It was in the middle of the night and Matt's sleep was disturbed by your plea's. You were shaking his shoulder to wake him up.
"Matt.." he heard you whisper. "Wake up.."
"What?" He mumbled and then finally opened his eyes, rubbing his eyes. He looked over and saw you turned on the lamp on your nightstand.
"I..Matt..I-"
"Babe, what's wrong?" He asked with worry as you crouched in front of him. You had your arm pressed over your stomach, your shoulders were shaking and your cheeks were drained with tears.
Matt sat himself up in the bed.
"I'm sorry, Matt. I didn't know this was going to happen"
"What are you talking about?"
You backed away a small bit to reveal a dark spot under your body. Matt looked at the stain with furrowed eyebrows before he connected the dots and realised what was going on. You were on your period.
"I'm sorry. I messed up your sheets"
You had usually expected the bleeding to happen the next day, but your period didn't want to play along, resulting in you now sitting in front of your boyfriend, his sheets stained with your blood because you had been unprepared. You didn't look at him because you were embarrassed.
"Babe, look at me" Matt said, moving closer to you and cupping your face in his hands. "It's okay, I'm not mad at you, I promise. There's nothing to be ashamed, it's women's nature, isn't it?"
He kissed your forehead and caught your tears with his thumb. "I'm going to put the shower on and I'll change the sheets while you shower, how does that sound?"
You nodded, the weight falling from your shoulders. He wasn't mad at you, he was considerate.
"Thank you, Matt"
"No problem, babe. Hang on"
Matt jumped out of bed, walking towards his closet. He grabbed some fresh clothes and went into the bathroom. He put your clothes on the toilet seat, then looked for pads or tampons that he kept for emergencies like this. After putting the shower at the right temperature, he went back out to you.
"Careful" He held your hand and used his other arm to wrap around your lower back, leading you into the bathroom.
"Ow" you moaned, tears welling in your eyes. You couldn't remember them being this painful. It felt like someone tried to rip your uterus out, everything down below was numb.
"Are you okay?"
"It hurts.."
"Hold on, babe. I'll check if I have painkillers and I'm sure the shower will do you well"
Matt helped you take your clothes off before you stood under the shower. He left and let you do your own thing privately. Matt knew at times like this, women would rather do this on their own.
He went back to take care of the bedsheets. He replaced the sheets with new ones and then collected everything and put them into the washing machine.
Going into the kitchen, he took out a bottle of milk and a package of cocoa powder. "Hot chocolate for the lady" he smiled to himself and mixed the ingredients with some sugar, he put the cup in the microwave and waited until it was done and ready to be drunk.
He walked back to the bedroom and placed it down on the nightstand.
Meanwhile, you got out the shower. You felt better then before, but you still felt numb. At least, your cramps lessened a bit. You put on your underwear and pyjamas, after putting a pad on and left the bathroom.
"How are you feeling?" Matt asked, looking at you. He had painkillers in his hand and a glass of water, which he handed to you.
"Better, I guess. I still feel uncomfortable after the-"
"It's okay" He cut you off. "I love taking care of you and I've said before, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Drink your water"
You complied to his order.
Matt gently dragged you back to bed. "Here's some hot chocolate"
You smiled at him. "You didn't have to"
"Is there anything else you need?"
"Thanks, you've already done more than I could ever ask for."
