19 Chapter 18

Third Person P.O.V.

"Honey, can you talk, I'll just uh, back you up..." Mr. Jeon said to his wife, they were currently in the parking lot of the largest news chain in the city. Today, they are about to expose the research facility, and their son's innocence

"Why? I'm pretty sure they'll recognize you more, not me." Mrs. Jeon asked

"You know I'm scared of human interaction..." Mr.Jeon mutters

His wife flicked the side of his head "Let's just go! Oh my god..." She says,

They enter the building and the receptionist stands up almost immediately

"M-Mr. Jeon and M-Mrs.Jeon! W-Welcome to [Insert random news outlet name]! How may I help you!" The employee says nervously,

"Hey, yeah we'd like to see your best reporters, also, get your damn boss here." Mrs.Jeon says

"J-just a second!" The employee rushes to the elevator, hurriedly pushing the button to their boss's office

"That reminds me honey, look at this picture of Jimin I found on Jungkook's phone" Mr.Jeon shows Mrs.Jeon a pic of Jimin sleeping by the fireplace with a grey blanket over him

"Oh my- UWU" Mrs.Jeon sends the picture to herself

PRESENT DAY

Christmas Day

Jimin wept himself to sleep on Jungkook chest, his slow, but steady heartbeat soothing him

Hoseok and Taehyung were preparing dishes to take to the hospital, so they can at least have a christmas feast with Jungkook. Their families understood they couldn't come over for dinner, Yoongi was looking after Jimin, it was easy work since, he wouldn't leave Jungkook, and, well, Jungkook didn't move anywhere

"Y-Yoongi..."

"What's up Jimin?"

"I-Is G-Googie gonn' be okay?".

He asked, with big puppy eyes

"I... I'm not sure..." Yoongi looked down,

"W-Why?"

"Huh?" Yoongi looked up at the boy, the same despaired look on his face

"J-Jiminie didn't do nythin' b-bad. W-why is J-Jungoogie gon' be taken f-from J-Jimine? G-Googie is a n-nice person, he h-help m-Minnie!" Salted tears were threatening Yoongi, he didn't know what to do, he knew he had to tell the truth, but it will hurt him

"Jungkook loves you.... He really does, he'll wake up just for you"

"P-Promise?" Jimin sticks out his little pinky finger

"Promise."

Seokjin P.O.V.

My head spins when I open my eyes, I must've slept under the light because it's almost blinding me

I turn my body into the sheets desperate to hide away from it

It then hits me

This isn't my bedroom!

I quickly sat up with blurred vision, I look around, the room is all white, the walls, bed, floor, and even ceiling lamp was white! This room is supposed to be for freaks! Not me!

What am I doing here?!

I squint my eyes, one of the walls was half clear, the other rooms also white, with a door leading somewhere

A man whom is quickly realized was Namjoon was sleeping on the other side of the room.

This is like a prison visit!

"Merry Christmas, love." Namjoon whispered

~

Thirty minutes ago Taehyung and Hoseok showed up at the hospital with bags with food filled tupperware, even this grey christmas deserves a festive dinner.

"Jimin? Won't you eat?" Taehyung asked Jimin, the boy wouldn't dare leave Jungkook out of his sight, he just wants to be the first person Jungkook sees when he wakes up

Jimin shakes his head against Jungkook's chest

"You haven't eaten well since you got here, we're worried" Taehyung replied,

Taehyung was a motherly figure to Jimin, always babying him, buying Jimin whatever he wanted, and kissing his 'ouchies' whenever he got hurt

"H-How c-could Jim-minie eat i-if G-Googie c-can not?"

Yoongi, Hoseok, and Taehyung looked at each other,

"Jungkook would want you to eat, even if he's not able to eat right now," Hoseok said

"Please eat, for Jungkook"

Jimin finally stands, up, rubbing his feet together and playing with his thumbs looking down

"O-ok... I-if J-Jung-googie w-wants..." He slowly approaches the table, his orange tail dragging against the floor, ears sagging on his hair

The boys quickly made a plate for him, with all his favourite foods

Jimin eyed his food, everything was familiar, it was a plate of home, but what was missing is

"C-can J-Jiminie make a p-plate for J-Jungoogie t-too?" The boy said, using his kitty eyes

Taehyung agreed, and the three watched Jimin put all of Jungkook's favourite foods onto a plate and set it on a night stand next to his bed

"He knows Jungkook so well..." Hoseok whispered to Yoongi

While Jimin was eating, he caught the boys various times filming him and taking pictures of him eating,

"W-why y-you taking pictures of J-Jiminie?"

