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hoseok's smile faded gradually, the cafe going silent with him. the loud blasting noise that came from the kitchen left everyone breathless as they looked at the kitchen's way with enlarged eyes.

"W-what happened?" Hoseok breathed out, sensing his legs going numb.

"Something blasted!" Jimin shouted making hoseok to stumble a bit.

"No no no NO!" Hoseok ran towards the kitchen following Y/N, Jimin, Yugeom, and some of his friends.

taehyung stood there with a smirk that no one noticed before he lazily strolled towards the kitchen with his both hands stuffed inside his pants pocket after everyone left.

"Yoongi?" Hoseok pushed the door opened and his body shuddered on the spot, his breathe unsteady as tears soon whelmed in his eyes.

The scene in front of him shook his entire existence.

the short man laid on the kitchen's floor with his hand covering his face. when hoseok noticed that hand he felt like puking. yoongi's hand was burnt to that level where the flesh was visible, the blood gushing out and dripping down on the white t-shirt painting it pure red.

"Yoongi-ah!" Hoseok ran to him before kneeling down to place his head on his lap. His hand still covering his face.

"Yoongi!" You ran to him as well with tears filling your eyes.

jimin glanced around the kitchen, feeling his eyes widen by the disaster that just took place in here. the stove was blown away when the cylinder exploded, the once white walls were now black indicating how huge the blast was.

some spots around the stove were still on fire. jimin, yugeom and the others immediately helped in stopping the fire with water.

The blast was so huge and deadly...

Was yoongi even alive after this?

"Yoongi? Wake up! Yoongs..." Hoseok shook his body but no response.

The hand still covering his face, You noticed it and tried to grab his hand but shivered thinking what if his face is burnt?

"hoseok... his hand..." you whispered to him and hoseok nodded his head as if he was preparing himself, maybe for the worst.

after a while of hesitation he finally gathered the courage and with that he grabbed yoongi's burnt hand, sensing the sticky wetness and warm flesh against his palm.

He gulped shakily as his hand trembled, taking a deep breath he finally pulled yoongi's hand off his face.

both your and hoseok's eyes widened seeing yoongi's face. soon enough sobs were tumbling out of both your lips when you saw,

Yoongi's face was all fine.

"Thank God... Thank God!" Hoseok sobbed pulling yoongi more to his chest, hugging him tighter than ever.

"Call the ambulance! Call it!" Hoseok screamed, hugging his love of life like he could die at any moment.

It wasn't wrong though. Yoongi's breathing was heavy and his heartbeat was slower than it should be.

Taehyung stood there with a smirk but when you turned to him with tearful eyes, his smirk which was unseen, had faded.

He fished out his phone and walked to you and hoseok while dialing the ambulance's number, all while looking at yoongi who was laying on hoseok's lap.

He couldn't help but feel happy from inside.

"Hello? Hospital? Yeah there's someone in a very critical state... from a umm cylinder blast. Send the ambulance right now!" Taehyung blabbered with a hint of worry in his tone.

"Tae... Yoongi" you sniffed in his chest and he hugged you back while patting your back.

"He'll be alright. Hope so" a smirk forming on his lips again as he stared at the unconscious man.

For one second hoseok turned to see Taehyung, and for God knows what reason... He felt When he turned around to see Taehyung he noticed that smirk. Which nobody did.

But he focused down on his lap again, worried to death for his yoongi.

"Please be alright... I love you. and you need to hear that..." Hoseok whispered into Yoongi's ear while hugging the man tightly.

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once the ambulance reached the hospital the stuffs immediately took the severely injured man in the ICU. everyone noticed there were a lot of burnt injured on his body that they failed to notice before, making everyone even more worried as they stood outside the ICU room while hoseok stood in front of the room's door, watching from the window where the doctors were trying their best to save the man.

Tears pricked down his eyes and with each sob he let go of them. Wiping them with his hand which held yoongi's burnt hand, he trembled in his place.

