Leaky Faucet

[Kolen]

This is my retry first post because I messed up on the other one bc I foolishly did not read the rules thoroughly. Anyways, one of the characters is like an improved version of myself, his name is Fintolan. He is the "I" in the story. There is sneezing and it gets a little fun, but it's over a video call, so no real interaction yet. The other characters mentioned might also get a chance to tell the story from their point of view. This is going to take weeks to update [I really hope it doesn't] but I can make no guarantees. With that- oh wait--Fintolan is 22 and the other two mentioned are twins of 19 years. Okay so with that let's begin.

 

I decided to call him, to check in. I wondered if he had gotten the illness that had knocked his brother down. I wanted to know, and see, so I facetimed him and when he answered I couldn't help but let out a small poorly hidden grasp. He looked so precious.. What with my sneeze fetish, I knew it was gonna be a great couple of weeks. I could feel it. That's assuming he'd let me play care-taker, of course. Anyways, his normally lightly tanned complexion was pale, and at the same time, his cheeks were flushed with what I could only assume was the beginnings of a fever. There were dark shadows under his eyes, his nose was a light rose pink, eyes glassy and struggling to focus. He pushed his thin glasses up the bridge of his nose, sniffling a little. "Hey, Fid..." His voice, usually very clear, distinct and higher pitched, was now deep, raspy and thick with congestion. I hoped to heaven I wasn't blushing in an obvious way, but I felt my cheeks burning, because damnnnn he hit all the right spots. I bit my lip a little as he cleared his throat. Or tried to, at least. He ended up coughing, turning away from the camera and muffling coughs into a comforter he had wrapped around his shoulders. He apologized through suppressed wheezing as he tried to take back control of his voice.                         "I-I'b sorry... I..I'b quite a bess ridht dow.." he pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his pink nose, sniffling wetly, he rubbed it gently. "Oh, no.. it's quite alright.. I don't really mind.." I was barely able to talk, I'd never imagined him to look like this when he was sick. It had just never occurred to me he'd look so attractive. I interrupted my own thought process. "Hey, Isaac?" "Yea..?" "Is..uh. Seth home..?" Isaac's face seemed to fall as he nodded, gaze darkening a little. "Whadt, amb I too gross ridht dow?" "No! No, I.. I'm sorry that probably came off as rude.. my bad... No, uh, I was gonna ask him something.." I trailed off with a slight blush which he once again interpreted incorrectly. "He's sdill sigk, so he woudn't be ideal for a dade." He sniffled a few more times as his nose was beginning to run, averting his gaze from his phone. "No! That's not what I was going to do! I wanted to ask if.. if I could come over..?" I answered meekly. I knew my face showed my feelings. "To..to see you but I figured it'd be safer to call.. Unless you want me to come over..?" Dammit, where the hell was my confidence? This man, bro.. this man! He just did it all without knowing he was!  His raspy stutter cut through my whizzing thoughts. "Y-you wandt to see be?" He seemed surprised, and a little excited. "Yea-yes, yes I do" I smiled and nodded eagerly. "I-I figured you'd gotten sick from Seth but I wasn't sure and I wanted to see to be certain but I had a feeling.." I rushed "That. That you were.. and-" he cut me off, voice somehow managing to sound irritated through all it's congestion. "So a pidy pardy?"  He looked disappointed. "Oh my go- no." I huffed, this was harder then I thought. "I.. I um ." I frowned at myself, then took a quick breath and happened to hear Seth Ryder sneezing in the background. I blushed again, knowing Iblooked and sounded ridiculous. "Look, mban, I-I dod't feel well so if I cad-" This time I cut him off. "I wanted to take care of- come over and- Dammit!" I cried, flustered. "I wanna help you feel better, Okay Isaac? I-I.. I.. okay y'know what?" His eyes had widened slightly at my outburst, but he asked "Whadt?" I fell silent, shocked he hadn't hung up yet. Then I breathed deep, and turned away a little mumbling "I.. I like you. Isaac.. a lot.." "Whadt?" "I-I said" I sighed, glancing back at my phone. "I said I-" "Waidt.." he held up a finger, signaling a pause. His eyelids fluttered shut, his thumb and forefinger came up to pinch his nostrils shut, lips parting as his breath hitched. I watched in an awed silence, as what I had been waiting for finally started to happen. "hii.. hiiih... " It was teasing me, really. So.. so sexy and.. Oh! lord- His free hand went to his lap, he produced a light blue silk handkerchief from his pocket, and began raising it up to his nose. His wasn't quite fast enough, for his nose had other ideas. The aaforementioned handkerchief didn't make it in time as his head snapped forward with a messy double, the first turning out half stifled but he'd let go so it wouldn't hurt as much. "HNG'gtschuu! Ha.. hai chieeew!" His glasses had fallen off his face when he'd pitched forward with the first sneeze. Only, to my delight, he didn't stop there. "heh.. heiii i-ihtchx! I-itschx! Ehhshix! Fugk.." he managed to curse, then properly buried his strawberry red tinted nose into the blue handkerchief with a few more. "ha-ingxu! Ih iitchuu! Ah.. hitschiew! Eschuu!" He looked and sounded so miserable, I felt so very guilty about the amount of pleasure I was getting from our interaction. He blew his nose, a wet honk that did nothing to alleviate his streaming nose. "I see you've got a bit of a leaky faucet there.." I commented, attempting to crack a joke. He blushed, muttering "I ab so sorryyyy.." he groaned, squinting towards the camera. "Budt.. I told you.. I'b a mbess.." "a hot sexy sneezy mess.." I agreed under my breath. "Wha- huh?" "Shieeeet--nothin'! Can I come over I gotta tell you something!" "Waidt, waidt whadt were you tryig to tell mbe before.. well before by..?" He motioned at his face. I blushed at the fact he'd remembered when I had forgotten I had been trying to tell him how I felt before he confirmed my feelings. "Uhm.. look I'll tell you when I get there,okay?" "Ogkay.." he snuffled, then waited."Oh.. um. See you soon?" He nodded, biting his lip, and I hesitantly exited the call.

