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He always liked the fact that his husband always knew when something was wrong with him. But today was one of those days that he didn't want his husband to know what was wrong.
Tsukasa woke up feeling sick, but of course he wouldn't let his husband know it. Today was one of his all time big shows
If akito knew he was sick, he would stay at home taking care of him instead of being at his event.
And tsukasa would not forgive himself if akito wouldn't be able to go to his event that he kept talking about.
He just needed to keep quiet!! At least until akito left.
He got up,and he sat his ass back down. His body would not let him get up. Took too much energy. At least he was glad that akito wasn't there at that moment, or else he would definitely be staying home with him.
He spent at least a good twenty minutes gathering up the energy to get up from the bed. Gosh he felt awful.
But of course akito didn't need to know that. Fake it till you make it they said??well he also told himself that more often than he would like to admit. but that was not the point!! The point was that he was gonna fake being not sick in front of his husband just so akito could be able to go to the venue. That would be easy since he's an actor. But his body would definitely not make it easy tho.
He finally was able to go downstairs without feeling like dying. But of course the person he was trying to ignore was cooking while wearing an apron,cute. Akito proclaimed to be a strong, nonchalant, dude. But behind those doors,he was a real softie, he even was wife material.
"morning honey..I'm making breakfast.." and of course he needed to have the cutest smile ever.
He knew that if he talked,his voice would betray him. He knew that since that morning,he tried doing his vocal training like he does every morning,but to no avail. He sounded like a dying pig,maybe even worse?yeah. Definitely worse. He sounded like a dying dolphin trying to eat a pufferfish while trying to get high from the poison. He was cooked
He just waved at akito ,after that he sat down at the dining table, trying to figure out what to do with such an attentive husband. Last time he tried hiding something from akito, it ended up with akito saying he sucked at hiding secrets. And the time before that,akito knew the second he wasn't looking at him. It was definitely scary..but he could manage!! hiding such a little lie to his precious husband would be a piece of cake.
He finally cleared his voice before speaking
"hey—" ...the fact that he cleared his throat did not help. It even made it worse. He looked at akito who was holding back laughter,he wanted to end himself.
But he avoided eye contact with him at all costs,he had no idea how he looked like,and he didn't wanna know.
All he knew was the fact that his face was sticky and humid. Probably looked sick as fuck. Akito didn't know that and it was gonna stay like that.
"tsukasa?do you feel alright?you look kinda pal—"
Akito was immediately cut off by a loud idiot
"WHAT. Of course not."
To be fair,akito knew at that moment that there was something wrong with his husband,but he didn't wanna push his lover's boundaries. The media may call him a cold singer,but everyone he knew personally ,knew that he was a big softie. Especially for his husband.
"you good 'kasa?"
His voice. Oh my gosh. I knew he was an angel but hearing his voice right now...oh gosh I'm in heaven.
Now he's walking closer oh my gosh oh my gosh..
"Are you good?"
The angel. Yeah,the angel just talked to him.
"An..angel.."
Akito just looked at him with a look of surprise,he was used to his husbands antic but just him looking high while calling akito an angel was something else.
Something was definitely wrong.
He was either high,drank too much the night before (which was a high possibility) or he was just sick over something minor.
After some bickering back an forth, well mostly akito teasing tsukasa, they finally started to eat dinner
This doesn't taste anything..fuck. I know akito spent at least a good twenty minutes preparing this for me..just for me to not taste anything. Damn..I hate being sick..but I need to pretend to taste something..yeah..or else he would be suspicious of me. And that means he would stay home taking care of me,which is not what I want.
Oh gosh. It was getting worse. His head was spinning, his mind was blurry. If akito knew how he was feeling it,he told akito that he would take a nap,but he couldn't even sleep.
His body was aching everywhere,he felt hot,too hot.
Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours...he had no idea how long he just spent laying down.
All he knew was that akito was still there. Which was bad. Really bad. He was starting to lose it.
He heard the bedroom door open,
"Tsukasa?how are you feeling?I know you went to sleep at 2 am yesterday—or today?...ah..you get it..."
The angel himself asked him that.
If he let akito take care of him,he would miss his event and be there for tsukasa...but if he didn't,tsukasa would be more sick and akito would be at his venue. akito would be there for him the next day anyways..
He was too buzzed to even think about his wonderful plan of not telling akito. To be fair,he wanted his husband to take care of him,really badly.
"Just let me take care of you... you clearly need it...you suck at hiding stuff..."
His voice was really comforting...maybe I could actua—....
he was gone. Akito just disappeared in front of him. He was never there to begin with.
Fuck.
Maybe he was more sick than he thought? Maybe he was just losing it.
Did akito actually make him breakfast that morning?
He used all his strength and went downstairs
No plate,no nothing. There was nothing in the kitchen,
Fuck.
He was either insane or hella sick. No in-between...this was wayyyy more bad than he thought. It's just a small cold,he catches something way worst. How was he going to tell akito that? How would he even know which akito was real or not? Where the hell was the medication anyways? That was too much questions...he just wanted...to..slee...
He finally got back home,
His work shift was finally over, he also needed to check on tsukasa,this morning when he woke up,tsukasa was still fast asleep,his forehead was hot and sticky. But that was normally the after math of when he drank too much. Which he probably did!
But he still needed to check on him.yeah he may be dumbass for drinking too much,but he was his dumbass.
He opened the front door, expecting a yellow sonic to come running at him to greet him,but he received nothing. No beaming greetings,no nothing..
Something was definitely wrong. Soo soo wrong.
"Tsukasa??...... TSUKASA...!?!?!?"
There he was. Laying on the ground.face first...and he was burning up. Definitely burning.
This wasn't just a hangover. It was something way worse. Maybe a stomach bug?no..a stomach bug wouldn't do that.
Yet, that wasn't the problem.
The problem was that his husband was knocked unconscious on the ground of the kitchen.
Saying that he was worried was an understatement, he was PANICKING.
His husband whose immune system was surprisingly strong was knocked out cold.
That stupid actor...always getting in trouble..
He picked him up and put him on the sofa. That idiot...
"A-akito?...is that actually you...."
"Yeah?what happened...you were knocked out cold..."
Oh wow...it was actually him....but what if he was not?what if he was still a fragment of his imagination..
He didn't know what to do....was his crazy? Or just dumb. Maybe he was both?
He's either crazy for imagining akito or dumb or letting akito know he was sick.
"A-akito....Uhm..if it's actually you...I'm sorry..."
Akito was confused as to why he was apologizing,he was the sick one after all...
"Ehh??....why are you apologizing?"
...why? He actually had no idea...was it because he worried akito? Or the fact that akito would have to miss his venue to take care of him? Oh gosh... decisions.. decisions...he mind was too mushed...too blurry to even ...think.
That damn idiot just fell asleep,just there. Akito was about to lose it...his idiot was too sick to even process what was going on. He was definitely gonna beat him when he would be alright.
A few days flew by and tsukasa was feeling better
"Sooo.....you never told me why you were apologizing for..."
"Ah..well remember your venue?...well I didn't wanna tell you that I'm sick because that would mean you would miss the event..."
Akito just..blinked.
"Venue?..event?"
And tsukasa blinked back.
Did he get the dates wrong?
Was it his sick imagination?
"I never had an event that day."
So...that meant he didn't even have to fake being fine in the first place...!?!?!