Yugyeom wakes up with a mild headache. He slowly tries to sit on the sofa and a sudden sneeze suddenly came up from his nose, groaning as he slightly feels dizzy.

He looks up at the wall clock and immediately been alarmed. It's already 9AM in the morning but he was still here at his hyung's apartment, just got woke up and still unprepared. Yugyeom roams his eyes around the room trying to look for Jinyoung but he couldn't see him inside.

'Did he already went to school?'

He thought as he tries to stands up.

It's only been a few steps when Yugyeom started sneezing again, he tried to regained his balance when his head suddenly feels like spinning.

"Hey, what're you doing?!" The younger didn't even notice the door unlocking and that Jinyoung was finally back from the pharmacy nearby. He immediately got a hold of the younger as he guided him back at the sofa. "You shouldn't be walking around,"

The older said as he made him lay back down again, pressing his palm on the younger's forehead checking his temperature.

Yugyeom was confused but he just stays still on his spot, pulling the blanket even more, not wanting to make him mad.

"Hyung, aren't we late for school?"

He asks with a dry voice. He feels ty even by just speaking.

"You can't go to school like that, you might just collapse or something?"

Jinyoung answered. He took a soft towel on the small table, soak it a little in that bowl of water and gently placed it on the younger's forehead and that's when Yugyeom finally realized that he was sick.

"I saw you shivering as heck last night when I get a glass of water," Jinyoung said as he checks those medicines that he bought earlier one by one, "We shouldn't have really run under the rain last night."

He added and finally shifted his position to look at him. He stares at the younger's pale face and lets out a sigh. He just suddenly feels like it was his fault again. He could've just made the younger go home first since they were already at the bus stop last night and that Yugyeom can just take that ride on his way home then maybe he wouldn't be running with him and eventually falls sick this morning?

"Do you want to move at the bed?"

Jinyoung asks still staring at him while the younger was just staring back at him too.

Yugyeom only slightly shakes his head as a 'no.' He didn't think he can walk there anyway because his body feels so heavy as .

"Are you sure?"

Jinyoung asks again, worrying for him even more, thinking that it'll be more comfortable for the younger to be laying on the bed instead of this small sofa.

Yugyeom only nodded his head as he pulls out a small sweet smile at him, trying to assure him that he was fine here, earning another sigh from the older.

They just stay there at their positions while looking at each other. Yugyeom can seriously see and feel how much the older is worrying over him and he feels bad at the same time happy with that fact. He feels bad because he made him this worried again, Jinyoung had been pretty messed up the first he admitted that he was worried when Yugyeom got totally beaten up and Yugyeom didn't want to see him being like that again, it's just makes his heart hurts too and he feels guilty so he promises himself that he wouldn't make him feel like that again. On the other hand, he was happy because it just feels so good to know that the older do cares for him. Even if just because he was younger or because he was just a friend or what, Yugyeom is happy with just the thought of it alone.

"You're not going to school today hyung?"

Yugyeom whispers, almost unable for the older to hear.

Jinyoung scooted a little closer at him and lifted his hand to gently touch his cheeks, checking if he was still burning or not, making the younger's heart pacing up its beat.

Feeling he was still burning a little, Jinyoung lets out another sigh as he slightly shakes his head as a 'no.'

"I think I'll skip today," He said, gently tracing the younger's bruises on his face with his fingers, "I can't leave you here while you're sick,"

He softly muttered.

Yugyeom smiles sweetly as he gently grabs the older's hand on his face and holds it to himself, pulling him a little closer so he can stare at his beautiful face even more. Jinyoung wasn't saying anything too and was letting him, leaning his head on the side of the sofa, just quietly looking back at him too. 

"You need to eat now so you can take your medicine..."

Jinyoung muttered.

"Okay. Thanks hyung..."

The younger answered, smiling so dearly at him.

**********

"Okay. Just call me back when you got here."

