I woke up sometime in the middle of the night with Astrid draped across my chest. She looked so peaceful; her breath falling softly on my neck as she slept. I felt my stomach rumble uncomfortably and grit my teeth. I didn't want to wake her up but the way my stomach kept cramping I was going to have to be sick sooner or later. One more tight squeeze at my middle and I searched the room frantically for the bucket. "Astrid." I moaned
"Mhm." She mumbled curling into me further.
I felt the bile rise in my throat and pushed Astrid off of me as I leaned over the bed, throwing up all over the floor.
I hear Astrid gruff indignantly at being pushed but she stops when she sees me being sick all over the floor.
"Hiccup." She whined sympathetically.
I hung over the bed afraid to move. She pulled me back onto the mattress and ran a cloth over my mouth, wiping the sick off my face. She ringed out a new wet rag and placed it on my forehead. "Try to go back to sleep." She whispered. "I am going to go get something to clean the mess up."
I moaned at the embarrassment of my girlfriend cleaning up my puke. "Astrid, I'll get it." I said picking myself up by the pillows on the bed. She just pushed me back down by the shoulders. "Yeah, I don't think so."
I covered my face with my hands and gruffed. She frowned "Please, just try to sleep Hiccup."
I nodded, relenting at the sleep that seemed to already be coming over me.
I woke up the next morning with Astrid placing her hand against my face. She smiled "Your fever broke in the night."
I felt a small bead of sweat trickle down the back of my neck. I closed my eyes weakly. "Astrid." I croaked, "Can I get some water?"
"Yeah of course." She said lifting me up onto the pillows. She handed me the glass of water, which I took gratefully. I took a sip of water waiting for it to come back up but it didn't. It felt so refreshing. I sucked down the entire glass and gave it back to Astrid.
She smiled. "Someone is feeling better."
I nodded and brought her into me, placing a kiss on her forehead."Astrid?" I said, "You feel warm."
"I'm fine silly." She said brushing off my concern
…Astrid was sick later that night. This time I would be the one rubbing her back as she was sick.