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Miserable. That was the closest approximation to describe how Beomgyu was currently feeling. He had just gotten his wisdom teeth out two days prior, and his face was still swollen and his jaw was still in a fair amount of pain. On top of the general discomfort and pain he was currently exhibiting, Beomgyu had woken up not really being able to breath through his nose. He had somehow gotten a cold on top of everything else.
Beomgyu sniffled trying to remember if he was still on medical leave or not. However his brain was a little too foggy to properly remember. He wiped his hand along his nose before leaving the room to go look for Soobin, who would know his schedule. He passed the linen closet on his way and quickly grabbed a couple of washcloths. Beomgyu hated using tissues, and found, through trial and error, that the proper softness of washcloth was perfect for the sensitive skin around his nose.
Beomgyu found Soobin sitting at the dining room table on his laptop, likely emailing one of their managers or playing a game. Yeonjun was bustling around the kitchen making breakfast for the group.Taehyun and Kai were nowhere to be seen, but movement could be heard from their room, so it can be assumed that they’re in the process of getting ready.
“Hyung, do I have schedules today, or am I still on leave?” Soobin looked up from his laptop and smiled softly at Beomgyu. “That depends, Gyu. How are you feeling? If you feel like you can handle schedules you can go. Otherwise you have until the end of the week to recover.”
Beomgyu nodded, silently relieved that he didn’t need to go in yet. “I’m going to stay here. I st-still don’t fe-feel grea-istschhhh, hih-istieschhh.” Beomgyu broke into a slight coughing fit after he sneezed, garnering the attention of both his hyungs.
“That didn’t sound very good, Gyu. It sounds like you’ve caught a cold.” Beomgyu nodded as he wiped his nose on one of the washcloths he’d brought with him. “Okay well, Yeonjun hyung has the day off as well and I believe he was planning on staying behind to keep you company if you weren’t feeling up for going to work.”
Yeonjun hummed in affirmation as he placed two fairly big plates of food on the table. “Yep, you’re stuck with me today unless you don’t want me around.” Yeonjun placed his hand on Beomgyu’s forehead before grabbing the prescribed pain meds. “It doesn’t feel like you have a fever, but with the meds you’re on for pain, it’s going to be hard to gauge.” He handed Beomgyu a dose of his meds before going to grab the maknaes so they could all eat breakfast.
Breakfast went by rather quickly. Soobin, Taehyun, and Kai had initially been eating at a somewhat leisure pace, but then the leader got a call from their manager for an urgent meeting. The three members quickly abandoned their half eaten breakfast so they could all go to the company building together. After they left, Yeonjun and Beomgyu quietly finished their own food.
After breakfast, Beomgyu moved to the couch with his washcloths and Yeonjun cleaned up the table and the kitchen. Yeonjun then joined Beomgyu in the living room carrying the ice packs the surgeon had given them. “Here gyu. I know how eating makes the joint sore and you’re still pretty swollen.” Beomgyu accepted the ice packs and was about to place them on his face, when he pitched forward with a set of sneezes.
“Heh-stschhhh, hih-sstiestschhh, heh-stngxtshhh, heh-stieshhhhh.” Beomgyu took one of the washcloths and wiped his face off before discarding it and grabbing the ice packs. Yeonjun seemed a little bit grossed out by it, but the younger was feeling too miserable to care. Beomgyu turned on one of their streaming services to watch a show that he was in the middle of watching.
During the first two episodes, Beomgyu had three more sneeze fits and he kept sniffling. With each fit, Beomgyu merely wiped his nose with one of the washcloths then went back to watching the show. The near constant sniffling however, was getting on Yeonjun’s nerves.
“Beomgyu, can you please blow your nose? The sniffling is getting annoying, plus clearing your nose out might stop some of the sneezing.”
“Ndo cand do hyung.” Beomgyu said as he brought the washcloth back up to his nose. “If I blow mby ndose, it could prolong mby recobery period. It has to do with the sambe reasond you’re n-ndot supposed to u-use straws.” Beomgyu quickly sneezed into the cloth before having a mini coughing fit. He then cleaned himself up. “Believe mbe hyung, if I could blow mby ndose, I’d have done so by ndow.” At this point the younger’s voice was rather thick with congestion. Yeonjun got up and left the room, only to return a couple minutes later with some medicine and water.
