my light of day

CHAPTER 25

"Love?..", New cleared his throat, "Love..", with a hoarse voice, he called out his boyfriend by finding him through his hands.

"Looove..", he said in a prolonged tone while patting Tay who was sleeping soundly near him.

"Hmm?", Tay answered with his eyes still closed.

"Can you please find my phone?", he cleared again his throat, "I think I left it at the couch", he whispered. New was struggling to speak as his voice sounded rough and harsh.

Tay, although still sleepy, stood up from the bed to look for it outside. It was not long when he returned and went back to sleep after giving New's phone.

It was almost 8 in the morning, a few minutes until Newwiee's working hours will start.

"Hi. Yes, good morning Earth", New said over the phone.

"I'm sorry but can I call in sick today? I..", he kept on clearing his throat as it also feels dry, "I don't really feel well."

Tay was sleeping but with an alert mind, he knows exactly what is going on. He can actually hear Earth on the other line and he can hear how worried he sounded.

"Yes, I'm okay. Just a slight fever", he lied.

"I'll be fine. I need to rest today so that I can go to work tomorrow."

"Yes, thank you Earth. You too..", New said, hung up the phone and closed his eyes to continue his sleep.

"Your supervisor sounded like he wants to care of you."

"Stop acting like your jealous."

"So.. you're not going to work today", Tay grinned as he played with New's hair, "that means I have you for the whole day?"

"Hm", New answered with a single nod, eyes still closed.

"Yes! What do you want to do?", Tay asked as he hugged his boyfriend with his leg wrapped around him, almost half of his body on top of New.

"Aw!", New winced in pain, "Te move, you're hurting me."

"Where does it hurt?", Tay asked as he raised his leg and move away.

"Here, here", New turned sideways and he pointed at his back then on his waist, "and here", he said pointing shyly at his bottom.

Tay slowly removed the duvet covering New and was shocked to see scratches on his back and bruises on his waist.

The scratches were more than that as there were pinkish wounds on the ends and the bruises were perfectly shaped Tay's fingers. He didn't even know that he was grasping too tight on New's waist.

"Why haven't I saw these last night?", Tay asked while looking at the scratches one by one.

"Ouch, careful Te..", New flinched when Tay touched one of the deep wounds caused by his nails.

"Sorry.."

Tay slid his hand on his lover's bare buttocks and rubbed his palms gently, "What about here? How much does it hurt?"

"Very."

"Aww, I'm so sorry.."

"It's okay, Te. It's not your fault."

Tay moved closer to his lover whose back was still turned on him and hugged him gently, New hugged the older's arm and intertwined their fingers in return.