"Hi Jung-"
Tae gasped at the sight of Jungkook violently vomiting.
"Jungkook!"
Taehyung ran to Jungkook's side, hitting the 'call nurse' button on the way. As he reached out for Kookie, the boy in question, tried to push him away.
"N-no hyung, stay away, i-it's disgu-disgusting. I don't want you to see me like thi-"
The boy's words were cut off by another round of vomiting.
"Don't be silly Kookie, I could never find you disgusting. Never."
Tae rubbed the boy's back gently as the vomiting came to a stop.
"Better?" He asked gently.
Jungkook nodded, keeping his head down, avoiding eye contact. He was so embarrassed that Taehyung, his beautiful angel, saw him in such a state. It was disgusting. Tae lifted his head up, forcing eye contact.
"You're not disgusting, you're beautiful."
Jungkook hugged Tae and cried softly.
"You called?"
Tae turned to see a nurse walk into the room.
"Yes, as you can see, Jungkook was vomiting pretty badly a moment ago."
"Yes, I can see that. You poor dear. Don't worry, we'll have you cleaned up in no time."
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Before long, the floor had been cleaned, and a trashcan placed within Jungkook's reach, should the need to vomit arose again. Enlisting Tae's help, the nurse managed to change the bedding, then left Tae to change the boy himself.
"There, all done."
"Thank you." Tae said.
"Of course dear. Doctor Kim should be here soon. Call if you need anything else."
With that said, the nurse left the room. It was silent a moment before Jungkook spoke.
"I'm sorry you had to see that."
Rather than say anything, Taehyung simply smiled softly and gently brushed Kookie's bangs from his eyes, then placed a kiss on the boy's forehead, causing him to blush.
"Ahem"
Jungkook and Tae looked to the door to see Jin standing in the doorway.
"Am I interrupting something? I can come back later." Jin teased, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Hyung!"
Tae blushed as Jin walked into the room chuckling.
"I heard what happened. How are you feeling?"
"My head hurts and I still feel nauseous, weak." Kookie answered honestly.
"Hyung, is this part of his condition?" Tae asked.
"Yes Tae. Symptoms of a brain tumor consists of headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred or double vision, dizziness, seizures, trouble walking and handling objects, weakness, just to name a few."
Jin then looked to Jungkook. "It's time for your radiotherapy Jungkook."
"Okay." The boy turned to Taehyung. "You'll still be here when it's over, right?"
"Of course I will."
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As Tae sat waiting for Jungkook to return from his therapy, he decided to look through the notebook he had given the younger boy when they first met. He had learned that Jungkook was an amazing artist, and sometimes drew fun and funny comics.
Tae loved and enjoyed reading them and wondered if he had drawn anything new. He flipped through the notebook, making a mental note to get Jungkook a new one, when he came across something that was definitely new, something that tugged at his heartstrings and made the reality of Jungkook's condition seem more...real.
~~~~~~~Wish List~~~~~~~
*visit the beach
*ride a ferris wheel
*be a part of a real family
*road trip
*visit a park
*go on my first date
* have my first kiss
*fall in love
The list brought tears to Taehyung's eyes. Jungkook wasn't wishing to travel to a foreign country or meet a celebrity, all he wanted, all he wished for, were things others, himself included, often took for granted, like visting a park.
He tore a page from the back of the notebook, and began to copy the list, before folding it neatly,and placing it in his pocket, as he made a silent promise to himself to make all of Jungkook's wishes come true.
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It was hours later, during dinner with his hyungs, that Taehyung brought up his plan to grant Jungkook's final wishes, after all, he would need their help to accomplish his self appointed task, plus the whole thing hinged on Jungkook being allowed to leave the hospital.
"Yah, Taehyung!"
Tae snapped back into reality at hearing his older brother practically yell his name.
"Oh, yes Namjoon hyung?"
"I've been calling you for a while now, are you okay?"
"I'm sorry hyung, I was just thinking about something."
"It must be something really important if it's got you so lost in thought."
Before Tae could respond Jin asked, "Is it Jungkook?"
Taehyung nodded.
"Who's Jungkook?"
Jin turned to Hoseok, who sat next to him
"He's a patient of mine, and someone Tae has become really close to."
"I love him." Tae whispered.
"What?" Namjoon asked, not sure he heard his brother correctly.
Tae took a deep breath before looking his hyung in the eye. "I love him."
Jin and Namjoon glanced at each other briefly before looking at their youngest in sympathy.
"Don't. Please, don't look at me like that. I... I know that it seems pointless to love a dying boy, but I do, I love him hyungs."
Namjoon rose from his chair and walked toward where Tae sat, Jin, already claiming one of the boy's hands. Tae turned a little in his seat to face his brother, squeezing Jin's hand tightly for support. Jin had already known of his feelings for Jungkook, but never commented on his confession, so he wasn't sure how Jin hyung felt about it, but he did make Jin promise not to tell Namjoon, as he wanted to tell his brother personally.
Namjoon knelt beside Taehyung's chair and smiled softly before taking his brother in his arms.
"I'm happy you found someone to love Tae."
"So I-I have your blessing?"
"Of course Taehyung."
Tae wiped his eyes with his sleeve before giving his hyung a smile of his own.
"Is the boy really dying?" Hoseok, Namjoon and Tae's cousin asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid he is." Jin answered.
The room was silent for a moment before Tae broke it. He pulled from his brothers embrace and reached into his pocket, pulling out the folded sheet of paper containing Jungkook's wish list. He turned in his seat to face all his hyungs, eyes pleading.
"Please help me make his final wishes come true."
Jin took the folded paper from Taehyung, carefully unfolding it, and reading the script within. As Jin read the wish list he began to tear up. The other members, curious as to what brought their oldest hyung to tears, crowded around him, reading over his shoulder.
"A park. He wants to visit a freakin' park." Yoongi, the second oldest, and childhood friend of Jin, shook his head in disbelief and sympathy at such a simple and innocent wish.
"He wants to be a part of a family, to go on a first date, experience his first kiss. He wants to fall in love." Jimin, Tae's bestfriend, began to tear up over the simple list. A simple list of thing's he took for granted everyday. It was heartbreaking.
"So, you'll help me hyungs?"
"Oh Taehyungie, of course we'll help." Hoseok said.
"It's suppose to be a nice day tomorrow, good day to visit a park." Namjoon said.
"I can make us a picnic lunch." Jin said.
Tae threw himself into Jin's arms, a big boxy smile on his face. If Jin hyung suggested a picnic, that meant Jungkook was allowed to leave the hospital, something Tae worried about.
"Thank you hyung!"
"Of course Tae, Jungkook is family after all."
"H-he is?"
"Well, you love him don't you?" Namjoon asked with a smile.
Tae nodded at his hyungs question.
"If you love him, then that makes him family."
Tae started to cry. "Th-thank you hyung. Thank you."
"Well, we can check 'family' off the list" Jimin said, as he took a pen from his book bag and checked off that particular wish.
"We can also check off this one." Jin said, pointing at the last wish. "I already know for a fact that Jungkook is already in love."
Jin took the pen from Jimin and checked 'fall in love' off the list.
"He is? W-with who?" Tae asked, a little disappointed and heartbroken that the boy he loved, loved someone else.
Jin, who saw Tae lower his head in disappointment, placed a hand on the boy's shoulder, gaining his attention. He looked into Taehyung's eyes, a gentle smile on his face, as he said softly.
"You Taehyung. He loves you."