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“Nirei, I swear if all of you show up here and bother me I’ll fight you all..”
Sakura moved his phone away from his ear when his friend group began all talking at once, his head throbbing from the continuous noise. Ever since his night out at Keisei street with Endo, he somehow ended up catching a cold. How he managed that he still didn’t know, but he was pissed about it.
After Endo pulled his stunt in the alleyway, Sakura was now determined to get him back. He was fully aware that Endo had to most experience in the field of intimacy out of the three of them, but that didn’t mean he would allow him to just fluster him whenever. He was going to figure out how to get him back. It just wouldn’t be anytime soon since he was sick.
He was still pissed about that older woman as well. Not because Endo had been with older women in the past, but because those people were old enough to not be messing with someone his age. Sakura might be dumb on a lot of things, but even he knew those people were creeps. Did the other third years know about that? He wanted to ask but he didn’t know if that came off suspicious or not.
It had only been two days since he started feeling sick but he knew he was at the height of it, his head was spinning and he was covered in a sheen of sweat. He wanted to get up to at least shower, but he knew if he tried to sit up he was done for.
Sakura did feel bad, besides letting his friend group know that he wasn’t feeling well he hadn’t answered anyone else. He knew Endo had been blowing his phone up, but the idea of trying to formulate a text sounded awful. Calling him was out of the question because then Endo would hear his voice and know he was sick. There was no doubt in his mind that if either of the other boys heard him they would insist on coming over.
While he wasn’t ashamed of his apartment, it wasnt anything like where Endo and Takiishi stayed. They probably wouldn’t want to come within 100 yards of his building.
It was fine though, he had medicine here at the apartment and eventually he would get up to make himself some instant ramen he had laying around here. The cold should clear up here soon and then he would go see his boyfriends.
When he heard Nirei calling his name from the phone, Sakura let out a sigh before pressing his phone back to his ear.” Look, I’m going to sleep so I’ll call back after.. Do not come over here.”
Before the group could argue once more he hung up the phone, letting it fall onto the futon next to him. All he needed was some rest and he would feel better in no time.
The minute he closed his eyes to try and fall asleep, he heard a knock at his door. Was everyone trying to kill him today? He just wanted to get better. Maybe if he ignored the knocking whoever it was would go away.
It seems luck wasn’t on his side though, because the knocking only persisted. If it continued he knew his head was going to go back to pounding. Letting out a frustrated growl, Sakura got to work on getting himself up. Whoever this was better hope he collapsed before he got over there, because if not he was going to fight.
He didnt know why colds hit him so hard, the others didn’t seem to have as much trouble as he did. A little fever shouldn’t have him wobbling the way he was to his front door, nor should it have his head so foggy.
The knocking starting up again was what gave Sakura his final push to the door. Throwing it open, he didn’t even bother to look who it was at first before he shouted as much as his throat would allow at the moment.” Who the hell keeps knocking like that?!”
Even with how foggy his brain felt, it only took him a moment to realize the two people he had been missing the past two days were now standing in front of him. And here he was- sick, gross and in nothing but his usual white t-shirt and boxers. Hell, the most either had seen of him was when he didn’t have his jacket on. Neither of them seemed to know how to respond at first but Endo was the first to recover, shamelessly looking him over.” Today is definitely my lucky day.”
Sakura was sure his face was already red from his fever, but from the sudden heat that came over him, he knew he was blushing hard. The only thing keeping him from exploding was that Takiishi’s eyes seemed locked on just his face, his eyes swirling with something he did not have the brain power to figure out currently.
He could not handle this right now. Neither of them needed to see his apartment nor did they need to see him in this state. As he went to reach for his door so he could slam it shut, but he lost his footing. He was sure he was going to die of embarrassment before he could even reach the floor, but his descent was stopped by two strong arms catching him.
Weakly turning his head up, he was surprised to find Takiishi was the one to catch him. His eyes were still watching him closely, but his eyebrows were drawn together ever so slightly. It was Endo’s loud voice that dragged him out of staring at the other’s face for much longer.” Good catch, Takiishi! We should get him into bed before he hurts himself though.”
