[📅 July 22, 2009 | Hospital Room]

(Dim light. Quiet room. The sound of scissors clipping nails echoes softly.)

👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (forcing a cheerful tone, gentle smile):

Jungkook-ah… don’t move, okay? I’m almost done~

🐰 Jungkook (lying still, eyes unfocused, staring at the ceiling):

…

(No reaction. His face is blank—too blank.)

👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (glances at him, smile falters for a second, then tries again):

There’s an eclipse today… everyone’s excited, you know?

🐰 Jungkook (slow blink… no interest, no response):

…

(Radio plays faintly in the background.)

📻 Radio Host (bright, energetic):

“Today’s special guests—rookie band ECLIPSE!”

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (trying to lift the mood):

See? Let’s listen together… you like music, right?

(slip—tiny cut)

👩‍🦰Mom(IU) (panics instantly):

Ah! Jungkook—did I hurt you?!

🐰 Jungkook (slowly turns his eyes toward his toe… watches the blood… expression unchanged):

…it’s okay.

(His voice is flat. No pain. No emotion.)

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (flustered, guilty):

No no—wait! Don’t move, I’ll get something!

(She rushes out—outside, a loud crash of glass breaking.)

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(Silence falls. Heavy. Suffocating.)

(Jungkook’s eyes slowly shift toward the floor… a shard of broken glass glints.)

🐰 Jungkook (breathing shallow… fingers twitch slightly):

…

(He slowly reaches for it… hand trembling just a little.)

🐰 Jungkook (thinking, hollow):

…maybe… it’ll stop hurting…

(His face remains blank—but his eyes… empty.)

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[📻 Radio Station – Same Time]

🎤 Host (excited):

Next call—Taehyung! Let’s go!

🐻 Kim Taehyung (leans back, casual but focused, soft curiosity in eyes):

Alright.

📞 Dialing…

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[📱 Hospital Room]

📞 Phone rings loudly—too loud in the silence.

👴 Patient Nearby (irritated):

Yah! Turn that off or answer it!

(Jungkook flinches slightly… grip on the glass loosens.)

(Phone keeps ringing.)

🐰 Jungkook (slowly turns his head… stares at phone… expression still numb):

…

(Long pause… then he picks it up, almost mechanically.)

🐰 Jungkook (blank voice, lifeless):

Hello…?

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🐻Taehyung (bright, professional tone—but gentle underneath):

Hello! This is ECLIPSE—have you heard our music?

(Jungkook’s eyes don’t change. No reaction.)

🐰 Jungkook:

No.

(Short. Flat. Distant.)

(Taehyung pauses slightly—caught off guard.)

🐻 Taehyung (awkward small smile):

Ah… I see—

🐰 Jungkook (already pulling phone away slightly):

Can I hang up?

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🎤 Host (quickly jumps in, slightly panicked laugh):

WAIT! Congratulations! You’ve won running shoes! 🎉

(Jungkook freezes.)

(Slow blink.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice low, confused… then bitter):

…I don’t need them.

🎤 Host (trying to recover):

Then! Indoor exercise bike?!

(Silence.)

(Jungkook’s fingers tighten around the phone. His breathing changes.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice cracks slightly, frustration rising):

…Do you think this is funny?

(Taehyung straightens, expression turns serious instantly.)

🐻 Taehyung:

…?

🐰 Jungkook (eyes filling, anger + pain mixing):

I can’t even walk…

(voice trembling now)

And you’re giving me… running shoes?

(Tears fall silently, but his face still tries to stay composed.)

🎤 Host (stunned):

We didn’t mean—

🐰 Jungkook (suddenly breaking, words spilling out):

I don’t need anything…

I don’t care about prizes…

(voice lowers… almost a whisper)

…I don’t even care if I live or not right now.

(Disconnects.)

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[📻 Radio Station]

(Complete silence. Taehyung’s expression darkens—something hits him deeply.)

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[📞 Call reconnects briefly]

(Jungkook hesitates… still holding the phone… tears falling quietly.)

🐻 Taehyung (voice softer now, sincere, almost careful):

…Thank you.

🐰 Jungkook (confused, tearful):

…?

🐻 Taehyung (eyes slightly shaken, voice low but firm):

Thank you… for staying alive.

(Jungkook’s breath stops for a second.)

🐻 Taehyung:

There are people who love you.

(pause)

So… please… don’t give up.

(Silence. Heavy—but warm.)

(Jungkook’s lips tremble… tears spill uncontrollably now.)

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[Hospital Room]

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (rushes in, worried):

Jungkook?!

(She sees him crying—freezes, then runs to him.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice breaking completely):

…엄마…

(He finally lets go—crying into her arms.)

[📅 December 2022 | Jungkook’s Room]

(Bright room. Walls covered with posters… mostly of ONE person.)

