Fluffy SKZ oneshots🧸

Christmas Lights🌡️

Sickie: Jeongin

Caregiver: Chan, Jisung, Felix

No one's POV.:
Stray Kids were on their long-awaited Christmas days. It was only for a few days but they finally had some time to relax. Being unable to travel home, Chan, Felix and Jisung spent most of their time in their rooms, facetiming their respective families. Minho, Changbin, Hyunjin and Seungmin had gone home to spent the holiday season with their families. Jeongin was supposed to travel home a day after them too but as the the day to get on the train home arrived, he woke up not feeling like himself. Afraid he might be falling ill, he didn't feel up to taking the long train ride and decided he'd stay with his three hyungs at the dorm. He called his mother to explain the situation, who was understandingly worried but he assured her he'd have his hyungs around him who'd take care of him just fine. When Chan asked him why he wasn't heading out already during breakfast, the maknae explained that he'd be staying back with them, so his hyungs wouldn't feel too lonely or homesick. Cooing at the concerns of their youngest, Jisung and Felix hugged Jeongin tightly, touched that he would choose them over his family.

After breakfast however, each member withdrew themselves to their rooms and computers. Not wanting to hang around Jisung while he was talking to his family, Jeongin tried to avoid their shared room as much as possible. He grabbed a book and made himself a home on the couch. The slightly off feeling he had had all day only grew as the time passed, so the youngest decided to just take a short nap in an attempt to sleep it off. That was his first mistake. When he blinked his eyes open about an hour later, his head was pounding, making it hard for him to even lift it from the pillow. Struggling into a seated position, his vision went black for a few seconds while the couch under him seemed to move. Jeongin took deep breaths to rid himself of the dizziness while tears sprung into his eyes. He was no stranger to migraines but having one around Christmas while being away from home sucked. The only thing he was thankful for was not boarding the train this morning, otherwise he'd be stuck on a moving vehicle with a migraine.

Feeling safe to stand up after a few minutes, the maknae slowly made his way to his oldest hyung's room and knocked gently. Receiving no reply, he figured both Chan and Felix must be wearing their headsets as to not disturb the other's conversation. He knocked harder but after getting no answer still, he just entered the room, startling both of the Aussies. He could tell they were both a bit irritated at him for disrupting their videocalls but tried to not let it show too much. "What do you need?", Chan asked, glancing back at his screen. He didn't even spare his dongsaeng a proper glance, otherwise he would have noticed the paleness of his skin, the slight pink rims around his eyes along with the held back tears of pain and the tense crease on his forehead. "Hyung, do we have any painkillers?", the maknae asked, gaze turned to the floor as he curled his toes. "There must be some aspirin in the bathroom cabinet, why?", Felix replied in a low voice, not looking up from his videocall. "I-I just have a bit of a headache", Jeongin mumbled, wanting to leave the room as quickly as possible since he didn't feel very welcome there with the cold treatment he was getting. "Just take an aspirin and lie down for a while. Remember to drink enough water", Chan advised, nodding at his dongsaeng before turning all of his attention towards the screen again.

Fleeing the discomfort he had felt, the maknae shuffled into the bathroom, each of his steps, no matter how hard he tried to keep them light, sent shockwaves of pain through his skull. Before being able to even open the bathroom cabinet, he had to hold onto the sink as his head swam and his stomach churned. Keeping his eyes screwed shut he hovered over the sink, convinced he'd lose his breakfast at any minute but unable to move over to the toilet. After what felt like an eternity of being frozen motionless in his spot, the nausea grew less intense. It was still lingering in his stomach but he didn't feel on the verge of throwing up anymore. He quickly went through the cabinet, finding the pills Felix had told him about. However he doubted he'd be able to stomach them at the moment and instead shoved two of them into his pocket. He knew the pain wouldn't get better anytime soon, rather increase as time passed, if he didn't take anything for it. Sadly, he was also sure, if he put anything into his stomach at the moment, it would come back up faster than he had choked it down. The maknae was in dear need for comfort from any of his hyungs but afraid of bothering the two Aussies again. That's why he decided to go to the room he shared with Jisung. He'd have his hyung around and would be able to rest in his own bed rather than the couch.