eight
the smell of pancakes and eggs engulfed the dorm. yeonjun opened his eyes to the dimly lit room, arms firmly wrapped around his waist.
he turns to his right to come face to face with a sleeping soobin, lips slightly parted and soft snores escaping him.
yeonjun smiled softly to himself before cuddling into soobin further. inhaling the sweet scent of the love of his life, he sighed heavily.
soobin slowly awoke to the feeling of the elder practically on top of him.
"hyung," soobin called out in a low, raspy voice, "you're crushing my ribs."
yeonjun giggled out before letting go and sitting up, "i'm sorry, but it's not my fault you smell so good."
soobin's ears turned a shade of pink before he shoved his face into the pillow with a grumble. yeonjun laughed at the leader's adorableness before standing up and heading towards the door, "we have a meeting with management today soobin-ah so you better get ready before manager-nim gets here."
and with that he was on his way to the kitchen. humming of a certain american boy was heard coming from the area and yeonjun couldn't help but smile when he saw him.
kai was cooking with his headphones on, humming and dancing to the music as he did. beomgyu sat at the table munching on a pancake with a content smile while taehyun sat opposite of him just watching him.
"taehyun you look creepy staring at beommie," yeonjun said with a small smirk as he grabbed a plate.
taehyun shot a glare at the elder but continued watching beomgyu with no shame.
"hyung do you remember anything that happened yesterday?" beomgyu asked with a full mouth.
"okay first, don't talk with your mouth full and two, no i don't."
taehyun snickered, "well for starters we all met jay for the first time."
yeonjun visibly paled, a look of concern written across his face, "they didn't hurt you did they?"
kai down at the table and removed his headphones, "no but they were very pretty."
yeonjun looked at kai in confusion and disgust, "you think that monster is pretty? they are the spawn of satan."
"you should've heard what he said yesterday after you a soobin hyung left," beomgyu said pointing at kai. kai's face heated up as he tried to avoid eye contact with yeonjun.
"do you think if jay were her own person that maybe she'd date me?" taehyun said in a mock voice before wincing in pain when he was hit on the shoulder by kai.
the two boys burst into a fit of giggles as kai sat wallowing in his embarrassment and yeonjun was lost in thought.
"jay would definitely date you and what do you mean by when me and soobin left?"
"you two left and didn't come back till after dark," kai said with a small smile.
yeonjun paled suddenly not wanting to eat. he silently left the table and went to get ready for the day.
"i've gathered this meeting with you five to discuss yeonjun's health," the mr. bang said as they all in a meeting room, "i was made aware that you have been having panic attacks recently?"
yeonjun nodded almost shamefully, he didn't think this meeting would be about him.
"since you boys have a busy month ahead of you, starting today you will be sent on holiday until promotions start back up."
the boys all looked each other with excited looks, "but there is something you boys have to do on this trip."
there's always a catch to these trips that they take. whether it be filming the entirety or working during it, there's always something.
"whatever it is, we will do it," soobin said with a reassuring look.
"do you all know what group therapy is?" mr. bang asked the boys. they all nodded and yeonjun's heart sank, he knew what was going to happen.
"well you all have to participate in something like that once during the trip. you get to choose when but you have to do it," mr. bang said before looking at their manager, "make sure it happens. i don't want anyone else in the room with them. only the five of them."
the manager nodded before they were all dismissed. yeonjun could feel the anxiousness settle in his stomach.
as they made it back to the dorm, yeonjun couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. he wasn't ready to tell them what happened to him. hell, he hasn't even accepted what happened to him.
part of him thinks this will help him come to terms with everything but the other part is telling him how bad of idea it is.
"hyung have you finished packing?" beomgyu asked from the entrance of yeonjun's room.
the yellow haired boy nodded as he put his suitcase on the floor. beomgyu could tell the older wasn't in the right headspace and without warning he hugged his friend tightly.
"we love you hyung, you don't need to worry about anything okay?"
something about those words hit yeonjun like a ton of bricks because before he knew it tears were slipping out of his eyes. he held the younger tight and thanked him silently.
he needed to hear that.