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"Get all your stuff we're going home, dance practice is over" Namjoon said with a quick look thrown towards Hoseok who was still dancing and was looking really tired. All the members immediately stopped their activities.
Jimin and Jungkook were running around in the practice room, Hoseok was still dancing, Suga and Jin were having a conversation and Taehyung just sat quietly in one of the corners of the practice room watching the rest of the members and hoping he would feel better. His head hurt. But he didn't want to tell the others. It would be gone soon, he just needed some sleep, or at least that's what he thought.
The moment Namjoon said that they could go home, Taehyung was so damn happy. But before he could stand up, Namjoon came over to him, sat down next to Tae and asked: "Tae are you alright? You look pale and you were really quiet today" "Yes, I'm fine. I'm just really tired Namjoon-hyung" Taehyung answered trying to let his voice sound as normal as possible."I just want to go home and sleep"
Namjoon looked anxious towards Taehyung but didn't say anything and Taehyung didn't notice. Tae was looking at Namjoon and Namjoon laid a hand on Tae's knee. He hoped it would comfort the younger one. They were sitting like that for at least 5 minutes.
Taehyung was really happy with the hand Namjoon laid down on his knee. For some reason it felt comforting.
In the mean while the others were waiting in the van. "When are they coming, I am tired I want to sleep" Jungkook complained to his hyungs. "Calm down Kookie they're going to be here soon" Hoseok said with a smile.
"And if you're really tired sleep in the van like Yoongi", Jin said while looking outside with a worried look on his face he was wondering what was taking the duo that long to come.
"Tae let's go home the others are waiting. I think they won't be happy if we stayed like this another 5 minutes. And I thought you wanted to go home and sleep" Namjoon commented. Tae just nodded and stood up. Reaching out his hand to help Namjoon stand up. Namjoon took the hand with a smile.
When they finally reached the van Jungkook glared at them: "Finally what took you two that long?" "Nothing, we were just having a conversation about what we would give you for your birthday", Taehyung said with a forced smile. Namjoon looked at Tae. He thought maybe Tae didn't want to make the maknae worry.
So he said: "Kookie I don't think you already want to know what you're gonna have for your birthday, it has to be a surprise." Tae looked at Namjoon thankfully. Namjoon smiled back at him when he noticed Tae looking at him. "How long do you guys want to stay here let's go home" Jimin said with a tired smile. Jin started the van. And they were on their way back to the dorms.
Yoongi who sat next to Hoseok was asleep. He was laying on Hoseok's shoulder. And Hoseok looked at Yoongi with a smile. And he dozed off while he was smiling. Jimin was playing a game on his phone and Jungkook was sleeping against the car window. On the other side of Jimin sat Taehyung trying not to sleep. Because he wasn't really sure that the members could wake him up so he tried to not fall a sleep. So he listened to Namjoon and Jin's conversation.
"Jin-hyung look at Yoongi-hyung and Hoseok there sleeping really cute" Namjoon said while looking at the pair. "Namjoon-ah, take a picture please but don't wake them other wise you're dead" Jin said with a smile."That's a really good idea, hyung" Namjoon told him while looking for his phone. "3,2,1 smile for the picture" Jimin said with a grin looking up from his phone. That was the last thing Tae noticed before he fell asleep.
When they reached the dorms Namjoon was waking up Hoseok and Yoongi and Jimin was waking up Jungkook. Jin smiled at them "You guys go inside already. I'm going to wake up Taehyung, I know how hard it is to wake him up so I'll do it"
Everybody left the car and went inside the dorms.
"Tae wake up, we're home" Jin said with a sweet voice. But Taehyung didn't react. So Jin tried it again but this time a little harder "Tae come on we're home, wake up or do you want to sleep in the car the whole night?" "Hmm? Hyung, is that you?" Taehyung said with a cracked voice from sleep "Yes Tae, it's Jin-Hyung, come let's go inside" "I am sorry I must've fallen asleep, I didn't mean to" Jin helped Taehyung out of the car and they went inside the building.
When they entered the dorm everybody was already doing something. Yoongi sat on the couch scrolling through his phone. Hoseok was setting the table. Jimin and Junkook were fighting to get first in the shower. But the only one they didn't see was Namjoon. "Guys where is Namjoon-ah?" Jin asked confused. "He is in the kitchen" Yoongi said, not looking up from his phone. Suddenly Jin and Yoongi realised something. "Wait, what is he doing in the kitchen. Who of you guys let him go into the kitchen?!" Jin yelled with panic and horror clear in his voice. All the members ran to the kitchen when they suddenly heard the sound off breaking glass. "Ow Jisoos Christ!" Namjoon yelled. "Namjoon-ah what just happend?!" Yoongi hurriedly entered the kitchen "Oh sorry Hyung, I just wanted to have a cup of coffee but the mok broke." Namjoon said ashamed of his actions. "I'm gonna clean this mess. Namjoon go to the living room and just don't break anything. Jimin-ah do you want to make some coffee for your Hyung? Thank you" Jin said with a smile on his face when Jimin nodded.
