#anderperry week 2k21 day 6 sick/hurt comfort

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anderperry week, day 6 sick/hurt comfort: “as usual”

hehe sick/hurt comfort laced with angst and my brain is broken sshhhhh no complaints not proofread btw yeet

neil sighed as he struts in the long hallways of the hospital. truthfully, he have always dislike hospital, you know? it's just the people. it's just a weird building. just a weird building. totally not the people and their memories in it. totally.

he opened the door— the only door he goes everyday. that one white door on the third floor. where todd anderson lies in sickness. trying to get better.

he smiled immediately when he caught glimpse of the other boy. soft ‘hi’s were thrown in the air as neil gets the breakfast ready.

“how've you been, sweetheart?” he asked. as he usually does.

“the usual,” todd croaks. as he usually does too. “the nurses keeps waking me up in the middle of the night— they're gonna get their poem from me really soon.”

neil snickered at that. todd loves writing poems whether it's something he loves or something he hates. nevertheless, it was always laced with the sweetness of honey and covered in multiple blankets of metaphors. he's very delicate when writing, maybe that's why, it always came out perfectly. neil loves it.

“did you write a new one yet?” he asked. todd sat up in his bed and shook his head.

“nah, too sick to write one yesterday,” he answered.

“i'm sure you'll write a new one again, yeah?”

“yeah.”

they sat in silence for a moment. they ate their breakfast like the usual. neil spoon fed todd although he really doesn't like it. says he can but never take the spoon away from neil anyways.

“how about you, what'd you do?” todd asked.

“nothing much, you know. school and stuff. can't wait to get out of the school,” he answered while laughing.

“i wish i can go to school,” todd sighs.

“you will! when you get out of here. i promise.”

“if i get out of here, you mean.”

“WHEN you get out of here, i'll take you to our school. it has a nice ambience, you'll love it. you'd love the guys too.”

“i already met lots of em. you, like, bring them here on Saturdays.”

“yeah,” he laughed. “because—”

they both said in unison, “charlie said, Saturdays are for the boys.”

they laughed. “it's so corny i wonder where he got that.”

“me too! please, he always say lots of weird things. where on earth does he even get that?”

“i know! last time he started info dumping something about the universe i don't even remember it was informative though...”

they laughed again until both of their tummy hurts. until todd's internal hurts. he stopped and reached for neil's hand for comfort.

“neil, it hurts, it hurts,” he said. neil held his hands and squeezed it.

“it's going to be fine, it's gonna be fine,” he whispered in his soft loving voice. “i'm gonna call the doctor, okay? just wait for me. it's gonna be fine.”

neil looked back at todd, trying to assure him before he went out to find the doctors and nurses. when he came back, he was pushed back behind the crowd of medical professionals and even in the midst of it, his eyes and todd's meet.

neil smiled. todd slept and when he woke up, neil was still there. like the usual. he would always be there, right?

neil woke up when he felt the delicate fingers he always holds brushing his hair.

“hey, you're awake,” he said.

“yeah, unfortunately,” todd jokingly said which earned him a flick (pitik) from neil.

“what did we talk about saying about these things?”

“yeah, yeah. should be thankful im alive and stuff.”

silence.

“can you stay tonight?” todd asked, avoiding eye contact.

“that's okay, i have nothing to do anyways,” which is a lie but neil can do those later or tomorrow.

“sooo, which show do you wanna binge tonight?”

“ehhh, idk one of your rough old films i guess or that one cartoon about weird teenagers on summer camp eating shitty food.”

frown. “you mean?? i don't know what's that.”

“yeah, let's just watch another shakespeare movie.”

laughs and talks all night long. neil hoped it could be like that everyday. just todd happy. because tomorrow, he might not live to see the sun again.