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The day started as how normal day would be in SEVENTEEN’s dorm. Everyone slowly waking up, showering, talking and focusing on their own things. Few of them even went to the company because of their schedules. They all ate an early dinner together with the rest of the members who were still in the dorm. After everyone was done eating and when they started to get ready for their dance practice and recording it was evening, they were probably going home at night. The members didn’t really understand why they had late night practices but didn’t really spoke up since it didn’t really bother them.
“Jun, Minghao and Chan are you planning to get on the van?” Seungcheol yelled and pouted, he was annoyed and frustrated because of how long the members were taking. The members who were waiting beside him giggled and laughed out loud because of how funny he sounded. He glared at them but soon joined them, laughed at himself. “Guys, you better come or were leaving without you!” Mingyu shouted as he clinged to Wonwoo who just decided to let him be. “We’re coming, just a minute!” Minghao yelled back at them. “You said the same thing five minutes ago!” Joshua called out to them, still laughing.
Soon, loud footsteps were heard from the inside of the dorm. After a while, they were finally getting on their van. The ride to the company was cheerful and full of singing. Even if Seokmin wasn’t there and was already in the company because he had early schedules and left pretty early in the morning, they made sure to sing his favorite songs on the way to the company. “Let’s go.” Jeonghan whispered to Seungcheol’s ear and they both smiled together. Seungcheol was struggling with his anxiety for the last few weeks so Jeonghan was making sure that he was doing okay. The van stopped in front of the entrance door. All the members got out quickly and Seungcheol counted the members and started to head in the direction of the dance practice room.
They all dropped their bags on the floor and put their water bottles at the corner and started to wait for others to arrive. Seungcheol and Jeonghan was in the corner of the room, they were sitting right next to the large mirror. The mirror was a bit dirty so he giggled thinking about how annoyed Soonyoung would be once he sees the mirror. Chan and Vernon was also sitting in the floor and showing each other something from their phones and laughing.
They were seated a bit far away from them. The other members split to two different groups, one right in front of them and the other group on the last corner. It wasn’t unusual for them to split into groups since having more members meant not everyone got the chance to talk, or speak about the topic they wanted to. Seungcheol began to worry when the others; Soonyoung, Seungkwan, Jun, Jihoon and Seokmin, didn’t arrive yet. That was the moment the door swung open and shouts echoed in the whole room, making everyone look at the doors direction. Seungcheol flinched at the loud noise that appeared all of a sudden.
Jeonghan placed his hand in his thigh and caressed it slowly to calm the leader down as his eyes monitored the members who just burst into the room. Jeonghan glanced at the members who were sitting on the floor as the voices just got louder and louder. The room was filled with a heavy atmosphere now, the relaxing silence was long gone as they entered the room. Soonyoung was the one who swung the door open and he was quickly followed by an annoyed looking Seokmin. How frustrated they were and the way they looked at each other just explained that they were the ones who was fighting in the first place.
Seungcheol supported himself with the wall by placing his hand on it to keep his balance and got up from the floor. Jeonghan got up as soon as the leader made his way to the fighting members. He quickly grabbed Seungcheol’s hand when he realized how panicked and hesitant the leader was. He whispered “Cheol, it’s not worth it. I’ll go talk to them.” Seungcheol looked at him, still hesitant. Jeonghan gave him a reassuring smile and held his shaky hand and squeezed to calm down the shaking at least a little bit.
Seungcheol knew Jeonghan was the one to talk to them because he knew about Seungcheol’s anxiety a lot more than others, but he could only get more nervous when Jihoon and Seungkwan entered the room while Jun, who came with them but left to check on the missing members, followed them from behind, they were running towards the way the voices were coming. “Trust me Cheol. I’ll get them to calm down a bit and we’ll head to the dorms. Let the others know so they can gather their stuff, okay? Practicing with angry people never end well, it’s okay if we cancel the practice for a day.” Jeonghan said before placing a kiss on Seungcheol’s forehead when he flinched to the noise of Seungkwan, who started to get impatient and shouted at Soonyoung and Seokmin to calm themselves down.
Jeonghan frowned and walked up to them. Seungcheol didn’t even bother to listen what Jeonghan was telling them or why the others were arguing. As the voices, including Jeonghan’s and others who was waiting with them when the missing members came inside, got louder. He exhaled as his hands began to shake even more. He tried to take deep breaths as he walked up to Chan and Vernon.
