BLOOM'S OSC ONESHOTS [CLOSED]

The sound of a violin [Mephone x OJ]

Requested by: opalissilly

Mentions of small injuries [Blisters, open wounds, etc]

There are no descriptions of blood or anything else whatsoever, but this is just a heads up!

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The days passed by, and it was getting boring doing absolutely nothing in the hotel. Mephone didn't like the fact that all he could do was talk to people, eat, and sleep. With OJ being the hotel manager he is, it was hard to interact with OJ without him falling asleep every 2 seconds. The boredom was driving him mad, and he needed something to do.

Mephone wasn't one for hobbies, as his only hobby was baking—which would definitely be a disaster if he did it alone—but he had eventually found a way to occupy his own time. He never expected that he would be playing the violin, but here he was. With the help of another contestant, he got his hands on the instrument and decided to try it out for himself. He had never tried playing an instrument before, so it was a nice try.

There was one problem though.

Mephone...may or may not have accidently fumbled with the violin and had the misfortune of experiencing a sprained wrist along with blisters on his fingers from the pressure and inexperience he had. He actually didn't notice that he hurt himself at first glance, only noticing days after when the pain worsened. Not a very ideal way to spend his days, but it was whatever. At least he had something to focus on.

Gripping at his own injured wrist, he was on his way downstairs to go get a quick snack for the time being. Mephone didn't want to admit that the pain was actually getting unbearable as much as he tried to ignore it, but he didn't want to bother trying to patch himself up. He could deal with it. This wasn't a thing he needed help with dealing with—he could do it himself. A sprained wrist isn't hard to patch up, or at least to his own knowledge.

He entered the kitchen, scanning the area to find something to munch on. He swore he had some leftover cookies from baking some last time, but he knew damn well he already ate them all before he could save any for himself. Before he could reach the fridge, he heard a familiar voice call out to him and froze immediately.

"Mephone?" OJ called out, peeking from the hallway. Mephone badly hid his own wrist in fear of OJ realizing what happened and replied casually. "Oh—Hi OJ! Just...grabbing a quick snack for myself."

OJ stepped into the kitchen, looking at Mephone from across. "Uh huh...and why are you gripping your wrist like that?" The other cursed under his breath, tightening his grip on his own wrist. "Just...—It's nothing. My wrist just hurts, that's all really—"

"Come on, let me see." OJ grabbed Mephone's wrist carefully as Mephone's screen heated up slightly from the small contact. It didn't take long for OJ to realize that Mephone sprained his wrist and inflicted other injuries onto himself. It was typical of Mephone to be quite clumsy, but he wondered how it could get this bad that the other didn't do anything about it.

"You have literal blisters, dummy. How'd this even happen?" He looked up at Mephone's face, a clearly anxious one. "...I was playing the violin."

OJ blinked in surprise with a small smirk on his face, "You play the violin? I didn't take you as the music type." Mephone attempted to free his own wrist, getting a firmer grip from OJ in return. "Nope. You're coming with me." OJ knew that no amount of convincing was gonna make Mephone go to the infirmary, so he was going to do it himself.

OJ let Mephone out of the kitchen and into the infirmary, making sure that Mephone wasn't trying to run away in the process. He opened the door, shutting it while not loosening the grip on Mephone one bit. Turning around, he gently brought Mephone's body to sit on the padded bed, Mephone reluctantly complying with him. Once he was sat, OJ went to the cabinets, rummaging through it to find a roll of bandages, ointment, and an ice pack.

OJ placed the objects onto the side of the bed, crouching on the floor and grabbing Mephone's wrist again to take care of it. He took the roll of bandages, gently wrapping it around the injured wrist as he continued talking, "Now Mephone, mind telling me how you let it get this bad?"

"I...kinda didn't notice."

He got a groan from OJ in response. "Ugh—you seriously need to stop being so oblivious to these kinds of things." He lightly scolded Mephone, but with no actual annoyance or anger behind it. As he finished adjusting the bandage, OJ turned to the side to grab the ice pack, placing it on top of Mephone's wrist. "Hold it in place."

The chilly feeling that was surrounding his fingertips and hand was oddly comforting as he put pressure on it. Truly, he would've ignored the injury completely if OJ hadn't interrupted and helped him anyway. It's nice having a partner to remind you of taking care of yourself, something Mephone is...not particularly good at. You could tell it was a slight nightmare for OJ whenever Mephone wasn't aware of himself hurting.

With one last step, OJ dabbed some ointment onto the small wounds on Mephone's fingers. He wiped the excess, and was finished with patching him up. A really silly idea suddenly sparked up in OJ's mind. Without thinking about it too much, he brought Mephone's wrist to his lips and gave it a small peck, earning a small flinch from Mephone. "Sorry. Just wanted to make it heal faster, hah."

"Well, the bandage isn't too tight, right?" Mephone moved his wrist slightly, staring at the gauze surrounding his wrist, "Nope..."

OJ hummed in response, getting up from the ground. "Now that's taken care of, what do you say about getting back to our room?"

Just thinking about it made Mephone feel something fuzzy in his chest, "Ah...sure. I guess." He gave a sheepish smile before walking out the infirmary with OJ aside.

Until now, Mephone hadn't realized that he actually was supposed to take something, but he had other plans. With OJ, of course.

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Word count: 1105

> Hello, I'm back from my awfully short break (?). Along with that, this is my first time making art for a oneshot like this, I hope yall like it <3

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