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Didn't think it was bad🌡️

Sickie: Felix

Caregiver: Chan + Minho

No one's POV.:

After a busy day of work, Stray Kids had dinner at a small restaurant close by as none of them were in the mood to cook. For once, the atmosphere was quiet, the members to run down to keep their usual bickering going, so there were a few hushed conversations around the table but other than that, the members were absorbed in their own thoughts. Felix especially, after having developed a headache over the course of the afternoon. He was probably just tired, so he didn't see a need to tell his friends about it and decided to just eat dinner and head straight to bed once they got home. It wasn't like he had much of an appetite but he knew he'd feel better once his energy was restored. At least, Felix thought he would. Somehow the food wasn't settling all that well but he pressured himself to keep eating as he feared his energy wouldn't return if he didn't. By the time the group headed home and split up to go to their separated dorms, the Aussie was feeling downright sick. Fearing it might have something to do with the food they had been served, he quietly muttered: "Is anyone feeling... nauseous too?" His three dormmates looked at him in surprise, Seungmin and Jeongin shaking their heads as Minho closed the distance to take a closer look at his dongsaeng's face. "I feel fine", the second oldest hummed, glancing at the two maknaes, "You did have a different dish though, so do you think it was bad?" – "I didn't think it was bad", Felix denied, shaking his head, "My body's probably just too tired to digest it right now, so I'll probably be fine once I slept. Goodnight." The other three wished him a good night as well before everyone left to their own room.

Despite his determination to go right to sleep, Felix still laid awake for another two hours. His stomach was unusually noisy and kept gurgling uncomfortably. Still, he didn't think his food had been bad. With his head aching still, the Aussie tried to lay on his side and snuck one hand under his shirt, gently rubbing circles over his bloated middle. Just when he was about to nod off, an intense cramp twisted his stomach, making him groan in pain. Felix hated being alone when he wasn't feeling well but still believing it was just some indigestion from overworking his body, he didn't think it was justified to wake anyone up. He wouldn't go to Seungmin and Jeongin anyway, still feeling a little protective of his only two dongsaengs despite the age gap being pretty small. Felix knew he could go to Minho and that the older would be there for him but he also knew how much his hyung had been working lately and how little sleep he had gotten, so he didn't want to be the reason the other missed even more sleep.

It wasn't entirely up to him though, as his stomach churned again, making Felix more certain that it'd be safer to just hang out in the bathroom for a while. With his eyes stinging from the exhaustion, he decided against turning on the light and instead just kept the door opened a crack, to let the light from the hallway illuminate the small space. Sitting with his back against the bathtub, the Aussie drew his legs up to his chest and rested his head on them. He was slowly dozing off, when the light was switched on and Minho sleepily shuffled into the bathroom, startling when he found his dongsaeng curled up next to the toilet. "Hey, you doing okay?", the older asked, "Did you throw up?" Felix tiredly blinked up at him, shielding his eyes from the bright bathroom light as he shook his head. "What's going on? You still feeling nauseous?", Minho frowned, crouching in front of the younger. Muffling a queasy belch in his fist, the Aussie choked out: "I-I don't know, my stomach's just not so happy right now." – "Did this come on suddenly after dinner? You seemed okay this morning", the older worried, taking in his dongsaeng's pale complexion that made his freckles stand out more. Shrugging, Felix muttered: "I had a headache earlier during the afternoon but my stomach only started acting up during dinner. I just wanna sleep it off but was afraid I might get sick, so it seemed safer here." – "Do you think you ate something bad?", Minho inquired, already having suspected that when the other had asked them if they felt the same after dinner. "I don't know, I still don't think it was bad but why am I feeling like this if it wasn't?", Felix groaned, palming his tummy. After a moment of silence, the older offered: "How about we get you back to bed? I'll get you a bucket just in case, so you can try to sleep it off without having to stay on the floor all night. I can also make you some tea and a hot water bottle to see if that helps any."