Sour (Kylo Ren x Reader. Modern AU)

Chapter 3. deal

It had been a week since Finn gave you your new notebook and you were writing on it daily. Some pages were scribbles of when you got bored. You'd also use it to write down ideas for stories that no one would ever read.

Some other pages were used as a journal where you'd write about your day, what happened at the hospital and the back and forth texts and phone calls you shared with Kylo.

You were surprised that was even a thing, but since he gave you your new phone, you were constantly chatting and he'd make sure to call you every day after dinner. You'd talk about films, shows or how stressful his day had been because he hated paperwork and that was one of the main things he had to do as the CEO of the company.

He'd always make sure to hear how your day went if the staff in the hospital was treating you nicely and what shows you were watching. He loved hearing your opinion on things and it gave him an insight into how the audience perceived the shows he produced.

That very first weekend you both agreed on watching a film at the same time using the First Order Streaming service. The problem was that you'd text each other constantly while watching it, so it was complicated to follow the plot line. You'd make comments about the acting, the soundtrack, or even the food they were having. You loved it when he called you 'Sweetheart' every time he was trying to make a point.

It was clear to you that you were just friends. He never showed any interest in other things but having someone to talk to. And you thought he did it out of pity for you. At the end of the day, you were the one stuck in a hospital bed.

That morning you woke up groggily, and your arms and legs hurt like hell. It felt like someone had put a weight inside your muscles, making it impossible to move them. You had to ask for help to go to the toilet and shower.

When Vic came to visit right before his shift, he helped you feed you breakfast.

It was so damn embarrassing.

When you were finally on your own again inside those four walls, you checked your phone. On top of the screen, you could see a new notification. It was Kylo.

Good morning sleeping beauty. How are you feeling today?

You felt how warmth spread through your body landing on your rosy cheeks.

Good morning Iron Man. I'm not feeling that good today :(

My whole body hurts.

You waited for a response for a while, but you guessed he must have been working. You took your notebook out and started writing your symptoms on it. You were so focused on your writing that you almost missed the buzz of your phone next to you.

Sorry, sweetheart. I was in a meeting.

Do you need anything?

One thing you noticed is that Kylo kept using pet names for you. Each time he used them you felt so embarrassed for feeling so weak when he did so.

You'd never seen each other. You didn't know what any of you looked like and you were both scared that once you saw how either of you looked that this 'situationship' would take a turn to awkward town.

"Lots of drugs, please" You answered.

You heard a knock on the door after that you saw one of the nurses carrying a tray of food. As you were feeling that weak, she helped you with your lunch while they were pumping opioids through your IV.

The awful-tasting food went right to your stomach which made you feel sleepy again. It might have been with the help of opioids too. Kylo didn't answer your text and as usual, you kept telling yourself it shouldn't affect you that much. But it did, and you hated yourself for that.