Headache
Submitted by: prplzorua
It’s been a bit of hard time since I last wrote. Finals and life have been kicking my behind, thankfully I survived them but with Headaches and Migraines galore. Today friend found out that I worked my way up to a fever, fun. I’m laying on him as I type this, friends make thebest pillows; he says ’Hi’ btw.
So yeah, here’s a little self-indulgent thingy.🐙
Tw: headache, sleep deprivation
Wc: 1,730
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Why me?
Virgil groans internally, placing a hand to his head for a moment. He grits his teeth and pushes forward through the water, he had somewhere to be after all.
Still, his head was pounding, to the point where he could literally feel the pain pulsing at the bridge of his nose and at the back of his eyes.
He sways slightly as he swims, a little too preoccupied with staying on course to fully commit to a faster streamlined form.
While the meet ups didn’t have a set time, he knew the humans would be around rather early and by that logic, he was already late and wasting time.
Honestly, for once, he didn’t want to go.
Nothing against his humans, not at all. It was just that, at this very moment, the ever present throbbing made him feel like crying.
It hurt to blink.
Of course he still would go, there was no way he could disappoint others by not showing up. That and he worried that if he didn’t show, they wouldn’t come back and he’d be left alone again. No matter how much his head hurt, that, would hurt far worse.
So on he continued.
He didn’t know when exactly the headache started, all he knew was that it had gotten progressively worse. It had started yesterday…or maybe the day before? It didn’t matter, the pain kept him from the one thing he knew that could relieve it, sleep.
He hadn’t been able to even doze for ten minutes without pain pulsing through his temples and his ears ringing.
To make matters worse, that Orca kept going out of her way to annoy him despite the fact that they were in the open ocean. Her shrill squeaks and whistles did nothing for his aching head. It got to the point where he literally couldn’t keep lunging at her because the pain was starting to make him nauseous.
As angry at he was at the entire situation, he knew chasing after her would exhaust him far more than he was up to; a headache on top of that was not something he was willing to deal with.
Unfortunately, retreating didn’t do him much good considering that he was tired, sleepless and the headache was still very much present.
Virgil rose to the surface and frowned.
The beach was now in view and all three of the humans were already there and waiting.
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“There you are! We were beginning to think you wouldn’t show!”
The merman winced, face flushing slightly at the mock scolding. Roman’s voice was a little too loud.
The day continued as their meet ups normally would.
Patton and Roman fought over who had the rights to the playlist for the week.
Logan had found an article of interest and was trying to ask the resident Marine Creature what he thought or experienced based on the given information.
Said mer however, tensed up and winced at near every sound produced by the humans.
Virgil closed his eyes, barley biting back a groan of pain. He really shouldn’t have come.
“Virgil? Are you alright?”
—-
Everyone paused at Logan’s question.
Patton and Roman gasped as they actually took a good look at their large aquatic friend.
Virgil kept his teeth grit and his eyes closed. In too much pain to bother hiding it. Logan’s voice was still echoing through his ringing ears. "You can go home if you’re not feeling too well, y'know-“
“It’s fine…I’m fine-”, grumbled Virgil, only to wince right after; the vibrations of his own voice practically rattled through his teeth.
“Sure you are”, deadpans Roman as he crosses his arms, “tell you what big guy, we all know something’s up and if you don’t want to leave then-”
Virgil didn’t get to hear the rest of that sentence before he tensed in panic. All sound was drowned out by the rapid beating of his heart…were they going to make him leave? What if they didn’t wanthim to come back?
Was it because he was late?
What if they didn’t want to meet up with him again?
What if-
“Oh that’s a perfect idea!” Exclaims Patton gleefully. The tiny human was loud enough to shock the mer out of his stupor…well almost.
Still, the biggest smile was on the Barista’s face when he turned to face the giant. “Virge! Virge! Lay down and stay put, I’ll be right back!” With that Patton’s running up the beach.
Virgil blinks, belatedly realizing that he had in fact moved and laid down when Patton had told him to. He hadn’t registered that at all-
“So V, are you ready?”
The mer locks on to Roman, who was smiling all giddily, the human looked like he was ready to follow right after the other.
“Pat gives the best face massages! You're going to love it, trust me” he grins.
“I can attest to that as well, it’s excellent for reliving stress and it makes headaches a bit more bearable,” pipes Logan with a knowing look. The Pharmacist gently pats the giant’s arm. “Let us help? Even if just a little?”
Virgil’s cheeks flushed a nice red.
“F-fine”, he mumbled.
