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Just so you can get a taste of my writing, here's my first ao3 fic.

Thanks For Putting Yourself First

No one's p.o.v:

2023 had been both exhilarating and tiring for Seventeen. Even though they had a lot of fun touring the world for the Follow Tour, covering for their missing leader wasn't easy especially since he was the oldest. This pushed a lot of the members, especially Soonyoung to take on the leadership role, leading to him failing to look after himself. Unfortunately, this would lead to a number of problems…

Hoshi p.o.v:

As the Follow Tour of 2023 was especially successful, leading to Seventeen playing stadium tours as well, I was determined to give it my all. It had been a while since we'd been on tour and I didn't want to ruin our streak of amazing performances. Even though we didn't have our leader next to us, I was dead set on making him proud of us. But I guess the universe just hates me. After our last performance in Osaka, I felt a sharp headache start to build, right behind my eyes. I rubbed at my forehead trying to get rid of it but it was of no use. Sighing, I walked outside the concert hall and into the van that was taking us to our hotel. As soon as I got to my seat, I closed my eyes, sighing again. I felt someone next to me and opened my eyes to see Chan, smiling brightly at me. “You really must be tired, hyung.” He said in a tone that wasn't worried but wasn't very lighthearted either. I shrugged as I said, “It's just the back to back concerts finally getting to me. I'll be fine.” Chan smiled again but I could see his eyes trying to figure me out. I turned away from him and closed my eyes. After a while, I felt Chan's hand guide my head to his shoulder. “You can sleep, hyung. We have another 2 hours to go in this van.”

“Thanks, Chan-ah.” I smiled at him as I felt myself drifting off.

After what felt like a few minutes at max, I was being shaken awake again. “Hyung, we're here. I think you should shower quickly and go to bed. You seem pretty tired.” I nodded at that and as we walked out of the van, I felt Chan's arm around me. As soon as I got to my room, I jumped into the shower. The water was hot, borderline scalding, but it soothed my muscles which I didn't even know were aching and eased my headache a bit. However, with the steam came a very irritating tickle in the back of my sinuses that wouldn't go away no matter what I did. I scrubbed at my nose but felt no relief from the tickle. Sighing deeply again, I put on a comfortable outfit and ordered some food. Maybe a good, hot meal was all I needed. As I waited for my food, I scrolled on my phone. While on WeVerse, I saw that Chan had started a live. As my food arrived, I quickly ate it, wanting to join the live with Chan. I finished fast enough and walked over to Chan's room. I knocked on the door and Chan opened it, looking delighted. “Hyung! Are you here to join my live?” He asked, excitedly and as I nodded, he pulled me into his room. I said hello to the Carats present in the live and took a seat beside Chan.

We started talking about random topics that came to our minds when there was another knock on the door and soon, Mingyu was joining us as well. As we were talking, I could feel the tickle in my sinuses grow by the second. It didn't help that Mingyu liked showering with a lot of strong smelling products. I soon felt the need to rub at my nose every few minutes to keep the tickle at bay. This worked for a while. Until it didn't. Mingyu was showing us something on his phone and as I leaned to see what it was, the strong smell of his shampoo made my breath catch. I turned away from the two of them, my breath hitching desperately as my eyes fluttered shut.

“Hhh…hiitChuhH!- hhkChuhHh!- hhiKchuhH!-” Chan turned to me, his eyes searching my face. “Bless you, hyung.” He said lightly but I didn't miss his gaze on me throughout the rest of the live. I felt my urge to sneeze grow every second I was there but I was determined to not let anyone pick up on the signs of my very obvious cold. When we finally said our byes to Carats and Chan turned off the live, he turned to me. “Are you okay, hyung? You're not getting sick are you?” I could feel the tickle reach its peak and I sighed, knowing this would be a long conversation.

Dino p.o.v:

I had started getting worried about Soonyoung ever since he had fallen asleep on the van ride to the hotel after our Osaka concert. Soonyoung wasn't the kind of person to tire so easily and the adrenaline from the concert made him even more loud and lively than he already was. I also noticed him shivering slightly as he leaned on me while sleeping. I chose not to mention it to him though, knowing he'll get defensive. So when he sneezed during the live, I was almost 90% sure that he was getting sick or was sick. When I finally asked him about it, he didn't reply right away. Instead his eyes grew distant as he stared at the ceiling lights. I could see his eyes fluttering shut as he gasped softly, immediately cupping his nose and mouth with his hands.

