"I wished I'm like you, Sannie. You can sing and dance so effortlessly now." Yunho sighed softly before he realized that San was glaring at him. He tilted his head in confusion, "What?" San huffed, rolling his eyes at Yunho's confused expression before laughing in disbelief. "I don't know why you're thinking that. I didn't do these things 'effortlessly'. I practiced and practiced until I'm so sick of it to be able to be like this. Unlike you, who could just remember the steps in one try."

Yunho frowned. "I know that you practiced hard, Sannie. That wasn't what I meant. I was ju-"

"Then what? You won't say that if you knew how hard I practiced. Were you mocking me just now?"

Yunho gaped and quickly shook his head, "No. I was giving you a compliment, Sannie." San scoffed, standing up from where he had sat down beside Yunho and glared at the still gaping puppy. "Yeah? It doesn't feel like a compliment. At all. You just made me feel bad and made me feel like trash. I didn't know you could be like this."

"Be like what?? I was just telling you h-"

"Shut up. I don't want to hear it. I can't believe you, Yunho." San hissed before making his way to Wooyoung, leaving a very perplexed Yunho behind. Yunho looked down at the floor, his words repeating inside his own head. What did I say that Sannie became so defensive..?

"Yunho! Why the hell did you say those words to Sannie??" Yeosang hissed and Yunho just realized that he had zoned out because now everyone is staring at him and by the look of it, San is crying behind Wooyoung. "...It was a compliment.. I didn't mean to make him feel bad.." Yunho reasoned but Yeosang pushed his shoulder roughly.

"What kind of a compliment was that??! You knew how he struggled about his dancing and singing before when he first came here! How could you just say those words to him??" Yeosang hissed again and Yunho became dizzy. He doesn't understand what was happening. He was only telling San how he was so good at dancing and singing nowadays.

Yunho was too stunned to reply, making the others who had heard their conversation shaking their heads in disappointment. They thought that Yunho was really mocking the poor boy when it was not.

"You shouldn't have said those words, Yunho. I'm so disappointed in you. I didn't teach you to be this heartless. What have you become?" Hongjoong tsked, his arms crossed over his chest while he look at Yunho disapprovingly.

"I swear I didn't mean to make him feel bad.." Yunho mumbled, doubting himself right now. Maybe he did say something wrong to San. Yunho then tried to go over to San but when the latter whined and hid his face further into Wooyoung's back, Yunho faltered. "I'm s-sorry Sannie ah.. I really didn't mean to make you feel bad.." San only shook his head while refusing to look or talk to the tallest.

Yunho looked at Sannie sadly but before he could say anything, their manager came into the practice room. "Pup, let's go. It's time." Yunho looked over to the manager and San before sighing softly, walking out of the practice room dejectedly.

"Mingi, you should scold your boyfriend. He was totally out of the line just now." Wooyoung said as he hugged San closer after Yunho exited the room. Mingi sighed softly, "I'll talk to him later."

--

"Don't strain your voice, Yunho. I already told you that a hundred times already." The vocal instructor huffed as Yunho bit his lips, "I'm t-trying ssaem.."

"Well try harder! You have more lines for this comeback so you really need to enhance your singing skill. I don't get why Eden and your leader gave you so many lines when it's obvious that you're still lacking."

Yunho's lower lips wobbled at the harsh statement but he took a deep breath and practiced again with the instructor's guidance.

--

"What's going on with you, pup? You usually can get the movements right already at this point. I've been helping you for the same steps for half an hour already yet you still manage to mess it up." The dance instructor sighed, moving closer to Yunho with a very frustrated look.

"I don't k-know. I'm dancing like what you taught me.."

"No you're not! You messed up the steps, since half an hour ago! We've been going over and over with this since 2 months ago yet you still haven't improved anything! Do you want to delay your group's comeback??"

Yunho lowered his gaze to the floor, shaking his head weakly. "N-no..I don't want t-that.."

"Then get your head in the game! Now try again! FOCUS!"

