Title: Painful
Drabble: #22
TK's prompt: Leg
Randomly selected pairing: Taijyou
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Notes: I just laughed so much I gave myself hiccups. It put me in a good writing mood.
There are times, however rarely they occur, that Taichi wishes he didn't play football. Not because he doesn't like it; on the contrary, it's his passion. Rather because, on these rare occasions, he makes mistakes and miscalculations which end up in an injury. Now, usually he wouldn't care about obtaining an injury; he'd just cover it with a plaster or bandage, depending on how large it was, and go about his usual business. However, when he goes home after football Jyou is normally waiting for him and wounds are always the first things to catch his attention.
Again, it shouldn't bother him that Jyou always insists on looking at and taking care of any new gashes he acquires. He knows he ought to be pleased, because it proves that Jyou cares about him and Jyou is very hesitant when it comes to displaying affection. He also knows that a lot of people would be happy to have the person they love most attending to their cuts and scrapes, especially if they knew what they were doing like Jyou does. He almost feels bad when he walks through the front door, sporting a new, magnificent, gaping wound on his leg, and dreads the moment that Jyou notices it.
Any remorse he might have felt, however, instantly disappears when the horribly familiar smell of antiseptic liquid is released into the air and the sting that follows is more painful than obtaining the gash in the first place. Jyou does a wonderful job of keeping his leg still and preventing him from struggling too much as he pours the liquid into and around the cut, insisting that it'll get infected if it's not cleaned properly. At this moment, though, Taichi couldn't care less if it got infected; all he knows is that the antiseptic is burning and that he'd rather hack off his leg than feel it any more.
The moment the pain has eased and Jyou has secured a bandage around the wound, Taichi pounces, fully intent on having his boyfriend make up for it. Jyou is only too happy to oblige.