“Vernon and Chan, grab your bags and make sure that you get your water bottles with you, the dance practice is canceled. There aren’t any more practices today anyways.” They looked at Seungcheol worriedly, noticing his shaky voice and eyes that’s slowly getting teary. Seungcheol sighed and wiped his tears before they could fall. “Don’t worry about it, just do what I said.” He knew it sounded a bit harsh but they all knew he just wanted to reassure them that he’s fine. After making sure Chan and Vernon didn’t left anything else that belonged to them, he walked up to Vernon who was picking up his water bottle from the floor.
“Vernonie, get Chan out of here okay? You should go home now, it’s better if you guys go early together. Let me call the manager to send you guys a car. It looks like the fight is not ending any time soon, so don’t bother calling anyone on the way home.” His voice way almost like a whisper, but he managed to hold his phone with his shaky hands. Vernon held his hands when he failed to type in his password because of how much he was shaking. “Hyung, we are going to be okay. But, are you okay?” The voices got louder, Seungcheol flinched when Mingyu’s voice echoed in the whole room. “Yeah yeah, i’ll be okay.” Seungcheol got his hands out of Vernon’s hands and mumbled, without looking at him. Vernon sighed but left the room after getting his water bottle. He made sure to send a message to Jeonghan about Seungcheol.
He walked up to Minghao, Joshua, Wonwoo and Jihoon who were standing away from the fighting crowd. Not wanting to take place in any of the shouting. “Gather your stuff, practice is canceled.” The others just nodded, understanding why. He cleared his throat and turned to the fighting members. “Guys, enough! Get your stuff, everyone is heading home!” His voice could only do much, some members heard him and told the others too.
Soon enough, they were ready but still fighting. Seungcheol didn’t even know what it was about, but he really didn’t think it mattered much since it has already done the damage. The car ride to the dorms was bad, actually really bad. The whole atmosphere was heavy, no one talked or said anything, not even about the fight earlier. Seungcheol knew no one wanted to let their driver know about the fight. They were lucky that the members that went to the company early left with their own car, so it meant that they were heading home in separated ways.
His hands or body finally stopped shaking for a moment, but it felt like another fight was waiting for them at wherever they go. He sighed when the van stopped and everyone got out. No one said or asked anything, Joshua opened the door with his key since he was the first one to reach the door. Seungcheol could see how Joshua’s body not wanting to go in when he looked inside. “Shua, what’s wrong?” He called out to him as he counted the members. “Nothing.” Jeonghan mumbled when he looked inside. Seungcheol frowned, but let it pass. He was the last one to get in the dorm. His whole body tensed, his hands trembled and he felt his legs slowly giving out.
, Seungkwan and Soonyoung was staring at each other, they looked mad and like they could snap at anyone who tried to talk to them. It looked like Jun and Jihoon tried to stop the fight from getting bigger by getting them away from each other. But it didn’t work. The loud noises filled the room, making almost everyone who’s waiting at the door flinch at their place. Seungcheol saw Vernon standing at the entrance of the room, Chan behind him. “Wonwoo and Mingyu, can you take Vernon and Chan to their room?” He said to the two men standing next to him. They both nodded. Everyone quietly got in the door as the voices just got louder.
It felt hard to breath, like the air around him wasn’t enough. He placed his hand on the collar of his shirt, trying to get air in his lungs. He ran to the stairs and held on to the wall. The tears ran down his cheeks, a sob escaped his lips as he opened the door to his and Jeonghan’s room. He quickly entered the room and closed the door behind him. He put his hand in his mouth to silence his sobs but it only caused him to gasp for more air.
His hand fell to his side as his painful sobs filled the room. He dropped to his knees and started to scratch his arms. His breathing quickened as his hands got up to his throat and started to dig his nails into the skin around his throat. He didn’t stop when he felt a warm wetness around his fingers. He wanted to feel something. “No, no, no. Please, please stop.” He begged in whisper as his sobs got even louder when a glass shattering sound filled the dorm. “Stop, stop, please.” His hands left his throat but met with his arms again.
