Couple T-shirts / jung hoseok(#17)

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Wendy

"Achoo!" I let out a deafening sneeze and I felt that my throat is hurting very badly but it is just how cases of flu and colds work, it is torturing and tiring at the same time as you have no idea when it would stop. You would have to wait till the flu wants to stop and you will finally be able to get back your freedom of not having to sneeze all the time and blowing your nose to get rid of as much mucus as possible.

I am very prone to flu and it happens to me very often, I would usually fall sick every 3 months when the season changes and my body is not able to adjust itself to the change in the weather in time and then I fall sick. It would usually last for a week and during all of that, I am unable to go anywhere else because all of that sneezing and coughing would make me feel very giddy and faint, any movement would make me want to collapse and I would not want to do that.

It usually wouldn't affect me at all because I worked at home and there are nearly no deadlines for me to meet, I get to work at my pace because I am on friendly terms with the publishing house and they are always very friendly to me. But this year is different, I am no longer a freelance author who works at home and earns money at my own pace, I have a real job now and it involves me getting out of the house almost every day except for my off-days.

I am on shoot for a 16-episode drama production that is currently on air on one of the biggest broadcasting channels, it is a very big thing that I am doing in years but yet I am stuck in my bed with a runny nose and a high fever and I have no idea when would I be able to return back to work. The drama needs me to be there because I am both the scriptwriter and one of the main leads in the drama, production would definitely be delayed by one week if I am not there and they won't be able to shoot my scenes if I am not there on set.

If the drama isn't airing right now, there is a possibility that the production can be delayed for a little bit for their actress and scriptwriter to recover from my flu but it is not possible because there is no way of delaying or not there will be a lot of money gone to waste due to not working for an entire week.

It is already the 3rd day since I first got sick and it doesn't seem like I am getting any better, I have to get back to work by tomorrow morning or there will really be a delay in production and everyone is going to blame me for that. It is my first job as a scriptwriter and an actress, I don't want to get fired so quickly and I would definitely want to stay for as long as possible, it would be very embarrassing for me to get fired by the production but it is my body that doesn't want to cooperate with me and recover from the flu.

I let out another sneeze and I grabbed a piece of tissue as fast as I can and I blew my nose into the tissue before throwing it into the bin that I brought it just next to my bed for convenience's sake, I really want this to end right now and I can go back to work and not get fired by anyone.

I heard a knock on my door and I groaned as I have to get out of bed but my body is too tired for it despite not going anywhere for the past 3 days, I can't get out of bed at all but the doorbell keeps ringing non-stop. Could it be one of my roommates? But they each should have a copy of the passcode to open the door, they wouldn't even need to ring the doorbell for that.

Before I could say anything, my phone starts ringing and it is from HoSeok. Could he be the one who is outside? But it is not possible, he is supposed to be working today and the location that we are shooting at is an hour away from here, there is no way that he would be here and plus he doesn't know where I am staying at.

I answered up the call with all the questions that I have in my mind. "Hello?" My voice literally sounds like a monster and I hated how horrible it sounded, I haven't spoken much today except to ask for a glass of hot chocolate when my roommate Seulgi prepared it for me before she got out of the house.

"Wendy, is that you?" He asked in doubt, even he doesn't believe that my voice could sound like that. "Are you at home now?"

"Yes, why?" He told me that he is outside the apartment. "I can't get to the door, I am too tired to do that. I will text you the passcode instead." And I hung up the call, texting him the passcode so that he will be able to get into the apartment without any problem.

A few seconds later, I could hear the sound of the buttons being pressed by Jung HoSeok and he got into my apartment successfully. He got into my room and he had food in his hands, he bought food for him when he shouldn't have. "Hey, are you feeling any better? You still look very pale."

I then realized that I am showing him my bare face, the fact that I won't show it to anyone else other than my own family and my roommates. And I look really awful without any makeup on, I look like a corpse when I don't wear any makeup and I am showing that face to Jung HoSeok.

I immediately covered up my face with my hands, just below my eyes so that I am still able to see him. "What are you doing here? I thought that you are supposed to be on set today?"

"Oh, things happened and suddenly I wasn't needed to be on set today," I asked him to further explain himself because I don't understand what he is saying at all. "Your friend Bae Yeongwon told me that you got sick and thought of an excuse to get me out of the shoot so that I can be here to see you."

"Go back to shoot, you can't afford to be sick at this time. You are the main lead and you have a lot of scenes to shoot today." I told him but he didn't budge at all. "Jung HoSeok, you don't need to worry about me too much. I have 4 roommates who are available to come back at any moment that I need them, especially Seulgi who is returning home in an hour's time."

His face seemed really red as he continued to stare at me, is he not feeling well too? "Can I just stay here to take care of you? It is my duty to take care of you when you are sick because you are really that important to me. Your roommates can take care of you but it is not the same when I am taking care of you." Is this his love confession or something?