[BL] The knight commander's son

Chapter 32

Now that they were together, Alden turned towards Tyon and smiled:

"I am sorry for the way I acted."

But Tyon shook his head:

"Don't apologize. You are sick. You can act however you want.

-Thank you for helping me. I feel way better now.

-Do you really?

-Yes.

-Then why do you look so uneasy?"

Alden frowned. He had no idea he wasn't smiling anymore. He really felt horrible but didn't like admitting it.

"You can be honest, you know. It is only the two of us now.

-I am fine.

-Really?"

Tyon was staring straight into Alden's eyes and his eyes were so warm that for some reason Alden felt even weirder.

"I... I am not... Not okay."

Tyon whipped Alden's face softly:

"Well done. Would you like some more water?

-Yes."

Tyon helped Alden up again and helped him drink before laying him back on the bed. Having been awake for so long and getting up two times, Alden felt exhausted and his eyes grew heavy. He fell asleep but it didn't last long because horrible nightmares woke him up soon later. Alden was shaking and crying and Tyon immediately hugged him to help him calm down. Alden grabbed Tyon's shirt and cried for a long time while feeling his back being rubbed gently.

"You are drenched in sweat."

Alden didn't even have the strength to answer and felt Tyon lift him to a sitting position.

"You should get washed up."

Alden growled:

"I don't want to.

-Do you want me to wash you?"

Alden thought about it. He felt sticky and uncomfortable and really wanted to be clean but he didn't even have the strength to stand alone.

"I could ask someone else to do it.

-No.

-You don't want me to?

-I do.

-Can I wash you?

-You can.

-Are you sure?"

Alden started being irritated:

"Yes."

Tyon went to the bathroom for a clean towel and warm water. He then sat down next to Alden and started by washing his face. His hands were horribly gentle and Alden felt really peaceful in his arms. He felt so peaceful that he started crying again. Tyon immediately stopped and whipped his face tenderly:

"Why are you crying?

-You are too nice to me...

-I think I am not nice enough.

-I don't want to trust you...

-Then don't.

-But you are making it so difficult..."

Alden continued crying silently and Tyon patiently whipped his tears again and again.

"May I kiss you?

-Why would you kiss me?

-Because I want to. I won't kiss you on the lips, don't worry.

-Okay..."

Tyon bent down and softly kissed Alden's cheeks. He licked the tears away and went upwards towards Alden's eyes to kiss them gently. Alden felt really good. Too good.

"See? You are vulnerable but everything is fine. I didn't hurt you. I kissed you."

Alden didn't know what to say, wanting Tyon to continue. But the kisses stopped and Tyon continued washing Alden's body thoroughly.

"I will be nice to you, Alden. Every day.

-What if I am mean to you?

-Even then.

-I don't believe you.

-Then try it for yourself. Test me."

After his face, Tyon started washing Alden's arms and legs. Once done, he bent towards Alden:

"Can I take off your shirt?"

Alden nodded and he felt cold when he got his shirt taken off. He started curling up in bed and Tyon smiled:

"I am sorry. It will be warm soon."

He always wanted to wash Alden's body and now he could have a good look at it. Before Alden had been too sick for Tyon to pay attention to his body while changing him. He was way too worried and only concentrated on getting his fever down. Now that Alden felt better, Tyon took his time, his heart way too happy for what he was doing. What made him even more happy was when Alden grabbed his shirt. He had been cold without his shirt and had turned around to grab Tyon's shirt and curl up against him before smiling and signing:

"Warm."

At this moment, Tyon felt his heart go crazy and he couldn't move for a while. He quickly hugged Alden even closer and continued washing him slowly before dressing him in clean clothes.

Once completely clean, Tyon wrapped Alden in the covers without letting him go ever once. Being finally warm, Alden curled even closer to Tyon and hid his face in his chest slowly fading back to sleep. Tyon wasn't in the most comfortable position but didn't move an inch. He was way too happy to feel uncomfortable anyway and continued rubbing Alden's back the whole day.

At night, Alden woke up again and finally felt somewhat normal again. His throat still hurt but he was now in command of his body and could move without fearing to pass out. Tyon didn't let go of Alden for a second and they were still laying in the same position as before. Feeling Alden wake up, Tyon touched his forehead before smiling seeing that Alden was way better. Alden turned to his back and looked around:

"How long have I been sleeping?

-A few hours.

-I see."

He got up and Tyon immediately wanted to help but Alden shook his head:

"I am going to the bathroom. You can stay."

Alden was totally fine apart from feeling a bit tired and after going to the bathroom, he crawled back to bed and even crawled back into Tyon's arms. The latter got as surprised as if a wild animal had suddenly crawled to him and he didn't dare move, waiting for Alden to find the position he liked most. Alden finally settled his face buried against Tyon's chest and slowly went back to sleep. Tyon was so happy he could have cried and hugged Alden with all his strength before kissing his forehead.

The next day, Alden was way better and didn't want to sleep anymore. Tyon didn't seem very happy to see him get up but he didn't say anything and just followed him everywhere to make sure he was okay. At breakfast Amauri ran to his mommy, his eyes full of tears. He hadn't been separated from his mommy for this long ever and had been really worried that his mommy was sick.

Alden on the other hand was just happy that Amauri wasn't sick. There was however the worry that Tyon could have caught what Alden had and he didn't want that either. Therefore for the next few days, the small family paid a lot of attention to each other. Amauri was checking if his mommy was okay every second just as Tyon did and Alden was also making sure that no one caught his sickness. Fortunately no one did.