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Chapter 8

"What are you doing here?" you said before you managed out a series of coughs.

"Minnie called me, she said you were sick. Expected since you were running in the rain," Hoseok said, smiling. "Did you eat yet?" he asked.

"I just ate ramen, I'm so full," you said. You went back to the couch and Hoseok set a whole bunch of foods on the table. "What's that for?" you asked.

"You'll need soup for later. Jin hyung ordered me to make soup," Hoseok said. Shocked, you started coughing again, and let out a large sneeze.

"That's unnecessary, I can make it myself," you said insistingly.

Hoseok smiled. "You're a stubborn one, aren't you? No wonder Minnie said you're stubborn," Hoseok said, grinning.

"I am not!" you argued, crossing your arms like a child.

"If you're not stubborn, then you're going to go upstairs, and sleep," Hoseok said.

"But I'm not tired," you complained.

"Too bad," he said, grinning. "Go- sleep," he said.

"Then you have to promise that when you're done doing, whatever the heck you're going to do to take care of me, you'll go upstairs, turn left, and enter the first room on your right. That's the guest room. You have to promise to fall asleep," you said.

"Fine, I promise," he said. You coughed and smiled. You went upstairs and heard humming. You smiled a bit, hearing the man who was chopping vegetables downstairs, humming to a sweet, melodic tune.

You went upstairs to your room, closing it, but not locking it, in case Hoseok came to check up on you. You stared at the bed and reluctantly climbed into it. You suddenly felt tired, as if the feeling came out of nowhere. Before shutting your eyes immediately, you turned the side lamp on and propped on your sleeping mask. You then closed your eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

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HOSEOK POV:

"You have to promise to fall asleep," Y/N said. I smiled. She cared, even though she was sick. She was that type of person. A person who always cared.

I promised her I would, she coughed a bit and flashed a smile. She went upstairs, instead of being her stubborn self. I started to follow the recipe Jin hyung wrote for me to make for Y/N. I subconsciously started humming to a song Yoongi hyung was playing earlier.

I finished cooking after a while, and I went on my phone. Trying to stay silent, to not awake Y/N, I plugged in my headphones.

My hyungs wanted me to aspire my dreams, just as Y/N did, so they convinced me to audition to become a professional backup dancer. The idea would be very cool, and I was excited to do it. I listened to the song I would have to choreograph to. I closed my eyes to carefully listen to the song. Taking some paper out of the bag I brought and a pen, I started to brainstorm ideas for what I could do.

I was interrupted around 11 o'clock by some coughing. I quietly came upstairs with some cold medicine and tiptoed in her room.

"Y/N," I whispered.

"Hmm?" she said.

"I'm just leaving some cold medicine right here, if you feel sick, just have some. If it continues, I'll be in the other room," I said. She made a noise in response, and I flashed a smile she couldn't see, and quietly left the room.

I fulfilled the promise I made for her. I entered the guest room which looked as if she just cleaned thirty minutes ago. I set the papers of choreography on the paper and looked at the audition paper. I smiled and sat down on the bed. Feeling a little tired, I set an alarm on my phone for 8 AM.

I closed my eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

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Y/N POV:

You awoke to the sorest feeling in your throat. You coughed out, but couldn't feel anything in your throat. Everything there hurt, and it was too hot in your blanket. You tossed it off, but immediately you became freezing. You decided to just lay in your blanket. You grabbed your phone to see what time it was.

12:39.

You sneezed and blew your nose into a tissue. You tossed it out. You continued coughing and yelped out a come in, to a knock that came to your door.

"You're up," Hoseok said.

"And I feel dead," you said, smashing a pillow on your face.

"I brought soup. It's Jin hyung's famous soup. It's not going to be as good as his, but, oh well," he said. He passed you the tray with a bowl on top filled with hot soup. He sat in the chair next to your bed. He flicked on the TV as well. "What do ya wanna watch?"

"Netflix. Netflix has the show Gossip Girl. That's my go-to show," you said turning on Netflix.

After a whole a couple of episodes of Gossip Girl, and warm soup, you started to feel a lot better. Hoseok was still confused, however.

"So let me get this straight. Serena is being treated badly by her best friend, Blair Waldorf because Serena had a relationship with her boyfriend before she left. Or is she mad because she left without letting her know? Anyways, so Blair's basically being a bitch and Serena's trying to repair their friendship and Chuck is basically having sex with other girls, and Nate is just- Nate?" he asked. You took a sip of water.

"Basically," you said.

"I will never understand this show, I never will," he said, slumping his back onto the bed's wall. You laughed.

"Then you should watch Pretty Little Liars. You'll be confused even more," you said, grinning.

"Is it on Netflix?" he asked. You nodded. He snatched the remote and turned it on. "Well, I'm going to be here for a while, so we should start- 7 seasons?!" he said in a shook voice.

"Seven long seasons that are so worth your time," you said.

"I guess we can watch it," he said flicking it on, but before it started, you snatched the room. "Yah!" he said. You giggled.

"Before we watch it," you started. Hoseok's eyes widened.

"You should bring some white cheddar popcorn from downstairs. I have two whole bags," you said, grinning. He smiled and rushed downstairs.

And at that moment, you saw the Hoseok you knew. The smiley Hoseok, who gave warm smiles 24/7, but was protective. And also at that moment- you melted.