The Bucket List >> Sabriel ✔️

02: Sing Through The Intercom

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(My wayward son)

Sam groaned and hid his face underneath his pillow. He just wanted to sleep for the entire day, but no. Flippin' Gabriel Novak had to destroy that want.

He was currently hiding in a cabinet, singing something quietly. Sam tried to make out the lyrics, but he could only distinguish 'gay', 'kinda', and 'rainbow'. Several doctors had came and went, looking for the short guy, but every time they entered the room, the singing mysteriously stopped and they couldn't find him.

Gabriel finally emerged from the cabinet, grinning smugly at Sam, only to squeak and jump back in again as a nurse with a face that said, 'I am so done with these patients' banged open the door.

"Oi, Shortass! Get your bloody pathetic self out here!"

Wow, harsh, Sam thought.

There was no response. The British nurse set down his wineglass with a sigh and started poking around the room, peering under the bed and in cupboards. He eventually came to the cabinet that Gabriel was hiding in and smirked at Sam, before knocking deafeningly loudly on the door.

"GET THE HELL OUT, BITCH!"

There was a scream and Gabriel burst out of the cabinet, a terrified look on his face.

"Balthy, no!"

'Balthy' just snickered evilly and grabbed the mischievous patient, pinning him to the bed and whipping his lollipop out of his hand.

"If you don't take your meds, I guess Mr Lollipop will just have to take a little trip down the toilet ..." He said, an amused tone to his voice.

"NOOO!" Gabriel bawled. "Fine, I'll take 'em! Just - gimme it back!"

"Take your meds first, imbecile."

"Harsh." Gabriel groaned and snatched the tablets from the nurse, glaring at him as he took them. "There. Happy?!"

"Very." 'Balthy' said cheerily. "Think fast!" He winged the lollipop at the troublemaker, but Gabriel flustered around before catching it. "Ciao!" The nurse left, waving enthusiastically.

"Balthazar." Gabriel said grumpily, sucking on his lollipop again. Sam raised an eyebrow at him, before turning back to his phone, smiling slightly.

***

The dark hospital room was coming back into focus. Sam was vaguely aware of the burning pain in his chest that had pulled him from his dreams which involved an actual moose, a golden angel, and a lollipop the size of a tree.

He was fully awake now, and he couldn't help but begin to wheeze, the pain in his chest making it painful for Sam to breathe.

Suddenly, there was a sharp, stabbing pain in his left lung, and Sam lurched up, coughing violently. He stumbled over to the sink in between him and Gabriel's beds. He spat into it, a dark substance staining the dully-white, shining surface. He could smell it. A smell like rust. Blood.

Sam groaned, wiping his mouth as the burning slowly faded away. He fell back onto the bed as a huge, pounding headache throbbed its way into his head.

"Whatcha doin' there, Sammoose?"

Sam jumped, turning his head sharply to see that it was Gabriel's bed he had fell on instead of his own. He must have mistaken it in his pain-filled, fatigued stupor.

Sam didn't get up, though; he was too lazy.

"Nothing - I - I just -"

"No, but are you okay? You sounded like you were coughing up your lungs or something." Gabriel was silent for a second before realising his unintentional pun. "Oops. Sorry."

"I kinda was. I-it felt like it, at least." Sam muttered.

He felt the sugar addict stiffen next to him. "Is that blood I smell?!"

"Y-yeah." Sam rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "I coughed up blood and stuff."

He felt the intense heat rolling off Gabriel as he brought his arm back down to his side. "What the hell, man? You're like a freakin' sauna."

Gabriel shrugged. "Ehh, just a night-sweat. I get them all the time. Doc said it was normal for ... people like me ..."

He trailed off, biting his lip as he stared at the ceiling.

"Hey Sammich?" Gabriel whispered nervously. "Stay here tonight?"

Sam glanced over at the trickster, a small smile pulling at his lips as he saw, probably for the first time in his entire life, Gabriel nervous and helpless.

"Where else would I go?"

***

"So, Samsquatch." Gabriel said, that shit-eating grin of his alive again on his face. Balthazar had woken them up, eyebrows raised at them, but not saying anything about them sleeping in the same bed. "Wanna do the second thing on that bucket list of mine?"

"Depends on what it is." Sam subconsciously pulled out a tiny pocket hairbrush and brushed through his luscious locks again, for the third time in about ten minutes.

"'Sing through the intercom'!" The leprechaun giggled as he read from the list. "I've been practising this parody my friends Emma and Bethany wrote."

"So that's what the singing was all about ..." Sam muttered.

The two patients were soon dragging their drips behind them as they made their way confidently down the corridor. Gabriel had told Sam that the best way to not get stopped by anyone was to look as confident and meant-to-be-there as possible.

They reached the receptionist's desk. Gabriel smirked at the lady sitting behind it and casually waved a fan of ten pound notes at her. She rolled her eyes and snatched them, striding off into the waiting area.

"You do this often?" Sam questioned as they sidled into the intercom booth.

Gabriel shifted uneasily on his feet, something flickering across his face. It was gone as soon as it had appeared. "I - I used to do this sometimes with my old roommate ..."

"Oh ..." Sam said awkwardly. Damn it, why do I always get myself into such awkward situations?!

Gabriel's face lit up when he grabbed the mic though, and he winked at Sam before starting to sing into it.

"My girlfriend's bitchin' 'cause I said I was bi
She's always screamin' when I'm checking out guys
I'm kinda gay though
Yeah, I'm kinda gay though
(Just a little itty bit gay)

Dicks have put me on meds, they won't get out of my head
I'm kinda gay though

My friend left home 'cause they called him queer
His mom and dad now both live in fear
But he'll be alright though
'Cause he's kinda gay though

They say we're faggots and we're alright with that
We are the leaders of the new rainbow flag
We're kinda gay though
Yeah we're kinda gay though
We are the kings and the queens of the new rainbow scene
We're kinda gay though!"

When Gabriel finished, complete with a "WHOO!" at the end, Sam was staring at him with a mix of shock and ecstasy (omg he's gay too) and the hospital staff were showing up, all of them looking so done with Gabriel. Balthazar was shooting the thumbs-up at the back of the crowd, grinning, and the patients were all either rolling their eyes or laughing.

Gabriel turned to Sam with a huge smirk.

"And that, Sammich, is how ya do it!"