He didn't even confess to the man yet and there he was, fighting with death. Not forgetting on his own birthday.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! It's all my fucking fault!" Hoseok screamed while banging his head on the wall.

"Hoseok!" You ran to him, trying to stop him but hoseok had lost it.

"Hoseok!" You slapped him across the face making him stop finally.

He stared inside the ICU room with unblinking eyes. The tears still dropping one by one, his shirt covered with yoongi's blood.

The scene in front of you felt like the worst scene you could see. Even worse than heechan's dying one.

"It's all my fault. If I stopped him from going in and went inside instead of him... maybe he wouldn't be like this right now" Hoseok let out with a monotone, still staring at the man lying inside on the bed, unconscious.

"What are you saying?! If you went inside it would have been you who would be there! What's the difference?!"

"THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ME! WHO WOULD BE THERE! WOULDN'T THAT BE BETTER THAN THIS?! WHAT IF HE DOESN'T SURVIVE?! I LOVE HIM Y/N! I FUCKING LOVE HIM!" Hoseok screamed while grabbing your shoulders shaking you hardly.

taehyung saw it and dashed to you, pushing hoseok's hand off your shoulder before holding you firmly. you were shaking in fear, hoseok really had lost it.

"Let go of her. It's not her fault" Taehyung glared at the crying man.

Hoseok dropped on the floor and Jimin held him preventing him from harming himself any further.

"I know... But what if... He doesn't survive? I'll die too"

Taehyung mumbled gritting his teeth together.

"Did you say something?" You asked with a shaky voice.

"No baby... He will be fine. Don't worry. Hoseok kinda lost it. So let it be" Taehyung said with a soft tone making you nod.

But something was coming for you which you never imagined in your life.

The operation was finally over and the doctor came out with a smile on his face.

"What happened doctor? I-is he fine??" Hoseok asked while stuttering.

"Fortunately yes. He is out of danger now. Thanks to him for covering his face with his hand neither he wouldn't have survived." The doctor said with a smile.

Everyone in the room sighed in relief. Hoseok had a smile on his face so as you and Jimin. But Taehyung still with a subtle grin.

what was he up to?

"Can I meet him?"

"Yes all of you can. Just don't pressurize him"

Hoseok ran inside Yoongi's room. you, Jimin and Taehyung followed right after.

"Yoongi" hoseok mumbled to himself, seeing yoongi laying on the bed with eyes staring at the ceiling.

"Hoseok..." Yoongi said in an inaudible tone finally noticing the worried man.

Hoseok sat beside yoongi and hugged him tightly.

"Ah it hurts..."

"Oh sorry..." he sat upright again, giving space for the male.

"You tensed us so much" you said from beside hoseok.

Yoongi didn't reply but only stared at you with...

You felt anxious under his gaze. It almost felt like– he didn't want you here.

"such a relief you survived this accident!" Jimin exclaimed happily.

Yoongi's hand trembled knowing what he had to say next.

controlling his unsteady breath he looked at hoseok and hoseok felt worried seeing yoongi's nervous face.

And then what he said made everyone in the room gasp.

"It wasn't an accident... Someone deliberately did this."

Hoseok gasped, staring at the injured man with widened eyes. You, Jimin were no exceptional. Taehyung was still standing there but now with a stoic face.

"W-what?"

"Yes... When I entered the kitchen I smelled strong smell of gas... But still I shrugged it off." You placed your hand on your mouth remembering you also smelled something like that while bringing the cake.

"I was gonna turn on the stove for heating up the soup when my eyes went down seeing the gas cylinder's pipe was unplugged and before I prevent myself from turning on the stove... It already happened" yoongi said clenching his teeth for the pain his body was giving him.

"W-who did this?" Hoseok stuttered, feeling angrier than he ever felt before in his life.

"W-who went in the kitchen last?" Yoongi asked knowing what was gonna happen next.

Hoseok widened his eyes as he stood up. You also stood frozen with widened eyes and shaky legs. He looked at you with eyes filled with tears and anger.

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