i'll be the boy with the silver lining - jalex oneshots

[BUT YOU'RE ALLERGIC]

alex's pov:

"jack, i love you, but it's your own fault that you're sitting in this damn bed, constantly sneezing. it's not my fault you can't go out." i said, laughing. jack was lying in our bed, coffee in hand, grumbling about how he couldn't go to his cousin's house party. honestly, it's pretty funny, but i do worry a little bit when he starts uncontrollably sneezing. it was about midday now, and he'd been in this state since he woke up. now, you probably want some sort of back story to this, but you've got to be prepared for it to sound stupid.

well, jack and i decided to 'cat-sit' his parents' cat when they went away. for the first couple of days, it was fine. we would go round to their house, feed sketchers (yes, jack did help name the cat, and out-ruled his entire family), and then come home. but you see, jack and i got very attached to this cat, and decided to take him home for the remaining two weeks. the thing is, jack didn't care to tell me that he was allergic to cats. he can't cope with the amount of fur they have. he's the same with dogs as well - but he only thought to tell me when we got home with sketchers.

i remember finding him with the cat on his lap, watching tv, and sniffling. it was a cute sight, but at first, i thought jack was upset or something. i'd only been out for an hour to get groceries, what could've happened in that time? i mean, he could just be watching an emotional episode of a tv show, but i was still worried about him (look at me, being supportive). turns out, he was just allergic to the cat. and he had the cat on his lap.

when i woke up this morning, the warm thing next to my face was not jack's face. it was the damn cat - and jack was hugging him. i just shook my head. did this idiot really allow the cat to sleep in our bed when he had allergies? really? i told him to leave the cat to roam around in the kitchen and living room. having him on our bed was honestly more than a little bit stupid. i just shook my head, getting out of bed and prying the cat from jack's arms.

"but lex! he was comfy!" i heard jack protest, his voice slightly muffled by his pillow. i smiled softly, shaking my head again. i sighed, trying to explain to jack how having the cat that close to him was bad, and he was going to make himself ill. however, jack kept protesting, and i was often interrupted by one of jack's sneezing fits. i sighed again, going downstairs with the cat and getting jack some medicine to calm down his allergy. looking at the time, i realised that i was supposed to be in work in half an hour. i'll just call in and tell rian i can't come in. i'm sure he won't mind. we've been best friends for years, and he knows how much i hate going to work when jack's ill. i never used to go to school when either of my parents were ill either. i don't know why, it's just always been like that.

"hey rian. yeah, i can't come in today... no, i'm fine, it's just jack... fine, take it off my annual leave... hopefully i'll be back tomorrow, yeah... he's allergic to his parents' cat and decided that cuddling him when he slept was a good idea... no, i wouldn't have let him bring it home if i knew, he told me after we got home with him... okay, see you tomorrow!" i ended the call, handing jack a glass of water and the pills. i'm so good at multi-tasking if i do say so myself.

"who was that on the phone?" jack asked, acting as if it wasn't obvious. i gave him the 'you know' look, and he looked a little guilty. "you don't have to take the day off of work for me, you know? you're always taking it out of your annual leave, it's not fair on you. you don't really want to be here with me while i'm sick, i can take care of myself, promise!" jack tried to convince me to go into work every time he was ill - which wasn't often, but still, he tried every time - and my reply was always the same.

"no jack, you know i like to make sure that you're okay. i trust that you can look after yourself, but i've always stayed at home. besides, it means i can spend more time with you." i grinned, knowing that the last sentence was extremely cheesy, but you see, jack and i loved our cheesy relationship. it had been like this since the start of our relationship, and it just made it what it is now. we used to apologise for being cheesy, but that stopped after a year or so, cheesy was just natural to us by that point.

"i love you, lex."

"i love you too, jacky."

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a/n - excuse the ending, i can't end anything for my life. i felt like i was going to keep writing for ages, and it was going to get boring, so i just ended it like this.

anyways, most one-shots will be longer than this, but this one was just a quick one that i could finish, because i was in the mood to post jalex.