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"I don't like Cheon," Hobi did admit that much, even as he held Ten close. He kissed his boyfriend's cheek, still joining him in glaring at Yoongi, who was ignoring them both anyway. "You'll be okay. Jin-hyung makes things better. Like he did with Jimin." He hoped. Maybe he could somehow just... Just make Ten be better. And happy again. He wanted that more than anything. He'd do anything for that. Even buy drugs when he knew he shouldn't.

As they got to the hospital, Namjoon got Jackson to handle Hobi but he assumed he wouldn't go too far. Not since he picked up Ten once they got there, carrying the boy inside and ignoring his protests. He didn't care what they wanted, he cared about keeping them alone. "Hobi! Yoongi! Stay close to hyung."

He hurried ahead to the emergency room and approached the reception. "I got a really sick kid, I need help."

Hobi hurried to keep up with Namjoon's long legs, although he still found the time to shove Yoongi aside when he tried to put an arm around him. He carried grudges quite well and Yoongi wasn't even surprised, he just put his hands into his pockets again and waited with the others by the reception, looking for Jin-hyung.

Of course Hobi knew that it wasn't so easy, but he still felt relief when he saw Jin-hyung walk up to them, as if his appearance alone would somehow make things better. Jin immediately reached for Ten and checked his eyes, feeling his pulse. "We need to get an injection in him, flush out his system. Give him to me, love?"

He had no time for formalities right now and explanations could wait. "Stay here. You too, Hobi."

Hobi nodded, tears in his eyes. "Please help him, hyung! I love him."

"Go, go, go. He's getting worse." Namjoon knew how it was, they were both in work mode. He let Jin take Ten and then turned around, giving word over his radio to tell them that they had apprehended the boys. "I need everything you can find on Ko Cheon. He's been grooming street boys." He turned off his radio and turned around, looking at Hobi with such sadness.

His poor boy. He just wanted to help. He reached out and gently ruffled Yoongi's hair, giving him a smile. "You're a good hyung."

Moving Hobi back and back, he manually sat the boy in a nearby chair and crouched in front of him, making sure he had his attention. "Hobi, I understand why you did what you did. You're in love. You're such a sweet boy but ... the answer is never drugs. It's never going to a man like Cheon. If you have trouble like this, you come to me or Jin hyung. We could have helped Ten. Helped him way sooner."

"He would just run if I did that. He wouldn't want to see me again." Ten had made that pretty clear when Hobi had so much as suggested it. "He... I want him to smile and be happy." Hobi rubbed at his eyes, trying to see where Jin had walked off to, trying to see Ten. He wanted to do something, but now all he could do was wait and that was already driving him crazy.

"He'll be okay, right? Jin-hyung can help?" He had to help, he couldn't be without Ten. "I need him!"

"Hobi, Ten is very sick right now. And when people take the drugs that he takes, they say things they don't mean and they lie. They want you to do everything to help you do the bad things to get them the drugs. I've seen it before so many times. Even if he says he will, Ten will never hate you." He knew what must have happened and Hobi was too young to cope with this kind of stress, too afraid to ask for help. He reached forward and pulled him into a tight hug. "Yoongi did the right thing. You two could have gotten so hurt, we were so scared for you. Don't even do that to me again."

Raising his hand up, he stroked Hobi's hair softly and tried to calm him down. "Ten will be fine. Jin-hyung can fix him. Easily. We got this, yeah? Me and Jin. Not random dealers."

"I don't like Cheon." He said that again, because he felt it was worth repeating. "He picks boys that he thinks will grow up to be hot." Hobi might still be young himself, but he still felt that was gross. So very gross. "He likes Ten and I hate him."

Ten belonged with him and he would be there for him always. "I... I wanted to ask you, but I didn't want you to arrest Ten. Please don't arrest Ten, he doesn't mean it. He's just in so much pain." So much pain right now too and he couldn't help him.

"I would never arrest Ten. He's a victim. I will arrest Cheon, I will not arrest you or Ten, anyone like that. We don't arrest kids unless they do something really, really bad and even then, there are all kinds of circumstances. We're not bad guys, we want to help." And he knew he did. Hobi was so desperate, so caring. He held him tight and tried to make it better, did the best he could to soothe him.

"I won't ever let Ten go near Cheon again. We'll help him. We'll-- I don't know, expand the apartment. Add more kids. Why the hell not? Who needs sleep anyway?" Namjoon had to laugh, it was so crazy. He smiled a little and kissed the top of Hobi's head. "It may be sad sometimes but we have to do what we have to do to protect you. Like Yoongi. He saved Ten today. He's a hero."

