Loveable Idiot (Max Russo x Reader)

Chapter 14

A/N: idk whether to consider this a filler chapter or not. Lmk.

This is also inspired by my fever lately and my birthday coming up so yay :)

(Max's POV)

"Maxi, please! I wanna bake with you!" Y/N started shaking me awake.

"Why though? Spending hours on something, then eating it in minutes? Pass." I said as I turned around to her.

"Bitch, did you seriously forget it was your birthday today?" She asked. I turned back around. "Max?"

"..."

"Max, I know you're trying to avoid my question!"

"..."

"I have a boyfriend."

"WHAT? WHO? HOW? WHEN?" I yelled.

Y/N started laughing. "It was a joke nimrod. But since you're awake, that means you can bake with me!"

"Alright, I'll go to the kitchen. But I'm only gonna assist you." I jokingly rolled my eyes. I went downstairs and she already set everything up; the ingredients, the tools, heck the oven was already getting preheated. She was definitely prepared.

"We're baking your birthday cupcakes!" Y/N beamed. "By the way, I invited some of my family like my close cousins over. Is that fine?"

"If none of them are annoying, sure." I lay back on the couch.

"... Maxi. I said 'we.' That means teamwork." She purposely emphasized the word teamwork.

"Y/N, please? Just this one time?" I beg like a puppy.

"This isn't going how it was supposed to be..." She muttered.

"What did you say? I couldn't hear you."

"No, nothing. I said it's only fine because it's your birthday today." Y/N walked to the kitchen and put an apron on. Then someone knocked on the door and asked me to get it. It was these random people who screamed happy birthday to me. I slam the door close.

"That was strange. Do you know who they are?" I questioned Y/N.

"... That's my family you dunce."

"Ah." I open the door again. "Yeah, I'm truly sorry for closing it on you guys. You can come in."

They all walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. Y/N started getting the sniffles and kept on coughing into her arm. I continously asked her if she was fine. 'It's fine, the flour dust is just entering my lungs,' is all she would say. I played around with a few of her younger cousins and they were more well behaved than I imagined. I heard her started breathing heavily and putting her head down, gripping onto the counter.

"Y/N, if you seriously need a rest, take one. Don't force yourself." I walked up to her.

"I told you a million times, Max. I don't need one. I'm fine." She put her hair up. I walked back to the couch to talk to some of her cousins around my age. They weren't as dry or boring as I thought. I learned one of them was Jaymes and the other was Laysha. They were both a few months older than me and extremely close with Y/N.

"So what was Y/N like for the past decade? Speaking from someone who has known her and a relative of hers, I noticed she's being different around you." Laysha asked.

"Around me? I thought she was always like this. We have been ever since we met." I replied.

"Well she never acted like this. At least from what we've seen." Jaymes stated. Laysha nodded in agreement. I look back to see Y/N leaning back on the fridge.

"Hey, you good?"

"Yeah... I'm fine. I just need to catch my breath." She panted. I checked her neck with my hand and her temperature was really hot.

"No you're not. Just lay down on the couch and I can finish the cupcakes." I insisted. She wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"I'm almost... finished though. Let me finish these... then..." And in a flash, Y/N fainted and collapsed in my arms. Everyone in the room gasped.

"Haha, sorry for the inconvenience but we'll be back soon." I chuckled to her family. I picked her up bridal style and went upstairs to Justin's room. I repeatedly knock on the door saying "Justin, we got a problem!"

"What!? I'm in the middle of an experiment." Justin opened the door. "Why are you-? Wait, no. She's not sleeping in my room again."

"She fell unconscious after trying to bake for me." I clarify.

He put his hand on Y/N's forehead. "Holy moly. Place her down. I'll get the thermometer."

I slowly put her down onto the mattress and Justin came back with the thermometer stick. He placed it in her mouth and waited for it to beep a second time before taking it back out.

"101.2 degrees fahrenheit. Y/N has a fever." He disinfected the thermometer before putting it back in the bathroom. Well, my birthday isn't going so well.

"So what am I supposed to do? Celebrate my 17th birthday without her?" I worried.

"Unless you wanna spend your birthday here, there's nothing else you can really do." Justin shrugged.

"Whatever it takes."

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(Y/N's POV)

I wake up to a cold cloth over my forehead and laying down in Justin's bed.

"Oh, you're awake." He came into the room with a cup of tea. "Max is gonna come back soon."

"What happened?" I said with a rasp voice.

"He's spending the rest of his birthday with you in my room because you caught a fever." Justin explained. "Max brought you here because you fainted."

"What happened the the batch of cupcakes I made for him?" I questioned.

"He's almost finished baking them. Just give him a few more minutes."

"Almost finished? But I barely started."

"I know. But in the meantime, drink this tea while it's still warm. It's good for your throat." He handed me the mug and left the room.

I started having a huge headache and had almost no motivation to do anything. Being sick sucks. After 6 minutes, Max came in and sat down next to me.

"You're up? Are you feeling better?"

"No not really. I feel extremely weak and sweating like a pig."

He grabbed a handkerchief and gently wiped my face. "The cupcakes are finished. I can get you one from downstairs."

"Sure, I can try one."

Max ran downstairs and came back with a cupcake in his hand. "It's not the best but it tastes decent."

He hands me the treat and I took a bite. "Decent? It's amazing! How'd you do it?"

"With the cookbook you left on the counter." He smiled.

"Oh." I giggled. "Didn't I say you didn't have to help me out with the baking today?"

"Well, you were sick and no one else wanted to finish them so I did it. For you."

I finished up the cupcake and cleared my throat with the tea. We talked for an hour before he had to go to the bathroom. When Max came back, he said it was best for everyone to go back home, including me so I can get better. He helped me stand up and took my hand to take me downstairs.

"Party is over you guys, everyone has to go home." He demanded.

Everyone awed before heading for the door. I went with them as one of my young cousins called my name.

"Y/N, when are we gonna see Max again? I wanna play games with him one more time!" She said, jumping up and down.

"Soon, sweetie. Soon." I smiled, patting her head. His kindness towards my young cousins gave me a weird feeling in my stomach for some weird reason. What did Max put in that cupcake?