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It was 6 in the morning. It was 6 in the god damn morning.
Sunoo wouldn't say that he isn't a morning person. He was actually easy to wake up on get on with the day.
Except today.
Sunoo felt an uncomfortable pressure on the back of his head and his throat felt scratchy. But then again, it was only 6 in the morning so Sunoo thought it was on that.
Little reluctantly, Sunoo pushed himself into a sitting position on the bed. With tired eyes, he watched as Jungwon tried to shake Heeseung awake and Jake pulling his shirt on backwards.
"Sunoo." Sunoo whipped his head around towards Sunghoon, who had called his name.
"We have to hurry", the older reminded Sunoo whilst jumping on one leg trying to pull on a sock.
Sunoo just nodded as a response, scooting to the edge of the bed so he could climb down the ladder of the bunk.
Somehow - Sunoo thought it was because he had just woken up - Sunoo managed to missplace his foot and almost crash down to the floor.
But he didn't, because Sunghoon was quick to steady him. "Woah, what's up with you? You usually aren't this clumsy, that's Jungwon's job."
Sunoo didn't find any strength in him to answer the taller in words so he just let out a strained chuckle, which Sunghoon frowned at.
"I'll help you down", the ravenette uttered, hooking his hands under Sunoo's armpits and lifting the younger down.
"Thanks..." Sunoo managed to say, rubbing the tiredness out of his eyes.
"Dress up and go eat something quickly, we have to leave soon", Sunghoon commanded, giving the smaller a light push on his back towards the door.
Sunoo stumbled forwards, making himself frown. Sunghoon didn't even push him hard. It's because you just woke up, he assured himself before walking to the closet where Jungwon was searching for a pair of pants.
"Morning hyung", the younger beamed. Sunoo just smiled tiredly as a response.
"A bad day?" Jungwon's face quickly flashed worry, his hand immediately finding itself on Sunoo's right shoulder. Being aware of Sunoo's medical status made the brunette worry immediately. "I can call-"
"No, no, no", Sunoo shrugged the leader's hand away. "'M fine, just tired."
Jungwon gave him a skeptical look, but continued his initial task anyway. "Here's a shirt for you, we need to hurry."
Sunoo just blinked as a reply and pulled his night shirt over his head before changing into the new shirt and fresh pair of boxers.
"Pants", Jungwon said as he passed Sunoo a pair of black sweatpants.
"Thanks", Sunoo mumbled and grabbed the pants from the younger's hold.
As he bent down to put his feet through the leg holes, the pressure at the back of his head suddenly intensified, making Sunoo lose his balance and bashing his head on the dresser's door.
"Are you okay?!" Jungwon exclaimed and caught Sunoo before the older would hit the floor.
Sunoo groaned and grunted, screwing his face up. "Yeah", he answered to Jungwon as a weak whimper.
"Let me help you", Jungwon said, taking the pants to himself before placing Sunoo's hands onto his shoulders and bended down a little.
"Right leg", the leader instructed, grabbing Sunoo's right ankle and guiding it through the leg hole before doing the same to the left leg. Then the pulled the pants up and tied the strings on Sunoo's waist.
"Good to go", he smiled and ruffled Sunoo's now blonde hair. "Let's go eat."
"I made sandwiches to you and here's a few bananas", Jay greeted them in the kitchen. "You don't have time to eat here. Go put on your shoes, you'll have to eat in the car."
Jungwon disappeared from Sunoo's side, and the latter just waddled into the hall and pulled his puffer jacket lazily on before he plopping down to the floor and somehow fumbled his shoes on.
"Oh good morning hyung", Riki appeared to the hall, with a few masks in his hand. Sunoo just lazily waved and leaned his back to the wall, not bothering to stand up.
"Don't forget your mask", the youngest chuckled, before putting the mask on Sunoo's face himself. Riki pinched the metal wire on the mask around Sunoo's nose with a smile. "Come quickly to the van, we're leaving", he told the older before pushing the door open and disappearing into the cold morning wind.
