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If we had 5 more minutes

Summary:

"Cale, you need to tell me what’s going on!" Alberu yelled. His hands were closed into tight fists.

“Why should I?” Cale defiantly looked him in the eye.

"You’ve been so suspicious!"

"Oh so you think I’m cheating?" Cale narrowed his eyes, his body backing off.

"You leave at night! You don’t even sleep in our bed anymore!” Alberu only got louder and more aggressive.

"I see how it is.” A tear flowed down Cale’s face. Alberu softened seeing it but couldn’t tame the unbridled anger within him.

"You didn’t even deny it."

"I didn’t cheat on you." Tears flowed faster and faster, Cale couldn’t breathe. “I didn’t. I love you…”

Alberu clenched his teeth. He didn’t know what to do.

“I truly love you…” Cale whispered.

———

Or, Cale is dying but no one except him (and his APs) know, not even his lover.

Notes:

Probably won’t be updated for a while, really sorry! But I wanted to just put it up first and see if anyone likes this idea.

Hope you enjoy reading! (There isn’t much angst yet, don’t worry!)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1

Chapter Text

Sunlight streams into the room from between the curtains. Three piles of paper on the floor next to the couch lay dormant even as the gentle wind in the room circulates.

 

The couch and the floor near it is decorated by small crumbs, the only areas spared from its contamination is the area around the three piles and a neatly organised desk.

 

The gold gilded desk held more stacks of paper. Where the sunlight hit, it would reflect back at a higher intensity.

 

The wardrobe was no better. Though it was not as near, the wardrobe faced contamination of a different kind.

 

Between the fancy, royal clothing were clothes that were smaller, daintier almost. While the fancy clothes were bombed with miniscule details, the smaller shirts were simple and plain.

 

In the midst of all of this, lay 2 noblemen. The sunlight that poured in highlighted all their best features. Their skins gave off a golden glow and the hair a myriad of red and black.

 

"Alberu, the sun's too bright." Red eyes squinted and furrowed. Cale lightly gave his lover a nudge, as if telling him to do something about the sun. “Close the curtain for me, please?”

 

"Why me?" The Crown Prince frowned as he made eye contact with the ex-Commander. "You can do it."

 

"My loveliest Alberu, Sun of the Roan Kingdom, the light of my-" A gentle kiss interrupted Cale.

 

"Sigh, shut up. I'll do it." Alberu with great effort lifted his body up. He looked towards their bedside table and grabbed his necklace. "I have a meeting anyways, you can sleep in."

 

"Another meeting?" Cale begrudgingly sat up behind Alberu.

 

"I said you could sleep in." Alberu turned and raised an eyebrow at Cale. His lover usually despised the idea of getting out of bed if it was before noon.

 

"Yes, yes." Cale leaned down to give Alberu a kiss on his bare shoulder before he slipped the necklace out of Alberu's hands and clasped it around Alberu’s neck for him.

 

"Oh, thank you." Alberu flashed Cale a smile.

 

"Whatever, now you're really the Sun of the Roan Kingdom, the Glory of all-" Cale laid back down with a smirk.

 

"No." Alberu shut Cale down before he could tease him any further.

 

Unlike Cale, who had a habit of sleeping with all of his clothes on (because he used to sleep with the children), Alberu typically slept shirt off.

 

Golden hair tousled as he grabbed a dress shirt from the bedside table and wore it. Then, as promised previously, he closed the curtains fully.

 

He may not have been able to see it but he could definitely feel Cale's loving gaze on him.

 

Alberu walked to their now shared wardrobe and grabbed a few garments he thought would go well together.

 

Ever since his lover was able to move in with him, Alberu’s requested the removal of a personal servant who would normally dress him for Cale’s comfortability. Besides, it wasn’t as if Alberu was incapable of dressing himself.

 

As he was dressing himself, Alberu noticed an absence of any quips that would have come from Cale by now. He looked over at his other half and was met with the sight of Cale peacefully back to sleep.

 

Once Alberu was done, he walked over and sat on the side of their bed. He combed his hand through Cale’s hair and let out a sigh.

 

“If you were any prettier, I think my heart would explode.” His hand continued its motion, as though massaging Cale’s scalp.

