Roton (Anton and Roma from the novella "Bunny")

In the village, Roma had company - he was the leader of the gang, Byasha, Anton, Roma's girlfriend - Polina, whom he did not love (unlike in the novella)
One day, Roma got sick without telling anyone. He didn't show up for four days until Anton came. Roma was sleeping. He put his medicine on the nightstand. Time passed.
Roma woke up, almost jumping up in surprise when he saw Anton.
Anton put his hand on his forehead, checking his temperature. Roma blushed strangely, which scared his friend:
"Rum, are you feeling unwell again? When I came, your temperature was almost 40..."
Roma, cursing, pulled away, sat up, ran his hands through his hair, and said, "Everything's fine." Seeing himself in looser clothes, different from what he'd been wearing before, he looked at Anton, who explained, embarrassed:
"Your clothes only made your temperature worse, I had to change you, you just wouldn't wake up..."
Roma blushed to the roots of his hair, hid his face in his hands and muttered:
"Why did this happen to me?"
"Listen, Roma, why didn't you tell your mom that you were sick?" Anton asked, trying to change the subject.
"She's on a business trip, there's no point in bothering her unnecessarily. She's fine as is."
"Yeah, right, it's normal to lie around with a fever for four days?" Tosha corrected.
A while later, as Anton was getting ready to leave, Roma's hand gripped the sweater on his back, unexpectedly pulling him back onto the bed, her arms wrapped around him. Only now they were lying down. Anton lay with his back to Roma, whose arms were wrapped around his stomach, his head buried in the side of his neck. He spoke more quietly:
"stay, I'm lonely here without you... I like you..."