I'm sorry if I annoy you guys with all these sickfics but I just love writing them so much! Enjoy!

Mingi sighed tiredly, stretching his back for a bit before turning the knob of his door and entering it, before he stopped in his tracks when he saw a bundle on his bed. Mingi shook his head fondly, already knowing who is under the blanket as only one person had the courage to come into his room and won't get scolded by him. Though he quickly frowned because usually Yunho would only come into his room to sleep when Wooyoung wanted to have fun with San or if he was feeling under the weather.

San was in the living room when I came in, is my bub feeling sick? Mingi thought, putting down his gym bag near his desk before going to his bed and sitting on it. "Bub?" Mingi whispered softly, putting his hand on Yunho's waist on top of the blanket.

Yunho groaned, turning over to face Mingi as his head peeked out from the blanket and looking up at Mingi with a pout. "What happened, bub?" Mingi asked, caressing Yunho's waist softly as Yunho curled up, scrunching his face while at it.

"I don't know.. I haven't been feeling well since this morning and my stomach hurts.." Yunho slurred a bit, whimpering when his stomach throbbed, especially at his lower stomach and pressed a hand there, burying his face in Mingi's pillow. Mingi frowned in worry, pulling the blanket off so he could take a look at Yunho's body properly.

Yunho whined at the loss of warmth and shivered slightly making Mingi more concerned. "Bub, let me see your stomach. Did you ate something weird?" Mingi pulled Yunho's hand away from his stomach and pulled up his shirt to see if there was any bruise. "Nothing out of ordinary.. Maybe you ate something?" Mingi looked at Yunho who had been fisting his hand on Mingi's pants.

"I don't know.. I ate what everyone ate.."

"I take it you didn't tell anyone about this? Not even Hwa hyung?"

Yunho shook his head, scooting closer to Mingi and putting his head on Mingi's laps, sighing softly. "No.. I don't want to bother them.. It's our day off and I don't want them having to take care of me when they could rest.." Mingi hummed at Yunho's explanation, rubbing his hand on Yunho's stomach in hope that it would lessen the pain.

"Maybe food poisoning? Do you want me to get the medicine?"

Yunho nodded his head weakly, "That would be awesome.. Thank you Min.." Mingi stroked Yunho's hair before putting Yunho's head on his pillow and went out of the room. Mingi went into the kitchen and found Seonghwa cooking something at the stove.

"Hey, hyung."

Seonghwa stopped stirring and turned around for a bit, giving Mingi a small smile. "Hey, Minmin. When did you get back? I didn't even realize it." Mingi chuckled, going over to the medicine rack and started rummaging for Yunho's medicine. "A few minutes ago. You weren't in here or in the living room though and I went to my room as soon as I came back anyway."

Seonghwa tilted his head, watching Mingi rummaging the medicines' rack, "Are you sick?" Mingi hummed, taking the medicine that he needed and put the other back on the rack before looking over to Seonghwa and shaking his head. "Not me. Yuyu." Mingi said without elaborating it and Seonghwa panicked slightly. All of Ateez hates it when Yunho is sick because they hate seeing the pain in Yunho's face.

"What? What happened? Is he okay? Should I call manager hyung so he could take Yunho to be looked at in the hospital?" Seonghwa babbled without stopping and Mingi blinked slightly before chuckling. "He is sulking on my bed. He told me that his stomach hurt but I don't see anything out of the ordinary so maybe he just ate something. He doesn't want to bother anyone because today is our off day."

Seonghwa tsked, shaking his head as he and the others knew very well how Yunho hates to bother everyone about his pain even though they had told him that it's fine. "That baby.. When will he understand that we are fine with it as long as he didn't end up being in pain all by himself?"

Mingi huffed lightly, agreeing with Seonghwa's words. "He won't ever understand it, that stubborn baby."

"Well, he's your baby so you should really tell him about this."

"I did. All the time but he won't budge." Mingi shrugged before continuing, "I guess we just have to watch him for now." Seonghwa nodded his head, "Yeah, that's the only thing we could do right now. Tell me if his stomach ache worsens. Don't forget the water for the medicine. That baby can't ever take them dry."

Mingi chuckled, putting the water in one of the glasses and walked out of the kitchen, leaving Seonghwa alone again.

Mingi was about to open his door when he heard Yunho whining inside, "Min....... What are you doing out there..... It's been like hours...." Mingi shook his head and opened the door, giving a slightly hard glare at Yunho on the bed. "It's only minutes, bub. Who told you not to tell the others about your pain, hm?"

