Maya's POV

I awoke, startled.

I looked around , I was lying on the bed ? Why was I lying on the bed ? Where is the sick guy supposed to be lying on this bed?

I groaned - What a caregiver you are, Maya.

It seems I fell asleep and Niklaus must have been the one who lay me on the bed cause I couldn't imagine myself crawling into the bed and kicking him off.

Wonderful ! the patient ended up caring for the caregiver.

I groaned and stretch myself out on the bed, my head was pounding and my body sore all over - especially my neck.

I barely slept a wink last night all thanks to taking care of Niklaus. His temperature kept fluctuating last night but thankfully cooled down in the morning.

I checked my clock , It was still quite early and sufficient enough to get some rest. So I lay back on my bed , staring at the ceiling and hoping to God my eyelids would begin to droop - but nah , it didn't happen , Instead sleep flee from my eyes cause I kept thinking of Niklaus.

Ahh ! I screamed and got off the bed, deciding to go brush up instead. Once done, I grabbed the tumbler which I had used to feed Niklaus the medicine last night , intending to return it to the kitchen where it belongs.

On my way to the kitchen , I wasn't kind of surprised hearing a song playing in the background.

Amanda has the culture of doing this set of choreographed dances every morning as some sort of workout exercise even though we have a gym somewhere in the house - can't exactly remember where since I haven't tried it .

Nor does she even consider an outdoor exercise - you know jogging, running and all or yoga even ? But no one quibbles over that anyway , after all, what is food to one man is bitter poison to others - no one's complaining about the music though.

I was nodding my head to the music and heading to my destination when I saw Nik and Izzy in the kitchen - what a weird combination .

But I actually did a double take when I saw Nik suddenly sit on his haunches and clasp Izzy's cheeks before dropping a heartwarming peck on top of Izzy's head .

What the f*ck

As if that first shock wasn't enough, before my very own eyes , I saw Niklaus do an incredible spin dance without losing his balance and stopping exactly at the kitchen counter where the coffeemaker was brewing his coffee.

The tumbler slipped from my hand, fell to the ground and shattered into bits. What just happened ? What was I seeing ?

The same was said for Izzy , she just stood at the spot unmoving as if someone had press pause on her .

The sudden crash attracted Nik's attention cause he looked up and saw me while a bright smile capable of shaming even the sun curved his lips. I was so stunned that I stood with my mouth agape.

He then began to walk towards me and pulled me away from the mess on the ground. But before I could recover from the shock of all this episodes , he lowered his head and kissed the life out of me.

I just stood like a stick , more like a frozen Popsicle as Nik plundered my mouth. I was unable to yield to the intensity of his fiery kiss cause my brain was totally fried.

He pulled away afterwards but before I could thank God for the air, he captured my lips again with a violent passion.

This time I melted in his embrace, eagerly returning his hungry, demanding and consuming kiss which would've continued if I hadn't placed my hand on his chest, creating some space.

I was so lightheaded that I didn't have any strength left in my legs which wasn't surprising when I staggered and almost fell if Nik had not being there to grasp me tightly

I tried to think but I was emotionally drained - what would I even think anyway? His kiss had left me short of words except one : What is wrong with Nik ?

" Are you OK? " He asked with the softest expression ever while his arms came around my waist.

I stared at him in a daze . No way , who is this man?

I screamed bloody murder when he suddenly scoop me up in his arms saying " This won't do, you need to rest. You look so confused right now "

I almost retorted " Of course why wouldn't I be confused when you're acting this strangely and totally not Nik-like " but decided to keep my mouth shut.

"Put me down this instant ! " I ordered "You're a sick patient, you shouldn't be stressing yourself but getting enough rest! "

But he gave me a look that made me look stupid " Aren't you a patient either? " he challenged.

I rolled my eyes " My case is different -"

" How different ? " He raised a brow still carrying me to God knows where.

"I'm all better now but you " I pointed at his chest " You were sweating profusely last night because you had a high fever. Do you know how difficult it was feeding you the drug , I had to put the medicine in my mouth and kiss it..... "

I faltered at once when I realized I was treading into dangerous territory. Even Nik stopped dead in his tracks, he looked down at me with a burning gaze causing me to blush uncontrollably.

His lips curled up " So that wasn't a dream? " he thought aloud.

I glower at him " Oi, how can it be a dream?! Do you know how much I suffered just carrying you to my room?! O my poor waist ! " I exaggerated on purpose.

Then I looked around and noticed he was climbing the stairs and that was when I realized he was taking me to his room. I began to squirm in his arms like a fish out of water but a single warning gaze from him shut me up.

Immediately we got to his room, Nik wasn't gentle at all but threw me on the bed as I sank into its softness . But there was no time to savour the sensation cause danger was around the corner.

I crawled backwardly into the bed as he started towards me with this gleam in his eyes. Without notice, I tried to roll out of bed but he was quick and smart. Nik grabbed my hands and pushed me back on the bed, cutting any form of escape.

I gulped " What are you doing? "

A smirk appeared on his face " You said you hurt your waist while carrying me last night, so I'm thinking of massaging it "

My eyes at once widened to the size of saucers " w-what " I choked " M-massage what.. who said I needed a massage " came my sputtering .

"Oi, how can it be a dream?! Do you know how much I suffered just carrying you to my room?! O my poor waist! " mimicked Nik, as he perfectly copied my actions moments ago.

I stared at him dumbfounded, what's gotten into this guy today. I tried to sit-up in order to launch my own argument but he pushed me back onto my back.

My head jerked up exasperated, only to meet his mischievous face as he said,

"Shall we begin the massage then, my tigress ? "