❝ we will always look after eachother ❞
~ I'm obviously not a doctor so these will probably (always) be medically inaccurate.
~ lowercase intended.
~ very slow updates.
¿STATUS: ongoing
¿REQUESTS: open
¿STARTED: sometime in march 2021
¿ENDE...
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maybe it was the fact that he was too nervous, maybe it was the fact that he didn't know how, but either way, chenle was sick and hadn't told anyone yet. he woke up feeling terrible and couldn't be bothered to do anything.
nct dream had only just debuted, and chenle and the others couldn't be happier about it. but the only problem was, he had only trained for three months and still wasn't able to speak korean very well.
this also meant that he wasn't very good at communicating with the other members. this also resulted in him being nervous to tell any of them that he's sick. he also didn't want to hold them back just after their debut.
after a while of laying in his bed and doing nothing, he suddenly heard the other members start leaving their rooms, and decided he should probably do that too. so, he slowly sat and stood up.
once he did, he felt a little dizzy and even more sick, but shook it off and walked out of the room. he walked into where the other members were and they all greeted him and he just smiled back in response, not having the energy in him to respond back.
he sat down with them at the table, not really in the mood to eat anything. the other members noticed how he didn't bother to get anything to eat and wondered why, but hoped that it was just because he wasn't feeling very hungry.
"our schedule is longer today, and we have to get to practice soon, so we better get ready," mark said and the others all nodded. when everyone had finished with their food, they got up to get dressed and ready, chenle doing the same.
when he walked into his room, he sighed as he saw his bed, having the urge to crawl back into it and go back to sleep. he stood there for a minute or two, before realising he should probably get ready so they aren't late.
he got ready as quick as he could, despite hardly having any energy and feeling exhausted even though he hadn't done anything. once he was done, he walked out, luckily and coincidentally finishing at around the same time as a couple of the others.
the chinese followed them, the others also finishing not long after. when they were all finished, they all left to go to dance practice, chenle dreading every second.
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chenle let out a long sigh of relief when they finally got a break. he wanted to go home already, but he knew that wasn't possible. he stared at all the members sitting down drinking their waters, but chenle didn't even have the energy to grab his.
suddenly, there was a bottle of water in his face, shocking him. he looked up and was greeted with renjun there, holding it in his hand. he just stared at him before the older gave him a smile and a nod, causing him to take it.
he thought that after that, renjun would leave and sit with the others, but instead, the older chinese sat down next to him quietly, opening his bottle.
the younger was confused, wondering why he was here instead of with the others, but decided to shake it off and sit there in silence. it was a little bit awkward, but it wasn't that bad.
"are you okay?"renjun suddenly said in mandarin, making the other turn to him. he slowly nodded his head, not trusting his voice at the moment. "chenle, i'm not stupid. i can tell there's something wrong with you. so come on, tell me what is."
renjun fully turned to face him, his legs crossed. chenle gulped and continued to sit there, not saying a word. he wanted to tell there other, but he didn't want to bother him or the other members. they had only just debuted, it would be such a burden for him to be sick.
"chenle, please don't feel as if you can't tell me or the others anything. we care about you, hm? we just want you to be okay, and it's obvious that you're not," renjun continued to try and convince him to say at least something.
the younger looked up from his lap and to renjun. he bit his bottom lip and fiddled with his hands. he slowly felt himself start to give in to the urge to tell the other. he badly wanted to tell renjun that he just wanted to go home and sleep, not stay here and practice all day.
"i want to go home, ge... i'm tired..." chenle finally gave in and softly mumbled to the other. renjun still heard, and let out a sad but relieved sigh.
"you're sick, aren't you?" he received a nod in response and renjun pursed his lips. "we'll go home, okay? we'll go home and you can rest for as long as you want, hm?"
before chenle could even reply, renjun got up and walked over to stand in front of the other members and the choreographer. he watched as he spoke to them, he guessed it was about him. the boy nervously waited for their reactions, worried that they would be annoyed or upset with him.
as he stared, he suddenly saw the members stand up and start packing up their stuff. the choreographer walked over to chenle and showed him and gentle smile.
"get well soon, okay? don't stress yourself out too much, hm?" he was luckily able to understand what the man was saying, and also smiled back at him softly.
the choreographer walked away and a couple minutes later, the others walked over and renjun and mark helped him stand up. they didn't say anything to him, making him nervous.
when they arrived back at the dorm, they sat chenle down on the couch and sat down as well. he was confused by this, hoping that they weren't going to be annoyed at him.
"we're not mad, lele. we're just worried," he turned towards jaemin when he heard him speak. "we don't want you to feel as if you can't tell us these things."
"he's right, chenle," donghyuck then spoke. please don't keep these things from us. we know we've just debuted, but that doesn't mean that your health isn't important." after he said that, the others all agreed.
chenle let out a sigh and nodded. "i just don't want to cause trouble for any of you," he said quietly. all the members already missed the happy and smiley chenle they would usually see, but they knew that it was totally understandable that he was acting like this.
"you'll never cause any trouble, chenle, and you never have either. please don't feel that way, okay?" mark said. "and promise to tell us when you're feeling like this, yeah? health comes before anything else, got it?"
chenle nodded at what he said and smiled. "i promise i'll tell you from now on," they all smiled back at him, before taking him to his room so he could rest.
