Jungkook's POV

I and Jin hyung walked back to our own room once everything was settled. It really felt like an indiscernible vile mist was around and within us creating an inevitable yet intolerable chaos. Jin hyung seemed so much exhausted even though he haven't done anything which needs physical strength, but he was cognitively enervated, I sensed that. Not only him, but we all were. No matter how much we reassured each other, deep down we all knew that each of us were done with all these shits.

I stared at his worn out face for few minutes, then turned my back to him sighing.

Few hours later

It was half past midnight when I heard Jin hyung calling my name. I sat upright on the bed and turned around facing him.

"Is anything bothering you hyung?" I queried him agitated.

"Jungkook, do you scent something burning?" Jin hyung asked.

I sniffed and YES! I smelled something aflame.

"Wh-what is it hyung?" I asked a little distraught.

"Let's go and find out" Jin hyung directed and leaped off our bed rushing towards the exit while I followed him.

"Arrrghh why is it not opening exactly now?" He said and cursed under his breath trying to unlock the exit.

"Hyung, that's the wrong way, why are you hitting the knob? You have to turn it towards the left, I mean twist it hyung," I said occasionally looking at the knob and at his face.

"Oh shit! Why am I behaving like Namjoon? Jeez!" He said hitting his forehead slightly and twisted the knob towards the left unlocking the exit making a way for us to move out of the room.

"Let's go Jungkook, hurry!" He said and ran out of the room as fast as he could.

The odour of something burning almost asphyxiated and killed me, but luckily it was not that much powerful.

I had a hard time breathing but well, I have been in such situations before. So, it was not parlous direful for me.

Yet, I got worried about Jin hyung more than I was worried about myself.

What concerned me the most was that Jin hyung went away all by himself and I didn't know which way. I only hoped nothing disastrous has occurred to him.

My cop's eyes traced the whole place and spotted a black heap of smoke emerging out from the direction of terrace. I pulled out my face mask putting that over my mouth. And preparing myself to bear an upcoming disaster, I proceeded towards the porch.

The first thing which caught my eye, was a half conscious Jin hyung. I really felt like getting stabbed in my heart with an invisible sharpened dagger.

"H-hyu-hyung ar-are you oh-okay?" I pronounced those four words with so many gaps that it almost felt like I was some droid. Well, I was unable to breath because of all the smoke gushing over me, so I needed to break my words in order to breath.

Jin hyung kept coughing so badly. He couldn't reply, however after putting tremendous strained effort he made himself face towards me.

His face was ruddy, his cheeks and eyes were swollen, his lips were asperous, blisters bedizened several patches of his skin, his hands gripped his shirt tenaciously and he was coughing unstoppably.

He seemed pathetic.

I didn't waste a single more minute and held him by his entire torso, carried him in my arms and ran away from the spot. Once we were a little distant from the spot where the smoke was being produced, I placed him on a wooden chair and offered a glass of water.

He drank it all in a single breath and put down the glass.

"Ju-jungkook fire, f-fire!" He said and fainted within the next few seconds.

I was spellbound. I didn't know what to do, I was so terrified. I feared his demise. But, somehow I managed to gain some courage and held his palm checking the pulse and breathing rates.

I was fortunate, he was still sentient. He didn't pass away, he only collapsed.

As soon as I was assured of Jin hyung still being alive, I didn't waste a single more second and immediately called the firefighters. After I was done with that, I ran for the others.

I knocked on Namjoon hyung's door first, then on Hoseok hyung's door and finally on Tae hyung's door.

To be very honest, I was a little reluctant to knock on Namjoon hyung's door, as he was already unnerved about his hyung's health and if he now comes to know about Jin hyung's condition, I don't know what it would lead to.

Everyone except Yoongi hyung came out partially drowsy.

"What is it?" Jimin hyung asked.

"Fire! Our porch is on fire!" I said but told everyone not to panic rather to figure out how can we solve it.

"What? Okay might not be monstrous, but yet this is such a gigantic motel and why is it only our floor's porch that caught fire?" Tae hyung asked.

"Let's get rid of the fire first, then we can think about it!" I replied.

Until the fire trucks arrived, we all tried to put off the fire using water pipes, buckets filled with water, other available random fire extinguishers. And even few of the other staying guests alongwith the servicemen, helped us too.

Finally the firefighters arrived and the flame took approximately 2 and half hours to fully go off.

It was almost midnight when we all were engrossed in bowing before the servicemen for bothering them at such an odd hour and infront of the manager for causing damage to his property. And also, presenting our gratitudes to the guests living in the other rooms for their kind assistance.

I, Tae hyung and Hoseok hyung paid for all the property damages, first the collins glass and now half of the porch.

Jimin hyung wanted to pay too but we told him not to, as we knew he was going through a slight economic crisis.

Namjoon and Jin hyung also would have paid maybe but, they were not present with us. Jin hyung was lying on the chair unconscious where I placed him and Namjoon hyung was squatting beside him ruffling his hair, rubbing his palms and blowing in his mouth so that Jin hyung could come back to his senses as soon as possible.

We walked back to the terrace and examined the area properly. Even though the others were a little befogged over the sudden occurrence of the fire, I figured out immediately how it was caused. I didn't find the actual culprit however.

"Hyungs, look there! Near the parapet, that placed jardiniere planter is half splintered and half burnt. Also, look at the earth over the floor, they are having traces of ashes in them.

So, what I am getting is someone, I mean one of us visited here while we all were asleep, and tried burning something. Maybe he actually intended on burning the thing and throwing it down from the terrace concluding that until it reaches the ground it will turn to ashes. Most possibly it was a light object as none would take the risk of putting a plant on fire without reason.

