Stay Strong Seventeen

Lee Jihoon

Woozi's life was all about seventeen, he wrote and produced their songs and he is one of their main vocalists.
His voice and work with seventeen was the most precious thing in the world for him but when he woke up today, he never thought that one day he would wake up without the only that mattered to him the most ... his voice.

His only joy in the world was gone.

When he woke up this morning, it was to a throbbing headache and a burning throat.

Jihoon blinked trining to shake the blurriness away, he tried to sit up but his headache was worse than he had expected it to be.
He laid back down with a groan and passed his palm over his burning throat, he swallowed thickly and felt it extremely sore.

This was about to be a long day.

He couldn't move but he had to, his friends are probably getting ready now so he must join them. He pushed himself up, headed to his closet and grabbed some fresh clothes. When he was about to put on his shirt, Joshua came inside the room looking for him.

"Good morning" he said "Good, you're up I was sent to come get you"

but when Woozi replied, Joshua frowned  "Yeah I'm up"
"Are you okay? What's wrong with your voice?"

Jihoon turned around, he automatically touched his throat again "It hurts"

His voice was rather a cracked wishper, his vocal cords souneded very sore and worn out. Joshua came closer to him and helped him to put on his shirt on.

He was struggling to keep his eyes open and by the sound of his voice, Joshua knew extactly how bad Jihun's condition was, so he asked him to keep quiet for now until he sees a doctor but Woozi said no, he wanted to finish today's schedules with the boys first

"No you can't possibly do that" Joshua disagreed and called for S.Coups for to help. Jihoon was clearly in no condition to even leave the house today.

When S.Coups heard the way Woozi's voice sounded like, he motioned him to sit down in the living room until their manager comes to pick them up and drop him to the doctor's office.

To say the least, everyone was now worried.

Woozi did what he was told and sat on the couch feeling rather dizzy, he simply stared blankly feeling his headache intensity as the other members just paced around him.
They knew that he wasn't feeling well so they thougt it was better not to bother him for now.

When the manager finally arrived to pick them up, S.coups told him about Jihoon's condition and he agreed to take him to the doctor's office first.
Woozi was leaning next to Dino when the manager called for him from the kitchen and asked him to come along with him.

Woozi stood up but he was feeling disoriented and somewhat dizzy, he wobbled a little before he grabbed into Dino to regain his balance

"Hyung are you okay?" Dino asked as he hleped Woozi stand up properly but Jihoon was barely awake, his ears were ringing and his eyes uncontrollably dropping and was it not for Dino screaming his name, he could have fainted right there.

Seeing what just happened, S.coups and Jeonghan came right to Jihoon's side, gently pushing him back to the couch.
The manager didn't hesitate to immediately touch Jihoon's cheeks and forehead

"He's burning up" he stated the scary fact addressing no one in particular and watched as Jihoon blinked but never replied

"Okay let's get you to the doctor, it's still early for your schedules to start anyways I'll take him get a check up and come back for you"

The manager slowly helped Jihoon to his feet again making sure this time the younger wouldn't fall back and took him straight to the hospitals

S.Coups sighed feeling sorry for his friend who barely could walk by himself, he exchanged a worried look with Jeonghan as they watched the two leave their dorm.

It took Woozi about 2 hours, Woozi came back with their manager by his side.
When S.Coups opened the door for them he was shocked by the way Woozi looked, just so pale, cheeks flushed and leaning toward their manager for support.

The younger was standing at the door with the manager right behind him "Jihoon-ah" S.Coups gently called his name holding his hand and dragging gently him inside the house.
Jihoon looked exhausted and in no condition to explain or talk. He sat him down on the couch and stared at him as he tiredly closed his eyes for a second breathing profoundly.

"What happened?" Coups asked their manager "He looks worse"

"He's having a bad cold, his fever is quite high, and throat too sore, he's not allowed to speak. The doctor gave him a flu shot and put him on an IV drip, but he's still weak, he needs to eat and rest, also"
The manager picked up a plastic bag he was holding in his hands "Make sure he takes his medication on time"

"I'm fine don't worry" Jihoon tried to say but his voice cracked with every syllable and breaths uneasy

"You're not allowed to sing and you're not allowed to talk, save it Jihoon" The manager reminded

Scoups looked extremely worried and Jihoon hated to see him that way. He hated being weak, it only made everyone worry about him
"Okay I guess you'll be resting today?" S.coups smiled trying to reassure Woozi and the other gave up and weakly nodded

S.Coups put an arm around Jihun's shoulders and helped him walk to his room. He asked him to lay down and just rest for today. Jihun sighed, if he could talk, he would for sure say No but he couldn't, his throat was extremely sore. He laid down on his bed and soon, the others came dragging along asking if he was okay.

Before they left for their schedule that afternoon, JeongHan made sure to put a cold compress over Woozi's forehead to sooth his burning headache.
Mingyu made him some hot chicken soup and asked and S.Coups made sure that he would take his medecine before going to bed.