--

The truth is, Yunho had been struggling so much for their new comeback. It seems like all of his efforts in doing the best went down the drain and it's making him stress. The instructors told their higher ups on how Yunho didn't seem to improve and they made Yunho to have more individual practices alone with the instructors.

Yunho had been going to his individual practices on top of the group's schedules and his own individual schedules with little time to rest. He also had to wake up earlier than everyone and was the one that slept the last since preparing for the comeback. Yunho however, didn't tell any of his members about his struggles as he didn't want to worry them. Not even to his boyfriend, Mingi.

They already have so much on their plates. They don't need to know mine. Yunho thought somberly as he stumbled to his bed slowly after finishing his practices. Yunho glanced at the upper bunk and saw that Jongho was already sound asleep so he quietly walked out of the room to go shower before going to bed.

He walked into his room and was about to go to bed when he saw Mingi was waiting for him on his bed. Mingi stood up once he saw Yunho entered the room and without a word, he grabbed Yunho's wrist gently, pulling him out of the room and into the living room.

"Min?" Yunho tilted his head as Mingi turned around to face him properly. "Coming home this late again, bub?"

"..I was practicing. Why? Did something happen while I was at practice?"

Mingi shook his head softly, sighing as he didn't know exactly how to talk to Yunho about the incident that happened earlier that day with San. "What exactly did you tell Sannie that he became so upset this afternoon?" Mingi asked straight to the point and Yunho deflated slightly before shaking his head slowly.

"I don't know.. I was only complimenting him about his singing and dancing.."

"The actual words, bub. I don't want to make any assumption before I know exactly what you said to him."

"I told him that I wished that I'm him and that he dances and sings so effortlessly now."

Mingi tilts his head while frowning, "That's all? That was your exact words?"

Yunho nodded his head while pouting, "I wished I'm like you Sannie. You can sing and dance so effortlessly now."

Mingi hummed as he tried to remember what San told them. "Hm.. Sannie told us that you were mocking his singing and dancing though." Yunho's eyes widened and he quickly shook his head. "No! I didn't mock him or tried to! I swear, Min!" Yunho's hands started to shake and his eyes welled up with unshed tears as he explained to Mingi.

"I know, bub. Calm down. I trust you." Mingi quickly pulled Yunho closer and engulfed him with a gentle hug making Yunho bury his face in Mingi's neck. "They told you to scold me, didn't they?" Yunho mumbled in Mingi's neck, making Mingi sighed and nodded his head without a word. "Yeah, but I'm not going to. You didn't do anything wrong. Everyone is stressing out for this comeback so maybe that's why. Sannie might have heard you wrong."

"I tried to explain but they won't even let me.." Yunho sighed, clutching Mingi's shirt tightly.

"That's okay. Just let them be, okay?" Mingi comforted the distressed dancer and Yunho could only nod his head sadly in Mingi's neck.

"Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" Mingi asked softly and Yunho hummed at the question. "In my room? Sangie is in yours.. I don't think he wants to see me first thing in the morning.." Yunho pouted, pulling himself back to face Mingi properly. Mingi chuckled softly, kissing his pouty lips, "Your room then. Let's go. We still have about 2 hours to sleep."

--

"Yunho-ah.... You missed the step just now..." Hongjoong sighed, walking to the computer to stop the music. "S-sorry hyung.." Yunho mumbled and lowering his gaze to the floor when he could feel the other members, minus Mingi, Jongho and Seonghwa glaring at him. Yunho had not been feeling well after he woke up that morning but he pushed it aside thinking that he was only exhausted from all the practices. Everyone else is tired too was what Yunho had thought.

"Are you even trying? We've been going on like this for 2 hours already and we only get to finish the whole song for like 5 times. In 2 hours!" Wooyoung huffed in frustration.

"Are you trying to mock me again, Yunho-ah? Are you doing this on purpose so you could play the victim from what you pulled yesterday??" San hissed from where he stood making Yunho feel so small, shaking his head slowly.

