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Tyler fu my cheek Even behind the tissue I saw his lips quirk "Don’t do this Seriously, Kyr"
My heart raced over the way he said my name
"Think about it I wasn’t infected, Tyler--I aent? He was all set to shoot you, right up until I cutinabout my blood? What if he shot hi so hard my head hurt, but I needed Tyler to takeyour nosebleeds?"
"Stop it," he said through the filter of the tissues "You’rea deal about this It’s a nosebleed"
But I stood there, watching him as he held the co over his pecs and abs that I hadn’t really noticed the shadows beneath his eyes
I reached up and pressed the back of ht" This tirinned some more "If you want to play nurse, I’h Because when I felt him, the moment I laid my hand on his skin, I knewTyler was sick
"You’re burning up"
"That’s what I’ive it up "See what I did there? I made you all worried, and now you sorta have to be nice to me"
"Tyler Don’t This is serious What you need is to lay down and stop acting like this is no big deal I don’t knohat’s going on or why this is happening, but we have a probleet us soht knohat to do; I just have to find a way to get ahold of hie covers and gave hi this was soreat at it, but at least he tried, pasting on a solemn expression for my benefit He still held the tissues, but with one hand he reached out and stroked ’ll work out I’ll get so And then we can find your dad, and you can explain your side of things to his out Your momwell"--he winced--"I’s always have a way of working theetting beneath the covers "How ’bout this? I’ll make you a deal I’ll stay in bed if you promise not to worry" He stretched out "Coain When I hesitated, he grinned "I know you don’t need , but it’llyou next to me Humor me Pretend you’re tired too" He yawned, and I ached to feel that way again To feel hts drift until dream was i
More than anything, though, I wanted Tyler to be right I wanted whatever rong with hi refreshed
I frowned at hi the feel of it "Just sleep," I insisted, ignoring the waywhat he was, or wasn’t, rather, wearing beneath the covers
He caught ainst hi about this mo, and how badly I wanted to runofto him, and the way it smelled different on hi on top of and how it kept us apart The thru