𝐈&𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄, 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐧

help you

stressed part 2
/// mentions of food

two days passed, both filled with NaRi consistently rewatching their first Given-Taken Japanese Ver debut performance. her eyes caught her minor mistake every time, more and more resentment towards herself also building up with every rewatch.

the group split up into their two groups, getting in the vans to go home from schedules.

the girl had her airpods in, spaced out as she stared through the window. her thoughts' battle was enough to make her ignore the lingering stare Ni-Ki had on her the entire time.

the boys'd been aware of what'd been bothering NaRi recently, though they hadn't been able to do as much as they'd like because of her constant spacing out.

they were left with no choice but to watch her crumble from a distance.

the youngests' eyes turned sad watching her tune out of reality for what felt like the hundredth time that week— he knew he had to do something to at least try and help her.

he reached for her hand, having noticed she was playing with her charm bracelet. his hand slowly moved closer to her own, the girl subconsciously allowing his touch. this made his heart feel only the tiniest bit relieved.

what can i do to make her feel better?

the van parked in it's usual place, NaRi's focus finally leaving the moving road. she let out a quiet breath of relief, gathering her stuff to go inside.

Ni-Ki followed her inside as always, watching as she'd immediately gone to the room.

it was now his turn to sigh, the others quickly catching on.

"i wish it wouldn't affect her this badly, i hate seeing her like this,"
"for real, hyung,"
"yeah.."

"i just wish there was something we could do to distract her from it all.. Samuel-hyung doesn't seem as stressed about it anymore,"
"yeah, and besides, he's told her so many times to not worry about the entire thing but we know how she is.."
the boys' gazes trailed towards the closed bedroom door after SungHoon's voice faded away, saddened smiles appearing on their faces as they thought of their girl.

oh how they missed the radiating energy that'd run through the room the second she showed her adorable smile they all so dearly loved— how badly they all wished to see it again.

even Sunoo.

Ni-Ki became slightly frustrated after a few seconds, somewhat harshly standing up from his spot.

"Nik? what're you doing?"

"i'm taking Na out on a date. i hate seeing her like this and plus i haven't spent time with her in a while. she deserves a break. we deserve a break. it's the least i can do for her,"

"he's right. she's always here for us and we're out here, letting her rot away in our beds in her own sadness,"

Ni-Ki nodded, taking JungWon's words as a sign of approval for his date with NaRi.

he knocked on the bedroom door, placing his ear to the wood to hear inside. he heard a small 'yeah?' sound from the inside, "can i come in?"
"yeah,"