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Chapter Nine: Just

n i n e | J U S T

Morning arrived sooner than the three boys wanted it to, for different reasons.

Taehyung didn't want Yoongi to leave his side, just the older's presence caused him to smile. While Yoongi and Jimin didn't want the morning to come because they didn't want to confront each other.

The boy's eyes slowly drifted open, Yoongi's sleeping face being the first thing he sees. "Yoongi... Yoongi wake up.." His voice dripped with sleep, his words slurring together as he lazily rubbed his eyes with the back of hands.

The older grunted in response, furrowing his eyebrows as he turned his back to the boy. A low laugh shook Taehyung's body, "Yah! Yoongi, wake up! We don't want them to walk in and see us like this!" Especially Jimin. Heat rose to his cheeks at the memory of what happened.

The rapper reluctantly opened his eyes and practically rolled out of bed, almost falling face first on to the floor. "Y-Yoongi! You okay?!" Taehyung didn't know whether to laugh or be concerned for the older.

Yoongi stood up and looked around bewildered. "What year is it? Am I in the future?" Laughter filled the room, making Yoongi stick out his tongue as he pouted. "Don't laugh at me, Tae. It's your fault to wake me up. You're lucky I didn't kill you."

Taehyung remembered what happened whenever the other members tried to wake up a sleeping Yoongi. He cringed at the mere memory of it. "Why didn't you cuss me out or attack me?"

The boy shrugged, suddenly finding the floor was very interesting. "I don't know, it shouldn't matter.." Taehyung smiled at how childish he was being. "Yah, Yoongi. Did you swap personalities with Jungkook or something?"

The door suddenly flew open, revealing a very sleepy BTS. "Good morning!" The members groaned at his cheerful the boy was being. "It's too early for your loudness, Taehyung."

Taehyung pulled out his phone and checked the time. "Guys, it's eleven. It's not even remotely early." The members each checked the time on their phones. "Oh... Well.. Uh.." They tried to come up with an excuse to why Taehyung can't be loud. A light bulb went off in Jin's head. "There are sick people here, Taehyung. Don't bother them."

This time it was Taehyung's turn to groan. He plopped back on to the bed and lazily reached over to the small blue and white call button. A nurse happily entered the room, pushing aside the other members. "Yes, Sir? What is it?"

Taehyung sighed and looked her in the eye, "When can I go home? The doctor said I just had to stay over night." The nurse looked at the papers on her clipboard. "Well... I guess you can leave now. I'll fill out your discharge papers for you. If anything happens don't be afraid to call or visit us!" She basically skipped out of the room, leaving the members bewildered.

"She was... Strange." They nodded in agreement, Yoongi and Jimin avoiding eye contact.

Hoseok rushed over to Taehyung and grabbed his arm, practically dragging him out of his bed. "What are you guys waiting for? Let's go home!" A smile was plastered on everyone's faces as they headed outside the hospital and towards the van that was waiting for them outside. The manager had pulled up in the van upon hearing of Taehyung's discharge.

They happily filed into the black van, sitting in their usual positions. In the back were the young ones, Taehyung and Jimin sitting on the window seats with Jungkook in the middle. In the middle was J-Hope and Yoongi sitting across from each other. Jin and Namjoon sat close to the front near the manager.

Before they knew it, they pulled up to the dorm. They quickly exited the vehicle and headed inside the tall building, hoping no fans were near to see them.

As they got inside, they went up to their dorm rooms, their manager nervously checking his phone.

The members sat down on the couches in the living room, all staring up at the older male standing in front of them. "The news articles have all picked up on the fact that we went to the hospital and that Taehyung wasn't with us in the waiting room. Though they don't know what was wrong with Taehyung, they're all making theories and spreading rumors so we should probably make a statement to calm them down."

They nodded in understanding but Taehyung rose his hand. "What will we say? If we say I attempted suicide... I think that will kindle the fire." The manager nodded his head agreement, "We can just say that you had passed out from exhaustion. At the very least they'll be mad at the company for a small while."

They all nodded silently and watched the manager leave the room, writing up the fake statement as he walked.

The members sat there in silence, Taehyung awkwardly fiddling with his thumbs in his lap. "What do we do now?" Jin sighed and leaned forward, his elbows resting on his knees.

"We should set up rules." Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. "Rules?" He nodded, "Yeah. Such as, no one leave Taehyung alone in the dorm or where there are possible deadly objects near him."

Yoongi clenched his fist in anger but said nothing, everyone else seemed to agree with Jin's proposal. "Should we also add that he shouldn't be allowed near knives of pills of any sort?" He looked around him, wanting to stand up for Taehyung. "He should also have to report to us everyday about how he's feeling." Taehyung seemed lost, staring at everyone with his mouth opened slightly. Yoongi had it.

He stood up, glaring at everyone. "He's not a child, we don't have to keep an eye on him at all times. He shouldn't have to report to us about everything. We shouldn't have to treat him like a criminal for being depressed. What's wrong with you people?!"

Yoongi stormed off, dragging Taehyung close behind him. As they reached his room, Yoongi closed the door behind them.

"I'll try to protect you for forever and always, Taehyung. Trust me."

A/n: YAY FOR FILLER CHAPTERS. I start school up again tomorrow so I won't be able to do many chapter updates each day -.-' but I'll try to do one every day!