Fluffy SKZ Oneshots EP.2🧸

Blizzard or heatwave🌡

Sickies: Chan & Jeongin

No one's POV.:

Chan had been struck down by some sort of infection a couple of days ago. There had been little warning, the fever coming on in only a matter of hours before he was rendered completely out of commission. For most of the first few days, the leader was drifting in and out of consciousness, unaware of his surroundings most of the time. Occasionally, he wondered how the bottle of water kept refilling itself each time he had gulped it all down but as long as the magic worked, he wouldn't complain. Chan had enough other observations to complain about anyway. The pounding headache definitely was one of them. The burning pain in his muscles and joints another. He couldn't say that he was feeling lonely because he hadn't seen any of the other members for days, having decided to quarantine himself in his room.

Jeongin mostly respected Chan's wish to avoid contact, not approaching the leader when he heard him shuffling to the bathroom. He was surely impressed how the older managed to make it without fainting because there was no way he wasn't incredibly dizzy with how high his fever spiked. Chan never noticed but every once in a while, the maknae would sneak into his room to replace the empty water bottles and check the elder's temperature with their forehead thermometer. Of course, he always wore a mask when he checked on his hyung, knowing how upset Chan would be if he got the youngest sick. With how adamant Chan was about staying isolated, Jeongin surely was surprised when his phone dinged with an incoming video call.

"Hey Channie-hyung. How do you feel?", thee maknae smiled, propping his phone up against his knees. Fumbling with his phone for moment, Chan winced at the bright screen and muttered: "I'm okay, tiny bit bored though." His voice sounded just slightly hoarse, so Jeongin hoped he was staring to improve. Especially if he could complain about being bored. "So, what you wanna do?", the younger chuckled, "Did you take your medicine?" – "Mhm, I dunno if I'm up for much. The headache's bearable for now, though I think the fever's still high. 's so freaking cold. Feel like I'm in a blizzard", Chan sniffled, pulling the blanket all the way up to his chin. Biting his lip, Jeongin tutted: "I could bring you another blanket or maybe some hot tea? Other question though. Please tell me you did eat something lately while I was at work?" – "Um, manager-nim dropped of a bunch of snacks when I first called in sick, so I got some crackers, trail mix and a few bananas", Chan mumbled as he glanced towards his desk.

After a beat of silence, Jeongin rolled his eyes and frowned: "Congratulations, almost didn't notice how you avoided all of my questions, hyung. So?" – "I mean. I really have no appetite at all but I did have some of the crackers and a banana", Chan stammered, avoiding looking at his phone. "Mhm, I see, when?" – "Over the last few daayyys?" – "HYUNG!", Jeongin gasped, immediately feeling guilty when Chan flinched at his raised voice, "Have you ever considered that your body potentially needs nutrients if you wanna recover? I'll bring you some tea and rice and you will eat right now or so help me, I'll call Minho-hyung." – "Okay, I will, jus'- please. Don't call Minho", Chan pouted as he rubbed his nose into his blanket. Tapping his chin, Jeongin smiled mischievously: "On second thought, why don't I text the group chat?" – "Don't you dare! I'll eat", Chan pleaded.

Putting on his mask, Jeongin approached Chan's room with a small tray carrying a bowl of plain rice, an empty cup and a thermos filled with tea. Chan too was wearing his mask when the younger joined him but what was visible of his face looked ghostly pale almost as if the color had been washed out. His hands trembled when he accepted the tray and placed it at the foot of his bed. "Why are you so sweaty?", Chan sniffled, motioning to the damp spots decorating the front of Jeongin's shirt. The fabric clung uncomfortably to the maknae's chest but he wasn't entirely sure why. Shrugging, the younger hummed: "You mentioned a blizzard but actually, it feels like we're having a heatwave in here. Already thought about checking the thermostat but I may or may not have been too lazy."