"No I'm not.. I'm sorry.. I'll try harder.." Yunho mumbled and Mingi went up to him to give a gentle pat on his head. This only made some of the members furious. "Oh, stop spoiling him, Mingi! If he's in the wrong he needs to know it!" Yeosang hissed before Seonghwa put an arm over Yeosang's stomach, stopping him from talking.

"Hey, let it go. We're all tired, I get it but that doesn't mean we can just lash out to people like that. Yunho might be struggling right now and not mocking anyone." Seonghwa explained calmly.

"Oh? So when he mocked me yesterday, you have nothing to say to it? What about my feelings, hyung?!" San yelled out, making Yunho flinch and cowered behind Mingi.

"What about him, then?! You guys won't let him explain yesterday yet you make him look like the bad guy here!" Mingi roared, feeling furious on how they are treating his bub right now.

Yunho felt like crying.

He hates it when the members argue with each other because of him and before anyone could say or do anything, Yunho couldn't take it anymore and rushed out from the practice room. Mingi tried to stop him but Yunho was faster and he was gone from Mingi's sight seconds later.

"Oh this is just great!! Look what you guys have done!!" Mingi shouted into the room but Wooyoung shouted back. "SO? I DON'T FUCKING CARE! HE MADE MY BABY SAD!"

"WELL YOU GUYS MADE MY BABY SAD TOO FOR FUCK SAKE!"

"OKAY! EVERYONE STOP THIS AT ONCE!" Hongjoong yelled furiously making everyone finally shut their mouth. "CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP BEING LIKE THIS?? If you said that Yunho had explained to you Mingi but you didn't scold him then, Sannie you might have heard the puppy wrong." Hongjoong sighed but that only made it worse for San, Wooyoung and Yeosang.

"I FUCKING HEARD HIM YESTERDAY HYUNG! HE WAS MOCKING ME WITHOUT EVEN STUTTERING!"

"HE WAS OUT OF THE LINE HYUNG!"

"HOW DARE HE JUST MOCK PEOPLE'S INSECURITIES LIKE THAT???!"

Hongjoong rubbed his face vigorously, frustrated with the boys and he held up one of his hands in the air. "Shut the fuck up. Practice is over already so go to your own schedules, right now."

--

Yunho went into one of the empty rooms, locking it before sliding down to the floor, sobbing hard. Every stress that had accumulated since 2 months ago spilled out and his body shook as he cried out his heart. Yunho didn't know how much time he spent crying and fell asleep right after his outburst.

Yunho woke up, feeling sluggish and winced when his head throbbed violently. Sighing, he stood up and walked out of the room. He grimaced when he thought about how much he will be scolded for arriving late for his individual practices. After getting his bag from the group practice room, Yunho winced when he found out he was already late for 2 hours.

"Where the fuck were you?? You're already lacking behind from your other members yet you do this kind of stun!" the voice instructor yelled at him and Yunho could only bow down and apologize for his tardiness.

"I'm making you practice for 3 hours today and then you will have another 3 hours with your dancing session."

Yunho nodded quietly and started to practice, ignoring his throbbing headache and the sore in his throat.

--

I'm cold.. Why is it so cold tonight..? Yunho shivered as he entered the dorm.

He slowly made his way to his room, shivering and longingly looking at his bed but he needed to shower first before he could sleep. After the hot shower, Yunho still felt cold so he wore a thick sweater and climbed onto his bed. He fell asleep right after his head touched his pillow.

A few hours later, Jongho blinked his eyes several times and stared at the ceiling. He was woken up by something but he didn't know what caused it. He didn't move from his bed as he tried to think why he woke up before he heard a noise from Yunho's bed.

Tilting his head, Jongho leaned down a little to see Yunho's bed and frowned when he heard whimpers coming from the bundle on the bed. Jongho went down from his bed and sat on Yunho's bed, shaking his shoulder as the older was hiding under the blanket. Jongho became worried when he could feel the unusual warmth coming from the older's body from on top of the blanket and started shaking the older more vigorously.

