The hospital hallway was too bright. White walls. White lights. The faint, constant smell of antiseptic. Everything felt too sharp.
Namjoon stood near the window, arms crossed tightly, his jaw set in a way that meant he was thinking too much.
Jimin sat hunched forward, elbows on his knees, fingers laced together, staring at the floor.
Taehyung paced slowly back and forth, shoes making soft sounds against the tiles.
Hoseok kept glancing at the closed door, anxiety written all over his face.
Yoongi stood still. Too still for everyone good.
Mr. Lee stood a little apart from them, near the wall, silent as always, but more tense than usual.
No one spoke much to each other they all were mostly worried. The only sound was the occasional beep from somewhere down the hall.
Jin had collapsed. That thought kept circling back, heavier each time.
"He said he was just tired, i thought he will get better he get some rest i shouldnt have let it go like that" Jimin whispered.
Namjoon didn't answer. Because none of them had pushed. None of them had asked harder.
The door finally opened. All of them stood at once worried to the core for their hyung.
The doctor stepped out, removing her gloves, her expression calm, but careful.
"Is he okay?" Hoseok asked immediately.
"Yes," the doctor said. "He's stable now."
A collective breath was released they all sighed in relief. But then she continued to talk.
"However… he's extremely stressed this days i think thats why he collapsed suddenly. His condition requires much more rest and care."
Namjoon frowned slightly.
"Condition?" they were all confused as to what was wrong with jin.
The doctor hesitated for just a second. Then she said it.
"The stress is not good for the pregnancy and his body looks weak right now, is he even eating properly."
Silence it wasn't the kind of silence that settled gently it dropped heavily that shocked everyone to core . Unbelievable.
Jimin blinked eyes wide opened. Taehyung stopped pacing and stood still. Hoseok's mouth parted slightly. Namjoon's expression went completely still. Yoongi didn't move at all.
"…what? is this real" Jimin whispered.
The doctor looked between them, realizing too late that she has messed up now.
"You… didn't know?" No one answered the question.
Because none of them did. The words settled slowly.
Pregnancy.
Jin.
Their Jin hyung is actually pregnant.
The door behind the doctor felt impossibly far and impossibly close at the same time. Namjoon ran a hand over his face. Taehyung let out a quiet, disbelieving laugh.
"Hyung…?" Jimin's voice cracked slightly.
Yoongi finally moved from all this.
He turned sharply toward Mr. Lee and looked quite angered and mixed of emotions.
"WHEN, did you know hyung?" he asked his voice was lower then ever. Controlled and dangerously cold.
Mr. Lee didn't answer immediately and was also still the whole time. he sighed, That was enough.
Yoongi's jaw tightened. "You knew, right" he said.
It wasn't a question but a answer.
A nurse opened the door again and walked to them.
"You can go in, but not all at once, you are okay to meet the patient ."
They didn't wait anymore. They entered in the room anyway. Jin looked small against the white hospital bed and fragile , pale and too tired.
His eyes flickered open as they entered for a moment, confusion crossed his face then he saw them all clearly and realised where he is. And something in his expression changed immediately knowing whats going on.
"They told you, and now you all know what was i hiding, i didnt meant to hide it but i couldnt tell at all i also something that i am going through and i cant let you all get meddle into it" he said quietly. No one denied it
"but its tough" and his tears slipped out from his eyes. jimin hugged him to console as he cried on his shoulder.
The room filled with too many emotions at once. Shock. Worry. Confusion. And something else.
Yoongi stepped forward. "Who?" he asked softly.
Jin didn't answer His fingers tightened slightly around the blanket.
"Hyung," Yoongi pressed, voice rising just a little. "Who is it, who is the dad?"
Jin looked away. "I'm fine, you dont need to worry about it" he said instead.
"That's not what I asked hyung first you hid your pregnancy from me now you cant tell me about the baby dad i am your brother hyung."
The tension in the room thickened Namjoon stepped forward slightly.
"Let's calm down—"
"No," Yoongi cut in firmly, His eyes were fixed on Jin now waiting for the answer he wants.
"You think we don't deserve to know?" Jin swallowed.
"I dont want to make things complicated."
"Complicated?" Yoongi repeated, His voice sharpened.
"You collapsed, hyung." Silence everyone watching silently because they know how protective is yoongi of jin as brother.
Jin's gaze dropped. "I was going to handle it on my own so."
"By yourself?" Hoseok asked, hurt in his voice.
Jin didn't respond. Yoongi's frustration snapped at last his eyes shifted suddenly—
To Mr. Lee Standing quietly near the door Always there Always close. Always watching over Jin. And then—
That video recently. The one that had been circulating of The café. The way they had looked together and was out. Yoongi's expression hardened.
"…is it you mr. lee?" he asked.
The room froze Everyone turned toward mr lee. Jimin's eyes widened in shock. Taehyung stilled. Namjoon frowned as to what is yoongi saying.
Mr. Lee didn't answer right away, He only looked at Jin and in his eyes as to what should he do now. That silence was louder than anything.
Yoongi took a step forward. "I asked you something answer me dammit." he snapped
Still nothing the tension snapped tighter.
