I Still Want You [Taekook] - Chapter 60: Chapter 60

Seoul - November 2018
No One's P.O.V
"Is it true that you and Taehyung did nothing?"
"Yes"
"Didn't he tell you something?"
"He doesn't say anything at all"
"Where have you gone?"
Yoongi rolled his eyes annoyingly. Yes, Park Jimin, his lover, is jealous. No, he is not jealous of Taehyung. But he is jealous of Yoongi. Jimin still can't accept the fact that his best friend chooses to have a friend-date with Yoongi, not him.
"How many times do I have to tell you? You don't need to be jealous of me. At that time he was just so bored in the dorm, while you had dance practice with Jungkook and Hoseok." Yoongi said, emphasizing the word 'dance practice'.
"Then he asked me to go out. We went to the park where we first met, sat there, that's all. And he didn't say anything. Well, he said that he would tell me a secret, but after he said that, he just keep quiet. Even until we go back to the dorm, we both don't talk to each other." he added.
Jimin narrowed his eyes towards Yoongi, trying to find even a speck of lie, but all he can find is honesty.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Still can't believe me? You can ask Taehyung then."
Meanwhile, Taehyung, he is sitting restlessly on the other side. Since last night, he is feeling uneasy. That's why, a few minutes ago, he made a call with his sister. Fortunately, both his sister and her soon to be husband are fine. And now he is afraid something might happen to Jungkook.
"Did something happened to grandma? I'll try calling Jungkook again." Taehyung said in a monologue.
After the fourth ring, finally, Jungkook answers his call.
"Hello"
"Hello. Where are you now, Kook?"
"I'm in the hospital's basement, about to going back. Are you at the airport?"
"Yes, we are at the VIP lounge, just come here. All the suitcases, including yours, are here. How are your mother and grandmother doing?"
"Grandma is fine. Luckily she doesn't blame herself. Mother hasn't regained consciousness since she's still under the influence of the anaesthetic, she received a few stitches in her head."
"Thank God. Be safe and take care."
"Yup. See you. Wait for me. I love you."
"See you. I love you, and I will always wait for you"
***
"Hyung, is the distance from the hospital to here is far away?" Taehyung asked Namjoon who is sitting not far from him.
"I don't think so, it only takes about 15 minutes by car to come here. Why? Have you missed Jungkook already?" Namjoon teases him, wiggling his eyebrows
"Well, I always miss him, but that's not the case for now. Why hasn't Jungkook arrived here yet?"
"Just relax. Our flight is still forty-five minutes away."
"30 minutes ago Jungkook called. He was on his way to left the hospital, Hyung."
Taehyung panicked. He could no longer sit calmly in his chair. Seeing his best friend walking back and forth with glazed eyes while squeezing his cellphone with both hands in front of his chest, Jimin immediately came over.
"Tae, what's wrong?"
"Jungkook ... why hasn't he arrived here yet?" Taehyung's tears began to trickle, make all the members rushed to him.
"Calm down. Maybe the road is jammed. Or maybe he stopped by somewhere." Jin rubs Taehyung's back, trying to calm his beloved brother.
There hasn't been a minute, Sejin ran hurriedly toward them, bringing the news that ravaging Taehyung's world.
"Jungkook had an accident. He is in critical condition."
For Taehyung, it feels like the earth where he's stand collapsed in the blink of an eye. The news passed through him like a hurricane.
***
Never in his life did Taehyung drive this fast. Ignoring his Hyung's call, ignoring every car that almost hit him. He just wanted to get to the hospital as fast as possible.
His run stopped when he arrived in front of the emergency room and he just stares at the closed door. A nurse approaches him
"Can I help you, sir?"
"Is Jungkook in there?" Taehyung said without looking away.
"Yes, sir."
"How is his condition?"
"I'm sorry, but his condition is critical. For more details, you can ask the doctor later when he finished."
Taehyung stayed standing there, without moving even an inch.
"Tae ..." Jimin, the members, and some staff just arrived.
"Tae" Jimin calls him once more, but Taehyung doesn't answer.