"Hyung? Are you okay? Hyung? Wake up please." Jongho said as he is becoming more worried for the older's state. Yunho groaned before he whimpered and shivered, peeking his head from underneath his blanket weakly. "J-jongho..?" Yunho croaked weakly before he coughed and sighed softly after.

"Are you okay, hyung?"

Yunho weakly shakes his head, his body is still shivering as he tightened the blanket around him. "I d-don't know.. I'm c-cold.." Jongho then pressed his hand on Yunho's forehead and gasped when he felt how warm the older was. "You're burning up, hyung!"

"C-can you please g-get Mingi..? It's c-cold.. Too c-cold.."

Jongho nodded his head and rushed out of their room to go get Mingi while Yunho buried himself under the blanket again, his shivering getting worse. He also had realized that his head is throbbing violently and his throat hurts.

"Bub? Jongho said you're burning with fever." Mingi sat on the bed, putting a hand on Yunho's waist. Yunho whimpered, nodding his head weakly as he's too tired to talk. "Oh, bub.. Come here. You need to cool your body down.. You're even wearing a thick sweater.. This will only make your fever worsen." Mingi said as he pulled Yunho onto his lap.

Yunho whined when he felt even colder, burying his face in Mingi's neck and cuddling close as Mingi felt warm to him. Mingi caressed Yunho's head while he told Jongho to alert their manager about Yunho's fever. "Bub, I think we need to change you into a lighter shirt." Yunho whined even more, shaking his head weakly. "No..M'cold.."

Mingi sighed softly before he widened his eyes at Yunho's hand. They were shaking so hard and the tips of his fingers were somewhat blue. "Bub?? Why are your fingers like this??" Yunho weakly peeked at his fingers from Mingi's neck and shrugged weakly. "I don't k-know.. I told you I'm c-cold.."

"I think we need to take you to the hospital, bub.."

"No...Please d-don't.. I have p-practices to go t-to.."

Mingi and Jongho frowned. "What practice? Bub, we have an off day tomorrow." Yunho shakes his head sadly before mumbling, "I d-don't..I have to g-go to my singing and d-dancing practice.."

"You can't go like this hyung.." Jongho reasoned but Yunho only whined more into Mingi's neck. "I c-can't.. T-they said I have s-so much to i-improve or I w-will d-delay our comeback.." Mingi blinked, "How long has this been going on, bub?"

"2 m-months..?" Yunho croaked before whimpering as his body shivered to the cold he's feeling.

"Manager hyung will be here in 15 minutes." Jongho announced making Yunho's lips wobbled and he cried softly into Mingi's neck. "I d-don't want to delay our c-comeback.. No h-hospital please.."

"You won't delay our comeback, bub. You have to go to the hospital. You're burning up and I don't want anything to happen to you.." Mingi coaxed the sick puppy softly while running his hand through Yunho's hair. "B-but.. The other m-members will h-hate me more.." Yunho croaked hoarsely before coughing weakly. His throat hurts so bad. Hearing how bad Yunho's voice is, Jongho went to the kitchen to take a glass of water for Yunho to drink as Mingi is still coaxing Yunho to go to the hospital.

"They won't hate you, bub. You're sick and it's not your fault. All of those practices and schedules must have taken a toll on you. Why didn't you tell me about your extra practices, bub?" Mingi said and asked softly, not wanting to upset his baby even further. "I didn't want to b-bother you.." Mingi sighed, already knowing that and kissed Yunho's burning forehead.

"You're not a burden to me. Never will. Next time, please tell me. Okay? At least I can watch out for you."

Yunho nodded silently, he didn't have any energy left to speak as he closed his eyes, hiccuping occasionally after his cries subsided. Mingi hugged Yunho tightly while rocking their bodies in slow motion, trying to comfort Yunho while they waited for the manager to come. Jongho came into the room a few minutes later, bringing a glass of water and sitting next to his hyungs.

