#idk if it was just my sinuses and lack of sleep but ive felt so bad all day

[no-mercy-bby]

I kind of just want to drop out of college and crochet and write books and

[kpopsickies]

Hi!! I just read some of your work on Ao3 and noticed one of your svt biases is DK and went insane😅 there is a lack of any, literally not even one exists, DK sick fic, let alone snz fic 😭 If I could request a DK centric sick fic with lots of snzing and some tears from an emotional feverish DK with all the members taking care of him. Maybe they're in a tour bus when he starts showing symptoms? Thank you 🙏🙏!!

ngl this is my favorite requests Ive ever received

Sickie: DK

Caretakers: seventeen (especially Joshua+Seungcheol) 

Seokmin p.o.v

I sat down on the stage looking out at all the carats. Their loud cheers echoing in my aching head. I rubbed my eyes, only two more songs. I reminded myself. We began performing Clap, I grew a bit worried when it got closer to my part, I felt like I was going to sneeze and no amount of rubbing at my nose seemed to do anything. My part came up, and it went flawlessly, except on the third to last word my breath hitched, and by some stroke of luck I managed to hold back the urge to sneeze. As the last part of the concert progressed I continued to hide the growing headache I had and focused on performing, it seemed to work as none of the members commented and no one seemed to notice.  

After the concert I was in the green room (idk if thats what it is really called by my theater kid brain says to call it that) with the other members. I sat down on the couch and rubbed at my itchy face. I still felt like I needed to sneeze.

 I felt the couch dip next to me. “you alright?” I heard, recognizing the voice as Joshua's. I nodded. knowing my voice would betray me if I chose to speak. I felt him moving to get up when the sneeze that had been building for the last 15 minutes decided to finally come out. ¨heichu-heh-eichu¨  

``Bless you,”  Joshua said, patting my shoulder. I wiped at my watery eyes, brushing away the itchy tears that had gathered. “Thanks” I said with a soft sniffle. He smiled and walked away. I rubbed the side of my head around my eyes, the pressure that had been building spiked when I had sneezed. 

The manager called us to get on the bus to begin driving to the next stop. I stood up, stumbling just a tad. Shaking my head lightly to clear the fuzziness in my brain.  Once on the bus it was fairly quiet, all of us tired from the concert. Jihoon, Jeonghan, and Chan had all fallen asleep. I tried to sleep but it was like my whole body was telling me no, my brain felt fuzzy and my head felt cloudy and almost heavy, my nose itches badly, and my sinuses were in pain. 

Joshua p.o.v 

Finally done, I sighed in relief as I went off the stage. “I’m so tired” I complained in English to Vernon who had sat down next to me. “me too” I looked around at the other members. Everyone looked so tired, especially Seokmin, who was sitting in the corner with his face buried in his hands. “Is he okay?”

“I have no idea, I’m gonna go check on him”

I went over and sat down next to him. “Are you alright?” he nodded and rubbed his face. I assumed that he was tired and was trying to nicely hint at me to leave. As I stood up I heard a soft gasp coming from the younger man. I turned around in time to see him clasp his hands in front of his face and sneeze twice. “Bless you,” I said gently, patting his shoulder. He thanked me, his voice was stuffy and his eyes were watery. His nose stood out bright pink against his pale skin. I grew a bit more concerned, he looked noticeably sick. 

Before our manager called for the whole group I went up to Seungcheol. “hey, Cheol, I just wanted to let you know I think that Seokmin is either getting sick or is already sick”

“Alright, thanks for telling me, I’ll keep an eye on him.” 

On the bus I noticed how Seungcheol had intentionally sat near Seokmin, I glanced at the younger of the two who flopped back onto the chair. I took note of how he had put a small handful of tissues into his pocket, feeding into my belief that he was indeed sick. 

seungcheol p.o.v

Once we were on the tour bus I took an evaluation of Seokmin. His skin was pale, which made his bright pink nose stand out, his eyes looked glossy and empty, like he was sleeping with his eyes open. I noticed that his bangs clung to his sweaty forehead. I guessed he had a fever, but we had also just been performing so I couldn't be too sure.

