- PROTECTION [BXB] -

- 14: "Tell Me" -

Wesley's POV:

It's unnaturally quiet for a Saturday. At least for me. It was around 7, and I was just alone in the living room. Nox was with Taurus and Zenith, and I laid Cortez down earlier around.. maybe 5:30. He was looking to get worse, so I wanted him to lay down and just chill out for at least the rest of this night.

He started sweating a lot, he was huffing more, he looked like he was in a lot of pain. It just broke my heart. I stripped him down to his boxers- with his consent- so that he wouldn't end up dying of some kind of fever in his sleep. As much as it'd be nice to fantasize about that, it just hurt me to see him in pain for some reason.

Well, I believe he will be fine, he's really strong overall honestly. I just think this is some rare occurance for him.

As for how I've been occupying myself right now, I've just been watching South Park again. That, and I had been reading more of that one book. The lycanthropy studies book that Cortez had. Those have really been my only two forms of entertainment. Those and my phone too, I guess.

But, I should really go back and check up on Cortez. He said not to check on him and that he'd be fine, but the boyfriend in me just wants to check on him to make sure myself. If I had to guess, maybe he's just sleeping. I haven't heard from him in a while. I won't go into the room and potentially startle him so I'll do the next best thing:

"Cortez?" I called out. "You doing okay?" Usually whenever I call out to him, he responds really quickly. It's like he has an enhanced ability of his hearing at times. But, alas, no answer from him. Then he probably is just sleeping, I won't bother him anymore than he wants me to.

Back to tapping on my phone then. I was just scrolling through Twitter again, like usual. It'll help pass the time until night. Speaking of night, I probably won't be sleeping in Cortez's bed too, which sucks. I can say, for the both of us, we quickly got used to sleeping with each other now. I don't know why, but it feels a lot better being closer to him than away from him.

"Babe?" I called out again, just for a good measure. Nothing again. Okay, maybe I should actually get up physically and check on him. I wouldn't want him sleeping with a high fever or something and suddenly die.

... his head did feel like he had a fever earlier.

...

Yeah, definitely checking on him now.

Putting my phone down on the coffee table, I got up and stretched. I never noticed how quiet it would be without Cortez by me most of the time. He's really touchy surprisingly, and he knows how to really entertain me.

I caught a glance of the window and I could see the reflection of a full moon. You know, this reminds me, the 'Beastial Moon' thing or whatever. Pfft, I can't believe someone actually thinks on this specific day, coincidentally before Halloween, the moon actually does something. I still don't know if that book is serious or just for entertainment purposes.

I opened the door to our room, and more moonlight shined through the window. I looked over at Cortez's bed and I could see his titan-like figure under the covers. I looked closer and I could see his body going up and down, like he was sleeping regularly without trouble.

Thank god that he is not a corpse in the bed..

"Babe?" I asked softly, moving into the room fully and sitting on the edge of his bed. I put my arm on what felt like his arm under the cover and rubbed him slowly, just incase he was still asleep. "Are you awake? Or am I talking to a big, sleepy boyfriend right now?"

Cortez let out a loud, and very deep bellow as I felt an arm snake around my torso. I was only wearing a tank top, and I could feel his nails dig into my skin. At first it hurt, I winced in reaction, trying to not be loud. I could see Cortez's body stop and his nails seemed to let up more. Thus, he started scratching.