"Sunoo?" Jungwon's surprised voice came from behind Sunoo, the former forgetting the honorific as he was taken aback. Sunoo barely even registered it in his hazy mind. "What are you still doing here, we have to go."
"Going..." Sunoo mumbled, his eyelids suddenly feeling extra heavy. He pushed himself up from the floor and quickly made his way to the van. The faster he got there, the sooner he could take a nap in the car.
Jay and Jungwon were right behind him, helping him through the car door and seating him next to Jake who strapped the seatbelt around Sunoo.
"Do you think he's sick?"
"He usually isn't this tired, unless..."
Sunoo heard the others mumbling about him, but he was too tired to care so Sunoo just let his head fall on Jake's shoulder and drifted off to sleep.
...Only to be woken up after what felt like 15 seconds. Whining, Sunoo refused to open his eyes.
"Sunoo, we are here. You need to get up", Sunoo was too gone to recognize the voice of the person talking.
"Come on hyung, don't be difficult..." Hyung, the other person must be Jungwon or Riki. Sunoo blinked his eyes open, groaning. The pain at the back of his head was gone, but now it had moved to his temples.
"Good job." The person squatting in front of Sunoo was Jay. The older smiled at him before unbuckling the seatbelt. "We need to go now, Sunoo."
Sunoo just nodded, trying not to whimper at the pain he felt on his head. After he was out of the car, he quickly learned that the ache wasn't only on his head, but on his whole body too.
As they walked into the building and made their way towards the dance practice rooms, Sunoo started to feel a bit more awake. His body still ached, but at least he was now a bit more aware of his surroundings.
"Eat this." Jay appeared on his side, offering the younger an already peeled banana.
"Thank you, hyung", Sunoo smiled and took a big bite out of the banana as they entered the elevator.
"Are you sick?" Jungwon squinted his eyes at Sunoo, taking a step closer so he could feel the older's temperature with his palm.
"No", Sunoo answered with a mouthful of banana and dodged the leader's hand. "Just tired." It was almost 7 in the morning after all.
"Hyung, let me feel your forehead", Jungwon demanded, stepping more into Sunoo's space.
"I said I'm fine!" Sunoo exclaimed and hid himself behind Jay. His plan backfired though, because now Jay was pressing his hand against Sunoo's forehead.
"He doesn't feel warm", Jay informed Jungwon.
The elevator doors opened and the trio stepped out. "Tell me immediately if you start to feel sick", Jungwon nudged Sunoo's elbow. "You were quite out of it in the morning."
"Yeah yeah yeah", Sunoo mumbled and waved his hand limply in Jungwon's direction. He had no intentions to do such thing what the leader had requested.
"Drink up before we start", Jake offered his waterbottle to Sunoo as the latter stretched his arms over his head.
Sunoo smiled and took a huge gulp of the water. "I have my eye on you." He heard the older say as he returned the bottle.
"I'm not sick!" Sunoo yelped, the pressure on his head and the ache on his whole body telling him the opposite. His outburst gained the attention of everyone in the room.
"Calm down, no one is saying that you're sick", Heeseung approached the pair.
Sunoo huffed. "I'm just tired, okay? It's 7 in the morning", he massaged his temples out of annoyance - and pain, but he wouldn't tell anyone that.
Everyone had dropped the subject and their practice was on full speed by now. They had a busy schedule that day and they wouldn't be back at home until four in the afternoon.
Sunoo gave it all that he could. He was tired and during breaks he took a quick five minute nap on Riki's shoulder everytime. When the clock hit 12 pm, Sunoo was starting to think that maybe the ache all over wasn't because of the morning haze. Perhaps he was actually getting sick.
"Finally food!" Sunghoon let out a relieved yelp as he plopped to sit next to Sunoo on the floor. Heeseung was on Sunoo's other side and Jake was giving everyone their foodbags.
