Complicated

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Blaire grabbed the phone, after three rings, which wasn’t easy with Akuma’s head on her lap and arms around her stomach. She was in a half-laying, half- leaning position that wasn’t very comfortable.

“Hello?” Blaire asked, trying to not to bother Akuma, who was drifting somewhere between consciousness and unconsciousness, thanks to his cold.

“Yo! Blaire Bear!” The female voice on the other line greeted her cheerfully.

“Oh, hey Jasmine!” Blaire smiled, glad to hear from her friend. Especially since Blaire had been worried about them every since they first went on the mission. “The boys with you?”

“Yes. And no.” Jasmine said and Blaire sighed, knowing exactly what had happened.

“You lost them, didn’t you?” Blaire knew Jasmine knew what face she was making. Her “I’m Not Mad, I’m Just Extremly Disappointed and Mildly Irritated with You,” Face. And yes, it was trademarked.

”...Kind of?”

Silence from Blaire.

“Okay! I lost them, but it was an accident! Connor said he had to use the bathroom and Brady told me he wanted to see the horse down the road. Connor never came back and I looked away for a moment and Brady was gone!” Jasmine whined. Blaire knew exactly where this was going.

“Sorry, Jaz. You know I can’t help you, I’m busy.” Blaire sighed, shifting, make Akuma mutter something and curl into a tighter ball. Blaire slowly stroked his hair like he was a child, despite him being eighteen years old.

“Ohhhh, that’s right!” Jasmine chuckled and Blaire could just HEAR the smug smirk in her voice. “You’re taking care of your BOYFRIEND today!”

Blaire flushed, thankful Akuma was too delirious to tell and that Jasmine was halfway across the country so she couldn’t see.

“Shut up! We’re not quite there yet!” Blaire snapped.

“C’mon, Blaire Bear! You’ve practically been dating for a week, just ADMIT IT!”

“I’m sorry! I currently have a clingy and feverish assassin on my lap. I’ll call you back when I’ve convinced him that having a cold does not mean he’s dying.” Blaire snapped and quickly hung up on Jasmine’s laughter, her face and ears burning.

She looked down at the sleeping boy and smiled. She leaned back against the couch, closing her eyes. Maybe, once he woke up and felt better they could talk about it. Boyfriend? That sounded nice, she thought as she slowly fell asleep to Akuma’s breathing.

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A Few Days Later

“ACCCCHOO!” Blaire sneezed, wrapped in her blanket. She had caught Akuma’s cold and she was miserable. There was a knock and Blaire looked up to see Akuma standing in the doorway, a bowl in his hand.

“Hey, sicky.” He chuckled, walking into the room. “I come bearing the gift of chicken noodle,”

“Good. It’s your fault I’m like this.” Blaire grumbled, sniffing as Akuma put the bowl down on her nightstand.

“Yeah, yeah. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn’t take care of you?” Akuma asked, sitting down next to her. Blaire wasn’t sure if it was her fever or not, but her face seemed to get warmer. She’d never actually asked about that after Jamine called her, but she guessed they were together now. She liked that.

“A pretty lame one.” Blaire joked, nudging him with her shoulder. Then she looked at the soup and coughed. “Also, um... Is that soup...?”

Akuma laughed, picking up the bowl and handing it to her. “Yes. It’s my cooking. Don’t act like you don’t know that I know you love it.” Blaire was already eating, but she just rolled her eyes.

Akuma stood up and kissed her forehead, making Blaire almost choke on her soup in surprise. He smiled at her.

“Get well soon, babe.” Then he walked out and shut the door. Blaire set down her soup bowl and fell on her bed, staring at the canopy. One thought filled her head.

”My boyfriend is too good to me. Holy SHIT.” Blaire slowly smiled. But, she wouldn’t have it any other way.