WHERE YOU BELONG || JIKOOK ✅

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JIMIN POV

Joon must have called in every favor owed to him because, not an hour later, shifters from two nearby packs arrived at the hospital and took up guard outside the surgical suite.

Max had been rushed into theater, the doctors talking about bleeding in his brain.

They were left sitting in the waiting room, Tae curled up in a chair, his face in his hands.

Jimin didn't know what to say.

He paced the floors, rocking his daughter to soothe her.

The door slammed open, Mark standing there.

"I see the cavalry has arrived."

"Joon sent me to take you and the baby back to hybe, Jimin. And—" He swallowed. "And to bring Darcy home. How's Max?"

"No news yet." Tae said, uncurling. "But I'm worried."

"Another head injury..."

It wasn't Max's first and the last one had nearly torn their lives apart.

"Hey." Jimin sank into the seat next to him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"Max is strong, He'll fight this."

"He'll recover." He had to recover.

He couldn't carry any more guilt on his shoulders, All this for his multitude of bad decisions.

"We should go, Jimin." Mark said.

"Ben and Lisa are here to stay with Tae but we don't want to risk Kook's pack coming back for her." He nodded to the baby.

"We've brought enough bloodshed here."

He nodded, gathering the little one against his chest.

He hugged Tae again. "I'll see you soon."

"Be safe," his brother said but his eyes had turned to the door of the surgical suite, watching and waiting for news of his mate.

Jimin hoped he'd get it soon.

Numbly, he followed Mark out to the car and just as numbly, watched as Ben and Lisa laid Darcy's body down in the back and covered him.

"We'll take care of Tae." Lisa promised.

"Get that little one home safely."

"We will." Mark answered when Jimin didn't speak.

Jimin climbed into the passenger seat, moving awkwardly with the baby in his arms.

"I'd better keep to the speed limits." Mark muttered as he got in the driver's side.

"I don't know how I'd even begin to explain this to the cops."

They got on the road, the baby settling again with the rhythmic movement of the car.

*****

"I'm sorry, Joon."

"This is all my fault."

It wasn't what Jimin had planned to say on seeing his brother but it was what came out.

"As much mine as yours." Joon said tightly.

"I knew there were risks from Jungkook's pack."

"They broke in here, after all."

"I just hadn't anticipated the hospital being a target since we didn't plan to be there."

"I want to go to big hit to get him back."