[SneezeAbbie]

Great start! Hoping to read more of this soon.

[Kolen]

On 8/17/2021 at 7:13 PM, SneezeAbbie said:

Great start! Hoping to read more of this soon.

Happy to inform you I have a somewhat lengthy update coming soon, *spoiler* it's from Isaac's POV as I promised😉

Then I'll slowly move onto Seth's part, and another man named Isaiah comes in at a later time... lots of stuff planned for the weeks to come ^3^

And, thank you so much for your opinion, I'd truly love to hear from more readers but if you're not comfortable replying that's perfectly fine too. (*Translation* I wouldn't mind encouragement it may help me get my lazy self to write faster..😁)

[Kolen]

Okay so here I am bored and even though it seems I am too lazy to finish writing the last of the parthis had planned, I do happen to enough lengthiness to post the part I wrote from Isaac's POV leading up to the video call he has with Fintolan.

So without further ado, I give you

 

Isaac's POV 

 

"Heih... Ehh.."  My twitching nose woke me from my nap. I had a few seconds to open my eyes and search for my handkerchief, only to my distress I could not locate it fast enough. I had to settle with letting out an uncovered double towards my chest. "Heshiix! Hei-ischuu!" I sniffled and opened my eyes. I heard my twin brother, Seth Ryder, call "Bless you!" I just grumbled in reply as I finally located my handkerchief. After blowing my nose, which actually managed to take some of the stuffiness away (which definitely surprised me) I felt the tickle return with revenge. I hastily buried my nose into the red cloth, sneezing a double, taking a momentary pause, and let a fast triple take control."Hi-tschu! Tschuu!- ..... -Ishx! Ishhx! Itchx!" I groaned, the last set had left me dizzy and sniffly. Out of the corner of my bleary gaze I watched Seth come over and hand me a fresh blue handkerchief with an apologetic "Bless you, Isaac.." to which I responded with a congested "Thangks.." and accepted the offering. He nodded, then turned away as his gaze clouded with what seemed like confusion, then he quickly buried his nose into the crook of his arm, bending at the waist with the force of the sneezes. "HaShOO! ESHOO! AEtSH!" he managed to half stifle the last one, with a thick liquid sniffle he raised his head out of his arm, panting slightly. "Gesundheit.." I mumbled, as he offered me two thuums up to signify he hadn't ruptured any vessels with the force of his last stifle. I knew he was trying to be polite, as he'd gotten me sick, but I also knew I had kind of asked for it when I'd taken care of him the week before. His polyamorous boyfriend, Kendon, had essentially gotten us both sick, as he'd first given it to Seth. Honestly, I didn't mind, and I wondered if Kendon had managed to get his other boyfriend, Fintolan, sick, too? I was interested in Fintolan, and had been ever since Seth officially introduced us to each other at our 18th birthday. Ever since then, I'd been crushing hard. It would be one year and six months exactly In mid October. He smiled at the memory. At 6'3, I quite literally looked up to him, as I only stood up to 5'6. He'd always seemed to have a thing for my brother, though, and so I'd kept 'my paws off him' so to speak, fearing I might upset my brother if I ever made a move. It was obvious Seth liked Fin back, they'd shared plenty a kiss in front of me, and I'd had to force a grin of support when in reality it tore me apart. But none of this fear stopped me from fantasizing about life could've been like if I had met him first. He had silver white curls, premature of course, ice blue eyes that could either strike you down with intimidation, allow you to drown in its freezing depths, or remind you of a childhood snow day, bringing the warmth and giggles back at feeling free, happy, and untroubled. But he almost always kept a tranquil demeanor around us, I'd never seen him lose his temper or even start to get agitated or frustrated, he had a very high toleration level, it