Stay Strong Seventeen

Jeonghan

*Diabetes
Requested by fdbtsvt

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Diabetes followed Jeonghan everywhere since he was a kid.
He suffered from it for the longest time but came to live his life with it anyways and worked his way around it.
He had medication with him all the time and all his friends knew about it too reminding him to take it everytime they had the chance even though they knew they didn't have to because Jeonghan was taking it all of his life.

Recently, things were a bit hectic and Jeonghan was too busy and so was everyone else. Skipping meals was becoming a habit, back to back packed schedules made it harder to keep track of their own health and Jeonghan's already too frail body was about to give in.

First, he brushed it off as a cold that just won't go away. He spent two days in and out of the doctor's office feeling all sorts of muscle pain and a burning fever. He sighed deeply as he flopped on the sofa chair feeling his energy levels dropping. The day was finally over and he just got back from the doctor's office the night before. He closed his eyes to rest for a while, his heart beating loudly inside his chest. He opened his eyes when he felt a warm presence near him, Joshua was leaning forward and placed his palm against Jeonghan's forehead

"You're still warm did you know that?" Joshua softly asked sounding worried and Jeonghan simply blinked not wanting to go through this conversation again.

"I'm hungry" he said feeling rather weak and it's not just because of his cold, it's been a long day and he can't remember the last time he actually had a meal.

"We didn't eat all day, I'm hungry too" Joshua added and sat by his side "I'll order? What do you feel like having?"

"Pizza?" Jeonghan casually said and Joshua chuckled "You're sick don't you think you should have soup or something healthy?"

Jeonghan glared at him "No" ... "I want pizza"

Joshua laughed "Fine princess whatever you say"

Jeonghan had it his way like he always does but he was getting restless as time went by. He was getting annoyed as the delivery was getting late and he couldn't wait anymore

"It says 15 minutes here on the app Hannie, just a little longer he'll be here"
Joshua said soon followed by Mingyu and Seungcheol, the four of them sharing the big hotel room as they finished their schedule late and decided to spend the night at a hotel near by rather than driving four hours back home while they're too tired.

Jeonghan sighed "Yeah I know" he mumbled to himself trying to stay calm but what the others didn't know was that Jeonghan hasn't eaten in a long time, he's been sick too and being hungry and irritable is one of the main symptoms of low blood sugar.
Ten more minutes have passed and Jeonghan was now looking down at his hands trembling. He took a deep breath and glanced over at Mingyu who was playing with his phone silently
"Gyu?" He called, his voice all shaking but Mingyu didn't seem to hear him "MINGYU" he called a little louder and the boy cluelessly looked up

"Pass me a bottle of water will you please?" He asked, his breaths getting heavier and body slightly shaking. Mingyu jolted up seeing the way Jeonghan's face looked paler than usual and his shaky voice didn't sound so good
"Are you okay? What's wrong?"

"I t-think ... m-my b-blood sugar is low"

Mingyu sprinted across the room to get him a cold bottle of water but he knew that Jeonghan will be needing more than just that. He hurried to call Joshua and Seungcheol from where they were standing on the balcony

"I think I have some chocolates in my bag" Joshua rushed to find his bag while Seungcheol wrapped his arms around Jeonghan. The boy was shivering and shaking badly feeling dizzy and he feared he would fall and hurt himself

"Here take this" Joshua rushed to open the box to chocolates and slowly helped Jeonghan to take a bite

"This is ridiculous, you need to have a proper meal" Seungcheol scoffed with angry face "How come no one gave you anything? They are supposed to follow each and everyone'a diet plan"

"It's okay, it happens" Jeonghan tried to reassure them "I'll be okay I just need a minute"

"I got juice" Mingyu yelled from across the room, he was going through his bag for a few minutes now swearing that he had a bottle of juice somewhere around and he finally found it. He run to Jeonghan "Well I had some of it earlier but ... i hope it helps"

Jeonghan smiled "Yes it's fine Gyu thanks" he took a few sips from the juice box and put it aside. He closed his eyes for a bit trying to listen to his own body. His head throbbing and heart racing and simply all tingly and shaky
"Hey please don't faint on us" Seungcheol said and a laugh escaped Jeonghan "I won't relax" he was so casual about it while the three others about to lose it, he must have gone through this too many times before to know how to handle himself this well

he munched on another piece of chocolate tightening his grip around Seungcheol's arm using him for support to stand up and walk over to the bed.
He laid down and tried to ignore the fact that he was still shaking badly. It should take him another fifteen minutes for his sugar levels to rise back again
"Where's that pizza though, I'm starving" he asked but before he could say anything else the doorbell rang.
Their order was finally there.
Apparently, the delivery driver got lost finding their hotel room. Mingyu thanked him and couldn't wait until he was gone, he run back inside the room and quickly got the wrappings off.

Jeonghan was on the bed and they figure they should have dinner in bed tonight like a cozy pyjama party. Jeonghan laughed seeing them all over the place "Plates Gyu please" he saw the big puppy jump after opening the pizza boxes on the bed "And take it easy it's not like I'm dying or something"

"Don't say that Hannie please" Seungcheol sounded serious looking down at him with concerned eyes "You're still shaking and you're having a fever I don't know where to begin to get worried"

He smiled, appreciating their leader's concern "I'm okay really" he said sitting up and taking the plate Joshua passed to him with a few pizza slices. He silently munched on his pizza while the other three kept an eye on him.

30minutes later, and things were looking better. Jeonghan's shaking stopped and he felt much better, he sat up for a while to gulp down his diabetes medication and cold medicines. He sighed holding into Seungcheol "Can we watch a movie or something?"

"Sure" Joshua nodded handing over the remote to Jeonghan choosing a movie from the movie list. Mingyu dimmed the lights and Seungcheol wrapped an arm around Jeonghan feeling comfortable and cozy. They continued to munch on their pizza and needed up ordering more snacks and food, stuffing Jeonghan's bag with different snacks and sweets.
They can't have him walk around without food anymore.