SICK DAZE

"What am I doing?" Antonio sighed, placing the tray with a pitcher of water and a glass on the bedside table. The bed was occupied by a bushy-browed blond, whose face was flushed with fever, hair plastered on his sweaty forehead, and breaths coming out in short gasps. The brunet couldn't help but wince at the situation. He hated Arthur, dammit! But there he was, standing helplessly beside the bed as he watched his rival look vulnerable and utterly defenseless.

"Really, what am I doing?" The Spaniard put his head in his hands. He couldn't just leave, not after seeing how bad the Brit's state was, but he had to get away before he got the idea of actually kissing- killing, he meant killing, the blond.

"You can leave..." It was barely audible but the sick Brit had spoken. The brunet saw the blond give him a wry smile. "I know you don't really want to be here."\

Antonio sighed. Damn, he really couldn't just leave, could he?

"Shut up and rest," he said, a slight pink dusting his cheeks. He wasn't being kind to Arthur, of course not! "I can't beat you up if you're like this."

He couldn't tell if it was just his imagination, but he thought he saw the blond smile in embarrassment before closing his eyes.

"Damn," Antonio muttered once he was sure that the Brit was out cold. He stared transfixed at his sick rival, watching him breathe and his eyelashes flutter, and he couldn't believe what he just thought.

"Why the hell did I find him cute all of a sudden?"

He thought he was getting sick too.

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