"Bub, drink some water please." Mingi said, pushing Yunho a bit from him so he could drink while Jongho gave the glass to Mingi. Yunho hiccuped and let Mingi help him to drink the water as he downs it slowly. Mingi and Jongho were talking softly while Yunho lay his head limply on Mingi's shoulder, his eyes closed as they waited for their manager to come when Yunho suddenly choked a little before coughing.

The small coughing gradually became a coughing fit that Yunho's face had become redder and he grabbed his shirt over his chest weakly while at it making the other 2 people in the room worriedly staring at him. Mingi had run his hand on Yunho's back in hope that it would help with the coughing while Jongho helplessly looked at the duo in silence.

"What happened?" The manager said once he entered 2Ho's room, looking very upset at the moment. Yunho saw the look on the manager's face and anxiously looked over to Mingi and Jongho. "Yunho is having a high fever. His fingers are somewhat blue too and he told us that he's very cold." Mingi explained but the manager was not impressed at all.

The manager crossed his arms over his chest, not believing Yunho at all. "Are you doing this on purpose, Yunho-ah? So you could stay in the dorm rather than going to your practices? You were already late on your last practices and I got yelled at by the instructors because of it."

Yunho blinked before he felt the tears pricking in his eyes and buried his face on Mingi's chest, avoiding the death glare that the manager was giving him. "What? Hyung, Yunho hyung is not doing this on purpose nor did he fake all of this. He was trembling so bad under his blanket when I heard him whimpering. He was burning up when I felt his forehead too." Jongho explained further but still the manager only frowned in distaste.

"I can't do anything about it. He still has to go to his practices today." The manager said, making both Mingi and Jongho gaped at the manager.

"What?? We need to take him to the hospital, hyung! Yunho is getting warmer by the minute!"

"This is wrong, hyung! You can't do this to Yunho hyung!"

"I can and he's going to his practices later. No excuses. I just got this job and I certainly don't want to be fired because of this spoiled brat! I'll be coming back to take him to his practices!" The manager said and walked out of the dorm without any word leaving behind a very perplexed Mingi and Jongho while Yunho was crying softly in Mingi's chest.

"I t-told you g-guys.." Yunho sobbed as Mingi caressed Yunho's head comfortingly.

"What should we do, hyung? I really don't want Yunho hyung to go to his practices today.."

"I don't know either.. Should we tell Hongjoong hyung? Maybe he could persuade the other manager to bring Yunho to the hospital." Mingi suggested but Yunho whined, shaking his head. "H-he's still... at the s-studio.. D-don't disturb.. h-him.." Yunho croaked, his voice coming and going making the other 2 members more worried.

Yunho ended up coughing again before sighing and leaning back onto Mingi more.

"I'm going to find something for Yunho hyung to eat so he could eat some medicine." Jongho said, already making his way out of the room into the kitchen. Mingi nodded while running his hand on Yunho's chest in hope to ease the coughing a bit.

Jongho came into the room a few minutes after that while holding a tray and put the tray on their table in the room. "I heated some soup for Yunho hyung to eat. I think it's enough for him to be able to take the medicine."

"I d-dont...want to e-eat.." Yunho croaked but both of them knew that the puppy was whining. Mingi kissed Yunho's temple, pushing him for a bit so he sat properly on Mingi's lap while Jongho brought the bowl of soup to the bed. "You have to bub. Come on, you have to eat even if it's just a little so you can eat the medicine." Mingi coaxed Yunho softly and the latter could only whine pitifully.

Mingi fed the soup to Yunho and Yunho had to take a few deep breaths every time he ate it because he's getting nauseous. After a few spoonfuls, Yunho refused to eat more and they let him, giving the medicine for him to eat and Yunho downed the medicine quickly. Yunho sighed as Mingi pushed him down gently onto his bed, feeling sleepy but he managed to tug Mingi's shirt weakly.

"Sl..eep..with..m..e.." Yunho croaked and Mingi slid in beside him, pulling him close and running his hand on Yunho's waist while Jongho climbed up to his bed.

