Prompt Eleven – Caring for each other while ill.
''Come on Eric, open your fucking mouth.'', Kyle commanded, reaching for the thermometer that was placed on the nightstand beside his boyfriend's bed.
''No.'', the pudgy brunette teenager responded back curtly, groaning out in sheer annoyance as he felt Kyle unwillingly lifting his arm up and tucking the thermometer right underneath his armpit in order to measure the temperature and to see if Cartman was feeling better.
After about fifteen seconds, the red haired teenager gently removed the thermometer away from his boyfriend's arm and saw that he still had mild fever, but also that it wasn't as high as the fever he had several days ago. ''Thirty-eight degrees.''
''Is that supposed to be good or bad?'', Cartman raised a curious eyebrow and glanced up into Kyle's hazel eyes, waiting on a knife's edge for him to respond and to reassure him that his annoying case of flu would eventually go away.
''Look babe, I'm also sick.'', Kyle admitted gently, reaching for the packet of Advil his boyfriend had placed on the nightstand earlier. ''I probably caught the flu from you, because I can't think of any other way of how I could've possibly gotten it. And also, thirty-eight degrees is actually a pretty manageable temperature and it can be lowered by taking some medicine.''
''Hmph…'', Cartman bit down on his bottom lip, trying to think about the way he could alleviate the lingering case of flu for his boyfriend. He cocked his head to the side and spied a packet of some ibuprofen medicine and Kyle's recently re-filled glass of water sitting on the nightstand, before he reached for both of them and offered to the older of the two teenage boys to take. ''Here, take one tablet and drink a glass of water with it. It think it should be enough to help you lower the fever and feel slightly better.''
Smiling sweetly at Cartman, Kyle grabbed one tablet and gulped it down his throat with a refreshing glass of water. Once he was done taking the medicine, he placed the glass back onto the nightstand and reached forward to plant a tender kiss on Eric's forehead. ''And how about I set up a nice bath for you? You know, it could also help you with your fever.''
Widening his ocean blue eyes in pleasant surprise, Cartman offered his boyfriend a gentle smile. ''You would really do that for me?''
''Of course.'', the auburn haired teenager said. ''But honestly, both of us might benefit from taking a bath together, because we fucking stink.''
''Well, I really don't give two shits if you stink or not – I still love you.'', Cartman said, impulsively snuggling up against his boyfriend and draping an arm over his chest.
''And I love you too.'', Kyle said adoringly, gently entwining his fingers with his Cartman's.