A/N: 12 chapters to go

Jimin is barely awake when Jungkook slams open the door to his hospital room. Saying it startled him would be an understatement. The fire in Jungkook's eyes were far more disturbing.

"What in the hell did you think you were doing?!" Jungkook practically screams. His voice is boiling with anger, but as cold as ice. Jimin doesn't even know how to respond, but his body does for him with a slight shuddering and tears rolling down his cheeks.

Jungkook immediately softens and feels his limbs grow heavy. "Fuck Jimin...n-no don't cry I'm sorry." The younger sighed before walking over to the bed and sitting down next to Jimin. "Just please don't dance again. I was so worried about you." Jungkook pleads as his own tears threaten to fall.

His hand cups Jimin's cheek and the older leans right into the touch, bringing a shaky hand up to cover Jungkook's. "I'm sorry Jungkookie." He sniffles and opens up an arm to invite the younger into a hug. Jungkook clings to him and dreads the days where he won't have anyone to cling to.

"I love you so much hyung."

"I love you too my Kookie."

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Jungkook wakes up to nothing next to him. He sits up in a panic and looks around the hospital room. There's no sign of him anywhere. He thinks he might be gone until he hears the sound of the toilet flushing.

Jimin comes out of the bathroom with a soft smile on his face and dressed in an oversized sweater and skinny jeans. "Good morning hyung." Jungkook whispers as he gets up and gives the smaller boy a hug. Jimin hugs him back, but not as tight as normal. Jungkook tries to ignore it.

"Yoongi told you what's wrong didn't he." Jimin whispered into Jungkook's chest. The younger pulled away with a sad smile and nodded his head. Jimin just sighed and closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry Kookie." Jimin's voice cracked as he pulled Jungkook into a bone crushing hug. That was more like Jimin. "Hyung don't be sorry we'll get through this." Jungkook sighed as he nuzzled his hyung's cherry blossom hair.

"I never wanted to hurt my painter boy."

Jungkook felt something inside him break at that sentence.

"H-hyung no matter what happens, I'll always be your painter boy."

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The two arrived back home that afternoon with their five friends following them like lost puppies.

The two watched as their friends stood awkwardly towards the front door while they settled into the couch. It was a bit awkward considering Yoongi and Jungkook had been the only ones aware that Jimin had been sick at all

"So...do you guys wanna hang out for pizza or something?" Jimin finally asks. The boys by the door look at each other and use some sort of telepathy to all nod their heads yes.

"Jiminie." Jin calls with a frown on his face.

"Yeah hyung?"

"You have some explaining to do."

When the pizza arrives the awkward tension is broken. Jimin is curled tightly into Jungkook's side on the couch. Yoongi is beside him keeping a comfortable distance away while Namjoon and Jin are huddled under a blanket on the floor. Taehyung and Hoseok are cuddled into the smaller couch, unable to keep their hands off each other. Jin gets up to get the pizzas and pay the boy.

"Thank you Jin hyung," choruses throughout the room. He just nods and blows a kiss to each of the boys which instantly makes everyone smile widely.

After munching on the pizza everyone looks at Jimin expectantly to which the older sighs.

"Alright everyone," he starts, "I have a disease that affects my bone marrow." He scanned the faces around the room and took a deep breath as he already saw tears in Jin's eyes. Jungkook squeezed his waist a little tighter and Jimin relaxed a bit into his side.

"It can cause pain and just make me feel sick. I'm okay for now though the doctor is taking care of it." He said quietly. His heart swelled when Taehyung raised his hand like a little schoolboy. Jimin nodded his head and smiled softly.

"W-will you d-die?"

Jimin's heart sank. He saw the hope and sadness in his dongsaeng's eyes and couldn't bring himself to tell the truth.

"No Taehyung-ah don't be silly. I'll be alright, okay?" Taehyung let out a breath of relief and smiled. Yoongi looked over at Jimin with a quirked eyebrow. Taehyung seemed to be the only one that bought Jimin's hope-filled words, but no one was gonna tell the smiling boy that.

"Now, lets watch a movie shall we?"

"Okay, but only if I can sit by you hyung." Taehyung said to Jimin with his notorious puppy eyes. "W-well uh.." he trailed off not sure what to do.

"But I wanna sit by you hyung." Jungkook whispered with a kiss to the elders temple. Jimin shivered at the touch and felt his skin tingle.

"Why don't we just all sit together on the floor." Jin suggested. Hoseok smiled in agreement and Yoongi scoffed. He didn't want any part of that. He eventually gave in and took place next to Namjoon. They sat in front of Jimin's legs while Taehyung and Jungkook sat pressed into his sides. Hoseok laid back against Taehyung's legs and Jin laid in front of Namjoon.

"Aww we're all one big cuddle pile." Taehyung cooed.

"Don't make me hate this more than I already do." Yoongi grumbled making everyone burst out in laughter for the first time in a very long time.

"We love you Jiminie." Taehyung said as he nuzzled into the older's shoulder. Everyone said their agreement and Jimin never felt so warm and happy.

He cuddled into Jungkook's side who responded with a kiss to his forehead,

and for the first time in weeks in that very moment,

Jimin felt no pain.

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A/N: this is a filler chapter I'm sorryyyy but aye I updated