried as hell that someone wouldn't make it out okay. He covered his face with his hands and cried into them, but they didn't do a great job of catching his tears.

Namjoon also informed him of how Ky had acted with the police and doctors, and Jungkook didn't understand why the police were so involved.

"Do they know Ky did it?" Jungkook asked quietly. His heart filled with hope that maybe Ky would actually get into legal trouble for this.

"No. Jin was driving so Ky claimed Jin crashed on purpose trying to hurt you," Namjoon informed.

Jungkook's heart monitor started beeping faster, he frantically jerked in the bed as a rush of anxiety hit him all over again. "No, no he didn't! He didn't do that hyungs! You believe me right?!" The youngest was in quick defense of his hyung. He knew what happened. He remembered perfectly well what Ky had done.

"Hey, yes, of course we believe you, bun." Jimin ran his hand gently along Jungkook's arm. A nurse had come over to check on him because of his heart monitor spiking, but he told her not to worry about it. He looked between his hyungs again.

"Do...do the police know he didn't do it?" Jungkook asked.  On top of being scared as hell that Jin was currently laying unconscious in another room, he was also scared as hell that his hyung was going to be in trouble with the police if they believed Ky's lie. He didn't think it was fair that they had come asking around and only listened to one person while he and his hyung weren't capable of defending the truth.

"They will when you tell them," Jimin shrugged. He didn't quite know what to do about it right now.

"W-where is Ky now?" Jungkook wondered.

"We don't know." Namjoon realized that they had absolutely no clue what happened to that man. He never chased them when they were escaping the house. "He might still be there...or he may have gone somewhere else."

"As long as he stays the hell away from us, then I don't give a shit where he is!" Jimin's hands were clenched into fists as anger consumed him again. "With any luck, he took his car and drove it off a damn bridge or something!"

A loud knock on the door startled the three, and a doctor walked in. He stepped in to let the boys know he had a few updates on the others.

"Are my hyungies okay?!" Jungkook cried as he shifted in his hospital bed. He clutched his aching chest and Namjoon took his hand and placed it on Jungkook, a gentle reminder to try not to move so much so he didn't hurt himself more.

The doctor shook his head with a bit of disappointment. "Well, I have some good news and I have some bad news."

The three boys tensed up and Jungkook's heart monitor started spiking again. They all held each other's hands, preparing for the worst.

The doctor continued. "Min Yoongi is in a medically induced coma to help him through the pain from his injuries, and will need to be in one for a few days. We are still examining the extent of those injuries but there is a significant amount of internal bleeding. Jung Hoseok is on oxygen treatments but he's making out well. Kim Taehyung woke back up, after some blood work we see that he's extremely malnourished."

"So what the hell is the good news?" Jimin asked. All of that still sounded more than shitty for everyone.

"Kim Seokjin is awake."

All three of the boys perked up. "Jin hyung woke up?! Is he talking?! Is he okay? Can we see him?!" Jungkook asked.

The doctor looked down at Jungkook with sadness in his eyes. "I'm sorry but you can't leave your bed, and he's talking a bit, yes. He can't leave his bed yet either so it might be a while before you're able to see him. But don't worry, his hyung is in there with him now."

The three boys furrowed their brows with confusion.

"His hyung? What do you mean his....his...h-hyung!?" Jimin shot to his feet as the color drained from his face. He grabbed the doctor's coat. "Please don't tell me you let Ky into his fucking room?!"

Namjoon was also on his feet, already halfway to the door.

"Ky is his hyung, isn't he?" The doctor asked, he seemed to also be a bit confused.

"Are you absolutely insane?!" Namjoon screamed.

Jungkook's panic and adrenaline got the best of him and without thinking he threw his legs over the side of the hospital bed. He was ready to go run to Jin too. As he started to move he let out a loud scream as he clutched his ribs and had to pause to take shallow breaths.

"Wait, no no no." Jimin ran to Jungkook and grabbed him, slowly helping him lay back down. "You can't-"

Namjoon interrupted Jimin from the doorway. "Jimin, you stay here with Jungkook!" Before his dongsaeng could protest he was already sprinting down the hallway for his hyungs room.

Jimin started screaming at the doctor. "How the hell was he allowed in Jin's room?! He's the damn reason all of these boys are laying in hospital beds to begin with! He needs to be in a fucking jail cell!" He was now pacing around the room, throwing his arms around because his body couldn't contain his anger or his adrenaline.

"I don't know how many damn times we have to tell all you people that Ky is the problem, and you guys just let him right back at it! You better hope that he hasn't done anything else to my Jin hyung! And whatever you do, don't let him visit anyone else! Nobody! If I have to put a damn order in myself to make sure he's not allowed to visit any of them, then consider this it! This is my order! Write that down if you need to! Ky sees NOBODY!"

Jungkook sat on the bed bawling his eyes out. He hated feeling so helpless knowing he couldn't do anything for anyone when they all needed help and saving. I'm the worst little brother ever! I can't even help my own hyungs when they need it the most!

The doctor backed out of the room saying that he would do his best to put that request in. Jimin and Jungkook didn't even believe him. They felt like everyone was playing games with them at this point.

