The next morning Jihun woke up feeling somebody scratching his back gently.
"Kimchi, wake up. We have to get ready for the day." He immediately smiled at the man next to him and slowly opened his eyes. Apparently Seungjun just woke up and he was a little swollen but he looked gorgeous nonetheless. Really, how can this man look amazing all of the time? What kind of sorcery is this?
While he was getting out of the bed Youjin entered their room looking uneasy and kind of stressed.
"Hey, uh, you go get Inseong and go practice. I have to go to the hospital with Heejun. He's not feeling well and he has a high fever. I'll keep you updated though."
"What happened? He was alright last night."
"I really don't know Seungjun. After we finished cleaning up we went to our respective rooms but he came to me in the middle of the night saying he's not feeling well so I spent the rest of the night trying to make sure he was getting some rest but this morning he couldn't even wake up properly and I don't know what to do." He looked worried and stressed out and he had the biggest bags under his eyes.
"Calm down Youjin. Everything is gonna be alright. We all know Heejun and he won't stay down for long no matter the circumstances. You go; I'll handle the rest today like I'm supposed to do. And when you come back please get some rest, you don't look alright now. Make sure you tell Heejun that we can't wait for him to get better." Yeah, that's right Kim Jihun. Now you're starting to sound like a leader. He turned back to Seungjun after Youjin just nodded and went back to the maknae.
"Go wake Inseong up please, cause I am really not patient enough to wake him. I'll go talk to the manager about Heejun and Youjin. I'm pretty sure that with how worried he is right now he forgot to talk to anybody except for us."
The older man left and Jihun started getting ready and thought about what should they do today in the absence of the other members. He went to talk to the manager about the situation and they mutually decided to just work on some choreography they tried to do once before and replace the boys with two dancers. They danced for almost two hours when the leader said it would be a good idea to let Tinkerbells know about what was happening so he went on their Instagram account but immediately forgot what he wanted to do initially when he saw a photo of him sleeping with the description Wake up Kimchi [Seungjun]. He blushed hard and he wanted to ask Seungjun about it but he was unable to make any sound in front of the taller man. Why did he have to act and feel like a highschool girl in love? Seungjun approached him and he saw the photo on Jihun's phone and hugged him tight.
"Sorry Kimchi but you were too adorable. You always look cute when you sleep." The blonde one would usually think it's creepy for a guy to watch him when he sleeps but coming from the dark haired man made his little heart flutter. Inseong started laughing and came closer to the others looking at his own phone.
"Yo, leader. Weren't you supposed to post something?"
"Yeah, right. Let's take a photo so they don't worry too much." They took a selfie with all three of them posing like Jihun with their hands in front of their faces and the youngest wrote the description telling the fans that Heejun and Youjin aren't with them at the moment because the maknae isn't feeling ok, but they will keep them updated. Not long after that the manager came and told them that they can stop and go see the other boys in Youjin's room. They all almost ran to see how their friend was doing but as soon as they entered the room they saw Heejun laying on Youjin's bed and the oldest sleeping next to him. They were sure that if Youjin was awake he wouldn't be this close to anyone. Inseong was the first one to leave the room while Seungjun and Jihun took photos of the couple. The older suddenly stopped and made a face like he just realized something and he ran out of the room but the blonde one was in too much awe to care too much. After he took some more photos he looked for the other boys and found them in Inseong's room talking about something but they stopped the moment Jihun entered. He told himself that he was not gonna make a scene again but he couldn't stop being curious.
"Sorry to interrupt you but the manager said we can go out and eat to make sure we don't wake them up." Seungjun's whole face lit up and he ran back to his room, past Jihun to get some new clothes and he jumped straight into the shower after. The leader took a sit next to Inseong who didn't have any reaction to food which was not like him at all.
"Are you ok? You don't seem happy about this."
"Neah, sorry. I just knew I couldn't race Seungjun to the shower. That boy is always eating how is he always so hungry?" They laughed as silently as they could before Jihun took Inseong by the hand and helped him stand up.
"I know, right? Anyways we should also get ready. Let's find some clothes for you." They just searched for clothes in the older one's wardrobe until they found something they thought was suitable then Jihun left for his room.
"Hyung you can go first. I still have to choose my attire."
After all of them were done they went to some restaurant and placed their orders. They laughed and had fun like everytime but it still was pretty weird to not have the other members around. The food came and they started eating when they saw Youjin enter the restaurant. He took a seat next to the manager and silently spoke.
"He's gonna be alright. It's just a cold but combined with how exhausted he was made him feel worse. He was still sleeping when I left."
"But how are you feeling? You still don't look your best." Youjin glared at the leader.
"I'm starting to think that you guys don't like my face anymore." They just laughed. After they were done the oldest one took the food he ordered for home and they all left straight to the house. They all went to see Heejun and they found the youngest playing some game on the phone. Youjin told him to stop the game and eat but he ended taking the phone from the boys hands when he refused.
"You need to eat. I'll give you the phone back after you finish eating." Inseong was the first one to leave the room again but this time he didn't look ok so Jihun followed him to his room. He stood in front of the door for one minute before he heard sobbing inside.
"Inseong.. What happened?" The man didn't stop crying and didn't even try to hide it this time.
"I'm a horrible person Jihun. I know I shouldn't do it but I can't stop it. I'm so sorry." To say the leader was confused was an understatement. What the hell was happening?
"What are you talking about? Please calm down a little and tell me what happened. I'm here for you ok?" he hugged the older man while gently rubbing his back. They stood like that for two more minutes until Inseong partially stopped crying.
"I.. I know I shouldn't but I'm jealous. I love Youjin and I know he cares a lot about us, but I can't stand him so close to Heejun." Aha, so now you know how I fee...
"Wait what? Heejun? Did you just say you like Heejun?"
"Uh, yes, but please, don't tell anybody. I mean, Seungjun knows but I don't want Heejun to find out and hate me."
"So.. You don't like Seungjun?" The other man looked legitimately confused and Jihun started to feel embarrassed again.
"No. I never liked Seungjun in that way. We've been friends for 8 years now so of course we get along really well but believe me, none of us are interested in each other like this."
"I-I only asked cause I thought you two were already dating and I wanted to make sure that I'm the first one to know and congratulate you. Sorry for assuming things." You literally hated on your bestfriend for no fucking reason at all. He's not even interested in him and now he probably also figured out that you like him. Congratu fucking lation. Genius, Kim Jihun.
"Oh, is that how it looked? I didn't intend on doing it. We are just really really close friends." They talked about how his crush on the maknae began when Heejun and Seungjun entered the room and they abruptly stopped their conversation. The youngest jumped in Inseong's bed pushing Jihun away and hugging the older one from behind.
"Hyuuung, let's go to sleep. I'm tired." Seungjun helped the leader get up and he kind of pushed him to the door.
"We'll go to our room now. Take care of him and be careful not to catch the cold Inseong." They left and the younger pointed towards the oldest member's room.
"Let's check on Youjin. He didn't look his best today."
"No, we don't need to. I'm sure he is ok. He said he wants to sleep so we should keep quiet." The blonde man looked at Seungjun trying to read his expression but when he failed he just nodded and headed back to their room.