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❝ SECRETS i have held in my
heart, are harder to hide than
i thought, maybe i just wanna
be yours, i wanna be YOURS ! ❞

i wanna be yours, artic monkeys.

SOON ENOUGH, MONDAY rolled around. max officially left on sunday ( which jaelin and robin were relieved about ) to go live with his brother. she could finally walk around her house without being cautious about the said stranger.

although she knew of him, she only knew that he had a brother and was a coke addict, so she still counted him as a stranger.

so alas, there she was, happily breathing in the lavender scent of her house as she just finished putting on her converse. robin was already outside waiting as always.

after taking a little shorter putting on her converse than she normally did, which she was very proud of, she grabbed her bag and opened the door.

though, there was a sight she wasn't planning on seeing first thing in the morning.

robin was leaning on the wall, but with his back fully on the wall this time- which he rarely ever did. he had his arms crossed as he had his head down with his bandana all messed up and wonky.

jaelin was instantly worried. robin was never usually like this, so of course she dropped her bag by the door and stepped towards him.

"hey, are you okay? what's wrong?" she asked him with furrowed brows, also checking him for any injuries.

he looked up back up at her, and jaelin stopped scanning him and made eye contact. she was surprised, seeing his tired eyes and partially red nose.

she immediately stepped forward and put the back of her hand towards his head, then at his neck. she frowned, feeling his body temp which was quite warm.

the weather was starting to lead up to fall, so the sudden sickness didn't surprise her. however, robin wasn't the type to get sick so easily, so she wondered where he got it from.

"you've got a cold." she sighed as he nodded weakly, sniffing his nose and groaning.

"yeah no shit."

"why did you walk here? you should've stayed in bed, dipshit." she rolled her eyes as she gently grabbed his arm and pulled him inside, shutting the door behind her.

he shrugged, "i thought i could come in today. also it's finn's baseball game isn't it? fuck, i don't wanna miss that." he groaned.

she turned around to face him, "well you might have to," she frowned, "is your mother home?"

he shook his head with a yawn, "working long shifts again."

she nodded before going down the hall, "stay here." she ordered him. he nodded once before making his way to the bar stool and sitting down, putting his head on the table.

jaelin rushed to grab her essentials bag that robin managed to return at one point. she packed it with new clothes, obviously essential items and any more stuff she thought she'd need.

after that, she grabbed a pen and paper. she scribbled something on it for her mother and then rushed towards the kitchen. she placed the note on the table and looked over to robin who was fast asleep, using his arms as a sort of pillow.

she sighed, having no idea why he went through all the trouble to walk to her house and attempt to go to school. though, her heart swelled at the mere thought of robin wanting to walk her to school and see her regardless if he was sick or not.

THE TWO FINALLY made it to robin's house. jaelin felt as if she was dragging a five year old from the doctors, because robin was practically sleep walking the entire walk there.

robin went straight to his room and flopped down on his bed, wrapping himself in his thick covers. jaelin dropped both her school bag and essentials bag by his bedroom door and went to get medicine and a bowl of cold water and a cloth.

after grabbing the items, she went back into the room which had the curtains shut and a dim lamp shining on his bedside table. she put down the medicine, tissues, and bowl of cold water, soaking the cloth in it and twisting it so any additional water got out, leaving it damp.

"robin take off your bandana." she told him. he groaned in response before slowly sliding it off his head. she then folded up the cloth and replaced his bandana with it.

he winced slightly at the coldness but dealt with it. jaelin checked the time on her watch: 9:01 am.

yep, definitely late for school.

"robin i'll be back after school, okay? i'll call your mother and tell her you're sick-"

she was cut off by robin shaking his head no, "you're gonna leave me here to suffer?"

she rolled her eyes and chuckled, "you'll be fine. i'll be back after finn's baseball game straight after school."

"yeah so you're leaving me for what..eight fucking hours by myself?" robin complained, holding eye contact and frowning.

she sighed, "robin, i gotta go."

"but whyyy?" he grabbed her hand, making her sit on his bed beside him.

"i gotta tell finney and gwen why you aren't able to go, right? plus, a couple more absences and i'm suspended." she shrugged.

robin huffed and brought the covers up to him even more, "fine i guess."

boys are seriously babies when they're sick.

she snickered before planting a small kiss on his cheek, "i'll make it up to you when i come back or something, i swear."

robin couldn't tell if his cheeks were burning up because of the girl in front of him or his sickness. either way, it must've affected his stomach as well. screw butterflies, a whole damn zoo was in there.

"uh, yeah..you better." he brought the covers to hide half his face and sunk his head deeper into his pillow, finally feeling drowsy.

"sleep well, arellano.." he heard her whisper to him before getting up and leaving, taking her comforting presence with her.

he could've sworn she was about to say something else, but didn't dwell on it.

after hearing the door shut, he peeked his eyes open to see the shadow of her feet outside the door, lingering for a second.

he wished she opened the door and ended up staying with him, but he didn't want to get her sick as well. he closed his eyes with a slight frown, hugging a pillow in attempt to feel safe.

meanwhile, on the other side of the door, jaelin had her head hung low with a frustrated, yet disappointed look.

"i love you.." she said, barely above a whisper that even she herself couldn't hear it. she clenched and unclenched her fists.

ugh, why is this so fucking hard to do?

୧ ׅ𖥔 ۫ iloveblondead speaks ! ⋄ 𓍯

is this book getting
cringey? pls tell me if
it is bc i need to know🥲

fun fact, i'm sick rn & u
guys wanted more cute
raelin moments so i got
the idea from being sick
LMFAO help i'm suffering

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