Together As One

Hyegi

[Yongsun's POV]

I watched the 3 losers excitedly play among themselves in the practice room. They were messing around with MMMTV unnie who was trying her best to control her laughter while recording their nonsense.

After staring blankly at them for a while, I feel my eyelids start to droop a little.

"Unnieee... are you sleepy already?" I hear the little lion ask.

I smile at her and shake my head.

"Nope... just found yall very boring... anyways, your voice is very hoarse, you're having a cold now aren't you?" I ask her. I noticed her voice being rougher and earlier on, she had been coughing away.

"Mmm... I am, but it's just a minor cold unnie. Don't worry about me. Come join us in our fun unnie!" Hyejinnie laughs before pulling me up which I willingly let myself be.

[AFTER OUR PRACTICE ENDED]

"Okay girls, time to head to the fansign! Take your things, don't leave anything behind please. Especially you Hyejinnie and Yongsun ah!" Manager unnie starts shooing us out of the room into the car. We burst into laughter at her nagging but still made sure our belongings were with us and not left behind.

Cough cough cough

Byulie and I turn around where the maknaes were sitting in the backseat of the car.

"Yah! Hyejin! Have you taken your medicine?" I start to nag at her out of concern.

"Unnie, she hasn't... she keeps falling asleep so she hadn't gotten the chance to yet." Wheein exposes her.

"Hyejin ah, you have to take your medicine! What if your minor cold become worse?" I start to chide her.

"Mmmmm" Hyejin merely replies mumbling away.

"Hyejin ah, have you eaten something? If you have then can you take your medicine now?" Byulie asks the sleepy maknae.

"No... I don't think I can stomach anything..." Hyejin finally says properly, adjusting herself in her seat, knowing she can no longer get away without answering her unnies' questions.

"Hyejin... you have to take your medicine though... is it possible for you to eat anything at all? Some soup or something just really light? Just to fill your stomach a little." I ask our baby lion.

"Mmmm unnie... I don't think I can eat anything now... let me just finish this fansign please?" The baby lion starts to pout and whine.

[Wheein's POV]

I furrowed my eyebrows when I heard Hyejin's reason. Usually if she had no appetite there would only be a few types of reason. Either she was really really sick, or she was having negative thoughts.

"Unnie, how much time do we have left before our fansign starts?" I hear Yongsun unnie ask Manager unnie.

"We're reaching in about 30minutes, then we have another 1hour to spare. I'm guessing you want to get something, I can order some dumpling soup? Both with kimchi and without. How does that sound?" Manager unnie tells us her plan.

"Wah awesome unnie! You're the best!" Yongsan unnie and Byulie unnie laugh a little and a chuckle could be heard from the driver's seat.

"Hyejin ah, rest in the waiting room first. Drink lots of water and when I'm back with the food, you need to drink at least the soup okay?" Manager unnie instructs from the front of the car.

"Mmm..." Hyejin mumbles in response. I could tell she was really not keen on consuming anything but we needed her to eat her medication at least which needed her to take in some food at the bare minimum.

Soon we alight and head towards our waiting room while Manager unnie scurries off to get the food.

I slip an arm around her tiny waist, trying to support as much of her little weight as possible. Seems like she lost weight again, I thought to myself. She slowly rests her head on my shoulder, allowing me to baby her. She usually wasn't a fan of being babied because back at her house, she was babied plenty already.

We reach our waiting room and Hyejinnie still had not unlatched herself from my arm and shoulder.

I gently bend down, trying to lay her down on the sofa without hurting her.

"Engg.... my throat hurts..." Hyejin grumbles like a baby and immediately Yongsan unnie rushes over with a bottle of water. Hurriedly uncapping it, she places the full bottle in our Hyegi's grip, bringing the bottle towards her mouth.

Hyegi sips a little before coughing violently again suddenly.

This time, Byulie unnie runs over and pats Hyejinnie's back softly. She stops coughing so violently and croaks.

"It's okay... don't worry... I just choked... Sorry about the hassle..."

I frown upon hearing her statement. There she goes not placing her health first, being afraid of being a burden or causing trouble.

"No Hyejin.. You're being a hassle and there is nothing for you to be sorry about. You shouldn't worry about being a hassle or whatsoever to us and let us take care of you." I says firmly.

Hyejinnie pouts again but does not retort back.

"I'm back with the food. Everyone eat something. Especially you Hyejin ah, and you too Wheeinie!" Manager unnie comes back all sweaty with large containers in her hands.

I sit by Hyejin's side throughout, feeding her with some soup.

"Open your mouth Hyejin ah.... say AHHHH" I try to get her to drink the soup.

"Sigh..." She reluctantly opens her mouth and I carefully deliver a spoonful of the hot soup to her. Blowing on it just before I pour it into her mouth, I remind her to slowly sip from the spoon first in case she scalds her tongue like she usually does.

"You don't have to treat me like a baby Wheeinie... go and eat too... I will take the soup myself." My soul mate starts to make noise.

I sigh before retorting back.

"But you are a baby. You are our Hyegi!!! And I'm pretty sure if I don't feed you myself, you won't touch the soup. So suck it up, I'm definitely babying you right now, no negotiations." I sternly say.

"Hey Wheeinie ah, go eat, I'll feed her. I've finished eating anyways." Byulie unnie takes the empty spoon from my hands and directs me back to the main table where all the other dumplings were.

I thank her for a bit before moving away from Hyejin, occasionally still turning around to check on her.

[Hyejin's POV]

I was soooooooo embarrassed. I wanted to hide my face somewhere, dig a hole and never come back out. I was just not feeling well, they didn't have to feed me. Sigh...

You aren't deserving of their care. You ungrateful bitch.

A tear slips down my face.

I hurriedly wipe it away with the sleeve of my shirt, hoping no one saw it.

"Yah! Hyegi yah! Why are you tearing up?" Byulie places the spoon back into the container of soup and cups my cheeks.

I sniffle before replying.

"I'm not crying!!!!! I'm just sweating from my eyes... Aish! It's so embarrassing..." I pout and mutter, pulling the blanket higher up, tucking my knees in.

"Aigoooo if our maknae feeling embarrassed about being babied? That's the perk of being our maknae Hyegi ah!" Byulie ruffles my hair while I try to slap her hand away.