Fixing Us

Chapter 10: Hospital Suggestions

It's the last five minutes of class and I've been trying to work on things for the band and whatnot this entire time. Of course, it's just a little hard to concentrate when I've got an annoying pain in my shoulder that's slowly worsening.

Having hold of it as I think over the music and jot down lyrics, it's not exactly the easiest thing to do. It's been going on for a while and I've run out of excuses and ideas as to why it's still hurting. The only thing I could think of is that I've somehow fractured the bone in someway but that wouldn't make any sense as I've not done anything that would cause that.

"Is your shoulder still bothering you, Jing?" Jimin asks as the four of us walk out of class together once the bells rung. Sighing, I nod my head.

"Yeah. I have no idea why though. It's not like I've done anything to have possibly injured it." I answer in frustration. They quit buying my lies and excuses during lunch earlier.

"You might want to go to the doctors and get it checked out. Maybe you accidentally did injure it doing something. Who knows, right?" Tae suggests.

"I dislike hospitals almost as much as Jiminie." I answer with a frown.

"We can have one of us go with you, if you'd like? That way you don't have to deal with it alone. Besides, you really do need to get that checked out. It's been bothering you for at least a month now." Jungkook offers. I shake my head.

"No, you all have your own fair share of work to be doing. I can handle it alone. I just don't want to. I doubt it's anything that serious." I argue as we walk out.

"For fucks sake, Saejing! What the hell is wrong with your shoulder?" Sohjae yells in frustration later on at practice. I'm trying to go through the choreography with them for one of the songs but every time we take a break, the pain flares up.

"I don't know. I have no idea what's wrong with it. It just hurts. I've not done anything to it." I answer with an eye roll as I pull my water bottle from my bag. As per usual, I down half the bottle of the clear liquid that's certainly not water.

"Well clearly you've done something to it. You need to go get it checked out." Jingsah responds in annoyance.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry about it." I huff as I toss the bottle back on the floor.

"You probably overworked the damn thing. With your luck, you've overworked the muscles in your shoulder and strained something." Sohjae mutters with her own eye roll.

"Come on. We've got fifteen minutes left. Okay? Let's just get through with this." I instruct, forcing my mind off of the pain as I lead them through the part of the dance we've been working on again.

Working away at the same part for the next fifteen minutes, I think they're all glad when we're finally done. Quite frankly, I know I am as I won't have to continue dealing with Sohjae and Jingsah any longer.

"Jing, are you sure your shoulder is okay? You've been having issues with it since we started up with practices." Minae questions worriedly as she walks over to me. She keeps her voice lowered so as not to spark another argument.

"I have no idea, Minae. I've thought of every possibility of what could be the cause but nothing makes sense. I've not done anything to it for it to be in pain like it is." I tell her honestly as I run a hand through my hair in frustration and tiredness. I didn't sleep well last night despite sleeping with Jiminie again and him not having nightmares, all because of my shoulder.

"I really think you should go get it checked out. Even if it's nothing, at least someone should be able to figure out then what's causing the pain and put an end to it. Just take a day off school to go see a doctor." She suggests. I just shake my head.