 

Once he had his fill of caressing his lover, he stood up and walked to the door.

 

“I love you.” With that, Alberu opened the door and left their room.

 

——

 

Cale woke up and felt like absolute shit. The sun was too bright and the whole room felt like an incinerator.

 

“Alberu, the sun’s too bright.” He let out a whine. The process of opening his eyes felt nearly impossible and when he did manage to do it, he was practically blinded.

 

-Cale, are you okay?
-I think the body is sick

 

‘Ugh, this feels like when I overuse record and I didn’t even do anything.’

 

Cale lightly bumped against Alberu in an attempt to shift the blanket off of him. Everything was too hot, too heavy.

 

“Close the curtain for me, please?” His body felt as though it weighed a hundred tonnes.

 

-Why aren’t you healing?
-Where’s the crybaby?

 

“Why me? You can do it.” The two made eye contact but Cale could barely tell apart Alberu’s features.

 

-Crybaby?
-God XXXX it.

 

"My loveliest Alberu, Sun of the Roan Kingdom, the light of my-" Cale tried to tease his lover into doing it but got something even better out of it, a kiss.

 

"Sigh, shut up. I'll do it. I have a meeting anyways, you can sleep in." Alberu conceded to him.

 

"Another meeting?" Cale used his shaking hands to push his body into a sitting position.

 

-Cale, I think it would be best if you stayed down.

 

"I said you could sleep in." Alberu turned and raised an eyebrow at Cale, not that Cale could really see it but he could feel it.

 

"Yes, yes." Cale’s body slumped down. To hide it, he gave his lover a kiss on the shoulder then with great effort, brought his hand in front.

 

Instead of hugging Alberu, the hand lost strength and fell onto Alberu’s hand. Cale grabbed Alberu’s necklace and then put it on for him, pretending as though that was his intention.

 

-Cale, you need to rest
-Lie back down!

 

‘I don’t want to worry Alberu.’

 

"Oh, thank you." Alberu flashed Cale a smile.

 

-Lie down!

 

"Whatever, now you're really the Sun of the Roan Kingdom, the Glory of all-'' Cale laid down with a smirk.

 

"No." Alberu shut Cale down before he could be teased any further.

 

-Crybaby, explain!
-God XXXX where the XXXX is the crybaby?

 

As Alberu did his usual morning routine, Cale kept his eyes on him.

 

‘I feel like I’m dying.’

 

-Hang in there!
-I think you should just sleep first, we’ll find the crybaby in the meantime.

 

‘Okay, thanks…’

 

With that, Cale drifted into the land of sleep…

 

 

 

 

Only to be woken up by intense nausea.

‘Shit.’

Chapter 2

Summary:

-The Crybaby may not be ignoring us on purpose
-What do you mean?
-He better XXXXX not be

‘Yes?’

-In the time we’ve been arguing, I haven’t been able to feel his presence at all
-Wait what
-XXXX
-XXXXXXX XXXXX

Notes:

So uh… happy one year anniversary of this fic? …even though it’s only the second chapter?

Haha. I swear I posted this last week and now it’s already been a year. How we love the power of procrastination and avoidance.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading this fic! Apologies as it may seem disconnected at times due to the fact that it’s been slowly written over a period of a year.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

‘Shit.’ “Ugh.”

“Human?” The children had been up for a while, whilst waiting for Cale to wake up so that they could start the day with breakfast together.

All three of them perked up from their positions on Alberu’s side of the bed and quickly looked over at him when they heard him make a sound.

Cale slowly got up and spotted his the kids on Alberu’s side of the bed. Raon, noticing Cale’s pale complexion, immediately barreled (flew) towards Cale’s side.

-Cale!
-Cale, you should probably grab a bucket.

“Raon, bucket.” Cale lurched forward with a hand over his mouth, trying to prevent himself from puking all over his lover’s bed. “Please.”

In a flash, a bucket was under his mouth. Cale’s body shook as he threw up whatever was left undigested from the previous night’s dinner. He refused to look down at the puke for fear he may gag even more and instead, his eyes shifted to the children.

The concerned cats carefully approached him, their tails swinging slowly behind them, their paws taking feather-light and cautious steps. Raon remained flying next to him, not quite sure of what to do or how to help him.

