Melissa’s POV

Another week passed after the karaoke bar incident and Donghae didn’t mention it anymore but I could see that he was thinking about it. But he didn’t understand, I couldn’t simply go back to New York. EVERYTHING there would remind me about Heechul, especially Broadway, which was a dream that we together shared. We used to imagine ourselves standing on a Broadway stage being each other’s leads. He my Tony and I his Maria, but it never happened and it will never happen either so I wouldn’t be able to handle it, not now. In the future, maybe, but definitely not now. I couldn’t leave Super Junior now, I couldn’t leave Donghae.

One morning I woke up with a major headache and it felt like I was burning up, I managed to rise and take myself out to the kitchen but I felt like crap. When Gabbi saw me her eyes widened

“God, Melissa how are you feeling? You look terrible!” she exclaimed and she didn’t wait for me to answer but she went up to me and put her hand on my forehead “You’re burning hot! Go back to bed and I’ll call you in sick, you need to rest” she told me and I was about to protest but the pounding in my head increased so I went back to my bedroom again and collapsed on the bed

Donghae’s POV

“Hyung, you’re phone is ringing” I told Leeteuk while we were in the studio recording and handed it over to him, he replied quickly and all he said was “Oh, really, Aaaaaw, okey, yeah I understand” that wasn’t much of a clue to who he was talking to, but then he said “Okey, tell her to rest a lot and we hope she’ll recover fast, and that we all love her, bye”

“Who were you talking to?” I asked him suspiciously, I had my guesses though who it might could have been but I wanted to know for sure

“It was Gabbi, Melissa is sick, she has got a high fever, so she is obviously not coming to work today” he replied and everybody turned to look at him horrified

“Gabbi’s gonna stay and take care of her right?” Eunhyuk asked and Leeteuk’s face twisted

“She said she couldn’t, she has some major exams this week that she simply can’t miss” Leeteuk said

“Poor little cute dongsaeng” Sungmin said and sighed loudly

“Poor little cute noona” Kyuhyun continued sighing even louder than Sungmin

“I can go and take care of her” I said carefully and they all then turned to look at me

“Are you sure?” Siwon asked me

“Yeah, do you really know how to take care of a sick girl?” Ryeowook continued wonderingly

“Of course I do, listen guys, Gabbi has to go to school soon so I better hurry if I want to be let in, tell manager hyung where I am and that I’m sorry but I simply can’t let her be alone right now” I told the boys and hurried out of the building and out to my car, Melissa was sick and she needed me to take care of her, I quickly arrived at their apartment and luckily Gabbi was still there, but I had arrived in the last minute cuz she was standing outside just about to lock the door

“Wait!” I exclaimed and ran up to her

“Donghae? What are you doing here?” she questioned confused

“Melissa’s sick and I’m here to take care of her” I replied simply

“Oh, thanks, I have been really worried about leaving her alone” she said and opened the door for me “We have food in the refrigerator, medicine in the little white cabinet in the toilet, make sure she drinks a lot and...” she started but I cut her off

“Don’t worry about it Gabbi, I got this, go to school and nail those exams of yours” I told her and she smiled at me thankfully

“Again, thanks, I’ll be back as soon as possible” she told me

“Take your time Gabbi, bye”

“Bye Donghae!” she said and then she ran down the stairs and I walked into the apartment and locked the door after me.

I looked around, you could definitely see that two girls were living there, everything was so pretty and neat, I looked into the refrigerator, and it was filled with food, not like at our dorm. Haha. But then I hurried to her bedroom. I opened the door carefully in case I was going to wake her up if she was sleeping and I saw her lying on her bed eyes closed, still in her PJ’s; it consisted by a pair of pink shorts and an oversized pink t-shirt. She was a vision in pink, and her hair was a total mess but still I found her absolutely stunning. I went over to her bed and sat myself next to her and he forehead, she was really burning hot. So I went up and looked for a towel that I drenched with cold water and put it carefully on her forehead. That made her wake up though and she slowly opened her eyes. When she saw me she looked at me, confusion was written all over her face.

“Donghae?” she questioned weakly

“Don’t worry I’m here now and I will take care of you” I told her and took her little hand in mine

“Why?” she then asked

“Because I can’t leave you by yourself when you’re ill, I really care for you sweetheart” I told her

“I love you Donghae oppa, I love you” she then whispered and closed her eyes and she was asleep again, I froze by her words. Did she just call me oppa? Wait, did she just say that she loved me?! Loved me!? No I shouldn’t get too excited about this, she was very sick, which means that she don’t know what she’s saying. It was her illness talking not her heart, she still loved Heechul. Her heart still belonged to him. I looked at her, she was so beautiful and it almost killed me when I thought about that she might never get over Heechul and be mine, and if she eventually do get over him, how long into the future will that be? Will I be waiting for her that long? I mean it might take years. My stupid heart... why did it have to fall for the one girl that I might never get?

