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Four is laying down on the couch on a early , EARLY Sunday morning . They both fell asleep last night watching BFDI . four lazily rubs his eyes awake and checks his phone to see what time it was. it was 7:30 ! they should've been up an hour ago to start hosting ! how could he of forgotten ? Four quickly shakes X awake the blanket falling off of x onto the cleaned floors . (four and x cleaned for the first time in months yesterday but it was mostly X)
"mmuh...." x groans from the sudden awakening "huh..." " four whats wrong ?" x sits up quickly and yawns . "is everything alright?"
"x its 7:30 ! we should've been up, like an hour ago to host BFB and think of challenges . i cant believe we slept in ! " four says jumping up from the sofa and pacing around . "now what are the contestants gonna think of us X ?? "
"four you realize its Sunday , right " X stares at him in confusion "its our day off..."
four stops pacing almost instantly when he heard that "oh." ..
he just stares at x
and stares
... and stares .. for 5 minutes or so
"so foury what do you wanna do?" x says while he stands up and stretches
"hmm" four says tapping his chin like hes actually thinking of the right answer -- maybe he is . who knows . "lets make some breakfast ?"
"sounds good to me! are we just gonna have a relaxing day?" X says while grabbing fours hand and looking him in the eyes .
fours a bit flustered from the hand holding and eye contact from his best friend , leaving a light blush across his face "uh.. i.. yes . relaxing day"
x lets go of his hand and breaks eye contact to go to the kitchen
after eating breakfast and yapping as doing so they decide to go up to their bedroom . thing is , x forgot he had something on his desk from last night laying out.
four happily goes to the bed room following x . once they enter the room though , four almost immediately notices the stuff on X's desk . this stuff consists of multiple razors , gauze (including some bloody used gauze), bandage , medical tape , and peroxide . X notices the mess he left as four walks over to it >
"oh my .. X There's blood ! are you hurt ? what happened ? is every thing okay ?" four rushes up to x and grabs his shoulders . x looks away from four trying to avoid any eye contact . "why are there razzzzo- oh." the realization is so obvious. four lets go of x"s shoulders and just stands up straight .
x grabs his shoulder with his hand"i'm sorry four" four grabs his mouth in shock
"where are they" four manages to mumble
"legs,," x's eyes are starting to tear up
"can i see, please? please?" four quickly blurts out straight after x speaks his voice mumbling together his words
x pulls up his over sized pajama pants about up to his mid-thigh area . almost fresh cuts from his foot all the way up to his knee . his entire leg is covered it seems .
tears ...
the tears are immediate from four
shortly after four breaks down crying x cries too . its not like four to cry . but seeing his lover crush best friend be in pain , he would obviously cry .
Four brings x into a tight hug . X nuzzles his face into fours neck and grabs at his shirt on the back . He holds on to four like four would disappear . Maybe he would , X wouldnt put it past him. four pulls away from the hug and just stares into X's eyes . He couldn't look away , how could he look away at X's beautiful eyes ? Four wipes X's tears off her face and eyes .
"X can i clean them?" Four asks gently , expecting anything but yes to be the answer . Surprisingly he gets the one answer he wasn't expecting to hear from X. X's lips move slowly being afraid of saying something wrong . His words are barely audible but four hears . Four KNOWS when to listen , even if hes being a bit stubborn sometimes.
"uhm .. just be gentle... please?" X crosses his arms , not in a mean way shes just trying to make herself seem smaller . four gently guides her to X's bed , so gentle as if she was glass . X sits on the edge of the bed and four sits in the floor on his knees in front of his legs. X squeezes his eyes shut being prepared for pain but instead hes met by gentle , sweet movements by the softest hands shes ever felt on his legs . What would it be like to hold those gorgeous hands?
"I'm here . Its okay , you can open your eyes i wont hurt you" four gently lifts up both legs of the pants . The cuts don't seem deep enough to scar but that doesn't matter . What matters is the fact X hurt herself and they HAVE to protect X at all costs . "X there's not enough materials to clean these properly.. you might have to shower.. I know it'll burn and sting but they need cleaned"
"Will you talk to me while i shower? sit on the floor and just talk to me?" X nervously asks . She doesn't want to scare four off by asking a weird question such as that .
"of course i will. go ahead and get in the shower and ill get you some clothes picked out." Four softly puts X's pant legs back down and stands up and heading over to their shared closet . X walks over to the bathroom in their room looking back at four one more time and four doesn't even notice. What did X do to deserve him? Not much . X knows shes a horrible person and she shouldn't deserve anyone or anything as good as Four . Something in X wants to ask four to shower with him but they arent dating and that's something partners do well that.s something he wished they were and plus its be awkward to ask .
X slides his pajama pants off and his shirt . its just his undergarments now . He just stares in the mirror for a bit before taking his curls out of the tight hair bow hes had in there all day and night . He unclips his bra and slides it off and following with pulling down his underwear and stepping out of them. He throws his clothes into the dirty laundry basket and starts the shower . They have one of those huge showers with the square head . It was surprising when they bought the tiny home. Its two bedrooms but the other one is so small they share the master bedroom and use the little on for storage. maybe one day they'd have a use for the room , a pet room , a kids room , or maybe just kept as storage. X got so lost in his thoughts he's still standing in front of the mirror and zoning out . what gets him out of his thoughts is four knocking the door and asking a question .
"Are you in the shower yet? can i come in?" X hurrys up and climbs in the shower . The pain is immediate . It stings so bad X winces in pain . Its not as bad as when he first cuts but it still burns horribly .
"Come in" X manages to mumble out and four comes in and places X's new fresh clothes on the sinks counter . Four sits on the floor criss crossed and waiting for X to be comfortable enough to talk. "thank you four , thank you for caring"
"my pleasure" Four responds . He wants to help X . He LOVES X why wouldnt he?
"Four i have a question - And you d-dont have to if you dont want to of course i dont want to force you! i was just wondering if you want to join me in the shower? ITS OKAY IF NOT!" the question catches four off guard and makes him flustered.
"i-if you're comfortable X.. id love to" four stands up and takes off his sweatpants and shirt . He takes off his bra and underwear and lazily throwing them into the laundry basket , his shirt not making it in.
Four closes his eyes and steps in standing in the far corner keeping his eyes closed. X goes up to him .
"four you can open your eyes .. i dont bite" X giggles when he says that last part. Four slowly opens his eyes and immediately he blushes his entire face turning a deep shade of blue.
"your really pretty" Four admits bluntly
"Thanks ... you too " Four and X make eye contact for a bit
"X i have something to tell you" four breaks the eye contact looking around now seeming very interested in the shower wall
"hmm yeah what is it four"