"He's a rat." Hobi muttered it, because he knew that Namjoon wouldn't want him to say that, but he didn't want to change his mind on that. He was mad at him and he felt betrayed and it was betrayal. They didn't do that to each other! They didn't go to grown-ups. He rubbed his face and hugged Namjoon. "I'm sorry, hyung. Don't worry about me. I wasn't gonna do any drugs, I just wanted Ten to feel better and he wanted me with him."

"It's not being a rat if someone is worried and comes to tell their hyung. When Jimin was sick, if someone came to you and told you, you'd want to know, right? Is it ratting? What if Jimin didn't want you to know? And he didn't, he lied and said he was fine, fell down at the park. You have to be honest with your hyungs." These kids. They were such hard work. He rubbed Hobi's back up and down, just trying to calm him down. "Ten was sick, he needed an adult. A proper adult. Drugs or no drugs, you were taking your boyfriend to a paedophile."

That part could not be glossed over. "Ten is younger than you. You're his hyungs as well as his boyfriend. You have to protect him. What you did today wasn't protecting. What Yoongi did was."

"I'm protecting Ten! Yoongi doesn't even care!" Hobi didn't want to be angry, he didn't want to be upset, but he couldn't stop himself and maybe Yoongi was just a convenient target, especially because Hobi felt guilty. He rubbed at his eyes, looking around to see if somehow Jin-hyung was already there to tell him that everything was okay. "I wouldn't let Cheon touch Ten! Never. Yoongi's jealous cause he doesn't have a boyfriend."

That didn't even make sense. "I'm sorry, hyung! I'm sorry!"

"Woah, woah, woah. It's okay, it's okay. Shh. Come on, we won't talk about it any more, it's okay." It wasn't okay but they'd talk later when Hobi wasn't like this. He'd never seen him fall apart like this. He gripped him even tighter and then looked off at where Yoongi was, just making sure he was okay. "Yoongi, could you go get some drinks from the machine?" He pulled his wallet out and tossed it over to him, thinking maybe a hot drink would help Hobi.

"Do you want to go and see if we can't find Jin hyung? We may not be able to because a hospital is a very busy place but we can try?" He pulled back a little and held out his hand. "Okay?"

Yoongi gave a nod and caught the wallet easily, his face not really showing much in the way of emotion, which was at least better than crying. He turned to head down the hallway, remembering the hospital layout pretty well.

Hobi nodded and got up slowly, ducking his head. He didn't mean to fall apart like this, he knew he should be better than that. But he even reached for Namjoon's hand, worrying his bottom lip. "Ten is so sweet, hyung. So sweet. It's all of the drugs and the older guys, they make it all too evil. I want to help him and I don't know how."

"I'm sure he is, Jin says he's a sweet boy. He's sweet and we'll help him. He'll be fine. Withdrawal takes about a week, around seven to nine days, then he'll be in fighting shape again. Back to himself." And then, regardless of what he wanted, he was clearly not going out to see any older guys. He was on house arrest. "We'll help you, don't worry. You don't have to know how to help, you're still a kid. You just need to ask me."

He stopped at the nurses station and smiled at them politely. "Can one of you page Jin? It's not urgent but one of his patients is my boy's boyfriend and he's very worried. We just want to see if he's okay."

The nurses smiled politely and page Jin. Namjoon pulled Hobi in close. "We just gotta wait for Jin now, he won't be long."

Hobi was shifting on the balls of his feet, feeling fidgety and worried, but at least he wasn't crying any more. He wished he could dance, but he knew that wouldn't really work. For one thing, he was lacking the music and the space and people always thought dancing had to be happy. He didn't think so.

In the end he said nothing until Jin came hurrying down the hallway, walking quickly as he always did when he was at work. He smiled a little, which made Hobi feel hopeful, and then he already told him. "Ten is sleeping now. He's exhausted. But he is out of immediate danger, we managed to avoid him going into shock."

There was still a lot ahead of the boy, but at least for now he was not in danger any more. "Aw. You must have worried, Hobi." He pulled the boy into a hug, even if he now looked decidedly sheepish.

"I'm sorry, hyung."

"I'm sure you are." Jin didn't even know what the story here was. "Where's Yoongi?" He looked at Namjoon in askance.

"Getting me a drink, he came to tell me about our little drug lords here. It's been... been a day." He had to laugh, it was so crazy. "I'm glad Ten is going to be okay but we'll keep an eye out, yeah? I think it'd be best if he comes home with us after this." Given what a mess it had become.

Ruffling Hobi's hair, he smiled a little at Jin.

"Can you watch him for a sec, I'll go get Yoongi and then we'll camp out here for a few before going back." He felt like Hobi needed to see Ten once more before they could leave.

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