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sungchan woke up feeling hot with sweat running down his forehead, he figures it might just be some small fever that will last for a few hours. and so he tries to shrug it off and thinks of what to eat instead, he was in the middle of eating when he suddenly lost his appetite-- body getting hotter by the second. he tries not to panic and chugs a bottle of cool water,
shotaro saw sungchan chugging the water hurriedly and looked at him in confusion,"did you choke on something?" shotaro asks with a hint of worry in his voice.
"what? oh-- no, im okay! just feeling a little bit hot." sungchan replies, giving him a small reassuring smile.
"are you sure? you look really red, channie." shotaro asks again, trying to make sure that sungchan was actually okay.
"i'm really okay hyung. i told you im just feeling a little under the weather." sungchan said while shotaro comes closer to him, putting his hands on his forehead.
"oh my gosh! you're heating up sungchan! you're not okay!!" shotaro panics, while sungchan just sighed.
he does feel a little worse but he can surely make it through today right? "im alright hyung, can you just buy me some medicine please? i'll be alright in just a few hours!" sungchan tries to reassure shotaro, a pressured smile on his face.
shotaro tries to calm down and exhaled, "fine.. but if you feel even the slightest bit worse, you should tell me right away." he emphasized the word, making sure sungchan gets what he's saying. sungchan broke into a smile, showing his adorable smile again and agreeing to what shotaro just said.
shotaro comes back into the dorm with a bag of medicine for sungchan, giving it to sungchan and making sure he drank his medicine well. "you should go to rest, channie." shotaro suggested, urging sungchan to go to sleep.
"alright, alright hyung.. i'll try." sungchan says while lying himself down, closing his eyes and trying his best to keep it closed.
1 minute..
3 minutes...
5 minutes..
and finally 10 minutes, yet sungchan still can't sleep! he tries so hard to sleep, starting from counting sheeps to doing a countdown from 100 to 0, yet he still cant sleep.
he feels so uneasy, his body heat getting worse as he stares into the wall-- trying to calm himself down again. he tries to watch videos, the type that he usually likes but now its not even entertaining anymore, his mind getting noisy and everything around him spun. until he finally broke down, eyes going red and breath getting hot. it hurts, it hurts so much. he feels so uneasy and uncomfortable, he impulsively hits his own hand out of frustration, sobbing.
shotaro heard faint sobs and instantly panics, "is sungchan having a nightmare?!" shotaro rushes to sungchan's room, his head a mess and the only thing remaining in his head was that he needs to comfort sungchan as fast as he can.
the moment he opened the door to sungchan's room, his heart dropped. "sungchan! baby, are you okay? what happened channie?" shotaro tries to calm sungchan down as well as calming himself down, hugging sungchan and holding his hands-- trying to stop sungchan from hurting himself further.
sungchan sobs into shotaro's shoulder, "it hurts hyung.. i feel so dizzy.." sungchan whines, his voice weak from crying.
"hey, its okay channie, im here. its alright." shotaro said, reassuring sungchan and patting his head. sungchan continues to sob on shotaro until he feels a little better, shotaro's heart tightened; he can't stand seeing sungchan crying like this.
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sungchan's sobs lessened and he can faintly breath now, '"all better?" shotaro asks with a soft voice as to not shock sungchan after all the crying, sungchan replies with a weak nod.
shotaro hesitated for a moment before he asks "sungchannie, do you want to clean up a little? you're full of sweat.." shotaro said, looking into sungchan's eyes with worry.
he again received another weak nod from sungchan, sungchan doesn't want to speak yet because he feels his voice will crack and he really doesn't want shotaro to hear him sound so vulnerable. "alright, i'll bring some warm wet towel and fresh clothes okay? i'll help you."
--"do you feel fresher now?" shotaro asks, looking up at sungchan and wiped the tears on his lashes.
"yeah.. thank you taro hyung." sungchan thanks shotaro, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
shotaro smiles of relief, hes glad sungchan is feeling better. shotaro pats sungchan's head again, kissing the crown of his head. "do you want cuddles? until we fall asleep?" shotaro asks, wanting to help sungchan sleep so that he can get the rest that he needs.
sungchan faintly smiles and nods again, getting under the blanket and opening it on the side-- a sign to invite shotaro in. shotaro jumps under the blanket as well and hugs sungchan, cuddling him and humming him melodies until they both fell asleep.
sungchan woke up the next morning with a fresher and better feeling, sleeps after a good cry is always nice after all. warm sunlights are slipping through their curtains, lighting up their room with the warm light.
he saw shotaro sleeping peacefully beside him, still hugging him. sungchan smiled softly, patting the older's head and threading his hands through his hairs until his eyes flutter open. "im sorry, did i wake you up?" sungchan apologizes with an apologic smile.
"no.. its okay. are you feeling better now?" shotaro asks with his sleepy voice, given that he just woke up. sungchan's heart clenched a little when he sees shotaro asking about him the moment he woke up.
"yeah, im feeling better now. thank you taro hyung.." sungchan said softly while snuggling up into shotaro again, smiling against shotaro's chest. although hes bigger than shotaro, hes still younger than shotaro, he loves that he feels small when he lays down with shotaro.
shotaro smiles gently at the cute act his boyfriend just did. "of course, anything for you channie. i love you." shotaro said, smiling into the younger's head nuzzling his face into sungchan's head.
"i love you too hyung." sungchan said, giving shotaro's neck with small kisses while smiling lovingly, before the both of them falls asleep in each other's hands once again.