Hi guys! So this is my very first 1D sickfic and I loved writing it. I haven't got any requests until now so I just wrote down my own idea. Hope you like it <3
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Harry's POV
I woke up in the middle of the night due to a massive headache. I groaned and tried to fall asleep again, but the pain didn't let me so I turned to the side looking at my boyfriend who was sleeping peacefully next to me. I didn't want to wake him up, but the pain was so bad it kind of got me scared, and I didn't want to be alone like that.
»Louis«, I mumbled. When he didn't react, I slightly tapped his arm. »Louis.«
»Huh?«, he asked in a sleepy voice. »What's up, Haz?«
»My head hurts like terribly.«
Louis immediately was awake and turned to me. »Oh no, are you becoming sick?«
»I guess so«, I answered and squinted my eyes. Speaking somehow hurt my head even more.
I felt Louis' hand on my forehead. It felt cool. »You've got a fever«, he said concerned. »I'm gonna get a thermometer so I can check your temperature. I'll be back in a minute, okay?«
I just nodded my head slightly. Every movement seemed to worsen the pain.
Louis' POV
I hurried to the bathroom and grabbed the thermometer, then I took a glass from the kitchen, filled it with water and grabbed a package of painkillers. I was worried. Harry wouldn't have woken me up if he wouldn't feel really unwell.
I headed back to our bedroom and turned on the salt lamp that was standing on Harry's bedside table. He groaned with pain as the lamp was too bright for his eyes although it was a really comforting orange light. He had to be really sick if he was that sensitive.
»I'm sorry love, but otherwise I can't see what the thermometer shows«, I said apologetically and sat down on the edge of Harry's side of our bed. »Can you open your mouth for me, love?«
He did as I asked him to and I carefully placed the thermometer under his tongue. After a few seconds it beeped and I took it out.
»It's 38.7«, I said. »We need to be careful that it won't get any higher. I got you some Ibuprofen. Those should help to reduce the fever.«
»Don't wanna get up«, Harry said weakly and I gave him a worried look. His fever wasn't at a dangerous grade yet, but he seemed to be in such an amount of pain he couldn't even sit up.
»I promise you're gonna feel better after taking them. And then we can go back to sleep, how does that sound? Come on love, I'll help you«, I said encouragingly as I pushed my hand under Harry's back and got him to sit up. I felt him shaking and I was sure he would just fall back into the pillows if I wouldn't hold onto his back. My poor boy. I gave him two of the painkillers and the glass of water, but his hands were so shaky I had to help him hold it while he drank.
»Can we sleep now?«, he asked after finishing half of it.
»You should drink the rest of it too, love. I wanna make sure you stay hydrated.«
»I really can't«, Harry said, and by the pained expression on his face I gave in and helped him laying down.
»Do you feel cold?«, I asked and he nodded weakly. I covered him with both our blankets and then put my arm onto his chest as we huddled up. »Wake me up again if you need anything or if you start feeling worse, okay?«
»Okay. Thank you, honey«, Harry said sleepily.
»Always for you, my love.«
When I woke up the next morning, Harry was still asleep. His face was slightly red and I could hear him murmuring quietly in his sleep. I thought about waking him up as it seemed like he was having a nightmare, but he probably wouldn't fall asleep again so I decided to let him rest a little longer.
I got up and went to the kitchen looking for something we could eat later when Harry would be up. He was usually the one who made us breakfast. Well, not only breakfast. To be honest I didn't know how to cook at all. All I've ever cooked was chicken, stuffed with mozzarella cheese wrapped in parma ham with some homemade mashed potatoes. It tasted pretty good, but it was only one time and ages ago.
So I just put some bread into the toaster and hoped this would be alright for Harry. He probably wouldn't be really hungry anyway as he was sick.
A few minutes later I went back to our bedroom with a toast with cheese and another glass of water. The package with Ibuprofen was still on Harry's bedside table.
When I opened the door, I expected him to still be asleep, but he was moving although his eyes were still closed.
»Harry, are you awake?«, I asked concerned and put the plate on the floor as I sat down next to him. »Hazza?«
»Louis«, he said. »I want Louis with me.« His voice sounded hoarse and kind of absent.
»I'm here, love. See, I'm with you and taking care of you. It's alright.« I took his hand to let him know that he wasn't alone because I wasn't so sure if he really took notice of my presence.
»My mom's gonna be here too«, Harry mumbled. »Isn't she?«
I stared at my boyfriend who was now groaning and squinting his eyes. Was he hallucinating? I put my hand on his forehead and felt my fear growing.
»God Harry, you're burning up! Come on, let me check your temperature again.«
I quickly grabbed the thermometer and felt my heart pounding strongly in my chest. I was truly worried about Harry. »Open your mouth, love.«
»No!«, Harry shouted and turned away. I saw him shaking and grabbing the blanket with one hand.
»Why not?«, I asked. God, he wasn't acting normally anymore. Something was seriously wrong. Could his fever really be so high it messed with his head like that?
»Please Harry, I only wanna check your temperature like I did yesterday. Let me do it and I can help you.«
»Ow«, Harry groaned. »No, I want my mom. Oww. Help me.«
By now I was truly scared. Harry was in a lot of pain and I didn't seem to be able to help him anymore. I grabbed my phone and called my best friend Liam who was a doctor and hopefully knew what to do.
Liam's POV
My friend Niall and I were sitting on the sofa playing some games on my PlayStation when my phone suddenly rang. I put my controller aside and looked at my phone. It was Louis.
»Hi Louis, what's up?«, I said wondering why he would call me so early in the morning.