Soon enough, his arms were covered in scratches and blood as well as his throat. He laid on the ground as his hands trapped the collar of his shirt again. He didn’t hear the door opening, or Jeonghan’s rushed steps heading to him. He felt a soft pair of hands wrapped around his hands that were covered in blood. “Cheollie, oh my darling.” Jeonghan hugged him tightly, but careful to not hurt his scratches. “Let’s get you to bed, hm? Does sleeping sound nice?” Seungcheol could only nod, his sobs was slowly turning into deep breaths as Jeonghan’s voice filled the room. Jeonghan slowly got him on his feet and made him sit on the bed. His eyes got teary when he saw the state Seungcheol was in, but he quickly wiped them away. He needed to focus on Seungcheol now.
“I need to look at these, baby. Do you want to turn on the light and take care of now?” Jeonghan said softly as he caressed his hair and slowly rubbed one of the scratches Seungcheol caused. Seungcheol shook his head left and right and mumbled quietly. “No light.” Jeonghan hummed and placed a kiss on Seungcheol’s forehead before turning around to get clothes for Seungcheol. “I’m going to help you change, Cheollie. Okay? Then I’ll just put on some cream on the scratches and wrap them.” Seungcheol nodded as Jeonghan took of his shirt slowly not to hurt him. Jeonghan reached out for the cream that was in one of the bedside tables drawers. He mumbled a comforting melody as he put on the cream on Seungcheol’s scratches.
“I’ll quickly go grab the bandages, wait for me here.” Jeonghan placed another kiss before doing a quick little run to the bathroom that’s connected to the room. He took the bandages from the drawer and walked up to the bed “I’m here!” He called out and placed the bandage on the bed before starting to wrap the scratches. He placed a kiss on every single stretch he bandages or saw. Seungcheol felt his eyes get teary again but wiped them away before they could fall. Jeonghan faintly smiled and opened the cover of the bed. Seungcheol obeyed to his silent request and laid down in the bed as he got comfortable. Jeonghan placed a kiss and caressed his cheeks. He kissed his cheeks too before mumbling a “Good night, Cheollie.” And walking out of the room when he saw Seungcheol smiling and slowly dozing off.
He felt the anger building up in him when he heard the other embers still fighting mindlessly in the living room. The members that didn’t want to be around the argument were now yelling at each other, too. He leaned against the door frame of the living room that was connected to the kitchen and listened to the members for a bit. Curse words, complains and other meaningless things were being thrown around. He tried to surpass the anger until he couldn’t hold it in anymore. “Do you know what your mindless fight caused? I understand that you are tired of the schedules and practices but that doesn’t make you right in an argument or have the the rights to cause what just happened. So you know how I found Seungcheol?”
He knew his voice wasn’t strong or loud enough to gather everyone’s attention normally but this was an exception. The members stopped and turned to him. He knew he was straining his voice by going over his voice’s limits but he couldn’t care less about not being able to sing for a few days now. “I literally found him sobbing and gasping for air on the floor. You are not even aware of what you are causing to anyone right now. You better talk this thing out before Seungcheol wakes up tomorrow morning. Or i’ll take the matter on my own hands, I don’t care what were you arguing about. Just talk about it or leave the dorm until you calm down. After he wakes up, you’ll apologize to him one by one.”
All of them were silent, looking down at the floor, looking at Jeonghan or staring at each other, they were embarrassed of their actions. Jeonghan sighed then left the awkward silence surrounding the room and climbed up the stairs to join Seungcheol when he got nods from the members. He lifted the soft covers and laid next to Seungcheol. He wrapped his arms around Seungcheol as he snuggled closer to Jeonghan. Jeonghan placed a kiss on his forehead and mumbled a “Good night.”
Tomorrow went just like how Jeonghan imagined. First thing in the morning, he took care of Seungcheol’s scars and showered him with kisses and lots of love. Then Mingyu and some members made him his favorite breakfast and brought it up to him after getting an allowance from Jeonghan. For lunch, Jun and Minghao made him his favorite Chinese food and spend time with him until the others took over. The rest of the members bought gifts and made him food for the rest of the day and let him rest wherever he wanted. Even after Seungcheol, told them he was okay, Jeonghan made the members combine their apologies.
For dinner, they all went to a fancy restaurant and made sure that Seungcheol got everything he wanted. After one or two weeks of what happened, everything started to get to normal. During the time in between, the members just appeared only when Seungcheol needed them tried not to make him get upset. And after a long session about arguments and fights with all of the members, except Seungcheol, Jeonghan teached the members tried to talk about the situations instead of shouting or making anyone uncomfortable. After this, the arguments were a lot calmer and less.