While I Sleep? ? ?

As Seokjin leads Jimin and Taehyung towards yet another room, both the males come across various people residing in the psychiatry.

A little boy approaches Taehyung and hands him a yellow flower as he tosses the man a smile. "Beautiful people deserve beautiful flowers." Says the boy.

Taehyung's smile extends wide, a boxy grin on his face. "Thanks, little buddy," Taehyung speaks to the boy, "I'll keep this flower safe."

As soon as Taehyung says so, an other man comes and takes the kid away without saying a word. Taehyung frowns, which is followed by Jimin's furrowed eyebrows.

"Will that kid be safe?" Asks Jimin, concern flashing in his voice and tone.

Seokjin replies with a smile, "That man will not do anything bad to the kid, do not worry."

Seokjin tells Jimin and Taehyung to walk further along with him. Shrugging off, both Taehyung and Jimin follow the manager of the psychiatry.

~*~

"We are here," says Seokjin as he points at a white door with his hand, "I hope you will be able to find your answers here."

Jimin and Taehyung bow and Jimin reaches for the door.

Seokjin interrupts, "Also, the person residing will offer you candies, don't hesitate to taste a few." He smiles and leaves.

Jimin contorts the doorknob and opens the door.

"Holy cow!" Exclaims Taehyung when the scintillating white light hits both the males on their faces, "Am I in heaven?"

Jimin harshly nudges Taehyung in the rib, shooting him a deathly glare. "Stop saying unnecessary stuff at odd times." Jimin warns.

Jimin enters the room and it takes both friends a little time to adjust to the lighting of the room.

The room is clear white. The walls are bright, vanilla white and in the middle of the room is a bed. In front of the bed is a carpet. Towards the left of the bed, is a small shelf that is filled with jars of candies, toffees, chocolates and sweets.

"I bet this guy has diabetes." Taehyung murmurs to Jimin.

"Shut up." Jimin whisper-yells at Taehyung.

The walls of the room have abstract paintings, more simply known as splashes of various colors on the walls. Yet, however, it is as if the abstract paintings have a deep, mysterious meaning to them.

A light brown haired man sits by the edge of the bed, a jar of orange and white candies in his hand. He wears a pair of blue pajamas and on his left wrist is a bracelet.

As soon as the man looks at Jimin and Taehyung, a beautiful, happy-go-lucky smile appears on his face. He waves at Taehyung and Jimin and gets up from the bed. The man walks over to the carpet and sits down with the same, mood-lightening smile of his.

"Come and sit with me." Offers the man and Jimin and Taehyung happily accept the offer.

As they both sit down on the carpet, Jimin smiles and initiates the conversation, "Hi! I'm Park Jimin."

"And I'm Kim Taehyung." Taehyung tosses a tight-lipped, baby-like smile.

The other man giggles, "I am Jung Hoseok. It feels so great to meet you," he further says, "Are you new here?"

"We came here for a visit," Taehyung speaks this time, "Our friend used to live here."

"Ah," Hoseok says, "What is his name?"

Jimin shows a patent reluctance in saying the name. But Taehyung forwardly tells Hoseok, "Jeon Jungkook."

"Kookie?" Hoseok asks, "That boy left too soon. I miss my little bunny." He presses his lips together.

"We wanted to ask you something about Jungkook," Jimin softly speaks up, "May we?"

"Of course!" Hoseok waves his hand, "Ask me right away, I'll tell you everything."

"We wanted to ask you about Jungkook's trauma," Jimin softly starts, "Are you aware of anything as such?"

Hoseok's smile fades into nowhere. He opens the jar in his hands and tosses a candy in his mouth. Chewing the candy for some time, he offers Jimin and Taehyung a candy each. They both pick out one each, keeping in mind Seokjin's words.

"Jungkook was around three to four years old when he came here," starts Hoseok, "We were scared when we saw him first. He had bruises all over his back and his eyes were teeming with fear and uneasiness."

"Jungkook would refuse to eat and the only person who would ever step into his room was either Seokjin or Seokjin's father." Hoseok continues, "For a whole two years, we did not see him at all except for Christmas. During Christmas too, he would only take his presents and sit aside while we all came together and sang various songs and Christmas carols."

Hoseok looks up at Jimin and Taehyung, eyes dark and expression solemn. He further tells them, "It was until Jungkook bumped into his hyung one day, he started opening up."

Hoseok keeps the candy jar aside and starts to speak again, "We started seeing a different Jungkook after he met his hyung," says he, "Jungkook was an ultimate brat after he met his hyung," Hoseok lets out a hearty laugh, "How cute could he be?"

Jimin and Taehyung smile, anticipating for Hoseok to tell more.

Hoseok simpers, "That kid is one of a kind. Frankly speaking, we are blessed to have been able to spend time with Jungkook."

"Can you, perhaps, tell us about why he chose to leave this place?" Taehyung asks, "And also why he is phobic to violence?"

Hoseok nods before, "It's been about time Jungkook left from here. And it is a little surprising that he did not tell you about his past with this place." Hoseok says.

Taehyung and Jimin frown.

Hoseok speaks up, "Jungkook had a traumatic experience before he left this place. His hyung burnt down his room when Jungkook was about to give him a gift."

"Why?" Asks Jimin.

"Jungkook's friend was sent here for an unfathomable reason," tells Hoseok, "His parents thought he was unfit to live a normal life with a regular family. So, they sent him here. Jungkook's friend was indeed a funny man. He was quirky and loved goofing around with the people here." Hoseok laughs, "We have good memories of him."

Hoseok further says, "But something took over that man's mind. He was sort of hypnotized by Polly. And I know you are aware of Polly's indentity."

Jimin nods followed by a nod from Taehyung.

"Like you know, Polly was more of a sadist that of than a masochist," Hoseok clears his throat, "She constantly kept saying things to Jungkook's friend about him being a bad influence and a bad friend. So, irked by Polly's unnecessary poking, that man burnt his room down." Hoseok finishes.

"Can you — if you don't mind — tell us the name of the man?" Jimin asks.

"Sure," Hoseok gives a tight-lipped smile.

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