Clique (txtXitzy)

25. Day 73

"It's not live?" Soobin asked, peeking over Ryujin's shoulder for the "live" performance on YouTube of their new digital single drop.

"Since when are things like this 'live', hyung?" Beomgyu sneered, both were watching with Ryujin's phone.

"Gyu has a point," Lia smirked, "Live shit is not really 'live' around here anymore."

"BUT ANYWAYS THE SONG IS STARTING!" Chaeryeong warned the rest of the people in the court who took a quick break halfway through practice to watch it together.

Taehyun and Lia shared her phone, and Chaeryeong enjoyed her personal space all to herself.

Honestly though, why didn't the boys get their own phones out? We never know :)

...

"When was this recorded?" Yeonjun asked Yeji from his bed while they watched the performance from the TV of the room together.

"I couldn't remember, and I don't want to think too hard right now," she replied.

"It can't be too long ago, because JYP gave you long sleeves to cover your wrists up with."

"Ahah, smart Yeonjun. It was not too long after the River performance recording, about three days or so."

"I see..."

Yeonjun and Yeji lied next to each other in their respective beds, with the TV on the other side of their shared VIP room. They were wearing hospital gowns, with needles inserted in the back of their hands, and one pipe connected to it for Yeonjun's, three for Yeji's. Apparently, Yeonjun caught Yeji's virus while he fell asleep that night without a mask on. (A/N:WEAR YOUR MASK!)

And just a day after that, Yeji got her blood test results back, saying she had caught the highly-contagious typhoid fever virus, and that anyone who had been near her recently should also keep their health in check. Yeonjun's luck just seemed to be on vacation that day. But he managed to scavenge its remains enough that they shared a hospital ward, with JYP and his boss' message to take good care of Yeji in his mind at all times.

During the first day of them getting stuck together, they shared a memory like never before, knowing at least a hundred more random things about each other, simply because they were bored and started playing 21 questions (which definitely multiplied on its own) until they got tired and took a nap together. Each time Yeji refused her food, Yeonjun would patiently get up from his bed and walk over to hers, bringing his IV stand, just to sit on her bed and feed her slowly, making sure she could digest her food well without throwing it all up. He also managed to get all her favorite foods delivered to their ward so that she could eat to her heart's content, even if she was initially overly strict on her appetite and diet. He also gave her a chocolate truffle every hour or two, because she liked them so much and it made him smile to see her eat so joyfully. The rest of their hours was spent watching TV and streaming other idol athletes' game replays on Youtube.

But among the things that Yeonjun learnt about her, it was that JYP was in full knowledge of her condition and still ignored it, crossing his fingers that his prized artist wouldn't pull another Jeongyeon on him. He was damn frustrated at it, but what could he do? She had so many responsibilities piled on her shoulder, that to let her go on a break would damage the cash flow of the company. That's what it felt like to be someone as great as Yeji. Also, that's what it felt like to be under a company that's getting stones thrown at from all sides by the netizens.

"The song was wonderful, Yeji," Yeonjun sighed when the live ended.

"Great, now let's stream it on Spotify!"

...

"Soobin, why are you crying?" Ryujin asked him suddenly, perking her head up when she heard a sniff from her left shoulder.