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◈ My Platinum-Blonde Childhood Friend Is Too Pretty ◈

Chapter 101: 38. Coming Down with Body Aches from Doing It with My Girlfriend Every Day -3

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When she woke up that morning.

Elli had leaned in to kiss Lee Do-yoon on the cheek like she always did, only to find her boyfriend making small, pained sounds in his sleep, drenched in sweat.

Her chest flooded with worry. Was he seriously ill? Should she wake him and take him to the hospital?

But as she watched, he would groan and then settle back into an even breath, coughing softly between cycles, and she could tell it was just a change-of-season cold. Nothing worse.

So she quickly tidied the room, turned on the boiler to warm up the apartment she usually kept a touch cool, and made porridge for her sick boyfriend for the first time.

By then, Elli had mostly calmed down.

People got colds. Unlike her, who almost never caught anything, Do-yoon had come down with one a few times before.

She was a little sad about missing out on kisses and bisous, but the thought of pressing close to his side and nursing a weakened Do-yoon had her heart fluttering all the same.

Then Do-yoon came out of the bedroom.

With full-blown body aches on top of the cold.

"Think I've got body aches too... it hurts... cough..."

He pulled her into a hug and murmured pitifully, then looked up at her with the most miserable face and whined,

"Can't I just... skip eating and go back to sleep?"

Seeing that,

Elli felt a quiet ache for him, and at the same time something soft and a little wicked bloomed in her chest, making it tingle.

She had never seen this before.

From the time they were small children right up until now, Do-yoon had always faced her with a bright, pretty smile. Even when she dragged him around, he'd held his own in his quiet, stubborn way. He had never once shown her such naked weakness, whining and sulking openly like this. Maybe he'd let his family see this side of him when she wasn't around, but she personally had never witnessed it.

And now, meeting this brand-new side of her boyfriend for the first time, she found herself thinking one simple thing: cute.

He was cute.

Do-yoon showing her this clinging, needy version of himself was genuinely, enormously cute to Elli.

He was always cute, but weakened like this he was a whole level beyond that. Like a little rabbit trembling all over.

Do-yoon stood over a hundred and eighty centimeters tall, but that was exactly what she saw.

Bathing her limp, boneless boyfriend from head to toe.

"Can't I just... skip eating and go back to sleep?"

"Say ahh. Good boy..."

Coaxing him with words she'd use on a small child, and blowing on each spoonful of porridge to cool it before feeding it to him.

Elli enjoyed every bit of it. It wasn't a burden at all. She felt like she could do this for the rest of her life.

Even now, with Do-yoon's fever-hot body tucked against her, his face buried in her chest, his arms around her waist as he drifted off to sleep.

Her sulky, needy boyfriend was simply, utterly precious to her.

"......"

She watched Do-yoon drop off quickly, his face visibly more relaxed than it had been that morning. She stroked his hair. She held down the heat climbing through her body at the warmth of his breath against her chest.

And then, a little out of nowhere, Elli felt her desire for a baby flicker just a little brighter.

'I feel like I could raise a child just fine right now...'

She'd wanted a pregnancy, but there had always been this vague undercurrent of anxiety about becoming a mother.

Watching Do-yoon sulk and whine and finding it utterly adorable gave her a new kind of confidence.

'If the baby looked like Do-yoon... if a little child the spitting image of Do-yoon came tugging at her wanting things... no. She'd just give them everything.'

On the other hand, she was not at all certain she could be strict with a sweet, Do-yoon-shaped baby who clung to her and begged her for things.

It would be so impossibly precious, and however much love she poured into it, it would never feel like enough.

Just like how the boyfriend asleep in her arms right now was more precious to her than anything in the world.

"Mmh..."

"Hmph... why are you so cute. This is exactly why other girls keep setting their sights on you..."

Of course, this cute boyfriend of hers turned into something else entirely in bed at night. That, only she knew. Out of everyone in the world, only her.

That knowledge sat warm and satisfying in her chest, and between the apartment grown cozy from the boiler and the warmth of the man she loved, Elli felt herself grow drowsy.