“I love you too Melissa” I whispered and then I laid myself next to her and pulled her to me, who cared if I got ill, and soon I was asleep as well with her in my arms and there were no other place on earth that I’d rather be than were I was

Melissa’s POV

When I woke up again I quickly realized that I wasn’t alone in the bed and when I saw the muscular arm that was slung over my waist holding onto me tightly my suspicions were confirmed. I also quickly realized that it was Donghae, there was this special feeling about having his arms around me and I would recognize it anywhere and anytime. I sighed loudly when I felt my head pounding again and then I felt how Donghae tightened the hold on me making me smile.

“How are you feeling?” Donghae then asked and I turned around in his arms to face him, his eyes were filled with concern

“Not good” I replied but it came out as a whisper, I had almost lost my voice

“Don’t worry, I’m going to take care of you so you’ll get better in no time” he said smiling and then he planted a soft kiss on my forehead and frowned “You still have a fever” he continued

“Yeah, it feels like it at least” I said weakly but Donghae put a finger to my mouth

“Don’t speak, I don’t want that that amazing voice of yours is going to get ruined” he told me seriously and then he went out of the bed, picked me up bridal style before I could protest and carried me to the living room and put me down on the sofa. There he put a blanket over me and gave me some pillows. “I’m going to make you some soup now, so just rest” Donghae said and then he went to the kitchen

After he while he returned and sat himself next to me on the sofa holding a bowl of soup and a spoon. He took the spoon to my mouth

“Eat” he told me and I opened my mouth and let him feed me, I was too tired to protest “Good girl” he continued and kept on feeding me. When he was done he made me drink some water but then he took some pills and tried to make me swallow them

“No pills” I protested

“You have to take them so that your headache will cease” Donghae told me softly but I just shook my head, bad idea cuz that only made the headache get worse

“My throat hurts too much for me to take pills, I’ll never be able to swallow them” I replied and Donghae frowned

“What is worst? The headache or the pain in the throat?” he questioned and I knew the answer immediately. My head hurt practically every day and I had learnt to live with it pretty well but the pain in the throat always made me think that I was going to die or something as the drama queen I am

 “Throat” I answered and then he left me and went to the bathroom but he was soon back, back with medicine that I always used when my throat hurt, but it tasted awfully so it was really hard to make me take it. Donghae sat himself down next to me again and poured the medicine into a little glass

“Here, drink this” he told me

“Never” I replied and he sighed and shook his head

“Melissa, do you want to get better? Please take this” he said but I shut my mouth tight when he tried to make me drink it “Just drink it, don’t make me force you” he continued

“How force me?” I questioned suspiciously

“I could bribe you” he said seriously

“With what?” I wondered curiously

“A song, take the medicine and I’ll sing you a song” he told me

“I can live without a song, besides I hear you sing practically every day” I said and he frowned

“What about candy? Take the medicine and I’ll buy you candy” he asked and I looked at him in disbelief

“How old do you think I am? Five? You can seriously do way better than that Donghae” I said amused

“Fine, if you don’t take the medicine I’ll kiss you” he then said and my eyes widened in surprise, was he serious? Was he really going to kiss me if I didn’t take the medicine? If that was the case there was no way that I was going to take the medicine! I really wanted to kiss Donghae. Wait? ... Did I just think that I wanted to kiss Donghae? Wow... Progress. I had thought that Heechul was the only one that I ever would want to kiss and here I wanted to kiss Donghae.

“You would never kiss me, I’m ill; you don’t want to take the risk to get ill yourself. You’re an idol you need to stay healthy” I replied in lack of other things to say, he had sure taken me by surprise with those words

“Oh I would, believe me, I’m not scared of your little cold, so now tell me, are you going to take the medicine or not? Or in other words, do I have to kiss you or not?” he asked me and I had to think about it, I wanted to kiss him, I really wanted to, but I wasn’t sure if I was ready yet

“Fine, then kiss me” I said and Donghae grinned and then he moved closer with his body and started to lean into my face and then he took my face between his hands.  Oh my god, he is really going to kiss me. When his face was only a few centimetres from mine he stopped and looked me in the eyes and I couldn’t help from staring into them and melt a little bit. I felt his breathing on my face and I also felt my heart starting to beat faster and faster. God I couldn’t allow him to kiss me. “Okey, I’ll take the medicine, just move your face away from me!” I said nervously and I saw Donghae smirk but he did as I told him and moved away from my face

“Good girl” he said and then he put the glass to my mouth and made me drink the content, my face twisted at the taste, why on earth did I prefer this to Donghae’s sweet lips? I am absolutely crazy...

