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Sick.
That’s what Jungkook was, but he wasn’t about to admit it. The group was gearing up for a world tour and it was currently one of their few days where they had relatively light schedules. He and the rest of the group were planning on going to an amusement park after morning practice ended. Jungkook groaned as he got out of bed. He grabbed a tissue from the box on his nightstand, and huffed in frustration as he tried and failed to blow the congestion out of his nose. From the moment he had woken up and realized he couldn’t really breathe, Jungkook decided that he was going to try to play it off as allergies and hope the others wouldn’t notice, or wouldn’t bring it up if they figured out he was lying.
Jungkook was honestly glad that he decided to spend the night at his apartment instead of the dorm with the others. When he saw himself in the mirror he looked like he hadn't really slept. He had also sneezed like five times while in the shower, and he knows with the lack of privacy that tends to happen when they're all at the dorms he for sure would have been found out. Jungkook took a decongestant and made himself a thermos of hot tea before having breakfast and leaving for the studio.
When he arrived at the studio, Jungkook found that all of his hyungs were already there. He frowned a little because he thought he was doing better on time than he apparently was. Jungkook sniffled before opening the door and entering the room.
"Morning hyungs."Jungkook greeted before lightly sniffling and rubbing his nose with his wrist. A tickle was beginning to form and he was trying his best to will it away. It didn't work, as a second later, he found himself bent at the waist.
"HEH-STSCHHH-STIESHHH" the sneezes had been particularly loud for the maknae, and the members he had been closer in proximity to heard him over the music. Hoseok and Jimin heard the outburst. Hoseok went to turn off the music and Jimin went to check the maknae's condition.
Jimin went over to Jungkook and placed his hand on his forehead before even greeting him. "You have a fever Kook. You should be in bed." Jungkook shook his head.
"I don't have a fever, hyung. It's just a small cold." Jungkook sniffled and Hoseok came over with the box of tissues. "Hyung, can you grab the thermometer? I'm pretty sure Kookie here has a fever but he doesn't believe me." Hoseok nodded and quickly went to the first aid kit where everything was kept. Meanwhile the others had caught on that something was wrong, so they came over to see what was up.
"What's going on?" Namjoon asked as Hoseok returned with the thermometer and scanned Jungkook's forehead. “Jungkook here has a fever.” Hoseok said as he showed the thermometer to everyone. “Hyung, that’s barely a fever. I c-can total-ly still wo-work-istschhh, heh-stschh.” Jungkook grabbed a couple of tissues from the box and blew his nose. Namjoon looked at Jungkook skeptically and was about to speak, but Jimin spoke first.
“Nope. Either way you have a fever. I’m taking you back to the dorm and you are resting. Jungkook tried to protest, but all of his hyungs held their ground and Jungkook wound up following Jimin out of the building. He wasn’t exactly pleased with getting put on sick leave, but on the plus side, he now got to relax at home for a couple days and focus on a new video game that just came out.
Jungkook somewhat begrudgingly parked his butt on the couch, while Jimin got him tissues and other supplies. He did his best to give Jimin a look when he returned.
"Hyung, I don't even feel all that sick. It's j-ust a mi-inor heh-stschhh, hih-stschhh cold." Jungkook protested when Jimin handed him some meds. Jimin rolled his eyes in response.
"Kook." Jimin said sternly. "You have a fever. Yes, I know, it's barely a fever. But it's still a fever. Your body is trying to fight something off and the best way to do that is by resting so your body can focus on fighting your cold instead of being continually exhausted by overexerting yourself "
Jungkook huffed in frustration at his hyung being right as he accepted the medicine. He then turned on the TV and grabbed the controller for one of the gaming consoles. Since he knew Jimin was more there to keep him company than anything else, he offered one to the eldest 95 liner, who accepted and sat on the couch next to him.
The duo had been playing for a good thirty minutes, when Jungkook felt a tickle begin to form in his nose. He scrunched the appendage a little in hopes of abating it, but it didn't work. He then tried using rubbing at his nose, but that didn't work either. After a couple moments, the tickle grew strong enough that his body began to respond. He put down his controller, forgetting to pause and held his hands inches from his face. His breath hitched a couple of times before stopping, and then it started up again.
Jimin was a little surprised when Jungkook's avatar stopped moving so glanced over to the younger.He watched curiously as the man rubbed at his nose before his breath started hitching. When it stopped, Jimin thought that maybe the sneeze disappeared. Then the breath hitching started up again. Jimin watched as Jungkook huffed in frustration before rubbing at his nose again.
"Sneeze stuck Kook?" Jimin asked as he chuckled a little. Jungkook glared in response.
“N-not fu-funny hyung.” Jungkook stuttered as his breath hitched again. Jimin shook his head fondly and plucked a tissue from the box. “Do you want some help?” The older asked as he twisted the corner of the tissue into a fine point. Jungkook merely nodded his head, still struggling with the stuck sneeze and hitching breaths.
Jimin turned to face Jungkook and moved his hands down so he would have access to the maknae’s nose. He then carefully inserted the tissue into his nose and watched as Jungkook’s breath stuttered a little. Jimin preceded to wiggle the tissue around and it didn’t take more than a moment before Jungkook was frantically batting Jimin’s hands away.
Heh-stschhh, hih-stschhh, heh- stieshhh, hih-stischhhh.” Jungkook quickly grabbed a wad of tissues to blow his nose with and clean himself up. “Ugh, thanks hyung, that made me feel a little bit better.”
“No problem Kook. Now, let’s finish this game so we can rub it in Tae’s face that we completed it when he gets home.” Jungkook nodded and picked his controller back up.
It took them a few hours to finish the game. They really only paused to eat lunch, go bathroom, and when Jungkook inevitably had another sneezing fit or needed to blow his nose.
They didn’t finish the game before the others arrived home. However, they did finish just as Taehyung walked into the room This caused the duo to gleefully watch the second youngest pout about how it’s not fair that Kook is so much better at video games than him.
The next day, Jungkook found that he was still sick, fever and all. Jimin offered to stay behind again, but Jungkook didn’t want to impose on his hyung again, so he made him and the others go to practice. When he did get another stuck sneeze, he wound up doing exactly what Jimin had inadvertently taught him the day before.