Your Scent [JeonChan]

6

Almost forgot again I'm sorry ...

Alexa play Domino by Straykids.

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The next day was still far away when he woke up, a hiss under him and confusion.

He opened his eyes, watching as the street unfold in front of him. Chan had him on his back, Changbin in front, talking on his phone.

He felt his stomach turn, sighing in annoyance.

He was useless.

"You can let me down, I'm sorry.", he wriggled his way out of Chan's back, making both the guys turn to him. "I can walk fine."

"You ok-"

"Yes. Always.", he smiled, trying to walk in front of the guys and being pulled back by Chan.

The older's eyes were narrowed, his expression too serious for Jeongin's taste.

"You cried for a whole hour, Jeongin." The boy flinched.

He never called him by his name.

"Chan-"

"You can't seriously tell me you're okay-"

"I was tired, okay? Had a bad day, failed a lot of the dance and my throat was hurting.", he waved it off. "It happens."

Changbin pressed his lips into a thin line as the younger kept walking, the other two following him until the dorm.

"Oh my god, Innie? Are you okay?"

"W-what?"

No.

They could not know.

Anyone.

He looked back at Changbin's phone and at the guy, clutching his own shirt and forcing his soft smile to stay on his face.

"I'm fine."

"But? They-"

"I'm fine, Lix. I don't know what you heard, but it's exaggerating, I just need to sleep."

They saw him crying.

He was weak.

The guy tried to go through the two older ones in the room, his wrist help by Chan, softly.

He turned to see the leader's gaze, a bit softened, but confused.

"Rest well, please."

"Always, Channie Hyung."

He finally made it into the bedroom, turning the water on even if it was almost 4 am.

He needed a bath.

A hot bath.

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"I still think you should check on him after he comes out of the bathroom.", Felix said as he heard the water run. "Let him calm down and then go to him, maybe he'll be less nervous."

Chan had his hands on his head, groaning on the floor as the couple sat on the couch, Changbin drained, laying his head on Felix's lap.

"He's so weird, I thought he had finally like... maybe let us see a bit of it-"

"Hyung, whatever it is that is bothering him is obviously more complex than just a bad day or a week. No one has an anxiety attack and then pretends nothing happened and is okay."

Chan nodded, bitting his lip.

"Was it really one though, he looked so calm-"

"Anxiety attacks can look like a lot of things." Felix muttered, a hand running on Changbin's hair. "They can be scary for us too, but most of the times we barely notice them. Someone can he just sitting there and having one and you would never know, sometimes even be able to talk to you through it.", he shrugged, leaning down to place a kiss on the sleepy boy's head. "He could have been having them since the beginning and we'd never know."

"Great.", the irony in Chan's voice was heard well as the water got turned off.

The three guys turned their heads, Changbin immediately giving up and pushing himself up from Felix's lap. He hummed, letting his head fall in the latter's shoulder instead and cuddled against him.

"I felt it, you know? I should have trusted myself."

"I'm not saying he is... you know, Hyung.", Felix's hand met Changbin's, intertwining their fingers. "Keep your hopes up, maybe he's just having a bad... month?"

"It's been more than a month.", Chan got up. "It's been too long for me to not do anything about it."

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I might try to update today still night because of new year's eve after, so that I don't miss a day

Maybe

Maybe not :)