(Ship and concept requested by shnry17 )

(Concept: Jungkook and Mina have been together for a while, but they get into a little argument before their lives are changed forever. Mina regrets arguing with Jungkook and blames herself for what happened)

(Mina POV)

"Babe, I'm sorry. I just don't understand why you're so upset about this."

"Oh, so you're sorry, but you don't think I should be mad? Why are you even apologizing then?"

He sighs. I never liked arguing with Jungkook, but this really upset me. We were supposed to be on a date together, but he wanted to wander off and do his own thing. We went to a nature reserve where you can hike and walk the trails and I didn't want to go on the steep trails so he went without me. I thought he'd be gone just for a few minutes, but I spent most of the day alone.

And he doesn't see why I'm upset.

Now we're just sitting here in silence as he drives us home. We were supposed to get dinner before heading home, but I don't think that's gonna happen anymore. We're both pretty stubborn when it comes to each other. In my heart, I want to apologize to him for lashing out, but in my head, I don't want to be the one to apologize.

We've been together for so long, I already know what's gonna happen. We're gonna be mad at each other until we get home and then we talk about it and make up and everything's back to normal. The  road home was winding, Some curves you couldn't see the cars coming around the corner right away.

The silence between us was gone within a second. Some car was driving on the wrong side of the road and Jungkook didn't see it until it came around the curve. He slams on the brakes and turns the wheel hard to the right, trying to avoid the collision, but it was too late.

I shut my eyes tight, but all the noises were still there. Glass shattering, airbags bursting out, metal being crushed, but I never opened my eyes. When we finally stopped moving, I still kept my eyes shut. After a few seconds, I heard shouting, but I don't recall what happened after that.

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I open my eyes squinting at the bright fluorescent lights. Looking down at my body and my surroundings, I must be in the hospital. My body felt weak and sore. I couldn't get myself to move.

Jungkook.

Where's Jungkook?

A nurse walks in, noticing that I woke up.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" She asks me.

"What happened?"

"You were in a car accident. You're at Inha Hospital. Can you tell me your name?"

"Mina. Myoui Mina."

She nods.

My mind was still wandering."I was in the car with my boyfriend. Jeon Jungkook. Where is he?"

"Jeon..." She thinks for a moment, "I believe he's in a different unit."

"Is he okay?"

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After checking up on me, after a few hours, they finally let me see him. He was hurt. Bad. The car hit us on his side so he got the worst of it. He was in a coma. They said it could take a few weeks or a month, maybe more for him to wake up again.

I couldn't look at him like that without breaking down into tears.

What if I just went with him on those trails? What if  I convinced him to stay with me? What if we never even went to the nature reserve in the first place? It was my idea.

This is all my fault.

(Jungkook POV)

My mind is awake, but I can't move. I can't open my eyes. I can hear things, but I don't know where I am. The sounds seemed familiar and then I remembered what happened. I must be in the hospital. Wait.

Mina.

What happened to Mina?

I couldn't do anything. All I can do is sit here and wait for something to happen. I have no sense of time in this state. I don't know how much time passed, but I heard something new.

Footsteps. Someone talking.

"What are your visiting hours?" It was Mina.

"Visiting hours are from 9 AM to 9PM." This was a voice  I didn't recognize. Must be the doctor.

Quiet, but I hear more steps.

"Can he hear us?" Mina asks.

"Most likely. If he can't hear you now, he'll probably be able to hear you in a few days or so."

Thank God Mina's okay. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to her.I hear steps getting farther and farther away. Did they leave?

"Jungkook-ah." Mina's soft voice spoke to me.

I felt her touch my arm. Her hand rubs down my arm to my hand. She locks fingers with me.

"I'm sorry." She says, her voice breaking slightly.

Sorry? Why are you sorry?

"I'm sorry for getting mad at you. I take it back. I take it all back." She was crying now.

Her hand leaves mine, probably to wipe her tears.

"Please come back to me soon. I can't do this without you."

I'm here. I'm not going anywhere, love.

I feel her hold my hand again, "I love you. I know you'll fight through this."

I hear more steps and then the room was quiet again. She's gone. I didn't  have any sense of time. All I could hear were the machines beeping, the doctors coming in to check on me, and Mina coming to see me everyday. That's how I knew a day had passed. When she came to visit, it was a new day. She spoke to me every time. She cried less as time went on, but she always said she loved me before she left.

As time went on, I could feel more. I could feel the clothes on my skin and the air from the vent above me. I could feel my hair touching my face. After weeks, I could open my eyes, but I still couldn't move the rest of my body. The room was so bright. My skin looked pale. The room was empty. The doctor came in to check on me like they usually do. They almost didn't notice I had my eyes open.

"Oh, look who's awake!" They say, "Do you know where you are?"

I obviously couldn't respond verbally, so they had me blink once for "no" and twice for "yes". I could communicate like this.

I saw Mina with my own eyes again. She was so happy to see me. I was able to communicate with her using my eyes. I couldn't see it, but when she was talking, I could've sworn I felt myself smile a little. Another week later, I could move and talk just fine. The first thing I said to Mina when I could talk again, I made sure to tell her.

"It's not your fault."

She hugged me, but gently, almost like she was afraid she might hurt me. It felt surreal to feel her touch like this again. I missed this so much.

She was there with me every step of the way. I had to relearn how to walk after spending so much time being still. I still felt weak and I had lost a lot of weight. When I was finally able to go home, I noticed a lot had changed. It felt strange sleeping in our bed again, but that wasn't all that was strange.Mina would toss and turn in her sleep. She would wake up in the middle of the night, crying or breathing heavily. She told me she had nightmares about the car accident. Has she been dealing with this since it happened?

I keep telling her it wasn't her fault. It was neither of our faults.

"You could have died." She told me.

"But I didn't. We're both here and we're okay. Everything's gonna be okay."

To be honest, my mind was still messed up because of the accident too, but I had to be positive so she would stop worrying so much. I don't want her to blame herself for this.

"I don't care about that date, that argument, or the accident. I still love you exactly the same, if not more." I told her,

"After all of that, you're still here. That's all I care about."