Oreo

Chapter 17: Passion

Romeo's POV~

This is stupid.  I shouldn't be this upset, but I am.  Why can't things just be smooth now that we're together?  And that aside, what was wrong with him earlier?  What kind of fever was that? 

I let out as exasperated sigh, closing the mostly empty cupboard.  We really needed to go shopping for food.  Orion just didn't seem like he was in the best condition to go anywhere let alone being left by himself.  We can just go tomorrow...  I opened the fridge then remembered what would be the easiest solution.  However, Ramen just seemed strange for late 'mornings' and there wasn't really much else to choose from.

Unless.... yeah... let's just eat that, and I'll order pizza for dinner.

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I settled on making the ramen noodles and brought the bowls back to his bedroom.  Stop being so butt-hurt from some stupid comment.  It doesn't matter how much it might have hurt; he was loopy and simple-minded so he wasn't thinking.

.... Shortly put, that must mean I really am cold...

I seriously need to stop overthinking things or I'll only make myself feel worse...

Orion, who had been laying down, looked at me before sitting up criss-cross style.  "Thanks, Ro.." He said as I handed him his bowl.

I sat beside him with a little space in between, looking down at my bowl and mixing the noodles to let some steam free.  Speak up, speak up, speak up, you stupid idiot.  He doesn't seem to know about anything that happened earlier.

"So, what happened earlier that made you upset?" Orion asked, sounding sincerely clueless.

"...... You said I was cold." I stated reluctantly after slowly eating a few of the very hot noodles.

He frowned a little.  "Cold?  Why?"

I shrugged.  "You weren't in your right mind... some kind of fever.  You were really dizzy and seeing spots, so I just did what I could to get it down even though the thermometer said you were fine..."

"Fever..?"

Orion's POV~

"Fever..?"

He nodded.

Well shit.  ".... What else did I do?"

He shrugged.  "Fell on your face trying to walk... nothing else, really... you were loopy." He still wasn't making eye contact.

Unsure if he was even holding back information, I didn't ask further.  He seemed meek enough as it was.  "Well.. I'm sorry.  I was probably just being childish and stupid."

"Don't be sorry.." He said before cracking a small smirk.  "Though, you kinda were.  And it was stupid of me to get so hurt about it."

I lifted the corner of my mouth a little.  "If you weren't holding hot soup right now, I'd tackle you."

He just chuckled lightly and took another bite with his wooden chopsticks.

Romeo's POV~

It was after the ramen I decided to put on a movie for us.  Orion sat back on the bed and I sat next to him, putting a hand on his forehead curiously.  "Are you dizzy at all, anymore?" I asked, still a bit concerned about his well being.

"Nn.. Not really.." He replied and my eyes glaced from my hand to his face.  He was looking away towards the television.  His cheeks were dusted with pink.