»Liam, I need your help. Harry's having a fever and I think he's hallucinating. I'm fucking scared.«
Shit. Harry was hallucinating? That didn't sound good at all, but as a doctor I knew how to stay calm even if the situation was dangerous.
»Did you check his temperature?«, I asked calmly.
»He won't let me«, Louis said and he sounded like he was close to tears. »He seems to be really scared of something, I don't know what to do.«
»Louis, listen to me. It's really important that you keep calm now. You being in panic won't help either you or Harry. Now take a wet towel and put it on Harry's forehead so he can be cooled down a little. Niall is with me right now, we'll be at yours in ten minutes, okay?«
»Thank you, Li«, Louis said and I hung up.
»Is there something wrong with Harry?«, Niall asked with a concerned look.
»Yes, he seems to be having a high fever, he already started hallucinating. We need to hurry.«
I quickly put together everything I might need to help Harry, then we got to my car. Luckily my apartment was only like ten minutes from Harry's and Louis', and when we arrived, Louis was already at the door. I'd never seen him that worried. His eyes looked red probably from crying, and his face was paler than ever.
»Where is he?«, I asked as we ran towards Louis.
»In the bedroom. He just threw up and he's shaking like crazy. God, I'm so scared, he ...«
Niall's POV
»Louis, hey. It's okay, we're here now. Liam's gonna help him, okay?«, I said calmingly although I myself felt scared too. But Louis literally seemed to be freaking out so I tried to support him as much as I could. With my arm around him we quickly walked into the bedroom. And there he was. Harry's face was red and he was all covered in sweat. His eyes were closed and he looked like he was in terrible pain while he was groaning and shaking. I heard Louis sob next to me.
Liam didn't lose time and sat down next to Harry grabbing the thermometer he had brought with him. »Harry, I need you to open your mouth.«
»Mom ... help ... hurts.«
»You're okay. I'm gonna help you, just open your mouth for me.«
»Oww! No!«
»This doesn't work«, Liam mumbled. »Niall, I need your help. Can you please hold his head so he won't move.«
I gave Louis' arm a rub before I sat down on the other side of the bed. I did as Liam had told me and made sure Harry didn't move his head. He surely tried to when Liam forced the thermometer into his mouth. Poor Harry didn't know at all what was happening to him right now.
After a few seconds Liam took the thermometer out and I felt my heart sinking when I saw all the colour draining from his face.
»Fuck«, he mumbled. »He's 41.9.«
Liam's POV
I could hear Niall gasping in shock and Louis breaking down in tears. My own heart was racing by now as I knew that Harry's life was at risk. There was no time to lose. I cleaned Harry's skin with an antiseptic solution, then inserted a thin tube into his vein. I could feel him twitching when I removed the needle, then all tension suddenly left his body. No, please not!
»Niall, go get some ice cubes or cold water, anything! Harry has lost consciousness; we need to cool him down NOW!«
I felt my hands getting sweaty as I injected the medication into his vein. »Come on Harry, stay with us ...«
I barely took notice of Louis almost passing out himself or Niall coming back with a wet towel and a bunch of ice cubes. I did everything in my power to keep Harry alive, gave him all the medications his sick body needed, and prayed to God it wasn't already too late. And then - after what felt like an eternity - Harry moved.
Harry's POV
When I opened my eyes I didn't remember anything for a few seconds. My head hurt like hell and I was dizzy. I could hear some voices but I didn't know who was speaking. I closed my eyes again - God I was tired - but I felt someone rubbing my arm violently.
»Hey Harry, stay here. Come on, look at me.«
I wanted to explain that I was tired and just wanted to sleep, but no word left my mouth. I felt something cold on my forehead and also noticed a stinging pain in my arm. I tried to touch it, but someone grabbed my hand.
»It's okay, Harry. Don't touch it, it's an IV. It's helping you.«
An IV? But I wasn't in hospital, was I? I opened my eyes a little and saw three worried faces looking down at me.
»Louis«, I whispered as I recognized my boyfriend.
»I'm here, love«, he said and stroked my hand. Tears were running down his face.
»What happened?«, I croaked. The last thing I could remember was me waking up with a throbbing pain in my head and from then on my memories kind of faded into a wild mixture of colours and shapes.
»You had a really high fever«, Liam said.
»Got us scared as hell«, Niall added. He still looked really pale.
Louis didn't say anything, he seemed to be completely done.
»I'm sorry«, I said weakly, but Louis shook his head.
»No love, it wasn't your fault. I'm sorry I didn't call Liam as soon as I knew you had a fever. God, if I had called him just a few minutes later ...«
»Louis, don't think about it«, Liam said. »He's stable now. You did everything right.«
»We should take his temperature again, shouldn't we?«, Niall asked and Liam agreed.
»38.5«, Liam said after removing the thermometer from my mouth. »Thank God the medication kicked in that fast.«
No one's POV
Liam and Niall stayed over at Harry's and Louis' for the next two days to make sure that there was help in case that Harry's fever would rise again. Louis checked his temperature every other hour and started relaxing a little when he saw it was going down more and more. Liam and Niall helped him cooking healthy food so Harry could get all the important vitamins, and made sure he stayed hydrated.
After a few days Harry was nearly back to normal and he was even more grateful that he had the best friends and the most wonderful and caring boyfriend in the world.
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I know it's not the most accurate thing to get medical treatment like that at home, but I don't like hospital stuff and I wasn't in the mood to get Harry to the ER so I just made Liam the doctor giving him an IV at home. Hope you can deal with that!
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