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Gio groaned miserably, finally able to pull himself away from the toilet completely. He declined the water for sipping purposes and just laid against Sirius' chest - despite all of the vomiting, his forehead wasn't hot; actually he wasn't running a fever at all, quite the opposite. He was wracked with shivers "It's cold in here..." Gio whispered.

Sirius helped him up to his feet after that, and practically carried him to the bedroom. Sirius tucked him underneath the heavy comforter and then laid on top, snuggling close and Gio turned into him, sniffling and trying to hold back tears "It wasn't just... just today that I'd been screwing up... It's been a few days now." Gio whispered, he hated that he couldn't *lie* or keep a secret around Sirius - it was annoying "I understand why he fired me... Please... please don't say anything to him Sirius? I'm... I am an adult, I can handle this..."