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Grian woke up to the sound of his alarm going off. He groaned at the annoying beeping sound and tried to get up to turn it off. But he found out that he was unable to move. Scar's arms were completely wrapped around Grian, making Grian unable to get up.
A small chuckle left Grian as he noticed this. He turned around in Scar's arms so that he was facing Scar and kissed him on his forehead "Scaaaaar, you need to wake up. You gotta let me go." Grian whispered, Scar only groaned and turned on his side, taking Grian with him.
Grian smiled and tried to get out of Scar's grip again but he was still stuck. "Scar, come on. I need to move." Grian said, Scar wrapped his arms even tighter around Grian "Noooooo-" He whined, Grian laughed "Yeeeesss-" He counteracted.
It was silent for a few seconds as Grian tried to get out of scar's grip, he was trying his hardest, yet it looked like it was barely a bother to Scar. Scar groaned "Make the stupid beeping stop." He whined, Grian rolled his eyes "I'm trying to, but somebody's kinda trapped me over here." Grian complained.
Scar finally opened his eyes, he inspected the position he and Grian were in as if he was trying to see if it was worth letting Grian go. The beeping must have really annoyed Scar because he finally let Grian go, Grian sighed and finally turned the alarm off.
The beeping finally stopped and it was quiet in the room again.
Grian felt arms wrap around him again as Scar tried to pull his back down. Grian chuckled "Scar, that alarm was set for a reason." Grian said, Scar just kept pulling at Grian's shirt, indicating that he wanted Grian to lay back down. "I need to get ready, but I'll be back early today. Okay?" Grian asked.
"Noooo, I forbid you from leaving me." Scar said, he sat up and wrapped his arms around Grian. "I'm not letting you leave." Scar said, Grian rolled his eyes again and checked the time. He would have to hurry if he let Scar keep this up, but maybe that was worth it.
"You forbid me?" Grian asked, Scar just nodded. "And what will I tell my boss hm?" Grian asked, Scar stayed silent for a few seconds before he finally answered "You could just quit, we don't need the money." Scar said as he tried to drag Grian to lay back down again.
Grian stayed upright, "I really like this job Scar, come on I don't want to be late." Grian said as he tried to get Scar's cold hands off of him. He had gotten a job as an architect, Grian had always thought that a job was something that you hated going to. But his new job proved that thought wrong.
Being an architect, designing buildings and then seeing those buildings being brought to life. Grian loved it. He had some really nice coworkers too. The days of eating lunch in an office all alone were over and for once Grian was actually happy to have to go to work. Or well he would be if Scar would actually let him go.
"Fine, just tell your boss that you'll be a few hours late because your boyfriend demanded that you cuddle him. I'm sure that he'll understand that." Scar said, Grian hummed "Sure, sure he will." Grian said sarcastically. "Exactly," Scar mumbled into Grian's shoulder.
"That was sarcasm, Scar." Grian said, Scar grunted "What, sorry I didn't hear you. Oh did you say that you'll stay with me and give me cuddles the whole day. Great, how nice of you. Now come lay back down." Scar said, Grian wanted to give in but he knew he couldn't.
"We can cuddle tonight." Grian said, he pushed Scar away from him but Scar kept his head against Grian's shoulder. Grian pushed Scar's head away gently, when he touched Scar's forehead he felt it burning up. Grian laid his flat hand on Scar's forehead. "Are you feeling alright Scar?" Grian asked.
Scar groaned again and shook his head, Grian got off of the bed walking towards the bathroom. But he stopped walking when he heard Scar whine again, he turned around "Don't leave meeeee." Scar said as he made grabby hands. "I'm not leaving you, I'm just getting a thermometer." Grian said as he disappeared into the bathroom.
He looked through the cabinets and grabbed the thermometer, turning it on as he walked back into Scar's room. Scar had laid down again, laying on his side facing Grian with his eyes open. "You're back!" Scar said, the grabby hands back in motion.
"I was gone for like twenty seconds, now open your mouth and say ahhh." Grian said with a smile on his face. He was concerned for Scar but he couldn't help but tease the man a little at his dramatic behaviour. Scar rolled his eyes, flinched, and opened his mouth.
Grian put the thermometer in Scar's mouth "Does your head hurt?" he asked, Scar nodded with a sad face. He looked a bit like a child, Grian thought that it was adorable. "And my stomach and it's cold and it's hot and everything just hurts." Scar whined, his words a bit slurred thanks to the thermometer.
"Hmmm," Grian just said as he waited for the thermometer to beep, he sat down next to Scar on the bed. The man took his chance and immediately snuggled up to Grian again. Grian just started going through Scar's hair with his hand, the man hummed in pleasure.
The thermometer beeped a few seconds later, Grian took it back out. "38.6," Grian read out loud, he put the thermometer on the nightstand and took his phone, opening the mansion's group chat. He quickly informed the rest that Scar was sick before putting his phone back down and getting back up.