Yunho whined again, pouting as he looked up at Mingi. "It felt like hours!" Yunho hissed weakly before whimpering again when the throbbing is back on his lower stomach. Mingi went to sit on the bed, taking out a pill and gently tilting Yunho's head, feeding him the pill and the water for him to swallow it. Yunho sighed after downing the pill and was about to tug on Mingi's pants before Mingi stopped him lightly.

"I'm gross right now, bub. I need to go shower first." Mingi explained when Yunho pouted at the rejection, looking up at Mingi with big teary eyes. Mingi planted a kiss on Yunho's lips, before standing up from the bed and fetching his towel. "I'll be right back, bub. The pain would lessen in minutes so you should try to go back to sleep."

"But I want to cuddle...." Yunho whined, though he already tugged the blanket up to his chin, wiggling under it until he's comfortable. "I'll cuddle you after I'm done showering." Mingi said and walked out of his room. Yunho huffed, closing his eyes and trying to stay awake to wait for Mingi.

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Mingi stopped the music that he had been producing on his laptop when he heard Yunho whimpered in his sleep next to him. The latter had fallen into a deep sleep when Mingi was done showering so he didn't wake the boy up. "Baby?" Mingi whispered but Yunho still had his eyes close and whispering so he put his laptop away, focusing on Yunho, pushing the blanket away and saw Yunho had curled up again.

Mingi shook Yunho's shoulder gently, trying to wake the boy up and Yunho stirred after a few minutes, blinking slowly and looking around in the room before his face paled. Mingi frowned but he didn't get to speak when Yunho shot up from the bed, his hand pressing on his mouth as he stumbled to the bathroom. Mingi quickly rushed to Yunho, already knew what's happening and quickly helped Yunho into the bathroom.

Yunho threw up into the bowl, panting slightly as it pained his stomach, his hand fisting Mingi's pants and his other hand pressing on his stomach. After a while, Yunho stopped wrenching his guts out, flopping on the floor and leaned back onto Mingi's leg, exhausted.

"Come on, bub. Let's go wash your mouth." Mingi stroked Yunho's hair but the latter only shook his head weakly. "Don't think I can stand at the moment.." Mingi hummed and picked Yunho up, bringing him towards the sink and helped him wash his mouth before picking him up again, walking to his room.

Yunho instantly curled up in a ball when Mingi put him down on the bed, crunching his face in pain. Mingi frowned again, worried about Yunho's state and was about to brush Yunho's bang to the side when he made contact with Yunho's forehead.

"You're a bit warm, bub. I think you have a fever. What hurts?"

"Everything... My back started to hurt too.. Ulk- I feel like throwing up again too.."

"...Do you want to go to the bathroom again?"

Yunho shook his head slowly, sighing as he curled up even more. "I don't think anything will come out.. I didn't really eat today.." Mingi hummed, thinking about what he should do before getting off the bed and making Yunho whine. "Where are you going now.....? Stay....." Mingi sighed softly, stroking Yunho's hair for a bit, "I'm going to tell the hyungs. And some wet towels for your fever. I'll be back soon, okay?"

"Noooooo..... Stayyyyyyy....." Yunho stopped Mingi from walking out of the room by tugging on his pants and Mingi sighed, sitting back on the bed and Yunho was quick to engulf Mingi with his whole body. "Don't fucking go anywhere! You're not allowed to be away from me from now on!" Yunho pouted, hugging Mingi close while at it. Mingi chuckled, wrapping his arm around Yunho's waist and grabbed his phone.

"Okay okay. Then I'm going to call them and tell them to come here." Yunho hummed, rubbing his face in Mingi's neck, inhaling Mingi's scent.

"You're in the dorm. Why are you calling me?"

Mingi chuckled at Hongjoong's words, shaking his head. "Come to my room. Bring Seonghwa hyung too please. I'll explain after you guys come here."

"Huh? Okay."

Mingi ends the call and caresses Yunho as the latter keeps on whimpering occasionally.

"What's wrong?"

"Did the pain get worse?"

Mingi gestured them to come closer and they did, looking over to Yunho with a concerned frown on their faces. Seonghwa was quick to sit on the bed, putting his hand on Yunho's hip. "What's wrong pup?" Seonghwa asked as Hongjoong stayed standing, watching them with a slight frown and with his phone in his hands, ready to call their manager.

