~Yumi~

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I hugged him closer to him, feeling his body against mine, now assured of that he won't leave me. Those words was exactly what I needed to hear..

Suddenly I felt him shaking even more and I heard him sneeze. I pulled away to see him cough a little and chuckle

I touched his cheek and I felt his face burning up.

"You're... cooking..." I gasped and looked at him

he shook his head

"I'm fine.. The most important is you right now" He whispered

His voice was weak. No wonder his voice was hoarse. I then remembered that he might have.. read the letter in the rain by the river. That was maybe one of the reasons why he was so cold.. freezing and his wet clothes

I wiped away my tears and put his arm around my shoulders

"Kah Ja.."

"Aniya~~ Gwenchana..." He mumbled

"No.. Come.. We need to get you into the shower" I said

I helped him upstairs and when we entered my bedroom I saw that mom had already prepared a towel, toothbrush and I heard someone in the bathroom. I helped JaeJoong down on the bed and I hurried into the bathroom to see mom preparing the bathtub with hot water. The steam was allover the bathroom

"Omma?" I whispered

Mom spun around and smiled at me

"What are you doing?" I asked slowly, surprised by mom's actions

She turned off the water, put her finger and felt if the temperature was right and then she turned around and smiled at me

"Namja Chingu?" She smiled

I felt the heat coming up to my cheeks

"Let him stay for the night. He's exhausted. He's sick as well. When he arrived earlier I thought that it was one of your friends who have gone mad or something but when he explained in a hurry why he was here, I understood immediately. He even apologized cause he hasn't gotten the chance to introduce himself properly and he told me that he will do it as soon as he have talked to you.. and I understand sweetie"

"You do?" I stuttered

Mom chuckled

"I was wondering how long it would take you until you introduced him. I've noticed the change in you a few weeks back and you've been.. smiling a lot more.. that's for sure.. and I'm happy you met such a wonderful boy..." Mom hugged me

I hugged her tightly back

"Let him have the guestroom. I've prepared everything.. Take care of him. There's medicine on your desk and a glass of water. Take care of him sweetie.."

Mom left me and went outside. I followed her and I saw JaeJoong breathing heavily on the bed. I walked over to him and helped him to sit up

"Oppa... You have to.. take a bath.." I whispered

he shook his head

"I'm fine.. just.. let me rest.." He whispered

"No.. please.. you need to take a bath.. You'll catch a cold" I said

He chuckled tiredly

"Isn't it too late for that?"

"Please.. You'll feel better after this.." I said

He didn't say anything else and I started to strip him. I took off his jacket and threw it on the bed. I then took off his cardigan, then his tee until he was topless.
When I kind of was realizing what I was doing, I couldn't do it anymore cause just the thought of stripping his lower part of his body made me blush and embarrassed

I heard him chuckle quietly.

"Help.. me into the bathroom..." He whispered tiredly

I did as I was told and wasn't looking at him

"Come back in 5 minutes.." He whispered

I nodded and went outside and I closed the door behind. I grabbed his clothes and put it on the chair and when 5 minutes had passed I knocked on the door

"Come in.."

I entered and saw his clothes on the counter so I grabbed them and took the wet clothes and went outside and into the laundry room. I put it there and decided to wash them tomorrow and went back inside my room

I went back to the bathroom to see his back facing him as I saw he had put bubbles allover the bathtub. He was surrounded by the bubbles floating on the surface of the water.

He was obviously tired cause he was leaning onto the bathtub, his head resting heavily on his hand .

"JaeJoong?" I whispered

The steam was taking up most of the place and also, it was hot in the entire bathroom

"Yumi? CAn you.. light some candles.. the.. light in the bathroom is giving me a headache.." He said tiredly

I did as I was and turned off the light, lightened 5 different candles to give us some light to see and then I sat down on the floor watching him as he was breathing heavily

He seemed so tired and exhausted that I started to feel bad about it since it was my fault in a way.
I crawled my way slowly over to him. His body was tense and he was probably still a bit numb due to the cold.

I didn't say much as I heard him breathing heavily. I grabbed the small bottle with olive oil and started to massage his neck and his upper back, deeply, carefully and smoothly
He leaned his head forward and I could tell that he was slowly letting go of the burdens, his thoughts and his muscles started to slowly relax.

I kept massaging his shoulders, smoothly caressing his back and made small circles with my fingertips, making him flinch a bit.
After wards I dipped my hands into the warm water and afterwards, I grabbed the sponge put on some soap on it and I started to slowly clean his back, his shoulder. I even moved my hands forward, he leaned his head backwards and was letting me clean his neck as well..

