You Need To Survive

Jungkook's Story (Part 2)

        Jungkook kept running and running until he was back on familiar ground. He turned a corner, trying to think straight through his muddled brain. Then he took two rights and found himself in front of Suga's house.
        He burst through the door to see a drinking Suga. He wrapped his arms around Suga, spilling the drink all over the ground. Suga pushed Jungkook onto a wall. "What are you doing?!" he yelled. "Do you want to kill me too?"
        Jungkook stopped and stared. Then he narrowed his eyes, took a step forward and punched Suga in the face. "How DARE you bring that up!" he yelled back.
        Suga stumbled, then got up, shook his head, and pushed Jungkook. He lay sprawled on the ground, watching dumbly as Suga picked up a chair. He looked at Jungkook, muttered, "You don't deserve this death, murderer," and swung it.
        It hit the wall. Suga instictively swung it out of the way of Jungkook.
        Jungkook looked up at Suga, tears streaming down his face. "You're right. I am a murderer."
        "Yes! You are!" he spat. "If you hadn't decided to take matters into your own hands, Jin hyung would still be alive! So would Taehyung! You are a murderer, you idiot! You stupid fool, you murderer!"
        Jungkook sobbed. "Stop it!"
        Suga didn't stop. "You fool, now realizing what you've done? And now you come over to my house and try to kill me too?"
        "I wasn't try-trying-"
        "How can I trust you? You killed Jin hyung AND Taehyung!"
        Jungkook couldn't handle it anymore. He got up and ran away.
        
        Suga stared at the disappearing Jungkook. He then drained his cup, took out his suitcase, and packed his belongings in it. He took out his lighter and set fire to the place. Then he walked away.

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        Jungkook walked slowly, thinking about what Suga said.
        Earlier, he had thrown up because of the alcohol. It stained the side of the street and got him strange looks from the people who saw him.
        "You are a murderer, you idiot!"
        Jungkook's head snapped up before he realized he had imagined it.
        He kept walking.
        His head was down. He didn't see the people he bumped into, didn't register them as he passed by them. But both of them saw him. They looked back with sneers before walking up to him.
        Jungkook didn't see them until they shoved him into the wall. One of them grabbed his throat. Jungkook pulled his arm away, still with that blank stare. They punched him, then kicked him, pulled him backwards and pushed him up on the walls, grabbed his jacket and shoved him into the opposing walls. He didn't care anymore. All he felt was the pain.
        After a while, they left. Jungkook didn't know when. The next thing he knew, he was sitting up against the wall, bruises on his face and all over his body. The pain resided to a dull ache. He stayed there on the ground for a while. He leaned his head back on the wall and stayed there.
        He got up. He made himself get up. He walked a little more, then saw a hotel. The type of hotel Suga would stay at. Jungkook smiled, then winced as Suga's words ran back in his mind.
        "You're a murderer, you idiot!"
        Jungkook shook his head to clear it, then looked up at the hotel.
        And saw Suga.
        His mouth fell open, then he rubbed his eyes and looked again.
        He was gone.
        Jungkook sighed. It was too much to hope for.
        He walked across the street and heard a noise. He looked and saw the car right before it hit him.
        He felt the car on his side, then a splintering crash and an explosion. He gasped and fell.
        Oh, pain. So much pain.
        He grabbed his side, felt something warm on his hands. Blood. Blood was strange...so warm...
        He heard something, footsteps running towards him.
        Jungkook looked up.
        It was Taehyung.
        "Tae...Tae..." He tried to speak.
        Taehyung stared at him, tears streaming down his cheeks.
        "I'm...coming..."
        "You fool! You idiot! I was still alive!" Taehyung yelled.
        Jungkook's eyebrows furrowed. Still...alive?
        Then he realized. Taehyung survived the fall.
        He choked a sob. "I'm so...sorry," he managed.
        Taehyung sobbed with him. "Jungkook,"
        Jungkook reached out a hand. His vision was tunneling, becoming white around the edges. "Hyung...tell Suga...tell him..."
        Taehyung leaned closer. "Tell him what? Jungkook?"
        Jungkook's vision was entirely white, entirely gone. He sobbed again. The pain in his side was dulling. He knew he was dying. He managed to say something. "Love is...so painful," he sang.
        He felt Taehyung's sad smile as he sang the last lines to the song. He felt his limp hand being squeezed by a stronger, more sure hand.
        "Goodbyes are even...more..."