Prem stared at the ceiling above. He wasn't looking at anything in particular. Not that he was insomnic, in the contrary he slept quite well. It was not anything like that. He was just deep in thought and someone was keeping him awake. 

Cough, cough. 

Prem turned his head to the man laying next to him. His friend's silhouette reflected against the turquoise-blue light he would turn on everytime they had a sleepover. It was a nice gentle color that helped Prem fall asleep easier and feel safe. Prem stared quietly at the other's back when the silhouette moved once more. 

Cough, cough. 

Prem frowned at the sound. This had been going on for about a week now. He had not slept over the friend's house the whole week, but he did notice the coughs everytime they would FaceTime or have fan events together. It seemed the other thought he was hiding well.

"P'Boun..." Prem whispered carefully, just in case the other was fast asleep.

"Mm?" the other boy hummed in response, his voice sounding raspy and tired. 
 
"You keep coughing P'...Are you okay?"
 

"Sorry, I might have a little cold..." Boun mumbled, voice dragged and raspy. Prem could almost hear the gentle smile on the other's face. 'Still trying to reasure me, huh?' He rolled his eyes and sat up straight on the bed.

"Why are you apologizing, weirdo?"

He leaned a bit closer to get a peak of the other's face. He grabbed his shoulder, pulling slightly. 
 
"Haven't you been sick for too long? Shouldn't you try to go to the hospital now?"
 
"No. No need. I'll get better." The man groaned, hugging his long pillow tighter.

Prem rolled his eyes once again and sighed. People always said that he was hard headed, but Boun was worse. So much worse.

He touched the others forehead with the back of his hand, trying to get a feel of his temperature.

"At least you don't have a fever." he sighed.

Boun chuckled weakly and turned around, finally facing Prem. 

"Hey, I told you I'm-" Boun was interrupted by another lump in his throat. He coughed dryly and looked up to Prem, hand in front of his mouth.

"I'm fine." he chuckled and gently squeezed Prem's thigh as to reassure him. 

"Well, you won't go to the hospital, but you got to take care of this before it gets worse." Prem sighed and stood up from the other's bed, ignoring whatever that was his stomach did earlier.

"Hey, where are you going?" Boun asked confused in between coughs. He watched curiously as Prem walked towards the door. 

"Going to make you some tea, be right back."
 
"Wha- Wait, Rut, I'm fi-"

Prem didn't wait for the other to finish his sentence and walked out of the room towards the kitchen quietly. 

He sighed for possibly the tenth time today and turned on the kitchen lights. He only realized then that he had been frowning this whole time. With the shake of the head, is eyebrows went back to their usual resting places as he looked for Boun's favorite cup.

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t was about 2:00am, Boun's mother was most likely asleep at this time so he would have to be quiet as possible.  He decided not to use the microwave since it would make too much noise. He grabbed a small pan and added water before placing it on the stove. 

"Prem?" a voice called to him making him jump up slightly startled. 

"Huh?" Prem turned around to find Boun's mother watching him with squinted eyes. 

"What are you doing cooking so late, Prem?" her tired voice asked as she walked to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. 

"Are you hungry? Not feeling well?" She seemed a bit more worried.

"Oh, no sorry, I'm making tea. ." Prem explained. He didn't really want to worry Boun's mother who didn't seem to have heard any of Boun's coughing fits.

"Eh, this late?" she raised an eyebrow. "Will you be able to sleep with all the caffeine."
 

"No worries, auntie, this one is decaf..." Prem glanced at the water to see if it was hot yet, it wasn't. 

"Oh,  that is good, I did not even know we had that." The mother said in an interested tone. "I hope my son isn't bothering you too much? I know he sleeps wildly. " She smiled softly, making Prem feel warm inside.

"N-No, i'm fine, he has done nothing."
 
"Alright, you are probably use to it by now anyways." She chuckled gently. Prem smiled in response, hoping he was not blushing..

"Make sure to add lemon and honey then, okay ka?"

"Will do, krub" Prem nodded. "Thank you."

The tired woman smiled and rubbed his arm gently. She walked slowly to her bedroom and disappeared.