"Eat up, Sunshine", Heeseung smiled as he opened the box for Sunoo.
"I can do things myself, you know? I'm not a baby..." Sunoo grumbled, but his hyungs just snickered as a response.
They quickly finished their food, Sunoo earning a few worried glances because of how much food he left on his plate. He just shrugged as a response, telling them that he was full, which was true.
As the dance practice continued, Sunoo couldn't help but to keep checking the clock every few minutes and wishing that it would be over soon. He was starting to feel his limbs go limp and the ache just kept intensifying.
When it was almost four and they had just finished their last round of their latest song, Sunoo allowed himself to collapse onto the ground.
He was relaxed until he heard the awful three words coming out of the dance instructor's mouth.
"One more time."
Sunoo rolled over to his side, his whole face twisting. "N-no..."
"Come on, hyung, just one more time! It's only like three minutes." Sunoo opened his eyes as Riki shook his forearm, the youngest oblivious to Sunoo's pain.
Only three minutes. Sunoo could do that, right?
He pushed himself up from the floor and gave the stupid dance all that he got - which wasn't a lot since his whole body kept begging him to stop the whole time.
When the last note of the song echoed in the room and it was finally over, Sunoo was the first one to flee the room. He gathered up his stuff like he was escaping a fire, and ran to the elevator. Sunghoon was quick on his feet.
"What happened?" the older asked as they entered the elevator together. Sunoo just breathed heavily, not answering for a while.
"I'm just tired."
"Sunoo, you have been tired for the whole day. Is something up?"
"No. I'm just tired", Sunoo didn't even know himself why he couldn't just admit that yeah, something might be up.
Sunghoon just slided his arm over the blonde's shoulder, squeezing him closer.
"I wanna sleep", Sunoo groaned as he let his head fall to lean on the taller's shoulder.
"You can sleep in the van", the ravenette assured him, guiding the younger out of the elevator and towards the exit.
"You need to shower", Riki nagged as he entered the living room with a fresh pair of shorts and a loose t-shirt. Sunoo blinked at him with tired eyes.
"I'm tired, hyung", Sunoo whined, pulling his legs closer to his chest.
"I'm not your hyung", Riki frowned, walking closer to the other blonde on the couch. "You smell. Go shower, hyung."
"But I'm tired", Sunoo let his eyes fall closed.
Riki took a deep breath, trying not to snap at the older. "You can shower with me, if that's any easier to you", he offered. Riki wasn't a fan of showering with the other's but he did have a certain soft spot for Sunoo. And he had already showered anyway, so he could just help the blonde bathe.
Sunoo didn't answer him, but he did open his eyes and let Riki pull him up from the couch and guide him to the bathroom.
Sunoo almost dozed off on the closed toilet seat as Riki filled the tub. When the tub was full, Riki helped Sunoo out of his clothes and into the water.
Sunoo sighed in content, leaning the back of his head on the tiled wall. Riki chuckled at him before splashing water on the blonde's face. "Don't fall asleep!"
Riki washed Sunoo's hair while Sunoo scrubbed the thin layer of sweat off of his body. When they were finally done, Riki wrapped a thick fluffy towel around Sunoo as soon as he was out of the water.
"Stay here, I'll go get some clother for you", the taller informed before slipping out of the bathroom door. "And don't fall asleep!" Sunoo heard him sing song in the distance.
Before Sunoo knew it, the Japanese was back in front of him pulling a t-shirt over Sunoo's head.
"Hi", Sunoo smiled, sleepiness evident in his voice.
"Hi", Riki chuckled and helped Sunoo wear a pullover on top of the t-shirt. "Pants next."
When the blonde was fully clothed, Riki led Sunoo to the kitchen. Sunoo was seated between Jake and Jay.
"Hi", he greeted while smiling.
