why don't we | sickfics

zach - hiding it

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 april-xoxo

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jachary

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myta and josh tease

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Zach woke up with a groan. He gritted his teeth together as his stomach flared with nausea.

I can't be sick, we're performing tonight. My parents are coming. You're fine. You're just tired. You just need to get through this performance, that's it.

Zach nodded with determination. He was not going to succumb to whatever this feeling is.

You're not sick. You're not sick. You are not sick.

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The boys were all gathered in the lounge of their tour bus, getting ready to head to sound check. Zach hid his grimaces very well, no one had suspected a thing. Of course, Zach was getting worse. He hastily wiped away the sweat that was lining up across his eyebrow as he stifled a cough.

"Yo Z, you hot or something?" Corbyn asked, narrowing his eyes at the teen who was profusely sweating

"W-who me? No, no I'm fine." Zach stuttered, biting his tongue in annoyance with himself.

"It's okay if you're not. I'm actually kinda hot too now that you mention it." Daniel fanned himself, huffing out a laugh.

"Yeah, I'm gonna turn down the AC." Jonah chuckled, heading towards the thermostat.

Jack narrowed his eyes at Zach. Jack could see the way Zach shivered despite sweating and the hoodie his body was hid in. He saw the way his body jerked when Zach held back his coughs. He saw how his face turned slightly pale every time his nausea almost overwhelmed him.

"Hey Zachy, you doing okay?" Jack asked cautiously.

"What? Yeah, no no I'm fine. Jo is turning down the AC. I'm fine." Zach tried to convince the youngest blonde.

"You sure?" Jack asked again, not believing a thing the youngest was saying.

"Yes" Zach scoffed.

"Come here then." Jack motioned, inching closer to the shivering boy trying to feel his forehead.

"Wh- no. Get away from me. I'm fine don't ruin today for me, you know we're performing today. My parents are gonna be there. Stop searching for something that isn't real." Zach spat angrily, not registering any thing that was coming out of his mouth.

The boys were in their international leg of the tour. None of them had seen their parents in months. The boys were all close to their parents and considered them their biggest motivators and inspiration. Zach was not going to allow anything to stop performing for his parents and wrapping them in a tight hug for as long as he can. The rest of the boys all knew how home sick the youngest teen was. The boys all made a silent agreement to watch Zach from the sidelines, making sure he was well enough to perform but not overbearing so he wouldn't feel as if he was being held from his parents.

But I'm sure Josh and Myta would rather see their son on stage rather than in a hospital.

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The boys were in sound check, the boys were all messing around, dancing and recording each other for their instagram stories. All of them except Zach, he was perched on the stairs leading up to the stage, heaving in deep breaths trying not to throw up all over the stage.