ALWAYS

LI

Rosé woke up from a pair of soft lips that brushed against her cheek. She groaned and the hold on her hand tightened.

"Rosé-ah..." She heard a familiar voice, whispering her name.

She opened her eyes, blinded by the light of the room. She lifted her other hand, covered her eyes with her arms. She squeezed her eyes shut first before opening it again; the white ceiling of the room welcomed her sight. Her mind was blurred of what happened. She wondered where she was because the last thing she remembered was being in the beach with Chanyeol.

Chanyeol. Where was he? She asked herself and just then, everything came back to her. The construction, her running after Chanyeol, the collapse... Jungkook!

"Jungkook..." She mumbled as panic hit her. She dropped her arm that was covering her eyes and just then she felt her other hand being squeezed again. And when she looked to the side, she saw him... looking at her with an unreadable expression on his face... a look that immediately put so much pain in her. And by looking at him, she knew that she had hurt him...

"Jungkook..." She mumbled again. He knew... she was sure he knew that she went to Chanyeol.

She tried to sit up, realizing that she was in the hospital. With him still holding tightly on her hand, she struggled to sit up. He still didn't say a word as he held her on her shoulder with his other hand, stopping her. She looked up at him, her brows furrowed; tears started to fill her eyes because she couldn't read him... as if he had shut down on her again. Those eyes from before was looking back at her again.

And when the tears were about to escape her eyes, Jungkook's hand slipped from her shoulder up to the side of her neck. His eyes still locked on hers, he cupped her face and wiped the tear that escaped the side of one of her eyes. Rosé gasped, her free hand crumpled the sheet of her bed.

"I... I was just... I'm so-" She started, her voice was trembling. But Jungkook cut her as he enveloped her in his arms, burying her face on his chest. He closed his eyes and shook his head as his arms tightened around her; his hands caressed the back of her head.

"I know." He whispered. Rosé couldn't say more as tears continuously poured down from her eyes. She lifted her arms and wrapped it around Jungkook's waist, hugging him back tightly. For a while they stayed like that, with her crying on his chest because of her fear of Jungkook going back to his old self. But when his gentle touches caressed her, his lips kissed her on top of her head, she soon found comfort and tears stopped from flowing.

"You've made me so worried..." He broke the silence, as he mumbled against her hair. Rosé opened her eyes; her lips parted.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled back, her arms tightened around him again.

"Don't do this ever again, do you understand?" Jungkook told her, his voice sounded soft but it held full authority. He didn't even ask her what happened... and Rosé was worried for a second.

"I don't know what I'll become if anything bad happens to you." He added as his breathing went deep.