DAY: 5
rehearsal
request: Can I have Jungkook sick during rehearsal (prompt 5) and the members get mad at him because he’s taking too many breaks. . Then in the car back from rehearsal, he’s too nauseous and throws up.
sickie: Jungkook
caretaker: Namjoon
tw: mentions of emeto, sick member, nausea
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Rehearsal was unusually difficult for jungkook today. Typically he learned quick and caught on fast to adjustments to the concert, paying attention and giving every step and every move his all. Today was very different. He was struggling a lot. He felt awful, but, he refused to let it get in the way of his concert. He had to dance through nausea but he did it as best as he could. Jk kept pushing himself more and more until he snapped. Causing him to run out and head straight to the nearest bathroom he could find. It wasn't like practice where he was in the hybe building and knew the closest to the furthest bathroom. He was in a venue, a completely different place, and in a completely different country. he ran off to the backstage area, and push past the crew who worked on the technical side of the performance hoping that he hadn't messed anything up on his purse to find a bathroom. He recalled there being a bathroom outside of the backstage area, he hoped it wasn't occupied. He himself was surprised he'd made it this long without upchucking his breakfast on the concrete flooring.
There was a point where he was so close he could see the bathroom in the distance but his knees were tired from running and the intense feeling in his stomach almost gave up on him. With a tight clasp onto his mouth forcing everything inside he finally made it. Pushing the bathroom door open with his body. Not even checking beforehand if it is occupied. To his luck, it was not. His hand shook as he removed it from his mouth and settled it onto his stomach making stains on the middle of his white shirt. Dust from the dirty floor was collected on his knee upon contact with the floor. Vomit gurgled from his mouth slightly missing the target and splashing a bit onto the floor. What in the world is he going to do about the mess his making on his clothes and the floor. That thought was pushed aside by a heave that tore up his throat. He retched again, this time harder making his blood rush up to his head. he wobbled a bit on his knees loosing balance and regaining it again. holding on to his knees with a firm clasp.
Once He felt his stomach calm down, he rose from the toilet and did his best to quickly erase any trace of a mess he made on the floor, the toilet, and himself. Once he finished cleaning up he walked outside of the bathroom. he huffed, it was a long way back to the venue. He took in a deep breath and as fast as he ran to the bathroom he ran back out to the main stage. He knew they hadn't any time to waste. Once he came back in he noticed that the other members had noticed his absence but continued with rehearsal. He didn't let a moment pass. He quickly took his place in the dance and joined them. as the members were dancing hosoeok watched making sure every step was hit on time. "jungkook?" hoseok says out. jk knew he was going to be caught he was gone for a little too long. " where'd you go?" hoseok asked. He was scared when he was like this. He was in dance-teacher mode. hoseok had no time for playing around. " I-I had to pee so I went searching for a bathroom." jk stumbled over his words a bit but tried his best to explain. Hosoek told him what he missed, continuing on with rehearsal. His absence would have been fine by hoseok if he hadn't been fumbling over himself so much when he got back. It took him longer than usual to get on board with the argument they wor making to a few dances. hoseok thought he just wasn't being serious enough about it considering that typically no matter what jk usually works hard and does his best. what hoseok didn't know was that jungkook was sick. Jungkook's behavior slightly angered hoseok but he kept working on it till he finally got it. " do better next time Jungkook". jungkook and all the other members were astonished to hear the comment.
rehearsal continues. the members review each song and dance routine fixing mistakes and flaws in a tempt perfecting their performance planned for tonight. Jk began to grow more and more tired, his body struggling to keep up with how awful he was feeling, hoseok noticed his slack. Jungkoook could only push himself soo hard and he was trying as hard as he could. It was when a particular dance was far too difficult for jungkook's stomach to stand that he found himself feeling extremely nauseous. " ok, from the top one more time and then will take a break. " that was music to Jk's ears. It ended up being more than once last time. Once a break was called jungkook and the rest of the members fell to the ground ( I know that don't typically practice very hard for rehearsal but let's imagine they did this one time) Jk could barely catch his breath laying on the ground. He knew he needed to get up and rush back to the bathroom but he could move his aching muscles. He lay there on the floor trying to pull himself together mentally before he'd make a mess on the stage floor. Other members have risen from the floor and are now either getting water or playing with their microphones. making their voice echo. Once he finally felt ok to get up he headed toward the bathroom. This time, no matter how many times he gagged and retched into the toilet he couldn't;t bring anything up. He assumed he was simply too empty despite his distended belly. he got up, flushed away the spit and toilet paper, and headed back to rehearsal. Only this time when he came back everyone was angry at him. he looked at his watch. The break was long over and he'd taken too long once again.
This time all the members scold him for taking too long during the break. After that, they get back to working on the next song and choreo. This time he knew he had to stay for the rest of the time being in till the end of rehearsal. He didn't want to annoy the other any further than he already has. Hist stomach begins to twist and turn. The members stop dancing for a moment and watch as hobi shows them all the correct moves. jungkook gags in caught him off guard but he muffles the sound in the crease of his arm. Trying to play off his gag as a cough. none of the other members noticed they were far too focused on Hoseok's dancing. The gag only makes him feel worse. he continues to muffle sickly gags in his arm still no one to notice. A silent gag forced up bile in his throat and he covered kept his mouth shut tight. He closed his eyes as he forced down the awful taste with a gulp. jungkook could feel another gag dancing on the edge of his throat but he forced it down. This makes his stomach turn and gurgle. He feels awful. jungkook manages all the way to the last song. singing on the key was also a hassle when you feel like you could upchuck from pushing a note too hard. Nausea still hadn't left him from the first time he threw up.
Finally, rehearsal was over, and they could go and rest and prepare for the concert. As if jk's stomach was giving a final warning, he was once again hit with an intense gag and food shooting up his throat. his throat stung because of this happening so many times today. Jungkook doesn't know if he should just hop in the fan and wait it out or make the members wait on him one last time. He felt like that world aggravates them since how many times he interrupted the flow of rehearsal today so he decided he'd wait just a little longer until they get back to the hotel. He really really really hoped his stomach could handle it. before today he thought his stomach could handle anything but after interrupting practice so many times he realized that today was accepting. jungkook hopped in the car. It was full leaving on the furthest to the back. typically he liked the back seat, but he'd ridden in this van earlier he knew that the ac didn't work in the back. he'd have to sit back there feeling ill, sticky, and sweety. As if This day could get any worse. He bulked himself in and the van went shooting off. Something about finally staying in one place didn't sit too well in his stomach.
Nausea became harder and harder to manage. the seat belt dug into his stomach and that was his last straw. His body gave him no warning. forcefully, undigested, watery stomach acid came up like a geyser. hitting the seat in front of him and spraying back onto him. Jimin gasped covering his gapping mouth in surprise. He tried to move a bit out of the way. At the same time, jungkook tried aiming for the floor. Instead, he splashes Jimin's pants leg. The entire rest of the ride jungkook spent nonstop heaving up anything and everything he had in his stomach. Once they arrived at the hotel the members paid the showfer a hefty tip and pulled jungkook outta the car. They now understood what was going on with jk and feel bad about their behavior towards him. though jk shouldn't have hidden his being sick the member should have been so angry. They felt awful. They babied him the entire time and made sure he got everything he needed. the hyung's cooked him soup, Jimin gave him tummy rubs and taehyung made sure he got his meds every when it was time for him to take him up until the concert. jungkook watched the members from behind the stage but as soon as it was over they were back to taking extensive care of him. They end up all falling asleep to a movie together in the hotel.















