“No my love, don’t say that.” He murmured, nudging him gently and kissing him. “Just get some rest, darling.”
one on one?
"Okay, okay…" Nathaniel closed his eyes and tried to get himself to relax so that he could sleep. "Sorry…"
“whatever for my love?” V murmured with a small smile. “You’re not doing anything wrong my dear.” He kissed his head gently and snuggle close to him
"I'm upsetting you…" Nathaniel whined, curling in on himself a bit more. "And I keep making fun of myself…"
“You’re not love, I’m just overly concerned, that’s all.” He nudged his head gently, trying to get Nath to look at him. “And hey, we all get sick. You’ll get through this, angel.”
Nathaniel sighed shakily, shifting around a bit to try and get more comfortable. "It's just… it's stupid…"
“It’s not.” V protested, nuzzling his angel and kissing him deeply. “I love you, Nath. Nothing you could possibly do would I ever consider stupid.” He said with a small smile, settling comfortable on the couch with Nathaniel, holding him close to himself.
"Well, I disagree… I feel stupid all the time." Nathaniel huffed a bit, burying his face in V's chest.
“No my love. Don’t say that.” V murmured, kissing his angel gently
"Mmmmm…" Nathaniel whined in reply, clinging more tightly to V. "But it's true…"
He held him to his chest and shook his head “no my love, it’s not. Ask anyone and they’ll say it’s not.”
"Mm…" Nathaniel kept his face hidden. "But I'm someone and I say it's true…"
“Then you’re lying to yourself cuz we all know that’s not true.” V argued, nuzzling his hair and purring softly
Nathaniel huffed a bit, his wings puffing up at the nuzzling. "Or you're all lying to try and make me feel better…"
V shook his head and captured Nathaniel’s lips in tender kiss. “My love, none of us would lie to you.”
Nathaniel sighed shakily and held tighter to V. "You did when I was younger… t-to make me feel better. You said I was gonna be okay…"
V paused for a moment, knowing that Nath was right. How many times had he promised they’d be okay and then the complete opposite happened? He pressed his lips to Nathaniel’s head and took a deep breath. “You’re going to be okay. You’re going to through whatever is making you sick and we’re goin get to get married. Things might happen that make that hard but we’re going to be okay.” He promised, pulling back gently and looking down at his precious angel.
Nathaniel rubbed at his eyes a bit and sighed shakily. "H-How do you know? How do you know that I'm gonna be okay? For… f-for all I know, this is some horrible, chronic illness, and I… I could die from whatever this stupid illness is. The chances are low, but… b-but you can't just promise me that everything is going to be okay because we don't know…"
He took in a breath and nodded. “You’re right love, I don’t know if everything will be alright. But if I worry about what could go wrong I’m going to drive both of to the point if insanity. To prevent that from happening, I’m going to assume that you’re going to be alright because that’s all I can do.”
Nathaniel sighed again, burying his face in V's chest and quivering a bit in his arms. "B-But I don't— like— being lied to…" He choked a bit and coughed, shaking more violently.
He gently stroked his hair and shook his head. “Love, I wouldn’t lie to you intentionally. Im promising you things will be alright. That doesn’t mean that’ll happen all the time but for now, we’re okay.”
Nathaniel sniffled a bit and clung tighter to V. "B-But… but I don't wanna be lied to…" He whimpered weakly. "I don't wanna…"
“It’s not lying, think of it more as being optimistic about the present and hoping things will continue that way later on.” V pressed a kiss to his cheek and carried Nathaniel to the bedroom, ready to get some sleep
"Mmmmmm…" Nathaniel whined weakly, burying his face in V's shoulder. "But optimism is just lying to yourself… p-pretending that everything is okay when it isn't…"
“Id prefer to be optimistic then assuming the worst.” V argued gently, setting Nathaniel down so he could change. “I’ll be right back.” He said, disappearing into The bathroom with clean pajamas
Nathaniel was curled up tightly on the bed by the time V returned, wrapping his wings around himself while he quivered. He had his eyes closed, but he wasn't quite asleep yet.
V came back after a few minutes just in oh pants, letting his wings drag behind him as he slowly got into bed and curled up around Nathaniel, tucking him safely under his chin. “It’s going to Be okay, Nath. You’ll see.” He whispered softly, kissing him tenderly.
"Mm…" Nathaniel yawned a but and huddled closer to V so he could be more comfortable. "G'night…" He mumbled, soon drifting off to sleep.
“Sleep well my angel.” He murmured, drifting off as well, his wings wrapping around them both as they slept throughout the night.
Nathaniel slept fitfully, but never quite awoke. He was fast asleep by the time V awoke the next morning.