Lesserafim were back at their dorms and had immediately felt drowsy. The majority of them had gone to sleep but Chaewon stayed awake, thinking about what Sakura had told her earlier in the morning.
"If that cold gets any worse, please speak to our manager. I don't want you to miss any of our promotions."
Chaewon was also thinking about the way Kazuha had walked off coldly, when she told the pair they had to leave. Was she angry at something? Or someone? Whatever it was, she knew she had to find out - Kazuha never got angry, if anything she only got disappointed and that was rare to see.
The leader wriggled in her bed. After their music show performance, her muscles and, overall, body had been aching. She had thought it was because of how hard she had went whilst dancing but now she wasn't so sure.
Slowly, she stumbled out of bed and tiptoed quietly to the bathroom. The door was slightly ajar, which peeved Chaewon off because she had made an agreement with Yunjin and Eunchae that they would always shut the bathroom door, when they had first gotten their dorm.
"God, these people," Chaewon muttered before pushing open the door to reveal Yunjin applying a charcoal mask to her face.
Chaewon jumped and clutched her chest in shock, meanwhile, Yunjin wasn't fazed in the slightest bit. That was new to Chaewon.
"Oh, hey Pupu!" Yunjin exclaimed, turning around to show Chaewon her mask. "You like?"
The girl hummed. "Why are you awake?"
"Because it's not my bed time yet." Yunjin was prepared to laugh but managed to stifle it after seeing Chaewon's 'IDGAF' face.
"Why are you so mad, Pupu?"
"Don't call me Pupu." Chaewon grabbed the door handle. "Call me when you're done - and be quick."
Chaewon was about to exit the bathroom but Yunjin stopped her, grabbing her hand. "What is the matter with you tonight?"
"Nothing. Just a headache and some muscle aches."
Yunjin sent Chaewon a concerned look. "And earlier, it was-"
"My habit!" Chaewon suddenly exclaimed. "My habit that you don't have to worry about, Yunjinie."
"Please Chaewon, do you think I bought that? You're sick and you need to tell our manager or I will." Yunjin raised an eyebrow.
"What the hell? I'm fine!" Chaewon screeched before rubbing her eyes and coughing into the crook of her elbow.
"You don't seem fine to me," Yunjin said in response to the dry cough Chaewon had just let out.
"Well, I am. I just need to sleep on it." Chaewon glared at the taller girl before storming out of the bathroom and out of their shared dorm.
"Hope you get better, Pupu, and I'm sorry," Yunjin whispered to herself.
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Kazuha and Sakura were playing board games in their dorm, as they had woken up in the middle of the night in boredom, before they heard an urgent knock at the door. Sakura stood up to answer the door and standing there was Chaewon, a seething expression on her face.
"What's wrong, Wonie?" Sakura asked.
Kazuha's face immediately creased with jealousy. After what happened at the music show, she had been attached to Sakura like a third leg. Because of this, Kazuha stood up and walked over to the door.
"Hi, Chaewon! You good?" Kazuha exclaimed, trying to overcoat her jealousy with joy.
"Me and Yunjin got in a fight so I'm staying here. Don't mind me and continue your board games or whatever." Chaewon waved her hands at the board games before walking into the dorm.
Kazuha's smile faltered and she looked at Sakura, hoping the girl would say something. She did, but not what Kazuha wanted. "Of course, you can stay here, Chaewon. What did you guys fight about?"
"Just some stupid stuff. Everything will be fine tomorrow," Chaewon blabbered, before rubbing her temple and laying down on the couch.
"OK! Well, we're feeling quite drowsy now. Have a good night's sleep, Chaewon!" Kazuha said before Sakura could say anything, and shoved Sakura into their room.
"We already slept though? And I don't feel like sleeping again." Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, giving Kazuha a stern look.
"Sakura, don't be selfish. I told Chaewon that so she could sleep peacefully without you complaining about how you lost Monopoly." Kazuha bit her lip, knowing that wasn't true.
"I don't buy that, Zuha. You're not acting like your normal self. Are you good?" Sakura asked, walking up to Kazuha and brushing her hair out of her eyes.