In a sudden, with a few quick steps and a fast hop over Cale’s legs, On shifted into her human form right as her feet touched the ground. She reached her hands out to move Cale’s hair out of his face and gently pat his back in a soothing motion.

-Oi oi oi! Where’s the Crybaby!
-Don’t shout.
-Sorry, Cale.

‘I thought I couldn’t get sick anymore.’

-…
-I don’t think this is being sick
-Crybaby’s been extremely silent all day…

‘…’

Cale continued hurling and throwing up until nothing else came out. Seeing that he no longer had any more to puke up, Raon removed the bucket and gently landed on Cale’s lap.

“Do you want to move back a bit so that you can lie on the headboard?” On softly asked as she moved to sit on the edge of the bed.

Hong leaned on Cale’s side and slowly lowered his head until it was touching Cale’s lap before rubbing his face against Cale.

“It’s okay, thank you.” Cale tried his best to smile at the children but it fooled no one, especially so when his hands were still trembling beside him. Said children continued to frown at him.

“Cale, are you sick, nya?” Hong asked as he subconsciously started to ‘knead cookies’ on the side of Cale’s lap.

“Do you need some water? We could call someone to bring you a glass.” On’s hands remained focused on Cale’s hair, slowly tying it into a loose ponytail up with a piece of ribbon found on the bedside table.

“I’m fine. It’s probably nothing.” Cale reached out to pat Raon and Hong with his right hand while his left hand supported him.

-I don’t think it’s nothing
-Can someone XXXXing get Crybaby to answer?

‘…’

“Human hasn’t done anything recently though? You’ve only been slacking, how could you fall sick?” Raon tilted his head.

On finished with the tying and stacked some pillow behind Cale before placing the back of her hand against his head to help him slowly lean back against them. “I thought you had an ancient power which is able to heal you?

Cale gave them a noncommittal shrug, he couldn’t answer their questions since he himself lacked the answers to them. “I’m not quite sure either.”

‘Do you guys know anything?’

-Sorry…
-No response from Crybaby
-Where’s that XXXX! Don’t tell me he’s ignoring us!
-Mmm

‘…’

Cale sunk more deeply into the soft stack of pillows behind him and his hands moved to prevent him from completely submerging in the land of clouds. (His hands propped him up if the description didn’t make sense.)

“We should tell Lemonade gramps or Goldie gramps!” Hong straightened and perked up whilst looking up at Cale with his eyes wide and expectant. “They’ll know what to do, nya!”

Cale closed his eyes and hummed for a while, considering the possible outcomes of telling Ron and Eruhaben. Would Eruhaben be able to figure out the situation and create a solution or cure for whatever it was he was dealing with? Ron would most likely give him a very scary expression.

-The Crybaby may not be ignoring us on purpose
-What do you mean?
-He better XXXXX not be

‘Yes?’

-In the time we’ve been arguing, I haven’t been able to feel his presence at all
-Wait what
-XXXX
-XXXXXXX XXXXX

‘Hm…’

He definitely did not absorb the ancient power as he’s pretty sure he would have been aware if he had done so and absorbing the ancient power would have improved his health rather than hurt him…

…

“…We can tell them at a later time.” Cale opened his eyes and gazed softly at Hong. “I want to see if I can figure this out on my own first. It may be something only I can figure out…”

Hearing his reply, On’s eyebrows creased together and she frowned deeply at Cale. “You’re hiding something from us.”

On changed back to the form she was most comfortable with and hopped onto his lap next to Raon, capturing Cale’s attention fully.

“I can’t convince you to tell us everything but if your health deteriorates severely, promise me that you’ll tell someone.” On stared intensely at Cale, her body high and paws jabbing sharply into his thigh. With the way she was sitting, she was at eye-level with Cale.

At this, Cale’s mouth gently creased upwards and he reached his right hand to gently pat the top of On’s head. He made sure to look On in the eyes as he responded.

 

“Of course.”

Notes:

…Haha, we both know he’s not telling the truth.

Anyways, I hoe you enjoyed this story and have a nice day! :D

Notes:

Thanks for reading! I would appreciate it if you could spare a minute to comment your thoughts or give me a kudos, if not, that’s okay too, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and hopefully find a fanfic you enjoy! :D

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