MayaI put Axel in his crib and turned on the baby monitor before leaving his room and closing the door. I walked towards the kitchen stretching my arms, I was wearing sweaty socks and sweatpants, combined with a sweatshirt that left part of my belly uncovered.I went into the kitchen and opened the fridge, looking for something to cook. I had a sore body.That day I decided to start my shift early and I was in the middle of the chaos of the emergency room. I spent the whole day running from one side of the ER to the other, and now my muscles were aching.I took some vegetables and placed it on the sink when the intercom of the apartment rang, I jumped for the surprise.I immediately said to the device "Who is it?" I asked insecurely.It was after eight o'clock and I didn’t wait for anyone so it was very strange for me."The man of your dreams" the low, guttural voice gave me a shiver all over my body."Nate?""Were you expecting someone else?" he asked in a hoarse voice."Certainly n

MayaI looked at the clock hanging on the wall and then, for the hundredth time, at the phone in my pocket, and found the text box empty, again. I put the phone in my pocket with a sigh.It had been two weeks, fourteen days, since the night Nate and I had spent together, since the last time I had seen and heard from him.From that day on, he was completely off the grid.He didn’t call me. He didn’t look for me. He didn’t come to my house.The next day, I had waited for him until 1 a.m, I had spent the whole afternoon shaving, I had wrinkled my whole body, I had settled home, changed the sheets, take extra food, but he had never shown up.Why I cared so much I didn’t know. But I couldn’t help feeling disappointed every time I looked at my phone and didn’t find any messages from him.I’d been avoiding Jeremy for two weeks. For two weeks he had been inviting me out, and for two weeks I had made up excuses not to go, even though I had nothing to do at night. But I spent my nights waiting

Maya Nate came back after a few minutes with a tray of steaming plates. I sat down again as he approached the bed and placed the tray in the middle, before sitting carefully. He took a cloth napkin and put it in my pajama shirt, in the same way, you do with a child. I looked at him grimly but he laughed and took the dish with the broth and gave it to me with the utmost attention. I began to eat slowly, letting the hot liquid warm my body that continued to be run by chills of cold. Nate looked at me with circumspection as he took the container with the takeout food he had brought with him and began to eat. I didn't eat in the whole day, so I completely devoured the broth and threw myself back on the bed, leaving my body uncovered as I continued to tremble. Nate put the tray on the bedside table and covered my chin with a blanket. "Four hours and eight hours," Nate said to himself. "Will you stay here with me?" I asked with a thread of my voice as my eyelids became heavy. "Alw

MayaI opened my eyes slowly, letting the sun seeping through the curtains gently hit me on the face. I stretched out feeling a burst of energy pervading my body. I pulled myself up and looked around. Nate wasn’t in the room, not like he had been in the last week.For the last few days, all Nate had done was take care of me, wake me up whenever I had to take my meds, get to eat, and get my forehead wet with a piece of cloth wet in cold water.The thought of what he’d done for me made my chest warm and my heart pounded for him. I couldn’t control the tornado of emotions going through me, and it made me more and more confused about him. About how I felt about him, my real feelings, and I was so fucking afraid to admit to myself that Nate was a big part of me now.Those weeks when he hadn’t been there had been a nightmare for me, and that week that he was by my side, had filled me in a way that had never happened to me before. I felt complete. Perfect in my imperfection, perfect only as

MayaI put the last clothes in the washing machine and turned it on. Singing, I went back to the room while Nate looked at me from inside the bed, completely wrapped in blankets and with a cup of tea in his hands."You’re out of clothes," I pointed out as I took my shoes."I can always stay naked," he offered with a mischievous smile."Not even fever stops you," I said, laughing.Nate felt his sweaty forehead. That morning he had woken up better than in the past days, his fever had subsided and, unfortunately for me, he had stopped raving.The day before, after Lucas and Devon had left, all he had done was rave. Talking about how wonderful I was in bed, how his dick got up every time he even thought of me. Several times he said he loved me, and I couldn’t stop my heart from exploding in my chest. I wanted it to be true. I really wanted him to love me, I wanted him to look me in the eye and tell me how much he loved me."Why stop me when I’m always hot?" Nate said, drinking tea in all