"Say something," Yoongi demanded.
Jin's heart pounded painfully in his chest Everything was collapsing too fast and too suddenly. Jungkook didn't even know yet about the baby. And now—
This.
Mr. Lee's gaze was steady Waiting for jin just waiting. Jin closed his eyes for a second then opened them as to convey through his eyes.
"Yes," he said quietly and sighed. The word barely made a sound. But it shattered the room.
Jimin took a step back. Taehyung stared in disbelief. Hoseok's expression fell. Namjoon's shoulders dropped slightly.
but Yoongi laughed once, But there was no humor in it.
For a second, no one moved. It was like the air itself had been knocked out of place.
"You're serious," he said not to Jin but To Mr. Lee. His eyes locked onto him—cold, steady, and burning underneath. Mr. Lee didn't look away that only made it worse. Yoongi took a step forward then another.
Namjoon noticed immediately. "Yoongi—"
But it was already too late to stop him. "You were supposed to protect him," Yoongi said, voice low but shaking at the edges. "That was your job."
Mr. Lee didn't react. "I did."
Yoongi's jaw tightened.
"Don't," he snapped. "Don't stand there and act like this is protecting him."
Jin shifted weakly on the bed. "Yoongi, stop—"
But Yoongi didn't even look at him.
"All this time," he continued, stepping closer, "you were right there. Watching him. Taking care of him."
His voice dropped further. "And this is what you were doing?"
Mr. Lee's expression didn't change, but his gaze flickered—just briefly—toward Jin.
That was enough yoongi saw it Misread it. And something in him snapped. His fist came fast flying. A sharp, sudden movement—
Impact.
The sound echoed harshly in the small hospital room. Mr. Lee's head turned slightly from the force, his body shifting back half a step—but he didn't fall. He didn't fight back. Silence crashed down.
"Yoongi!" Hoseok rushed forward, grabbing his arm.
"What are you doing?!"
Jimin stood frozen, eyes wide. Taehyung swore under his breath. Namjoon stepped between them instantly, placing a firm hand against Yoongi's chest.
"That's enough." Yoongi was breathing hard now.
Not out of loss of control, But too much control breaking at once.
"He—" Yoongi pointed at Mr. Lee, voice rough. "He took advantage of him and he is saying he was protecting from whom."
"That's not true! yoongi calm down" Jin's voice cut through the room.
Weak But sharp. Everyone froze. Jin was sitting up now, breathing unevenly, eyes locked on Yoongi.
"Don't say that." The room went completely still, Yoongi stared at him. Jin's hands trembled slightly against the blanket, but his voice didn't.
"It wasn't like that." Silence stretched. Heavy and Uncomfortable.
Mr. Lee straightened slowly, a faint mark already forming along his cheek, but he still didn't defend himself. Didn't argue. Didn't explain anything just took quietly everything because he promised jungkook to take care of jin.
and Because Jin had already spoken. Namjoon exhaled slowly, trying to steady the room.
"Everyone calm down."
Hoseok still held Yoongi's arm tightly. "Hyung… please think about jin hyung."
Yoongi didn't move for a long second. Then finally, he pulled his arm free, but he didn't step forward again. His anger hadn't disappeared. It had just settled deeper and Quieter. but More dangerous.
His gaze shifted away. "Unbelievable," he muttered.
His gaze shifted between them. "You didn't think to tell us?"
Jin's chest tightened. "I didn't want—"
"To what?" Yoongi cut in. "To trust us?"
"That's not it."
"Then what is it?"
Jin didn't have an answer not the one he could say out loud. The disappointment in the room was quiet but heavy. It wasn't anger alone they were hurt. Years together And yet—
This had been hidden from them.
Hoseok spoke softly. "You should've told us, hyung."
Jimin nodded, eyes still wide. "We would've helped…"
Taehyung didn't say anything But the way he looked at Jin said enough he was hurt.
Namjoon exhaled slowly. "We're not outsiders, we are family hyung and you are the most precious to us" he said gently.
Jin's throat burned. "I know."
Yoongi looked at Mr. Lee again his voice was colder now.
"You too." Mr. Lee met his gaze without flinching.
"You let him go through this alone?"
"I didn't," Mr. Lee replied calmly. But the answer didn't ease anything The room fell into silence again, Heav, Uncomfortable. Then—
Hoseok stepped closer to the bed Carefully.
"Are you okay?" he asked Jin softly.
Jin nodded faintly. "I will be fine."
Jimin moved next, sitting carefully at the edge of the bed.
"We're here now, hyung with you and the baby" he said.
Taehyung sighed quietly and ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah… we're not going anywhere will be with you throughout this. "
Namjoon gave a small nod. "We'll figure this out together."
Even Yoongi, after a long pause, muttered, "…just don't hide things like this again."
Jin's eyes stung. He nodded. "I won't."
Across the city—
A phone screen lit up in someone's hand. The same video of Jin and Mr. Lee. The angle. The closeness. The speculation. Jungkook stared at that same video again.
His jaw clenched and His chest tight. Something unfamiliar rising inside him. Not confusion anymore. Not just worry. Something sharper. Something that burned. And this time—
It wasn't going away.