Trying to keep in the cough that wanted to come out, Sakura shook his head.” N-No.. you two need to go. I don’t want to get you si-“. His sentence was cut off as he felt Takiishi readjust his hold on him so he could lift him, carrying him like a damn bride. Whatever noise he had let out when he found himself carried he would deny later. It felt like his brain was malfunctioning, he couldn’t even come up with a response to how dizzy and flustered he was currently.
Takiishi just made his way inside his apartment like he owned the place, not seeing an issue with what he was doing.” Your place is dark.”
“And possibly haunted, have you had it checked for ghost? I swear I saw one flying through the window outside.” He could hear Endo shutting the door and making his way over to his cabinets, no doubt planning on going through his things.
Sakura ground his teeth together at the comments, trying to free himself from Takiishi even though he had little to no strength at the moment.“ If you two are just going to talk shit about my apartment then leave!”
His shouting sent him into a coughing fit, which in turn caused Takiishi to tighten his arms around him.” Stop yelling, you’re going to hurt yourself.”
Even if he argued, Sakura knew Takiishi had a point. There really wasn’t anything he could do against them currently, which frustrated him. If they got sick because of him he would feel like shit. They weren’t going to listen to him and do what they wanted anyways.
When his eyes wondered up to Takiishi’s face when they entered his room, he spotted the slightest scrunch of his nose. At least he didn’t verbally say anything. He could already guess though that he thought this place was a dump. There was some pride in the fact that he owned his own place after everything he went through, but the shame of it not living up to what those two owned also burned hot.
This was definitely a situation he much rather would have dealt with when he was in the right state of mind. He did not have the energy to defend his apartment from their judgement in his current state. This was just adding to his growing list of things he had to handle when he felt better.
As Takiishi made his way over to the futon, Sakura half expected him to dump him onto it when they made it over, but to his surprise he was actually laid down gently. The care in the action brought a blush to his face as he laid back against Kiryu’s plushie, turning his back to Takiishi so he could curl up under his blanket.” T-Thanks.”
He didn’t receive a response, which was no surprise there, but he did hear rustling around behind him. It had him curious, but the idea of moving his head anymore than he already had sounded awful. Maybe if he ignored the two of them they would leave on their own. It wasnt like he was very entertaining like this, so why would they bother to stick around?
There was a little part of him that didn’t want them to leave. He hated being alone and unfortunately this town had made that even worse. The people here, his friends and even his partners made life a little easier but he still found it hard to grasp onto that feeling sometimes. It felt almost selfish of him to do so. It was easier if he just continued to do his own thing and not drag them into his problems.
Unfortunately it seems Takiishi had a plan of his own, because the next thing he knew his blanket was being lifted up and a warm body was sliding infront of him. Sakura went ridged as his eyes shot open, catching a glimpse of the red head in just his loose white shirt and jeans. Takiishi atleast had the thought to adjust the blanket back once he had settled in .” W-What are you doing?!”
Takiishi gave him a blank look as he went to wrap his arms around him, pulling him as close as Sakura would allow. Unfortunately in his weak state he could put up much of a fight, so he found himself squished against Takiishi’s surprisingly firm chest.” Holding you, like I always do.”
“Y-You have never held me like this before!..”
There was a part of Sakura that didn’t mind it though, but maybe that’s because his brains as so foggy from the sickness. Even through his congestion he could smell Takiishi’s favorite cologne on him. It caused his body to relax as he lightly gripped onto the older boys shirt.
A shiver ran down his spine when Takiishi’s low voice brushed against his ear.” I like this better. I like you close to me.”
If his face wasn’t already red from the fever, he was sure it was from the words softly spoken to him. It made it worse since he knew this was all just blunt honesty. Takiishi didn’t lie and he didnt give half truths. If he said he liked having him close like this, that was a hundred percent fact.
He found himself settling against Takiishi, resting his face against him as he closed his eyes once more. The steady beating of his heart calmed his nerves, making him forget about the stress of having these two in his apartment in the first place. The older boy shifted a leg so it could rest between his own, trying to get as close as possible to him. When he felt his fingers lightly trace along his spine, he let out a hum.
When was the last time he had laid down and felt content like this?
