Hongbin wakes up to pure silence in the dorm, which is weird. Usually by that time, N would already be screaming to wake everyone up,doesn't matter if they have any schedule or not. 

'Maybe Hakyeon-hyung isn't home? '

'But even so, he'll always tell Taekwoon-hyung to wake us up instead. '

'Maybe he's still sleeping? '

'But it's so late. He's always awake by now. '

Hongbin shakes his head. 

'Why would I bother? '

He grabs a towel and walks out of his room, slightly glancing at Hyuk who's still snoring lightly on the bed next to his. 

 'This kid.... guess he have no schedule, sleeping like that. '

Hongbin step out of the room and sees N at the living room. 

"Good morning, hyung. Why didn't you wake us up? "He asks casually, walking past him to get into the main bathroom.

N doesn't answer. Instead, he just curls into himself. 

"You're sick? "

Still no answer. 

"Well, if you're sick, that's  good too. At least it's a bit quiet in here. "

Still there's no response what so ever so Hongbin just laughs at his own joke. Well,he considers it a joke but N certainly doesn't think so. 

' So you like it when I'm sick? '

'Such a 'wonderful' dongsaeng you are. '

Hongbin is still in the shower when he heard Hyuk screaming. The maknae is asking why N didn't wake him up. 

'If you know you have schedule, then you should set up an alarm yourself. Hakyeon-hyung is not your alarm. '

However, when he heard Hyuk yelling how useless N is, he felt his heart drop eventhough it isn't directed at him. 

'Since when does Hyuk start talking like that? '

He could feel his anger rising at the disrespectful maknae, not realising that he was disrespectful himself just a few moments ago. 

Using just the towel to cover himself, he step out of the shower, still dripping wet, only to see that Hyuk has slammed the door shut. 

"HAN SANGHYUK! This kid! "

When he look at N, he noticed that the leader hasn't said a thing. Which is really out of ordinary. Usually, N would have been nagging already, threatening to punish whoever it was who offend him. 

'Is he really sick? '

Hongbin make his way towards him. 

"Hyung? Are you... alright? "He asks in concern. 

N stays silent as he turn his head away, refusing to let his face be seen. 

"Do I need to call a doctor? "Hongbin continues to ask after noticing that N is gripping his stomach and that he is hunched. 

"Hyung... "Hongbin slowly reaches out to touch N's arm but the leader avoids his touch. Either way, Hongbin still managed to see how pale N's face is and the sweat covering it.

"You are sick. "He states, now truly confident.

"I--I should... "

'Call the doctor... '

Hongbin feels panicked, he had never really witness N being sick since the leader always stay away from them when he feels unwell with the excuse of not getting them infected.

But this time, N doesn't tell him to stay away. He's just sitting there, on the couch, curled into himself. He doesn't bother telling Hongbin what he should do so the visual is truly clueless and helpless. 

In the end, Hongbin had no choice but to yell for their second most trusted hyung. 

"TAEKWOON-HYUNG! "