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The girl woke up to a knock on her door. "Soul? Come on, Get up! Hyunjin, Seungmin and Han will be here soon to pick us up for school!"

She sat up in bed, stretching and yawning. "Did I just fall asleep yesterday?" she mumbled to herself.

"Soul?" Her cousin asked again.
"Awake!" she called back loudly enough for him to hear.
She heard him chuckle softly.
"What's so funny?" She asked, confused.

"Nothing. Just the sound of your voice tells me I interrupted your sleep and that you are still extremly tired! It's a little amusing"
She rolled her eyes.

"Now hurry up! Or do you prefer the hard way of getting up?" he chuckled.
"Don't you dare!" she said, shocked, not expecting him to actually mean it.

"HE DOES!" her brother yelled from the hallway.
She quickly got up and opened the door- only to find her cousin stumbling forward, nearly falling because he had leaned against it. Behind him, her brother stepped out of his room, dripping wet from head to toe, water trailing along the floor ashe shook himself miserably and headed for the bathroom.

"Nooooo!" she pleaded.
"Go hurry! Or you will get a cold shower too!" her cousin warned wih a smirk.
"But I am already awake!"
"But not ready for school" he shot back.
She huffed and went back into her room, gathering her things before heading into her own bathroom for a quick shower.

After about fifteen minutes, she came out of the bathroom and went downstairs into the kitchen.
"Soul, did you take your medication?" Felix asked his cousin.
"Oppa, please... I'm sick of it!" She whined. Felix gave her a serious look.

"Why?" Sungchan asked.
"If you hadn't disappeared, you'd know!" She shot back, cleraly annoyed.
"Soul, go take the medicine." Felix insisted. She looked at him pleadingly.
"GO!" He scolded, pointing toward her room. She pouted but obeyed, shuffling off to take her medicine.

"Hyung?" Sungchan asked quietly.
"She caught a really bad cold about two weeks after you left," Felix explained. "It got so bad, she almost developed a lung infection... She had to take antibiotics, but they caused bad side effects when combined with her regular medication." 

"But if they cause bad side effects, why are you forcing her to take them?" Sungchan asked. "The doctor said she would definatly get a lung infection if she didn't take the antibiotics. While she is on them, she is not suppose to take the other medication. He assured us it would not affect her condition too much." Felix explained. Sungchan nodded slowly.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
"Huhh? They are too early!" Felix said, glancing at his watch before going to open the door.

"Soul, don't you want to eat breakfast?" her brother asked after she came back.
She looked at him blankly and shook her head.
"No, not that hungry...."
"You have to eat something, Soulie..."
"I'll eat an apple later... Who was at the door?" she asked.
Her brother only shrugged.

Felix returned with a guest following behind him.
"Good morning, sunshines!"
"Daehwi! What are you doing here?" she asked, smiling.
"Well, Ryujin, Bic and I wanted to pick you guys up?" he said, his tone making it sond more like a question than a statement.

"Are they outside too?" she asked.
"No, they are coming a little later. I actually wanted to check if you were okay after what happened yesterday. You just disappeared- I was scared they hurt you! When Felix hyung texted me that you were home, I was so relieved. You can't imagine!" 

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