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Story plot: Seonghwa is in pain and he knows he should talk to someone, but he's scared. They're working so hard to make sure their next comeback is perfect. One night, Seonghwa can't sleep because of the pain. The others nearly drag him to the doctor the next day and help him through this situation.

They were practicing hard for the next comeback. Seonghwa is obsessed with the new dances and believed he had pretty much recovered from the injury to his ribs. Nevertheless, as the practices got more intense, the injury started to act up again. He refused to listen to his body. There was no way he was going to miss out on the EP.3 promotions and stages. Being on stage was his happy time, a moment where he felt true joy. He decided to hide it from everyone, simply because he didn't want people to worry about him again.

On the other hand, he knew that if he kept going, things might get worse.

At night, Seonghwa was glad that he didn't have to share a room anymore. He cried a lot. Having a battle with himself whether to tell everyone the injury is acting up again or keep quiet and hope it will pass by on it's own. 

Every morning he wakes up in pain, thinking he should probably talk to someone. Eventually he always decides to take a ton of pain medication to kill the pain he's in and not talk to anybody about it.

I know I should talk. I know I should. But if I do, everyone will be worried and they probably won't let me participate in the EP.3 anymore. I want to be with everyone. I want to enjoy the EP.3 comeback but what if they won't let me. I'll be disappointing everyone. I can't drop out. I need to be strong and push myself through this.

And with those thoughts going through his mind, he keeps pushing himself and his body to the limits. But his boyfriends start to notice that with each practice, Seonghwa's energy level is dropping. Almost as if he's struggling to keep up with the pace of the practice.

After another long day of practice, Seonghwa goes straight up to his room to take a shower, giving the others some room to talk about what's going on.

"Am I the only one who notices that it seems like Seonghwa is struggling? Not with the choreography itself, but more like as if he doesn't have the energy?" Mingi asks as he looks at the others. "No I've seen it too. The first 2 hours seem to be just fine and after that he's just more reserved and not as powerful as he used to be." Wooyoung says. "Do you think he's hiding something from us?" Yunho asks. "It could be.. Maybe we should talk to him. Let him know that he can always talk to us." Yeosang suggests and they all agree. They'll wait until he finishes his shower and then talk to him about it.

Meanwhile, Seonghwa is sitting on the cold ground of his bathroom floor. The pain in his chest is definitely getting worse with each practice. He still refuses to talk to anyone about it. He's too scared that he won't be able to participate in their comeback.

It hurts so much. Every little movement is becoming painful at this point. But what can I do? I don't want everyone to worry about me. With all the pain medication it's manageable during the day. It only hurts a lot after practice. Which means that I could do stages and I can practice. I just need to be careful right? 

He pushes himself off the ground and takes some more pain meds before making his way downstairs. He catches everyone looking at him from the couches. "Everything okay?" He asks as he walks over to them.

"Yeah we're all fine babe. We just want to talk to you for a minute is that okay?" Hongjoong asks carefully as Seonghwa agrees and snuggles on the couch with them.

Hongjoong looks at the others, hoping someone else is going to ask it. Thankfully, it's Yeosang who speaks up this time. "Yeah uhm.. We're worried about you hyung.. We're not sure if there is something wrong because you haven't really told us anything. But it's almost as if the longer we practice, the more you seem to struggle. Are you okay babe?"

All eyes are on Seonghwa right now, which is making him feel very self-conscious. He doesn't want to admit it. He's so scared that his stupid injury will force him to step out of the group because he can barely function at this point. So he decides to keep quiet for now.

It's still manageable with the pain meds. They don't have to know. I don't want my babes to get all worried about me. I'll be such a distraction and we all need to be really focused right now. I can't put this stress on them. It's my problem and I'll figure it out on my own.

"Yeah everything is okay. I've just been having a little trouble sleeping lately, and practicing that hard and doing all the chores just makes me really tired." Seonghwa says as he looks at everyone, hoping they'll buy that excuse. "Awh baby why didn't come to us then? We can sleep with you or we can do some more chores around the house!" Wooyoung says and everyone agrees.

"But you guys need to rest as well.." Seonghwa tries to protest but San shuts him up. "No buts here right now. Just tell us what we can do for you baby so you don't feel like you have to do everything." San walks over to him and kisses him softly.

Before Seonghwa can say anything else he's being spoiled with hugs and kisses from everyone. "Next time, you can just ask us for help baby, you know that right?" Hongjoong says and Seonghwa nods.

He feels really bad about the fact that he's actually lying to them, but now they're not as worried as they would have been. Having them do some chores would be great as well, because that means that he can rest some more after practice.

As they all get ready for bed that night, Seonghwa is feeling agitated because the pain meds don't seem to do their job.

It's around 2 in the morning and Seonghwa is in so much pain. He already tried to take some more pain meds, but they're just not working. It hurts to sit, to lay down and it even hurts to breath. Everything is painful at this point and he doesn't know what to do.

I wish I told them. Fuck I really wish I fucking told them! It hurts so bad but I don't know who I can turn. I'm a liar. They'll never believe me again. I can't go up to them now and be honest. They'll hate me for lying. I hate myself for lying. FUCK.

