pathway to dreamies II nct dream

chapter 18 : the weak can be strong mentally

" how is he jisul? " mrs park finally said something after seeing what had happened. her heart felt really heavy after seeing how jisung acted. " he's still not talking. the voices he said, is it related to his anxiety? " " a sudden episode that happened might make him hear those. something that we didn't see. " jisung was sitting down on top of jisul's bed. he did calm down a bit but he won't talk. he refuses to sleep, lie down, drink or eat.

" i've called his therapist. they say it's best to bring him to the hospital tomorrow. incase he turns aggressive. you can see from his body that he's not well. " mr park said to jisul who sat next to jisung. it was 3.12am by that time. mrs park and mr park has planned to send him to the hospital later. they went to sleep first leaving jisung with jisul.

" i don't want to sleep. ever... " jisung spoke quietly. " because of your nightmare? it's not real jisung. you know it isn't. " " i-i don't like this feeling.. the feeling of being weak all the time. the feeling of always taken care by adults. i-i hate it. but at the same time i want it... " jisung moved himself. " i'll be right back. " jisul left the room and went downstairs. when she got back, she was holding the first aid kit and bowl filled with ices and two towels.

jisung just looked at jisul movements. she carefully took jisung's arm and place some
medicines on it before pasting a plaster. " lie down. " " what? i'm not gonna lie down. " he was about to get off the bed when jisul pulled him back. " then sit " she placed one of the cold towel at his forehead while the other is absorbing the coldness. " what is this for? it's cold. " he tried taking it off but she just wouldn't let him.

it was very late and jisung still hasn't gone to sleep. he stares into blank space. his eyes had gotten heavy but he slapped himself to stay awake. it was 4.54 am when jisung body gave up. his head was buried behind jisul's back, as he entered the deeper part of his sleep.

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11.34am

jisung still hasn't woken up yet. this might be the longest time he ever slept before. i guess he felt safer?

14.32 pm

jisul got startled by the sound of someone coughing in the room, she turned and noticed that jisung was awake.

" good morning- afternoon, how are you feeling? " " ugh... my head feels heavy " he paced his palm at his forehead. " that's weird. what happened when you woke up yesterday? " " i fell off the bed and hit my head. " " no wonder. go and shower, there's breakfast ready for you even though it's supposed to be lunch. "

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" jisul!! how's jisung? what happened to him? are you okay? is he okay? " jaemin and some of dreamies came after hearing the news from mrs park. " he's fine right now, just some headache, mild fever and a few cuts. " " what happened? " do-ha asked. " i don't know, he told me he had a nightmare which made him woke up. he covered his ears and banged my door and then started pouring. "

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" so jisung.... we're bringing you to the hos- " " your therapist, they wanted to check on you. " jisul cuts her father off. " uh, yes. "

• < idk what else to say so imma fast forward the day >

fast forwards : 2 months later. <i'm sorry y'all>

" renjun-hyung!!! did you see our performance?! it was so fun!!! " jisung shouted as he ran towards renjun who was smilling during the performance. " i saw. you raised your drum notes higher my dude. " " i was too excited okay!!! "

it has been 2 months since his last anxiety attack. he began to accept the people around him and started going to school without anyone forcing him to. he became more talkative and more expressive. he started talking to everyone just the dreamies but that is still an improvement.

jisul became her old self again, talking, joking, playing and even start doing music again. full heartedly. her performances on stage was always top notch, she played the electric guitar with her whole heart on stage making some people fall head over hills for her.

chenle parents finally came back to korea, even though they came later than the date planned, he was still grateful that finally came. he started spending more time with his parents, especially his mom. but despite that, he shined the brightest as the pianist of the group, he's known as ' magical hands '.

jae-ha wasn't getting much attention since she could only play the flute, but having that ability can also gain more popularity in the school. they performed a song that has flute as the main instrument. and boi did she gain a lot of fans because of that. and she's also noticed as the top 3 prettiest girl in the whole academy. i mean, her visuals though.

jaemin wasn't really performing as most of songs needed doesn't need his instrument choices. instead he focused on cooking and even aiming to be part of the main players for badminton.

do-ha still has a crush on jisung but she doesn't want to confess yet. she got known as the second group hyper since the genes really do pass down to siblings. she focused more o her weak points even though she's lazy.

haechan hangs around with mark every now and then. always teasing people nonstop. i mean he is haechan after all. he started pushing himself towards playing and getting more comfortable with his keytar.

jeno mostly hangs out with jaemin or renjun or even both. he didn't really stayed at the studio that much since he's always hitting the gym. that explain his thick muscles. he did help the first years but mostly it's just the first-years in dreamies.

renjun comes by chenle house often to play games with him even though they both ends up fighting if they were defeated. but afterwards, they would forget about that and just continue their day as if it didn't happen.

mina stayed at the studio just hanging out. she starts to focus on her studies even though she gets perfect A's. she hangs out with jae-ha or do-ha sometimes, still doesn't really have a fond for jisul.

mark and donghyuck went out often. he loses his cool whenever someone did something wrong or by mistake. but overall, he tried to get closer to dreamies through his own way.

now after seeing all the accomplishments that dreamies has made, i think it's fair to say that

the way to dreamies is finally building a path.