"Get lots of rest, drink plenty of fluids and take some medicine." Grian started saying as he took his pajama shirt off "What, you're leaving me?" Scar asked from his position on the bed. Grian put his normal shirt on "Yeah, I have work." Grian said, Scar whined. "But I'm sick."
"And you're an adult in his own house with like ten servants. You're gonna be fine. Plus I'll be home before you know it." Grian said as he switched his pajama pants out for his normal clothes. "But none of those servants want to cuddle with meeee, come on," Scar argued.
"That's because you'll never let them go and they know it," Grian said, taking his phone and glasses back from the nightstand. "You know that I won't let you go and you still cuddle with me." Scar argued, Grian kneeled down in front of Scar and kissed his forehead "Yeah, that's because I'm your boyfriend." He said.
"I'll be back in like five hours, see you soon. And get some rest." Grian said as he left the room. He walked downstairs, starting to feel guilty about leaving Scar. He knew that Scar was an adult who could take care of himself, hell Scar was an assassin. And yet, Grian wanted to go back to him and stay with him.
But he had work to do, his boss wouldn't let him stay home just because his boyfriend was sick. Impulse ran up to Grian the second Grian walked in "Is it true?" Impulse asked, confusing Grian "Is what true?" Grian asked "Is Scar actually sick?" Impulse asked.
Grian looked at the other people in the room, trying to see if Impulse was joking. But the other people in the room seemed to be as serious about this as Impulse. "Yeah, he's actually sick. Why are you guys acting like that?" Grian asked.
Cleo stood up "On a completely unrelated note, I'm taking the day… no, the next three days off." Cleo said as they walked out of the room. "You can't just leave when things get hard!" Skizz called out after her. "Yes I can!" Grian heard Cleo say before he heard the front door close.
"So, I actually have a whole lot to do. You know, appointments to go to on the other side of the country. Such a bummer, such a bummer." Bdubs said, he too stood up and sped walked out of the room. "All of us know that you're lying," Skizz yelled after him. Grian looked at Skizz and Impulse, the only two left in the room besides him.
"What is going on? Why is everyone leaving?" Grian asked as he sat down. Impulse places some food in front of him. "Scar's sick." he said as if that answered all of Grian's questions. "Yeah I know that, but why would everyone leave because of that?" Grian asked as he started eating.
"Well you know how clingy Scar usually is, right?" Impulse asked, Grian nodded. "Yeah, that gets ten times worse when he's sick. To be honest I don't even know how you got out of that room." Impulse continued. Grian had noticed that Scat was more clingy but it hadn't been that bad.
"He's going to want to cuddle with every single person who gets close to his room. And the second you're in, you won't ever get out again." Skizz said, Impulse poked him in his side "That's an exaggeration. He just gets the person whom he cuddles with sick and then the sickness gets spread through the whole house." Impulse explained.
"So why aren't you two running off like the rest?" Grian asked, Skizz and Impulse grunted. "Well the house and mostly Scar still needs food. He can always cook for himself and I'm always allowed to take a break, unless when he's sick. He can't cook for himself when he's in the state that he's in now." Impulse said, Grian nodded in understanding.
"What's your excuse Skizz?" Grian asked, Skizz wasn't the cook. What reason did he have to stay there? "I don't wanna leave dipple dop here alone. Also I can't just leave Scar, that feels mean." Skizz said, Impulse let out a laugh "That's mean but making up a thousand excuses on why you can't stay here isn't?"
"I can't help it if I have a lot to do when Scar's sick." Skizz said with a shrug. Impulse turned around as an alarm went off, he walked to the stove and came back with a bowl of what looked to be soup. "Okay, if you're here to help then why don't you bring him his soup." Impulse said as he pushed the bowl of soup into Skizz' hands.
"I- uhm would love to but uhm-" Skizz said as he looked around the room, his eyes widend as they fell on Grian. "Grian, don't you need to go to work? You obviously need someone to drive you, come on. I'll bring you." Skizz said, he placed the soup down and took Grian's hand to pull him upright.
"I- well I do need to go to work. But now I feel bad about leaving you two with Scar." Grian said, debating if he should go to work or not. "Don't worry about us G, this isn't our first rodeo. You can go to work for a few hours." Skizz said with a smile on his face as he tugged on Grian's hand to get him out of the room.
Grian slowly nodded "Okay, take good care of him." Grian said as he let Skizz drag him out of the room. "Come on, fast before he changes his mind." Skizz said. Grian heard a chuckle come out of the kitchen followed by "Go Grian! Save yourself!"
Skizz got Grian outside and into the car. He drove Grian to work and they said their goodbyes.
