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Chuuya felt like actual shit. He couldn't stop coughing and sneezing. He was dizzy and his head ached horribly. He did not feel good. He would never admit it, but he would love to be taken care of right at that moment. He would absolutely hate that any other day, he was just so incredibly miserable at the moment that he couldn't help feeling it. Just at that thought, he heard a knock at his door. God damnit. The one suicidal maniac he did not want to see was standing at his doorstep.
"What the hell-" he was cut off mid-sentence by a raspy coughing fit that racked his whole body. He heard Dazai wince at the sight, which pissed him off so much. He didn't need this assholes sympathy!
"You sound awful."
"Well I feel fantastic." He replied angrily. He suddenly felt a tickle in his nose and sneezed violently into his hands. He groaned and blew his nose with the blanket on his bed.
"Ew, don't blow your nose into your sheets! Damn slug! Don't you have tissues?" Dazai asked.
He pointed to a shelf on the other side of the room with a box of tissues on it. "I'm almosd oud, i'm saving theb for whed i really need theb. Blus, they're too far frob be." Chuuya replied, sniffling, attempting to clear the congestion in his voice.
Dazai walked over to the shelf with the tissues and grabbed it. "Blow your nose. I cant understand you." He threw the box of tissues over to Chuuya.
"I could've gotten theb byself! I don'd deed your help, asshole!" Chuuya yelled, instantly regretting it after feeling the soreness in his throat more prominently than ever. He grabbed at his neck and winced.
"I'm only here to help, dickhead. Mori called me to check in on you because you didn't come in, he just wanted to make sure you weren't dead. If you're going to be a bitch about this, it won't make it any easier for either of us. Just let me take care of you. Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Dazai replied, annoyed.
Chuuya just growled in response and blew his nose into the tissue, cringing at the wet noise it made. Dazai walked over to Chuuya's bed and sat at the end of it.
"Hey, you'll get sick if you're near me." Chuuya said blushing at how close he realized Dazai was. Why was he blushing? It was his cold, yeah that's it. His cold. Not because of this stupid suicidal idiot. Definitely just the fever.
Dazai smiled and giggled, which made Chuuya flush a deep shade of red- I mean, his cold made his face red! His cold! "You're so cute when you're sick and needy~"
"Hah?? I am not needy! Shut up, damn Dazai!" Chuuya replied angrily, trying to forget that Dazai just called him cute. Ah, damn Dazai. This cold was making his mind go crazy... He flopped back onto his bed and pulled himself back under the covers.
Dazai crawled next next to the sick boy and lay beside him. "D-dazai??" Chuuya internally cursed himself for stuttering. "You can't lay here! You'll definitely catch my cold!" Dazai just wrapped his arms around the boy.
"I heard that when you're sick, you need to have human contact to recover faster." Dazai replied nonchalantly. Chuuya scoffed.
"No way that's true, And I'm fine, I don't want you to catch my cold." It took Chuuya a minute before he realized just what he said. He cleared his throat, trying to compose himself. "I mean, uh, I don't want you anywhere near me, even if I am sick, you suicidal freak." He was full on blushing at this point. He's never had anybody be this close to him, and that person is Dazai!
"Can't you just accept this, Chuuya? You're literally dying, and I'm the only one who can cure you. Plus, you need to rest." Dazai sighed.
"I-I'm not dying!" Damnit, this asshole was making him so nervous. He probably had no idea how much he was making him feel at the moment. His mind was racing, his heart was pounding, he couldn't say a full sentence without stuttering. Maybe he really was dying...
Dazai just wrapped his arms tighter around Chuuya, implying that it was time for him to just shut up and let him spoon him.
Chuuya rolled over on his side and immediately got a chill when he felt Dazai's arms snake back around him.
"You cold Chuuya?" Chuuya could hear the smirk in that asshole's voice.
"Not anymore..." God, why was he acting like this. He really hated himself and Dazai right now.
A few minutes passed of silent breathing and cuddling. Chuuya wouldn't say it out loud, but he was ecstatic. He never knew cuddling with another person would feel this amazing. It was so wholesome. He loved every minute of it.
...Until the inside of his nose started to sting. It was so sudden and strong that he didn't even have time to move his hand up to pinch his nose in time to stifle. He just had to hold in his breath before he would sneeze so it wouldn't come out. When the tickle was too strong, he ducked his head forward into himself and sneezed. It wasn't really a sneeze, though. Nothing came out. No sound or anything. It just violently shook his whole body. He was praying Dazai didn't notice.
He felt Dazai's head lift up off the pillow they were sharing. Speak of the devil. "What was that?"
"N-nothing, Dazai, sorry for disturbing you.." Chuuya replied embarrassed.
"Was it a sneeze? Why'd you hold it in like that? You're supposed to let them out or you'll pop a blood vessel."
"Sorry, I didn't want to be loud and i didn't have anything to cover it with." He replied, blushing. Dazai just nodded and settled back down next to Chuuya.
For a moment, everything went back to normal. Unfortunately, that one tickle wasn't the end of it. It came back even stronger. Chuuya's breath hitched until he finally let it out. "Hih-hihh..! Hi-tssh! Heh-hhehhh... H-tSHHAH! hTSHHUH! Ugh..." He snuffled wetly. "Sorry... I'b so gross right now. Don'd you wand do leave?" He asked, hoping Dazai would say something sweet.
"Mm.. Chuuya, what did I say earlier? I'm staying with you until you get better. You can't work in this miserable state, okay? I don't care that you're gross. Everybody is gross when they're sick! No worries!" Dazai replied happily.
Chuuya's heart skipped a beat. He was so happy that Dazai was willing to stay with him even in his horrendous state.
"...Thank you for staying with me."