[M] Chapter Twelve (1/1)

Jung Hoseok felt the wind on his skin. He started hearing the cars driving by, the birds singing atop of him. His body was aching, he felt warm concrete beneath him. And finally, his eyes fluttered open. He was exhausted, his body was hurting. He had a massive headache. And for a moment, he didn’t know where he was, until he managed to push himself up and looked around. And then he remembered taking an overdose of pills. And walking this bridge before collapsing.He groaned and rubbed his eyes, trying to rub away the tired feeling. He got up, looking around. All he wanted was to sleep. He looked at his arms and froze, eyes widening in disbelief as he saw the wounds and scars. That confused him, he could not remember where he got them from. He knew he didn’t have them before he collapsed, so what happened with him during the time he was passed out? After a few more minutes, Hoseok felt awake enough to make his way back to the dorm.At the dorm, he found himself completely alone. He wondered how much time had passed, and where the others were. He looked around and found Jin’s room. He saw a note hanging on his door.“Whoever finds this note. After losing all the members of Bangtan Sonyeondan, I cannot live any longer. Say goodbye to my family.”Hoseok frowned, confused. He opened the door, but no one was there. Perhaps Jin was at the hospital. Perhaps, someone had found him on time and called an ambulance. He left the dorm and walked to the nearest hospital, asking around if Kim Seokjin was here. But according to a nurse, he was at the big hospital. Hoseok sighed, thanked the nurse and got a taxi to drive him to the big hospital.There, he asked a nurse for Kim Seokjin, and she led him to a room. When he entered, he couldn’t believe his eyes. It was not only Jin, but Yoongi with terribly burn wounds. Jungkook was awake, and turned his head to Hoseok. So did Jimin, licking his lips nervously and weakly waving. Namjoon was asleep. But Taehyung was not here, and Hoseok wondered where Taehyung was.He went over to Jungkook and Jimin. “Where’s Taehyung?” he asked.“Taehyung is in jail. But he’s set to be released, today.” Jimin sighed and looked at Hoseok, seeing the same kind of burn wounds on Hoseok as he had seen on Yoongi and Jin.“You’ve got the same type of wounds as Jin-hyung and Yoongi-hyung,” Jungkook noted before Jimin could say something about it.Hoseok looked at his arms and nodded. “I don’t know where they came from.”A groan came from Yoongi and the male’s eyes opened. Hoseok looked at Yoongi as he tried it, groggily looking around.“Hoseok…” Yoongi choked out, trying to find his voice.Hoseok looked at Yoongi. “Yes, Yoongi-hyung?”“What happened?”Hoseok swallowed. He didn’t have an answer because he didn’t know. He sighed and sat down in one of the chairs.“I don’t know, hyung,” Hoseok answered truthfully.“Where’s Taehyung?” Yoongi questioned, frowning.“Taehyung is in jail. But he’s going to be released today and then he’d come over,” Jimin said.“Why is he in jail?” Yoongi couldn’t imagine Taehyung doing anything wrong. So this new chocked him. He looked at Jimin with confused eyes.“Well… He murdered someone,” Jimin answered. He swallowed, biting his lip nervously.“Oh…” Yoongi wasn’t sure what to think or what to say. He just settled down on the bed. Namjoon too woke up, opening his eyes and groaning. He had heard the conversation as he had started becoming conscious of his situation. He sat up and looked at the rest. He rubbed his eyes and sighed.Seokjin didn’t wake up. Hoseok wasn’t sure what happened to him, but he seemed to be rather effected. He hoped the oldest member wasn’t in a coma.Late in the afternoon, messy hair and broken eyes, Taehyung stepped into the hospital room and sat down in one of the chairs, avoiding all eye contact. He didn’t answer questions, he was just silently there, staring at the ground.Hoseok swallowed and sighed. God, all of them were a mess. He hoped that everyone could leave the hospital soon and get on with their normal lives, performing, writing songs and pleasing fans. That’s all he wanted right now. But it seemed like it would take quite a while for everyone to have recovered enough to go home and continue on.And finally, as the sun was setting over Seoul, Jin woke up, groaning and sitting up as he opened his eyes, getting adjusted to the light. He looked around, his eyes falling on all the members and for a moment, he panicked. It was obvious that they were in the hospital, and then he remembered all the occurrences that led him to trying to commit suicide. But everyone was awake and life, albeit some having some serious wounds. He sighed and relaxed.“Thank god you are all alive,” he whispered. He remembered their funerals, and realised it had just been a bad dream.They all laughed shyly.