"I feel like I'm losing, I feel like an idiot"
Habit, SEVENTEEN
"Jeonghan!"
"What?" he muttered, reading the same sentence at least three times in his book.
"It's me, Soonyoung!" Cheetos boy came through the doorway, throwing his hands in the air.
"Why did you announce yourself?" he asked with a frown. "You're already in my room."
"It's Junhui's room, too," Soonyoung pointed out. "Anyway, want to hang out downstairs?"
"I'm reading."
"Haven't you read that before?"
"I have actually... how did you know?" Jeonghan asked suspiciously.
"You creased the spine," he said with a shrug. "Come and hang out with me and Wonwoo in the lounge."
"Why?"
"Because you'll be here a while so you should spend some time with us," Soonyoung said, beaming.
Jeonghan sighed. "Fine..."
"Yay!" Soonyoung yelled, causing Jeonghan to wince. He looped his arm around Jeonghan's as they went downstairs.
"So, Hoshi-"
"You called me Hoshi! We must be friends!" he said excitedly, "I only let my friends call me Hoshi or Hosh, and since I liked you yesterday I wanted you to call me that, too. Wonwoo always calls me Hosh, or 'that', and Sowon calls me Hosh when she's feeling nice, but Yuju just doesn't really say anything much at all really! Junhui doesn't use my name, but I got June to call me Hoshi-"
"About Junhui-" Jeonghan tried to cut in.
"But Jihoon calls me Hosh, Hoshi, babe, or baby, sometimes," Soonyoung continued, sighing happily. "He's the best boyfriend ever! I get to call him Woozi, because he's mine, and-"
"No one fucking cares, Hosh," Wonwoo remarked. He was sitting at the table in the living room with Josh and Yuju, doing origami.
"Two points," Josh snipped and Wonwoo faked a yawn, rolling his eyes at the nurse.
"Want to try origami with us?" Josh offered.
"Pass the yellow paper," Wonwoo said quietly, and Yuju nodded, pushing the small stack of paper towards him.
"Uh, no thanks," said Jeonghan.
"If you don't want to hang out in the lounge," said Soonyoung, "We can hang out in the games room! Come on, I'll show you."
"I'll give you a point, Soonyoung," Josh said with a smile, "You've been very kind today."
The orange-haired boy beamed and ran to give Nurse Josh a big hug.
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small words || jeongcheol
Fanfiction"good job, today." [⏸hiatus] As a last resort to recover from anorexia, Jeonghan is checked into a group home for mental health patients. Slowly, he lets Nurse Seungcheol's small words of encouragement heal him, starting on a journey towards recover...