Ten minutes passed, there are no staff left because they have to take care of a lot of things and drive away the reporters' crowd in front of the hospital. Jimin, Hoseok, and Yoongi sit in chairs not far from the emergency room. Jin and Namjoon stand leaning against the wall next to them. Whereas Taehyung is still in the same place. Even though his name is called multiple times, his body is embraced, he still doesn't budge.
Taehyung stares at the door which is still closed even after twenty minutes. His mind was laid waste by the news that his love on the verge of life and death. He felt emotionally devastated. There is nothing left to feel, nothing left to say, nothing left but the void that enveloped his mind.
And finally, the door opened.
"Are there patient's families here?"
"We're his family," said Namjoon represent the other. "How is his condition?"
"I'm afraid he cannot be saved, sorry. His condition is very severe. He experienced high-speed crashes which result in great force shock on the patient's chest area that causes rupture of his heart. And it has a high mortality rate. For now, he can still survive with the help of a machine, but if within a week he doesn't get a heart donor, then most likely he will die."
Everyone, but Taehyung, gasp.
"Then get a heart donor for him. I'm begging you" Taehyung kneels before the doctor. "I will pay whatever the cost. Please, please save him," he says with a trembling voice.
Since a few days ago, Taehyung already had a bad feeling, he felt that something bad would happen, but it's still unfathomable.
Taehyung isn't crying, but his whole body is trembling with a great tremor, and everyone can see the pain in those eyes. All the member can see that he just like an empty shell, still holding on but without anything left inside.
"Please. Just, please. I beg you, Doctor."
"Sorry sir, but it's not that easy to get a heart donor. A heart transplant requires a heart donation from an individual who is declared brain dead and on a ventilator. Most transplant candidates wait for some length of time because there are more people in need of a transplant than there are deceased donors. Transplant candidates are placed on the national transplant waiting list. They are matched based on three factors: medical urgency, distance from the donor hospital and pediatric status. Besides that, blood type, body size and other medical information are key factors in the matching process for all organs."
"So, we're just going to do nothing and watch him die?"
"Of course no. We're going to do our best to save him and strive to get a heart donor. What I'm trying to say is that this won't be easy, so I can't promise anything for now."
The doctor then left Taehyung and the others to see if there is a heart donor available.
Jungkook has now been transferred to the ICU. His body is covered in wounds. The cables and tubes stick to his body as life support, with various machines around him.
"Excuse me, can we see him for a moment?" Jin asks the nurse who is assigned in the ICU.
"Only one person is allowed to see the patient, and even then he cannot enter, only looking from the outside."
Jin squats down, aligns his face with Taehyung who is sitting in a chair. "Tae, do you want to see Jungkook?" The red-haired man doesn't answer but immediately walked towards the nurse. "I want to see him."
Taehyung presses his palm against the glass wall that separated him with the man who's lying helplessly.
There, behind the glass wall, his Jungkook, his boyfriend, the love of his life, is fighting against death, and he can't do anything.
And finally, Taehyung's wall is broken. Brick by brick, his walls came tumbling down. The sound of the machines, that supporting Jungkook's life, pulls all the string of Taehyung's sanity. He breaks down in tears. It hurts, It's overwhelming. He can't cope with the emotional and physical turmoil since he knows that his loved one is dying and he can't do anything. And it makes Taehyung helpless.
He presses his forehead against the glass wall and starts to let his heart yank in and out of his chest with his heart-wrenching cry. No, he doesn't break down quietly, his wracking sobs echoed throughout the ICU hallway. He cries in such a forlorn way that no-one could bear to listen for long, including all the members. They start to sobbing when they hear the gut-wrenching cry from the inside.
"Jungkook, Kookie. Can you hear me? You can hear me, right? If you can, please wake up. Why are you lying there? Come here and hold me. You said that you love me, that I should wait for you, then why did you do this to me?" he said, crying sorrowfully.
"You told me you would love me forever, you would cherish me, you promised me. You know that even if I have the whole world, It's no use to me. You know I can't go on without you. So, please come here. Hug me, pull me on your embrace. I beg you. Please don't leave me. Comeback to me."
Tahyung cries like crazy, letting out all the tears that he has been holding in.
"Kookie, I'll make sure that our love will end in a happy ending. Because for me, it's only you."