Tharntype fic- Compounding factors

Chapter 35: How to be boreal (Type's PoV)

April 8th

The light coming from the window hurts my eyes when Tharn wakes me up. He is kneeling on the bed, bouncing up and down, and far too perky for this early in the day. It's eight in the morning, I am on dry land, and I am seasick. My head hurts like hell, and I want to kill my boyfriend almost as much as I want an aspirin.

"Tharn!" I groan

"Good morning!" Tharn says, his voice is aggressively cheery.

"Ughhhh!"

"Good morning!" Tharn says again, if anything he's gotten even cheerier.

This morning is nothing close to being good. Going out with Techno last night may have been a mistake. A fun mistake though.

I sit up in bed but I feel dizzy, so I groan again and hide my face in my hands, desperately trying to make my world stop spinning. It's not until I feel Tharn's hand on my shoulder that I lift my head. He hands me a glass of water and some medicine.

"Take this. You need to wake up!".

I take the pills and drink the whole glass before I angrily say, "I don't need to do anything, just let me suffer in peace"

Tharn purses his lips and rubs his right arm absently. He looks a little subdued when he mumbles "I have a surprise for you..."

"What, a fucking earthquake?" I answer

Tharn raises an eyebrow "no, we are going on a date, but it's a surprise!" He whispers the last three words dramatically.

"It's too early... and too bright for surprises" I whine.

I don't think Tharn will let me sleep anymore. I squint up at him and I try to figure out what all this is about. He hadn't been up to making any plans, let alone a date in months!

"Tharn, are you doing this because you feel sorry for me? Because what I told you yesterday was true...I will try to let you know how I feel more often. There is no need-"

"No! Not at all!" Tharn interrupts, then he shakes his head, "I just thought..nevermind."

I wait for him to elaborate, but he is pouting and doesn't say anything more. I sigh. I don't have enough patience for this today. "Tharn, what's going on?"

"Nothing, I just thought... that we need this. I have missed being with you. Like, really being with you!" Then he looks at me with his puppy dog eyes and I shake my head.

I'm still so confused. Tharn's mood has taken a complete 180 since last night, and I don't know what's going on. Tharn must be able to read this on my face because then he says

"Aaaand... I need a break. I need to have fun"

I know what he is doing. First he pouts and pretends to be sad, and now, he is basically begging me to do whatever he wants me to do. And I'll do it. Because I fucking love him. And he knows all that. Manipulative bastard.

"Okaaay?" I say, "But does it need to be at the crack of dawn?"

Tharn gives my knee a little squeeze, "Yes. Yes it does."

And then he smiles so triumphantly and so brightly that I have to look away. He is radiant. I haven't seen Tharn this happy in a long time. I try not to blush, but seeing him like this makes me feel warm and soft. I look up at him and I'm basically powerless at this point.

"Fine, just tell me!" I say, I should be annoyed that he can get me to do whatever he wants so easily, but I'm not. "Where are you taking me?"

Tharn follows me to the bathroom. He leans on the door frame, his arms crossed on his stomach. He doesn't say a word in the time it takes me to put toothpaste on the brush. He looks like a fallen avenging angel, too unworldly and too handsome to be real.