Sickly

TODD'S POV:

Ugh. My head hurts, my throat hurts, my mouth is dryer than the Sahara desert and I can't breathe through my nose. I guess that's what comes with rummaging through dumpsters for half the night with Dirk. I don't even remember why we were doing it, we were probably trying to find clues or something.

Whatever. I nudge Dirk, who is passed out next to me, only to get a sort of squeaky-yelpy-whine. I roll my eyes and nudge him again, this time succeeding in waking him up as his deep sea-green eyes finally pop open.

"Todd, wha- Oh my goodness! Look at you!" He quickly sits up and places a hand on my forehead. "Sheesh, you're burning up. Hang on- I'll get you some water."

He leaves the room and comes back with a glass of ice water and a wet cloth.

"Here, drink up." He hands me the water which I happily chug down and places the cloth over my forehead. Although it startled me slightly at first, the coldness of it honestly feels amazing and I start dozing off again.

When I wake up, Dirk is sitting next to me on his laptop reading some article. He still has one hand holding the cloth on my forehead (which is still cold, he must've kept switching them out or something).

He notices I'm awake, smiles and closes his laptop.

"Oh good, you're up! How do you feel?"

"Like complete and utter shit. I think I'm dying, Dirk."

He chuckles and kisses me on the head, pulling me close. Even though waves of nausea overtake me from the sudden movement, I don't protest.

"You wanna watch a movie or something?"

That actually sounded really nice. Cuddling and watching a movie with my boyfriend while I'm sick. I nod.

"What do you wanna watch?"

"I honestly don't care. You can choose."

He ends up choosing The Incredibles, and I have to say, even if I was sick and absolutely felt like I was going to die, I still had a half-decent night, which would have probably been a shitty night if it weren't for Dirk Gently.

"I love you so much." I whisper as the credits roll and we're both starting to drift off.

"I love you too, Todd."

We kiss and fall asleep in each others arms.