dix-huit

                                    

                                          
I grabbed as many bottles of Dr Pepper as I could find from the 'gift shop' in the hospital, as well a balloon with a rainbow on it and a Dairy Milk. 
                          
When my arms were almost full, I went racing back down to Josh's room where the nurse had pulled in another bed. 
                          
He was gazing anxiously at the door, and his face lit up when he saw me- even more when he saw the bottles in my hand. 
                          
'You're gay.' he mumbled as I tied the balloon onto the end of his bed. 
                          
'Luckily.' I grinned. He frowned at me in confusion. 
                          
'If I wasn't, I wouldn't be able to have you.' 
                          
Josh blushed, hiding the pink flush by reaching over to grab a bottle from me. 
                          
'I've missed you.' he mumbled. 
                          
'Me, or Dr Pepper?' I asked. 
                          
'You, obviously. Dr Pepper is the only stable thing in my life, how could I miss it?' his voice was gravelly and rough, but it still sounded like Josh. 
                          
'I can be stable.' He looked up at me when I spoke. 
                          
'Don't make promises you can't keep, Si. Not again. 
                          
I'm not magically better now you're home- you need to remember that.' 
                          
'I know.
                          
But I also know that you are my happiness- and I want to be yours. 
                          
So, yeah- I think I can be stable.'
                          
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