Seungkwan p.o.v

I am bored and tired. I look around the bus. I saw Seokmin sitting alone. He looks bored. I carefully moved over to him. his eyes were closed but I could tell he was still awake ¨hi hyung¨ I said poking his side. He flinched. ¨hi¨ he said, opening his eyes. I noticed how scratchy his voice sounded. ¨are you okay?¨ 

¨ye-eh-ah¨ I noticed his voice caught halfway through his sentence, his voice growing rougher with each word. He cleared his throat and coughed a few times. ¨should I pretend I believe you?¨ He rolled his eyes. ¨I mean it I- hnxtch-he-hxtch-hextech¨ he pinched his nose making the sneezes almost silent.  The only reason I knew he had sneezed was because I was looking at him. He coughed a few times after. 

¨ Seok, you okay?¨ Seungcheol asked, leaning over a sleeping Chan. 

¨Im okay, just a little bit off today for some reason¨ 

¨are you sick?¨ he asked with no response. We looked at him and saw he was staring into space with a glossed over look to his eyes. I waved my hand in front of his face, calling his name a few times. He continued to stare blankly in front of us. His eyes began watering. When he suddenly snapped forward with a harsh triple of sneezes. This time not stifled and seemed to grab the attention of Jisoo who was sitting across from us. ¨bless you¨ 

Seokmin looked at him and muttered a quiet thank you, his face still buried in his elbow. He glanced around at us shyly. ¨can you.... not look at me¨ he said shyly avoiding eye contact. 

Seokmin p.o.v

I felt the three of their eyes staring at me. I avoided looking at any of them, my face still buried in my arm. I really needed to blow my nose and clean off my arm but I didn't want them watching me. I asked them to look away and after making sure none of the others were looking I pulled my face away from my elbow cringing at the wetness on my sleeve. I pulled the tissues from the pocket of my jeans. Once again cringing, this time at the way my skin prickled. 

I used a few of the tissues to dry up my arm, then blew my nose, instantly regretting it. ¨hey-heichew-hEYchew-eHITchu¨  The sneezes coming out much louder than I expected. The three who were asleep stirred and woke up. and everyone else looked up. 

¨bless you¨ I heard a few of the members say. 

¨are you okay?¨ 

¨yeah, I- think I mi-hechew-eiuchu-heh-eichu- *sniff* I think I have a cold¨ I shyly admitted, knowing there was no way I could hide it anymore. 

¨do you have a fever?¨ I shrugged, I felt a cold hand press to my forehead sending a shiver through my body. 

Josh p.o.v

I placed my hand on his forehead, not missing the way he shivered right after. He was much warmer than I expected. 

¨fever¨ I said, pulling my hand away, only after he slumped forward did I notice how much he was leaning into my hand.

¨how close are we to the hotel?¨

¨15-20 minutes¨

¨why don't you go back to sleep?¨ I said pulling the younger to lean on my shoulder. 

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¨Seok, wake up¨ I gently shook his shoulder. He stirred and buried his face into the space between my shoulder and collar bone. ¨come on, you can go back to sleep when we get inside¨ I said gently running my hands through his hair. He didn't move for a few seconds, I assumed he went back to sleep. When he suddenly sat up and turned away from me. ¨Heichu-heuchiu-heichou¨ 

¨bless you¨ He thanked me quietly, his voice thick with congestion. ¨lets go inside, you look tired¨

¨maybe because I am¨ He mumbled as he followed me out of the bus and into the hotel, swaying slightly, I wrapped my arm around his waist.  

Once we were inside he sat down on the bed. Dropping his head into his hands. ¨ Do you want to take a shower? It might help with some of the congestion.¨ he shook his head, wincing at the movement. ¨I just want to sleep¨

¨Alright¨ I said gently, running my hands through his hair. ¨ Do you want me to stay?¨ I asked, but took his already asleep as a no. 

I closed the door of the room, turning off the lights as I left.