Jongho messaged Hongjoong about Yunho, telling him what had happened and Hongjoong told him that he'll be back home with his manager later.

--

"Get up, brat. You'll be late and I don't want them to be pissed again like what you did yesterday." The manager forcefully grab Yunho's hand, pulling him away from Mingi. The other 2 boys was still on the brink of sleepiness so Mingi was a bit slow to try and stopping the manager from pulling Yunho out of the bed. Yunho whimpered when the fast movement jostled his throbbing head violently.

Yunho opened his mouth to say something when his voice won't come out. Yunho paled and tried to speak again but his voice still didn't come out making Mingi and Jongho quickly get out of their bed and running after Yunho who had been pulled by the manager harshly out of the room.

"Yah! Don't pull him like that!!" Mingi yelled, angry at the way the manager was pulling the stumbling puppy harshly. Seonghwa, San, Yeosang and Wooyoung blinked at the commotion in front of them as they were sitting in the living room. Mingi quickly grabbed Yunho, pulling him away from the manager though he did it gently as Yunho scrunched up his face in pain. Yunho staggered and fell onto Mingi and the latter quickly held Yunho up by the waist to prevent the sick boy from falling onto the floor.

"What's happening?" Seonghwa asked, confused by what he was seeing at the moment.

"I told you he's sick! Why won't you believe me??" Mingi ignored Seonghwa as he yelled at the manager. Yunho whimpered, burying his face into Mingi's neck as Mingi wrapped his arms around Yunho's waist.

"Don't tell me what to do, you brat! I'm the manager here! Give him to me! He'll be late to his practices!"

"What? Practices? Don't we have an off day today?" San asked the manager.

"Yunho doesn't have any off days until the comeback. Mingi, give him to me. Right now."

"NO! I WON'T! LEAVE HIM BE! WE NEED TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! NOT TO THE STUDIOS!" Mingi furiously shouted back at the manager, making Yunho winced at the loud voice and whimpered in Mingi's neck.

"Oh.. I'm so sorry bub.." Mingi whispered as soon as he realized that he had shouted so loud.

"GIVE HIM TO ME! NOW!"

"Over my dead body, hyung." Jongho suddenly said, standing in front of Mingi and Yunho while glaring at the manager. The manager was about to move when their main door opened, Hongjoong and his manager came inside.

"What the hell is going on here? We could hear your shouting from the elevator." Hongjoong's manager frowned, looking at the other people in the living room.

The new manager was about to say something when Yunho suddenly pressed a hand on his mouth, gagging silently and all of them widened their eyes when they saw some water trickling between Yunho's fingers. "Shit. Baby hold on!" Mingi quickly pulled Yunho with him to the kitchen as it was the nearest place and quickly maneuvered Yunho to the kitchen sink.

Yunho pulled away his hand and threw up into the sink, his tears running freely on his cheeks as he kept gagging and throwing up. Mingi ran his hand on Yunho's back, looking over to the older worriedly.

"He was trying to fake his sickness so he doesn't have to go to his practices!! I'm not going to let him do that!" The new manager explained to Hongjoong's manager in the living room where all of them watched Yunho and Mingi worriedly.

"Never in my life have I encountered where Yunho would fake sickness just so he could get away from his practices. Did you check on him properly? He's puking his guts out in there right now. What are your excuses for that?" The manager crossed his arms over his chest.

The new manager bit his lips, glancing over to Yunho who was still puking his guts out in the kitchen sink. Everyone could see the biles coming out of Yunho's mouth and it is still not stopping.

"Wait wait. Why does Yunho have extra practices?? Hyung said he won't have any off days until comeback. That's 2 months from now on. Are you saying he won't have any rest day for 2 months straight??" Wooyoung asked, a bit perplexed by what he heard before.

"Yunho hyung already started his extra practices since 2 months ago! Are you saying that he has to practice without any rest for 4 months??!" Jongho hissed at the new manager.

"Well, the higher ups told me so, I couldn't do anything about it!" The new manager retorted back at Jongho.