"I d-don't know.. My stomach hurts so bad r-right now.. My lower back is hurting too.." Yunho mumbled, still having his face shoved in Mingi's neck. "He threw up just now and told me that he felt like doing it again but nothing will come up because he didn't really eat anything today." Mingi explained further.

"You're warm, pup." Seonghwa said, sliding his hand underneath Yunho's shirt and feeling the unusual warmth radiating from Yunho's body. "Yeah, I think he has a fever too." Mingi stroked Yunho's hair when the latter squirmed uncomfortably, seemingly in more pain than before.

"How long has he been this way?" Hongjoong asked and Mingi tilted his head to think. "He told me he wasn't feeling well since morning. It's 5 pm now."

"Your pain didn't lessen, pup?" Hongjoong asked the writhing boy on Mingi. Yunho shook his head, whimpering as soon as he did it and grabbed Mingi's shirt when the pain in his stomach flared up. "H-hurts.." Yunho whimpered and Mingi had to hold Yunho's hips to stop the latter from squirming around.

"I'm calling the manager. Get his wallet and wait in the living room. Let's go."

Seonghwa went out of the room with Hongjoong to get Yunho's wallet in his room while Mingi struggled for a bit to get off from the bed before picking Yunho up. Yunho had refused to be picked up bridal style as it made the throbbing worse, so Mingi picked him up by the thighs as Yunho wrapped his hands around Mingi's shoulder, chest to chest with Mingi.

"Huh? What happened to Yunho?"

"Is he okay??"

"Did something happen?"

"Hyungs? What's going on? Yunho hyung looks so pale."

Hongjoong ignored them as he was talking with the manager so Seonghwa told them what happened as Mingi was busy calming the sick boy down. "You'll be okay, bub. Hold on, okay. We'll get you to the hospital in no time." Mingi whispered softly in Yunho's ear as the latter buried his face in Mingi's neck, whimpering.

"He's burning up, hyungs."

"Something's not right. He's getting warmer too fast. Joong, when will the manager come?" Seonghwa asked, running his hand on Yunho's back. "In 15 minutes." Hongjoong answered while the others had come close to Yunho, watching him with concern.

"Since when did he feel this way?" San asked, stroking Yunho's hair gently. "Since this morning." Mingi answered and San gaped, looking over to Yunho. "What? Then why didn't you tell me, pup?? I could've alerted Seonghwa hyung or Hongjoong hyung."

"He didn't want to bother anyone so he had been hiding in my room all day." Mingi answered for Yunho as the latter only whimpered in his neck.

"I don't think this is just a normal food poisoning." Yeosang said after a while and the other nodded their heads in agreement.

"Definitely not normal food poisoning. It won't hurt his back if that's the case though." Wooyoung said, running his hand on Yunho's back with Seonghwa as he wanted to do something to help the sick boy.

"Hyung, does Yunho's hyung stomach swollen or something?" Jongho asked as he remembered something.

Mingi shrugged, sitting on the couch so he could turn Yunho around for a bit and pulled his shirt up. He started poking Yunho's stomach gently and when he touched Yunho's lower right stomach, Yunho suddenly screamed in pain, pushing Mingi's hand away from it before whimpering as tears ran down his cheeks.

Mingi panicked and pulled Yunho close, running his hand on Yunho's arm and back to calm him down. "I think Yunho hyung has appendicitis. The lower right stomach would hurt so much. I know it because my cousin had it before." Jongho explained.

"He need surgery then." Hongjoong said after a while, making Yunho whined in Mingi's neck. "No....... I don't want any surgery....... We have schedules....."

"That's not going to happen, pup. You need the surgery. The schedules can wait." Hongjoong said but it only make Yunho whimpered and sobbing in Mingi's neck. "Don't cry, bub. Your health is more important than the schedules." Mingi comforted the crying boy softly, giving a soft kiss on Yunho's head and it does calm the boy down slightly as he stopped crying.

The door opened a few minutes later, their manager walked in and looked over to Yunho who was still hiding in Mingi's neck, all of his body curled up onto Mingi's. "That bad? Let's go then. Hurry. Hongjoong said it might be appendicitis so we should hurry."

Mingi stood up with Yunho in his hold, while Seonghwa and Hongjoong following suit. "You guys stay home. We'll update you guys in the group chat." Seonghwa said and the others pouted but nodded their heads and watched them go sadly.

Yunho screamed again while in the car because the pain was too much, making the manager speed up for a bit but still driving safely as the other 3 tried to calm Yunho down. "Shh shh, it's okay it's okay.."