Prem waved and went back to making his tea. He felt somewhat embarrassed. Maybe he should have just told her that Boun had been coughing all night. But he really wanted to do this for Boun. For friendly reasons only of course. Its not like he was his mother or anyone other than..his friend, but he wanted to take care of him for once.

He sighed (again) and finished Boun's tea. He grabbed the mug and walked back to their shared room. 

"Here. It's hot." Prem warned as he sat next to Boun and handed him the cup. 

"Mm?" Boun seemed to have had dozed off slightly. Prem chuckled. "Oh, thanks." Boun groaned as he sat up on the bed, making sure he was slow so Prem would not spill the tea on himself. He took the tea cup once well seated and smiled.

"Thank you, Pao." He smiled before taking a careless sip. He hissed and coughed from the pain. 

"Oi, I told you to be careful. Are you okay?" Prem frowned checking Boun's face.
 

"Yeah." Boun chuckled. "I went too fast, I'm sorry."

Prem nodded and watched the other blow on his tea. 

"Here I'll do it."

"No, its fi-"

"Stop being difficult, let me." The younger one said grabbing the mug and blowing on it. 

Boun chuckled and watched the other blow on the tea. Boun knew if they fought over this, it would end up messy.

"I'm not that sick, I can still blow on tea." 

Prem ignored the other and kept blowing. 

Boun placed his head on his hand, eye observing the other carefully.

"Are you just trying to show off your blowing skills."

Prem froze, almost dropping the hot cup. 

"W-What??"

Boun held his laugh in.

"Oh my gosh, I wasn't even thinking that way you dirty. "
 

Prem blushed and handed Boun the cup again. 

"I wasn't, ugh,  you're so dirty minded.  Here."

Boun took the cup smirking. 

"Thanks honey."

Prem frowned watching the other take large gulps of the tea. He mumbled a couple curse words Boun simply chuckled at.

"Don't be mad my wife." He winked

"If anything, you would be the wife." Prem pointed out. They've had this argument so many times it almost felt like a greeting.

"Would I really though?" 

Prem didn't answer. He watched Boun take another sip, sighing from the warmth of the liquid. 

"Why do you never take care of yourself Boun?" The youngers asks taking the sick man by surprise. He had only expected more banter about the whole "wife" thing.

"Eh?"

"You've been sick, but you act like you're fine. Going to events still. What's up with that?"
 

Boun shrugged. 

"Nothing, I don't think it's a big deal."

"You never think your health is a big deal."
 
"Because it's not."
 
"But it is."
 
"If you say so."
 
"Don't if you say so me."
 
"You literally do the same, Pao." Boun chuckles, making Prem pout. Now why would he call him out, we weren't talking about Prem right now, we were talking about Boun!

"Pao, don't pout, smile, smile." The man had noticed the other's frown and seriousness. He thought it was cute but also did not like that he was being burdersome. He couldnt say he did not enjoy the attention though.

"My cute chubby pao, give me a smile."

Prem glared. Boun chuckled and gulped down the rest of the drink.

"Ah, that was really good! Thank you, Rut." A small smile finally appeared on Prem's face. He enjoyed hearing Boun use his given name. And the fact that he had helped Boun somehow made him feel proud. The bonus was how Boun would ruffle his hair.

"Mm. But you still need go take care of yourself."

Boun rolled his eyes. "I know, I know." He chuckled and placed the cup on the floor. He would deal with that tomorrow.

"Hey, don't put it there. I can bring it to the kitchen."

"No, no, get some rest too. I know you have a schedule tomorrow." Boun went back under the covers, laying comfortably.

"Yeah, but-"

Prem was startled as Boun suddenly grabbed him and made him lay down close to him. His eyes fluttered shut as he tried to control his breathing and looked back up at Boun who was smiling at him. His hand was on his waist and Prem really hoped the other could not hear his heartbeat.

"Y-You are being lazy, I could easily have brought it to the kitchen in two seconds."

"Yeah, yeah, sonic the hedgehog, I get it. But right now you need to get your beauty sleep. Ok?"

Prem chuckled. "What beauty sleep if you already coughed half of the night away."

Prem regretted saying that immediately as he noticed the others smile falter. He tends to forget that just like himself, Boun also disliked disturbing others or be an inconvenience.

