#22 - Huang Renjun

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Today I woke up with the strongest headache I've had in several years. I forced myself to open my eyes which just hurt my head even worse.

"Ugghh." I groaned and covered my face with the pillow.

"You good over there?" Haechan asked from his bed.

"Not even close." I replied.

"Why?" He asked. I threw my pillow over to his bed.

"I can't open my eyes without my head feeling like it's going to pop." I explained.

"Do you want a tylenol?" He asked.

"Yes please." I told him. I kept my eyes closed but I could hear movement and his humming going around the room and into the bathroom.

"Here. You gotta sit up though." He said. I slowly sat up and squinted my eyes open slightly. He stood over my bed with the water bottle and 2 pills in his hand. I grabbed them and took a big sip of the water, along with the medicine.

"Thank you." I mumbled.

"I'll go get someone to help me with-" I cut him off.

"Don't you dare. If you tell one person about this then it will go around to the entire house and we all know what happens when I'm sick." I commanded.

"No what happens? You've only been sick once." He replied, with a confused tone evident.

"Exactly. Last time Jeno asked the older ones what he should do to help and they told him my condition, they forced me to go to the hospital." I explained.

"Oh. Anyways... I'll be back.. Just gotta.. Do something.." He said suspiciously.

"If you tell anyone I swear to god Haechan I won't make you anymore miguelitos." I told him.

"You wouldn't. So I'm telling them anyways." He replied. I knew he was right because I can't resist the reaction and his pouting when he doesn't get what he wants so I just groaned and laid back down.

A few minutes later the door opens causing me to hide my face from the sudden light.

"Are you okay? Should we take you to the doctor?" Jeno asks, with all of nct dream behind him.

"Dude I am fine. I just don't feel good. I'll rest and I'll be fine." I replied.

"Did you take medication?" Mark asked while sitting on my bed.

"Yeah Haechan gave me some." I answered. Mark nodded before I spoke again.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"9." Jisung said.

"What about practice? I'll get up just-" I got cut off by Jaemin pushing my back down as I tried to stand.

"No you need rest. Just take the day off and if you're feeling better tomorrow than you can come back." Jaemin told me.

"Are you sure?" I asked knowing that practice without a member is difficult.

"Yeah. We'll have someone stop and check on you around lunch time." Mark said.

"Thanks guys." I replied. They left my room and headed to practice as I laid down again. I couldn't fall asleep at first so I got up and got a warm rag to put on my head and some breathing cream on my neck.

I eventually fell asleep, but woke up when I felt like puking. I went into the bathroom and sat in front of the toilet before spewing out everything that was inside my stomach.

After puking I felt a bit better so I brushed my teeth and went back to my bed. I sat down and scrolled through my instagram feed, seeing some fans' posts.

One was a picture of me, Felix, and Seungmin that we took at the end of the kids choice awards. I read the caption and it was "They're all so beautiful I'm sobbing pls help me eye-" I chuckled knowing fan life, before scrolling again.

Another picture was me with all of the ateez members when we got a picture. I had my arms around San and Jongho's shoulders and I did my eye smile with my dimples showing. I had the picture in my camera roll because I loved it so much.

I set my phone down and laid back down, falling asleep again.

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im running out of ideas and i think it's coming to an end here soon🗿. so that's why this chapter was literal shit.