Akaashi raised his head, sleep still in his eyes. His neck was sore from sleeping weird and his hand was asleep, numb.

"Stop movin..."

Akaashi looked up and noticed Bokuto lying awake in his hospital bed. "Sorry. What time is it?"

"Four thirty."

"In the morning?"

"Mhmm."

"Have you been awake all night?"

Bokuto took a deep breath as he rubbed his eyes. "Mhmm, all night."

"Was the pain that bad?"

"Yeah they refused to give me any more morphine even though I got one small dose that lasted maybe two hours. I think another cyst ruptured while you were sleeping which really sucks."

"What are you supposed to do for that many ruptures?"

"I called my insurance company after you fell asleep and they said that it wouldn't cost much to remove my uterus since I've had so many bad cases over cystic ruptures in my past."

Akaashi sat up all the way. His back popped in the quiet of the room and he groaned.

"Oh ouch."

"Haha no. Hush." He relaxed back into sitting against the bed. "This happens a lot?"

"Mhmm."

"This is technically another step towards transitioning."

Bokuto smiled sadly. "I just wish that this was something positive. As soon as my period ends I can start prep for the surgery."

Akaashi yawned softly into his palm and stared at Bokuto. He looked beyond exhausted and his usually spiky hair lay flat against the pillow his head rested on, soaked with sweat from his temperature going up and down.

"You must be tired Kashi, you can go home and relax. I'll call you later."

"No, no it's okay. I'm staying here. No one should be staying in a hospital by themselves." He got on the bed and sat by Bokuto.

"You're too nice. I wanted to take care of you."

"I am not very easy to take care of."

"That's okay. Can I put my head in your lap?" Bokuto whispered. He yawned.

"Of course you can? Are you warm?"

"Not very warm, no."

"Mkay. Lemme get you another blanket."

"Comfy blanket." Bokuto turned onto his back. "That hurt."

"I bet it did." Akaashi walked to the doorway and looked around. He'd been here before and yet he didn't remember where things were. He headed to the nurse's desk and smiled. "Hey... can I maybe get another blanket? It's a bit chilly for my friend and he's having trouble falling asleep."

"Oh he still hasn't been able to get to sleep? Is just the temperature of his room bothering him?"

"Well, he hasn't been given any stronger pain medications since yesterday around three in the afternoon. The pain has been keeping him up all night." Akaashi glanced around. Hospitals at night looked barren and incredibly scary.

"Oh goodness let's check on him."

Akaashi led her to Bokuto's room where he was holding a pillow, taking slow breaths.

"Oh sweetheart, you really aren't feeling well, are you?" She checked his chart and raised a brow. "They mistyped your sex on here. Hm."

"I haven't been able to change it."

"Ah okay." She opened a small cabinet. "Blankets and pillows are in here. Get as many as you need. I'll get you something to ease the pain. Would you like anything that's a sleeping medicine like melatonin?"

"That would be really nice, thank-" Bokuto gripped his pillow tight and curled in on himself. It took him a moment to raise his head, panting softly. "Sorry."

"It's perfectly fine. I'll be right back."

Bokuto nodded. Akaashi pet his hair as they waited. When the nurse came back she hooked up a morphine line to him and gave him a few melatonin tablets. He now had three blankets and two pillows and felt much warmer. Akaashi sat down behind him and helped Bokuto roll over closer so that Akaashi could play with his hair as he had been requested to do so.

Bokuto still felt sick and there was a full pain now but having his arms wrapped around Akaashi's waist and his head in his lap felt so nice. Akaashi had a warm body and his shirt was soft. "Mm... thanks Kashi."

"Of course Kotarou. Just get some rest, okay honey?"

Bokuto chuckled softly. "Honey."

"Sorry, that's been engraved in my mind to say because of my work."

"I like it~"

Akaashi laughed. "Oh hush. You need to sleep."

"Night night."

"Goodnight Ko."