🐻 Kim Taehyung’s photos everywhere.

(concert pics, candid shots, even blurry zoom-ins…)

(Camera zooms: Jungkook staring at a photocard… smiling like an idiot.)

🐰 Jungkook (soft gasp, eyes sparkling):

He’s… so handsome… how is this legal?

(He hugs the photocard to his chest dramatically.)

🐰 Jungkook:

My Taehyung… 😭💜

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(CUT TO—)

👵 Grandma (casually walking around… wearing a WATCH)*

(That watch.)

(Jungkook notices.)

(FREEZE.)

🐰 Jungkook (eyes widen in horror, jaw drops):

…

(dramatic gasp)

…THAT’S MINE.

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🐰 Jungkook (spinning wheelchair aggressively):

GRANDMA—STOP RIGHT THERE.

👵 Grandma (confused, chewing something):

What?

🐰 Jungkook (pointing, betrayed expression):

That watch… THAT WATCH… give it back right now.

👵 Grandma (innocent face, hiding wrist behind back):

This old thing? Why?

🐰 Jungkook (clutching chest dramatically):

“Old thing”?? That’s Taehyung’s limited edition fan watch 😭

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👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (from kitchen, tired tone):

Jungkook-ah… don’t start drama early morning.

🐰 Jungkook (offended):

THIS IS NOT DRAMA, THIS IS WAR.

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😼 Brother Yoongi (passing by, half asleep, blank face):

…just buy another one.

🐰 Jungkook (gasps like stabbed):

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

(points at watch like sacred object)

🐰 Jungkook:

That watch is my life.

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👵 Grandma (teasing now, smirking):

Then earn it back.

🐰 Jungkook (suspicious):

…what do you want?

👵 Grandma:

Give me that strawberry milk in the fridge.

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(CUT TO—)

🐰 Jungkook (dramatically offering milk like a sacrifice):

Take it… but give me my Taehyung back.

👵 Grandma (hands over watch casually):

So dramatic.

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(Jungkook grabs watch, immediately checks it like it’s alive)

🐰 Jungkook (relieved sigh, soft smile):

You’re safe… 🥺

(He gently puts it on, almost emotional)

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[🎤 SAME DAY – PREPARING FOR CONCERT]

(Jungkook in front of mirror, excited, nervous energy bubbling)

🐰 Jungkook (muttering to himself):

First concert in five years… FIVE YEARS…

(deep breath, then sudden panic)

🐰 Jungkook:

What if he looks at me??

What if he DOESN’T look at me?? 😭

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👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (walking in, amused):

He won’t see you from that far.

🐰 Jungkook (serious, determined):

He will. I believe in eye contact.

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(CUT TO—)

🚗 Friend Jimin🐥 (cheerful, teasing):

Still obsessed?

🐰 Jungkook (offended gasp):

It’s not obsession. It’s loyalty.

(holds photocard like proof)

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📖 Jimin🐥 (hands him yearbook):

Look—your Taehyung in high school.

(Jungkook opens it… FREEZES again)

(Young Taehyung photo—smiling, fresh, soft)

🐰 Jungkook (soft voice, emotional):

…he was always this beautiful…

(fingers lightly touch the photo)

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (teasing smirk):

Funny… you went to a nearby school but never noticed him.

🐰 Jungkook (pouting):

Fate was saving me for later.

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (raises eyebrow):

Or maybe you were busy crushing on someone else?

(Jungkook freezes… smile fades slightly)

🐰 Jungkook (quietly, avoiding eye contact):

…that was a long time ago.

(small silence—emotion passes quickly)

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[🎤 CONCERT VENUE – EVENING]

(Crowd loud, lights bright, fans screaming)

🐰 Jungkook (eyes shining, overwhelmed):

…this is real…

(takes pictures, smiling brightly)

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📞 Phone rings

📞 Interviewer:

Can you come for an interview right now?

🐰 Jungkook (hesitates, looks at stage… conflict in eyes):

…I’ll come. I still have time.

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[🏢 INTERVIEW ROOM]

(Awkward silence. Interviewer uncomfortable)

📞 Interviewer (forced smile):

Our office… isn’t wheelchair accessible.

(Jungkook’s smile slowly fades… but he forces it back)

🐰 Jungkook (polite, hiding hurt):

I understand.

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[🌃 BACK OUTSIDE – NIGHT]

(Traffic. Stress. Lost ticket.)

🐰 Jungkook (panicking, searching everywhere):

No no no—where is it?!

(breathing fast, frustration building)

---

🎫 Staff:

No ticket, no entry.

🐰 Jungkook (pleading, eyes desperate):

Please… just this once—

🎫 Staff:

Sorry.

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(He stops… shoulders drop… silence.)

