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Everyone knew Yuma was trans, but they never truly acknowledged the pain and suffering that came with it. In this case, his cycle. Luckily for Yuma, his period started when it was around midnight while the rest of the group was asleep, unaware of Yuma's undergoing intense bleeding. This wasn't anything new for Yuma, but he hated every second of it.
His period was uncomfortable, annoying, painful, and just an inconvenience. He restricted himself to dark pants with deep pockets to hold tampons, and limited his own movement outside of the dorms to avoid public accidents. It was the worst five days of every month for him, but thankfully, he was in a understanding group that helped him through it whenever he asked.
Now, Yuma didn't typically let it be known that he was on his period to the teamies. Sometimes they found out by coincidence, and sometimes they found out if Yuma ever told them. But no matter what, they never aired out Yuma's business to the rest of the group.
Like for instance, later in the afternoon today Nicholas found out when Yuma texted him asking him to bring his heating pad to his room from Nicholas's room since Yuma was hanging out in there last he used it. Nicholas could connect the dots from there. But for confirmation, when he brought it to Yuma's room he asked somewhat directly.
"So... Is it like, happening?" Nicholas asked cautiously. He was aware of Yuma's mood swings when his period came on, so he knew better than to ask questions too directly. Yuma simply nodded slowly with a sigh as he took the heating pad from Nicholas and plugged it into the wall. Nicholas gave a nod, and stayed by for a moment in case Yuma needed anything.
Yuma stared at Nicholas as he put the heating pad on the lower area of his stomach. Nicholas stared back. "Are you gonna leave or what?" Yuma asked with a raised brow. "I thought you'd want something before I left." Nicholas replied, and rested his hands on his hips while expecting a request from Yuma. Yuma simply rolled his eyes in response.
"You know me too well." Yuma mumbled, "Can you buy me tampons and some candy?" He requested, to which Nicholas nodded quickly and headed to the door before stopping half way. "Where do I buy the tampons from?" He asked, clearly confused. "Ask K, he knows." Yuma answered, while running a hand through his hair. Nicholas nodded, and walked out the door and to the living room where some of the team was.
In the living room, Taki and Harua sat on the couch beside each other quietly scrolling on their phones. K and Fuma were talking quietly in the kitchen. Well, Fuma was rambling about the new Pokémon he caught last night while K was listening. Or admiring Fuma, both were likely possibilities. Whatever it was, Nicholas would interrupt them anyway. "K, can I talk to you for a moment?" Nicholas asked, and pulled on K's sleeve lightly. K sighed lightly and nodded, "give me a moment, Fuma." K said before he let Nicholas pull him aside.
"Yuma's on his period, and he told me to ask you where to get tampons..." Nicholas whispered softly, hoping no one heard him. "Oh, shit, uhm..." K thought for a moment, and rubbe his temple. "There's a store not far from here around that convenience store we always go to. You'll know it when you see it, trust me." K said and rested his hands casually on his hips. "You can't just come with me?" Nicholas asked, to which K hissed through his teeth in response. "Fuma has a few new Pokémon card pack that he wants to open with me, and we have other stuff we want to do together later. So, sorry, but I just can't." K explained. He could've went with Nicholas, but he really wanted to stay with Fuma for as long as he could.
Nicholas rolled his eyes at K. "Whatever, go spend time with Fuma while I go risk getting lost." Nicholas muttered. K patted Nicholas's head and retreated back to Fuma with a soft 'goodbye' to Nicholas over his shoulder.
Nicholas prayed silently to himself that what K said was true, and that the store would stick out enough for him to notice it without knowing the name. Nicholas put his shoes on that he had by the door, and walked out in sweatpants and a black T-shirt. Nicholas gathered himself in the car, and suddenly felt the need to rush like Yuma was actively bleeding out gallons of blood in this moment. Which, was definitely an overestatement, but at least he cared. Nicholas left the dorm with haste and took his keys with him. Meanwhile, Yuma was sitting in his bed alone. He figured that if he played some music in his headphones if would distract him from his cramps, but unfortunately that failed. He curled into a tight ball feeling a strong tension in his lower back, and gripped at his shirt tightly.
Luckily for Yuma, no one had an interest in disrupting his privacy for now. Yuma let out a slow sigh of relief as the cramp started to lighten on a pain level. The heating pad was definitely the best thing he had ever bought, and he'd occasionally even let the other members use it if they asked for just for the fact that it was warm. But in the end, Yuma himself would prefer having Nicholas close by than a heating pad.