Roman bit his tongue to stifle his giggles, he decided not to tease the poor mer today, not yet at least.
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Patton came back with a bottle of lotion.
Virgil was hesitant at first, many human products had a smell he did not like but Patton held up the lotion so he could smell it first.
It smelt like the sea, but a bit off…ok a lot off but it wasn’t too bad, he could stand this, unlike that nail polish thing.
Logan was skeptical about placing it on his skin, in fear of a negative reaction. So they settled with placing a bit on his arm to test it. The lotion was cool on his skin, if a bit sticky.
Seeing as it wasn’t doing much in way of absorbing into the thick skin, the Pharmacist thought it best to simply negate the lotion completely.
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Virgil had to admit…this was nice.
He exhales slowly, his eyes drooped low, only barley stifling a yawn.
At first he had been skeptical.
Unsure how what ever a ‘massage’ was would help his headache but he honestly couldn’t deny Patton; and with the other two also eager to help, he really couldn’t say no.
Still, right now he was very glad he accepted the “help”.
It was weird initially, what with Patton pressing up the skin on his cheek, but then he pressed down and started rubbing in slow deep circles. The motion was calming, it gave him a feeling similar to the neck scratches but different. Roman was at his other cheek doing the same thing. Because neither Patton or Roman could see each other, likely because of his nose, they weren’t pushing up and down at the same time. The alternating motions caused him to shudder, sending an odd but pleasant tingling feeling all the way up to the back of his neck to the tip of his tail.
He sunk further into the touch.
Currently, Logan was on top of his hair doing similar motions as the others. Laying and leaning down- the mer is certain that the human has a piece of his hair tied around his waist to keep him from falling- Logan presses and rubs at his temples.
Virgil groans in relief, though it comes out as more of a low exhaled rumble instead. Whatever Logan was doing was working. Somehow the human had gotten rid of the pressure on the bridge of his nose, causing the pulsing in his ears and eyes to gradually become muted.
His head still hurt but having all three of his humans helping him lessened that. Each pull; push; rub and press sent him further and further…
Roman was humming something, he’s never heard the song before but…It’s nice…soothing…
Patton gently pulls his eyelid closed.
Shh-ing him with a giggle and gentle mirth.
Slightly startled, the giant couldn’t do anything but chuckle softly. Still, he complies, relaxing further and closing his eyes.
Virgil exhales slowly and evenly; letting all the calming and soothing sensations wash over him like a wave.
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“…didn’t think he’d snore…”
“…it’s not snoring perse…Ro…more…inhaling…exhaling…gills ..”
“…I think his…cute…”
“…you think…'ery… does…cute Pat…”
Virgil blinks, groggy with sleep still hanging on his eyelids, he attempts to piece together the odd conversation he’s hearing; but he honestly, for the life of him, can’t make any sense of it.
His eyes flutter closed once more.
—–
“Virgil?”
His name is called softly, but he still startles awake.
Eyes snapping open, he blinks to find Patton with a gentle hand placed to his cheek.
Patton smiles at him- Roman and Logan are right behind doing the same.
“Hey buddy, how’re you feeling, headache still bothering ya?”
Virgil shakes his head and yawns.
“…’m ok…headache’s gone”, he rumbles out softly. “That’s good to hear! I’m glad we could help!”
“Mhm”, mumbles the mer. He sits up bracing on an elbow and he rubs his eye-
He pauses, only just realizing that the sun is almost finished setting.
Roman laughs at the expression the giant makes. “A blink and you wake up hours later huh V?
Virgil’s cheeks flush but he nods absently.
—–
Patton and Roman wave as they head carefully to the car, using Roman’s phone as a flashlight. Its not that dark but it’s a precaution.
Logan had stayed behind for a minute or two to speak with his aquatic friend.
“I know it may odd or difficult for you, but if you ever need help or simply don’t feel well, just tell us, ok? I swear to you we will try to do everything in our power to help.”
“Yeah…thanks, Logan”
The human smiles and pats his arm in farewell.
“Any time Virgil”
Virgil smiles back.
End.
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Mupp/en: AH this is adorable! 🤩 (Sorry about the headaches and so tho. I hope you’ll feel better soon now with the finals over! :c) Poor Virgil is having such a bad headache and then nearly panicking when he thought they’d make him leave. ;o; Ah the trio are just… so great! Logan with a safety hairline, Patton pulling his eyelid closed, Roman’s snore comment. xD Just their interactions are so precious and wonderful. Gosh I love this! Thank you so much for sharing! 💗
