Today is Day 4!

Domestic & Winter

Sousuke was chilling on his bunk, lip syncing to the music plugged into his ears, while Rin was sitting hunched at his desk, scribbling away. Sousuke smirked when Rin would pull at his hair before slapping his forehead and chucking scrunched up paper across the room. Rin's posture suddenly straightened, Sousuke knowing Rin finally figured out what he wanted to write. He pressed the tip of his pen on the paper when his phone began to buzz. Rin checked the caller before accepting.

"Hey Makoto. What's up?"

"I can't, this paper won't write itself."

"He'll be fine." Rin sighed at Makoto's mothering side. "Alright, alright, I'll go check on him."

Sousuke watched Rin hang up the phone and shout out in frustration, slamming his pen on the desk.

"Forget what you were going to write?" Sousuke smiled in amusement. Rin glared at him, his facial features lighting as a thought occurred to him.

"Can you check on Haru for me?"

"What?" Sousuke cocked a brow, leaning his head on his arm, staring down at Rin.

"He's sick and Makoto's worried."

"So you do it."

"Unlike you, I wasn't organised, I have to finish this essay." Rin shook the pile of paper up at Sousuke.

"Not my problem." Sousuke shrugged, flipping himself over.

"Fine." Sousuke heard Rin mumble. A minute later his own phone began to beep. Sousuke's eyes scanned the multiply messages from Makoto and sighed when the said boy began to ring.

"I hate you." Sousuke called from over his shoulder, before accepting the call.

"Sousuke, can you check on Haru for me?"

"Why should I?"

"He's sick, I'm on holiday with my family, as are Rei and Nagisa. Gou is busy and Rin has a paper to finish. Please, please, please."

"He's a grown man."

"He needs someone." Makoto sounded heartbroken. "You don't need to stay, just make sure he isn't doing anything strenuous."

Sousuke rolled his eyes in disbelief at what he was about to say. "Alright, fine."

"Thank you so much Sousuke. You'll have to buy a couple of things first, have you got a pen?"

Sousuke had just exited the local grocery store, holding three full bags of essentials for the sick Haru. He made his way to the train station, texting Rin as he travelled. He walked in the cold, hood over his head, his cold breathe evaporating in front of him as he breathed out.

"Urgh, I hate winter." Sousuke growled to himself as he trudged through the thick snow that settled itself on the pathway. He knocked his frozen fist on the door, waiting impatiently for the free style swimmer to open the door. Sousuke tried the door,

"Locked." Sousuked sighed, then he remembered how Makoto always scolded Haruka about his back door. He tried the rear door and slipped inside, locking it before heading to the kitchen.

"Haru?" Sousuke called out, he made his way through Haru's house, heading up the stairs to where he assumed Haru was resting. "Haru?"

Sousuke poked his head through his door, to find Haru curled in on himself. He entered his room, noticing the mountain of tissues on the floor. Sousuke placed his hand on the sick boys forehead and flinched away.

"Haru?" Sousuke shook the boy. He smirked in amusement when the boy just grunted in delusion and slowly and with great effort opened his eyes.

"Sousuke?" Haruka's voice rasp and sickly. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to check on you." Sousuke planted himself on his bed. "Guess I'll be here longer than expected."

"I'm fine." Haruka sneezed, rubbing his nose and began to have coughing fit. Sousuke looked at him skeptically and rolled his eyes.

"Fine my arse."

"Hot." Haru huffed, pushing his sheet away from him. Sousuke gaped at him in disbelief, Haru was just in underwear, compared to Sousuke who was wrapped up in several layers, still chilled to the bone.

"I'll run you bath, make you some noodle soup and you can relax in front of the tv." Sousuke announced, walking to the door, turning to the sick boy and narrowed his brow. "Got it?"

Haruka nodded in agreement, hearing the word bath he tried to get up but fell off the bed and onto the floor, making a oommph sound as he landed. Sousuke sighed in irritation and easily picked the boy up, letting Haruka use him as a leaning post. Sousuke ran the water while trying to keep Haru upright.

"Okay, bath is done, enjoy." Sousuke began to walk away when Haruka found his balance. He turned back and stopped Haru just in time before he entered the water with his pants on.

"Let go." Haru pulled his arm, falling back into Sousuke's arms anyway.

"You got to take your pants off." Sousuke blushed when he processed in his mind what he said.

"Are you trying to take advantage of me Sousuke?" Haruka teased, giggling in his delirious state.