“Hey Sakura, you’re going to need more than the medicine you have now. Plus you have no food! You should have called me-“ Endo’s voice cut off as Sakura heard him come into the room. It did not take long for his manic giggling to fill the room, the snapping of photo’s from his phone causing Sakura to scrunch his face up against Takiishi.” I thought you two on the couch was going to stay my screensaver, but this is even better!”
Sakura let out a groan as he felt his head start to pound from how loud Endo was. He was so close to sleep too.
Takiishi’s fingers continued going along his spine, his voice a soothing grumble against his ears.” Endo Yamato?”
“Yes, Takiishi? Do you need something? Another blanket or maybe another pillow?”
“Shut up and go get whats needed. You’re being too loud.”
Sakura couldn’t help the chuckle that worked its way out of his throat when he heard the whine Endo let out.” Im sorry, Takiishi. You two are just so beautiful together. I’ll be back though with the supplies for our sick angel.”
As he listened to Endo leave and the quiet from before settle back into the apartment, Sakura allowed himself to relax once more. He did enjoy Endo’s company, but he was just too loud for him right now.
Sakura would make it up to him when he felt better. Maybe, and he really hated thinking about it, he would allow Endo to take him on a date of his choice. Usually those were a hard no since he knew they came with a hefty price tag, but maybe he could consider it just this once.
“Sakura?”
Cracking his eyes open just a little, Sakura lifted his head off of Takiishi so he could look at him. Being this close to his face, it was hard for his sick brain not to take in his features. For someone so dangerous, he was also unfairly beautiful.” Yeah?”
His thoughts were stopped when he felt the arm that was around him move up, Takiishi’s hand resting on his cheek as his thumb lightly brushed under his silver eye. He held still as the other boys hand lightly traced around his face, lining his eyes, his nose and his mouth. It was like he was trying to commit his face to memory, even though he had been told Takiishi couldnt remember faces like that.
It drew a shaky breath from him as fingers traced down to his neck, following along to the edge of his shirt.” You’re pretty, even when you’re sick.”
A warm flush covered his cheeks as his eyes glanced to the side, his grip on Takiishi’s shirt growing tighter.” I-Im not pretty.. and you should back up so you dont get sick.”
When the hand moved back up to his face to force him to look back at burning golden brown eyes, he felt himself locked into place. He saw a similar look in Endo’s eyes back in the alleyway, but why? He wasn’t doing anything to have such an intense look directed at him.” I dont care if I get sick. You haven’t been around and I didn’t like that.”
Sakura blinked a bit at this, a bit surprised by this statement. It had only been two days, if anything he had spent longer away from them before.” I wasn’t gone that long..”
“I don’t care how long you were gone.” Golden brown eyes focusing on his lips for a second had him sucking in a breath, his hands releasing Takiishis shirt as the red hair boy leaned in closer.” I want you by my side at all times. I don’t like when you are away.”
Takiishi was only a breath away from his face and he knew he didnt have the strength to push him away if he went in for a kiss. Would he even want to though? He didn’t want the other sick but he wouldn’t lie that he had been curious about kissing the two of them since they started dating.” Y-You know that isnt possible..”
“I’ll find away.” When Sakura thought Takiishi was going to close the distance between them, he quickly closed his eyes. Instead of anything touching his lips though, he felt soft lips press to his forehead.” Once you aren’t ill. You’re more fun when you can fight back.”
Sakura felt the groan slip out of his lips as he felt his forehead fall against Takiishi’s chest. These two were going to kill him if this cold didn’t first.” Whatever.. Im going to sleep, leave me alone.”
“I’ll wake you when Endo returns with the medicine.”
All he gave as a response was a grunt as he pressed closer to Takiishi. Maybe he needed to figure out how to get back at both of them when he felt better, since it seemed even Takiishi had some capacity to tease him a little. That could wait till after he napped though. He doubted he would be getting anymore sleep when Endo showed back up.
Maybe he was feeling a little greedy since he wasn’t feeling good, but maybe he could convince Endo to lay with them as well. They already were determined to be close to him, he would just make it clear he wouldn’t take care of them since he warned them in advanced that they would get sick. The least they could do if they were going to be stubborn was keep him comfortable.