Jinyoung said and finally ended the call. Mark called him earlier asking him why wasn't he around for today since it was weird. Jinyoung wasn't the lazy kind of student that would just skip school anytime he wants, especially during his busy weeks. Also, it was weirder because Yugyeom wasn't around too and they're the happiest shippers in the world when Jinyoung just directly admitted that he has Yugyeom with him right now and that he needs to stay here because he was sick. Though they feel sorry that he's sick, still, they couldn't help but widen their imaginations about this two and they said that they'll be taking a visit later after lunch.

Also, Yugyeom already called his mom earlier, his mom keeps on apologizing to him that he couldn't answer his calls last night because they were still in their vacation and the signal there was bad. She just got to answer his call earlier because they were already on their way to the airport getting ready to go home. She also keeps on apologizing that they couldn't pick him up today because the ride to home would take a whole day and they will to land back tomorrow morning. Yugyeom told them it was alright and that he understands, he even told them he was fine, that they shouldn't bother and just enjoy their vacation together since they haven't done that a lot anymore. In the end his mom had promised him that he'd go pick him up tomorrow morning.

"What's a towel bath?"

Yugyeom heard the older speaking again on the phone. He guessed he was talking now with his noona because he heard him saying that earlier after calling Mark.

Yugyeom feels slightly confused as Jinyoung gave him a quick glance while blushing and still having his phone in his ears.

"Was that really necessary?"

He heard him asking his noona, looking a little bit flustered and Yugyeom just wanted to cooed at the sight. Jinyoung do really looks so lovely when he's blushing. He thought.

Soon enough he already heard him saying good bye. Jinyoung places back down his phone on the bed side table and reaches for the younger's forehead. They have managed to bring Yugyeom at the bed earlier with Jinyoung guiding him to walk inside.

"The medicines are working; I guess?" He said when he felt that his high temperature was slowly going down. "You do recovers too fast?"

"You know why?"

Yugyeom muttered, his voice still sounded a little bit weak because of his fever.

He smiles sweetly at him as he gently pulled down the older by his wrist on his chest.

Jinyoung wasn't that surprised though, he just didn't know why he wasn't even flinching anymore every time the younger would suddenly pulls him closer. Maybe because he was doing it so gently that he couldn't even help but lets him and drowns himself in contentment.

"Because the university's student council president is taking care of me..."

Yugyeom said while smiling at him so dearly. He gently placed a kiss on the older's head, carefully wrapping his arms on the senior's frame.

"Shut up."

Jinyoung muttered on his chest, feeling his own heart racing.

Yugyeom only laugh a bit by that. He places another kiss on the top of his head as he lets out a sigh of contentment.

Honestly, he didn't know when did it start, how did it happen or when did he suddenly got this confidence to do all of this. He was sure they ended the night last night with them being so freaking awkward because of him trying to kiss the older. But it's just strange that this morning, it seems like they have gotten closer and comfortable with each other as if they weren’t that awkward last night? It was as if they just finally let go for now all of their hesitations about this and that, there what if's and everything and decided to just let themselves going with it, with whatever it is that is happening, Yugyeom didn't want to name anymore.

"You know what's a towel bath?"

Jinyoung asks after some minutes of just lying there on the younger's chest, feeling and hearing the younger's fast heart beats.

"Yes."

"Noona told me people with fever should have one,"

He said and even though Yugyeom couldn't see his face properly right now, he knows he was blushing again.

"You'll help me?"

He asks while chuckling. Jinyoung pulled out from his embrace and stands up, walking to the bath room to get some stuffs while saying,

"Do I have a choice?"

Yugyeom chuckles even more and decided to just help himself a bit as he tries to sit up on the bed. He pulled out his shirt off from his body and tossed it at the side, feeling a little bit shy with the thought of it, but he just decided to shook it all away.

', whatever!'

He thought because he likes the thought of it too, anyway.

Jinyoung goes back on sitting beside the bed holding another bowl of water and a new soft towel. He places it down on a stool chair as he finally looks at the younger. He stares a little shocked at the younger's bare upper body for some seconds before he started shyly laughs a bit as he tries to avert his eyes somewhere.

