-sydney's pov-
we were all in the lift, soaking wet waiting for the elevator to stop when i burst out a sneeze.
"are you okay syd?" ash asked, placing an arm on my shoulder.
"yeah im fine, i must have caught a cold."
"omg syd im so sorry, we just wanted to have fun. i didn't think that you'd catch a cold." mikey apologized.
"totally syd, we're sorry." cal said and Luke nodded.
"no no guys! its okay its totally fine, besides i actually had fun." i gave them a reassuring smile and they returned me a small smile.
when the lift stopped at 3, lulu gave a stupid suggestion.
"hey ash, why don't cal, mike and I head up to you apartment and you head to syd's apartment and take care of her?"
ash had a flustered look plastered on his face as he looked at me, then to cal, mike, lulu.
he was about to say something when cal pushed him and I out of the lift.
"see ya!" cal said and they all waved as the lift doors were closing.
"sorry syd... are you okay with that?" ash asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
"yeah yeah sure! it's totally fi-" there goes the sneeze again.
"oh gosh, let's stop talking and go inside." ash placed his hand on my back and guided me into my apartment.
"alright syd, lay here." he instructed me as he pointed towards the couch.
i really didn't need him to take care of him, i felt like i was troubling him a lot but i was too tired and sick to say anything.
his footsteps were soon inaudible and so i start to close my eyes.
few seconds later i felt myself being covered with a thick fabric. i opened my eyes and saw Ashton carefully covering me with my blanket.
"syd did i wake you up? im so sorry, please go back to sleep and rest." he turned around, about to walk away but i held his hand. i felt his body stiffened a little.
"ash where are you going? please don't leave me." i was afraid to be alone. this was a thing during my childhood. i had panic attacks. till this day i do but they are way stable now. whenever i would get sick as a little child, my panic attacks would grow on me and i would always want someone by my side. it became a thing, i needed someone by my side whenever i was sick.
ash smiled at me and came closer. he brushed the hair that was covering my face away. "syd, im going to make you some soup. i'll wake you up when it's ready. i won't leave you, i promise."
i nodded my head and closed my eyes, smiling. i truly appreciated ashton irwin.
