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The members of Treasure were all super excited. It’s their first ever concert with Teume present since they’ve debuted and excited and anxious nerves were at an all time high for all the members. It was five minutes to show time and Haruto was beginning to feel a little weird. Sure he was super excited about the concert, but he was starting to feel an almost buzzing sensation forming in his sinuses and he wasn’t sure why. The sensation had slowly been building over the course of the past hour, but hadn’t really become noticeable until now. He didn’t have any time to ponder over it though, as it was time to go on stage.
Haruto had done okay at ignoring the sensation, and he had managed to get through the first half of the first song without incident. Unfortunately for him, the sensation became a bit too unbearable just as his turn to sing came around.
“EH-HAHH, HIH-HEHHH!!” He did his best not to sneeze into the mic, but didn’t fully succeed in removing the mic in time. The first sneeze was heard loud and clear throughout the venue. A series of ‘bless yous’ could be heard being screamed throughout the crowd. Haruto smiled and bowed a little in thanks as he did his part.
During his part, the burning sensation in Haruto’s sinuses never fully abated. He managed to get through his part completely, but wound up sneezing again shortly after he finished. This time however, he managed to avoid sneezing into the mic, so he didn’t interrupt the next part of the song too much. He sniffled a little as he rubbed at his nose. Jaehyuk came over to him, giving him brief eye contact to check in. Haruto smiled and nodded before giving him a thumbs up. That was enough for Jaehyuk to know that Haruto was fine, so the group continued with the next couple of songs.
Haruto had sneezed five more times during the first set of songs, and since his sneezes weren’t anywhere near quiet, his members heard every single one. He did his best to turn away from the mic so that his members parts wouldn’t be terribly interrupted, but he could only do so much.
“You good there Haruto? You were sneezing a lot during the first set.” Jihoon asked the younger, going as far as getting one of the medical staff to bring over a thermometer.
“Hyung, I’m fi-fine. I’m ju-just a bi-it snee-EAGHHHH, HIH-EIUGHH sneezy.” Hyunsuk came over and offered Haruto some tissues. The Japanese member accepted the tissues and blew his nose quickly before getting his outfit changed.
The second set of songs hadn’t gone much better. Haruto was sneezing every couple of minutes, and congestion had begun to set in his sinuses, making him sound nasally while sang or rapped. During a brief break in singing to speak with Teume, Haruto grabbed a sweat towel and began tending to his nose. He was hoping that he could get the itchy appendage under control, but he wound up sneezing three more times in rapid succession. The towel muffled the sneezes a bit, but they were still quite audible.
Mashiho went up to the younger Japanese member and whispered into his ear. “Are you absolutely certain you’re okay?” Haruto shook his head. He had no idea why he was so sneezy. On top of the congestion that had formed, Haruto had also started to develop a headache. Mashiho noticed the way that the younger was wincing a little at the loud noises surrounding them.
“Why don’t you go back to the dressing room and lie down for a bit. Teume will understand.” Haruto nodded his head, but he wanted to address the crowd before he retired.
Haruto quickly addressed the audience, telling them that because of all of the sneezing he was feeling a bit worn out and that he was going to sit out the next few songs. Teume was very understanding and a chorus of ‘Feel better’, and ‘Get well soon’ could be heard as he walked off stage. As Haruto was walking towards the dressing room, he was taking stock of his body and realized that aside from all the sneezing and side effects it caused, he really didn’t feel all that sick.
Haruto continued to rub at his nose as he entered the dressing room. Unsurprisingly the stylists were all relaxing around the room, as they wouldn’t need to do anything for another half hour or so. He greeted the stylists that greeted him before grabbing a couple of tissues and blowing his nose. The action of blowing his nose had reinvigorated the tickle that had been plaguing his nose all evening.
“HIH-STIEAHHH, HEH-STIUGHHHH. Sorry about that noonas.” The stylists told him it wasn’t a problem and that since he was clearly sick, he should relax for a bit. He quickly blew his nose again and went to sit on the couch. The Japanese member had been so preoccupied with his nose, that he hadn’t noticed the presence of an extra body in the room. That is until he heard a bark. He looked in the direction of the bark and saw one of the stylists, specifically his, holding a chihuahua.
“Yoonjoo noona, where’d the dog come from?” He asked as to his knowledge none of their usual styling staff had any pets.
“Isn’t he cute? I just adopted him last week. I thought I’d bring him along to work since he fits in my bag. He's also just a puppy and I didn't want to leave him alone for too long. His name is Piggy.”
Haruto snorted at the name, which in turn caused him to sneeze again. He groaned frustratedly at his nose, but he now knew why he couldn't stop sneezing. The chihuahua.
He wasn't terribly allergic to all dogs though. For some reason it was only Chihuahuas that majorly set him off. He only ever experienced mild symptoms around all other breeds.
