31 Injury

The team got into the routine of things. Taehyung became more accustomed to life as a student here at Big Hit Academy and was adjusting well to the team. He found the team to be more and more comfortable as time went on. He was the most comfortable around Jungkook, as they were the two younger members of the team, and Hoseok who was a friendly hyung that treated him and Jungkook well, caring and doting over them as both an older brother and a friend.

At the dorm, Yoongi was getting his gear ready. On top of training as a Power Designer, a Magic-Channeller and a Battle Mage at Big Hit Academy, he also worked several part time jobs to make money. He came from a poor family and was working since a young age to help contribute to the family. When he came to Anima, he couldn't support himself with the help of his family so he needed to make money himself to continue living and studying at Big Hit Academy.

He was preparing to go to one of his part time jobs as a delivery man while the others all relaxed after a hard day of training. The boys waved at Yoongi as he left. He rode his bike to work where he picked up his first delivery. He travelled around Anima, picking up and dropping off packages, parcels and food to different places. He had this job for a while now, ever since he moved to Anima, and was used to it by now. Although he despised moving, he was quite fit and active when he needed to be.

A few hours into his delivery job, he turned down a street. He needed to go a couple more streets down, turn left and the house would be right there. As he rode his bike, a Transportation Flux Tool came speeding out of a side street. They continued speeding, moving in the direction of Yoongi. Startled, he tried to move out of the way, but the Flux Tool was too fast and slammed into him. Yoongi was flung off of his bike, landing hard on his shoulder. When he did, there was an audible cracking sound.

After hitting Yoongi, the Flux Tool stopped, pausing for a second before driving off, leaving Yoongi lying there on the ground. Yoongi gripped his shoulder in pain. He groaned in agony and tears began to build in his eyes. As he lay there, no one came to help as they either couldn't hear him or didn't care. He lay there for a while in pain before slowly pushing himself to sit up, straining and hurting as he did.

Sitting up, still holding his shoulder, he felt around his shoulder. He could tell that he had broken it. He began to panic. His training involved learning to be a Battle Mage, which he was slowly getting good at. But with this shoulder injury, they would pull him out of the training, and if that happened he may lose the opportunity to continue studying at Big Hit Academy. He would no longer be able to be an Adept.

His mind raced as he thought over the consequences of his broken shoulder. As he sat there on the ground he came to a firm resolution in his mind. He slowly stood up and walked over to his bike. He walked it over to the place he had to drop the delivery off to before walking back to his work.

He decided to hide his injury. He would just deal with and push through the pain. If anyone at Big Hit found out about his injury, he could be kicked out of the Academy and of the team. He didn't want that. No matter what, he couldn't let that happen. So he struggled in pain back to work and then back to the dorm.

When he arrived at the dorm, Jungkook and Taehyung were still awake. They looked over and smiled.

"Hyung, you're back from work. How was it?"

Yoongi did his best to hide his pain and wore a blank stare.

"Uneventful. I'm tired, gonna crash."

They nodded.

"OK, goodnight hyung."

He nodded as he walked as normal as he could to his mattress. He covered himself in the sheet and stayed as still as he could. He closed his eyes and tried his hardest to ignore the pain and sleep it off. He silently cried himself in pain to sleep.

The next day, the boys all went to Big Hit together, Yoongi distanced himself and focused on looking OK. He worked like usual in the workshop, doing his best to concentrate on his work and not on the searing pain in his shoulder. After a few hours he looked at the clock and dread consumed him.

It was time for Battle Mage practice.

The others all chatted happily with each other as they got ready to head off to the Battle Mage practice are. Yoongi followed along quietly. As they walked over to the practice area, talking and chatting like they usually did, Yoongi walked slowly behind them. He was concentrating intensely, trying his best to prepare his mind for the practice.

They entered and all lined up. Sung Deuk nodded at them all.

"Today, we will continue with the drills we were doing yesterday, take up your blades and follow me. Watch your timing. And start."

Sung Deuk went through a series of slashes with his blade and the group all copied. These were drills and exercises that they had grown accustomed to so they were well prepared and ready for this. Yoongi, however, struggled to keep up. He pushed himself so that he was still moving at the same time as the rest if the team, but the strain his shoulder was putting on the rest of his body was unbearable. His body was racked with waves of immense physical torture. He was sweating profusely as he pushed himself through the pain.

As each movement he made harshly stinging his shoulder, he continued to move at the same pace as everyone else. He kept his emotions in check so no one noticed a thing. When they had finished a few rounds of the drill, they paired up for casual sparring. Namjoon came over to him and gave him a curious look.

"Are you OK hyung? You don't look so good."

Yoongi got into a stance.

"Just a little tired from work last night. Let's go."

Namjoon had no reason to not believe him and nodded getting into a stance himself. As they sparred, each time their blades clashed, a fierce surge of pain rushed through his arm and culminating in his shoulder. He wasn't sure how much more of this he could take, but he stubbornly pushed through. This injury would not be the reason for his dreams to be stripped from him. Yoongi refused to let that happened. He yelled as he charged and clashed with Namjoon's blade hard. Namjoon was shaken up by the strike and was pushed back. Sung Deuk nodded.

"Well done, Yoongi. Don't let him get the better of you Namjoon."

They continued sparring until the practice was over. Yoongi left quickly, heading straight back to the dorm. He collapsed on his bed, gripping his shoulder. He wondered if he could truly do this. If he could continue with this shoulder of his. He lay there in silence for a few minutes, gripping his shoulder with his eyes closed.

After a while, he opened his eyes. He wouldn't let this stop him, not after everything he had done to get here. He stood up and calmed his mind. He went and organized his things, had a quick shower, got his gear ready and walked to the door. Namjoon passed him on his way out.

"Oh, hyung, I wondered where you went after practice, where are you going?"

Yoongi just casually replied as he headed out.

"Going to work."