“hhKkChuhHh!- hh'hKChuhHh!- Hhhh…..hiihCHuhhh!-”

I glared at Soonyoung as I saw Mingyu pat his shoulder lightly. Soonyoung blinked a few times before turning towards me. “Hyung, are you getting sick?” I asked, fully aware of the sharpness in my tone because I needed my hyung to be honest with me. Soonyoung shook his head and I mentally groaned. “I think Mingyu's shower products were getting to me. You know they're pretty strong.” Mingyu looked sheepish at that. “I'm sorry.” He mumbled softly and I felt my heart go out to him. Sure, his products were what might have set Soonyoung off but it wasn't the sole reason. I looked at Soonyoung and he looked back, matching my gaze. I sighed softly. “I'll take it for now, hyung. But you should really get some sleep.” I was glad that he didn't make any argument to that as both he and Mingyu left my room, leaving me to my thoughts. Knowing Soonyoung, he wasn't going to rest till he reached his peak and I knew I had to stop him before that happened. But that was proving to be a lot more difficult than I thought.

The next morning, I was determined to keep an eye on Soonyoung. I had refrained from telling the rest of the members about him getting sick as I knew he wouldn’t appreciate it. So, I knew I had to watch him carefully, making sure he doesn't push himself past his limits. As we went down for breakfast one by one, I saw Soonyoung sitting at our regular table. I took a seat next to him, taking in his appearance. He looked tired, his eyes watery and slightly red and his nose rubbed raw. His lips were also chapped probably due to him breathing through his mouth. I felt the increasing urge to sigh but pushed it down.

“Did you sleep well, hyung?” I asked instead but I knew almost immediately that I wouldn't get a true answer.

“Yeah, I slept fine.” Says the man who looks like he'll fall dead asleep while standing, I thought.

This time I did sigh out loud but Soonyoung wouldn't have heard it anyway as I saw him turning away from me and lifting his arm to his face, a tell-tale sign that he was going to sneeze. I heard him gasp desperately, his eyes closing.

“hhiKChuhHh!- hhhkTtSHuhh!- hhKChhhuh!-”

He sniffled wetly, rubbing at his nose as he turned back to me, the tips of his ears bright red. Turning to face him, I said gently, “Bless you, Soonyoung hyung. Are you sure you're okay?” When he looked me in the eyes, I could tell that my constant inquiries about his health were starting to irritate him.

“I'm fine, Chan-ah. Could we stop talking about that?” At that, I felt my patience ebbing away.

“Hyung, I'm like 99% sure you're sick so why won't you just admit it?! You're keeping up this ‘I'm perfectly fine’ act but why?! You're pushing your limit way too much and you expect me to sit by and watch while you run yourself over the edge?! You're always lecturing us about our limits but guess who's the hypocrite now!” I stood up from the table to walk away and was immediately stopped by someone putting a hand on my shoulder and pulling me towards them. I realised it was Jihoon a second too late.

“What happened back there, Chan-ah?” Jihoon looked patient yet curious and I was grateful that he wasn't mad at me.

“Soonyoung hyung's sick. And he refuses to rest. He's been sick since yesterday and he doesn't want anyone to find out and tell him to rest. I kept his secret till today but he can't perform like this! He's pushing his limits!” I took a deep breath to calm myself down as Jihoon scanned Soonyoung’s appearance. He narrowed his eyes.

“You're right, Chan-ah. He looks exhausted. I'm absolutely sure he won't make it through our concert today but he's gonna keep pushing himself anyway. I'm glad you told him what he needed to hear but I have a feeling that isn't gonna be enough.” I looked back at Soonyoung. He had finished his ‘breakfast’ though it could hardly be called that and had walked over to the lounge, ready to check out with the rest of them. I looked back at Jihoon and we exchanged a look. This was gonna be hard.

