Self Care • Woosang [oneshot]

Self care

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This one shot was kindly translated to Italian by -Live_In_Illusion under the ateez oneshots ♡

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The members have just finished yet another performance of Aurora, it is mid July so everyone is backstage cooling down, drinking water, Seonghwa drying his armpits with a hairdryer.

Yeosang feels a bit light headed, the aurora choreography is difficult and his arm is aching. Feeling dizzy, he sits down grabbing a bottle of water and chugs the whole thing. His eyes are closed but he could sense someone sitting next to him and placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeosang-ah, are you okay? You don't look to good". He opens his eyes to meet Wooyoung's

"I'm just feeling a bit hot, I'm ok, I'm going to take a shower when we get back". Yeosang gives a strained smile to reassure his best friend but he knew Wooyoung wasn't buying it. After knowing him for 5 years, they both knew when the other was lying or not and today was not an exception.

The drive back allows Yeosangs body to relax, but his mind never stopped working. Since debut, he had been keeping up with what social media had to say about ATEEZ, granted most people said wonderful things and their popularity grew tremendously in less than a year. But Yeosang soon realised that the more popular they became, the more hate they got, especially towards certain members.

He tried to not read the negative comments about him not 'being a good dancer' or 'having plain vocals' but he couldn't help but agree with them, which made him read them all the time.

'Yeosang is the most boring member of ATEEZ'
'He's only good for his looks, but he has no talent'
'No wonder BigHit got rid of him'

You could say that this was motivation for Yeosang to prove them wrong, which started a viscous cycle of him practicing non stop, enhancing his vocal and dance skills and his entertainment skills.

Being in many interviews, the members did all the talking and the random dances and games leaving him the only member who did nothing. So, Yeosang constantly learnt new choreographies of different groups so he'd be prepared to act like an 'idol'.

The other members had amazing skills they could show off, like Jongho who was super strong or Yunho with his impressions or even Wooyoung who could just sit there and do nothing, making everyone fall in love.

Everyone had noticed Yeosang suddenly working in the practice room till late and even in the dorms, it was obvious with the growing bags underneath his eyes and his sudden weakness in his movements. They had told him to rest but with the company scheduling event after event relentlessly, everyone became exhausted.

When they get back to the dorms, Yeosang goes to shower straight away, not bothering to lock the door, letting the steamy water hit him. The aches in his body became more prominent and his vision blurred slightly as his stomach rumbled, he had lost his appetite along all of this aswell.

He noticed small specks of red dropping onto his feet, being washed away by the water, reaching up to his nose, he realises that his nose is bleeding. The red tint on his hand became blurred until his vision went fully out of focus and Yeosangs muscles gave in and he collapsed.

It was Wooyoung's turn for the shower and he notices that Yeosang is taking an awfully long time, which is unusual since his showers always lasted 15 minutes max.

It had been 45 minutes until Wooyoung decided to bang on the bathroom door.

"Yeosang-ah! What's taking you so long there are others waiting you know!" After no response he knocks again.