seemed. My eyes were hazel, I'd never really had much interest in anything about myself, rather, I found myself quite boring and unattractive. But back to Fin. He had freckles scattered across his high cheekbones, he had a sharp, angular nose that came to a pointy tip that I wanted to let my lips brush, and maybe get a reaction..? He was definitely my type. Muscular and fittingly in shape, he participated in/led multiple training sessions that earned him a pretty decent sum of money. He actually had helped most of the high school and college level football guys get in shape before the season started, to help them deal with their unused muscles. He helped the cross country kids with stretches and gave the track kids techniques to help with whatever activities they desired to compete in. He taught new athletes how to train properly, not to over do their training for the first couple months. Pretty much anyone interested in any sport went to him for advice, and paid good money if they came last minute. Not only that, but he was taking online college courses and was confident in, mature about, and proud of his studies. Similar to me, he'd graduated high school with an advanced diploma. I recalled bitterly any and all conversations we did have over the past year and half or so he'd almost always managed to being Seth up into it. This made me tired and irritable because I really just wanted to talk to him about my feelings, but I was so scared I would hurt my brother. Or, worse, they wouldn't be reciprocated. I was no good at hiding my jealousy, or any negative emotion, for that matter. Unless it came to a card game. Then you count on me. The rant raging inside my head came to an abrupt halt as Seth interrupted my train of thought with a "Hey, Isaac?" To which I replied "Yea?" I put my glasses on as he continued, knowing he had my attention. "Y'kndow Fidtolad called you earlier, budt you were sleepig, so I told himb mbaybe you'd be available at two thirdy, ad it's two twendy four ridht ndow.." I felt my face burn, and I knew it wasn't from the fever I was pretty sure I was developing. "Wh-whed?" "Onde thirdy seben.." he sniffled loudly, attempting to clear his nose. It didn't work and he sighed. This congested conversation carried on until I noticed his breath hitching. As if to prove my suspicions correct, he brought a hand up to his nose to rub at it furiously, then gave a frustrated noise as he succumbed to the inevitable. "IHH.. itsHOO! Ah-tCHOO! Ah.. heeh.. ESHUU! EtCHUU!" He cursed under his breath, sniffling and "assessing the damage" his nose had delivered to his hand. "Ughh..." he moaned in annoyance as he saw saliva and thick mucus glistening on his hand. "I'ba go wash idt..." I nodded, intrigued by this ordeal. So I had a bit of a thing for sneezing. Okay, and? I hoped Fin would call soon, I had an ever increasing anxiety that couldn't be quenched until I heard his voice. I wanted to know if he had fallen victim to the illness that had so easily overcome my twin and I. I wanted to know so bad...

[Tyler24]

Great writing! I'm really enjoying this and hope Fin catches the cold too! I'm excited to see some care taking. 

[Kolen]

3 hours ago, Tyler24 said:

Great writing! I'm really enjoying this and hope Fin catches the cold too! I'm excited to see some care taking. 

I'm so excited to hear that you liked it. I have lot in store for my boys. Or men. They're men I guess.. lol anyway I might update later today I just have to put finishing touches on the part I have done, which is really just a continuation of Isaac's POV during the call, but it's still an update. ^3^

[Kolen]

Okay I have the next part ready, I just unfortunately do not have time to type it up yet, please stay tuned this weekend I may hopefully []🤞🏽[] have two or more updates ready. I should be able to type it all up then thanks for being so patient. I'm sorry I have no excuse. Besides the fact that I have been snooping around rereading things to give me inspiration.

