Apr 23, 2012 02:11
Yonghwa woke up sometime in the middle of the night. He was shivering slightly. I guess I'm still feverish, he thought. He felt a cool damp cloth on his forehead then. Turning to his side, he was surprised to see Hyun seated beside him on the bed. She had a book on her lap.
"Hyun-ah, when did you get here?!" he asked, his voice cracking as he felt his dried up throat.
"Oppa, you don't remember?" she asked, surprised as well.
Yong tried to remember when he saw Hyun arrive. He couldn't.
"Ah chincha oppa, you had a very high fever when I came. You must have been delirious then," Hyun said as she dabbed the wet cloth along his face and neck. Yong thought it felt really nice.
"Could I have some water please?" he rasped out. Hyun helped him up a little as she held a glass of water to his lips, waiting till he'd drank his fill. He gave a deep sigh of relief afterwards.
"Oppa, do you feel cold? Do you want more blankets?" she asked as she dipped the cloth back in the water, then wrung it out. She moved to open one of the windows as well to bring in some fresh air.
"Not really, no. I feel hot actually," he answered as he started to take the blankets off him. He stopped as he noticed his clothing. He couldn't remember getting into his pajamas, either. He scrunched up his forehead, trying to concentrate on his memory. He couldn't come up with anything.
"Ummm, oppa, a nurse unnie told me what to do to bring down your fever faster..." Hyun started to say as she dabbed his face again with the wet cloth.
"Huh? What is it?" Yong asked, yawning. He was starting to feel sleepy again. His eyes felt really heavy, and his head began to throb.
"Well, I ah, need to ah, sponge off your entire..." Hyun trailed off as she saw Yong's eyes close. He'd fallen back to sleep. Good, much better, Hyun thought.
She proceeded to lower the blankets, and one by one, she unbuttoned Yong's pajama top. The nurse unnie she'd talked to told her she had to sponge off his entire body with tepid water to bring down the fever. She'd only been sponging his head and arms and legs before now, but the fever wasn't going down much. She could have easily told the boys to do it, but as his girlfriend, she felt it was her duty to take care of him. They were in this together, in sickness and in health, after all.
"You've got to do this Hyun, Oppa needs you now," Hyun mumbled to herself. Raising a fist, she gave a "fighting!" to herself and flipped his shirt open.
Oh my g... She stared at his well chiseled abdominal and chest muscles. He really MUST have been working out. He'd only mentioned going to the gym a few times, and he'd said he just had a couple of laps on the treadmill.
Hyun grinned. He was obviously pretending. Planning to surprise me, eh?! she smiled as she caressed his warm cheeks. She realized what she was doing and blushed. She squeezed her eyes shut.
Yah, Joohyun-ah, haven't you seen a naked chest before?!
Well, not that of her boyfriend's.
Yah, this isn't the time to ogle his body, not when he's passed out and sick.
Oh my god, those amazing pecs and abs...
Hyun took the wet cloth and dabbed her hot face with it.
Otteoke?! At this rate, I might get a fever soon, too.
She shook her head again, then proceeded with the sponge bath. She dabbed his entire torso with the cloth, feeling his smooth, hot skin with her hands, and the sight was giving her palpitations.
To keep her imagination at bay, she concentrated on wiping and bringing his temperature down.
Her boyfriend was so well-built. He was really firm and well toned everywhere.
She dropped the cloth as these thoughts came to mind.
What are you doing here, Joohyun?! Palli, work, work, WORK!
She quickly buttoned up his shirt and covered him with the blankets.
He was just too hot for his own good; for HER own good.
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Yong woke up again at around two in the morning. He felt better. In fact, he didn't feel too hot nor too cold any longer. His fever must have broken. His blankets suddenly felt too hot and stuffy, so he started to remove them.
He noticed that someone was lying on top of the blankets beside him. Turning on his bedside lamp, he looked again at the figure on his bed. He caught his breath as he realized who it was.
It was Seohyun. He closed his eyes for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating. He opened them again to check.
Oh my god, it's really her. What is she doing here?! he thought frantically. He couldn't remember seeing her last night. All he could remember was that his throat hurt so much and that he was very feverish.
He reached out a hand to tap her shoulder to wake her up. His hand froze in mid-air as he realized something else.
She was wearing his shirt, and nothing else.
Yong gulped as his eyes trailed down those long legs stretched out beside him. Her head was resting on her arm for a pillow.
He closed his eyes and lifted his face to the sky.
What had he done in his previous life to be this lucky? He had a goddess in his bed.
He slowly moved and adjusted the blankets to cover Hyun. For such a modest and conservative girl, she sure was comfortable wearing only his shirt.
Yong began to feel hot and sticky. Must be all that sweat from my fever, he thought as he watched Hyun in her sleep. Her long dark eyelashes contrasted against her smooth, white skin. Her long, wavy hair was spread behind her on the bed, fluttering in the cool night air coming in from the window.
Those long legs... That smooth skin...
Damn. I think I need a shower. A cold shower.
(to be continued)
yongseo,
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rating: pg-18,
in sickness and in,
rom-com