“Are you happy now?” I asked Donghae annoyed when I had drank it all and he nodded and chuckled

“Very” he replied “Now rest and try not to think about me too much, I made you very nervous didn’t I?” he continued and winked at me and I stuck my tongue out at him, Donghae actually could be kind of annoying

“In your dreams Donghae” I said irritated

“Just get some rest now and I promise you that you’ll be better when you wake up” he assured me and I didn’t protest and did as he told me and I was soon fast asleep with a smile on my face

When I woke up I saw that Gabbi was sitting in the sofa next to me watching TV, I looked around but couldn’t see Donghae anywhere. I pouted. I had really wanted Donghae to be there. When Gabbi saw that I was awake she smiled at me and turned off the TV.

“Hello there, how are you feeling?” she questioned  concerned and I realized that my throat wasn’t hurting as bad as before, it was all thanks to the medicine Donghae had forced me to take

“Better, but I’m far from recovered I’m still feeling awful but not as awful as this morning” I replied “Where is Donghae by the way?” I asked casually

“I sent him home when I got here, why? Would you have wanted him to stay?” she asked me and raised a brow

“Well, maybe” I said carefully and Gabbi looked at me seriously

“Melissa, be honest with me now, do you like Donghae?” she questioned and I was taken a bit by surprise by that question even though I should have expected it

“I don’t know, there’s a possibility, today I caught myself wanting to kiss him so I think so” I replied and Gabbi smiled at me

“That’s great sweetie, you know what it means right? That you’re actually starting to get over Heechul” she told me

“Yeah, I guess so” I said and she was right, I was starting to get over Heechul, it went slowly but it was happening “Are you going to school tomorrow too?” I continued asking and she chuckled at me

“Yes I am, and Donghae is coming here tomorrow too, he insisted” she told me and winked at me

“Oh, thanks”

“You’re welcome, but you should sleep again, it’s starting to get late, you staying here or going to your room?” she asked

“I can stay here, I’m too tired and weak to move” I told her and she nodded

“Okey, good night then, love you” she told me and went to her room

Next morning I woke up to the smell of blueberry porridge, the one that I always used to eat when I was sick. It was really nice of Gabbi to make me that before she went to school. I turned around in my bed and looked at the clock, wait... bed? But I had fallen asleep on the sofa hadn’t I? There is no way that Gabbi had carried me to my bed, the only one... Donghae. Could it be him that had carried me to my bed?

“Donghae?” I called out tiredly and when I tried to rise I felt my head pound just as yesterday and I let out a big sigh and laid back down, but then the door opened and in comes Donghae; he was wearing an apron over his white t-shirt, my very pink apron that is, his hair was all messy and he was smiling widely

“You called for me yeobo?” he asked and I looked at him confused, wait... did he just call me yeobo? What? What was this gorgeous man talking about?

“Yeah, I did... Donghae, are you the one who carried me to my bed?” I questioned and he nodded

“Yes, I didn’t want my yeobo to lie on the uncomfortable sofa and hurt her back” he replied and sat down on the bed next to me and put his hand on my forehead and then he frowned “Still got a fever” he muttered

“Donghae, why are you calling me yeobo?” I then asked

“Well aren’t you my yeobo?” he wondered and tilted his head and looked at me with his big brown eyes

“No? Donghae you’re confusing me” I told him and he chuckled. When I was ill it was even easier to confuse me than usual

“Well I’m sorry jagiya” he said and I sighed

“No nicknames please, not when you’re not my boyfriend, it just confuses me” I explained to him

“I can change that” Donghae then said seriously

“You can change what?” I asked confused

“Nothing, just forget about it” he replied and I saw that his face dropped a bit, what was it with him today? “I’ve made you blueberry porridge by the way, Gabbi told me that you always eat that when you’re ill” he continued and picked me up in his arms and carried me to the kitchen and put me down on a chair and then he put a bowl of porridge in front of me. I started to eat and it tasted delicious!

Whoop Whoop another chapter! Isn’t Donghae sweet? If only I could have him in real life! Frustrating! I want Fishy! xD There is a lot of big and dramatic things coming up in the next chapters so prepare yourself for that! And guys I won’t be able to update for like two weeks cuz I’m going to relatives tonight that lives sixteen hours (with train) away from us. I look forward to meeting them but I don’t look forward to that train trip -.-

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