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The sound of Fluxion's front door opening and closing, albeit quietly, shook him up from his dazed and half asleep rest. He had finally chosen take everyone's advice and turn his phone off to get some rest. At least until Saps would arrive. Speaking of Saps, padded footsteps were slowly growing louder and louder until it reached the door of Flux's room, bags of plastic squeaking as the door handle twists.
"Saps..?" Flux croaks out. Peaking his eyes over to the door just as Saps quietly opens it and walks inside the dark room, flickering on a ambient light as too not disturb Flux's eyes too much. "Hey.. Sorry. Did I wake you?" He whispers, placing the plastic the bag of whatever on Flux's nightstand. "Kinda. Well. It's not like I was getting much sleep anyway." A sigh. "My body feels like shit."
"You kinda look like it too..." Saps mumbles and Flux squints his eyes at him. If he could move, he would just to hit Saps on the shoulder for the comment. Too bad he can't because—
Flux sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth, closing his eyes shut as he covers his head with a pillow, shivering under his duvet. "Fuck!" He groans, squeezing his head over the pillow as Saps stands uselessly until he snaps back in.
"Okay okay okay okay, uh— shit—" Saps leans over to place the back of his hand under the pillow covers, cursing when Flux was warmer than he initially thought. "Flux dude you're— fuck you're burning up. Okay okay. Shit uhm.." Saps leans back and scrambles to his grocery bag. Rushing out of the room with it in hand as Flux grumbles in sickly pain, feeling cold even though his body is running hot.
Roughly ten minutes go by until Saps comes back with a cold damp rag, a water bottle and warmed up food that Flux had made before his legs had decided to just not function properly.
"Okay, I'm guessing since you've probably been in that position the entire day so you probably haven't had any food to eat which is probably making your headache at least ten times worse."
"Mm."
"So," Saps sets the items on the nightstand and fully faces Flux zombie looking body, hands on his hips and a determined look on his face. (Well that's what's Flux assumes, he still has head underneath his pillow. Or he used to.) "I think is time you maybeee get up a little. At least sit up." Saps then gingerly takes the pillow away from Flux's head, plopping it near his legs as Flux groans in discomfort. "Sorry dude. But you really need some food in your system. Here," He carefully pulls Fluxion until he sits up, twisting his body back to the nightstand to grab the bowl for Flux to eat. He, however, didn't expected this next thing to happen.
Flux, probably in a moment of weakness or need of comfort or something, leans his head to the side until it hits Saparata's chest, closing his eyes and exhaling deeply. Saps freezes in place, hand just beginning to touch the warm bowl as he turns his head in shock. "Uh... Flux..? What are you..." Flux must've not heard him, or simply just didn't care enough to, as he twists his body to fully smoosh his face into Saps chest. Wrapping his arms around his torso and holding him tightly as Saps arms go up in the air uselessly. "It feels like someone is splitting my head open with a pickaxe Saps." He mumbles into Saps' shirt. His body shaking as he holds him tighter and tighter and Saparata as never, never heard Flux be so vunerable.
Fuck.
Saparata steadily wraps his arms around Flux's torso, swaying him slightly from side to side as he nestles his chin into Flux's curly head of hair.
"M' sorry." And it feels like Saps' heart is breaking in a thousand pieces when Flux utters those words.
Saps pulls away to try and look into Flux's eyes but his head is tilted stubbornly low, enough to conceal his eyes and wobbly mouth. "Hey. Hey. You don't have to apologize Flux, matter of fact I should be sorry. I should've realized something wasn't right awhile ago, especially with what happened yesterday. You're not usually that quiet during call but I chalked it up to you maybe being tired from your classes or—" He huffs. "What I'm trying to say is, while you did cause a lot of us to worry, for me to worry, I— we just want to see you get better." He doesn't know what compels him to do this but Saps places his hand softly on Flux's cheek wiping away a wet trail that had fallen from his eye. "Okay?"
Flux nods mutely until he clears his throat and rubs his eyes harshly with the palms of his hands, facing forward now. "Yeah. Yeah okay that's," A shaky exhale. "That's fine. I don't even know why I was—" Flux nimbles on his lip then tiredly breathes. "Yeah."
"Here," Saps finally grabs the slightly dry rag now and places it squarely on Flux's head. "We need to get that fever down you're still hot." Flux raises a eyebrow. "Its— You— You know what I meant.." Flux snorts a laugh, does he really? As Flux sits up properly and gets handed the bowl of reheated food, chewing slowly, Saps turns to his right eyeing a couple of drawers. "I'm gonna look for some icy hot or something to place on your back. Is that ok..?"