Hoshi p.o.v:

Even though it was shocking seeing Chan lose his patience with me, I knew it was almost inevitable. I knew I was acting really difficult at the moment but how could I just stop? After all the effort, I can't just quit and disappoint so many people! I was still lost in my own thoughts when I saw Jihoon approach me. At least he doesn't think I'm sick, I thought. He sat down next to me. “Wanna go to our van now? Jeonghan's gonna handle this as he's the only one who speaks conversational Japanese right now.” He gestured to Jeonghan who was already talking with the clerk behind the desk. I nodded and both of us walked together to our van. When I went inside, I immediately spotted Chan, sitting at the last seat as he played with his phone. I wanted to ignore him but a part of me that knew he wasn't wrong at all when he lost his patience with me made me sit next to him. He didn't acknowledge my presence at all at first, waiting for all the members to get inside the van. After the van had started moving, he turned to me.

“Hyung, I'm sorry. For earlier. I shouldn't have been so harsh. I'm sorry.” He looked genuinely sorry and I smiled.

“I'm sorry too Chan-ah. And I'm sorry for hiding my cold from all of you. I wanted to do my best without Seungcheol here but I guess I just worked myself into the ground, huh?” His smile turned a little sad as I said that, probably because he missed Cheol. To be honest, we all did.

It was really hard doing the Say The Names without him, performing without him even though he was supposed to be right next to us. This was a really hard time for all of us, I knew that and so did he. Chan didn’t say anything else for a while and I basked in the silence, listening to the members talking and laughing, laughing along with them. Chan engaged with the conversation too, making all of us laugh on more than one occasion. At some point while laughing, Chan threw an arm around me, leaning into me as he laughed. I smiled softly as well. But alas, all good things had to end. The tickle that had been plaguing me since yesterday decided to peak yet again at precisely the wrong time. Not being able to turn away fully, with Chan's arm still around me, I cupped my nose and mouth as my breathing grew desperate, eyes fluttering shut.

“hhKChuhHh!- hhh'IKhSHuh!- hhhTtShuhHh!- hih'NgChxxh!-”

I managed to half-stifle my last sneeze but I knew, with a sigh, that my sneezes hadn't gone unnoticed. Both Jun and Jeonghan turned to me. Jihoon looked at me with a suspicious look in his eyes, almost like he knew something I didn't.

“Bless you, Soonyoung.” Jun sounded worried as he voiced the blessing. I tried to ignore the worried looks I got from the members but it was proving to be more difficult than I thought. Chan gave me a look. As the members went back to their original conversations, Chan turned to me yet again.

“Hyung, you'll have to tell them! Are you seriously still thinking of performing tonight?! Didn't I tell you to take it easy?!” I knew he was getting worked up again and I put a hand on his knee.

“Calm down, Chan-ah. I'm not going to perform tonight, I know I can't. It's just- it's hard, you know? Throwing away all that effort and disappointing Carats because of a small cold!” Chan took a deep breath. When he spoke to me again, his voice was calm and sweet.

“Hyung, remember the time I got sick on tour? It was during the Ode To You tour. I was so sick yet I refused to rest which made me even more sick leading to me not being able to perform at all. Remember what you told me back then? You said that I wasn't disappointing anyone by resting and I was just making sure I would be able to perform in the next concert. You told me that rest was just a short period of time and that Carats everywhere would want me to rest instead of performing while sick. Well, guess what? I'm telling you the exact same thing today. You're not disappointing anyone by resting, hyung! You're just making sure the rest of the concerts are better, that's all.” I sighed, taking in his words. I turned to face him.

“You're right, Chan-ah. I…I'm sorry for not realising this until now. And…yeah, I'll take a break today. Thank you for that. I really needed it.” I saw his eyes light up instantly.

“Thanks for taking care of yourself, hyung!”

He pulled me into a hug and I hugged him back, feeling his warmth. That was until I felt the need to sneeze again. I immediately pulled away, turning away from him, breath hitching as I brought my arm up to my face for the millionth time that day.

“hhKtChuHhh!- hhkChuhhH!- Hhh…hH!-” My breath hitching desperately, I stared out of the window trying to get myself to sneeze. “Got a sneeze stuck, huh?” Chan asked playfully as he massaged my sinuses with his fingers lightly. The effect was immediately. I pulled away from him again, breath hitching desperately.

“Hhh…htKChuhHhh!- hhTtCHuhhHh!- hh'ItCHuhHhh!- Ugh.”

I took the tissue Chan gave me and blew my nose. As I looked back up again, I saw Jihoon laughing and Jun looked like he was trying hard not to laugh along with him by pouting. Chan was laughing as well.

“Bless you, hyung. Thanks for putting yourself first.”

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