Unfortunately, Ky already had a few minutes alone with Jin. The singer was laying in his hospital bed, hooked up to countless needles and monitors. His head was wrapped up in bandages to cover where he'd slammed his head in the accident. He didn't remember the impact itself, but, thankfully, he did remember that Ky had caused it. He remembered Ky grabbing the steering wheel and then everything had gone blank after that until now.

The worst part was, here he was laying there, vulnerable for Ky to do whatever he wanted, and on top of that he also didn't know how Jungkook was. Was the maknae okay? Did he get hurt? Is he here somewhere?

He could barely speak loud enough to beg for Ky to get out of the room. His heart raced as the man stepped closer to him. He didn't understand why after being in such a bad accident, the first person he was going to be seeing upon waking up was the very person who had caused it and not one of his brothers. Where the hell is everyone?  Why is Ky even here? Are the others okay?

He lay there, his head pounding and his body exhausted, as Ky stood there. He tensed up, trying to mentally and physically brace himself for whatever disaster was to come. Yet he didn't think things could get much worse at this point anyway. There was only so much Ky could do to him here in the hospital without actually getting caught doing it.

He stared up at the monster of a man.

Ky looked down at Jin with a serious expression. "You killed him, man. You killed our little brother."

Jin's eyes went wide. His own heart monitor started beeping loudly and quickly. The sight and sound of his own heart breaking. He felt his entire world crash down.

"N...no..." His entire body started to tremble as tears flooded out of his eyes.

"He didn't make it. You crashed that car and he didn't make it. You killed him. Your own dongsaeng. Why do you think the others aren't here? Because they know what you did."

Jin was shaking his head. "No...no..." That can't be true. That can't be true! He can't be gone! Someone please wake me up from this nightmare. Please.

"Your own baby brother," Ky added. "Murdered. You murdered him."

"S...stop," Jin begged through his tears. "He can't be...I didn't..."

Please god, no. Not Jungkook. Make it me. Take me.

He felt like the room was spinning and he couldn't breathe. He started to hyperventilate and choke on his own mucus. "I...I...didn't...I didn't crash the car..."

"Oh, but you did, Jin."

Jin didn't understand. He was sure as hell he remembered Ky grabbing the wheel and pulling it causing the car to crash. He would never have caused an accident on purpose. His memory was getting hazy now as he started to question if he was remembering things correctly. He knows he'd never hurt Jungkook. Why is Ky saying I crashed the car? Did I somehow do it? Did I really kill him? No, no, no! Jungkook!

Jin grabbed the blanket and covered his face with it. He couldn't make sense of anything. My baby...my baby is dead? My baby is dead. Jin, what have you done.

In the midst of his mental breakdown, Namjoon came barreling through the door along with a nurse who was on her way because of Jin's heart monitor going a mile a minute.

Jin watched as Namjoon grabbed Ky by the shirt and pushed him towards the door. "Get the hell away from him! Don't you dare go near him! Get the hell out of this room!"

The nurse said she was going to call security, but Ky backed off. He put his hands up in surrender and backed out of the room with a smile on his face. "I'm going. I'm going."

"Stay the hell out of here!" Namjoon screamed after Ky. He didn't understand how that man was walking away freely after all of the shit he'd just done in a single night, but Namjoon already knew the cops were useless and wouldn't believe a word anyone had said anyway. He turned to the nurse. "Do not let him in this room. At any point in time. Do not let him in here."

The nurse shook her head that she understood while she quickly checked on Jin's monitor and then departed.

Namjoon ran to Jin.

"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt anyone..." Jin's cries were a quiet whisper because he couldn't project his voice. Namjoon bent over him in the bed and hugged him. "Hey, Jin hyung, it's okay. It's not your fault."

Jin broke down and sobbed into Namjoon's chest. "He really didn't make it? Our maknae didn't make it?"

Namjoon backed away, confused. "What? Maknae? What do you mean he didn't make it? He's with Jimin in another room. He's quite bruised up and has some broken fingers but he's awake."

Jin stared at him blankly. He blinked his tears away. The oldest had no damn clue what the hell was going on at this point. Ky just told me he was dead. Now Namjoon is saying he isn't?

"He...Ky said...Jungkook didn't make it...that I'd killed him in the accident." He stared at Namjoon with an expectant gaze. Hoping and praying that Namjoon would tell him it wasn't true.

And then his world got brighter when he heard just what he needed to.

"That asshole lied to you, hyung. Jungkook is alive and don't you dare think for a second the accident was your fault. Jungkook already told us it wasn't. He just said that shit to hurt you mentally because he couldn't do it physically right now."

"He...he's alive? He's okay? He's really okay?" Jin asked as he sucked in deep breaths to calm his nerves.

Namjoon grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "For the most part. He's alive."

Now the oldest was crying tears of happiness. He was angry at Ky, but so thankful that at least his words hadn't been true. Knowing that Ky's words hadn't been true also meant knowing that the others didn't actually hate him. So where were they? If Jimin is with Jungkook then...

"Joonie? Where is everyone else?"

Namjoon grabbed a seat on the bed and sighed deeply as he pinched the bridge of his nose. It wasn't easy having to do this twice. Having to tell Jin the whole story that he'd just had to tell Jungkook. The story of what Ky had done.

The story of how right now, everything in life really fucking sucked.