Yoongi looked at Taehyung and Hoseok, they both nodded

"Jimin... when the next day comes... someone will have to... take you away..."

He drops his fork, shivering

"W-what?"

Yoongi struggles, he doesn't know how to make the mood better

"b-but after, after they return you, you can spend all your time with Jungkook! 24/7!"

His tails swishes back and forth slowly, "J-Jiminie doesn't w-want to be taken a-away again! J-Jimine d-doesn't want t-to be touched again b-by s-someone l-like J-Jinnie! Jimine o-only wan' J-Jungoogie" He sobbed

Taehyung hugged him, allowing the vulnerable boy cry into his chest, rubbing circles on his back whispering words like 'I know'

"We only have five hours left" Yoongi noted, remembering when the clock struck twelve, it was no longer christmas, therefore those bodyguards would come and take Jimin again

Yoongi and Hoseok were exhausted, they were piling evidence along with Namjoon, to use in court, but, Namjoon insisted not to bring Seokjin to jail, instead, using the media to shed the false news Seokjin had spread. They finally got everything they could to Jungkook's parents, who are influencers.

On Christmas day with the power of Yoongi, Namjoon, Hoseok, and Jungkook's parents, they were able to change the headline from

"Jeon Corp. CEO, Jeon Jungkook hides humanity changing creature to himself"

to

"Jeon Jungkook, CEO of Jeon Corp. falsely accused of hiding extinct creature, framed by Researcher, Kim Seokjin"

Taehyung soothed the boy, gently putting him to sleep with a warm blanket and glass of milk, along with the nostalgic noise of Jungkook's heartbeat.

Finally, the clock struck twelve, it was no longer Christmas, as if on cue the bodyguards and man from before burst into the warm hospital room.

Breaking the cosy, but thick sad atmosphere, Jimin woke up from the noise of the door being slammed open,

He desperately clung onto Jungkook's barely alive body, screaming while the boys tried to fight off the body guards, which proved no use, eventually the last sight of Jimin was the frail, beautiful creature being carried away, tears leaving a trail on the hospital halls, witnesses looking at them in pity

But they didn't care

They just wanted their Jimin back

Taehyung begged the man, just to let Jimin atleast have his dictionary which had traces of Jungkook in, he finally submitted and took the dictionary and handed it to the boy, finally disappearing from their sights, being held back by another guard

The three silently cried on each other in the hospital room, now cold without the warm presence of the boy

What they could've done...

So it didn't have to end up this way...

Hoseok blamed himself, if only he didn't invite the two to dinner that night, if only they ate out, if only, if only they had never met,

Maybe

Just maybe

It wouldn't have ended up like this

The slow heart monitor sped up, grabbing the trio's attention,

"J-Jimin..." Jungkook's chapped, pale lips spoke

"Jungkook!" The three rushed over

"W-where's Jimin?" the lifeless boy questioned

"He was taken away... Just a few minutes ago..."

Jungkook's heavy eyes widened, he sat up but was quickly pushed back down by his friends

"Let me go! I can reach him! Please!" He yelled

"Jungkook you need to rest! It's no use!"

Jungkook shook off the pairs of hands that were disabling him, he violently ran out the room, tubes ripping out of his skin dangerously, the IV stand dropped, bed sheets now on the floor, he didn't care.

They quickly ran after Jungkook, the doctors were alarmed and also chased him, he ran, even though his body was telling him

Give up

His bare feet ran through the snow, his skin almost matching the airy ice on the grounds, so pale, so beautiful, so delicate, so vulnerable.

He didn't know where he was going, he was going wherever his heart told him where Jimin was

His stamina started to run out

If you can't run then walk

He collapsed, legs crying for help

If you can't walk then crawl

The team of paramedics watched the cold man, crawling slowly, in this maze of white dust desperate for hope,

It was going to happen

Jungkook collapsed

"CODE RED! CODE RED!" His last words he heard

WAIT! DON'T KILL ME YET! THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER CHAPTER!