SHINee Sickfics

Jinki : Unable to Breathe

warning: blood, descriptions of injury

Ever since Jinki debuted, he was known as the "clumsy" one. It matched him so well that even he started playing along. If he tripped, he tried to make a show out of it. He knew people found it funny and making other people laugh was always fun. It didn't even bother him when people pointed it out. He knew that he wasn't really that clumsy in real life, but it was okay if he pretended a little for the cameras. He wasn't faking it or anything. It wasn't like he wasn't clumsy in real life.

The members made fun of him. Everyone did. It didn't hurt him. Instead, he laughed along. There were concerns sometimes. If he did fall, getting hurt was a real worry. But most of the time, nothing happened to him and all was good. Jinki even got a nickname for it: the Onew Condition.

Everyone got a good laugh out of it. It was supposed to be funny.

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"Did anyone else notice?" Kibum asked. He was sitting in front of the mirror, getting his makeup refreshed.

"Notice what?" Taemin asked.

"The stage is slippery."

"Yes, I was just about to talk about that," Jonghyun said. "I don't remember which part it is but apparently something was spilled onto there and it wasn't cleaned up properly. So please be careful out there, guys."

Jinki nodded, humming. He had been fortunate enough to not have been up on the stage yet. But hearing the warnings now, he felt a bit worried. Many of the choreographies that they had to perform today involved jumping. Jumping involved landing which wasn't possible to do on a slippery surface, unless you were a figure skater and you had skates on. Jinki didn't fall into either of those categories.

It was fine. He forced himself to remain calm. If he panicked, the others would lose their cool as well. It was only a short performance. They were only going to perform three songs.

"If any of you fall, don't get upset," Jonghyun said. "Just get up and keep going."

Taemin nodded. "Okay."

Minho glanced up from his phone, but said nothing. He stared worriedly at Jonghyun and Kibum.

Jinki smiled in his direction.

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Oh no, Jonghyun and Kibum were right. He had barely managed to get into position and his feet had already slid once. Jinki shuddered.

But he had no time to focus because the lights clicked on and he was thrust into the spotlight. The metronome tapped in his ear and he waited for his part to come. Every time he had to take a step, he did so as lightly and carefully as he could. If he came on too hard, his foot would slip.

After a while, he managed to stop worrying so much. Jinki relaxed. He tried to immerse himself in the music and perform properly. The others looked calmer as well. This was going to go well, he knew it would.

The first song ended. Jinki carefully stepped out of the ending formation and into a line with the others. As usual, Jonghyun lead the talking. The crowd cheered. Jinki looked around at as many people as he could, a giant smile on his face.

All around, there were fans waving their lightsticks. Some had signs. Jinki spotted one with his face on it. He laughed.

Soon, the ment ended and they were back to dancing. Jinki slid back into position. Minho grabbed his arm. He shot him a smile, trying to calm both of their fried nerves. The music started out and Jinki forgot his fears. He wobbled a few times during the song. Every time he felt himself slip, he planted his feet and just sang. It didn't look terribly out of place - they changed up their choreography every so often anyway.