When you wake again, you find the cloth across your forehead has gone cold and that Halsin is curled up against your side fast asleep.
As you start to get up, You carefully peel away his arm that was wrapped around your middle, making sure that he doesn't stir as you make your way to the bathroom to relieve yourself and change into a new sanitary pad.
As you finish up your business, you start to have a small coughing fit due to the irritation in your throat, thankfully it resolves quickly but not with out leaving a stinging sensation in your throat. You take this opportunity to blow your nose on some toilet paper and flush it away with your waste.
After thoroughly washing your hands, you grab two paracetamol from the bathroom cupboard and fill a nearby cup with some water to wash the pills down with, as you sip the water it soothes the sting slightly, and you drain the cup and rinse it before returning to bed.
As you return to the bed you notice Halsin's side of the bed empty, As you crawl under the covers but don't lie down just yet, he returns to the room with a cup full of lemon, ginger and honey tea and carefully places it in your hands, encouraging you to take small sips. You carefully do so until the cup is empty. You place it on the bedside table beside the tissue box and wait until Halsin is under the covers before cuddling up beside him waiting for sleep to return. This time, you find sleep evades you, so you just lie in the darkness of the room soaking in the warmth from the blankets and the sounds of the nocturnal animals moving around outside at night. You take in Halsin's warm embrace and just savor the moments until you hear him ask you about how you are feeling. Honestly you are currently content to just soak in the moments, but a coughing fit interrupts the moment and you sit up for a minute waiting for it to pass.
You grab your water bottle and take a few sips, you notice the heaviness of your head and the ache in your sinuses, you contemplate lying back down before Halsin is standing in front of you feeling the swelling starting to develop in the lymph nodes around your throat.
You politely ask him to stop and ask him to get a warm compress for you, he agrees but not before gently kissing you on the forehead and rules out a fever developing.
He gets several, one for your cramps and some for your face and neck. He gets you to take some decongestant medication before you nuzzle under the covers as he tucks you in and makes sure you are comfortable before turning on the vaporizer/diffuser and curling up by your side tucking the stray hairs behind your ears as you finally start drifting off back to sleep.
You wake up again to Halsin nudging you and the sunlight peeking out through the curtains,
He helps you sit up and gives you a bowl of honeyed oats with cinnamon and some herbal tea,
You reluctantly eat it, enjoying the warmth seeping from the bowl and the warmth of the tea soothing your irritated throat.
You notice the mint from the tea unclogs your inflamed sinuses, temporarily relieving some of the pressure building there.
You place the dirtied dishes on the night stand as you decide to wrap yourself in your favourite blanket and make your way into the lounge room to relax on the couch for a while, desiring a change of scenery. Halsin takes the dishes to the sink to wash and he makes sure that Scratch is fed and watered before cleaning the dishes and making the bed changing the sheets without a fuss.
When that is all done, he peaks into the lounge room to make sure that you are okay before heading out to the nearby farmers market with Scratch for supplies and for some vegetables to eat for dinner.
You dose off to your favourite show on the couch, only waking once to relieve yourself and change your sanitary pad.
You notice a box of tissues and your drink bottle on the coffee table and a small trashcan by the coffee table.
You notice Scratch's leash is not hanging on it's hook by the front door and you notice the quiet of the cottage without Halsin there.
You start to grow bored of sleeping, feeling slightly better than the day before, you get a small bottle of juice from the fridge and a banana from the fruit bowl, you eat and drink in peace before deciding to take a shower and getting into some comfy Pajamas throwing the banana peel in the small compost bin in the kitchen and the empty juice bottle in the recycling bin on the way into the bathroom.
You gently scrub yourself under the warm water and wash your hair, enjoying the steam clearing your congestion.
Once you feel a bit cleaner, you dry off with a fluffy towel and change into comfy PJs before grabbing your blanket from the lounge room and going back to bed, feeling a bit tired, probably due to the sickness.
Making sure that everything except your tablet is turned off, you lay in bed under your blanket, you watch videoclips on your tablet until you dose off, not hearing Halsin and Scratch come through the door. They find you asleep on top of the bed under your favorite blanket, in a peaceful sleep. Halsin puts the groceries away and gets to work making a vegetable soup as scratch decides to lay at your feet as you sleep.