Speaking of, after about five to 10 minutes, Nicholas came back to the dorms with two black plastic bags in hand. One filled with every candy he knew Yuma liked, the other with two different boxes of tampons. He had left his phone on Yuma's bed and couldn't ask him which ones to get while he was already in the store, so he settled for getting the first two that seemed reasonable.
Nicholas walked inside of Yuma's room with feigned nonchalance and the bags in hand. Yuma had been in the same spot when Nicholas left, and seemed to be zoning out while enduring the cramps to the best of his ability. "Yuma," Nicholas called, dragging out the last vowel in the other's name. "I got what you asked for... hopefully." Nicholas said while he approached Yuma.
Yuma looked up at Nicholas from where he laid at in bed, and slowly sat up with a slight wince of pain. "Thanks." Yuma muttered, and looked inside the bag with candy. He looked at each one, his once tense expression relaxing as he looked through the bag. "You know me well, I'm surprised." Yuma chuckled with a grin, and received a light shove from Nicholas on his shoulder in response. "Of course I know you well, I'm your boyfriend, aren't I?" Nicholas remarked. "I guess." Yuma shrugged with a roll of his eyes. Pretending to not care was Yuma's specialty, and Nicholas fell for it everytime.
Nicholas scoffed, "What's that supposed to mean?" Yuma hushed him by pressing a single finger to his mouth, and while Nicholas usually would continue to argue, he shut his mouth instead. Yuma set the bag of candy aside and looked inside the bag with tampons. His brows furrowed in confusion at the two seperate boxes. "Why'd you get me two different types of tampons?" Yuma asked while looking between the two boxes. "Didn't know which ones to get you so I got whichever ones spoke to me." Nicholas answered casually. Yuma stared at him, at the boxes, then back at him. "Well I'm glad you did that, because at least I use one of the two you got me." Yuma sighed. He wasn't upset at Nicholas for using such a dumb method, but more at himself for sending his boyfriend to store to get him tampons for the first time without telling him which ones to get.
"K didn't tell you?" Yuma questioned, to which Nicholas let out a huff and sat down on the edge of Yuma's bed. "He was too busy flirting with Fuma to bother telling me the specifics." Nicholas answered, raising his hand to move a strand of hair out of Yuma's face. "Now were they flirting or just having a conversation?" Yuma asked, knowing Nicholas tended to overexaggerate things. "...Maybe they were just having a conversation." Nicholas admitted.
Yuma giggled and cupped Nicholas's cheek with one hand, while the other instinctively leaned into their touch. "That sounds more reasonable." Yuma said while Nicholas pressed light kisses to the palm of Yuma's hand. "Have you even eaten yet?" Nicholas asked Yuma with a raised brow. Yuma nodded, and ran a hand through Nicholas's hair. "Yeah, I stayed up last night." He replied. "Have you?" He asked Nicholas, who had just realized he was too worried about Yuma and his problems to focus on the fact that he was still hungry. "No, I haven't." Nicholas mumbles into Yuma's hand.
"You should go eat something before you pass out." Yuma suggested. Nicholas hummed softly, considering his options. Stay with Yuma and bother him more, or leave him alone and go eat something. Nicholas, knowing Yuma was more prone to mood switches and wanting to avoid getting on Yuma's nerves, chose the latter and stood up from his spot on Yuma's bed. "I'll be back, don't go anywhere." Nicholas teased, knowing Yuma would rather die than get up from his spot in bed. "Wasn't planning on it." Yuma said with a roll of his eyes.
Nicholas glanced over his shoulder at Yuma before he closed the door to his room and left. Yuma laid in bed tired. He could feel a nap coming on in the nearby future, but wanted to wait for Nicholas to finish eating so they could sleep together. But, knowing him, he'd end up falling sleep way before.
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Roughly twenty minutes later, Nicholas had finished eating breakfast that he made himself and was heading back to Yuma's room to check on him. As expected, Yuma was curled up tightly while asleep. Nicholas closed the door to Yuma's room gently and approached his bed. He sighed lightly and took it upon himself to keep Yuma warm while he was asleep. Or maybe it was just an excuse to talk a nap with him.
He took light steps to avoid waking up Yuma as he got in his bed. Nicholas put an arm over Yuma's waist whilst spooning him from behind. He rested his face in the crook of Yuma's neck comfortably while he rubbed small, lazy circles on his stomach with his thumb.
Not long after Nicholas got comfortable, he fell asleep. While the two slept, it was a miracle that no one came in to bother either of the two for as long as they slept.