JayB POV
I was monitoring the boys in the studio. We've been recording non stop to catch up with the schedules before they were busy again with their solo activities. We've been at it since yesterday. We just stepped out just for eat or taking a short break to freshen up and then back at the studio again. I bet all of us didn't want to see each other for awhile after finishing the recording. We just got back from dinner when my phone buzzed. I looked at the name lit on the display and smiled.
"Hello?" I picked it up.
"Uncle Jaebeom?" I immediately sat up straight. The person answering on the other end wasn't the one that I thought it would be. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was quite late, he wasn't supposed to stay up until this late.
"What's up Jihoon?" I answered the kid on the other end.
"Uncle, can you please come here? I think mom is sick," I noticed there's worried note in his voice. He should be. They were just living alone, just the two of them. And he was still a little kid. Of course he would be worried.
"Okay, don't worry Jihoon-ah. I'll come as fast as I can. Hang tight, okay," I assured him and started to rearrange my plan. We were supposed to continue with the recording, but I didn't think I can still go on with the plan now. I immediately asked the other boys to contact their plus one and found out which one that could take care Jihoon for the night. Luckily Seonyoung was off duty and her next shift was tomorrow night, so I grabbed Jinyoung to go with me. I told the rest to continue as much as they could, with Jackson in charge then they could leave and got some rest. I would update them later after I checked the situation.
Jihoon opened the door for us and I told him to get his stuff. His books for tomorrow as well as his uniform and another set of fresh clothes for just in case. I told him that he'd be sleeping with Aunty Seonyoung for tonight if his mom was really sick and needed to go to the hospital. While Jinyoung supervised Jihoon in his room, I started to walk toward noona's room. I knocked on her door and listened, nothing. So I turned the door knob and opened the door quietly. I waited for a minute until my eyes adjusted with the darkness of the room before stepping in.
"Noona," I called out, sitting at the edge of the bed, trying to check her condition. I felt her forehead, it was burning. I grabbed her shoulder and turned her around to face me. That's when she realized I wasn't Jihoon.
Your POV
"Jaebeom? What are you doing here?" you asked softly, half surprised that you still got some voice considering how hurt your throat was.
"Jihoon called me and he was worried so I came over," he answered. You immediately remembered your son coming into the room earlier and you dismissed him, telling him that you'd be okay after taking some rest. But even he could tell that you weren't going to get better.
"Wait here, I'll fetch the thermometer and check whether you still have some medicine or not. Have you eaten dinner yet?" he asked again and you shook your head. You felt so weak that you just closed the cafe and went home. You were lucky there were still some leftovers so you reheated that for Jihoon to eat while you headed to your room to get some rest. You saw Jaebeom walked out of the door and you heard him talking to someone else, probably to Jihoon before he went back inside the room, with a first aid box in his hand. He took out the thermometer and checked your temperature.
"You're having a fever. Any other symptoms?" he asked.
You let out a chuckle, "You've been hanging around Ellie and Seonyoung too much," you tried to make a joke, teasing him for playing doctor since he's been around Jackson's and Jinyoung's wives lately.
"Noona..," you heard warning in his voice.
"Yeah, my throat hurt a bit, but nothing else."
"Your medicines are all expired. I'll go out and buy some. Do you want something for dinner?" he paused to see you shook your head. "Okay then, I'll buy something that caught my eyes. Anyway, Jihoon is staying at Jinyoung's tonight. Seonyoung is off duty until tomorrow night, so she'd be able to take care of Jihoon. Jinyoung said he'll be stopping by grandma next door to inform her about the situation. Just get some more rest until I come back," he explained before leaving you again.
You shut your eyes and dozed off again before you felt your shoulder being shaken off. You opened your eyes to see Jaebeom by the bed once again. He helped you to sit up and turned on the light before disappearing again from the room, only to be back with a food tray in his hand.
"I got ramen for you. I bet you didn't want to eat porridge, so considering the condition of your throat, ramen is the next best option for you. Eat up, and then drink these," he put two tablets beside the plate. "One for your fever, the other one for your throat. Don't worry, it's not from me. It's by Seonyoung's order," he explained as you raised your eyebrow, asking whether the medicine was from himself or from the expert's advice. Apparently it was the later, so you started to dive in the ramen, stopping halfway as you couldn't finish the whole bowl and relieved when he let you before handing you the glass. You took both medicine in one go and he seemed satisfied. He cleaned out the tray and realized that you still haven't changed your clothes.
"Come on noona, you have to change your clothes," he sighed, walking over toward your closet and grabbed a set of fresh clothes before handing it to you. "Need some help?" he smirked and you hit his arm with all your remaining power that sent him out of the room, but not before laughing out loud at your blushed face. You felt a bit better now that your stomach was full so you immediately changed your clothes and washed up a bit before Jaebeom showed up again in your room.
"You can go, I feel better already," you tried to send him away when he tucked you back to bed.
"And missing the chance to cuddle? No way," he walked toward the bathroom and you heard him washing up and when he got out, he already changed his clothes as well. He turned off the light and climbed up the bed, slipping under the blanket beside you before pulling you close.
"You can caught whatever I'm having," you tried to push him away but he was stronger than you.
"No, I won't. Don't worry, I'll be fine." You tried to argue that he still had stuff to do, and you felt bad for taking him away from whatever he was doing earlier. He shut your mouth by kissing it, effectively shutting both your mouth and your brain. "Just go back to sleep noona, and just let me take care of you for this once. You've been taking care of us, so now let me return the favor." You got no choice but to let him pull you back into his hug. "Am I bad for feeling grateful that you got sick? So I have the chance like this.. Taking care of you and cuddling with you all night?" you heard him asking. You shook your head in his chest before agreeing with him.
"It's okay. I'll take is as practice," you answered softly and he raised his eyebrow at your statement. "Well, I can practice to start depending on you?" you continued and he scoffed.
"You don't need to get sick to practice," he grunted and ruffled you hair. "Okay, enough with the talk, go to sleep now, and I mean it." You smiled in his hug. Well, for this once you were glad that you got sick.
