A Heart To Heal (BL)

CH 7.1- Worrywart (PA)

Yuto's head felt fuzzy that morning. He really couldn't concentrate so well. 'Thank god I decided to prep Nagi's breakfast before I went to bed. I don't think I'd be able to cook in the morning with such a headache,'. He took out the eggs that he had boiled and the fish that he had marinated and fried the night before. He laid it out for Nagi on the dining table. "Ugh...my head really hurts...". Yuto felt his head pounding and rested his head against the cool kitchen wall.

He struggled to re-tie his hair up in the small rattail. "Yuto? You have an early lecture?"Came Nagisa's sleepy voice as he walked out of his room. "Yeah,"The boy groaned and Nagisa took the hair tie from Yuto. "I'll do it for you, just hold still,". Nagisa tied his hair up pretty easily and Yuto held his head in pain. What a day to wake up with a headache like this. "Thanks....Thanks Nagi,".

"Do you want me to drive you to class? I can eat breakfast in the car while waiting for school to start,"Nagisa smiled and held him close, kissing his forehead gently. "That would be nice, Nagi. Thank you,". The boy tottered to his room to change his clothes. His vision was bleary and his head kept throbbing. He slipped one of Nagisa's hoodies on before he sighed to himself. 'Maybe staying up that late for a project isn't such a good idea,'.

Once Yuto arrived at school, his headache seemed to have blossomed into a migraine. He couldn't focus on anything. His head pounded according to the footsteps he took to enter the compounds of the school and he really wished he told Nagisa about it. But Nagisa was stressed over a meeting he had to go to and he couldn't possibly stress him out even more by being sick.

"Are you alright?". A soft voice called out to him and Yuto turned around to see a male who was perhaps older than him. "You don't look well,". Traditionally, Yuto would have shielded his face with the hood of the hoodie and immediately run away but he didn't have the energy for that. "I'll be fine...."He replied hesitantly and the boy grabbed his arm and dragged him to one of the benches in front of the lecture halls.

Smiling at him, our hazel eyed friend comforted him."Sit down for a bit. I'm Ryu Jaehwan. Nice to meet you,". Yuto looked up and realised that this was the person he had bumped into a couple months ago. He didn't really know how to respond but he decided to introduce himself back. "I'm Kirishima Yuto.....Nice to meet you...". Jaehwan seemed surprised by how much he trailed off before he apologised. "Ah, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you talk,".

What was it like to have a friend? Well, Yuto didn't know. He didn't even know who to consider a friend. But if it meant having someone to lean on when you're in such pain, it probably wasn't so bad. "I thought I'd be alone. But I guess if I attend today's lecture with you, I'll be fine,"The boy smiled at Yuto once more. Yuto thought of Nagisa and the boy.

'Is it normal for a human to smile so much at someone who doesn't understand the value of it?'.

Jaehwan felt Yuto's forehead gently. "Ah..you're coming down with a fever? You shouldn't have come to class,". Yuto looked down as he huffed a reply. "I wanted to turn in the conclusion to my report today,"He groaned and saw the boy's surprised expression. "What?? That thing's due in two weeks! Wow, I guess honours students sure are a different breed of smart,"He joked, pushing his scarf to one side.

Pushing Yuto's head to rest on his small shoulder. "There, there. Lay there for a bit. Class should start soon,". Yuto shut his watery eyes, relieved. Today, he had made his first friend. Today can't be all that bad. But that's what he thought.

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Nagisa had to sit through the meeting with a midlife crisis. Okay, so he won an award for being "The Best English Teacher" out of the many teachers all over the prefecture. He was gushed, ecstatic, happy, what more could he say? Then he realised that he would have to travel all the way to Shibuya to receive it. 'What? I have to spend three days away from my precious Yuto? Impossible! No! I can't possibly go along with this!'.