[EveP]

3 hours ago, Kolen said:

Okay I have the next part ready, I just unfortunately do not have time to type it up yet, please stay tuned this weekend I may hopefully []🤞🏽[] have two or more updates ready. I should be able to type it all up then thanks for being so patient. I'm sorry I have no excuse. Besides the fact that I have been snooping around rereading things to give me inspiration.

I'm patiently waiting...

[Kolen]

So, first I have a little teaser of a POV from Seth, which is as Isaac is waking up. Nothing new in this post besides the thoughts. Later at my night will come the phone call from Isaac's POV and then after that we might hear from Fintolan once he arrives at the twins' apartment.

Here goes nothing. Or rather, a short something.

 

Seth's POV

I had my sniffling nose buried in a cookbook I'd gotten from the library, when I heard my twin sneezing from the other room. 'He woke up.. good timing, Isaac..' I mused, as he finished with his double, which consisted of a "Heshiix! Hei ischuu!" I called out a "Bless you" but didn't catch a response. A little worried, I went over to the counter where I had organized a stack of handkerchiefs, which were clean, folded and ready for use. Choosing one randomly, I ended up with a light blue cloth. I heard him blow his nose, and started on the few steps into the adjoined room. As I came over, he sneezed five more times, with a short break between the second and third. "Hi-tschu! Tschuu! - ... - Ishx! Ishhx! Itchx!" He groaned afterwards. Upon feeling guilty, knowing that I had caused this, I offered up an apologetic "Bless you Isaac.." as well the handkerchief I'd brought with me. He muttered a congested "Thangks.." and took my offerings, seeming to be grateful. I felt my nostrils flare with a sudden burning tickle and barely had time to shove my nose into the crook of my arm, trying to muffle the following: "HaShOO! ESHOO! AEtSH!"  To no surprise, it did not work. Well, it did a little on the third, but not really. Isaac muttered "Gesundheit.." and I thanked him with a dazed smile and two thumbs up to signal I was alright.

[Jettous]

Still great. Can’t wait for more. 

[Kolen]

On 9/3/2021 at 1:48 AM, EveP said:

I'm patiently waiting...

 

1 hour ago, Jettous said:

Still great. Can’t wait for more. 

Thanks so much for your patience, and again, the comments make me happy to know someone []6 of them peoples at least[] enjoys my writing

[Tyler24]

Thank you for the update! Can't wait for more!

[Kolen]

Now, for the video call. But from Isaac's point of view.

 

Isaac's POV [#2](1/2)

 

As if on cue, my phone buzzed. I was expecting a phone call, but he was 'face-timing?' Lord. At this rate I'd probably die of embarrassment. He'd get to see me sick, I was just hoping I would be able to make it through with absolutely no sneezing, but knowing my sour luck, I'd lose this silent bet. Letting out a heaving sigh,  I took a sharp breath in and accepted the video call. I waited to see his reaction, but my gaze was a little blurry. I blinked a couple times to clear my vision, caught off guard by the bright light behind him. "Hey, Fid.." I winced at the congestion in my voice, then tried to clear my throat, and ended up in a coughing fit. 'Well that's just great' I thought to myself as I wheezed a bit, attempting to hold back the coughs. 'Leave it to me to fail within the first thirty seconds..' I noticed I was now sitting up, I was not entirely certain how that had happened but I didn't really care. "I-I'b sorry.. I'b quite a bess ridht dow.." He seemed to come to life at my words, a blush spread throughout his cheeks steadily. While this occurred, I pushed my glasses back to their place, as they had decided to slither down the bridge of my nose whence I had succumbed to the coughing fit. His soft lips parted in a murmur of "Oh, no... it's quite alright... I don't really mind.." He cast his eyes downward, then back up, as if considering something. "Hey, Isaac?"

"Yea?" I responded perhaps a little too eagerly. "Is, uh, Seth home?"

Allowing my slight disappointment to show on my face, I nodded and answered with what I hoped was a not so obvious bitter tone. "Whadt, amb I too gross ridht dow?"

"No! No, I.. I'm sorry that probably came off as rude.. my bad.. No, uh, I was gonna ask him something.." At this point I knew my heart would not allow me to conceal my jealousy at this point. My bitterness was definitely existing heavily as I averted my eyes from the phone in sheer disappointment. "He's sdill sigk so he wou'dn't be ideal for a dade."