Jake planted his palm against Sunoo's forehead. "Has anyone taken his temperature yet?"
The whole table shook their heads, which made Sunoo feel left out so he shook his head as well even though he didn't catch on what they were talking about. The pressure on his head made itself known due to this, causing Sunoo to whimper and lower his head against the table.
"I'll go get the thermometer."
"Sunoo, can you eat something?" That was Jay's voice.
"Yeah..." Sunoo let out a sad sound. Before he could start to dig in on the food in front of him, Jake shoved a thermometer under his tongue.
"Hey!" Sunoo pouted, causing the thermometer drop to the floor with a clatter.
"Sunoo!" All four of his hyungs exclaimed. Riki laughed and Jungwon rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"S-sorry", Sunoo stammered as Heeseung picked up the thermometer and briefly washed it under a stream of water on the kitchen sink.
"Keep it in this time. No talking", Jay warned, pushing the thermometer into Sunoo's mouth.
Sunoo crossed his arms over his chest and pouted carefully in order to not drop the thermometer again and to not get scolded. He almost sagged in relief when the stupid thing beeped, allowing him to finally eat.
"37,4", Jake read outloud. "It's not high but it's most likely going to go up during the evening."
"Poor Sunoo", Heeseung cooed, adding more beef into Sunoo's bowl.
They eated in peace after that before moving to the living room to watch a scary movie from Riki's request. Sunghoon and Jungwon were left behind to clean up the dishes. Sunoo just hovered in his place by the kitchen door, too out of it to go sit on the couch.
"Sunoo come here." Sunoo was snapped out of his haze, when Jake called his name and motioned for him to come lay down on the couch.
"Hi hyung", Sunoo greeted Heeseung sleepily as he plopped down onto the older's lap. Heeseung laughed softly and Riki laid himself on top of Sunoo's legs.
Jay started the movie and at some point Sunghoon and Jungwon returned to the living room. Jungwon seated himself on a pillow on the floor in front of the knot of limbs that was a mix of Riki, Sunoo and Heeseung while Sunghoon cuddled between Jake and Jay.
Sunoo didn't remember falling asleep until he was shaken awake by a loud scream coming from the TV. It was significantly later, the other boys most likely asleep too.
Now here's the thing, Sunoo isn't good with scary movies. The room was dark, he was the only one awake, his head felt hot and heavy and his body ached and on the TV a woman was being slaughtered by some kind of monster.
Sunoo panicked, of course.
He flinched as an ear splitting scream left the woman's mouth. Closing his eyes didn't help at all, because Sunoo could still hear everything, which made his stupid mind paint horrifying pictures on his retina.
Sunoo tried to get up, but the dead weight of Riki on top of him prevented him from doing so. Sunoo felt tears starting to fall from his eyes because oh god how he felt scared, sick and trapped. The blonde started to tap furiously Heeseung's arm that was around him in order to wake up the oldest.
"H-hyung", Sunoo whispered, voice frantic. A loud noise was heard from the TV, causing Sunoo to whimper and bury is head onto Heeseung's chest.
"Sunoo..?" Heeseung's sleepy voice echoed in Sunoo's panicked mind. "Oh my god, Sunoo?"
Sunoo cried and shook his head against the eldest's chest. "Put it a-away..."
Heeseung seemed to understand Sunoo's request because he turned the TV off immediately. "Sunoo", the taller cooed, his hand finding it's way to Sunoo's forehead.
Sunoo just hiccuped as Heeseung shook Riki and Jungwon awake telling them that Sunoo was burning up.
"Hyung?" Jungwon and Riki asked at the same time, voices sleepy.
"Sunoo's fever went up, go get the thermometer and some medicine."
Both of the youngests of the group shot up after hearing this, immediately disapperiang to the kitchen.
"Sunoo's fever went up?"
Looks like Heeseung accidentally woke up the 02 liners too, Sunoo couldn't tell. He was too tired and feverish to try to keep up with what was happening around him.