“Here Gyu, try a decongestant. I already cross-checked the ingredients with your pain meds and you should be totally fine. It might help a little since you can’t blow your nose for a few days.” Beomgyu nodded and smiled in thanks as he took the offered medicine.
It seemed that the decongestant worked a little bit, as Beomgyu’s sniffling died down a little over the next couple episodes. “Hyung, is it lunchtime yet, and can I take some more pain meds? My jaw is starting to hurt again.” Beomgyu whined, the congestion noticeably less thick than before. Yeonjun glanced at his phone to check the time.
“You’re going to have to make do with the ice packs for now. You can’t take more meds for another hour minimum. Want me to get you some fresh ice?” Beomgyu nodded, so Yeonjun grabbed the compresses from the younger and went to the kitchen to swap them out.
When he returned after a couple minutes, he found Beomgyu lightly dozing. Clearly recovering from surgery and getting sick was tiring his body out, even if all he’s done is sit on the couch. Yeonjun approached the younger and lightly shook his shoulder. “Gyu let’s get you to bed. We can get you fed and medicated after a nap.” Beomgyu nodded and sleepily followed Yeonjun to his room and got settled on his bed. Yeonjun decided to make sure that the younger was comfortable and tucked him in before grabbing his empty glass and taking to the kitchen to refill. Beomgyu was barely holding on to consciousness when he returned, so the older quickly placed the glass on the nightstand and turned off the light.
“I’ll be in the living room if you need anything.” He said before closing the door until there was just a crack left. Yeonjun then went to the kitchen to start making the two of them lunch.
Forty five minutes later lunch was made and the table set up. Yeonjun went to Beomgyu's room to wake the sickie up. When he entered the room, he could hear Beomgyu snoring quite loudly. He snickered a little bit before shaking the younger awake.
"Beomgyu-yah, lunch is ready. It's time to wake up.” Beomgyu snuffled as he woke up, rubbing his face with one of his hands. “Okay hyung. Give me a minute.” Yeonjun nodded and left the room.
Beomgyu groggily grabbed one of his washcloths and wiped at his nose. He walked into the hallway and stopped halfway to the table. He brought the washcloth up to his face and bent forward a couple of times while he succumbed to a fit.
“Heh-stschhh, hih-stieschhh, HEH-STIEUGHSHHH.” The force of the sneezes caused him to walk forward a couple of paces. He used the washcloth to wipe his face before sitting down at the table. “Ok hyung, what’s for lunch?”
“I figured that some simple ramen would be best.” Yeonjun said, “By the way, how are you feeling after your short nap?”
“I still don’t feel great. My jaw still hurts, and I still can’t breathe through my nose, but I do feel a little better. If it weren’t for the cold, I think I’d be able to go back to work tomorrow.” Beomgyu sniffled and began to bring some food up to his mouth before abruptly turning away and sneezing five times in a row. He put his food back down and grabbed his washcloth to wipe his nose with, doing his best to clean up as much snot as possible without blowing his nose. He had a mini coughing fit in the process, mostly caused by the accumulation of mucous that didn’t really have anywhere to go.
Yeonjun smiled sympathetically. “Good to hear that you’re feeling better as far as wisdom tooth recovery goes. But you sound absolutely terrible, and I recommend that you stay home and rest for a couple of days to get over your cold. Soobin-ah did say that you have the week off to recover from your surgery. I suggest you use it.” Beomgyu hummed in agreement as he began eating his food.
After lunch the duo went back to the living room to continue watching the drama they had been watching earlier. Beomgyu made sure to text Soobin to tell him that he’d be taking the week to continue resting, especially now that he had a nasty cold. By the time the other three had returned from their schedules, Beomgyu had thoroughly soiled his small stack of washcloths and had to start using the much more abrasive tissues while Yeonjun did a load of wash. It didn’t take long for the others to also get a bit annoyed at the fact that Beomgyu wasn’t able to properly blow his nose, but they were understanding enough to not get too mad about it. It also got to a point where due to the fact that Yeonjun had spent the day with the younger, Yeonjun was the only one who could at least somewhat understand Beomgyu’s heavily congested voice.