I stared at the ground under my bed as time passed by. Namjoon was fast asleep next to me, and what kept me feeling safe and warm was the sound of the slight snores that escaped his slightly parted mouth.
Another thirty minutes have passed ever since the nurse promised us Yoongi's return, but he didn't make an appearance yet. I got kind of anxious as I waited for him, but I tried to remain composed. There were other things that I thought of that kind of distracted me from his delay. For instance, I thought about the fact that Yoongi technically doesn't know me, and he wouldn't find a reason to come over at this bed because he wouldn't be able to see the sleeping Namjoon. I also thought about how we were going to take him and Jungkook to the other tent where the rest of the members were. Another thing I thought of was the answer to why Yoongi left even though the tent was being sealed. How did the soldeirs even let him go through? They were so strict about letting Namjoon and I pass to the next tent, so how did they grant him the permission to flee the whole camp?
As I bombarded myself with questions and thoughts, I saw the same nurse who lead us to Yoongi the first time approach me. I sat up straight as slowly as I possibly could, hoping that Namjoon wouldn't wake up. It was the first time I've seen him sleep peacefully without having to worry about anything and I didn't want a single soul to disturb him.
"Min Yoongi is up and he is currently in the operation room. He might not be fully aware of his surroundings yet so don't panic when he doesn't recognize you or doesn't respond. Any abnormal behavior is normal too, so please don't worry and don't freak yourself and him out," She said and it made me smile. My heart started beating fast out if excitement. I bowed to her before excusing myself to wake Namjoon up.
I turned over to him and tapped his shoulder as gently as I possibly could.
"Namjoon. Namjoon wake up," I whispered to him, trying to not scare him.
His eyes fluttered open and I could see that he was still feeling drowsy because he had a hard time opening his eyes.
"What happened?" He asked me in a sleepy tone, and it made my heart flutter.
Cute.
"Yoongi just woke up. I thought you would want to see him," I said, and it was as though all the drowsiness that he previously felt had disappeared into thin air.
He sat up straight all of a sudden and his eyes were wide open.
"Come on," I told him with a wide smile and helped myself down the bed. He ran to my aid and held my arm.
The nurse was waiting for us patiently and smiled when we approached her.
"This way," She said and gestured for us to follow her.
My heart was jumping in excitement with every step we took forward towards the operation room. In the contrast to how I felt about that room the first time I came here, I felt extremely happy and excited to see that room because I knew what lied within it. It was our little meow meow: the one and only Min Yoongi. However, my mood went off when I remembered that I was going to have to see Jungkook's state all over again and knowing that he was in a critical condition was making it even worse for me.
Before I even knew it, we were standing in front of the operation room. Namjoon and I took a deep breath before opening the first door and sliding the curtain to the side only to be met with some doctors, nurses and four beds, two of which contained Yoongi and Jungkook. The moment we entered, we found Yoongi sitting on the side of his bed, holding tight to his blankets. His face was still pale and he still seemed cold, but at least his lips took a lighter shade of blue. Once Yoongi noticed that the door was opened, he instantly recognized Namjoon without any second thoughts, and before I could even register anything around me, Yoongi threw his blankets on the floor and I found him and Namjoon running towards each other. They engulfed one another in a bone-crushing hug and allowed themselves to cry.
I fought my urge to go and crush Yoongi's fragile body in a hug as well and just held my arm as I watched the two brothers cry in each other's arms. Nothing was heard but the faint voices of the people outside the operation room and the heavy sobbing of the two men as they enjoyed each other's embrace.
"It's okay. It's okay. I'm safe," Yoongi said as he held Namjoon's shirt tighter. Namjoon's large body shook against Yoongi's relatively small one as he sobbed. My eyes watered up as I watched the scene in front of me. The doctors and nurses present in the room decided to give the three of us some privacy and exited the area as quick as they could.
After sharing a very long hug, they both decided to pull away and look at each other.
"Okay, stop crying now. I don't like it," Yoongi said to Namjoon who immediately obeyed.
I watched as Namjoon smiled at his hyung's order and wiped his tears away as fast as he possibly could. Yoongi wiped his own tears too before giving Namjoon an extremely wide smile.
"You should cover yourself up again. Your body still needs to warm up," Namjoon said and bent down to pick up Yoongi's blankets before wrapping them as tightly as possible around Yoongi.
They shared a few good moments before Yoongi noticed my presence. He had no idea who I was, and it was too obvious, so Namjoon took it upon himself to do the introductions.
"Yoongi hyung, this is Seo Yeon. She is part of our family, and an ARMY. She is one of the reasons why we found you," He said and looked at me proudly, making me blush and look down.
I bowed down to him and tried to hold myself back from doing anything. If I let myself go, I'd probably run up to him, hug him and never let him go.
"She is an ARMY?!" Yoongi asked Namjoon with shock and his eyes widened.
"Yeah, she is," Namjoon replied with a wide smile.
Yoongi walked towards me and then paused right in front of me. I felt my breath become uneven when I realized that the great Min Yoongi was standing right in front of me, not to mention also that he was my (bias wrecker) wrecker. I slapped my ARMY brain once more, but then all forms of self control seemed to have paused when he held my hand in his and shook it. It wasn't the first time I've held Yoongi's hand; it was the second, but it still felt surreal.
"I feel really happy that the one person who contributed to saving my life belongs to our family. Thank you very much," He said as he shook my hand.
I faced a sudden case of speechlessness since my vocal chords felt paralyzed. My breath hitched when he bowed to me, showing me great amounts of respect I never thought I'd receive from anyone. I bowed down to him too and managed to say," There is no need to thank me," But after stuttering a good amount of times.
He gave me a very cute gummy smile and returned back to his bed then took a look at Jungkook's body. My smile disappeared, and so did Namjoon's when we all saw his state. He was wrapped all around with a lot of blankets, but his face still looked the same, pale and frozen. The sight of him like that made me feel suffocated so I tried to look away, but I couldn't. It reminded me of my dead father. I didn't want Jungkook to end up that way too.
"Poor Jungkook. He had to go through a lot," Yoongi suddenly said, captivating our full attention.
"W-what happened to you two?" Namjoon asked.
Yoongi sighed before saying," It is a long story."
The two of us respected the fact that he didn't feel like saying anything at the moment and kept silent. The silence that surrounded us was not the deadly type, rather the comfortable one. Being in this area was giving me mixed emotions, and I didn't know exactly how I felt except that I was that Yoongi was alright.
"By the way, do you know anything about the rest of the members?" Yoongi suddenly asked Namjoon.
Namjoon and I looked at each other for a moment, contemplating whether telling Yoongi about this was the best option at the moment. Yoongi had to go through so much at the moment, so I believed that telling him about the whereabouts of the rest of the members will only make things worse because we didn't have access to the other tent. Namjoon seemed to understand the look that I gave him, so he looked down and shook his head.
"We haven't heard anything about them. Actually, we were hoping that we would get some news about them before the soldiers get the tents sealed," Namjoon said while fiddling with his fingers. Yoongi seemed to notice how nervous Namjoon was, so he probably guessed that he didn't want to talk about that topic any further.
"Oh yeah, what is going on with this sealing thing? Are they starting a competition now over who can kill the most citizens?" He asked, making the two of us chuckle.
"No, they put it up to protect us from the snowstorm," Namjoon answered then I took my chance to ask him.
"Why did you leave though when the soldeirs were sealing off the place?" I asked him.
He knitted his eyebrows and said," I think I left before those soldeirs came because I didn't see anyone."
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