There was a new cold hand pressing against his forehead, and Sunoo squinted his eyes open. He was met with a frowning Sunghoon, who quickly changed his expression into a soft smile after he noticed that Sunoo was looking at him.
"Hi baby", the taller cooed. "You feeling bad?"
Sunoo mumbled incoherently, trying to tell the older to stop talking to him like a baby, but the words didn't form into an understandable manner since his cheek was squished against Heeseung's collarbone.
"Here", Jungwon returned to the living room with Riki behind him, handing Heeseung the thermometer while Riki stood aside with a glass of water and a pack of fever reducers.
"Sunoo say aah." Sunoo felt Heeseung tap the corner of his lips with the thermometer. Sunoo grumbled for a bit before obeying.
Sunoo thought that he fell asleep, until someone pulled the thermometer absurdly from his mouth.
"38,8." He heard someone announce, which was followed by gasps.
"Sunoo hyung, can you take the medicine?" That was Riki. Sunoo nodded sleepily against Heeseung's chest but did nothing to actually take the medicine.
"You're such a baby", Jake laughed and moved to sit next to Heeseung who had Sunoo on his lap. "Open your mouth for hyung, please?"
Sunoo parted his lips and Jake pushed the pill into his mouth before holding the cup of water on Sunoo's lips. "Drink", he ordered the small blonde.
Sunoo swallowed the medicine with a grimace, his head suddenly pulsing with pain. Thank god he wasn't the one holding the glass, otherwise there would be water everywhere now. Sunoo flinched backwards from the pain, the back of his head colliding with Heeseung's chin.
"Ow!" Sunoo cried out, leaning forwards with a force, which made him fall out of Heeseung's lap and crash down to the floor.
It all happened so suddenly that the six other boys had no chance to react to anything in time. Heeseung was rubbing his chin in a daze and Jake was gaping at Sunoo.
The first one to do something was Sunghoon, who quickly crouched down next to the crying boy on the floor.
"Sunoo", he called softly. Sunoo was leaning his forehead against the cool wooden floor. "Hyungs are here. Can you tell us what hurts?"
Sunoo turned his head to look at the former figure skater. "Head..."
"Maybe it's time for you to go to sleep, hm?" Sunghoon cooed. "It's late anyway."
"It's literally not even like 8 in the evening", Jay cut in.
"Shut the fuck up!" Sunoo saw Jungwon swat Jay in the back of his head making the older yelp.
"Okay..." Sunoo sighed. "Sleepy."
"Yeah, sleepy time", Sunghoon repeated. "Can you get on my back?"
Sunoo just hummed as a reply before pushing himself up soche could get on Sunghoon's back. He immediately rested his burning forehead against the side of the ravenette's neck.
"I can't lift you into your own bed. Can you go by yourself?" Sunghoon asked as they arrived into the bedroom. The lack of Sunoo's response made him come up with a new solution. "Or do you wanna sleep with hyung? We can crash on Jungwon's bed, I'm sure he doesn't mind..."
"Yeah", Sunoo nodded weakly. "With hyung."
Sunghoon bent down in front of the leader's bed and Sunoo slided off, making himself comfortable against the wall so Sunghoon would have plenty of room on the bed.
Sunghoon tucked Sunoo in before he slipped under the blankets too. "What are you doing? Come here", he chuckled before snaking his arms around Sunoo and pulling the blonde against himself, away from the wall.
"You're like my own little heating pad", Sunghoon chuckled, but Sunoo was already far too gone in the slumber of sleep to answer.
(The next morning Sunoo woke up with a dead weight of five people on top of him and seven people on the small bed of Jungwon's. Turned out that the other boys were jealous of Sunghoon and wanted to protect a sleeping Sunoo too.
"This is a Sunoo Love Club, what did you expect?" Jay had grumbled to Sunoo, making the latter laugh.)