"What the heck? Aren't you too excited?"

He said, chuckling while blushing.

Yugyeom starts laughing too.

"I am."

He admitted. Looking at the older with that stupid playful smile on his face. Jinyoung just shakes his head in disbelief as he started soaking that towel with water.

"Stay still."

"Yes, master."

Jinyoung only rolled his eyes in a manly way as he starts to gently wiped his body with that soaked towel. Trying to keep himself cool when in fact he does really feels shy about it. Jinyoung couldn't help but stares at that well-toned milky abs at the younger's torso as he was sliding the towel there. He couldn't even believe that the younger were hiding such art under his shirt. He immediately blinks a few times when he finally realizes it himself that he was staring at it a little intently and that was weird, he took a gulp as he can honestly feel his whole face heating up.

On the other hand, Yugyeom was seriously enjoying the sight of the older blushing so hard like that while doing that. It was obvious that he was avoiding his eyes and he couldn't even complain on that because he just seriously looks so cute right now.

Yugyeom can even feel his heart racing as he was watching his hyung doing that, he couldn't help but gulp a few times while watching him so freaking gentle and shy.

Jinyoung lifted his head to look at him for a seconds but immediately looked down again when he saw how the younger was staring at him so intense like that.

'Kim Yugyeom, don't freaking look at me like that!'

He thought.

Yugyeom immediately felt that something had jolted up inside his system after their eyes had met even just for a seconds. He didn't know if it was because he still has a little bit of fever that he suddenly felt his throat drying and his whole body heating up. He slowly lifted his hand and gently reached for the other's face, lifting it up so he could clearly see his beautiful blushing face and meet his eyes.

'Damn! Park Jinyoung! Why are you so ing beautiful?'

The younger thought.

Jinyoung can feel his heart thumping so loud inside his chest that he can almost hear it now. The way the younger was staring at his face sends electricity throughout his whole body. It feels so strange yet exciting. It was as if there was an ongoing riot inside his stomach. He took a gulp as he notices the younger leaning closer and closer to his face that he can already feel the other's breath on his lips.

'I'm going to freaking regret this but... whatever! I don't know anymore!'

He told himself and just close his eyes.

"."

Both of them instantly pulled out from leaning closer to each other when they heard the phone ringing that Yugyeom couldn't help but let out a cussed under his breath. True, he was really regretful last night for trying but it was a different story right now, come on! He thought. Jinyoung looks so obviously shy in front of him, he started biting his lips as he prevented himself from smiling. He didn't know why does he suddenly finds it so funny that younger looks so frustrated right now.

"Finish that on your own, I'll go meet them downstairs."

He said while giving the younger a playful look as if teasing him more that he didn't get to do it again.

Though a little frustrated, Yugyeom couldn't help but laugh a bit too as he nodded his head and just finish it all by himself.

‘Always on a bad timing.’

He thought.

***************

Yugyeom let out a groan when Youngjae suddenly throws himself on him at the bed and groans even louder when Jackson did the same.

"Save me!"

The younger shouted earning a series of laughter from the other guys. Jinyoung quietly walks beside them and lightly taps Jackson's back trying to tell him to get off of him.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know your boyfriend is that protective?"

Jackson said, chuckling, while standing up from the younger's bed, Youngjae did the same.

"You're messing my sheets."

Jinyoung said in his usual bored tone. Jackson just shrugged his shoulder's deciding to drop it off for now.

"Are you really sick or you're just pretending so you could stay here?"

Bammie said giving his friend a suspicious yet playful look. He covers himself with his hands when Yugyeom playfully throws him a pillow.

"I'm not a psycho, you fool!"

He said not really meaning it.

"Why are you all here anyway?"

Jinyoung asks while standing at the side, looking so bored and unbothered. He can't help but rolls his eyes in a manly way when all the guys started shifting their attention on him while giving him a teasing look.

"Why? Didn't you want us all here?"

