FELIX stared at the food getting closer to his mouth, his hands trembling weakly.

"Baby, I..."

Then, before he could say anything further, his stomach tightened at the thought of swallowing anything, and he could almost vomit. He gulped, closing his eyes to make the image of food go away.

"Baby, I can't! I'm sorry, I really can't!" He exclaimed, his voice weak and trembling with despair. He set down the food on the plate, and began sobbing his heart out, throwing himself between her arms.

"I-I'm really sorry..! I really can't! If I do, I'll throw up..."

Her jaw dropped at the sentence while she hugged him back, tighter than she ever thought possible.

"Baby. Sunshine, it's okay. I'm here, I promise..."

He shook his head, his voice weak, his vision blurry, his grip tightening over her torso but eventually, he could only feel himself fading away. The floor swung beneath his feet, making his eyes roll back in his head as he hugged her tighter.

"B-Baby... I think I'm going to pass out." He muttered helplessly, tears leaving his eyes.

"Sunshine, please stay with me."

He allowed his grip to loosen around her and for a moment, he gasped for air as he knew that he was so close to fainting.

"I can't... I'm sorry-"

Before he could continue his sentence, black dots began to form before his sight. He squeezed her body helplessly, seeking reassurance before he passed out, his body weak with exhaustion and hunger.

"Sunshine?"

His head dropped over her shoulder as a sign that he had already lost his consciousness. She planted a small kiss over his forehead before she slowly set him down on the bed, his frail body lying before her.

For a moment, she remembered Chan's conversation about his fears from earlier, and she gulped at the thought.

To both her and Chan's fears and dismay, Felix had already developed an eating disorder.

"Chan?" She called out a few minutes later, knocking on the door to Jeongin's room, hoping that Chan would be inside.

"Chan, please, come quick." She whispered to her older friend, pulling him out of the room.

Chan's stomach tightened in worry.

"What's going on? Is everything okay?"

She shook her head and dragged him inside her room, and watched as his face turned white.

"F-Felix?"

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"Is he going to be okay, doctor?"

The girl asked in Arabic, watching the doctor's relaxed expression in dismay.

"Yes. He's going to be alright. But, someone needs to make sure that he's at least eating something every once in a while. I know you said that he has an eating disorder, but he has to eat. That way, he can keep himself healthy."

She nodded, then turned to her seven friends while sighing heavily, then began to translate to them in Korean.

"Thank God..."

Hyunjin sighed and hugged Mal, his face still filled with worry.

"I was so worried."

She hugged each one of them and nodded, muttering a few words of reassurance.

"He's going to be okay." She assured, mainly to herself, then allowed herself to break down into tears, her heart racing with worry.

Despite the doctor reassuring her whatsoever.

"Please, Mal, don't cry... He will be alright."

Chan hugged her again, letting out a small tear in the process.

"I'm just... I'm just worried, that's all."

She sighed and sat down next to her friends, rubbing her temple.

"We need to help him..." Jisung stated, his voice trembling.

She nodded.

"Yeah. I'm going to remind him to eat every few hours, and I'll try to make him feel better about himself. He keeps calling himself fat and I don't like it."

They all sighed.

"I hope he doesn't call himself that anymore. He's losing a lot of weight."

She hugged Hyunjin closer to her, who was sitting right next to her, and cuddled him into her embrace.

"We're here for him. And you."

"I know..."

Han sighed, then got up from his seat and hugged his friend, his body shaking with fear.

"We really miss you..."

Mal nodded, tears escaping her eyes.

"I really miss you all too," she replied as she rubbed his back, "so much."

The seven then brought themselves closer to the girl's embrace and wrapped her in a tight, passionate group hug.

"It's going to be okay," Chan assured, his voice low, "I promise."

They all nodded at that, hugging each other closer.

"Yeah. Everything will be fine."

Mal nodded at that, worried tears escaping her eyes.

For all she knew, she hated their current situation.

She thought that her friends died, but to her horror, they weren't. Instead, they were suffering and going through traumatizing events without her.

Especially Felix.

And for all she knew as well, she was also traumatized.

And she didn't need another trauma added to her by the eating disorder Felix had developed.

For all she knew, she wanted to protect him with all her might.

She wanted to be his safe place.

"Everything will be alright."

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