It Started with a Small Favor

Consquences

I was vaguely aware of something shaking me. I groaned and tried to shift, but couldn't seem to move. Blinking, I opened my eyes to see some blurry faces above me. The lights were bright and I squinted my eyes against it, whimpering at the burn.

“Someone, turn off one bank of the lights!” A voice called out. I groaned as the sound made my ears ring. “Sorry.” The voice added softly. Soon, the room dimmed slightly and I was able to open my eyes fully again.

The blurry faces came slightly more in focus and I was surprised. I was looking into the faces of Tomorrow by Tomorrow, or TxT. Soobin was the one who had been shaking me. The others were in varying degrees of standing, crouching, or kneeling around me.

“Careful,” Soobin said as I tried to get myself to sit up. There were additional hands on my back, helping give support. I felt myself blush slightly, but groaned as I felt aches on my left side.

Pulling down at the shoulder of my shirt, I saw a quickly darkening bruise on my shoulder. My hip was also sore and I figured I will also be having a bruise developing there as well.

“Th-thanks,” I croaked out. My head was still spinning and I placed a hand on my forehead.

“Let's get you up off the floor,” Soobin said, with the others helping him lift me off the floor. I was placed on a folding chair that had been brought over.

Heuning Kai handed me a bottle of something to drink. With shaking hands, I brought it up to my lips, but another set helped me stabilize the bottle. I glanced over to see Heuning Kai was crouching in front of me now, helping me.

I took a drink, it was a little bitter, but I took a few drinks. My face must of showed my dislike of the flavor, Huening Kai chuckled.

“It's an electrolyte drink,” he explained and helped me raise it up again to take a few more drinks.

“Y/N-ssi,” someone said my name as I finished drinking and felt less dizzy. I turned to see Soobin looking at me, a somewhat disappointed look on his face.

“Yes, Soobin-ssi?” I asked, uncertain.

“When was the last time you ate something,” he asked bluntly, but softly. Looking down, I watched as my hands clenched together. I tried to think about the last time I had eaten something solid, but my memory was a bit of a blur.

“Y/N-ssi,” I looked in front of me and seeing Huening Kai with a sad face, Beomgyu and Taehyun also now sitting on the floor, looking equally as sad.

“I don't know,” I whispered, closing my eyes. I took a deep, shaky breath. “I have been having trouble, eating. Also, I can't go to the cafeteria at lunch.”

“Why can't you go to the cafeteria for lunch?” Soobin asked sharply. I just shrugged and wouldn't meet any of their eyes. “Y/N-ah.”

The comfortable call of my name made me snap my eyes to Soobin. He moved to crouch next to my chair and took my hands in his. They were only a year or two older than me, but right now they felt much older.

“Please, tell us.” Was all Soobin said, gripping my hands, reassuring me.

“I-" I started and tears started to fall from my eyes. I closed them so I could continue to speak. “There is a trainee, she keeps talking about my weight. At first, I was able to just ignore it because I was happy with my body. But it was a non-stop onslaught of harassment. Commenting about my weight, what I ate, if I even looked at food, she would say something. In the cafeteria she says everything so loudly, it was embarrassing. I couldn't choke any food down because of everyone looking at me. Instead, I would practice and train instead. But then, at home I couldn't eat anything solid. I started to make protein shakes, but-"