The Ailing Minds

Anyone Else? (Seventeen) 🖤

Group: Seventeen
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Member Focus: Hoshi
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Requested by: Advicetaeminnie
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Hoshi has always been one to vocalise himself and stand up for what he believes in.

Usually, the members would go along with him, and add to his excitement.

But recently things have gotten more tense around the house.

"Guyssss, come on. Give me my shirt."

"Hoshi, this is a tiger print shirt that matches no clothes you have."

"Just give it back man."

"Ah okay okay. Take your stupid shirt."

Hoshi took the shirt back from Seungcheol.

"It's not stupid...", he whispered to himself.

The members have taken to saying some things to Hoshi. Things he didn't too much like.

"Oh look, the tiger cub holding a printed shirt. Is that a tiger pelt little one?", Dino asked sarcastically.

"It's a shirt. A shirt I will be wearing."

"Hoshi I am begging you. Please don't wear that stupid shirt in class.", DK says.

"I am a grown man and can wear what I want."

Today Seventeen had a dance class. Their choreography was being made by someone outside of the group for the first time in a long while.

They were getting ready, and Hoshi wanted to wear his favorite new t-shirt.

Hoshi has always had a love for tigers.

And the members used to accept that.

But recently they have started making jokes towards Hoshi.

"Just go get ready. And do not wear that dumb shirt.", Joshua told him.

Hoshi stormed to his downstairs bedroom.

He heard the members laughing behind him.

Walking into his room, he went up to his mirror. He laid his shirt down on the vanity as he searched for a new outfit to wear.

"They think they're really funny huh?", he started to say to himself.

He took out a plain t-shirt.

"If I want to be a tiger, I can be. I can be fierce, I can make myself heard, and I can be a protector!"

He took out a necklace with a paw print on it.

He put on his t-shirt before putting the necklace on.

"This would be much better with my shirt..."

Hoshi quickly put on a pair of sweatpants and left his room.

As he was walking back into the living space, he heard the members talking.

"What is he going to growl or something?", Woozi laughed.

"Yeah, he actually things he's a tiger. This has to be a joke.", Dino also laughed.

"Yo remember that song he made in Woozi's studio? That was hilarious man.", Mingyu added.

"No remember that safari trip on our world tour? It was like he was back with his kind.", Seungkwan said.

"Oh man you guys crack me up.", Vernon laughed.

Hoshi entered the living space.

The members all saw him.

"Ah there the tiger boy is. What's up man, we were just talking about you.", Wonwoo told him.

"Yeah I heard."

"You gotta agree it was funny huh?", Vernon asked, laughing.

Hoshi put on an obviously fake smile.

And yet the members didn't notice.

"See, he wants to laugh.", Minghao said.

Hoshi just walked to the front door.

The members followed and prepared to head to the dance class.

Hoshi got into the car with Junhui, Minghao, and Jeonghan.

"Hey why don't you ever laugh with us man? You think we're not funny?", Jeonghan asked.

"Heh, I mean..."

"Ah I see. He thinks he can make better jokes. But who knows, maybe some tigers can be comedians.", Minghao said.

Everyone except for Hoshi laughed.

He just sat back, staring out the window, a pout forming on his face.

He has grown used to the words the members said to him.

Truth be told he didn't think it was funny. He never did.

But they didn't know that. The members could not see how much they hurt him with every joke they made.

And for Hoshi,

He didn't think they ever would.