"Mhm."
"Alright."
Which leaves Flux alone in his dim room. Eating his full until he sick of chewing and leans over to place the half empty bowl into the nightstand. Taking the pharmacy bag in his hands and grabbing a bottle of NyQuil medicine. He just finishes his third dose when Saps comes inside the room, holding a container of ibuprofen instead of icy hot patches. "You sure you're supposed to take three doses of that? Your gonna knock yourself out dude." Flux twists the cap on and sets the medicine on the table. "I want whatever bug I have to just die." Saps snorts an ugly laugh. "Yeah your definitely getting better." Flux scoffs but fails to not smile.
"Here catch." Saparata tosses the container of pain killers to Fluxion and be catches it with ease, opening it and popping a reasonable amount as he grabs the water bottle, drinking until halfway. Meanwhile, Saps flops down on the floor, letting his head hit against Flux's leg as he sighs. "I know I said it before but, you really did scare me Flux."
Flux looks down, sloshing the half water bottle side to side as he listens to what Saps has to say. "It's just— You're practically never sick. And if you are, it's nothing like that."
"Mhm."
"So when I saw you looking like death itself it nearly terrified me to death. Because I fucking love you Flux and—God— I think the lady at the pharmacy thought I was sick from the way I looked so worried and—"
Saps continues to talk but it genuinely goes through one ear and out because, what??? He stops sloshing the water side to side, hell he almost drops it. His ears must be deceiving him, must be giving him false words or he's more drowsy than he actually realizes. Still though, he can't help himself from not saying whatever sprouts out of his mouth.
"Say that again."
"Like do you genuinely—...What?"
"Say. That. Again. Say what you said before again."
Saps turns around and squints at him, clearly confused on whatever Flux is talking. God this stupid loveable idiot. And he eggs on him grumbling about how he doesn't listen to a word he says. Gosh he should hear himself.
"You scared me?"
"No."
"... Cynikka almost took a flight here just to yell at you...?"
"No— What, no? After the 'you terrified me to shit' or whatever."
"Because... I.. Oh."
Flux almost barks a laugh if he wasn't currently shaking from head to toe right now, fighting a battle just for his eyes to not close. "Oh?"
"Oh."
And that makes Flux laugh. Hard. And honestly, it's a little 'ugly' but it's so full of pure emotion. It's the kind that says he isn't thinking about being judged nor is it full of falseness.
This might be the second happiest he has ever been in his entire life. The first being when he met Saparata, when he really got to know him.
Flux only stops laughing and resorts to uselessly smiling when he realizes Saps probably hasn't a clue on what just went on in his mind, and he was right. "Soo... why are you laughing..? Should— Should I like, leave...?"
Flux grabs Saps' shirt from his shoulder so tightly he stretches the neck collar a little. "Don't leave Saps, oh my gosh you dumbass, genuinely do not leave."
Saps looks down on his shoulder then to Flux's face then back down to his shoulder, a smile worming through his reddening face. "And why is that?" Flux groans and lightly thumps the water bottle on top of Saps' head, a smirk twitching as Saps yelps out in surprise. "Asshole.."
"I like you too Saps. I think I liked you ever since I met you."
Saparata stops rubbing his head to gawk at Fluixon, his flush reaching all the way to his neck, hands covering all across his tomato face. "Geez Flux... For— For that long??" Flux hums as he gives in to his drowsyness and lets himself collapse on his bed, fluttering his eyes shut even if Saps continues to mumble into his hands. "I think. I seriously regretting downing three full doses of that NyQuil." He mutters, his breathing becoming more and more relaxed. Saps removes his hands and rises up from the floor, exhaling deeply as he scratches his head.
"I told you that you would knock yourself." A sigh. "I should probably leave you to your nap. I'll, check up on you in the eve—"
Flux creaks open a eye just to glare at Saps. "You would leave your sick and dying boyfriend all alone in his apartment Saps? What if I croak in my sleep? What then hm?" Saps groans and walks to Flux's warm toned floor lamp to shut off the light. But he doesn't leave, instead he moves Flux's legs so he isn't practically dangling off his own bed. Saps crawls onto the other side of the bed and covers the duvet over them, making sure not to completely cover Flux in case of heat flashes and what not. "Sleep well Flux." He hums in place for a answer.
"Love you."
This time, Fluixon says it without missing a beat.
"Love you too Saps."