"No! That's not what I was going to do! I wanted to ask if.. if I could come over?" He sighed, seeming irritated and exasperated with my stubbornness. "To.. to see you, but I figured it would be safer to call. Unless you want me to come over..?" At first I felt so shocked I didn't answer, and his expression clouded with confusion. Then, at last, I managed to stammer out a raspy "Y-you wandt to see be?" And he responded with a smile. "Yea-yes, yes I do" he nodded. "I-I figured you'd gotten sick from Seth but I wasn't sure and I wanted to see to be certain but I had a feeling.." He rushed his words. "That.. that you were.." Upon hearing Seth's name, I scowled "So, a pidy pardy?" I felt irritated.

"Oh my go- no.." He huffed, sounding frustrated "I.. I um..." He seemed to take a small, sharp breath, and as he did, my twin sneezed. "Heh-tsschuu! Hah-isshuu!" after which Dintolan blushed and I felt a surge of anger and jealousy threatening to overcome me. "Look, mban, I-I dod't feel well so if I cad-"

Sorry to leave off early but this leaves more for me to post at a later time. I am tired as heck as it is 12 44 in the morning. Sorry to be a bit of a disappointment and leave you guys hanging, I just.. like cliffhangers!

[Jettous]

Ahh the cliffhanger. The anticipation is killing me. 

[Tyler24]

Please write more of this story! It is amazing!

[Kolen]

aaackk I totally didn't forget I was writing something on here >,> sorry for anyone who was waiting

buuuut I did manage to locate my writings. the little tiny bits I had done, anyway. 😕 but anyway, here goes the end of that last part.

 

 ---- He cut me off "I wanted to take care of- come over and- damm!t" he cried, clearly flustered. But why? I didn't have to wonder long. "I wanna help you feel better, okay, Isaac? I- I... I. Okay, y'know what?" My eyes widened at his confession. I then remembered to ask "Whadt?" and as I did so he blushed and looked away. While he'd been confessing, a tickle had built up in my nose, and I'd managed to keep it at bay by scrunching and wiggling my nose. So of course I didn't catch what he said. Any of it. He glanced back over to see my puzzled expression. "...Whadt?" "I-I said.." he sighed, struggling with his words. "I-I said-" The urge to sneeze suddenly came over me, and I put my index finger up to signal a pause as I managed to say to him "W-Waidt.." My eyelids fluttered shut, I raised my thumb and forefinger of the opposite hand to pinch my nostrils together in an effort to stop the tickle. A fruitless attempt, and as this realization hit me my breath began to hitch fully. "hii.. hiiih.." My free hand went to my lap to try and locate my handkerchief, the one that was blue and unused. I found it, but not before my nose made an attempt to rid itself of the tickle. "HNg'gtschuu! Ha.. haichieeew!" Right as the first one hit, I chose to remove my fingers from where they sat pinching my nostrils so I wouldn't suffer a nosebleed. Not only that but after the second sneeze hit my glasses tumbled off my face, but was I done? Nope. Not yet. "heh.. heiii i-ihtchx! Iitschx! Ehhshix! Fugk.." I managed to get a little bit of my frustration out in a supremely congested manner, then proceeded to bury my nose into my clean blue cloth to finish the embarrassing scene. "Ha- ingxu! Ih-iitchuu! Ah.. hitschiew! Eschuu!" I felt so disgusting and repulsive but at the same time slightly turned on. An odd balance, I know. I also felt miserable and embarrassed, as my nose was running like a dang faucet. I had no choice but to blow my nose, and I accepted my fate with a humiliated sigh of defeat. I blew my nose with a wet sounding honk, but it did me no good as I was left sniffling. As if I wasn't horrified enough, I felt as though he had read my mind when he commented "I see you've got a bit of a leaky faucet there.." I immediately expressed how apologetic I was with a drawn out "I ab so sorryyy" and a squint at the camera. I then remembered what I had told him earlier. "Budt, I told you.. I'b a mbess.." I sniffled wetly and as I did so he made another comment but this time to low for me to decipher what he'd said, but he had smiled. "Wha-huh?" "Shieeeet-- nothin' Can I come over? I gotta tell you something!" I suddenly realized he hadn't finished his confession. Or had he? But no-! He'd said something afterwards!! "Waidt, whadt were you tryig to tell mbe before.. well, before by.." I gestured at my nose, indicating my total loss of control."Uhm, look, I'll tell you when I get there, okay?" "Ogkay.." I snuffled, waiting for him to hang up. "Oh- um, see you soon?" I nodded, feeling my teeth on my bottom lip due to heightened nerves. He appeared to hesitate, then hung up.

[EveP]

Short, but good. 🙂 I hope you will post more soon. If it takes too long I'll remind you. :-P

[emi]

ooh I can't wait to see what happens next!