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In front of him buried amongst the bed sheets and pillows Cale shifts and slowly awakens. Hair a complete mess, his clothes all wrinkled, and shown on his face was nothing more than exhaustion.
His cheeks still had a little bit of a red tint to them, and Choi Han wondered if the fever still hadn’t completely disappeared.
Slowly Cale lifts himself and sits up, his eyes look glazy and clearly not taking note of what is around him, he lazily blinks once, twice, trice…
Choi Han honestly believes that Cale will fall asleep once again at any moment.
Some minutes pass like that, with Cale starting to doze off, and waking himself up before sleep reclaims him once again. Still, it’s clear to him that Cale still hasn’t noticed that he’s also in the room.
More silence accompanies and then Cale finally seems to snap out of it and tries to get up, but instead of simply leaving the bed and walking away, the moment he lifts himself up one of his hands goes to his head, a hiss leaves his lips and he falls back into the bed.
Of course by the time that Cale comes back to himself Choi Han had already abandoned the chair he was sitting in, and is now sitting beside Cale in the bed.
Cale finally notices that he is not alone, and glances back to where Choi Han was sitting, the chair is now dropped over the floor
A questioning glance is thrown at him (one of Cale’s eyebrows going up, and the other staying in its place), but right now Choi Han has other priorities.
“Good morning Cale. Sleep well?”
Cale looks once again back, where the chair is still on the floor, but quickly realizes that he’ll get no answer from Choi Han and decides to forget about it.
“Good morning. Yes.”
Cale offers no more answers and he realizes that the conversation will depend on him keeping it alive.
“I’m glad to hear. Are you feeling better?”
Cale passes one of his hands over his hair, it quickly gets tangles on all of the knots that have formed, Cale gets it out but now a frown forms on his face. Annoyance clearly on it. “Yes. The medicine and sleeping really helped.”
Choi Han really didn’t expect Cale to answer with the truth, the habit of not being honest with his health is one of the many bad ones that Cale possesses. By this point Choi Han is more than familiar with it, still, familiarity doesn’t help at quelling the annoyance that is born out of Cale’s lie.
“Oh, really. Then if you are feeling better now, why you are unable to even get up, and,” Choi Han’s hand goes to Cale’s forehead, and yes, “your fever is clearly still going strong.”
Choi Han is aware that he’s currently smiling his ‘I’m about to ruin your whole life smile’, but considering the situation, he thinks that a little bit of fear is what Cale needs to feel.
“Ah, oh well, that’s because…” Barely awake yet Cale is already on his way to create some kind of elaborate scheme that will allow him to do as he desires, in any other moment Choi Han would be more than happy in allowing his boyfriend to plan and do as he desires, but considering that whatever Cale is trying to do right now will come at the price of his health, Choi Han isn’t really going to allow it this time.
“And also, why were you trying to get up, is there something you need me to bring you?”
Cale answers nothing, and opts instead to simply stare at him, by this point Cale must have realized that whatever he was planning won’t work on Choi Han.
“I wanted to go to the kitchen, to get something to drink.”
Well, that was something that could easily be solved, “and what would you like to have? Lemonade? Milk? Juice? Oh, I think we still have some of Ron’s lemon tea.”
“Just water, I just want water. But Choi Han.”
“Yes, Cale?”
“I assure you that I am capable of going to the kitchen myself.”
“Are you?” Is what he said, but to Cale, it was clear, even if you were able to I won’t allow you to.
Message clear Cale simply sighed and put a hand over his eyes, and as Choi Han was leaving the room he heard Cale murmur ‘it’s too early for this’. Choi Han had no intention of telling Cale that it was already the afternoon.
As long as it keep Cale from doing something that would harm him, Choi Han had no problem in lying or even deceiving whatever was it that Cale thought.
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“Here’s your water.”
“Thanks.”
Silence, Cale is simply staring at the glass of water.
“Is there a problem, Cale?”
“No ice?”
“You are still sick”
“Okay.”
Cale silently drinks his water, he goes then back to sleep.
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He awakens some hours later, this time Cale does manage to get up, but when he stands he wobbles on his feet a little.
Once again Choi Han is immediately at his side, and gently moves Cale back to his bed.
“Is there anything you need Cale?”
“Choi Han where’s my laptop?”
“I don’t see why you need it right now.”
“I need to finish work, the draft was almost com-”
“Cale, you are still sick, and while you remain sick there will be no work for you.”
“It’s just a fever Choi Han, there’s no need for you to-”
“Cale, last time you had ‘just a fever’ you ended up passing out and wherein the hospital for 3 days.”
“I won’t be able to change your mind right?”
“No.”
Cale sighs but goes back to sleep.
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“No, no, no, no Cale, please go back to bed, I will bring you your food in no time. I think we still have some of yesterday’s meal leftovers.”
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“Where are you going?”
“To the bathroom? I feel dirty and want to take a shower, and brush my teeth?”
“Oh, Okay!”
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“Choi Han…”
“Yes Cale?”
“Did you really change the bed sheets while I was in the bathroom?”
“And also put them on the washing machine already. Don’t worry yourself with that.”
“You know what? I’m just going back to sleep.”
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“What are you looking or Cale?”
“The TV remote, and before you ask, I just want to watch a movie ok? I won’t be able to fall back asleep and I need something to distract myself with.”
“Oh, okay! Here it is.”
“Thanks. Wait, where you hiding the fucking control with you?”
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“Yes Choi Han I’m perfectly able to drink my medicine. I don’t need you to do anything.”
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“I’m just going to walk around in the room, okay? I’ve been all day laying down and I’m already sick of it.”
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“Just going to the bathroom, there’s no need to worry.”
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“Choi Han, where’s my phone?”
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“Look Choi Han whatever danger I can be for myself in this state in the kitchen, I assure you that it will be lesser as to the harm that will come to me if I eat your sad attempt at a dinner. So either you will let me cook dinner, or I eat whatever sin you create and let’s how that ends up.”
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“Choi Han.”
“Yes Cale.”
Cale simply lifts the bed sheet inviting him in, he wastes no time and quickly goes to lay next to Cale.
“Night.”
“Good night.”