Grian worked for hours, but he couldn't stop thinking about Scar. He knew that the man was fine but he still worried. He wanted to be with Scar. When Grian told this to his friends his new boss overheard and told him that he could leave a bit earlier.
So an hour earlier than expected Grian called Skizz to come pick him up. Skizz appeared in no time "Thank you for picking me up" Grian said as he got into the car. "No thank you, I got out of walking into Scar's room again. Can you believe that Impulse didn't believe me when I told him that I needed to come get you." Skizz said as he started the car.
Grian could in fact believe that but he didn't say anything about it.
It didn't take too long before Grian and Skizz arrived back at the mansion. Grian walked in and was about to go straight up the stairs when Skizz pulled his arm "You can get to your lover in a second, I first need to prove dipple dop that you're really here." Skizz said as he pulled Grian into the kitchen.
"Impyyyyyy!" Skizz yelled, Impulse turned to face him, a surprised look on his face as he saw Grian. "Oh, hi Grian. So you really did get off work early." Impulse said, Grian nodded "I told some of my coworkers that my clingy boyfriend was sick and my boss overheard. He let me go home early." he explained.
"That was nice of him." Impulse said, Grian nodded, he was about to leave the room to go to Scar when Impulse stopped him. "Wait a second, Grian." Impulse said, turning around to reach for something in one of the cabinets before walking back to Grian. "You're about to become a pillow to Scar I'm assuming."
Grian nodded "Most likely yeah." he said, Impulse handed him something, a little white pill. "It's vitamin C, we don't want you getting sick too." Impulse said, a smile appeared on Grian's face as he quickly took the vitamin C. "Thanks, I'm gonna get to Scar now. Don't want him to be alone for too long." Grian said.
"Oh he isn't alone." Skizz said, Grian stopped walking and turned around. "What do you mean?" he asked, Impulse and Skizz were both here. Who else could be with Scar? "We have a doctor here for a reason." Impulse said with a grin.
Grian smiled and walked up the stairs, he had an idea who he would find with Scar. Grian opened the door to Scar's bedroom and saw Scar laying in his bed, using none other than Doc as a pillow. "Hi Doc," Grian said as he noticed the man. "Grian!" Doc exclaimed, acting like Grian was about to save him.
"Hey Doc, what are you doing there?" Grian asked with a smile on his face. "I pulled the short straw okay? Now help me get out of here." Doc said, Grian smiled. He took his pajamas and walked towards the bathroom, "I'm just gonna put something more comfortable on, I'm right back." he said.
A minute later he returned to Doc trying to get out of Scar's grip. "Scar, there is someone else here to cuddle with you." Doc said, Scar groaned. It looked like he was awake now even if he still had his eyes closed. "Come on Scar, you gotta let me go." Doc said.
"But you're finally warm and I'm so cold," Scar said, trying to pull Doc back into the bed. Grian walked closer to the bed "Hey Scar," Grian said softly, Scar opened one of his eyes. He let go of Doc and made grabby hands at Grian again.
Grian got into the bed and Scar quickly wrapped his arms around him.
"You're back!" Scar said as he snuggled even closer to Grian. Grian let out a chuckle "Of course I am, and I'm not leaving you anytime soon." Grian said as he started stroking Scar's back. Scar let himself fully relax against Grian and hummed happily.
"I'm gonna leave the two of you alone. Call if you need anything." Doc said, he took out his phone snapped a quick picture of Grian and Scar and left the room. Grian sighed but didn't do anything else, he just stayed with Scar.
Impulse came inside later with some soup for Scar and actual dinner for Grian. Scar turned the tv on and handed the remote to Grian for him to turn something on. Impulse dragged Skizz into the room and sat down on some chairs next to Scar's bed. "Come on, someone's gotta keep Grian company." Impulse said.
"He's with Scar, isn't he?" Skizz called back from behind the closed door. "Scar's basically asleep, come on. We can't just leave him here all alone, that would be boring for him." Impulse said, Skizz groaned "You're there too aren't you?" Skizz said.
"Yeah, and if I get sick because I'm here I don't want to be the only sick one so get your butt in here." Impulse said, Grian decided that he was staying out of the argument. Skizz opened the door and peeked his head inside "I don't wanna get sickkkkk." he whined.
"Just come over here." Impulse said, Skizz walked in and took a seat next to Impulse. He held out his hand to Grian "But I'm deciding what we're watching." he said, Grian gave in and gave him the remote "Fine, but don't put on any movie that's older than that I am."
Skizz put a movie on that came out the same year Grian was born, Grian amused that it was just to spite him. Not that he minded the movie was actually really good. The four of them spent the rest of the night there, all falling asleep.
Scar got better only a few days later, Grian luckily had a few days off and was able to stay with him the whole time. Grian didn't end up getting sick, Impulse didn't either. But Skizz did get sick and he complained the whole time about how unfair it is.