From- Nothing Yet

⚠TW: someone being sick, talk of v0m1t, crying (but not for long), & cussing⚠

Names/Characters- Aza: Name means comfort & Rome: Named after the ancient city of Rome.

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It was late in the afternoon when Aza was at work.

He was working on marketing ideas for his company's latest product when his phone began to ring.

He glanced over at it and quickly grew concerned when he saw the photo of his best friend pop up along with his name and number on the screen.

Normally Rome would rather die than talk to anyone over the phone. He always preferred either text or Facetime but overall he hated phone calls.

Aza quickly picked up his phone and answered the call, "Hey man, are you okay?" He asked, not trying to hide the concern in his tone.

"Not really." Rome chuckled weakly before going into a coughing fit.

"Do you want me to come over? I can be over in five minutes if you want me to." Aza asked as soon as Rome's coughs had calmed down.

"I would like you to but you have work so I called you so I could ask you to come over on-" Rome was cut off by Aza talking to one of his co-workers.

"Hey, I'm leaving early. Family emergency, I'll be back for my normal shift whenever it gets resolved." Rome heard Aza say before hearing him speak directly to him, "I'm on my way now, be there in five." Before the line went dead.

Rome sighed, he didn't want Aza to get in trouble at his job for him but at the same time, he was extremely grateful for him coming right away.

~☆~

You see, Rome always got extremely touch-starved whenever he didn't get any physical affection from someone in two days, let alone any time longer than that.

He also got extra clingy and affectionate whenever he's sick though he never wants to get his friends sick. So he either suffers in silence or asks Aza to come over and cuddle him because of a few different reasons.

The few reasons are; one) Aza has a very high immune system, two) He always gives amazing cuddles, and three) Rome has had a crush on Aza for three years now but hasn't said anything about it for fear that he would loose his best friend.

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As promised, five minutes later Aza was pulling into Rome's driveway, quickly getting out of his car and into the house.

"Rome? Where are you at buddy?" Aza asked as he shut and locked the door behind him, taking off his shoes and jacket too.

"My room!" He heard Rome yell before coughing again making him jog up the stairs and into his bedroom.

"Hello darling, how are you feeling?" Aza asked as soon as he saw Rome sitting up in bed, leaning against a massive pile of plushies.

"Like shit, I puked this morning, my throat hurts like a bitch, and my nose is either running like a waterfall or stuffed up so I can't breathe at all," Rome answered as he looked at Aza with tired eyes.

"Why didn't you call me over when you puked? I could have helped you!" Aza asked, knowing how much puking freaked Rome out.

"I didn't want to bother you from your work. I was trying to get you to come here after your shift instead of now but you can see how that worked out." Rome chuckled before stopping to breathe properly again.

"Like I was going to wait to come here after you called me instead of just texting me," Aza said with a chuckle of his own, though his eyes still showed his concern for his best friend.

"Well thank you for coming, I was getting very lonely and wanted affection," Rome said with a small smile as he made grabby hands towards Aza.

Aza smiled back at him as he moved closer to him, locking their hands together as he looked down at him.

"I need to get you some medicine first and then we can cudd- what's wrong?" Aza cut himself off when he saw tears begin to form in Rome's eyes.

"I don't need medicine, I need you. Please, I feel terrible and my mind has been evil to me and all I want is for you to hold me and tell me I'll be okay until I fall asleep and I need you to be here when I wake up too." Rome said as his hand gripped Aza's, pulling him closer to himself; nearly pulling him onto the bed.

His eyes were pleading as the tears threatened to spill. Anyone could see that he looked like he was hanging on by a thread.

Aza's concern grew quickly at his words and actions. He has never seen Rome like this before and it was honestly terrifying.

"Okay, it's okay. Everything is okay. You're safe, I won't let anything happen to you okay?" Aza asked as he got into the bed, laying down and instantly having Rome lay on top of his chest, wrapping his arms around his torso tightly.

Aza wrapped his arms around his chest as their legs tangled together, quickly becoming as close as possible. Rome's grasp on him was tight and desperate. It seemed like he thought that if they weren't as close as possible or even closer than that then he would simply pass away.

"I don't know what's going through your mind right now but I promise that I'll help you through it if you allow me to. I want to make sure you're safe and feel loved always and forever. That sounds cheezy as fuck but I don't really care at the moment." Aza whispered to Rome as Rome nuzzled his head into the crook of his neck, allowing his body to relax against his.

Aza continued saying sweet nothingness to Rome like he wanted until he fell asleep.

Well, at least that's what Aza thought.

"I don't know what fucked up shit you have going through your head right now but I swear that I will help you out because I love you, and I mean actually love you. I love the way your hair feels against my fingers, I love the way your eyes light up when you talk about something you love. I love how your eyes get all crinkly whenever you smile, I love your freckles scattered all across your face and body because they remind me of beautiful stars. I love you, I love you so much that it hurts sometimes and other times it scares me. It scares me because I want to tell you how I feel but at the same time, I don't want to lose you. I'm scared that if I lose you I won't know what to do with myself anymore. That's why I love you but I can't ever tell you." Aza whispered as he ran his hand through Rome's curly blonde hair.

"I love you too, I would say some sappy stuff about you too but I'm sick and can't think of much right now other than I love you," Rome whispered back making Rome nearly jump out of his skin.

"You're not lying right?" Aza asked, his tone showing nothing but worry and vulnerability.

"Of course I'm not, I truly do love you. I have for three years now. I didn't say anything because I thought you would hate me and leave me." Rome chuckled making Aza chuckle too, the vibrations of his chest shaking Rome some.

"I thought you would do the same for me so I didn't say anything either." Aza chuckled back.

Once they calmed down Rome sat up on his elbows to look Aza in the eyes,

"So does this mean we're dating now?" He asked sounding both nervous and excited about the answer.

"If you want us to be then definitely," Aza replied with a large smile that Rome mirrored.

"Good, then goodnight boyfriend," Rome said before cuddling back into the crook of Aza's neck and falling asleep against him.

"Goodnight my love," Aza whispered back before slowly falling asleep himself.

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