Fluffy SKZ oneshots🧸

Gonna leave a light on🍼

Sickie/Little: Changbin (age:?)

Caregiver: 2basco + Felix

No one's POV.:
After their official schedule of the day had ended, 3racha made their way to their studio. They wanted to stay back just a little longer and work on some new songs. Changbin had been a little withdrawn all day and Felix had tried his best to cheer his friend up, who he believed must feel down. It hadn't really worked and Felix gave up after getting snapped at: "Yongbok, just stop bothering me already!" Even now that they had parted ways, the young Aussie kept replaying the incident over and over again in his head. Yes, he was hurt but something didn't seem right to him. Changbin, on the other hand barely remembered it anymore. He had felt guilty for a moment when he saw his dongsaeng's smile drop but soon forgot about it. The rapper sighed when Chan opened his laptop for them to get to work. What wouldn't he give to be able to go back home early like the rest of the group. All he wanted was some quiet time and his bed, was that too much to ask? Apparently, it is when you are an idol.

"Binnie, what do you think about it?", the leader asked, turning around in his seat. "Binnie?" – "Huh?", the younger startled from his thoughts. "I asked about adding a small rap-part right here, what do you think?", the older repeated. Both Chan and Jisung were watching him when Changbin slowly started to nod: "Yeah, that sounds alright." But his tone indicated that he wasn't so sure about his statement. "It's fine if you don't like it, it was just an idea. Do you have any other ideas?", Jisung assured, aware that hyung had been unnaturally irritable today and not wanting to annoy him. "Hmmm" – "Come on, Bin. We know you're not in the best mood today but just help us get some stuff done, so that we can go home", the leader sighed. Right as he wanted to reply, Changbin remembered how he had snapped at Felix during dance practice earlier: "Do you think Lix is mad at me?" – "Now that was kinda random", Jisung mumbled, earning a glare. "Alright, Bin. Tell us what's up with you, I know you, I can tell something's off", Chan frowned, closing his laptop to show the younger that he had his full attention. "I'm ok", the rapper breathed but contradicting his words, his eyes shone wet, "No, I – I'm not. I can't – I can't do this anymore." Scooting closer, the youngest of the trio wrapped his arms around his hyung. That's when the dam broke.

Shoulders shaking with near silent sobs, Changbin leaned into his dongsaeng's embrace, closing his eyes as he willed the tears to stop falling. Chan decided not to push, knowing the other would elaborate when he had calmed down a bit. He gave Jisung a reassuring look, who helplessly rubbed his hyung's back in an attempt to comfort him. "I'm so-orry", Changbin choked out, trying to steady his breathing, "I've been so-so hot te-tempered lately." The leader scooted closer too, ruffling the boy's hair: "It's ok, don't worry. Do you know why?" The younger just shrugged, wiping at his face. "Oh god. Make it stop spinning", he mumbled, gripping Jisung's arms, that were still around his shoulders, tightly. The younger winced a bit but tried not to show his discomfort: "Hyung, what's spinning? Are you dizzy?" A small nod. "Alright, how about you lie down for a while. You're obviously not feeling good", the leader sympathized and with Jisung's help, he dragged his swaying dongsaeng to the couch at the back of their studio. The rapper was absolutely not happy about not being hugged anymore and refused to let go of Chan's hand even after he was settled on the couch. By now, looking down at their friend, the other two members of 3racha had picked up on the dark circles beneath Changbin's eyes and Jisung gently touched them to wipe away the tears.

They had sat there for a while, waiting for the dizziness to pass and for Changbin to speak to them. "I'm sorry", the rapper breathed, having calmed down and stopped crying. The leader squeezed his shoulder reassuringly before the boy spoke up again: "I really struggled to sleep lately and for the last few days I have felt like I'm going to collapse. I'm so tired that I feel sick, please make it stop." – "Aish, you really ran yourself into the ground", Chan frowned, "can you describe exactly how you feel now, so we can see what we can help with right now?" The younger rubbed at his face and groaned as he sat up to face his friends. "I have a headache that just won't budge and my muscles are really sore. I feel so weak and when I move the slightest bit too fast, I almost black out. My brain feels slow", Changbin complained, dropping his face into his hands. Chewing on his bottom lip, Jisung got up and rummaged through his backpack, before returning with an aspirin and a water bottle. "Here, I still had some aspirin with me, that might at least ease the headache", the youngest hummed, "try to drink as much of the water as possible." Changbin downed the pill, washing it down with half of the water, before handing the bottle back and closing his eyes again. Chan was deep in thought, being familiar with insomnia, his heart ached seeing his dongsaeng so run down. The leader gently massaged the other's sore neck, making sure to keep his voice low when he spoke: "I think your muscles are achy because they barely get the chance to recover from dance practice and gym time. You should really get back home and try to maybe nap for a few hours but Jisung and I can't leave here quite yet. Do you want us to call one of the others to pick you up? Because you're not going back by yourself."