Chapter 30: Home, It's you: 10.1
"Good morning," Dongwook smiled to Seokjin when their eyes met each other, the bird hybrid whimpered when the pain shot his entire body, "don't move too much, several of your ribs are cracked and there are so many wounds that need professional treatment."
Seokjin fell back to his pillow, staring at the familiar white ceiling of the hospital. He chuckled when he remembered old memories.
"What's wrong?" Dongwook tilted his head a little, clearly confused when he saw Seokjin suddenly laughed; his nephew didn't hit his head, right?
Seokjin looked to his uncle, "no, it just," he let out a content sigh, "after the fire accident, I woke up alone for the first time and freaked out; but the next time I woke up you're there; I felt really glad when I saw your face back then."
The older hybrid's heart clenched at Seokjin's words, the time where he got a call from the hospital about Seokjin waking up brought him from the branch headquarter to the hospital really fast, but then he heard his nephew was back into unconsciousness because he tried to claw at his own face so the doctor gave him sedative.
The fire accident where he lost part of his family and where Seokjin lost his blue wings, it was a huge slap for Dongwook who promised to protect his nephews to his wife; their aunty.
"I won't let you wake up alone again," Dongwook said with a thin smile, Seokjin replied back with a huge grin before he softly asked.
"Where's my sons?" he asked softly, trying to not panic when he realized Taehyung and Jungkook weren't with him.
Dongwook raised his hand to calm Seokjin down before he does something stupid like ripping the IV's injection, he slapped the younger man's hand from the top of the IV, "but the IV itches," Seokjin joked.
"Don't do that or the nurse will kill both of us," Dongwook smirked, "I will explain from the beginning, okay?"
"Tell me where are Jungkook and Taehyung first," the older man nodded, his children were with Jimin in the hospital's cafeteria since it was lunchtime.
"It was hard to convince them to leave your bed for a moment, Taehyung almost bites Chanyeol's finger if Yoongi didn't stop that tiger," Seokjin laughed, he could imagine how his oldest son growled at his poor friend.
"First, the criminals that trapped you were just pawns," Dongwook explained, "how they could get your address and how they could find Taehyung and Jungkook was also organized."
Seokjin clenched his fists, to think those bastards put his children inside this sick plan, he couldn't wait to be healthy and give those people a lesson.
"Calm down, I can feel your killing intent," Dongwook crossed his leg, putting his hands on his knees and continue, "and to cut it short, we already arrested and cut their names from our family."
Seokjin widened his eyes, "h-how?" he stuttered, "they are powerful figure and it's near impossible to catch them red-handed without valid proof!"
Dongwook smiled, leaning back to the chair he sat on. He fixed Seokjin's growing bangs and smiled to the younger man, "you are really naïve, Seokjin-ah," he scolded the other man softly.
The younger man quirked his eyebrow, he didn't understand, "you're not the only one who fights in here," Dongwook explained.
"Namjoon sent years collecting evidence, he worked together with me and even asking Yoongi to use his connections to drag those people to the jail," for a solid second, Seokjin recalled Namjoon's blank face when they were playing the Mario kart.
"The little baby brother you protected, he is the one who caught those people who orchestrated everything; he was the one who could solve the difficult pattern of their doings and used this opportunity to slam this problem to the court."
The baby brother he vowed to protect, the brother he remembered that always stood behind him; Namjoon was the one who finished this endless loop, "he is no longer a helpless boy who watched his brother while trembling in fear"
"He was the one who saved you too when those criminals almost burn you alive with your children, together with Yoongi, Jimin, Hoseok, and that one friend who told them your location."
The people he left, the people he turned blind-eye because Seokjin was simply too egoist and think all the world was against him.
"All of them, they protected you, they fight together with you," Dongwook put his hand on the top of Seokjin's thin hand, the warmth spread as if the younger man was a cold stone and the older man was a heater.
"I-"
Dongwook stood up before Seokjin could continue, "you saved Namjoon from the fire that day, fighting with him between your arms," both of them became silent for several seconds, "you suffered the most damage while Namjoon just had minor wounds."
"You lost your wings and fought the hate whispers, putting your brother behind your back and scarifying your position in the family so Namjoon could still stay there," Seokjin looked down to his own hands, he did that but he also left his brother without telling him anything.
"Namjoon often talks to me about his frustration, the fact that he was too young and small to even help you," Seokjin shook his head.
"That's not true!" he countered back, "Namjoon always sent me anything I needed even though I rejected him!" Dongwook stopped before the room's door, "he is the reason why I can continue living too, despite the fact I lost everything, he and Grandpa, and you too; uncle, you keep me alive and because of that I could meet Taehyung and Jungkook."
Dongwook turned around, looking to Seokjin who looked back with confident eyes. He reached the doorknob with one of his hand and twisted it until the door was opened.
"That's right, but Seokjin," his uncle stood on the doorframe, "you must know too, that the baby brother you always protect, he isn't a baby anymore, he is a grown-up man now and his dream is simple."
Seokjin moved but he still couldn't sit because he just woke up and all of his limbs were sore, he saw Dongwook gave his side a glance before he faced Seokjin back with a grin.
"You know, Namjoon always dream to be able to walk not behind you; he always chases after your broad shoulders that always protect him and,"
"He wants to be at least, to be able to walk beside you, together."
Then Seokjin heard a loud sobbing sound from the corridor, Dongwook stepped out and brought someone in.
He saw Yoongi smiled while patting Namjoon's back and his brother bent down to hide his crying face, it was true that he rarely hears his brother's word, they rarely exchanges each other's feeling.
"I-" Namjoon hiccupped, Yoongi led him to Seokjin's bed, "I-I'm glad you're awake Hyung," the younger man's voice was cracked and raw, so many emotion inside them.
"Namjoon, I-"
Before he could apologies, Namjoon rushed to his side and engulfed him inside his warm embraces, his younger brother's wings unconsciously wrapped both of them.
Seokjin saw the similar wings like him but this one was slightly bigger and warmer, also stronger than the old wings of his; protecting him this time.
The older hybrid grinned, hugging back as tightly as possible with his weak hands, "you're right," he mumbled, "you're not a brat anymore."
Yoongi smiled, startled when Namjoon unwrapped his wings and Hoseok suddenly popped out of nowhere and pushed both of them inside the group-hug.
"Thank you," Seokjin whispered, with tears wetting both of his pale cheeks.
Yoongi rolled his eyes to stop the unshed tears while Hoseok hugged Seokjin without trying to hide his tears and Namjoon already a sobbing mess. Dongwook watched them, leaning back to the wall with a content smile.
"Oh?" a voice pulled them back into reality, Jimin went inside with both of Taehyung and Jungkook. Both of the children were bewildered, they gasped when they caught sight of their father.
"Appa!" both of them shouted, pushing through the adults and climbed the hospital's bed; Namjoon and Hoseok lifted them from the ground though, "appa!" they called him again and Seokjin could hear their voice started to crack at the end.
Jungkook and Taehyung threw themselves to their father, owning a loud groan and hissing sound but when they were about to pull back, Seokjin pulled them into his embraces.
"Hey," was the first thing he said, Jungkook's eyes watered when he heard his father's raw voice, Taehyung already buried his face to the crook of the older man's neck and cried there.
Seokjin kissed Jungkook's forehead and then Taehyung's forehead, looking at them with so much love and gratitude, also guilty because he was sure his sons now had PTSD now, but they could think about that later.
He closed his eyes when the exhaustion attacked him again but not before he whispered to his sons, "thank you," he smiled gently, "I love both of you so much."
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