"No, you could at least make sure that he's well. That's the least you could do." Hongjoong's manager explained. "We're their managers so we could bend the pressure a bit for them so they could still rest. Why didn't you do so? I trained you for fuck sake!"

The new manager lowered his gaze to the floor, speechless.

"Why would he need all those extra practices anyway though?" San asked and Jongho sighed softly. "They told him that he's been lacking nowadays. That he's not up to par with the rest of us for this new album. So they told him to take extra practices so he could improve before the comeback."

"Without any rest?? It'll only make him worse!" Hongjoong said, glaring at the new manager.

"Baby?! Fuck! Hyungs! Yunho fainted!!" Mingi yelled as he held the unconscious puppy in his arms. Yunho had stopped throwing up a while ago and Mingi had helped clean his face and hand but suddenly Yunho's eyes rolled to the back of his head and went limp instantly.

"He's too warm! Can we please take him to the hospital now?!" Mingi hissed as he picked Yunho up in his arms gently and Hongjoong's manager nodded his head. "Let's go. When did you guys realized that he's sick?"

"Last night. But I don't know exactly when his fever started." Jongho answered and opened the door for Mingi.

"We want to go too." Seonghwa said and the others rushed out with them.

--

"I-is that why he told me he was envious of me..?" San whispered but the others heard him anyway and looked over to him. Mingi had been pacing around in the waiting room right after they had dropped Yunho in the ER, too worried about his baby's well-being.

"Yes.. He wished that he could be like you because you're the most improved one in this comeback, Sannie-ah.." Mingi sighed softly and San immediately felt guilty. "I t-thought he was mocking me.." San whispered softly.

"Yah, do you really think that the innocent puppy could do that?" Hongjoong huffed making San cowered in his seat and Wooyoung quickly hold him close. "Everyone is already stressed out so any words could be heard as offensive. Just.. Be careful after this.." Seonghwa said and everyone else nodded their head.

"Jeong Yunho?"

Mingi ran towards the doctor without waiting for the others. "How is he??"

The doctor gave Mingi a small smile, nodding his head. "He is somewhat stable-"

"Somewhat??! What do you mean by that, doctor??" Mingi cut the doctor off.

"His fever is still high, his body is too weak right now because he's overwork. His throat is very blotchy and I suspect that he doesn't have any voice right now. I forbid him from any physical activity for at least 2 weeks until he is fully healthy again. His fever is quite worrisome so we will have to ward him in so we could observe him."

"Can we go and see him, please?" Mingi pleaded and the doctor nodded his head, leading them to Yunho's room.

They entered Yunho's room and Mingi felt like crying when he saw Yunho, laying on the bed with an IV drip attached to the back of his left hand and an oxygen mask on his face. "He is still unconscious so you guys have to wait until he wakes up. Call the nurses if something happens. I'll be on my way." The doctor said before walking out of the room.

"Now that I look closer.. Yunho had become thinner.." Seonghwa sighed.

"He looked so small right now.." Yeosang said, feeling guilty too as he had yelled at the sick boy before.

Mingi wasted no time and went to Yunho on the bed, sitting on the chair beside the bed and held Yunho's right hand.

"We have to apologize to him once he wakes up. He had been struggling all alone for 2 months already." Hongjoong said quietly and the others nodded his head, San and Wooyoung had tears in their eyes.

Yunho stirred an hour later, making Mingi perk up his head from where he had laid it down near Yunho's hand. "Baby?" Mingi whispered softly and everyone quickly rushed to his bed. Yunho opened his eyes slowly before looking over to Mingi as he felt like someone was holding his right hand. The nurse had taken off the oxygen mask half an hour ago because Yunho had stopped wheezing.

Yunho opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out making Yunho widened his eyes and paled at the realization. Mingi could see the tears forming in Yunho's eyes and quickly slid beside the sick boy and pulled him close as Yunho buried his face in Mingi's chest, sobbing quietly.