"I'm so sorry I was coughing so loud. I do feel better right now, thanks to you." Boun smiled softly. Prem was completely mesmerized.

"Actually, I probably should not be sleeping so close to you. I don't want you catching my cold before your event tomorrow."

Boun froze as Prem's hands grabbed his waist, making sure he could not move another inch. He finally paid attention to the other who had been staring at him intently.

"Who cares, I could always make it up by doing a stream with you, P'"

Boun felt his heart flutter. This side of Prem always made him nervous. It was so intense. Now how many people did Prem look at like that? How easy did he make it to be enamoured by him.

"Haha, don't say that! You gotta stay healthy for your fans."

"You too."

Boun nodded as both stared into each others eyes.

 
"P'Boun..."

"Mm?"

Maybe it was the exhaustion, or seeing the other vulnerable. Whatever it was, Prem only noticed a couple of seconds after that he had gotten close enough to the other to smell some of the aroma from the tea he had made earlier. Boun's deer-like eyes stared back at him, baffled.  Boun truly had the most beautiful face he had seen.

"R-Rut?"

His name brought him back to the present.

"C-Can I..?" Prem looked between Boun's lips and his eyes. Boun had never been so thankful of Prem's special light because he knew that he was blushing feverishly.

"I'm sick!" Boun exclaimed and immediately covered his mouth. He hoped his heart could not be heard in the silence of the room. Little did he know how in sync both of their hearts were at the moment.

Prem gently took Boun's hand into his own.

"Q-Quick.. a quick one." He said gulping. He was so nervous but also really wanted Boun to say, yes. Surprisingly, the other had not pushed him away yet, which had lit a fire of hope in him. Just a little.

"Q-Quick, na."

He watched as Boun closed his eyes and nodded slowly. A big smile crept to his face and for some odd reason, he was even more nervous.

He inched his face closer to the other. The wonderful and beautiful lips of his project partner shining in the blue light. He slowly closed his eyes himself and immediately felt a swarm of butterflies go insane within him as their nose brushed. He knew he had made the right decision once their lips touched. Although they had shared a couple of kisses before, that had been for work, this felt entirely different than everything that had happened before. Their scripted kisses could not compare. Yes, they had still made him nervous, but they had also left them both craving for more. It felt new and sweet,  and extremely erotic.

What prem did not expect was to feel Boun's hand around his neck. Those long fingers always managed to create goosebumps on his skin. Boun pulled him closer and Prem let himself fall even deeper into the feeling. He softly moaned in between the kiss which made Boun giggle and him blush and pout.

"H-Hey, are you laughing at me?"

"Heh, only a little. My Rut is so cute."

Prem blushed more.

"Ugh, leave me alone."  He took his tongue out and turned around, swiftly grabbing the bed sheets to hide under. A smile would not leave his face.

Boun simply smiled, hand on his own heart. 'It's still going so fast.' He got on his side and poked Prem who was still in hiding.

"Come on, come out~"

"No!" Prem exclaimed which made Boun chuckle.

"Oh, alright. I was gonna give you something for your event tomorrow but I guess you do not want it." Boun sighed, hiding his smirk and turning away.

"Mm? What was it?" Prem genuinely sounded curious.

"Ay, it's nothing really. It's okay, maybe I will just give it to you another time. Or give it to Earth."

The statement managed to get Prem out of hiding.

"Oi, tell me now."

Boun turned around and grinned.

"Come closer." He whispered, using his index finger to motion for the lad to approach.

Prem was suspicious, but more than that he was curious. He brought himself closer to hear about this mysterious gift.

"So what is it?" Prem listened attentively. He was not seeing the smirk Boun had on his face.

"My. Heart." Boun whispered into the others ear.

Prem's mouth open wide, "You..You're so lame!" He chuckled and went back under the covers.

Boun giggled and grabbed Prem's waist once again, this time putting them in a spooning position.

"I know, i'm your lame and old Boun."

Prem smiled, putting his hand on Boun's.

"Boun?"

"Mm?"

"I like you P'"

"I like you too, Nong."

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Author note: this was just because I literally love them so much lol I miss them okay project Wasanabi needs to come save me 😭❤