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Will could walk fine by this point, and he'd somehow already been cured. He'd guessed that he'd been so good with his medication, he'd only taken a slight virus. Nico, on the other hand, was worse than ever. He couldn't even stand without running out of energy and coughing.

Larissa had gotten him an inhaler for situations where he needed to go to the bathroom, but a date with Will was impossible. She'd apologized, and even though it wasn't her fault, it wasn't enough.

His dad had tried talking to Will, but he always got mad at told him to piss off. He'd practically stopped doing his job altogether, scared to leave Nico's side. They'd moved a spare bed into the room for Will and he knew they didn't want him laying in the same bed with Nico.

This was probably because of all of the things hooked up to him and Will also knew he couldn't afford to accidentally yank one of those out.

When Nico talked, it was almost like a wheeze. You could still hear his silky voice, but he was always breathless after a few sentences and desperately bringing in air.

Since this had started, Will wouldn't try to start conversations. Their kisses had to be quick, otherwise Nico wouldn't be able to breathe afterwards. After a certain amount of time, when he was in need of air, his lungs would fail him.

Will was missing the normal Nico. The one with the sarcastic comments and snarky comebacks. Now, he was forced to defend Nico, because he couldn't do it himself.

Nico couldn't leave the room because there was a bathroom in his room. They had known this would happen to him, so they stuck him in here. Will could only ask YES or NO questions.

Technically, Nico could answer vocally, but Will knew this was easier for him. Will was having breakdowns daily, and Nico couldn't do anything except hug him and stay silent.

To say the least, this was worse than Will had ever expected it would be. He thought Nico would die like everyone else. He thought he'd die quickly; something like a stroke and he wouldn't have to suffer for long.

But no. This was just torture, and Will wasn't sure how to save him. He wasn't sure how to make him happy. He didn't know if Nico was capable of being happy in this state.

And that terrified him.