¨How is he?¨ I jumped at the voice. I saw Seuncheol standing there with a concerned look on his face. ¨you scared me¨

¨sorry. so how is he?¨

¨he fell asleep within a few seconds of getting to the room¨

¨good, maybe he can sleep off whatever is bothering him, you said he had a fever right?¨

¨yeah¨

¨how high would you say it was?¨

¨like not high enough to be scary or concerning, but high enough that it was noticeable that he had a fever¨

¨ Alright, we should check it next time he wakes up¨ I nodded. The two of us went to the main part of the suite where the other ten members were. They all looked at us. ¨asleep?¨

¨before his head even hit the pillow¨ I said sitting down next to Mingyu. The 12 of us sat watching a movie. About 45 minutes later Minghao suddenly paused the movie. We all looked at him. ¨What's wrong?¨

¨I thought I heard something¨ we all stayed quiet and listened. That's when I noticed soft cries coming from the other room. The others seemed to notice all 12 of us stood up (perfectly in sync ofc because its seventeen ffs) 

When we were in the room I noticed Seokmin curled in a ball with tears streaming down his face. We all looked at each other not wanting to overwhelm him. I nudged Seungcheol forwards who went over to the younger and placed his hand on his shoulder. ¨Seokie¨ his voice is soft. Seokmin flinched away but noticing who it was he suddenly hugged him. 

¨are you okay?¨

¨Im s-sorry¨ he sobbed. ¨why are you sorry?¨

¨I keep letting you guys down¨ His voice is wavering and catching on every word. ¨hyung, were you having a nightmare¨ Chan said as he sat down on the bed and gently rubbed his hyung's back. 

Seomin nodded as he wiped under his eyes with the back of his hand. Before sneezing into his hands. He cringed. Seungkwan took a few tissues out of the box and wiped around Seok's eyes and nose. 

¨Josh, can you get the thermometer?¨ I nodded and left to go search around for one. 

Mingyu p.o.v

I felt bad for Seokmin, I can't remember the last time I saw him this upset. I sat down on his other side gently brushing his hair out of his face, noticing the heat radiating off of it. 

¨Hansol, can you go get a cool cloth?¨ he nodded and left. Seungcheol gave me a small grateful smile. 

¨he needs to stay hydrated.¨ Jihoon spoke up. ¨Gyu, do you want to make soup for him?¨ I nodded and stood up. ¨Wonu, can you help me?¨ he nodded and followed me out of the room. I looked around the small kitchen and found ingredients for soup, as well as teabags and honey. I trusted Wonwoo to make the tea, knowing it would be hard to mess that up. 

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When we returned to the room once the food and tea was ready, everyone was crammed on the large bed, barely even room for anyone to move, let alone eat. 

All the members except Josh, who I knew would end up feeding Seok, and Seungkwan, who had somehow ended up with Seokmin on top of him, cuddled into his chest. 

¨Whats his temp?¨

¨38.8¨ (or 101.9 for us Americans) 

¨what can we do to lower it?¨

¨once he eats, he can take some fever reducers, and the cool cloth will help lower his over all body temp, if it gets any worse we'll have him take a cold shower, but hopefully with the fever reducers it won't get to that point.'' 

Once the sickie finished his soup he took the medicine. He slumped back on to Seungkwan's chest, Joshua sat next to them running his hand through Seokmin's hair. As the mass of members began to leave I heard a soft ''stay'' coming from Seokmin. 

''all of us'' he nodded. I was shocked, I think we all were, but no one said anything. Seungkwan and Joshua stayed on the bed, but the other ten would rotate. 

We stayed, calming him down when he had woken up to more nightmares, filling up his cup with more tea. bringing cold cloths to keep his fever down. Thankfully his fever had peaked at 38.8, so we never had to force him to get up. Although I don't think we've ever gone through that many tissues, even during allergy season. With the combination of crying and sneezing that Seokmin was doing there was always a few tissues within arm's length. 

It was honestly a miracle that the entire group didn't end up catching it. Joshua being the only one, although he wasn't even close to as bad and Seokmin was. He even repeatedly assured us that his sneezes and runny nose were just from the colder climate. No one bought it, but at least he tried. 

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