ANGST WARNING (mentions of the geno route and wounds)
Stupid humans. Only a few times had
Blue had to deal with someone in his
house getting sick, but it had never
been this bad. Apparently Fell wasn’t
taking care of his chest wound well
enough, and it had gotten infected.
He hadn’t noticed at all, Fell didn’t
even seem off until a few nights ago,
when he had worn a white shirt to
bed and it got soaked in blood. If that
wasn’t bad enough, Blue had seen the
wound itself when Fell was
frantically changing out of the white
shirt when he thought Blue wasn’t
asleep. Apparently old habits die
hard and Fell still hadn’t gotten used
to asking for help. So now they were
here, with Fell lying in bed with a
fever. That morning Fell simply
couldn’t get out of bed, and when
Blue checked his temperature he was
burning hot. He had told Blue that it
would be alright and that Blue should
go to work without him, but Blue was
determined to make sure that he was
ok. He had made Fell some soup and
hot tea, which Fell drank and ate
gingerly. And now Blue was doing
some work around the house as Fell
was asleep. Or at least he thought he
was, a door quietly creaked and Blue
saw Fell, fully dressed, making his
way down the stairs. “What are you
doing out of bed?” Fell mumbled
something, grabbing his house key
from off the wall. “What did you
say?” “‘m goin to my station boss. Just
like you told me.” Blue was utterly
confused. “Fell.” He turned to look at
Blue. “Yeah…?” His eyes were half
closed, and he squinted them to try to
make out Blue’s face. “...wait.. You’re
not Boss..” Blue felt too bad to laugh.
This fever seemed like it had made
Fell delusional. Or at least made him
forget about everything since leaving
underfell. “Blue?” Fell’s eyes widened
“Mhm.” Blue replied, still worried
about his partner.”Are you real?” “Of
course I am!” he responded back not
sure of how to feel. “Heh,” Fell looked
around confused “I guess I should go
back to bed then..” He turned around
slowly and stumbled his way up the
stairs. Blue put down what he was
doing to help Fell up the stairs. He
helped Fell change out of his hoodie
and sweater into a black tanktop.
Blue, despite himself, found himself
staring at Fell’s wound. He had one
much like it himself, it had never
fully healed either for reasons but he
hadn’t seen it like this before. “How
did it get this bad?” He asked Fell, as
he held up the tanktop. Fell pushed it
the rest of the way down. “Things
happen.” He said, brushing off his
shirt. “I just never got around to
cleaning it up, I used to, trust me, but
I stopped caring. And well..” He
looked up at Blue, with a glazed look
in his eyes. “I had a dream recently. It
all happened again, and once I woke
up, it was bleeding again.” Blue
nodded. “Why did you stop taking
care of it?” Fell sighed “I don’t really
want to talk about it.” He sat down on
the bed and got under the covers.
Blue started to walk out of the room
with an “I love you.” Just before he
left the room Fell called out to him
“Blue?” Blue looked back at him.
“Hmm?” “Can you stay with me?”
Blue nodded happily and joined him
on the bed. He laid down next to him,
looking at the ceiling. The two of
them laid in silence, Blue looked over
at Fell who was watching him
happily. He raised his “eyebrow” “I
love you a lot.” Fell said, turning
towards him. “Why?” Blue asked,
almost teasingly. “Because you care
so much.” Fell smiled, reached over
and pulled Blue close. Blue put his
arms around Fell, hugging him
despite how hot it was. Blue clanked
his teeth against Fell’s, who pulled it
into a kiss with a slight giggle. Pulling
away, Blue set his head against Fell’s
chest, who sighed happily, In peace,
the two of them fell asleep.