After another 30 minutes, Seonghwa is a mess. He's crying and muffling his screams into his pillow. He refuses to wake up someone. And even if he wanted to, he can barely stand or walk at this point. The crying and screaming is only worsening the already existing pain, but he doesn't know what else he can do at this point. But it doesn't take long before he hears knocking on his bedroom door. "Seonghwa hyung.." It's Wooyoung. His bedroom is right next to his and he probably woke up because of him.

He can't talk, but thankfully he doesn't have to because Wooyoung and Jongho enter his bedroom. "Hyung baby what's going on??" Jongho asks, concern is written all over his voice. "Woo can you wake up the others please. This can't be good." Wooyoung nods and rushes out the bedroom to wake up all the others.

Jongho walks over to the bed and carefully gets Seonghwa to sit up. "Hyung, love, you need to talk to me for a minute. I can't help you if I don't know what's wrong. Are you in pain?" Seonghwa tries to speak but it hurts to much, so ends up nodding his head just the slightest bit. "Okay where does it hurt baby? Can you point to that place for me?" Seonghwa nods slightly as he tries to point towards his ribs. "Is it the injury?.." Jongho asks quietly as Seonghwa nods as he starts to cry again.

Everyone walks into the room and Jongho gets up since Mingi is making his way over to Seonghwa. "We're all here hyung, we're all here now." He wraps his arms around Seonghwa, trying to comfort him.

"It's the injury to his ribs.. It's acting up again and he's in a lot of pain right now." Jongho says and everyone nods.

"We need to get you to hospital Hwa, this isn't good." Yunho says. "N- No! Doctor. Tomorrow." "You want to wait and go to your doctor tomorrow?" Mingi asks as Seonghwa nods slightly. They all know that Seonghwa doesn't like it when strangers touch him, and that's why he wants to go to his own doctor tomorrow. "Okay but then you need to hang on for a couple more hours.." Mingi says carefully and Seonghwa nods. He knows he has to wait but he'd much rather see his own doctor than go to the hospital in the middle of the night.

"Can I call our manager hyung babe to let him know about the situation? After that I'll make an emergency call to the doctor so we can be the first to come in tomorrow." Seonghwa nods as he holds tightly onto Mingi's sweater.

Hongjoong slips out of the room to make the phone calls.

Mingi rubs soft circles on his boyfriend's back. They all share a glance, knowing they'll talk about this with him after they've visited the doctor and reduced Seonghwa's pain.

Hongjoong enters the room again. "Our manager said he'll be here tomorrow around 11 to check up on you baby. I also called your doctor and he said he'll expect us at 7:30 because he is worried about your health as well." Seonghwa just nods and is still sobbing. Unable to talk because the sobbing is already causing the pain to be worse.

They stay with him the rest of the night. Switching places so they'll all be able to hold and comfort Seonghwa to help him through this.

Around 7 they slowly make their way downstairs, letting Seonghwa set the pace. It breaks their hearts to see their boyfriend in so much pain. They all want to know why he didn't tell them about this earlier, but now is not the right time to be asking such questions.

The appointment at the doctor went pretty well. Yunho went with him while the others sat down in the waiting room in silence. Seonghwa is prescribed on a heavy dose of pain medication because apparently he bruised 4 of his ribs. He needs to take rest and is not allowed to dance for at least 3 weeks. The doctor gave him a shot of the pain medication, so Seonghwa is able to talk and walk again.

As they arrive back at the dorm, they make sure that their boyfriend is lying down comfortably in his own bed. They all sit down on the edge of the bed. "Hyung.. This didn't just happen.. Why didn't you talk to us babe?" Yunho asks as he holds his boyfriend's hand. "I- I was scared that I wouldn't be able to join the EP.3 comeback.. Or that KQ would push me out of the group because of it and-"

"Seonghwa, we would never ever take you out of this group." They all looked up as their manager was standing in the doorframe. "We care about you. You really need to start seeing us as one big family. For now you need to rest, but after that, you can participate as you wish. If you don't feel good, you can stay here. If you feel good, you're welcome to join. Your health is our number one priority." Seonghwa smiles. "Thank you.. I- I guess I should be more open about these things.. I just didn't want you all to worry about me since there is already so much stuff to do before the comeback. I didn't want to stress you out even more.." "Next time just tell us okay? We'll figure it all out. That goes for all of you okay? If anyone doesn't feel good you just come to talk to us. We'll work things out." They all nod and smile. "Thank you so much." "Feel better soon." Seonghwa nods and smiles "I'll do my best." The manager leaves them alone again.

"A- aren't you guys mad at me for keeping this from you?" "No of course not!" Yeosang answers right away. "We know how much you hate feeling unwell. But next time we really want you to talk us babe. It hurt us so much to see you in pain last night.." "I- I know I'm sorry. I promise I'll talk to you next time." They all smile and each place a soft kiss on Seonghwa's lips.

"Now you really need to get some rest. It was an exhausting night. We love you babe." "I love you all so much more." They all smile and leave Seonghwa so he can finally get the sleep the deserves.

A/N: Okay so how are we all feeling about these OT8 oneshots? I'm definitely writing one centering each member, but should I keep going with these as well or nah?

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