A Cliché Family Thirtynine   Minho is playing on his laptop in the living room when Taemin finds him. The 9-year-old boy plops down on the couch beside him and drags the blanket around him. He doesn't look well and Minho automatically scoots a little away. He doesn't want to catch whatever disease it is Taemin has. He cannot afford to be ill. Not now when they have summer vacation. Minho knows he should be spending his vacation doing something productive but what is vacation if he can't relax. Jonghyun comes home just when Taemin tells Minho that he feels really really horrible. He has a headache and his neck hurts so bad. He also feels nauseous. Minho scoots further away from the boy. Jonghyun looks at them and when he sees Taemin he furrows his brows.

"Are you sick?" he asks and Taemin shrugs and drags the blanket closer around himself. He guesses he is. "Get some sleep," Jonghyun says and thinks he's helping his brother. When Taemin stands up, though, his nausea takes over and he pukes on the living room floor. Minho scrunches up his nose and mutters an 'ew'. Taemin starts crying because he feels so uncomfortable. Jonghyun places the boy on the couch again and asks Minho to call Jinki while he cleans up. Jonghyun is close to vomiting as well when he cleans it up. Jinki finally picks up on the second call.

"Hey dad," says Minho. "Taemin just vomited and Jonghyun wanted me to call you, so - huh, how do we deal with him?" They're home alone because both their fathers are working. "Uh-huh, I don't know, hang on." He turns to Taemin, who is now looking really pale. "What are your symptoms, Taem?" he asks and Taemin opens his eyes drowsily.

"My head is hurting and my neck is hurting and ..." He doesn't get to say anymore before Jonghyun places his hand on Taemin's forehead and concludes that the boy has a high fever as well. Minho relays everything to his father on the phone and the man suddenly turns serious.

Minho furrows his brows when Jinki asks him whether or not Taemin can look at his chest. He asks the boy and Taemin tries but he can't because his neck is hurting and stiff. This bit of information has Jinki asking Minho to tell Jonghyun to immediately call an ambulance. All three boys look at each other confused (Taemin not so much as the other two) when Minho says this out loud.

"Why?" Jonghyun asks, but Jinki is not going to tell them anything. Jonghyun does call an ambulance, though. Minho hangs up on Jinki. Jonghyun talks to the emergency operator and tells her Taemin's symptoms. The ambulance arrives around 10 minutes later. The two teenagers look at each other while the paramedics help Taemin on the stretcher.

"Where are your parents?" one paramedic asks and Jonghyun tells them that they're still at work.

Minho is left at home while Jonghyun is allowed to drive to the hospital with Taemin. Taemin has his eye