"Just get undressed." Sousuke mumbled, turning his back away when Haru began to take his pants down. "I'll get you some clean clothes."

Sousuke left the soaking boy in the tub and headed for Haru's wardrobe. He sifted through mountains of underwear and socks trying to find a jumper. He threw Haru's swim trunks across the room.

"Such a summer freak." Sousuke sighed in annoyance, pulling his own jumper off, gathering Haru's clean clothes he headed back to the bathroom where Haru was snoozing in the tub. Sousuke checked Haru's temperature again, feeling sympathy for the boy, he let Haru soak in the tub as he headed to the kitchen to make him some noodle soup. Somehow he knew where all the kitchen supplies were and made the soup with ease, warming his body as the heat filled the kitchen. Sousuke dropped everything when he heard a yelp from upstairs and bolted to the bathroom.

"Haru what happe-" Sousuke turned bright red and averted his gaze when he saw Haru sprawled out on the floor, his towel barely covering anything.

"-I slipped." Haru struggled to stand, letting out a small noise of surprise when he felt two strong hands helped him up, wrapping his towel around his body.

"Get dressed, your soup is ready." Sousuke ordered, backtracking to the kitchen not before checking Haru for injuries. Haruka stumbled down the stairs, somehow making his way to the sofa where he face planted and just laid there like a statue that had been pulled down.

"Here you go, eat up." Haru twisted his head around with effort, squinting at his carer and the soup that was thrust into his face. Sousuke helped Haruka sit up and the sick boy failed miserably at eating the noodle soup. "Oh give it here."

Sousuke snatched the bowl from Haru's grasp and brought the spoon to Haru's mouth. Haruka looked from the spoon to Sousuke with suspicion and confusion.

"Eat." Sousuke brought the spoon closer. He smiled in victory as Haru accepted the soup and watched as his eyes lit up in satisfaction. Sousuke managed to get Haru to devour the whole bowl without him collapsing, which to Sousuke was a success. Sousuke grabbed a blanket and pillow from Haru's room and helped Haruka get comfortable on the sofa.

"Alright, movie." Sousuke moved to Haru's movie stash and fingered the binds as he scanned his collection.

"Little Mermaid." Haruka whispered, smiling to himself when Sousuke rolled his eyes and sighed in contentment when the starting music began to play. Sousuke cleaned up remembering that Makoto wanted a update.

Haru's fine, bit of a cold.

Sousuke pressed send and didn't wait for a reply, he headed back to Haru who was watching the tv intently. He gently moved Haruka's feet so he could sit down. Replacing the boys feet on his own legs.

"Haru, what are you doing?" Sousuke asked as Haruka fought with the blanket, twisting his body around. Groaning and moaning as he got caught in the sheet. Sousuke twisted his body to help him but froze when Haruka leaned against his chest snuggling up to him. "Haru?"

"Shh." Haruka shushed, pointing to the screen. Sousuke frowned, not knowing where to put his hands. Haru grabbed one and placed his round his back. "In the way."

Sousuke flushed red about the closeness of the free style swimmer and slowly placed his other hand on the boys back. Sousuke after calming his heart, turned to the screen to see the little mermaid swimming. Five minutes later Sousuke was fast asleep. Haruka peeked up at Sousuke, his chin on butterfly swimmers chest. Haru smiled tiredly, nuzzling into Sousuke and closing his eyes.

Sousuke woke up groggily, sniffing and coughing slightly. He groaned in pain as his head pounded and wiped his forehead as sweat began to appear. He stumbled to the window to find it still snowing and furrowed his brow in confusion. He let out an impressive sneeze and steadied himself as he felt faint.

"Sousuke?" Sousuke snapped his head around to find a healthy Haruka, still wearing his enormous jumper. He grabbed his head and began to sway. "Whoa there."

Haruka caught Sousuke in time, almost falling himself. Haru guided Sousuke to the sofa and wrapped his blanket around him and pressed his own hand against the butterfly swimmers forehead.

"You're burning up."

"No shit." Sousuke grumbled, "This is all your fault."

"Want some noodle soup?"

Sousuke mumbled a yes and Haru placed a gentle kiss on the swimmers head before heading to the kitchen to look after his carer. Sousuke flushed even redder, as he watched Haruka turn the corner. He felt like he was on fire, hotter than he felt already, the sickness kicking in along with other feelings he would explore with a certain raven haired boy when he was feeling better.