Waiting On Your Lips |Geraskier High School AU| COMPLETED

I'm In Love With My Best Friend

Geralt's POV:
With Ciri and Jas gone the house was quiet. It didn't feel right for the house to be quiet anymore, not since Jaskier permanently moved in with us. Yennefer was still asleep in bed and by now it was nearly 12:40, that woman slept so long you'd think she'd died in her sleep. I had originally made plans to take her out for lunch as a surprise but it was now past our reservations and I had to scrap that plan. I was currently sitting in the living room, watching a show Jaskier had once recommended to me. It was a really good show and I was so invested in it that I didn't hear Yennefer coming down the stairs. A soft hand on my shoulder made me realize she was awake.
"I'm gonna hang out with Triss in a bit. Where's the troublemakers?"
"They're out right now. I don't know when they'll be back." She hummed softly in acknowledgement and turned away to get ready. She'd been spending more and more time with Triss despite sleeping in my bed nearly every night. I knew she was probably long past being faithful but I didn't have the heart to break up with her, at least not yet. I'd heard rumors of her sleeping around and breaking hearts back in high school and I stupidly chose to ignore them. All I saw was a beautiful woman who smelled like lilac and gooseberries, what could go wrong? I sighed softly and put my attention back to my show. There's no use thinking about her right now, she'll be out the door in a couple moments for sure.

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I was watching my show, drinking my third cup of coffee when my phone started to ring. I checked the caller ID and curiously enough it was Ciri. I picked up the phone after the third ring only to hear sirens and Ciri's panicked crying. Something was seriously wrong.
"Geralt! You have to come to the hospital! It's Jaskier, h-he he was skating with me a-an-and all of a- all of a sudden he just- he passed out and he wouldn't wake up! Please hurry!" she cried. It was the most frightened I had ever heard her and I acted quick, muttering a promise of being on my way before hanging up and rushing out the door. I barely remembered to lock the door before I was in my car on the way to the hospital. I knew something hadn't been right with Jask, he'd been off for weeks. I was at the hospital before I knew it and I rushed inside, looking for Ciri. She was sitting as close to the way towards the rooms as she could sit, tears running down her face as she bit her nails. Her hair looked less than perfect and she was holding a small blue flower in her free hand. I quickly made my way towards her and let her hug me in her panic. Whatever had happened wasn't good and it worried me. We sat down after she had cried all she could and waited for a doctor to come and tell us what was wrong with the little songbird.
"Can I ask what happened?" I spoke softly, holding her hand in my own and waiting for her to be ready.
"We were at the roller rink...we just had lunch and...and he saw someone he didn't like, that hurt him..so he asked to hide for a bit and we did. When the person left we decided to skate and it was nice but then he..he said he didn't feel right and as we were going back to sit down he passed out. I'm so worried about him," she told me. She looked ready to just rush towards the rooms and find him herself because the doctors seemed to be taking their sweet time. We waited patiently for nearly an hour before a doctor finally came and told us we could see him.
"He's a little out of it so be gentle with him but he's ready to see you both," she said, giving us the room number and helping us find it. Jask was staring out the window, his cornflower eyes glazed over in a daze. Ciri approached him first, gently tapping his shoulder so he'd look at her. He immediately hugged her, clinging to her dress like she'd slip away if he let go. I watched for a moment before the doctor pulled me into the hall to talk about what was wrong with him.
"I didn't want to worry the girl as she seems distraught already so I thought it was better to tell you. Julien passed out because of an intense amount of stress. He should be fine for now but he needs rest and I saw something I don't think he wanted people seeing. I think it'd be best to get him a therapist but I suggest not springing the topic onto him, bring it forward gradually." I listened to every word, my worry for Jaskier only growing the more she spoke. How much has he kept hidden from us just to keep us from worrying? I thanked her for the information and stepped back into the room, seeing Jaskier and Ciri now talking and laughing. He was okay..but for how long? I made my way over and gave Jas a small but reassuring smile as he looked up at me.
"When can we go home?" he asked, seeming tired.
"The doctor said that if you were okay enough you could go home later today. She said it before Geralt got here," Ciri said, giving the boy a toothy grin. He gave a tired smile back and I just hoped he'd be okay.

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We got home long after it had gotten dark, the doctor wanting to make sure he was 100% okay to be moving around after the fall he had. Jaskier sat in the front with me, picking the music as we drove home. He seemed perfectly fine for someone who had fainted only a couple hours ago. I kept a close eye on him when we got home, making sure nothing was out of the ordinary. He still avoided the tea cabinet, this time he left a box of tea on the counter. He wanted to have a karaoke night, like one of the first nights he stayed with us. We agreed and we sang until our lungs got tired. Then we watched movies and Jask seemed to cling to me the entire night, which I didn't mind. Yennefer came home around two in the morning, after Jaskier and Ciri had fallen asleep. She ignored us and went up to my room and I knew it was only a matter of time before she decided she was done toying with me. I simply ignored the thought and turned off the TV which had been playing some random show they put on for night owls. I gently picked up Jaskier and he immediately clung to my shirt, burying his face in my neck. I carried him up to his room and tried to lay him down in his bed but he clung to me like a koala to a tree. I sighed softly and laid down with him in my arms. He clung to me still but seemed content so I just pulled a blanket over us and fell asleep, not wanting to wake him at all.