Hayden
"Are you really gonna be okay?" Mr. Nelson asks while standing by the bed fully clothed, with his coat and shoes on, and holding his portfolio in his right hand.
"Yes, I'll be *cough* fine." I say with a hoarse voice while lying tucked into bed with Grayson in my arms.
"Okay. You can call or text me if you need anything. I'll even come by during my lunch break to check on you and make sure that everything is okay."
He gives me a caring smile before turning around and walking towards the door. Then he turns around and looks at me once more.
"There's also yoghurt in the fridge and some bread in the pantry that you can eat if you get hungry. If you find something else that you like, you can have that too, of course. But most importantly is that you rest and drink a LOT. Okay? Is that alright?"
I nod.
"Good." he says."However, I need to go now. So goodbye, Hayden... and Grayson. I'll be back in a couple of hours."
"Goodbye." I say quietly and cough. He then walks out of the room, and not long after, I can hear as he opens the front door and walks out of the apartment, leaving me here alone.
Owen
I hate leaving Hayden by himself because I'm worried that something bad will happen when I'm gone, especially now that he is sick. But I have been gone from work for two weeks already, and I was also at home the whole day yesterday, so I had to go to work today.
When the last lesson before lunch is almost over, a sound from my phone can be heard, indicating that I have received a text message from someone. It can obviously be from anyone, but I can't help but think that this one is from Hayden. He maybe has gotten worse and needs me to come home. Luckily, I'm on lunch break soon, so I would be able to do so if needed.
When the lesson is over, I immediately unlock my phone and see that the text isn't from Hayden but from William.
We haven't talked to each other since Tuesday morning, and now I feel ashamed because I'm the one who should have contacted him and not the other way around.
I've been such a bad daddy lately, and I hate myself for it because William deserves better than that.
I have not been able to give him the care and attention I'm supposed to give him because I've been busy with work and busy taking care of Hayden instead.
William is probably angry at me right now, and he has every right to be. The text is probably him telling me that he doesn't want me as his daddy anymore.
I let out a deep sigh and open the text message.
"Can I ask you a question?"
I'm relieved that it's not what I thought it would be. I mean, there's still a possibility that he wants to question my role as his daddy, but there's also a million other things that he could possibly want to know in the moment.
"Of course! :)" I reply.
While waiting for a text back, I put my stuff away and leave the classroom.
When I'm on my way over to the car, William finally texts me back. So, I stop in my tracks and immediately read the text message without knowing what to expect.
"Please, be honest with me... Is Hayden your other baby?"
I stand here schocked and confused at his question. What could he possibly mean by that? Does he think that I have an ageplay relationship with one of my students? That's absurd.
As if living with my student isn't bad enough...
But even if it was like that, I don't understand why he would need to know about it. And out of nowhere too...
"No, of course not."
I hit send and immediately feel a little guilty because even though it's not a lie, it's not completely true either.
Hayden and I are not in an ageplay relationship but I am babying him a lot -out of pure reflex- , because I'm a daddy after all and it kinda somehow just comes naturally with him.
I have even ordered some baby stuff online for him to use on top of that, and he has also been in little space atleast once.
So, it's not weird that William thinks that Hayden and I have that kinda relationship, because it does look like it. But that doesn't mean that we do, because we don't and we never will.
Hayden
It feels weird to be alone in this apartment and even though Mr Nelson has betrayed me, I can't help but to miss him.
He's usually always around and takes care of me. So, now that he's not here, it feels really empty.
Well, I'm not completely alone because Grayson is here too, and I'm also currently chatting with Noelle on snapchat.
She told me that she has gotten better and will probably be able to go back to school on Monday. Hopefully I'll be able to do so too.
But unfortunately my sore throat and still pretty high fever tell me otherwise, and if I'm unlucky I'll probably have to stay here for another whole week.
Yay... another whole week in this hell hole.
However, other than seeing Noelle, school isn't much better either because I'm still gonna have to see Mr Nelson's stupid face, and have to learn boring stuff like history and math. So, there's no win-lose situation or win-win situation. It's only a lose-lose situation for me.
A sigh escape my lips and in all helplessness, I feel my heart getting heavier, and tears start to blur my vision.
Why do I have to feel like this?
Why can't I ever be happy for once?
Just when I thought my luck has changed, it all just turns around and stabs me in my heart, and it fucking hurts. It hurts so bad...
Just when I thought that someone actually cared about me and wanted to be in my life, it all just goes straight to hell.
I don't want to be sad or mad at Mr Nelson. I don't want to have any negative feelings towards him at all.
I just want him to love and care for me,be like a father figure to me.
Like a... -I can't believe I'm saying this-
Daddy.
Is that too much to ask?
Yeah, it is apparently too much to ask because he already does all that for someone else. Someone else named William...
Owen
I'm now at home and William hasn't replied to my last text yet. I guess that his break ended and that he had to go back to work, or that he just didn't have anything to say to that. But it's weird because he has always something to say about anything.
Well, he'll probably text me back eventually, I'll just have to wait.
Until then I have to check on Hayden. I hope he's doing alright.
When I enter the bedroom I find Hayden in bed, shaking and wailing loudly. His face is red and wet from all the tears, and there's snot running down his nose. He's a total mess, and I'm schocked at what I'm witnessing.
What happened here?
"Hey... what's going on?" I ask while walking over to the bed.
"Why the sudden tears, hm?"
I crouch down by the side of the bed and stroke his head gently.
At the same time I can feel that he's still really warm but there's no use trying to take his temperature because he's obviously too upset for that right now.
I really wonder what's gotten into him.
What made him like this?
But I don't get the chance to figure that out because my thoughts suddenly get interrupted when a distraught Hayden grabs my arm out of nowhere and hugs it tightly.
"P-please...don't leave me..."