Janiel Oneshots (Discontinued...Again)

77. Sick on Vacation (Fluff)

I wrote this at 2 am while half asleep 😴 sorry if it doesn't make sense.

(Joey's POV)

When I had Thrush, it was the most painful experience in my twenty six years on this Earth. I couldn't eat any solids, could barely talk, and spent most of my days laying on the couch writhing in pain. When it finally began disappearing, I thought it would never return. Because that's uncommon. But, as usual, life likes to fuck with me.

On Christmas Day I surprised Daniel and Maria with a trip to Hawaii for New Years. Daniel was already panicked because he was getting over a sickness and just wanted to relax. As did I. Until I started to feel the all too familiar sensations of a "canker sore". Immediately I started to get worked up, but with the Hawaii trip vastly approaching, I decided to leave it alone and let nature take its course. I didn't put any medication on it, didn't touch it, just didn't bother with it. When we got to Hawaii, my mouth started breaking out into more canker sores on the inside. This made me panic even more. I just want a nice and relaxing vacation with my boyfriend and his mother, is that too much to ask for?

Day two into the trip and my mouth is becoming a serious problem for me. I can feel the sores coming, the same pain I thought I had defeated. I was too tired to get out of bed, afraid to speak due to all the sores in my mouth, but at the same time I don't want to ruin the vacation for Daniel and Maria. If I'm just sitting around in agony, they're going to start focusing on me instead of having a good time in Hawaii. I know I shouldn't be hiding something like this from Daniel since he was the one who helped me through it last time, but he was so excited to go to Hawaii. Who am I to ruin that? Sure it's not going to be easy, hiding something extremely painful. But if it means Daniel and Maria will have a blast, I'm willing to sit through it.

You know what doesn't make this better? Salt water. It is literally the devil in this scenario. Daniel and I were swimming around when a bunch of salt water flooded into my mouth, causing an eruption of wretchedness flicked into high gear. I spit out the salt water before rushing to the blanket. Daniel followed me out "are you okay Joey? You're usually the last one out not the first!" I smiled small, keeping my lips together. I sat on the beach chair and watched with a distant smile on my face as Daniel splashed around in the clear blue water.

Back at the hotel, I immediately jumped into bed, curling into a ball under the covers. "Joey?" I stayed quiet, burrowing my head under the blanket "Joey I know you're under the covers. What's wrong?" "Nothing!" I wince "I'm just tired" (a/n: same) Daniel walks over to the bed "Joey I know you're lying." Uncovering my head, I look up at Daniel with puppy eyes "I'm fine, you don't need to worry" instead of leaving, Daniel slides into bed beside me "Joey, you wince every time you say a word. Something is definitely wrong" I sighed, looking down at the blanket, picking at loose strands "Nothing is wrong. Go enjoy your vacation" Daniel wraps an arm around me, pulling me closer "do you seriously think I'd leave you in your obvious time of need? Joey, I'm not just going to leave you when you're obviously in pain for a view I can just Google search." "But you were so excited about coming, you overcame your illness in a matter of days just to come." I wish I could overcome this in a matter of days.

"Tell me what's wrong" I look at him, my sad blue eyes meeting his concerned green ones "it came back. The sickness I contracted during the book tour" Daniel's eyes widened, he pulls me closer to him "oh my god Joey! Why didn't you tell me?" "I didn't want to ruin your vacation" kissing the top of my head, Daniel tsks "do you really believe I care more about a trip than your health? Joey, when I gave you that promise ring, I promised to be here for you during all your hardships. You don't have to ever be afraid about ruining anything if you're not one million percent healthy. No you didn't ruin this vacation because just being with you is stress less." (A/N: I woke up at 2 am just to write that.) Daniel rubs my back "do you still have the medication that worked?" "It's in the toiletries bag, I took it with me just in case the canker sore turned into....well....this."

Daniel stayed in bed with me just scrolling through Instagram while I rested against him, the pain in my mouth slightly subsiding. But I knew that as long as Daniel is by my side, I will be just fine.

Okay sorry it's short but again, I wrote this at two am. Half of my brain is shut down. I'm going back to sleep now.

Love y'all!

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