Little Things

I'm Not Sick, I Swear

Waking up sick is bad. Waking up sick and feeling little is even worse. Yet Jooheon always catches the worst.

'Oh please no.' Jooheon internally whines. He can't be sick. Being sick makes him want to go into his headspace... No, it's more like he needs to go into his headspace so he can be cared for. But he can't do that today because they have practice this morning.

"Honey, time to get up." Hyungwon announces quietly, scaring Jooheon a little with his sudden entrance.

"You almost scared me, hyung." Jooheon jokes tiredly as he sits up. He groans quietly as a sharp pain in his head has him holding his head and a wave of nausea hits him.

"Are you okay?" Hyungwon asks, moving Jooheon's hand away so he can press his palm against the younger's forehead. He gasps when he feels just how warm the younger is.

"Please don't tell anyone. Especially not Shownu hyung or Kihyun hyung." Jooheon begs, giving the taller man a pleading look.

"I won't have to tell anyone anything. The way you look will give it away." Hyungwon states. Jooheon groans and forces himself out of bed, almost throwing up from the forceful movement.

"Will you sneak me some painkillers, please?" Jooheon asks, once again giving the other man a pleading look. Hyungwon sighs and nods, leaving the room after giving Jooheon a quick look-over.

Jooheon moves through the motions as he moves around to get dressed and washed up. He groaned the first time light hits his face but if the members were to notice it, they'd blame it on him being sleepy. He doesn't enter where the others have gathered to eat, instead he waits in front of the room for Hyungwon to come back with the medicine.

"Why didn't you just come to the kitchen instead of forcing me to sneak the whole bottle away... You really need to go and lie back down." Hyungwon begins to rant but trails off when he sees how pale and sick Jooheon looks. If Kihyun were to see him there's no way the older man will let him leave the dorm.

"Nu. 'm okay." Jooheon whines, holding his hand out for the painkillers. He can feel himself starting to slip but he forces it away with all his strength and Hyungwon can see that.

"Honey, please."

"What's wrong with Jooheonie?" Minhyuk asks, seemingly popping out of nowhere and scaring the other men. In a panic, Jooheon surges forward to hide his face in Hyungwon's chest.

"N-Nothing." Jooheon states, clinging to Hyungwon when he hears Minhyuk come closer.

"He's sick." Hyungwon says, earning a glare from the shorter man.

"No, I'm not." Jooheon protests, earning a look from Hyungwon.

"Yes, you are."

"Nu, I not." Jooheon huffs, pouting.

"Prove it then. Kihyun hyung made you a plate; if you can't eat all of it and hold it then you stay home." Minhyuk baits, seeing that Jooheon is close to slipping; the little loves a challenge.

"Fine, I will," Jooheon huffs before looking up at Hyungwon, "Lead me to da kitchen, pwease."

Once again Hyungwon sighs and nods, turning around and letting Jooheon back-hug him before walking to the kitchen where Kihyun is washing dishes.

"Hyung, how long until the van arrives?" Hyungwon asks, looking down when Jooheon's grip tightens around him.

"In 30 minutes. Why?" Kihyun asks, turning around and raising an eyebrow when he sees the trio.

"What's wrong with Honey?" Kihyun asks, noticing that Jooheon isn't moving at all. If Jooheon is in his headspace, the first person he'd run to when Shownu isn't around is Kihyun.