I cleaned his arms, carefully cleaning his arms down to his hands. Afraid that I might would hurt him or cause him any kind of pain, since he was sick and a bit more fragile now.. I couldn't help but look at his face while doing it.

His eyes were shut, he was breathing through his mouth since he was catching a cold, making it hard for him to breathe. I grabbed the small chair and sat right where his head was and I put the sponge into the water and grabbed the bottle with some shampoo and then I started to slowly massage it in his hair..

His muscles were more relaxed now and his back, his shoulders wasn't tense anymore. I smiled since I was happy to know that he wasn't cold anymore. He had gotten used to the heat..

After I was done washing his hair, I rinsed it out with water and after wards I took his head, his head resting on my lap, with a towel on my lap, so that I wouldn't get wet.

The stool, was so low that he could comfortably rest on my lap, which also made it easier for me to clean his face.
I grabbed a small towel, dipped it into the water so that the towel would get warm and I put it over his face, leaving a small hole so that he could breathe. Afterwards I put the towel on his chest, taking some oliveoil and started to massage it into his face.

I felt his face letting the stress out, the muscles relax even more and if I couldn't hear his breathing, I could have sworn that he would probably be asleep by now..

When I was done I took the towel again and cleaned his face. I then put it on the counter and leaned forward, planted a kiss on his mouth, which was upside down

I was about to pull away when I felt his hand holding me right on place, both of us kissing upside down. His hand wasn't forcing me to kiss him, it was more of a sign, a signal that he didn't want me to leave and he wanted me to stay wit him..

I soon pulled away in order to catch my breath, also so that he could catch his breath cause it was obviously harder for him to breathe since he had to breathe through his mouth..

I caressed his cheek softly and planted a kiss on his mouth

"I'll leave the clothes here.. Come out when you're ready.." I whispered

He slowly sat up again and I went outside the bathroom and closed the door behind.
I didn't hear him getting out of the tub so I hoped that I would be able to change my clothes into Pjs without him seeing. So I hurried over to my wardrobe across the bedroom and grabbed my tanktop and a pair of shorts.

When I was about to pull down my tanktop, which was half way down my stomach I suddenly felt his arms wrap around my waist from behind
He rested his chin on my shoulder at first but then I felt his lips soon brush my shoulder, making me feel a ticklish feeling, which felt good on my shoulder.

His mouth soon made it's way onto my neck. He was brushing it softly, kissing it from time to time, his hands still on my waist.
I could feel my heartbeats increase but I couldn't deny the fact that I did like him so close to me..

How come I didn't hear him getting out from the bathtub, from the bathroom?
Soon his hands was slowly making me turn around to face him and his lips made it's way up to my lips and he pulled me closer to him and started to kiss me passionately..

I didn't know where all this strength came from cause just a few minutes ago, he was tired, exhausted and weak because of the cold and he was also sick.. but now seems like he had gotten healthier because of the bath he had taken..

But since I was kissing him, I could still feel his heat, the fever. It was still there and even though His mind wasn't tired, his body was..

I felt his hands pull me even closer, his right hand sliding slowly up on my back, caressing my back as if he was exploring, as the left hand were going down, to my.. lower part of the body

I started to understand what this could lead to and to prevent that from happening I stopped both of his hands. He got the hint immediately and he accepted it immediately. His lips turned into softer kisses, playing carefully with mine..

He soon pulled away and smiled at me and planted a kiss on my forehead.
I somehow got a glimpse on what he was wearing and I saw that he was only standing there, wrapped in a towel.

I turned away in embarrassment and I could hear him chuckle quietly behind me

He hugged me from behind and kissed my cheek, kissed my shoulder and neck

"You need to sleep.. You're sick.. Jae" I whispered

I could feel the fever causing him to burn. He was so hot that you could probably boil some eggs..

He nodded

He grabbed the clothes on my bed that he had probably taken with him from the bathroom. I took the glass of water and the pill and took him to the guestroom which was already prepared by mom.

Both of us entered and he sat down on the bed tiredly. I bended down onto his height, gave him the pill and the water and he drank it all..

"Jjal Ja yo" I whispered

He smiled and leaned forward, planted a kiss on my nose before smiling at me again, caressing my cheek with his fingertip softly

"Sweet dreams.. I'll see you soon in our dreams.." he whispered

I chuckled

"I won't be far away" I whispered

He nodded

"Me neither"