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April woke up feeling achy, her eyelids so heavy she couldn't properly open her eyes. The bed was empty next to her as Ann had already left to go to work. She rubbed her eyes and groaned. Then coughed for 20 seconds straight. Great, now even her throat is sore ! She wished Ann would've been there to cuddle her and care for her. Speaking of, she decided to call her boyfriend, knowing they'd answer immediately. Surely enough, after two sharp rings, Ann picked up the phone.
"Hey honey, what's up ?"
April tried to speak but instead of words, only a faint breath left her lips. She then coughed again.
Ann's voice grew worried. "Baby, are you sick ? Are you okay ?"
"No." April managed to wheeze out.
"Hold on babe, I'll be there in ten minutes. Love you" Ann hung up. April softly sighed and buried her face in her pillow.
Ann rushed home after sending a short email to her boss announcing her leave. They stopped by a grocery store to buy April's favorite snacks. When they arrived home, they put down the brown paper bag and rushed upstairs to the master bedroom to find their girlfriend lying in bed, looking worse than a zombie. She must have fallen asleep because she did nit budge when they stepped into the room.
They took off their clothes and sat on the bed next to April's pale body. They gently touched her forehead with the back of their hand and winced feeling the heat and the sweat. They leaned down to kiss it and stood back up to wet a towel. After getting the towel ready, they opened the medicine cabinet to grab a couple pills. They made their way back to April and saw that she had woken up. Her eyes were glossy and looked tired but she smiled nonetheless when her boyfriend came in to sight.
Ann melted a little bit. They slowly approached the bed.
"Hi love, how are you holding up ?"
April mumbled something incomprehensive. Ann chuckled and gently peeled off the covers that April was hiding under. She groaned and started shivering. Ann cooed and gently kissed her back.
The cool towel soothed her headache and soon April relaxed on her pillow. She quickly fell back into a dreamless slumber. Ann stayed a few more minutes to rub April's back and change her towel. Ann made their way to the kitchen to make April's favorite, alphabet chicken noodle soup. After plating a bowl, they set the flu meds next to a cup of water on a tray and brought it back to the bedroom. After checking on April's forehead, they smiled. Her fever had gone down a bit. They gently shook her and whispered sweet words into her ear to wake her from her sleep.
Once April's eyes opened, she turned around to face Ann who had the softest smile on their face.
"Hey Ann, you're here" she whispered.
"Yeah babe, are you hungry ? I made your favorite !" Ann said cheerfully.
April turned her body to face the bowl of steaming hot soup and smiled widely, showing her cute gap tooth. She then turned back to face Ann and extended her arms.
"Help me get up ? 'M hungryyyy" she whined. Ann smiled and shook their head. Unable to refuse their girlfriend anything, they obliged, hooking their hands under her armpits and sitting her upright. Once she'd been comfortably settled, Ann grabbed the tray and put in on April's lap. She inhaled and sighed happily. Without a single word April dug in and moaned at the first bite. Ann looked at April with contempt, happy that she was feeling well enough to eat. April gobbled up her soup under 5 minutes. Ann handed April the pills and the glass of water. April frowned and pouted, obviously not wanting to swallow the disgusting medicine that will ruin the taste of chicken soup still lingering on her taste buds.
"Come on sweetheart, you know that you have to take those pills !"
April glared at her boyfriend. However the exhaustion in her eyes took away all the bite in her scowl. Ann smiled, knowing exactly what to say.
"I bought that cookie dough ice cream that you love on my way back home. Take the pills and go back to sleep, I'll open the tub and we can watch a movie later."
April rolled her eyes and looked down in defeat.
"Fine."
Ann smirked as April reluctantly grabbed the pills and swallowed them quickly. She winced, absolutely detesting the bitter taste that has replaced the comforting taste of chicken broth. April looked back up at Ann with yet again an angry face and sneered.
"Happy now !?"
"Yes, very."
April pouted and rolled over on her side, her back facing Ann's smug smile. After a few seconds, April softly spoke up.
"Could you rub my back again ?"
Ann chuckled. They loved when April showed her softer side in moments of weakness. For someone who often showed a hard exterior, April could be the softest person when she's sick. Ann set the tray on their nightstand and laid on their side of the bed. April whined softly and turned around to tuck herself against Ann's comfy chest. She rested her head on their shoulder smiled when she felt two, strong arms wrapping themselves around her waist. She let herself be held and lulled back to sleep under her boyfriend's loving touches.
A few hours later, April woke up to see that her boyfriend was wide awake, reading a book. April sat up to cuddle up to Ann nuzzle into their neck. Ann blushed and put her book down.
"Hey there sleepyhead. You were completely knocked out so I didn't want to wake you." April nodded.
"How considerate of you ! What time is it ? I'm hungry again" April gave Ann her irresistible wide puppy eyes, that damn stare that always made her boyfriend cave. Ann softly rolled their eyes, amused by April's antics.
"It's a little over six pm. Do you want to eat your ice cream now ?"
April's face lit up.
"YES PLEASE !"
"Alright, I'll go grab the snacks, you can chose a movie in the mean time."
April grabbed the tv remote as Ann left the room to go to the kitchen. April turned on the tv and mindlessly scrolled through Netflix before settling on her comfort movie (altho she would murder anyone who discovered that information) Pride and Prejudice.
Ann came back with two spoons and pints of Ben&Jerry's ice cream : Cookie dough for April and Mango for themself. They smirked at the tv screen. April glared at them.
"Not a fucking word."
Ann pretended to seal their lips to humor their girlfriend. They settled back next to her on the bed and handed her her ice cream. April grabbed her snack and wordlessly turned on the movie. As the opening credits began, the couple cuddled up to each other, both needing the comfort of each other's embrace. April had tucked herself against Ann's chest, curling up into fetal position. Ann laid their head on top of Aprils, and gently played with her messy and slightly damp hair.
Two hours went by quickly and by the time the end credits were rolling, both lovers were snoring into each other, their ice cream eaten only halfway and now fully melted. When the movie stopped, Ann woke up feeling a dull ache in their neck and their arm. They looked down to see that April was still asleep, her pint of ice cream dangerously tilting towards the mattress. Ann tried to shimmy themself out of their girlfriend's tight grip, but she growled and clung even harder to their chest in her sleep. Ann sighed and grabbed April's pint to set it aside with theirs on their nightstand and turned back to stroke April's head. April relaxed her grip but nuzzled closer into Ann's chest, letting out the most adorable snores. Ann melted and hugged their girlfriend a little tighter, thanking all the universe for sending such a perfect human being their way. They kissed April's head one last time before closing their eyes, deep sleep taking over them.
The end.