Coughing silently, Heechul covered his mouth as he rushed to the nearest bathroom. Ignoring the bewildered stares from his hoobaes, he locked the door and began hacking violently. He stumbled over to the sink, grasping it tightly. Steadying himself, he stared into the mirror. Under the thick slabs of makeup he had forced his stylist to pile on, his face was pale and sunken in, no longer containing its youthful sheen. Spitting out blood, he bent over, barely supporting his frail body. Heechul made sure no traces of blood was left, only the taste of iron that filled his mouth.
He had been hiding the fact that he was sick, not wanting to admit that he was ill. As his condition worsened, he worked himself even harder, busy with his filming schedules and comeback preparations. Slowly, he began to resemble a skeleton. The other members had noticed small changes in heechul but did not speak out, dismissing the thoughts as they went on with their daily schedules. Today was their last music show performance, wrapping up this comeback's promotions.
'who is today's winner? congratulations super junior !'
Confetti shoots out as they were bombarded with flower bouquets and piercing screams from fans. Heechul stared at the award momentarily, zoning out.
Perhaps this would be my last award,
He thought.... Coming back to his senses, Leeteuk passed the mic to the oblivious heechul, whispering to heechul to continue the speech. Blank, Heechul began robotically thanking all the SM staff and fans, as thoughts swirled inside his brain. Before he could realise it, tears began pouring down his face. Teukkie , suprised to see heechul's reaction, immediately hugged him, comforting the crying heechul. The other members, shocked to see heechul cry, took over smoothly, singing their encore song as they covered the pair.
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overworked
Short Storywhen heechul works himself too much, he faces the consequences he wished he never would
