࿐ྂDe Cero ࿐ྂ CNCO Fanfic

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Aaliyah was woken up by the feeling of her stomach churning in her sleep. Her eyes snapped open as she tried to contain the feeling of bile arising from her gut but to no avail as she found herself bolting to the toilet to let it out.

Aaliyah thought she was successful in keeping the noises to a minimum until she felt a hand on her back, rubbing it soothingly as if to get her to let it all out which she felt that she successfully did when she finally got her head out of the toilet bowl and let Zabdiel flush it down

Zabdiel left for a minute, grabbing one of the towels he had and wetting it. He put it against Aaliyah's forehead while giving her some mouth wash and letting her spit into a cup. He knelt in front of her watching her heave and catch her breath

"It smells, why are you still in here" Aaliyah said
"Because my nena is sick" Zabdiel said simply "c'mere"

Zabdiel moved behind Aaliyah, leaning against the wall he let Aaliyah lean against his chest and not long until
she fell asleep on the spot. The coldness of the towel and floor along with Zabdiel's warm chest lulling her into a sleep. Zabdiel pulled his phone off the countertop pulling up Aleesha's contact

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 Hey Aleesha, has Aaliyah eaten anything or mentioned being sick the past few days?

Leech🧚🏽 hey... well she was puking real bad yesterday.

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 how bad?

Leech🧚🏽 like she couldn't walk for a minute cause she was so weak

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 what?!

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 okay... has she eaten anything bad or been to the doctor?

Leech🧚🏽 nothing that i know of but... Richards mom said something interesting

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 what did she say?

Leech🧚🏽 not my place to say😘

Leech🧚🏽 but i'm sure if you ask her she won't mind telling you

Zabdi👩🏼‍🦲 i hate you.

Leech🧚🏽 love you too big bro!

Zabdiel put his phone down just as Aaliyah started stirring in her sleep again. He carefully picked her up off the ground and put her on the bed, deciding to get dressed for the day since the boys had a rehearsal before their show tonight. He decided to write Aaliyah a note before he left

Morning mi amor

at rehearsal with the guys, order some food please you did puke up quite a lot so i'll see you at tonight's show but if you're not up for it then it's okay

Zabdiel xx

He set the sticky note on the mirror and kissed her sweaty forehead before heading to meet the boys down at the lobby. They filed into the car, all 5 of them being dead silent through the car ride before walking into the studio

"Okay so we start with De Cero, that way we can debut the music video once and for all" Richard explained
"Don't think that's a good idea" Joel said gesturing to Erick who was zoned out
"Well it's going to come out at some point, get it out" Christopher snapped
"Okay something crawled up your ass" Richard mumbled "okay we're in agreement?"
"Yeah sure" Zabdiel shrugged mindlessly
"Right, now let's try the choreo again" Richard said beginning the song again

The boys practiced until the sun set before heading to their backstage bathrooms where they each took shower and got themselves to hair and makeup. Chris and Erick hadn't said anything to each other which was out of the ordinary. They were both stuck in the same dressing room for the show tonight and Erick couldn't stand not talking to his best friend