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ni-ki grunted while shifting on his bed. his head had been pounding since he woke up this morning, and it's getting worse. not to mention his temperature which isn't going down.

he felt his phone vibrate so he reached it while lying on the bed.

it was taki's message.

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[ taki ]

taki:yo are u still sick?

ni-ki:yeah

taki:okay good

ni-ki:wtf you mean good mf i feel like my head's gonna crack soon

taki:lol it's gonna be okayi sent someone to take care of you 😉🤭

ni-ki:huh?is it kei hyung?

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before he can reply again, someone rang their doorbell. great, now i have to get up and open the goddamn gate.

sighing, he stood up and walked towards their front yard. everytime he steps his foot he feels like his gonna faint.

"yo you guys didn't have to visit-" he stared at the figure in front of him, trying to process. is he hallucinating? crap, he must be really sick.

"u-uh...i brought fruits, and your calculator's here with me," what the fuck, he sounds exactly like sunoo. is this a dream? yeah, it's probably a dream. i should just close my eyes again..

"ni-ki...? are you okay?" sunoo closed the gate and went closer to him to check his temperature.

"d-don't come closer...please don't..." he mumbled.

"what? ni-ki-"

before sunoo could even speak, ni-ki fell right inside his arms.

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sunoo sighed and looked and ni-ki who's sleeping soundly on his bed. he had to carry the boy back inside his house, and not to mention that he didn't know where his room is. needless to say, he had a hard time.

he also put a towel on his forehead to lower his temperature. he was kind of burning earlier, but thank goodness his temperature is slowly getting back to normal now.

he sat on a chair beside his bed and stared at ni-ki. he looks so peaceful while sleeping. his lashes are so long, and his nose looks pretty up close.

why am i staring at him? sunoo shook his head and just looked at the picture frames on ni-ki's study table.

there's one picture when he was young, and there's also one with his friends. he really looks so cute when he's smiling.

ni-ki shifted on his sleep and slowly opened his eyes. his gaze fell on the boy who's sitting on his chair while staring at the picture frames.

then realization hit him. it wasn't a dream?

"sunoo..?" his eyes widened when the boy turned his head to him. it's really him. taki what are you even thinking?

"you're awake! i was really nervous earlier, i was close to calling 911," sunoo fixed the towel on his forehead and checked his temperature.

"your fever's going down...do you wanna eat something? so you could drink your meds after.." ni-ki just stared at sunoo who's rummaging through the fruit basket that he brought.

please... you're making me fall harder...

"why are you here?"

"huh? oh, taki asked me if i could bring your calculator. and i found out you're sick so i just..." sunoo replied, now feeling shy. he was acting so concerned earlier, ni-ki probably got annoyed.

"you can go home now. i'm sure taki just forced you to come here." ni-ki mumbled, looking away.

and sunghoon is probably looking for you...

"no he didn't, i was the one who wanted to check if you're okay..."

"what about sunghoon?" ni-ki finally blurted out.

"w-what?"

"aren't you supposed to be with him? just go. also, i know you two are dating."

sunoo was confused. since when did he and sunghoon started dating? is that what everyone thinks?

"but we're not dating though. where did you get that?" nishimura looked at him, not believing what he just said.

"you and sunghoon aren't dating?"

"yeah."

"oh. i really thought..." he whispered to himself, but sunoo heard him.

"you thought what? i couldn't—" ni-ki didn't let him finish his sentence and pulled him into a hug.

sunoo felt like his heart stopped beating. crap, am i blushing? please don't let him see my face.

he didn't know what to do so he just hugged him back, feeling the warmth coming from the other.

"riki—"

"just one minute.... please.."

sunoo sighed and let him. if i ever get sick, i would know who to blame.

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dance machine @ni-ki tweeted.

thank you for making me feel better, sunshine.

218 likes | 4 retweets

replies:

@takoyaki bestie where's my thank you? 🤩↪@ni-ki thanks ig, but pls don't do that again 😐@jeongseong okay who is that 👀@kei that looks good, but i just know you didn't cook any of that↪@ni-ki yeah, he did@lee_heeseung sunshine??? hmm

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[ 🐑 with an attitude ]

🐑 with an attitude:wru

sunoo:going homewhy?

🐑 with an attitude:are you with ni-ki earlier?

sunoo:uhyeahhow did u find out?

🐑 with an attitude:thisi thought the hands were familiar 🤡

sunoo:lmao are u an fbi

🐑 with an attitude:that's not the pointwhy r u with him

sunoo:bc he was sick

🐑 with an attitude:oh okaybut i thought you're supposed to have a date with sunghoon today

sunoo:i cancelled itwe can def go to that park anytime

🐑 with an attitude:you whatso ur telling methat you cancelled your date with sunghoon just so you could take care of ni-ki

sunoo:yeah?there's nothing wrong with it

🐑 with an attitude:wdym nothingthat's literally the answer

sunoo:the answer to what?

🐑 with an attitude:yano whatnvmi'm not giving u the answerfigure it out yourself

sunoo:oh speaking of answeri was thinking about who to chooseand i realizedmaybe i'll choose sunghoon

🐑 with an attitude:what 😃

sunoo:when i think about iti liked him first

and i liked him for so long that i don't think it will be gone that easily

🐑 with an attitude:and what about your 'feelings' for ni-ki?what was that all about then?

sunoo:idki'm still figuring it outmaybe i don't like him that way? i'm prolly just confusedfvck i don't know

🐑 with an attitude:the answer's right infront of you thoclearly you haven't understood anythingi'm done with thisyou're denser than any of those things we tested on chemistryi'm blocking youbye

sunoo:WTF YANG JUNGWONYOU HAVEN'T EVEN EXPLAINED SHT TO MEHELLOyou're such an asshole

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[ park s.h ]

park s.h:nishimurai don't know if you really like sunoobut i'm gonna go straight to the pointdon't play with his feelings

ni-ki:????i could say the same to youjust because he likes you doesn't mean you can take him for granted

park s.h:so i guess you didn't know huhi never took him for grantedi confessed to him but he didn't accept it

ni-ki:what?

park s.h:we both have a chance.but unlike you, i'm not letting him slip through my fingers.

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kind of a filler chapter lol

also, i messed up the plot again and now i have to change some parts/ending 😃😃