"It's n-not okay!!!" Yunho whimpered, sobbing loudly now in Mingi's neck as he pressed down on his stomach and his body trembled from the pain.

After another 15 minutes, they arrived at the hospital and Yunho had been a crying mess in Mingi's hold, his stomach throbbed so bad so Mingi quickly rushed into the ER while Hongjoong and Seonghwa called for the doctor there.

A nurse rushed to them and one look at Yunho, he ushered them to a nearby bed. Mingi put Yunho down and the latter curled up in himself, trembling and crying.

"What's wrong?" The doctor came, already trying to uncurl Yunho so he could take a look at him properly. Yunho refused to move so Mingi coaxed him softly. "Bub, let the doctor take a look at you, please." Yunho whimpered but listened to Mingi and uncurled himself and the doctor quickly touched Yunho's stomach as he had seen how Yunho was pressing it down earlier.

"Stomachache?" The doctor asked.

"We thought it was too but I pressed down on his lower right stomach and he screamed. It's a bit hard too at the spot." Mingi explained and the doctor touched Yunho's right lower stomach gently and pressed down just for a bit but Yunho screamed again and the doctor quickly pulled away.

"Okay, he needs surgery. We'll be taking him in, now." The doctor alerted the nurses and they quickly pushed Yunho's bed into the surgery room. "I only touched a little and he already screamed like that. I'm afraid that the appendix is already burst in there so we have to remove it quickly before it goes out of control. Please wait in the waiting room." The doctor said quickly and rushed to the surgery room.

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ATEEZ 801

Woo

How's it going????

Guys??

HELLO??

IS THE PUP OKAY????

Yeo

Calm the fuck down Woo.

But yeah, how's the pup? It's been 1 hour.

Sannie

Hyungs??

Mingi??

You guys promised to update us!!

Jjongie

Oh my god, calm down the both of you or I would sit on you guys!

Hwa mom

He's still in the surgery room

We don't know what exactly happened yet or how he is right now

But the doctor confirmed that it was appendicitis

Hong Leader

Mingi won't reply to any of you

He's busy pacing around in here at the moment

The doctor said his appendix are this close to burst completely

So they need to make sure no puss leaked out

Sannie

NOOOO

MY PUPPYYYYYY

TT.TT

Hwa mom

The doctor is out

We'll update you guys later

"How is he??" Mingi was the first one to arrive right in front of the doctor and the doctor smiled softly. "He's fine now. We had removed his appendix completely and he would be fine in 2 to 3 weeks. Please refrain him from moving out of the bed for at least 12 hours."

Mingi, Seonghwa, Hongjoong and their manager breathed out a relief breath and nodded their heads. "You can go in his room now. He's still unconscious but he will be up soon as the Anesthesia is about to finish." They nodded again and followed the doctor to Yunho's ward.

Mingi rushed to Yunho's bed, sighing softly when he saw how pale and small Yunho is right now before brushing Yunho's bang and caressing his cheek with his thumb gently.

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All Yunho saw was white as soon as he opened his eyes. Blinking slowly, he looked around the room and saw the IV drip stand next to his bed on the left side. Yunho sighed softly, trailing the wires until it stopped on the back of his left hand. He looked around from his left and found Seonghwa and Hongjoong sleeping on the couch, smiling softly at the scene before he looked over to his right side.

"Hey, bub." Mingi said softly and Yunho flinched in surprise before pouting. "Why didn't you say anything earlier, Min..?" Yunho slurred as he still felt a bit numb from the Anesthesia, making Mingi chuckled softly, stroking Yunho's hair softly and the latter leaned into his hand, closing his eyes.

"Sorry, I was watching you.." Mingi said sheepishly and Yunho opened his eyes to roll it at Mingi though he had a small smile on his face. "More like staring. What time is it?" Mingi checked his phone with his free hand as the other one was still on top of Yunho's head. "8.30 pm. You were out of the surgery about 1 and a half hour ago."

Yunho hummed and tried to pat his stomach where the bandage was when Mingi stopped him. "No. Don't touch it, bub." Yunho whined, pulling his hand from Mingi's hold weakly. "But why?? I wanna see it.."

"It's all bandaged anyway. You won't be able to see the stitches. Not until they redress it."

Yunho puffed up his cheeks, gave up on his stomach and held Mingi's hand instead. "What happened exactly? I wasn't really aware of what happened back at home."

"Appendicitis. The doctor had removed your appendix. It was nearly burst though but they managed to remove it before it actually burst. You need 2 to 3 weeks to heal