Delicate (mxm)

Chapter Twelve.

At his feet, he could see his sister's body. She had been burned. She had been burned, like the witches she often read about. His little sister. His little sister was dead and—

Caleb woke up gasping. He jerked up in bed, trying not to panic as he rememebered what had happened last night. His eyes widened as he looked at his side.

Eddie was there. Awake.

He layed down in the bed again, ignoring Eddie's frown.

"Are you okay, Pup?"

He tried not to blush or panic or say anything stupid.

He nodded.

"You had a bad dream?"

Caleb looked at him. His eyes were slightly open, his lips curled into a lazy smile. He realized he was still half sleep. Caleb nodded again.

"I'm sorry about that."

"It's... it's fine." He whispered.

"Can I kiss it better?"

Caleb looked at him.

"Maybe."

Eddie smiled. "Mhm... I think I can. Come here,"

Caleb cuddled a little closer and Eddie kissed his forehead.

It was the first time they had such an intimate moment. Aside from sex, of course. Caleb wouldn't want to admit it, but he liked it. It made him feel a little better after the nightmare.

He hated that nightmare. It was always the same. And he could not hate it more.

He closed his eyes as Eddie kissed softly his neck.

And then he remembered that he had to take his meds.

"Shit."

"Uh?" Eddie seemed more awake now. "What is it, baby?"

Caleb ignored the stupid butterflies in his stomach and sat in bed.

"I... uh," He hestitated, looking at Eddie that was now sitting too. "What time is it?"

Eddie turned a little to grab his phone in the bedside table.

"10:45" Eddie frowned. "Shit, I never sleep this late."

"I need to go to my apartment."

"Already?" Eddie pouted. "It's our first day together as an official—"

"I need to." Caleb said, trying not to sound panicked. But he was, because he wasn't supposed to take his meds so late. He didn't know if it would really affect on something, but for years now he had been so tidy with his rutine, so perfectly good and now for sleeping with a man he broke the record. Being tidy helped him to have his thoughts ordered as well. A little fault seemed too much.

He looked down.

"Please, take me home. We can hang out later," He whispered. "But I need to go now."

Eddie's face changed to serious right away.

"Okay. Of course."

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Caleb changed back into his clothes and added to his outfit Eddie's hoodie. It was really big in him- it fell to his thighs and his hands were completly covered, but he really liked how it looked on him. Eddie had grabbed some fast breakfast and now they were in the car, going to Caleb's place.

When they arrived, Eddie offered to go with him. But Caleb didn't really want him to know about his meds. Not yet.

There were a lot of things to talk about Caleb's mental health. And he really didn't want Eddie to know any of his issues. So he wouldn't tell him. Not yet. Probably not ever.

It wasn't like he expected Eddie to stick around for a long time.

No one ever stayed long enough with him. Not to know his real self. Not long enough to love him.

He didn't blame anyone, though. After all, he wouldn't stick around to someone like him, either. He wasn't much.

He was someone with a bunch of problems, nothing more. Why would ever someone want him?

He wasn't worthy of anyone's time. So he had to enjoy all the time Eddie decided to give him.

And then let him go.

It was easy. He had done it before.

He took his meds and went out, where Eddie was waiting for him. He got in the car.

"Sorry for that."

"Anything you need, Pup." Eddie smiled and started the car. "I'm here for anything you need."

Well, that was for today. Sorry for such a short and shitty chapter, but honestly I'm not inspired. Being in quarintine is stressing me out. I feel so bad. So I just wanted to update to let y'all know I'm still working on this project (and also in Out Of The Woods, Nico's story!) But in times like this is hard, and we're all doing what we can.

I hope you all are okay. If you ever need something, you can come to me. In times like this, it's important to stay united and do what's best for all of us to be healthy.

Thank you for reading.

I'll be updating soon!

Love, R.