The others watched the scene with a very heavy heart, knowing why Yunho was so sad about losing his voice.

"Calm down, bub. It's alright. Your voice will work again. Stop crying. You'll be alright." Mingi comforted Yunho as the latter was still sobbing in Mingi's chest. Yunho whimpered, holding his neck with his left hand weakly, looking up at Mingi sadly as his lips wobbled again and before Mingi could react, Yunho's face scrunched up as he cried openly but no sound came out from his mouth.

"Oh, bub.. It's going to be alright.." Mingi cupped Yunho's face, planting a kiss on Yunho's forehead as the older kept crying openly. Yunho shook his head, crying again and if his voice worked, all of them would hear how anguish his cries sounded like. "No no stop crying.. It's alright.. You're not in trouble, bub.." Mingi pulled Yunho and the latter was quick to bury his head in Mingi's neck, still crying.

When Yunho heard that he's not in trouble, he glanced at the managers that were standing near the bed and he cried even more, hiding his face again in Mingi's neck, his shoulders trembling showing how hard he's crying at the moment.

The new manager pursed his lips as he knew that he's in the wrong after being yelled at by Hongjoong's manager in the waiting room before.

"Pup, you're not in trouble. I promise you that." Hongjoong's manager stepped in, ruffling Yunho's hair lightly. Yunho pulled away, he had stopped crying as Mingi had calmed him down a moment ago but he was still hiccuping occasionally. He looked up at the manager, his eyes was still full of tears but also full of hope.

"Yes, pup. You won't be in trouble. I told the higher ups how they actually made it worse by giving you the extra practices without any rest so they agreed to give you less practices and more rest days. You will at least have 2 off days a week but you will still have the extra practices for other days on top of your regular schedules but you won't do it until late morning. They already told the instructors to end it by 2 am."

Yunho's lips wobbled by the news and he cried again, making the others panicked at the unexpected reaction. Mingi, though, realized that Yunho was crying because he was happy by it and he confirmed it by asking Yunho directly, "Are you happy with it, bub?" Yunho vigorously nodded his head while still crying and the others sighed in relief.

His manager suddenly walked closer to him making Yunho whimpered while still crying and he literally hopped on Mingi's lap, hugging him tightly because he was frightened by him. The manager stopped walking once he saw Yunho's reaction and knew he already broke the poor puppy to the core.

The manager bowed down making Yunho widened his eyes and stopped crying. "I'm very sorry. I should've taken good care of you but I didn't and only care about my position and I was blinded by the thought of getting fired rather than do my job properly."

Yunho was speechless and he could only stare at the manager.

"He won't be your manager from now onwards, pup, I would send him to the higher ups to be train further. You'll be getting your old manager and he already agreed on it." Hongjoong's manager said and Yunho could only nod his head.

"Now, the only thing you should be doing is rest until you're healthy again." Mingi said, cupping Yunho's face gently and kissed his nose a few times making Yunho giggled. "Can you do that, bub?" Mingi asked and Yunho nodded his head.

"I want to apologize too.." San said and Yunho turned to face him, his face showed a little bit of sadness but he gave a small smile towards the younger, holding his left hand out for San to hold it. San rushed to the bed and gently held Yunho's hand, minding the IV drip that was attached to the back of his hand while his face was already full of tears. "I'm so sorry for thinking that you mocked me, Yunho-ah.. I won't do it again and I will make sure that I understand the words before making any assumptions. I will help you with whatever you need help for after this. I promise."

Yunho smiled and nodded his head pulling San onto the bed so he could hug the younger.

"We're sorry too for yelling at you.. We won't do it again and we also will help you with your practices." Yeosang and Wooyoung said simultaneously. Yunho nodded, giving them a small grateful smile and gesture to them to come for a hug too.

"I'll help you too, bub." Mingi added, making Yunho pull him into the group hug and motioned for Hongjoong and Seonghwa to come over too.

"We'll help you too, pup."

"We're in this together."

Yunho nodded happily, giving them a bright smile and he knew that he would be alright.