****

Akaashi stretched, taking a deep breath. He'd left the hospital that morning after Bokuto had woken up and now he was at his own apartment. He was grabbing his more lacy clothing and risqué outfits, tucking them into a bag. He had extra water and food with him and some makeup just in case.

Tendou was there to pick him up, playing around with a new collar that he'd bought. "Hey Keiji, put this on."

Akaashi put on the collar and let Tendou fix it as he double checked his bag.

"How does the material feel?"

"I think it feels nice. Make it a bit tighter."

Tendou tightened it. "Ooh it's so pretty."

"Mhmm feels nice. Did it come with anything?" Akaashi lifted his bag.

"I bought stuff with it. There's a leash, new whip, and a really nice set of vibrators."

"Set?"

"I got six."

"Wow." Akaashi took off the collar. He did like vibrators a lot but why a set of six? That was a bit much.

"I found a client that loves them. We've been trying sizes."

Akaashi nodded. He walked out of his apartment and he was led to Tendou's car. They both were pretty much silent, Tendou driving calmly. Akaashi would hit him if Tendou happened to be high right now.

"Alright hot stuff, go get dressed."

Akaashi rolled his eyes. He had to get ready for a client in an hour and had to reprep himself. Tendou usually helped with this and it was a mundane process.

He just slipped on a robe, going to get Tendou. The red head was laying across his bed, smiling lazily.

"Are you high?"

"I just took a smiley paper from my box."

"Oh my God."

"Don't worry, you know I can control myself. C'mere." Tendou sat up. Akaashi sat in his lap and held on. Tendou giggled softly. "Oh it's a shame we can't do more than this."

"You know why."

Tendou hummed. "I do." He grabbed his lube. "Forward."

Akaashi leaned forward. Tendou prepped him, mostly focusing on the task as he looked at the colors around himself. "Satori."

"Mm?"

"That's not going to be enough."

Tendou sighed softly. "I'm so glad I put paintings in here." He leaned slightly and grabbed a toy. "One, two, three."

Akaashi gripped harder onto Tendou. It stung a bit just like always. He panted softly, shifting. "Slowly."

"Am I getting you off?"

"No, I don't want that."

"Mkay." Tendou finished up. "You're nice and clean and prepped. Feel okay?"

"I feel okay."

"Good." Tendou waved him away. "Lemme keep tripping man."

Akaashi rolled his eyes. He went to his room. Getting off would have been nice. Hopefully Bokuto would be able to help- oh. Bokuto was still in the hospital.

Akaashi just opened his nightstand and took out a flesh light. He hated these sometimes but everything was okay. He got on his bed and poured just a bit of lube into the toy. He laid back on his bed. Sure he may not have help but he had his mind and it was wonderful.

Images of his favorite clients ran through his mind and he slowly started to pleasure himself. Many people shared the same things he liked. They were kind and it was nice to have someone kind around.

Suddenly, Bokuto flashed into his mind. Kind people included him. Gentle people included him. He didn't force pleasure or positive reinforcement.

Unlike some of his clients with harsh teeth and incredibly rude words, Bokuto kissed his body and was able to say soft things to make his heart melt.

Akaashi went faster, ashamed slightly. Bokuto was becoming another person to think of while he got off.

Well not exactly. Sure his body was amazing and his words were kind but goodness he was sweet. Akaashi had found himself shopping and thought to himself about what type of chip Bokuto may like or if maybe a certain cologne may smell odd to him. He wanted himself to look better for Bokuto all the time, even more than anyone who wanted him to look nice.

Akaashi startled as he came, having had gotten focused on the thoughts of the latter a bit too much.

He quickly cleaned up and checked his phone for the next request.

"Pet play... are you fucking kidding me I hate pet play with this guy." Akaashi grabbed his things and got dressed properly. The man came back to his room and he got into the typical pose of him being on his knees. It was just five hours. Then he could go to Bokuto. Just five hours.