Gavin felt horrible. He sat up and groaned. “Ugh,” he slid out of the bed and shivered, shuffling out of his bedroom to the kitchen, he grabbed a thermometer and stuck it into his mouth, waiting for it to beep. 100.4 “Fuck.” The brunet detective cursed under his breath, he decides to grab ibuprofen and some water, he takes the pill and washes it down with water, he shuffled back to his bed, his cat, Cleopatra, meowed and brushed against his ankle. Gavin turned around and walked back into the kitchen, he grabbed some wet food from the basket he had and set the water down on the counter, he grabbed Cleopatras bowl and opened the food, scooping it into the bowl, he threw the can away and set the bowl down in Cleo’s usual food spot, the bengal cat trotted over and started eating. 

Gavin picked up the water bottle and was finally ready to go back to bed when someone knocked on his door. “Holy shit.” He cursed, walking over to the door, he opened it. “The hell do you want, tin can?” He stared at the tall android in front of him. “Hm. Fowler sent me to come fetch you.” Nines answered. “Well tell him to fuck off. I’m sick.” Gavin said unenthusiastically. Nines stepped closer, he scanned Gavin’s body with his eyes, his LED spinning yellow. “You do have a body temperature of 100.4.” He looked at Gavin and then went silent. “Fowler said you can have the day off.” The blue eyed android said. “Thanks, now fuck off.” Gavin went to close the door but Nines stopped him, holding the door open with his hand. “But he requested for me to stay with you until you recover.” Nines stared at Gavin, which made the shorter man uncomfortable. “Okay, whatever, just don’t touch anything.” Gavin stepped aside and opened the door fully, he watched as Nines stepped inside. The brunet closed the door and locked it, Nines walked over to Cleopatra and pet her, the bengal meowed and purred, brushing against Nines’s black dress pants. “Cats are such a peculiar animals.” The android said, he sat down on the couch, Cleopatra jumped up onto the couch and laid down on Nines’s lap, the blue eyed android pets the cat. “Yeah.” Gavin shuffled over, he sat down on the couch next to Nines and pulled the blanket over himself. “Would you like me to make you something?” Nines looked over at Gavin. “No.” He grumbled. Nines nodded, Gavin sipped the water. Nines picked up Cleopatra and set her down on the couch, the cat immediately walked over to Gavin and laid down in his lap, purring. Nines stood up and discarded his white cyberlife jacket, setting it on the coffee table. 

“You don’t have to stay here, Nines.” Gavin said. “Hm. I don't want you to get sicker.” Nines said, he sat back down and pulled Gavin closer. The brunet detective blushed a bright red but didn’t protest. Eventually the detective fell asleep on the android and everything fell into place all at once. Nines finally understood. He…likes me…? I don’t…I do. I do like him. Nines just let the detective sleep, running his hand through the shorter males hair.