BTS HYYH Notes (Book 1, 2, BUS Game) // COMPLETE [Part 2]

2022, Jun 13 - Hoseok (The Day I Heard The Accident of Jungkook)

[Places: Hospital, burger joint, hideout]

I walked out of the room because I felt tears welling up. Jungkook saying he was fine was heart-wrenching. I had just heard of Jungkook's accident that afternoon. The burger joint was packed with pedestrians taking shelter from the rain. Some of them were Jungkook's classmates.

(A/N: Throwback)

"How come Jungkook doesn't show up anymore?"

I didn't ask this question for any particular reason. I'd lost contact with all the others after returning from the sea, including Jungkook. Then, an unexpected answer came my way.

"Oh, he was in an accident, so he's been absent."

"An accident? Is he hurt badly?"

"We don't know. He hasn't been to school for what, twenty days?"

I called him immediately, but Jungkook didn't answer. I was about to call again but decided to open our group chat instead. No new messages over the past twenty days. The last message was from when we were at the sea. Was it, then? That night when we all parted and went back home. Was it that night?

I left a message that Jungkook was badly hurt. And that, whatever everyone was up to, it was ridiculous not to know what had happened to him for over twenty days. The number next to my message didn't budge, meaning, none of the others opened the chat to read my message.

Did our days together mean nothing? Were "we" fair-weather friends? I got mad at myself. Mad for not contacting him earlier. Mad for letting him return home alone. Jungkook was not a child. But he was the youngest. He was still just a student.

(A/N: End of throwback)

I strolled up and down the hallway a few times and stopped in front of his room. Through the cracked door, I recognized Jungkook's face. He clearly wasn't fine. He looked as pale as a sheet.

Suddenly, the image of Jungkook coming through the door of our empty hideout came into my mind. He was just in his third year of high school (A/N: By country means, I think he said 'Junior/Middle High School' South Korea has 3 years in both JHS and SHS. And he was talking about that Year 20). His naive face showed a sense of loss, as if he'd realized something had come to an end. Did our existence remind him of that sense of loss?

Four of the others hadn't checked my message on the group chat yet. I posted another message.

'This is so disappointing.'

"You? Dancing?"

When I stepped into the room, Jimin and Jungkook were talking about the dance crew. Jimin said it had only been about two weeks since he joined the crew and turned his head bashfully.

"That's right. You were a good dancer. We should all go and see you dance."

Taehyung's call came through at that moment.

"What have you been doing? Why didn't you check my message earlier?” I tried to sound angrier than I actually was.

Taehyung stuttered in a croaky voice as if he'd been crying.