She closed her eyes, planning to steal a short nap alongside him.

Then.

-bzzt, bzzt...

Her phone buzzed on the nightstand. She'd turned off notifications for everything except family, close friends, and messages about modeling work.

So when she checked it right away, she found a string of messages from Lee So-yeon and Joo Hye-ryeong.

[ So-yeon: Elli Elli Elli! ]

[ So-yeon: Want to get dinner together tonight? ]

[ Hye-ryeong: There's a nice Japanese place that just opened near their own place ]

An invitation for dinner. Any other day she'd have said yes without a second thought, but with Do-yoon in this state it was, unfortunately, out of the question.

[ Me: Can't ]

[ So-yeon: Whyyy T_T come onnn T_T I'm dying from exam studying T_T I wanna see Elli!! ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Do-yoon's been studying so hard lately too... ]

[ So-yeon: Exactly! Let's go eat something good and help Do-yoon recharge while we're at it!! ]

[ So-yeon: I know you can cook but you need to eat out sometimes too! ]

The two of them clung so desperately the second she said no. Elli was about to type out an explanation when,

-click

She just took a photo instead.

A photo of her boyfriend, sound asleep curled against her chest.

[ Me: (photo) ]

[ Hye-ryeong: ? ]

[ So-yeon: Are you showing off? ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Genuinely annoying, I'm so mad ^^ ]

[ So-yeon: But why is his sleeping face so ridiculously handsome T_T ]

[ So-yeon: This is insane ]

[ So-yeon: Elli's chest is also insane ]

[ So-yeon: Now I'm mad too? ]

[ Hye-ryeong: If you didn't want to come just say so with your words. ]

Elli smiled a little at their dramatic reactions and kept typing.

[ Me: Do-yoon came down with a cold and body aches, he's out ]

[ Me: So I can't, let's eat another time ]

[ So-yeon: Really?! Is he okay? He was studying so hard at the library, I knew it would catch up to him T_T ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Did you give him medicine? ]

[ Me: I did ]

[ Me: When I woke up this morning he was sweating a lot ]

[ Me: I thought it was just a cold at first but the body aches hit him too ]

[ So-yeon: Poor Do-yoonie T_T T_T What should I do, should I bring something over? ]

[ Hye-ryeong: You were probably too busy taking care of Do-yoon to even move around ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Tell us if you need anything, we'll bring it ]

[ Me: It's fine ]

[ Me: I already gave him a bath earlier ]

[ Me: Made porridge and fed it to him bite by bite, then gave him his medicine ]

[ Me: We talked for a bit while it settled, then I put him to sleep ]

[ Me: Did everything there is to do, so he should be fine after a good rest ]

[ Hye-ryeong: We didn't need that level of detail ^^ ]

[ So-yeon: Elli's been trying to provoke us a lot lately? ]

Elli wasn't entirely without the urge to brag. But these two would have asked about all of it eventually anyway.

They always wanted to know what she and Do-yoon had been up to lately, how things were going between them.

Her friends were simply far too interested in her and Do-yoon's relationship.

Since this was how every conversation with them went, Elli didn't let the mock-outrage messages bother her much.

[ Me: When he just had a cold before he acted completely normal, but with the body aches this bad he's different ]

[ So-yeon: Do-yoon is? How? How is he different? ]

[ Hye-ryeong: I'd have expected him to just smile and say he's fine... ]

[ Me: I thought so too, but the second he woke up he kept saying he hurt and being all clingy ]

[ Me: Said his skin was too sensitive when I suggested a shower to wash off the sweat, asked if he could just change his clothes instead ]

[ Me: And when I made him porridge and told him to eat and sleep, he sulked and asked if he could just skip the eating part ]

[ Me: He was a literal child, I'm not exaggerating ]

[ So-yeon: Do-yoon did that? ]

[ So-yeon: No way, I can't even picture it! ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Are you sure you weren't dreaming? ]

[ Me: Every time I tried to go anywhere he'd grab me asking where I was going, like some abandoned puppy ]

[ So-yeon: Stoppp T_T T_T T_T ]

[ So-yeon: That's so cute T_T T_T ]

