ꜱʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ _ ᴇɴʜʏᴘᴇɴ 8ᴛʜ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ

= safe space =

* Requested *

The members don't often show it but they do think that Lily is their safe space, no matter if they're older than her. Just like how all of them are her safe space, she is theirs but she doesn't really sees it because she thinks that it's normal for them to be clingy with her as she's the only one who accepts them when they're feeling under the weather, both mentally and physically.

_ Heeseung _

As the oldest, Heeseung took pride in taking care of the other members as he sees it as his job but sometimes, he gets tired too and doesn't know who to turn to when those days come. But thankfully for him, Lily is always there, waiting for him with open arms.

It doesn't happen often but once it does, all he wanted to do is lie on Lily's lap and let her caress his hair. Just like right now. After showering and drying his hair, his lips curved up into a small smile as he sees Lily on her bed, combing through her hair with her fingers. He lets out a sigh of relief and went to lay his head on her lap.

She is confused at first but just let it be. "Is something bothering your mind, oppa?" He hummed. "I'll be fine. I know it will pass too and I would barely remember about this in the future but for now, it's bothering me so much and all I need now is a little space to breathe." She put her hair up in a messy bun with a hair clip and looked down at Heeseung who had his eyes closed. "Take all the time you need, oppa. I'll be right here with you and for you."

Heeseung feels so much better already and he feels even better when he took her hand in his and placed it on his chest. "My saviour. I love you, baby."

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_Jay_

"I was only saying that I think you need to focus more at practice, Jay. I could see that you're lost—"

Before the choreographer gets to finish what he wanted to say, Jay had already left the room. It was frustrating to say the least and having a bad temper didn't help at all. He wanted to punch something so bad to let all his angers out but that would just worsen his situation so he chose the next most reliable option and that is Lily.

He couldn't find her anywhere in the building and it's driving him crazy. He couldn't even call her if he wanted to because he had left his phone in the practice room out of annoyance. At the end, he went to the rooftop and sat down.

Right then, Lily appeared. Her hair disheveled with little trails of sweats running down from her forehead as she pants. "Here you are, oppa. I've been searching for you everywhere. And called you but you didn't answer—" A sob cuts through her sentence. Her feet rushed her to stand in front of the crying guy. She had never seen him cry like this before so she is shocked, to say the least.

"No. Please don't cry. I mean, please cry if it makes you feel better." She knelt down in front of him and held his hands. "Your feelings are safe here, with me. No one can say anything." If only Lily knows how much what she said meant to him. She truly is his saviour. A safe space he didn't know he needed.

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_Jake_

It's weird how Jake is so quiet when he was the most excited about the concert. The truth is, he hasn't been feeling so well in terms of his voice since he had been having a sore throat for the past days so he fear that he's going to mess the concert up with lots of mistakes.

After putting on her shoes, Lily sat next to Jake on the couch and handed a hot tea to him. "You'll do well, oppa. A little sore throat doesn't have a thing on you. Besides, I like your voice like this a bit better. It's raspy." She playfully wiggled her eyebrows with an obnoxious grin, making Jake chuckle. He took the tea and thanked her.

She sighed and took off her lucky charm in the form of her bracelet and put it on Jake. The guy looked at Lily in disbelief. "But isn't this your lucky charm? You always said that you couldn't do well without it." Lily nodded her head. "I know but I think you needed it a bit more than I do. Besides, you're wearing it and I can always go to you for a little touch of luck, can I not?"

Lily smiled and looked up at Jake expectantly. "Don't worry too much, oppa. You'll do just fine."

Jake awed and pulled the girl into a tight hug. "I don't need this lucky charm when I have you around. You're my lucky charm, forever and always. Thank you, angel."

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_Sunghoon_

Being sick during the winter had always been the worst for Sunghoon but he had schedules lining up for him for the week so he can't even take a break, even if he badly needed it. After a whole day of practice and work, Sunghoon finally breaks down. He is making his way back to the dorm with Lily when he collapsed to the ground.

Lily shrieks in shock and knelt down before taking Sunghoon's left arm and placing it on her shoulder and wrapping her arm around his waist to support his weight. She grunted due to the extra weight being put on her but she tried not to make it show. Sunghoon felt bad for the girl, knowing she's tired too but he can't even move his own body, even if he wanted.

After struggling for a while, they finally reached home and Lily took his straight to his room where she laid him on the bed. He's panting and sweating profusely. His already pale skin is even paler now but with tints of reds, colouring his cheeks as his body temperature slowly rises. The girl rushed to get everything she needed to tend to Sunghoon and when he's deep asleep, Lily fell to the ground from exhaustion.

"Don't get sick again, oppa. My heart hurts to see you in pain," is what she said before her eyes closes and she fell asleep on the cold floor, wearing only a pair of shorts and tank top from practice.

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ps: maknae line will be continued in part 2.