Kazuha could feel the warmth, rising up to her cheeks as Sakura fixed her hair. Butterflies whirled around in her stomach and she was just fighting the urge to feel Sakura's soft, pink lips.
"Y-yes, everything's fine, Kkura. Let's at least attempt to sleep," Kazuha blabbered, jumping onto her bed swiftly.
"Ah, fine then."
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Everything was not fine in the morning. Well, for Chaewon it wasn't. Although, she had felt rather indisposed last night, she had still managed to put on her alarm. Or so she thought. When she had woken up, Sakura and Kazuha were gone and so were Eunchae and Yunjin when she went to her own dorm. She was certain Yunjin had turned off her alarm but she wasn't sure why.
As Chaewon was about to dress up, someone knocked on her door. She knew who it was immediately and flew to the door.
"Manager unnie, oh I'm so sorry for waking up late. I could've sworn I put on an-"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Chaewon's manager asked solemnly, leaving Chaewon confused.
"What?"
"Chaewon, you know what I'm talking about."
"I don't, unnie. Please explain," Chaewon said, obviously not understanding what her manager was asking of her.
"You're ill. Yunjin and Sakura told me."
Chaewon's heart stopped for a mere second. She had thought Yunjin was just kidding. She hadn't expected her to actually tell their manager.
"No, I'm not," Chaewon panicked. "I'm fine, seriously."
"Well, I guess we'll have to determine that then." Without another word being said, Chaewon's manager gently led her out of the dorm.
"Where are we going, unnie?" Chaewon snapped, losing her cool.
"We've set up a diagnostic test for you in the-"
"I don't have the flu! It's just a cold!" Chaewon said, red in the face with angry.
"You've shown symptoms of the flu, Chaewon. Body aches, coughing, headaches, sneezing, a runny nose and red, puffy eyes. We all care about your well-being, Chaewon. Please let us help you."
Chaewon had been so immersed in what her manager had been saying, she didn't realise she had been dragged into a small room, with two doctors, preparing the appropriate equipment needed to 'help' Chaewon.
"This is so dramatic," Chaewon muttered before letting out a dry cough.
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Since it was their day off, before they had to perform on any more music shows, Kazuha, Eunchae, Yunjin and Sakura had decided to order fried chicken to eat in the dorms. They were supposed to have a fun time playing games and watching movies too, but they just couldn't get into the mood for it.
"So how do you think Chaewon's holding up?" Sakura asked, knowing that that was what everyone was thinking about at the moment.
"How the hell did she hide a cold from us for that long?" Eunchae said.
After Sakura and Yunjin had talked to their manager, they had decided to explain everything to Kazuha and Eunchae. Kazuha was shocked at first but accepted it, however, Eunchae could still not believe Chaewon was really sick.
"It was only 3 days," Kazuha responded, looking down at her fried chicken, miserably.
She felt horrible for the way she acted towards Chaewon. Sakura had probably hugged her at the music show because she had found out she was sick and felt bad.
"You OK, Zuha?" Sakura asked, causing the girl to look at her and nod.
Beep, beep, beep.
"Yunjin, we know you miss Chaewon, but answer your phone for God's sake. It's making me go crazy."
Yunjin blinked before picking up her phone and answering it.
"Hey, girls, we've got the results to the diagnostic test we did on Chaewon," their manager said serenely, giving the girls false hope.
"Is she OK?"
There was a pause and Yunjin knew what was coming.
"She's going to have to go on hiatus for a bit. The test came back positive. I'm so sorry girls," their manager informed, a hint of sadness in her voice, before she cut the call.
"Maybe we shouldn't have told them. Chaewon would be here right now if we didn't." Yunjin looked at Sakura, tears threatening to fall out of her eyes.
"No, Yunjin. That would be selfish. Chaewon deserves to get better. We just have to be patient." Sakura looked back at Yunjin before looking over at Eunchae and Kazuha.
"At least she's not dead, right?" Eunchae grinned sheepishly, attempting to lighten the mood.
"Right."