"HOSEOK!!" Tae screamed in the middle of the night as he sat up, shaking and sweating.

"Taehyung?" Jungkook asked, as we both sat up. Tae was gasping for air, putting a shaky hand on his forehead as his eyes frantically searched the place.

"Hey, Tae. Look at me." I said, my voice still scratchy as I cupped his face in my hands. He searched my face, still panicked for a moment until his eyes started to slow and soften.

"N-Noona?" he asked, his voice breaking.

"Yes, it's me. You are alright. You are safe. You are here with me and Jungkook. Hoseok is ok, he is just resting." I said softly, as his breathing started to slow.

"I-I ...h-he....s-s-so much b-blood...." he mumbled, his body trembling horribly.

"Tae, I was there with him at the hospital. I saw him after he came out of surgery. He is alright, just gonna be slow moving and sore for a little bit. I promise, he is ok. Jimin and Yoongi are staying the night at the hospital so we could get some rest and all of us go up there in the morning." Jungkook said, as he patted Tae's back. Tae nodded and raked his shaky hands through his damp hair leaning back to lay down again. He looked back and forth between us and broke into nervous laughter.

"I c-can't believe I'm sleeping between you two." he said, his breath still heavy.

"It's fine, Taehyung. Really. I mean if you are uncomfortable, I can go sleep in Jungkook's old bed and you two can stay here." I said, shifting back a little bit.

"No, I'm not gonna kick you out of your own bed. I'm ok, just don't start trying to fuck while I'm in the bed, ok?" he teased, making me feel so much more at ease that he was laughing about something.

"Jeez, Tae." Jungkook laughed, jokingly punching Taehyung's arm. He laughed in response for a minute before it died down and his face got serious again.

"Tae we are here for you, for whatever you need. If you need an escape or a safehouse or someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on....we are whatever you need us to be." I said, giving him a sad smile. He wiped the corner of his eyes and nodded, letting out a shaky sigh.

"I've never been so scared in my entire life. I thought I lost him. I wished he would have let them do what they wanted to me. Anything would have been better than watching the love of my life get a knife shoved into him." he said softly.

"Damn. I'm so sorry, Taehyung." Jungkook said, laying back on his side and looking at him intensely.

"I don't know if I will ever feel peace of mind again. I mean we were just hanging around the house. I was playing on Hobi's cell phone while he went to go take a shower. The next thing, I hear a loud bang from downstairs. I walked out of our room and went down the stairs some. I looked over the bannister to see three guys ransacking the living room. I gasped and they heard it and came tearing off upstairs to come after me. I ran and made it into our room when they started holding me down. I think the one guy was unbuckling his pants...I'm not sure what they planned on but I can easily guess. Then he heard the shower turn off and I tried to scream to warn Hobi but one of them covered my mouth. As Hobi opened the bathroom door........." he stopped, getting choked up.

"You don't have to continue Tae. It's ok." I said, rubbing his arm. He wiped the tears from his face and continued after taking a shaky breath.

"He rushed forward to try to get to me. He actually shoved the guy who was standing down. Then one of them who was holding me let go and got up. I screamed as I saw the knife go into Hobi's side. The other one who was holding me let go saying something about not supposed to kill anyone. Hobi screamed at me to run and even as terrified as I was being in headspace and all, I still ran. I should have left but I couldn't leave without Hobi so I ran into my closet and hid. It locks from the inside so I just locked the door and that's when I grabbed his phone out of my pocket and started calling everyone." he finished, his breath still shaky and uneven.

"Tae, what you did probably saved Hoseok's life." Jungkook said softly, his eyes searching his distraught friend's face.

"He got stabbed because of me." he said, stifling a sob.

"No, Tae, you can't think like that. You tried to get to him first to protect him. I would have done the same thing, so don't blame yourself." I replied, running my hand back through his hair. He nodded and sniffed as he wiped his face again.

"Here, let's get some rest Tae. Don't think about it, alright? Think about seeing your bright and smiling boyfriend in the morning." Jungkook said, scooting closer to Tae. He nodded in agreement as they both closed their eyes and let out sighs. It took a while but we all finally fell back asleep, worn out from the day.

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"Tae?" Hobi croaked, a huge smile spreading across his groggy face. Tae broke down in sobs again as he ran to his boyfriend's side, clutching his hands as he almost dropped to his knees.

"Oh, Hobi." he sobbed, kissing his hands over and over again.

"Nurse cranky-ass is gonna kill me for this but climb in, baby." Hobi offered, lifting his blanket.

"I don't want to hurt you." Tae said in a soft voice.

"Nonsense. I need my baby to heal me." he said, offering that sweet smile again as Tae climbed up in the bed. Hoseok winced slightly as he shifted more to cuddle closer to Tae.

"I thought I had lost you." Tae whimpered as he clung to Hosoek's hospital gown.

"Never." Hobi whispered, tears making their way down his face as they closed the distance between them, kissing softly. Yoongi and Jimin had just left to go home and get some rest and thankfully Jin and Namjoon were headed up soon after we were finally able to get a hold of them.

"Have you been ok, baby? I've been worried sick." Hosoek said, breaking the kiss.

"Noona and Jungkook took really good care of me." Tae said with a soft smile, looking over at us.

"Thank you both so much. I can't possibly express to you how much I appreciate everything..." Hoseok replied, starting to get choked up.

"Hyung, don't worry about it. We love you guys." Jungkook said, giving a kind smile to them both.

"And Tae was so sweet. He is always a pleasure to be around. Even after everything he went through, he was still your sweet little Taetae." I said, smiling at them both.

"My Taetae was good for you?" Hobi asked, looking down at a blushing Taehyung. He whined slightly as he hid his face in Hobi's hospital gown making us all laugh. We stayed there for all of the visitation hours we were allowed until we were finally forced to pry a crying Taetae off of his daddy. The next several days were like this, us taking Tae to the hospital and him coming home with us at night until Hosoek was finally released. They decided to stay with Yoongi for the meantime until they could make arrangements to move, neither wanting to go back to the place that would hold haunting memories for them...a memory of almost losing the one they loved the most.

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