Love At First Sight Part Two

Chapter 241 - I Feel Disgusting

Also for those who haven't heard it yet: my dog passed away on Thursday and since I'm heartbroken I'll need some time to get back to my normal rhythm. Thanks for understanding and enjoy.

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In the middle of the night I wake up because someone says my name. Or better: someone whines my name. And that person also is crying. I need a few seconds to realise that I'm in Erl's and my bed and that the voice is Erl's voice, coming from the bathroom. "Eve?", he whines again and immediately I crawl out of bed, quickly getting in the bathroom.

Erl is sitting on the floor, leaned over the toilet, and his whole body is shaking. On his forehead and his muscular upper body there are big drops of sweat. His hair is also sweaty and kinda falls into his face but he does his best to hold it back as his whole body cramps again and he vomits. I immediately walk to him and kneel down next to him, holding his hair out of his face with one hand and stroking over his naked back with the other one, trying to calm him a little. Erl lets out one load after the other and in between sobbs and whines my name. That view and sound breaks my heart, I hate seeing him in such a bad situation.

"Shhhh, Erling. It is okay. Let everything out. Shhhhhh. I'm here. Just let go of everything.", I say again and again whilst he spits out one load after the other. After a few minutes his stomach seems to be empty, his body still cramps but nothing is coming out of his mouth. Nothing but sobbs and little whines. "I hate it, I feel disgusting!", he whispers whilst leaning back a little as his body has stopped cramping for at least half a minute. I let go of his hair and stroke over his face, feeling the heat of his skin. At the same time I pull him closer with the other arm. "I know that you hate it and I'm so sorry that you are sick but you don't have to feel disgusting. Everybody throws up from time to time. It's okay, Erling. But I think you'll feel better after a shower. Do you think you can stand with my support?", I say and he slightly nods.

I help him stand up which isn't easy because his legs are shaking damn much. I move him to the shower and help him undress, then I wash the vomit off his body and out of his hair. Whilst I do that I still have to support my fiancé with standing. He really doesn't have much energy right now. Fortunately showering him doesn't take much time and so I move him onto our bed after having dried his skin and hair with a towel. I get some fresh clothes and help him with putting them on, then I get a blow dryer to fully dry his hair.

"Did it come all out of sudden or did you feel something for a longer time already?", I ask Erling whilst checking his temperature. 38.5°C. Higher than it's supposed to be but not too bad. I make that clear with my eyes and then listen to Erl as he explains: "It came all out of sudden. I woke up and my belly hurt and suddenly my stomach cramped and I ran to the bathroom." His voice is very weak and cracks from time to time. I nod and ruffle through his hair, saying: "It'll be okay in a few days. I'll take care of you, Kjære." He snuggles up to me a little and whispers: "Thank you." but he does sound a little worried whilst saying it and so is look him in the eyes and ask him why. He sighs, looks away and then looks me on the eyes again, whispering: "What if it's Covid? I know that those aren't the most typical symptoms but.... I don't know. I'm just worried."

I softly stroke over his hair and cheeks and kiss his forehead, then I go: "I don't think it is Covid. But if you feel safer I'll write a message to the doc. I mean... I'll do that anyway to tell him you're sick and what you have but if you want to I'll ask him to do a Covid test with you. I don't want you to be worried." Erl nods, smiles slightly and whispers: "Thanks, my queen. That would be perfect." I smile bright and then tell him to wait a moment whilst I get a bucket in case he starts vomiting again and two cups of camomille tea and send a message to the doc and one to the coach so they know that Erl can't attend training. Also I tell my boss that I'll work from home for the next days.

Then I return to my fiancé. I place my cup of tea on my nighttable and his on his night table, then I sit down on the edge of the bed and just watch Erling. He's fallen asleep again. His sleep is rather fitful which ain't a wonder due to his high temperature. That reminds me that I also wanted to put some medication against the fever here and so I get that before getting my tea and sitting down on the bed again. I drink my tea whilst watching Erl sleep.
Suddenly a big hand encloses mine. Erl's hand. He grabs mine and then holds it close to his chest as if it was the most valuable thing in the world. I smile a little, it's somehow just so very cute.
I remain like that for some more minutes but as I notice how tired I am I carefully crawl over Erl who won't let go of my hand and lie down behind him, pressing my body against his warm back. Within seconds I fall asleep but I also feel quite fitfully, the thought of Erl not feeling good just kinda really tortures me.