Help Me (Peterick AU) [COMPLETED]

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Patrick's POV

Like I promised I wake Pete up with an assault of kisses before group therapy. Ryan has to physically drag me off him after 20 minutes just so we'll get to therapy on time.

Pete doesn't even seem sad when I don't mention his birthday so maybe he's used to people forgetting. Even while we walk to therapy and I ask what we're going to do today he doesn't say anything about it. It makes me sad but I promise myself to raise his standards so next year he won't just settle for people forgetting.

When we walk into therapy Ryan and Brendon scream happy birthday making Pete laugh and blush. Everyone else says happy birthday to him too as we walk to our seats which gives Pete a huge smile. Even Dr Williams gives Pete a hug when she comes in and tells him she's proud of him for making it to 16. I still haven't said anything to him but Pete seems fine with it which still confuse me. If it was me is be dancing on tables to get Pete to notice what day it was so it shocks me how shy and passive he is.

We keep our hands down between our chairs as we start because apparently we shouldn't be too public about dating. We're allowed but we have to be cautious because they don't want people deciding to hook up or do stupid things. It's nice for Pete to be allowed to date but Dr Williams thinks it could be damaging for other people.

At the end of therapy the four of us stay behind and Dr Williams gives Pete a birthday cupcake. It's chocolate and has pink icing so Pete squeals and hugs her then shares it with me. I'm crazy for chocolate so I love it and I hope I get something this good for my birthday.

As we head back to Pete's room Brendon sneakily slips a box into my back pocket. He told me this morning he got Pete's bracelet so I presume this is it and I'm super happy everything's working out so well.

Pete's in such a good mood and it's impossible for me to not be too. He literally skips all the way down the hall and is so cute and giggly when we get to his room he can barely sit still. Apparently he hasn't had cake in years which I can barely believe. I'd die with no cake for 2 years so I'm glad we've broken that trend for Pete.

Pete jumps around giggling and telling me what a good day today already is and I can't stop myself from smiling back. After a while Pete calms down a little but when he looks over at me his face instantly drops "Sorry I shouldn't get so excited, it's stupid and embarrassing, I'm sorry"

I don't know why he's suddenly self conscious about being happy so I grab his wrist and pull him to me "Don't ever apologise for being happy baby, you deserve all the happiness in the world. I'm sorry people have made you feel like your feelings don't matter but they do so just let them out, it's ok"

That gets a smile out of Pete so I pull him into my lap and hold him close. I don't know who's made him feel like it's wrong to be happy but I hope I can get rid of that feeling. Him being happy is all I want in life and I'm determined to make sure he knows that.

I still haven't said anything about his birthday so I pull out the box in my pocket. I was hoping he'd ask me about it or be confident with it but he hasn't. That's slightly disappointing but there's still a long way to go before Pete's completely healed.

When Pete sees the box he hums in surprise but happily takes it from me. He takes his time opening it then gasps and flings himself onto me for a hug. He murmurs thank you over and over again before giving me a messy kiss and squealing "This is so cute, is this for me? Did you get me this?"

I wasn't really the one who got it since it was Brendon's money but I nod and take the kisses me gives me. It's not like he would kiss Brendon to say thank you anyway so I'll just take whatever he wants to give me.