While everybody returned to the living room except for Jin and Jimin Taehyung left. He wasn't with the rest of the members when they were looking what Namjoon broke. Jungkook was the first one to notice: "Hey, guys, where did Taehyung-Hyung go?" "I don't know, he was right after me when we went to look what Namjoon broke" Hoseok said with a worried tone in his voice. "I think he is already asleep. He was really tired today so maybe he took this moment to go away in silence" Namjoon said looking towards the others.
At that moment Jin and Jimin entered the room. "Here Namjoon Hyung, your cup of coffee. Where were you guys talking about? By the way, where is Taehyung?" Jimin asked while giving Namjoon the coffee.
"We were talking about Tae, I think he's already asleep." Namjoon replied, accepting the coffee Jimin had made for him. "I'm going to look of he is already asleep" Jin said with a happy voice.
When Jin arrived at Taehyung and Namjoon's room, he opened the door silently and he saw Taehyung already asleep so he closed the door.
"And is he in his room?" Hoseok asked worriedly. "Yes he is. He's already asleep so be a little bit quieter. Maybe we should also get some sleep. Namjoon-ah when do we have to get up in the morning?" "We have nothing to do tomorrow, so we can sleep till 9 am if we want." Namjoon said in response.
Everybody went to sleep within the next 3 hours.
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At 5 am Taehyung woke up thanks to a sudden pain in his stomach and the headache he already had didn't go away like he thought. He rolled over on his other side to try and get back to sleep. It didn't work.
So he got out of his bed, maybe his stomach hurt because he didn't eat that much yesterday. So he decided to go grab some food. When he arrived in the kitchen he looked for something to eat, he found some leftovers from yesterday. He entered the living room and sat down, he ate a bit but it didn't really help. The pain left a bit, but it still hurt. He knew he couldn't get back to sleep.
So he sat like that for an hour on the couch. But suddenly he felt something in his stomach. It hurts really bad. He couldn't hold the pain anymore. He never felt a pain like that in his entire life. Tears came up in his eyes. But the pain was gone as fast at it came. But he didn't want to sleep on the couch, so he stood up, but stopped when he became very dizzy, when the dizziness was gone, he walked -or at least tried to- Jin and Yoongi's room, he knew Yoongi was a deep sleeper and he just wanted a hug from his mom because he wasn't feeling well and his mom's hugs always helped and Jin came the closest of the members to being a mom.
He entered the room as quietly as possible. And walked over to Jin's bed. He almost returned when he saw how sweet his Hyung was sleeping but Jin was a really light sleeper so he already woke up. "Hmm, who's there? Yoongi'ah is that you?" Jin said while trying to grab the person wrist. "Uhm, Jin hyung it's me, Taehyung" Taehyung said with a silent voice. "What are you doing here? Go back to sleep." Jin said a little annoyed. He was really tired and wanted to sleep. Taehyung noticed it. Then Jin looked at Taehyung. He saw a pale sad face "is there something wrong?, Tel me" Jin said while moving to make some space for the younger. Taehyung looked down towards the newly free spot but he didn't move, he just said: "I'm sorry for waking you, Hyung, it's nothing important." Jin looked at Tae and began to get really worried "Tae, there is something wrong why would you wake me up if there was nothing? You almost cried. Don't tell me there is nothing wrong." Tae looked towards the floor and said with a quiet voice. Holding in a sob "Nothing's wrong, I'm sorry to wake you, I won't do it again."
Jin stared at V with disbelieve
"Tae, I didn't mean it when I said that you should go away. Please sit next to me and tell me what's going on!" Finally Taehyung nodded and sat down next to Jin. The hyung didn't push him to speak. He only looked towards the younger with worry clear in his eyes.
"Uhm hyung, I ... I just.want a hug from my mom. I miss her so much. And you are like a mom and best friend to me, I-" Taehyung said hesitating.
"It's alright come here, Tae, is there something else that you want to talk about?" Jin asked while enveloping Taehyung in a tight hug, hoping that the younger would feel better. He knew something else was wrong but he wouldn't push him to speak.
"Uhm...not really" Taehyung lied" " I just miss my mom and dad please don't let me go" Taehyung answered with a sad voice. He clinched into his Hyung's pyjama shirt. Jin didn't let hem go. The younger boy couldn't hold in a loud sob, Jin tried to calm him and stop his tears.