Jaebum said.

"You can have your time alone back with Gyeommie later, Jinyoung,"

Mark added.

Jinyoung lets out a defeated sigh as he whispers, 'Whatever' while walking out of the room, leaving the guys laughing at his in denial .

"Why is he seriously so in denial? I don't freaking get it?"

Jackson said while laughing.

"He's still confused, just give him more time,"

Mark answered.

"Yah, hyung, don't say that...he's just being nice, stop concluding everything so fast."

Yugyeom said as a matter of fact, he immediately hissed in pain when Youngjae lightly smacked his head.

'Geez, I'm sick why are they hurting me?'

He thought.

"We're not concluding everything so fast, we're just saying what we are seeing,"

"Yeah and it's not as if you didn't know or even noticed it too?"

Bam added. Though Yugyeom knows they got a point, still, he didn't want them shoving everything at the senior's face because he knows he's sensitive when it comes with that thing and as much as he can he didn't want to bring up his thing for him over and over again because he didn't want him to feel uncomfortable around him.

"Just please stop mentioning about it when he's here..."

He said sounding a little bit serious.

"I just don't want him to think that I'm taking too much advantage about our friendship."

He added.

"That sounds stupid but okay, we'll stop.... maybe?"

Jackson said, sounding so hesitant as he looks back at his friends then seconds later they all started laughing.

Okay, maybe they wouldn't really stop.

"Anyway, does something interesting happened? I mean, you've been here since last night?"

Mark started, giving him a silly look.

"And you're on his bed,"

Jaebum added as they all started chuckling in a silly way. Though nothing had seriously happened between them, at least not in the same way his friends was thinking, Yugyeom still couldn't help his cheeks heating up.

"Nothing."

"Aish! You're seriously no fun!"

Bam said pushing him slightly.

"There's really none!"

Yugyeom insisted while shrugging his shoulders.

"Why are you laughing then?"

"Jackson hyung, seriously! I'm not laughing!"

He said but ended up laughing because of that look from Jackson.

"What're you guys even thinking?"

"Sure Gyeommie, just tell us when do you feel like sharing it?"

Mark said patting his knees as he was sitting at the end of the bed.

"Okay, seriously, I'm sorry to disappoint you guys but there's nothing really happened okay? We just did our own stuff, played some video games then we sleep separately. Him on this bed and me at the sofa. I just got here because I was sick when I wake up and feels too cramped at the sofa so he let me move here that's all,"

He explained. Keeping the other details only to himself.

"Shh. Stop it. You didn't need to explain,"

Youngjae said as he softly patted his head as if he was a child, earning a laugh around them. Though he was a little frustrated because it seems like they didn't even believe him, Yugyeom couldn't help too but laugh.

"Aish! Seriously!"

*************

"This apartment looks so nice,"

Jackson said as he roams his eyes everywhere.

They were now sitting at the sofa waiting for their dinner to come. Jinyoung was preparing it while Mark and Youngjae were helping him.

They didn't go back to school anymore when they got here and decided to just stay here and spend some good time with the younger. Though Jinyoung wasn't that fond of some visitors, he just lets them since they weren't that stranger to him anyway and besides, it was his best friend's friends and also the younger's friends and maybe his friends too?

"I'm surprised it was this clean here?"

Jaebum said checking the magazines beside the sofa. He just finds it amusing because normally a guy seems to have a lot of mess specially when they're living alone. Not that he thinks Jinyoung is abnormal, he knows there were a few guys like that but yeah, he's still amused.

"Jinyoung hyung likes everything clean and organized. He doesn't really like being messy and stuffs,"

Yugyeom said while wrapping the blanket to his body even more, earning a smirk from the guy beside him.

"That was a lot of adjusting for you when you guys move in together,"

Bammie said and the other two hyungs agreed on that, even exchanging some high fives. Yugyeom only pursed his lips defeatedly.

'Oh seriously, what would I do with this guys?'

He thought.

