My Sweet Cupcake- A Nightvale Fanfiction

Chapter 13

Carlos ran up to the nearest nurse as soon as he got out of the bathroom.

"Nurse! Nurse!" He yelled. The nurse turned around to see him. "Can--can I see Cecil?" He asked.

"Who?"

"Cecil. Cecil Palmer. My boyfriend." The nurse gave him an odd look. Then she nodded.

"Oh, him. He's in room..." She looked at her clipboard.  "309." Then she walked away. Carlos turned to the big hospital map on the wall and jogged down the hallway. Carlos missed room 309 and when he went back, he saw Cecil's blonde hair and pale face. He was sleeping. He looks better... Carlos thought. He tiptoed into the dark room and pulled up a chair beside the bed. Cecil's face looked relaxed and calm. The side of his face looked different without his glasses on. Carlos pulled the spectacles out of his pocket and held them in front of his eyes. They were square hipster glasses with thick, black rims. Totally different from his, with thin frames and sides. Carlos took off his glasses and tried on Cecil's. Wow. Cecil had WAY better vision than Carlos. Probably because he didn't strain his eyes all night looking through microscopes and examining different things in different slides. Carlos was definitely going to age faster than Cecil. He touched the slightly gray hair by his temples and sighed. His eyes were hot and he thought he was getting sick. 

"Carlos?" Cecil asked. He had awoken and sat up to look at Carlos. Carlos looked back up and smiled. 

"Hey, Cecil." He said wearily.

"What's wrong?" Cecil asked. 

"Nothing." Carlos rubbed his forehead. "I'm just glad that you're okay."

"Well..." Cecil hesitantly said. Carlos looked up. "did you hear?" 

"Yeah." Carlos said. "You might have...cancer." He whispered. Carlos picked up Cecil's glasses and slid them onto his face. "You dropped these." Cecil smiled.

"What happened after we got in here?" Cecil asked. 

"Um, you fell. And then a nurse took you here." Carlos left out the part about all the blood. There was still some in his hair. 

"Well don't worry, Carlos. I'll be okay." Cecil smiled.

Carlos just wished that was the truth.