"What the fuck is going on here?"

The two of them separate from each other like magnets. Jiyeon scratches the back of her neck sheepishly while V clears his throat. "It's not what it looks like."

"It better be," Jungkook mumbles sadly. "Babe, what is he doing here?"

"Well, he called and found out that I was sick so he came over to cook some soup for me and when I called you, you didn't pick up your phone." She explains. "I thought you were busy, so―"

"And when I'm busy you have some model's arms wrapped around your waist?" He sends a glare in V's direction.

"Look, kid." V points at him. "It's really not what it looks like. Tell your girlfriend to stop being such a clumsy, stubborn mess because if she had only made me get the pepper from the cupboard instead, we wouldn't be in this situation."

"So now you're going to blame me?" Jiyeon huffs out a breath. "I was just helping you get the goddamn pepper from the cupboard―"

"But you're too short to reach it so I had insisted to grab the pepper myself―"

"I live in this apartment, V. I cook my meals, I'm pretty capable―"

"Let's just blame it on the goddamn pepper, okay?!" Jungkook cuts the two of them off from bantering longer. He nods his head at V. "And you, stop flirting with my girlfriend, you jerk."

"I'm not flirting with your girlfriend. I am fully aware of the fact that she's off limits." V explains, and Jiyeon starts feeling her head start to throb. "In fact, shouldn't you be the one making meals for her when she's sick? Why am I the one doing this for her? You're a tad bit too late, kid."

"Stop calling me a kid!"

"Guys, can we please just calm down? This is all just a misunderstanding."

"No, I want to teach this jerk a lesson―" Jungkook begins.

"I'm not a jerk, in fact, you're the jerk for not being such a good boyfriend and taking care of your girlfriend when she's sick. But too bad, because some random jerk named V had come to her aid before her boyfriend could."

"Guys―"

"Well, I'm here now. You can stop taking care of her because I can take it from here, jerk."

"Alright, fine, your girlfriend is all yours―"

Jiyeon's vision started to grow blurry and suddenly, she falls to the ground. The guys look down at her in shock. V's the first one to come back to his senses and reaches down to bring her up into his arms. Jungkook rushes over to the counter and places the bags down to call an ambulance.

"Oh my god, will she be okay?" Jungkook panics.

"She just fainted, kid. Let's get her to the hospital. I'll drive. You don't need to call the ambulance."

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"Can we please speak to a family member or a boyfriend, maybe even a friend?"

The doctor is alarmed when both V and Jungkook get up from the seats. Jungkook glares at V while V slowly sits again. 

"I'm her boyfriend," he mumbles.

"I'm her friend," V mutters. Jungkook looks over his shoulder and it's almost like V's seen a ton of his glares from different angles. 

"Your girlfriend is doing okay, she's just a bit too weak from the flu." The doctor explains while extending a paper to him. "Here's her prescription for some pills that I suggest she take for a couple of weeks until she gets better."

"Is she okay?" V asks and the doctor nods his head.

"She's just resting up in one of the rooms. We've hooked up one IV bag for her and once it's done, she can be discharged."

"Thank you," the both of them say in unison.

The doctor is dismissed and starts heading to the next patient. Jungkook looks at V, who's already playing a game on his phone.

"Yah," Jungkook says. V looks up from his phone. "You stay here. I'm going to get her medicine."

"Yeah, you can go do that," he shrugs his shoulders. "We wouldn't want the 'number one boyfriend' title to be a disappointment, don't we?"

"You're an asshole."

"And I'm completely aware of that, thank you very much." V smiles.

When Jungkook is out of sight, V gets up from his seat and heads inside Jiyeon's room. Walking over towards her, he notices that she's taking a nap. When he's finally sitting in front of her sleeping figure, he feels himself slowly smile.

"You look adorable when you sleep, you know that, right?" He says softly. Jiyeon lets out a soft snore and he giggles to himself. "And you snore really loud, but I'm not going to tell you that."

He looks around the room and when he sees her IV bag, he sighs with relief when he notices that her IV bag is almost done. "You'll be discharged very soon. Stay strong, little one."

She stirs in her sleep, turning her back towards him and he falls silent. When she's finally snoring again, he lets out a sigh.

"I wish I could tell you everything. But I can't. I can't tell you now." 

He's completely unaware of how she peeps one eye open. She's completely awake, and her ears slightly perk up out of curiosity.

"If only it'd be easy for me to tell you that it's me, Taehyung, your best friend. But it's not easy, it'll never be easy, and that's why it remains as my deepest secret. But if you do find out, my only wish is for you to understand my situation and give me time."