[ Me: He is cute ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Ha ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Why am I even reading this ]

[ Hye-ryeong: I'm so irritated ]

[ Me: So dinner is for another time ]

[ Me: Planning to let him rest at least until tomorrow or the day after ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Don't let him study ]

[ Hye-ryeong: When he starts he goes all out ]

[ So-yeon: Seriously, studying while he's sick will wreck him ]

[ Me: I know ]

[ Me: If he tries to push himself I'll scold him ]

[ So-yeon: Anyway... ]

[ So-yeon: Can't help it if he's sick T_T Take good care of Do-yoon! ]

[ Hye-ryeong: Let's eat after exams ]

[ So-yeon: The week after exams! She says the week they end doesn't work because Hye-ryeong has Shorts to film! ]

[ Me: Okay ]

The worried back-and-forth with her friends wrapped up, and Elli tossed her phone aside and gently drew Do-yoon's head back against her chest.

She closed her eyes.

Hoping he'd get better soon, and also wanting to see just a little more of this clingy side of him.

Thinking that.

* * *

How many hours had I slept curled against Elli?

When I opened my eyes again in the afternoon, the medicine must have done its work, because I felt somewhat better.

There was still a chill, some muscle soreness, a faint dizziness, but it was clearly an improvement from the morning.

And then.

"How are you feeling? A little better?"

I looked up to find my platinum-blonde girlfriend still holding me in her arms, watching me with a gentle smile.

The memory of my whining and sulking from the morning hit me all at once, and I wanted to sink into the mattress.

There was also a small pang of self-disgust at having shown my girlfriend that kind of weakness.

"Better than this morning... yeah. A lot better. Thank you."

Even so, the gratitude toward Elli was bigger than the embarrassment, so I said it honestly. I just couldn't quite meet her eyes.

"Hmm... your fever does seem lower than before..."

Elli rested her hand on my forehead to check.

Then,

"And from the looks of things down there, you're definitely doing better than earlier."

"......"

My face was buried in Elli's soft chest, and without meaning to, my lower half had made a rather clear argument for itself, pressing lightly against her leg.

There was really nothing I could say to that. Just as she'd implied, the moment the worst of it lifted, the desire came right back.

Not that I had any intention of doing anything about it. I had a cold, and my body was still grinding through muscle aches and chills.

I wasn't some mindless animal who couldn't help himself the second the urge returned.

"Elli, is there water?"

"Yes."

"Can I have some..."

"Stay put. I'll pour it for you."

"Please."

I must have sweated through the nap, because my throat was dry. I pushed myself up and leaned back against the headboard, and Elli poured water from the thermos she'd left on the nightstand.

"It's a little warm, be careful."

"Okay."

-gulp, gulp...

I took the mug and drank. It was more lukewarm than hot, really. I would normally have died for something cold, but cold water wouldn't be good for the cold, and Elli wouldn't have allowed it anyway.

While I was rehydrating.

"......"

Elli's eyes drifted down.

To my lower half. To the part of me that was still insisting on making itself known.

She stared at it with an expression that was, unmistakably, a little hungry.

She stared for a long moment, then took the empty mug from my hands and set it aside, pulled the blanket off me entirely.

Then she said,

"Lift your hips a little."

"...What are you doing?"

"You can't rest properly like this. I'll take care of it."

"It's fine, really..."

"Quickly. I'll do it just once, easy, so you don't strain yourself."

"......"

How was I supposed to refuse this. How was I supposed to resist my girlfriend's hunger, my own desire, this kind of consideration. The body aches were partly a consequence of accepting everything she offered, but even so, just once, I had a feeling it would be a real relief.

So I quietly lifted my hips and let Elli do what she wanted.

I let her settle between my legs, let the platinum head moving toward me have its way.

What followed was, honestly, incredible.

Thanks to my girlfriend's wholehearted dedication in caring for me this way,

I was fortunate enough to recover over ninety percent by Monday morning, two days later.

It was true that I was mortified about the weekend I'd spent being babied by my girlfriend. But every so often...

Yeah.

Every so often, something like this wasn't so bad.

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