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"The procedure went really well! His mouth is going to feel numb for the next few hours or days depending on the reaction time, but just remember to change his gauze pads at least once an hour and to adminster the antibiotics. And I'd just flush the bloody gums with salt water using the syringe that's in the bag," the dentist pointed out to the bag that he had given me, "and that's all that I have to say. Do you have any questions?"

"Exactly how many times do I have to rinse his bloody gums with the salt water using the syringe?" I looked at the dentist while I was struggling keep Nikolaj stand up straight without him crashing down onto the floor.

"I'd advise once every hour around the bleeding area. He's not supposed to be lying down flat, so he needs to propped up with pillows to stimulate the blood flow. Be careful not to bite anywhere in his mouth, and just relax for a few days." The dentist smiled as he took off his gloves and washed his hands. "And I'll see you in a few more weeks, Mr. Ehlers, to check up on how you're feeling."

Nikolaj nodded his head before we politely said our goodbyes and headed back to Nikolaj's house since I was going to take care of him for the first few days.

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"No!"

"Nikolaj, you have to let me do it!"

"Never!"

"Nikolaj Ehlers, the dentist said that I have to change the gauze pads!"

Now I see why nobody wants to do the wisdom teeth extractions. Taking care of somebody still going through the effects of the laughing gas is really difficult and now I felt bad for my parents when they had to take care of me when I underwent mine.

"How about a deal?" I looked at Nikolaj as I softly played with his blonde hair, "I'll give you some of your favorite pudding of yours that I make, if you let me change those bloody gauzes of yours..."

"The chocolate one?" It was very difficult for me to understand what he was saying, but I got what he was trying to say.

"Yes, Nikolaj, the chocolate pudding."

"Okay!"

I grabbed a pair of the latex-free gloves and gently grabbed the bloodied gauze out of his mouth and inserted the salt walter into his mouth and let him spit it out in one of the paper cups that was in front of him.

Grabbing the clean gauzes, I inserted them into the bloodied area and gently let him close his mouth without hurting himself. I got off the couch and walked to his kitchen to his fridge to grab the pudding that I had pre-made for him yesterday and grabbed a spoon from one of the drawers. Gently and quietly, I tiptoed back to the living room where Nikolaj was. I sat back down next to him quietly and handed him the pudding and spoon.

"Thank you, Y/N." He mumbled and I softly giggled.

"It's no problem, Nikolaj. I'm happy to help you out for the next few days..." I soothingly played with his hair while he was eating his pudding and he fell asleep within 10 minutes later.

But, he did say something very interesting which I thought caught me off guard before he started to doze off, which was, "Jeg elsker dig så meget, Y/N."

My eyes immediately widened as soon as he said the words that I've decided to let him rest for a few minutes while I went to the Tim Horton's across the street to get some food for me.

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"Where were you?" Nikolaj whined as soon as I stepped foot inside the house and I set my food down on the kitchen counter.

"I was just at the Timmy's across the street, Nikolaj." I laughed as I shrugged my winter jacket off and took my winter boots off and set down next to the door.

"Oh, well, I missed you.."

"I missed you too, Nikolaj. Oh, I got a question for you..."

I slowly took a sip of the drink I purchased from the Tim Horton's and nervously looked up at Nikolaj, "before you fell asleep, do you have any recollection of telling me that you love me in Danish?"

His eyes never left looking at mine and he was surprised, "you heard that!?"

"Well, of course I did, Nikolaj! We were the only ones in the room!"

"Well-I-uh, I wasn't lying when I admited that I do in fact, love you."

His face was inches apart from mine and I set down my cup of the drink on the coffee table and I looked back at him.

"I love you too, Nikolaj Ehlers." I softly whispered to him before I gently kissed his forehead, "I love you too."