"What's wrong with him?" Yoongi asked quietly. It was barely audible. Yoongi had woken up thanks to the loud sobs from Taehyung.
"He just misses his family. It's alright go back to sleep" Jin answered while looking at Taehyung. The younger fell asleep a second after yoongi woke up.
"Jin hyung are you sure that's the only thing that's bothering him?" Yoongi asked worry clear in his voice. "No Yoongi-ah, I don't really know. But don't worry, I'm not letting him go tonight. He's going to sleep in my bed" Yoongi just replied with an okay, not really sure if he should leave the pair or not, but he was really tired so he crawled back into his bed trusting his Hyung.
Taehyung woke up by the sound of Yoongi's footsteps on the wooden floor. "Jin hyung, what was Yoongi doing here? I didn't want him to see me like this" Taehyung said still sniffing a bit. Jin comfortingly answered the boy: "he just heard you crying so he was worried. It's fine Taehyung just go back to sleep." "Jin... could I sleep with you tonight?" Taehyung asked while he started sobbing again. "Of course you can, hun. It's fine just go back to sleep" Jin said with a soft voice.
Taehyung felt back asleep and Jin looked at him with a worried gaze. He knew something was wrong. He would ask Taehyung about it tomorrow.
When he was sure that Tae was asleep jin let sleep overtake him. He felt in a light sleep.
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Taehyung woke up with a scream. And that made Jin awake immediately. Yoongi woke up too and came rushing towards their dongsaeng's side.
"Taehyung, calm down it was just a dream you're fine. Breath in and breath out. You're safe I'm with you." Jin tried to comfort the younger one but it took a while 'till Taehyung calmed down.
The moment Taehyung started to calm down Namjoon came in the room looking confused at Yoongi's empty bed and finding him sitting on Jin's bed.
When Namjoon saw the 3 people, Taehyung already went back to sleep, Jin was slightly panicking and Yoongi who looked worriedly towards Jin. "Jin hyung, what was that? What's wrong with Tae. Why isn't he in our room?" Namjoon asked while looking for his breath. "Taehyung just had a nightmare and he missed his family really hard so he came to me for a hug but he fell asleep"
After a quick conversation they also went back to bed, hoping everything was alright with Taehyung.
The night went smoothly for Taehyung, he didn't wake up anymore and Jin could sleep for a few hours.
When Jin woke up he didn't see Taehyung in his bed and he started to panic. He ran through the whole house. When he heard noise coming from the kitchen he stopped and entered the kitchen, he saw Taehyung making breakfast for the rest.
"Taehyung, are you alright? How do you feel?" Jin questioned, trying not to talk too loud because the others were still asleep.
Taehyung didn't feel good, his stomach hurt, his head hurt real bad and he felt dizzy. And the smell of food didn't help either.
But he didn't want his Hyung to worry so he just said: "Hyung, I'm fine but I wanted to suprise you all with breakfast. So here, eat this please. I made it just for you and the rest so you don't have to make breakfast today.
Jin smiled happily, "you're a good kid"
The others woke up not too long after Jin and began to eat.
"Good morning Taehyung, Jin hyung" Hoseok said happily and began eating.
"Who of you 3 made this delicious food?" Jimin asked with a smile.
"Tae did, and it is really good" Jin said while petting Taehyung back
Suddenly Taehyung stood up and put on his shoes. He didn't feel too good and needed fresh air before anybody noticed he wasn't feeling well.
His stomach worsened and his headache didn't make it easier.
"Taehyung hyung where are you going? Is there something wrong?" Kookie asked, worried.
"No, I just need some fresh air, I'm gonna be back in half an hour"
Taehyung left the dorm and went for a walk. But he still didn't feel good, he walked to the forest and sat on a bench to calm down his breathing a little.
He didn't stay really long when he suddenly felt nausea. He ran to a bush and emptied his stomach, everything that he ate in the morning and the night before was now on the floor.
He gagged and the last contents of his stomach joined their friends on the floor. His throat hurt and felt sore.
After 1 hour he looked at his watch and saw how late it was so he quickly stood up. But when the headache became worse, he stumbled a bit before finding support on a tree.
He tried to catch his breath when he felt immense pain, it felt like someone drove a hot knife through him.
He gasped and fell onto his knees. The pain was horrible, worse than anything he ever felt before.
He supported his body with his arms, but they too have out. He fell face first to the floor.
His ears began running and his vision blurred, the last he heard before he embraced the comforting peace of unconsciousness was the loud barking of a dog.