A wish upon the lantern

5

Everyday Eddy would feel as if something has changed, something about his morning mood seemed to be fine as he was always greeted with spams of Brett's chats, and as soon as Eddy would finished his classes, he would text Brett immediately, in which the latter would reply as soon as he heard his phone dings.

They already knew each other's time schedule, when they ate dinner, when they would take a bath, when they would have classes and when they would be free. Brett was really contented with Eddy that even though he was a social butterfly, he would rather reject hang outs and spent his time home, talking to Eddy with no disruptions.

Calls between them would always be asked first by Brett, because Eddy was too afraid thinking he might disturb Brett but whenever Brett said he wanted to call, he would stop doing everything, even his mountains of works, to talk to Brett because to Eddy, talking to Brett was kind of an escape of his chaotic and tiring world, his happy place. They would exchange jokes only them would catch, talking about random stuff that the two only find interesting, laughing at memes and listening to music and recommending the other to listen to. Hours felt like minutes whenever they were on call as two hours went by like snap, not worrying about the time, afternoon would turn into evening in a jiffy and Brett would have to sleep early, they would bid their goodbyes when they needed to go out or make dinner, but still texting each other every minute.

When Brett had to sleep, Eddy would always want Brett to stay up late a little bit longer but he really cared for the man, so he'd never ask such as he have his classes early in the morning. Brett smiled as Eddy was still online, obviously not wanting to miss his goodbyes. Brett then sighed as he had to sleep now, even though he didn't want to

B: Well.. i guess i have to you know

E: Yeah, you have to sleep.

B: so, yeah. I chat you tomorrow ;)

E: Okay, have a good rest then

B: You too, don't stay up too long.. You're always online too long.

E: wait.. are you checking up on me? Hmm?

B:What..i mean, okay im gonna sleep

Eddy chuckled as he caught Brett.

E: Okay okay. Go and sleep bro

B:Okay, goodnight. Sleepwell, i'll chat you tomorrow.

E: Goodnight..got it. Sleepwell.

Brett seened it and tuned off his phone, but his mind started to wander.

Do i like Eddy? Hmmm, the way i like him is different from my friends, really different. I know its different but.. i'm not gay, i like girls before , never a guy but, he's different. Should i ask him to meet up? Wait no... he probably doesn't think of me like that. Wait, does he have a girlfriend? Shit, i never asked, maybe i should find out first.. what if he has?

Brett dozed off with his troubling thought that night. Brett woke up in the morning with a slight headache, he winced at how he was feeling, and he felt as though he had a fever, he checked his temperature and it was high. Feeling too weak to go to his classes, he decided to skip classes. He ate a bit and then took some painkillers.

He texted Eddy as usual, well he thought that he sounded the same. Soon after, his phone dings.

E:Hey, morning. You're kinda late than usual today. Are you okay?

Brett was surprised as Eddy could feel something unusual than other days.

B: Hi, morning. I kinda have a fever right now, yeah. Woke up with a fever.

E:Omg! What? Dude are you okay? Are you feeling bad? Did you eat food?

B:Hold up, slow down. One question at a time.

Brett smile on the end while Eddy was furrowing his eyebrows because he was so worried.

E:Dude, are you still feeling bad?

B:No no, I'm fine. My temperature is bit high and my throat is a bit painful but other than that, totally fine.

Eddy let out a breath he had been holding and looked at the time, he better hurry up or he'll be late but he really didn't mind to skip his classes for Brett.

E: Hey, Brett. Do you want me to..umm..come to your house?

Brett heart started to race, feeling more hotter by the second, he took a few minutes to form a sentence.

B: Don't you have classes?

E: Yeah, but i don't mind

B:Dude, no. Go to your classes, its not like im gonna die or anything.. I'll sleep it off.

E:Are you sure?

B:Yes yes im sure plus, i get to rest too so its a win win.

E: I'll talk to you as soon as i finished. Maybe at 1, okay? I'll be back soon.

Brett smiled, liking how Eddy's genuinely worried about him

B: Yes mom.. Now go, i know you're running late now.

E: Okay, I'll be back soon and rest okay? Don't forget to eat too.

B: Yeah, got it mate. See you, have a great day.

E: Okay, bye. You better sleep and don't play any games okay? I'm going, byeee. Rest well

B:Okay, byeee.

Brett chuckled and put down his phone, feeling drowsy because of the medicine, he closed his eyes and dozed off right away. Eddy had Brett in his mind all day, his hand itching to touch his phone but didn't want his phone to be taken away by his teacher so, he suffered all through the day. Right after class, he decided to go home but his friends had invited him to hang out, he tried to reject but his friends wouldn't let him go, he smiled and couldn't say no to them. He checked the time and it was 1 p.m, class ended early and he thought after having lunch with them, he could go home in his usual time to chat Brett.

Brett woke up at nearly 1:30 p.m, feeling a bit better, only coughs and his eyes swelling a bit. He checked his phone and saw his friends had texted him, he scrolled down and tried to find a text of that one specific person but to his dismay, the last text was of him saying bye to Eddy.

Maybe he still have classes..hmm..yeah

Feeling too tired to stand up, he just stayed in his bed, watching ghibli movies that Eddy recommended to him. He finished watching it and again checked the time, nearly 3.

He's late today. Maybe his class got extended again.

Brett got up and just ate some ramen, which he couldn't finish and then just went back to bed, still feeling a bit unwell, he checked his phone again and decided to text.