He didn't want to ask any of the stylists if they had any allergy meds because he thought it'd be rude, so he decided to wait until the next outfit change and ask his members if they have any on them. He glanced at the clock and knew that it would likely be around twenty minutes before his members came back for their outfit change. Haruto grabbed his phone and the box of tissues, then sat down on the sofa to uncomfortably wait for his members.
When the group came into the dressing room for their outfit change, they found Haruto sneezing into a couple of tissues with a pile of tissues on the table in front of him. Junghwan and Yedam decided to check in on the sick member while the others got their outfits changed.
“Hyung, how’re you feeling?” Junghwan asked as he grabbed a nearby trash can and began throwing away the used tissues. Yedam placed his hand on Haruto’s forehead to check for a fever, even though he hadn’t had one an hour ago.
“I honestly don’t feel super great right now, but if anyone has some allergy pills that I can take, that would be great.” Yedam shook his head.
“I don’t have any with me today, but Junkyu hyung might have some.” Yedam was quick to call over the older and thankfully for Haruto, Junkyu did have allergy pills in his bag. “Any idea what you’re allergic to, or are you just testing a theory?” Yedam asked as he handed over the pill bottle.
Haruto gestured over to the stylist that currently had a sleeping chihuahua in her lap. “I’m n-normally fine ar-round dogs, but I’m highly allergic to chihuahuas.” Haruto quickly buried his face in another couple of tissues. “Before you ask, I didn’t say anything to her. Damage has already been done, and I’m going to be quite sneezy the rest of the day regardless. The meds will just lessen the amount I’m sneezing at this point.
Hyunsuk and Jihoon approached the trio. “Yedam, Junghwan, we have three minutes left. Go get changed please.” The younger two quickly got up to get dressed. “Haruto, manager-nim wants to know if you’re sitting out the rest of the concert or not.” Haruto shook head.
“Give me a few more minutes and I’ll be fine to perform. I’m still going to be sneezy, but I can assure you that my condition isn’t going to get any worse than it already is.” Jihoon and Hyunsuk both looked at him a bit skeptically but ultimately relented. The group finished changing clothes and went back to the stage.
After a couple minutes of more sneezing and nose blowing, Haruto asked the stylists for his outfit and for his makeup to be touched up. “Are you sure you’re okay to perform Haruto-ssi, it’s okay to rest if you’re sick.” Yoonjoo said as she got him ready to back out.
“I’m fine noona. I’ve taken some medicine and I’ll be right as r-rain in n-no time. HEH-STIEAHHH!” He quickly turned away from the stylist to sneeze before apologizing. Haruto grabbed several tissues to put in the pockets of his outfit before heading to the stage.
As soon as Teume saw Haruto walk on stage, the amount of cheering increased ten fold. It was the middle of a song, so neither Haruto nor the rest of the group could properly address the crowd until the song was over. Of course just as the song was ending, Haruto let out an impressively loud triple sneeze That was somehow audible over all of the cheering. He pulled out a tissue from his pocket and wiped at his nose briefly before addressing the audience.
“Good evening Teume. I’m sorry for worrying all of you when I left the stage earlier. I was having an allergy attack and didn’t realize it until after I got off stage. I have since taken some medicine, so I am all good to finish the concert. However I’m still going to be quite sneezy so bear with me.” Haruto somehow managed to get through his speech without sneezing, although he did sneeze again shortly after he finished speaking. A chorus of ‘bless yous’ could be heard from the audience and the group carried on with the concert.
Haruto was still pretty sneezy by the time the group had gotten back to the dorm and all the members felt bad enough for him that they let him have first shower. Once everyone had finished showering and food had been made, the group was sitting in the living room eating their food.
“So Haruto hyung, you said during the concert that you were having an allergy attack. What are you allergic to?” Jeongwoo asked. The group turned to Haruto in curiosity as the only ones who had been privy to that information had been Yedam and Junghwan.
“One of the stylists brought her newly adopted chihuahua puppy to work.” The others nodded and there had been a brief distracted tangent on how cute the puppy was and if they’d had more time, they all would have played with and petted the puppy.
“Anyway, I’m allergic to dogs, but of all the breeds, I’m highly allergic to chihuahuas. Now that I’m completely away from the allergen I’ll stop sneezing in a couple of hours, but there wasn’t much I could do at the venue.” The others nodded in sympathy and the meal continued on with occasional sneezing from Haruto.
“Haru, is it okay if I message our manager and have him let the staff know that they shouldn’t bring their pets to work, I can have him leave out the allergy part if you want me to?” Hyunsuk asked. Haruto gave permission and said he didn’t care about disclosing of his allergy. However Jihoon cut in and told him the allergy aspect of the request was important because the request would be about the health and safety of the artist and not about being a distraction.
Hyunsuk sent the message to their manager and was told the matter would be dealt with. It was then decided that since they had a couple of days before their next concert that the group could stay up late and watch a few movies. Doyoung had a smirk on his face as he made his suggestion.
“How about the Beverly Hills Chihuahua trilogy?”