The Love We Found

Chapter 41

Axel's POV: 

I groaned as my burning eyes took in the time on the clock. 4:35 AM. We went to bed around 1030 last night. It's longer than I normally would get. I drove the heels of my palms into my eyes and sighed. I carefully maneuvered out of the bed and headed into our bathroom. I shut the door before turning on the light. I used the bathroom before washing my hands. I grabbed all the things I would need to change my Omnipod before leaving the bathroom and quietly going downstairs.  

I grabbed the vial of Insulin from the fridge and got everything set up on the clean counter. I carefully used a solvent to remove the adhesive on the one on my arm I hissed a bit as I pulled the tape and pod from my arm. I rubbed the spot for a second before continuing on with what I was doing. I opened and filled the Omnipod. I cleaned the side of my abdomen before taping the pod down into place. I squeezed the sides to give it some extra room and tapped on my phone to get the cannula to insert. Once that was done I added the extra tape to make sure it would stay in place when I played basketball. Hopefully this location wouldn't get hit as much as my arm.

I grabbed a bottle of water when I returned the bag of vials of insulin to the fridge. I grabbed all my pills and took them real quick before turning the lights off and leaving the room. I headed back upstairs and left the hall light on, I went down the hall to my toy room and opened the door. I turned the light on and left the door open. I set an alarm for 630 so I would have time to go back in the bedroom and not scare Grant. I walked over to my play mat and laid down in my stuffy fort. I closed my eyes and snuggled with my dragon until I finally fell asleep. 

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"Baby... Wake up." My arm was shook gently. 

I opened my eyes and stretched. 

"Good morning." Grant smiled at me. 

"Morning." I sat up. 

"When did you move in here?" 

"I woke up around 430. Changed the pod and took my meds then came in here." 

"Why didn't you wake me?" 

"That would defeat the purpose of me leaving the room so you didn't wake up." 

He rolled his eyes and pulled me to my feet. "I left your outfit on the bed, I figure you can shower and change and I will make breakfast."

"Okay." I nodded. "Thank you." 

"Always." He pecked my forehead.

I walked around him and headed back to our room while he headed down the stairs. I took a quick shower before pulling on some briefs, jeans, and the tight long sleeve that was left on the bed for me. I sighed when the Omnipod was still visible on my middle right abdomen. I grabbed the sweatshirt and the winter hat before leaving the room and heading down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen and took a seat at the island just as Grant placed my plate down. 

"You okay? You look upset." He asked. 

"Yeah. I'm just tired." 

He leaned against the island in front of me. "Are you sure?" 

I shrugged. "I'm not upset... Just annoyed, I guess. I had to put the pod on my abdomen to try for basketball because it kept getting hit but it's... hard to hide. At least where it was on my arm it was easily hid by my shirt sleeve."