Title: Accident Prone
Drabble: #12
TK's prompt: Thumb
Randomly selected pairing: Jyouken
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Notes: All these unusual pairings are good fun to write, and I'm really glad that people are actually reading them. It makes me smile.
Sometimes Jyou wonders what possessed him to want to go to medical school. The work is tough, and studying at home leaves him little to no free time. Taking a day off is completely out of the question, since his top marks aren't just going to achieve themselves, unless he's at death's door. Even then it doesn't really count as a day off, because he'll spend it drilling new information into his head anyway; he'll just be at home while he's doing it.
These moments, however, are few and far between. Jyou would feel uncomfortable if he didn't spend all his time studying, and to a certain extent he even enjoys it. There's almost no feeling that can beat the relief he feels when what he learns at school is the same as what he's already gone over himself the previous evening. The only thing he has a lot of difficulty coping with is the blood.
This makes going out with Ken almost unbearable. Not the lack of time – Ken's grades, too, require almost constant work – but the blood. Jyou's not entirely sure how Ken does it, but somehow he always manages to come home with some new gaping wound which he sheepishly asks Jyou to take care of.
This is why Jyou isn't surprised when Ken knocks on his door and, sporting what he's hoping is a winning smile, holds up a bloody hand.
He sighs and leads his younger boyfriend into the bathroom, where he washes off the excess blood while trying not to cringe or shudder too much. Fortunately, it's much worse than it looks; Ken must just have a lot of blood. Once his hand has been rinsed, Jyou can see a small, albeit deep, cut on his thumb, and he rummages for a plaster.
It's easier now that the blood has gone. Jyou lets his touches linger for a moment more than is necessary, allowing himself the simple pleasure of his fingers brushing against Ken's and taking just a little bit too long applying the plaster to prolong the contact for an extra couple of seconds.
He tells himself it's good practice.