abused & rescued ↣ nathan sykes

Stressful Days & Sketch Books

Nathan's POV:

"That's when I fo-und yOU." I sang as my voice crack/waver/choked for the 11th time in the 8 hours that we've been in the studio. I groaned and beat my hand against the wooden wall of the sound booth. I was starting to get sick if how much my voice was starting to mess the band and my singing up. And now just recently today my voice was broken and raspy-sounding. Scooter sighed,

"It's ok Nathan. Let's make that a wrap for today boys. Nathan I am going to make you an appointment with the laryngologist for Tuesday." He said. I nodded and slipped the headphones off before walking out of the sound booth.

(Btw a laryngologist. is a throat doctor. Hehe I looked up the name. I'm sad)

When the boys and I were in the van I stayed silent for most of the ride. With the occasional 'yeah' or 'hmph' with the slightest nod of my head. But nothing other and/or more than that really. The boys did their best to try to get me to talk, laugh or anything really:

"C'mon mate. Think about it this way at least your voice is lower!" ~Tom

"Kayla will love the manly voice in the bedroom!" ~ Siva

I said goodbye and began to walk. As I made my way to the front door of the house, I thought about the boys: Though their attempts were failures, I did appreciate their trying to make me feel better. Although I knew that only one person could 100% make me feel better even on the shittiest days of my li-

"Baby!" Kayla squealed. She ran from her place on the sofa over to me as she jumped onto me and wrapped her arms around my waist. Her arms were tightly bound around my neck and my arms under her bum and lower back to hold her as we kissed. Kayla giggled as she kissed me before pulling away,

"I missed you!" She cooed before kissing me again. I smiled sadly,

"I missed you too baby girl." I said, my throat stinging at the vibration of my voice against it. Kayla instantly pulled away from me and looked at me worriedly,

"Natan...? Was wong?" She asked. I sighed and sat down on the sofa with Kayla sat in my lap sideways,

"It's nothing little one...it's just I've been having lots of problems with my voice lately and it's just been effecting my work a little. But as far as we know it's nothing serious." I reassured her. Kayla pouted,

"Are you sure..?" She asked. I chuckled and nodded,

"Yes baby I'm sure.." I teased. Kayla giggled and peppered my face, jawline, ears and neck with kisses. I smiled,

"Mmm, now if only you'd do that somewhere else..." I hinted. Kayla gasped and blushed before she pulled her sleeve over her hand and covered her face with it. I smiled and kissed her sleeve-covered knuckles. Kayla giggled and pecked my lips,

"So you had a bad day?" She asked. I nodded, not sure where she was going with this. Kayla giggled,

"I think I have a way for you to relax a bit Mister..." She whispered. I chuckled as I kissed her,

"Really?" I asked. She nodded and batted her eyelashes before she broke out into a big smile and threw her arms out wide,

"CUDDLES!" She giggled before attacking me in one of her cute little bear hugs. I laughed and cuddled her tightly as I kissed her,

"Now I get to spend the rest of my day with my baby.....speaking of, where are the twins?" I asked quickly. Kayla pointed her jumper-covered hand back to the hallway as we coninued to kiss,

"Back dere sleeping.." She whispered as she looked my eyes for a second. I smiled against her lips and chuckled,

"That's good...now we can have some private time.." I said before kissing her again. I smiled as I kissed Kayla's blushing cheek before hugging her tightly. Kayla lightly played with the hair on the back of my neck with her small, skinny fingers. Kayla pulled away from my neck and cocked her head to the side as she smiled,

"Have I ever shown you my sketch book?" She asked. I furrowed my eyebrows and shook my head. Kayla smiled wider showing her straight white teeth,

"Do you want me to?" She asked excitedly. I nodded and smiled. Kayla giggled and squealed before making her little feet rush to the bedroom. She came out into the living room with a notebook clutched to her chest. Kayla handed the notebook to me and sat down in front of me with her legs crossed.

I opened the small/medium sized notebook. There was loads of drawings in it. Every page filled with cartoon and anime sketches of small animals, emoji faces, girls in dresses and other little 'kawaii' drawings of hers. When I got to a certain page of the notebook before I could turn to it, Kayla stopped me and grabbed the notebook,

"Ok, that's it." She said. I squinted my eyes at her,

"Are you hiding something from me?" I asked. Kayla shook her head. But a certain little guilty look in her big, brown eyes told me otherwise. I held my hand out open flat and Kayla sighed before starting to hand the notebook to me. She hesitated,

"Just....don't think I'm crazy. Ok?" She asked. I furrowed my eyebrows,

"I would never..." I reassured her as she handed the notebook to me. I opened it to the place where I was and saw what filled the next 8 pages was anime drawings of two people...a girl, and a boy. They looked very much in love. I smiled and looked at Kayla who was looking down at her lap while she played with her fingers and hair,

"Are these us?" I asked with a smile. Kayla looked up at me and nodded. I awwed and set the notebook down before kissing Kayla. I pulled away and pulled Kayla into my lap,

"I love them Duckling." I whispered. Kayla looked up at me with sparkling eyes,

"You do?" She asked. I nodded,

"Of course. They're beautiful, but...why would you think I would call or even think you're crazy?" I asked. Kayla blushed and hid her face in my chest as she shrugged. I chuckled and cuddled her closer.