(Then slowly… he moves aside)

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(Music starts from inside. Crowd cheers.)

(Jungkook closes eyes… listens from outside.)

🐰 Jungkook (soft smile through tears):

…It’s okay.

(tears fall—but he’s smiling)

🐰 Jungkook:

I can still hear him.

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✨ (Concert turning point begins…)

[🌃 Night | After Concert | Snow begins to fall]

(Cold wind. Snowflakes slowly falling.)

(Crowd dispersing… noise fading… everything feels quieter now.)

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(Jungkook sits alone in his wheelchair… phone screen cracked, flickering.)

🐰 Jungkook (frustrated, tapping phone):

No… no, not now—

(screen goes black)

(He exhales shakily… shoulders droop)

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🐰 Jungkook (muttering, tired):

Jimin… I can’t even call you now…

(looks around—people leaving in groups… laughter… warmth…)

(He’s alone.)

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(Snow starts falling heavier)

(Jungkook looks up… snow landing on his face)

(eyes slowly close… exhaustion hitting him)

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🐰 Jungkook (voice breaking, whisper):

…today really isn’t my day…

(his hands tremble slightly from cold)

(He grips the wheel… tries to move)

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(Wheel gets stuck slightly on uneven ground)

(He tries again—harder this time)

(fails)

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(Breathing gets uneven… frustration + helplessness rising)

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🐰 Jungkook (angry tears forming):

Why… why is everything so hard…

(his voice cracks completely now)

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(He stops moving)

(just sits there… in the snow… tears mixing with melting flakes)

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🐰 Jungkook (soft, broken):

…at least I heard him…

(small smile through tears)

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(Footsteps approach quietly behind him)

(He doesn’t notice at first)

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(A shadow falls over him… snow stops hitting his face)

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(Jungkook slowly opens his eyes… confused)

(He looks up…)

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(An umbrella above him.)

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(He follows the hand holding it… then freezes.)

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🐰 Jungkook (eyes widen, breath caught):

…

(his lips part slightly… no words coming out)

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(Standing there… calm, quiet…)

🐻 Kim Taehyung

(face slightly tired… but eyes gentle)

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🐻 Taehyung (soft voice, almost careful):

You’ll catch a cold.

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(Jungkook just stares… completely frozen)

(his brain not processing reality)

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🐰 Jungkook (stuttering, panicking slightly):

I— I— I—

(his eyes start tearing up again)

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🐰 Jungkook (voice shaking, overwhelmed):

I’m… I’m your fan…

(tears spill instantly)

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(Taehyung watches him quietly—no judgment, just calm attention)

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(He adjusts the umbrella slightly… making sure Jungkook is fully covered)

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🐻 Taehyung (gently):

You shouldn’t stay out this long.

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(He reaches into his pocket… takes out a heat pack)

(holds it out)

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🐻 Taehyung:

Here.

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(Jungkook looks at it… then at him… hands trembling as he accepts it)

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🐰 Jungkook (voice soft, emotional, almost breathless):

…thank you…

(he clutches the heat pack like it’s something precious)

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(He suddenly bows slightly—awkward in sitting position)

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🐰 Jungkook (words rushing out, emotional):

Your music… it helped me a lot…

(voice cracks again)

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🐰 Jungkook:

Back then… when I… couldn’t—

(he stops… unable to continue)

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(Taehyung’s expression subtly changes—he listens more carefully now)

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(A small pause… snow falling around them quietly)

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🐻 Taehyung (soft, sincere):

I’m glad.

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(Jungkook looks at him—eyes full of emotions he can’t explain)

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(For a moment… everything feels still)

(just the two of them… under one umbrella)

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📱 Footsteps running closer

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (breathing slightly fast):

Jungkook!

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(Jungkook turns quickly)

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🐰 Jungkook (relieved):

Jimin!

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(Jimin notices Taehyung—eyes widen slightly, then bows politely)

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (respectful):

Ah—hello…

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(Taehyung nods slightly, calm as ever)

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🐻 Taehyung (to Jungkook):

You should go home.

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(He gently places the umbrella into Jungkook’s hand)

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🐰 Jungkook (shocked):

But—what about you—

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🐻 Taehyung (small faint smile):

I’ll be fine.

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(Jungkook hesitates… then quickly grabs something from his bag)

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🐰 Jungkook (nervous, shy):

This—this is for you!

(hands him a small fan-made gift)

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(Taehyung takes it… slightly surprised)

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🐻 Taehyung (quiet):

…thank you.

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(They looked at each other one last time)

(unspoken feelings… unfamiliar but warm)

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(Taehyung turns and walks away into the snow)

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(Jungkook watches him go… eyes soft, emotional)

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🐰 Jungkook (whispers to himself):

…he’s real…

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✨ Scene Ends