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Larry was half asleep when he heard shuffling in the apartment, he assumed it was Lisa. Sally was collapsed and already asleep on his chest, he looked so cute and Larry didn't want to wake him. He could hear footsteps come towards his door, he quickly pulled the covers over him and Sal, making sure he was decent in case they came in. Lisa faintly knocked on Larry's door, peering her head around it. Larry put his finger to his lip and pointed at Sal, indicating to Lisa to be quiet. She nodded and tiptoed in, making her way over to the bed. Larry made sure they were both fully covered and looked up at Lisa,

"Hey mum" he whispered, putting a hand over Sal's ear to make sure he didn't hear him.

"Hey Lar...why aren't you at school? I know why Sal's here." Lisa obviously didn't know the real reason that Sal was off school but he didn't want to explain why Sal was off.

"Oh...umm...when I heard that Sal wasn't feeling good I went to look for him, I was late for class and... a teacher told me to go home." Larry was a terrible liar, everyone knew it. Lisa shot him a look as if to say "Don't lie"

"Fine...I got really worried about Sal and came looking for him, and it's a good job I did!" Larry started to get angry and raised his voice a little, Sal stirred a little and burrowed his head into Larry's chest. Larry rubbed his head, tucking some stray blue hair behind Sal's ear. Lisa looked concerned,

"Larry? What happened?" Lisa knelt down beside the bed, Larry just shook his head,

"Don't worry, mum. We're sorting it ok?" He smiled reassuringly.

"Just tell me of you need help ok? And you can't keep skipping school Larry... I know Sal means a lot to you but you really need to go."

Larry nodded and looked down at the sleeping boy on his chest. "I'd do anything for him" he thought. Lisa smiled and quickly walked out the room, slowly closing the door to avoid making noise. The door wasn't quiet enough and Sal's eyes drifted open, he grunted a little as he became aware of his surroundings.

"Morning, or should I say afternoon, sleepyhead" Larry whispered. Sal laughed half-heartedly, still waking up.

"Hmm...Lar, I'm cold" Larry moved Sal off his chest and got up,

"Let me find some clothes for you then" He scrambled around, looking for some clothes while Sal bundled himself in the duvet and lay in the warm patch were Larry was lying.

He gathered some clothes and put them on the bed next to the blue haired sushi roll that had appeared on his bed. Larry laughed and jumped onto the bed next to Sal.

"Since when am I in love with a sushi roll, hmm? Come on dude, let's get some clothes on; warm you up."

Sal giggled and pulled the covers completely over his head, cocooning himself in the duvet.

"Since now!"

Larry lay on the mound of covers, squashing Sal, forcing him to wiggle out for air,

"Ok, Ok! I surrender!"

Larry got off Sal and threw the pile of clothes at him. Sal's boxers fell onto his head, making both boys erupt with laughter. Sal pulled the underwear from his head and got dressed while Larry tried to find his own clothes. Once both lads were fully clothed and Sal had put his mask, they made their way to the kitchen for dinner. Lisa ran to hug Sal as they walked out the room,

"Sal! Feeling any better, Hun?"

Sal smiled under his prosthetic and nodded, Larry acted dramatically hurt,

"Love you too, mum!"

Sally and Lisa burst out laughing, Lisa decided to take the piss out of him,

"Oh I'm sorry little Lar-bear, mummy loves you so much!" She said in a dramatic voice, smothering Larry with hugs and kisses. Larry pushed her away,

"Jeez, ok! Get off!"

All of them burst out laughing, Sal and Larry proceeded to the kitchen to warm up a couple pots of super noodles. Lisa went and sat on the sofa, leaving the boys alone in the kitchen. Sal unclipped the bottom of his mask, he didn't know why but wearing it was getting uncomfortable. He set it down on the counter, and moved towards his boyfriend. Larry pulled Sal into his arms, pulling him closer with one arm around his waist, and the other around his neck.

Sally smiled up at the handsome brunette, he put his hands behind Larry neck, twirling his hair with his fingers. Their heads slowly drifted together, their lips almost touching...

PING

The kettle boiled just in time rip apart their precious moment. Sal put his finger to Larry's soft lips and whispered,

"I think dinner is served"

Larry poured water into their cup noodles, his hand slipped and the boiling water spilled all down him. Larry let out screams of pain, the water burning his skin. He quickly removed his soaked shirt, his chest was red from the boiling water, mainly burnt. Sal ran to the bathroom and got a towel, he soaked it with cold water and threw it at Larry. He pressed it against his burnt chest, instantly sighing with relief. Lisa had jumped from the sofa and was getting frozen peas from the freezer (duh),

"Sal! Get Larry's first aid kit!"

Larry looked at his mum, she wasn't supposed to know that he had it.

"Don't look at me like that, you cant hide these things from me." She brought the peas and pressed them against Larry's now blistering skin. "But let's talk about this later".

Larry nodded, exhaling loudly as the peas rapidly cooled his skin. Sal took the towel from Larry, throwing it into the bathroom.

"Larry! Are you ok?" Sal's voice wobbled with worry.

"Holy fuck knuckles! It hurts like a bitch! "

Lisa glared at Larry but didn't pursue it, knowing Larry was in pain, she gently peeled back the peas. Larry's skin was blistered and peeling, she shook her head.

"Larry, you're gonna have to get this checked out at A&E, I'm afraid."

Larry groaned but knew his mum was right, "Umm...okay. Sal, can you get me another shirt and a bag of ice or something? Mum? Can you get the car?"

Everyone scattered to do their tasks while Larry work his way over to a chair to sit down. His entire front was red with a few patches blistering. By the time he had sat down, Sal had gotten Larry's things and was trading Larry's bag of peas with a flannel full of ice. He took Larry's arm and escorted him to the lift. Lisa had pulled the car to the front of the building by the time they got there.

A small car journey later and Larry was sat in A&E, the triage nurse had dressed his burns and was just getting his discharge papers. Sal sat holding his hand, tracing cirlces in Larry's palm with his thumb.

"Well, looks like someone's gonna be out of action for a while" he laughed. Larry shot daggers at him, defiantly not finding it funny. He leaned over and whispered in his ear,

"Oh I'll be in action, I'm just not doing all the hard work"

Larry smirked and straightened himself up, seeing the nurse come over.

"Larry Johnson, you have been discharged, just avoid strenuous activities and direct contact with the area until it's fully healed, any problems, just contact your GP."

Larry stood up, said a quick thank you and stiffly walked out of the ER, Sal trailing behind him. The pair scrambled into the back of Lisa's car and drove home. Sal helped him get out of car, putting one of Larry's arms around his neck for support. They managed to get back into the apartment before Larry's knees buckled beneath him (they were burnt too but not severely).

"Come on Lar, almost there"

He helped Larry back to his feet, feeling guilty that he was too small and weak to carry him. Sal kicked the door open and lay Larry down on his bed, it was very late so they were both tired. Sal bent down and kissed Larry's forehead,

"Goodnight sweetheart, I'll go sleep on the sofa so I don't accidentally bump you in the night"

He got up to leave but Larry grabbed his hand, "I love you babe..."

Sal smiled, "I love you more Lar-bear"

He walked out the room, leaving Larry to sleep. It was the first time since they got together that they hadn't fallen asleep in each others arms...

Holy crap. Sorry it's late, I had lots to do today. Hope you enjoyed .