So, they thought, as the material was really light, it could float in the air while burning and will turn to ashes by the time it touches the ground. And the fire would already be put off by then by the atmospheric air. Then, the next day the ashes would be swept away and none would ever know.

But something went wrong, and that is, the thing instead of falling towards the concrete ground, fell into the flower pot. And before he could take it out, the flames already trapped the leaves of the plant setting the pot ablaze, from there the flames just spread and put half of the terrace on fire!" I set forth.

"Are you sure it was not a big object?" Jimin hyung asked.

"Jimin please! Not even any nincompoop would come to burn something huge in such a small terrace like this, none is a toddler or a wacko here!" Hoseok hyung commented.

"Why are you assuming it's caused by a human? It can be short circuit or maybe smoking?" Jimin hyung said again.

"Hyung, it's a 'no smoking' motel and none of us smokes. I guess you know that and now coming to short circuit, near this plant not a single circuit is placed, all the circuits belongs to that side, " I pointed at the left.

"Yeah and that left wall isn't even having any single sign of burning, all it has is the steam burns from the ruinous fumes. Also, while we were sleeping I think the power switch was turned off, so there's no chance it could be a short circuit," Tae hyung said.

"Another thing is" I said and picked up a burnt matchstick from the floor.

"This!" I showed everyone that matchstick.

"The maid cleaned the floor just prior to our supper, and no matchstick was there after her work was over. So now do you believe me?" I asked looking at Jimin hyung.

He didn't say anything and just looked away.

"What the fuck is happening?" Hoseok hyung verbalized.

"Ju-jungkook are you okay?" A faint but understandable voice called out.

I knew it was Jin hyung. I was about to reply him but Hoseok hyung interrupted.

"Hold on! Why does this sound so familiar? Oh wait, it's the exact solemn yet endearing voice we heard on phone the second night, right? Is-isn't it?" Hoseok hyung said.

Well, he was not wrong, actually Jin hyung's fainted voice sounded so much like that unknown caller. But I convinced myself that it wasn't him saying that many people have identical voices, that's not an appropriate evidence. And also Jin hyung loves Namjoon hyung, he will definitely not do anything like that to Namjoon hyung.

"Jungkook?" The voice called again.

I felt he was concerned about us, and especially me as he wasn't probably still then acknowledged of the others' arrival. Fearing he would fall sicker as a result of worrying I couldn't stand still.

I ran towards Jin hyung leaving the others in the terrace.

"I am here hyung. I'm okay, we all are okay," I said kneeling down and grabbing his left palm as his right palm was already captured by Namjoon hyung.

"You look so tired hyung!" I articulated.

Jin hyung suddenly hugged me back and I was shook. I even noticed that Jin hyung released his right hand from Namjoon hyung's grip just to hug me.

I wanted to push him away because I knew I would fall for him more if he carries on with that type of things. But how can I blame him, he doesn't know about my feelings. He did it just as a best friend but my stupid heart wasn't satisfied with that, it wanted Jin hyung as its boyfriend. It knew that Jin hyung will never be his, he only belongs to Namjoon hyung. But hearts are always stupid anyway.

I tried my hardest not to overreact, neither to do something really weird, and kept convincing myself that he was just my best friend and nothing else.

"Thank you Jungkook, thank you for saving me!" Jin hyung said.

I have heard words like 'thanks' and other words of gratitudes coming from Jin hyung many times, but that day it made me feel a little different. I don't know why but I blushed, I felt my heart at peace. Though I knew Namjoon hyung, the actual partner of Jin hyung was sitting right beside me but still I just felt happy.

"Thank you Jungkook!" Said another voice, it was not Jin hyung this time, it was a deeper voice.

The owner of the voice was Namjoon hyung.

I turned towards him and he repeated his words.

"Thank you Jungkook for saving him!" he said and smiled at me.

Honestly I felt a little jealous, but I faked a smile. Good thing that neither Jin hyung nor Namjoon hyung was able to spot my jealousy.

"Let's go back to our rooms now," Jimin hyung suggested as the three of them came back from the terrace and joined us.

We nodded. Tae, Jimin, Hoseok hyung all asked about Jin hyung's health presenting their disquiet and on receiving Jin hyung's affirmative response, marched back into their own rooms. I stayed until everyone left the spot, then further moved to where I belonged in that motel as well, locking the door.

On entering, I figured out that Jin hyung was already asleep. It was very natural, as he was the first to get attacked by the smoke and maybe it was his first time facing such a huge fire mishap.

I stared at his sleeping face before lying down and thought of all the miseries he's witnessing, of all that's happening and making him mentally ill.

I drew a line on my thoughts after a point and crawled on the bed falling asleep. It took me some time to fall asleep though, however I fell asleep and nothing bothered us for the rest of the night. So, the rest of the night was pretty reposeful.

Next morning...

I was still reluctant to get off the bed. I usually wake up early, but last night I delayed in going to bed, so I couldn't make it on time the next day. I was half awake but not yet ready to leave the bed.

Jin hyung was still sleeping, I turned towards him and smiled, then turned back. I was debating if I should get off the bed or should I sleep for few more minutes, as it was just 4.30 a.m. and none was awake. But, I had to get off as I heard several mellow strikes on the door.

Jin hyung was asleep, so there was no way he would have opened the door, therefore it was me who unlocked it and came across a weeping Jimin hyung.

"Jimin hyung?" I asked.

"Jungkook, help me!" He cried out.

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