"Jinyoung would go, 'Kim Yugyeom! Put your ing damn shoes in the right place!' then he'd throw the shoes to Gyeommie!"

Jackson said, acting up some scenes and they all started laughing.

"Hey, what's up?"

Mark said when he walks out of the kitchen for a while and checks on the guys at the small living room. He goes directly at the youngest one and checks his temperature in his forehead with his hand.

"Good. Jinyoung is really taking care of you so well!"

He said when the younger's temperature had gone back to its normal state.

"How's dinner?"

Jackson said as he pulls his boyfriend on his lap.

"We're still cooking,"

"What are you doing here then?"

Jaebum asks at their side.

"I just got out for a while because Jinyoung told me to check on this kid's temperature,"

Mark answered and the guys lets out an 'Oh..' while giving Yugyeom a teasing look.

"Why didn't he do it himself then?"

Bam asks and Mark rolls his eyes before answering.

"Well of course, you guys are here? He's a coward. He can't do that in front of us,"

"Good point."

Jackson said.

"Anyway, can we play some video games?"

Bam suggested.

"I don't know it wasn't mine. Asks Gyeommie instead,"

"Huh? Why me?"

"You're the boyfriend so..."

Mark answered as he finally stands up and walks back inside the kitchen.

"Tell your baby we want to play FIFA,"

Jaebum demanded.

"What the heck hyung?"

*************

"Just one more game,"

"Im Jaebum?"

"Hey! What the heck, man!"

"Just stop that already, dinner is here."

Jaebum said completely neglecting his team as he finally puts down his controller when Youngjae gave him a warning.

Soon enough, Jackson, Bam and Yugyeom finally stops and turns it off. Shifting in helping the other guys to set up their dinner on the floor since the kitchen and dining table is too small for all of them.

"Where's Jinyoung hyung?"

Yugyeom asks when he didn’t spotted his hyung immediately.

"I think he's still at the kitchen? Just go and call him so we can eat,"

Youngjae said and Yugyeom immediately stands up and headed inside the small kitchen.

He couldn't help but chuckles a bit when he saw the other guy cleaning the sink.

'Okay, that's too much of being organized and clean,'

He thought, walking closer to him.

"Hyung let's eat?"

He said, startling Jinyoung a little. He shifted his attention at him for a while before continuing what he was doing.

"You guys go ahead and eat, I'll come out soon, I just need to tidy this up a little,"

He said while he's busy picking up some empty packs and organizing the dishes on his sink.

"I'll help you then,"

"Yah, Kim Yugyeom?"

Jinyoung warned when the younger tried to touch those dishes.

"Just let Bammie or Jackson hyung do that later,"

He insisted. Jinyoung only stares at him for some seconds before letting out a sigh. He washed and dried his hand with a towel as he carefully places his hand on the younger's forehead and cheeks.

"Glad your temperature is normal again,"

He muttered. Feeling so relieved that he wasn't that burning and looking so pale anymore.

Yugyeom smiles at him and pulled him into a gentle hug.

"Stop it, the guys are here."

The other whispered. Though he's feeling a little anxious about someone suddenly seeing him being this submissive, he's not pulling out anyway, just letting the younger as he rested his head on the younger's warm chest.

"They're at the living room and we're here, that's two different places,"

" your logics,"

Yugyeom only laughs a bit by that, but still not letting go of him.

"I thought we're going to eat?"

Jinyoung asks as he finally lifted his head and looks at the younger's face.

Yugyeom smiles even wider as he acted as if he was really thinking about it, making the other guy in his arms giggling.

"I changed my mind. I think I just want to be here for like...80 years or more?"

He said, chuckling too when the older started giggling even more.

"Alone? Okay."

"No way, Sir! You're going to be with me,"

"Who said that?"

"Why? You didn't want?"

Gyeom said and pouted, making the older laughing in his arms.

"I don't."

He playfully said while smiling and he couldn't help but giggles even louder when the younger pouted even more and nuzzles his face on his shoulder, tickling him a little.

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