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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:17 am
Ceres heard the crinkling of the bags as he shuffled around, but her mind did not register what he was doing until the bottle was dropped near her face. Using up some of the little energy she had left she lifted herself into a sitting position. She was greeted immediately by the cold of the room, where she grabbed the blankets and wrapped them around herself. Even going as far as putting a hood over her head. Only her face really showed.
With a shaky hand she took the water bottle. "Thanks and under the bed, grey box." He would find a flip open box under the bed filled with first aid supplies; It was a kit she brought with her. Band aids, bandages, ointments, burn creams, peroxide... minor things. To the side of the box was another compartment which had the headache medications, acid reducers, pepto.. things like that. Really just a basic medical kit.
While he was looking around for it though she managed to sip down some of the water. It made her dry throat feel better.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:33 am
Bix scrounged under the bed. Every scrape and clang of metal made him cringe slightly, ears sensitive to every single sound. Eventually he'd pulled enough things out of the box that he'd gotten some fever reducer-painkillers. Something generic.
The albino crawled back out and flopped on his butt, taking 3 of the pills and choking them down before he beckoned for her hand. "Here take some.." He rattled the bottle until she gave in.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:40 am
A hand managed to worm its way out of the blanket pile as he poured a few of the pills in to her palm. It should be proof enough of how sick she felt, or how much she trusted Bix, that she swallowed however many pills he gave her without bothering to count.
Half of the water bottle was still full, but she sighed and, after placing it on the little stand near her bed, flopped back down on the bed. "How can you move so much? Any movement hurts like hell and my body just wants to hibernate." Aqua eyes flicked towards him, her face plastered with sweat soaked hair. Why was he recovering so much quicker?
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:44 am
"It hurts.." He almost laughed but that hurt too and came out like a cough. "But I couldn't sleep anymore and I'm... disgusting and..." Well maybe he didn't get it as bad? He still felt like garbage. "You looked like you needed someone to take care of you for once."
He sat where he was on the floor, fumbling while he closed the medicine bottle and sat it back with the water on the night stand. He pulled the blanket tighter around him. "We need food and liquids." Bix snorted with his one clear nostril. "And I need a shower.... but I'm not sure I'm up to that yet."
He was shivering still and grumbly and his pale face was pink all over from sick and sleeping.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:15 pm
Would she admit she actually needed help? Probably not easily. Being pig headed and all, she hated to admit when she might actually need assistance with this stuff. Give her a few hours of rest and she probably will be attempting to get out of the bed. "Mrf, at least sit on the bed it must not be comfortable down there." She croaked out, but managed to scoot away some so he could sit if he wished it.
"Not hungry." Just the thought of food made her want to gag. "Dun worry... wont tell anyone how bad you stink." Course she probably smelt 10 times worse than he did. Not that she could smell at all, stuffy nose and all.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:59 pm
Bix crawled up into the bed when she told him to. He didn't put up a fight or argument. He was pretty obedient when he didn't think too hard about anything. The albino simply slumped in his second blanket and turned to look at Ceres.
"You look like crap." He teased with a smile, a small one that seemed to take a ton of effort. "Thank god for that sweet a**." it hurt to want to laugh. OW. OW. He was coughing again.
"When I feel like I can walk I'll get us something. You'll have to eat eventually."
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:52 am
"Takes one to know one." She mumbled back out at him. Whether she meant 'looking like crap' or having a 'sweet a**', she would leave up to his interpretation. She did not speak on that subject beyond that, not really feeling up to teasing him back much.
That should have been indication enough at how bad she felt.
"Mrrpphm. Whatever you find will be left alone for a while i fear." She honestly had no appetite. From past experiences with sickness, she knew her body enough that when she did not feel like eating than something was REALLY wrong. Closing her eyes she snuggled back into the blankets, and sighed. "Thank you, Bix."
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:57 am
"Yeah well.. my a** is pretty sweet." He could tell she wasn't in a joking mood but he'd try to keep spirits high in as much a way as he could. "No problem either. Seems like we're stuck with each other until I can leave this room anyway.." He leaned to the side and nudged her head with his own for a second, resting it on top of hers.
There was an extended moment of silence filled only with their sick sounding breathing and possibly one or the both of them dozing for a minute. Eventually Bix straightened and crawled for the window, blinking painfully against the light but struggling and heaving until he'd managed to push it up and let in some fresh air.
He then collapsed back into the bed as if he'd done a triathlon. More moments stretched in silence until he stirred again, moving to her desk to grab the comics he brought. He put them next to the tylenol and water.
"Case you get bored.." he shivered, ached, and longed to lay down again. The prospect of staring at the cieling was not an appealing one though and the stubborn young man seemed determined to suffer if it meant doing anything.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:17 pm
If there was on way to describe Bix currently... it was 'fidgety'.
She was quiet mostly, watching him though almost closed eyes. Did you doze off a time or two there? Probably.
When he finally set the comics down, she gave them a fleeting glance, a smile on her lips. She would take him up on that offer once she wasn't a zombie. "..Bix, just lay down with me okay?" She scooted to the side, closer to the wall where he had once been. She could tell he was sicker than he let on, but he was also more aware. Bored even. The medical training in her made the girl want to help him, so she was telling him to rest like a good doctor would. She would try and do more probably later, but for now? She could barely move around in this bed.
"...I hate being weak." She mumbled into her pillow, planting her face into it briefly. She could try and stay awake for a few for him, he seemed afraid to be left in his own thoughts.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:46 pm
Bix was antsy. He wasn't used to sitting idle for hours on end. He turned to look at Ceres when she asked him to lay with her and simply nodded in agreement. "Sure. Sorry."
He waited for her to settle and then pulled off the extra blanket, discarded it on the floor, and slid under her covers again. Bix shivered again before he finally got himself snuggled in, turning a bit and inching closer to leech some body heat. He wrapped his arms around himself and shivered a bit.
"You aren't weak.. you're sick. It's not like you can help it." Bix muttered into the pillow, peering at her as she seemed keen on drifting to sleep again.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:36 pm
"Still dont get why im the sicker one." She audibly pouted, not liking the fact that he seemed to be recovering so fast while she was still a mess. He seemed to be able to move...somewhat. She did not dare leave the bed, so she hadn't. She knew that the more you rested the more energy she gave her body to fight whatever infection was in there. Her face red and warm with the remnants of the fever, she at least could feel the pills she had taken earlier kicking in. The headache was losing its edge, so the world was a little less fuzzy than before.
Under the covers as well, Ceres moved closer so that she was against him. Her arms were wrapped around her chest, and she pulled her knees up so they were tucked. Essentially she was almost curled into almost a fetal position under the blankets, her head was barely visible. "Still sucks." She muttered, not able to see his face. She shivered once too from a cold chill that shot up her spine. "Feels weird, your taking care of me this time."
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:29 pm
"Maybe you go it worse. Maybe its... some sort of FEAR thing." The more he thought about it the more he remembered that there were adverse reactions to a lot of FEAR. He had no idea though. Perhaps being exposed to it all longer made him a little more able to deal with the sickness.
If he hadn't been ill he may have thought about this more, cuddling in bed with a girl. He may have even blushed and stuttered but he was feeling like crap and Ceres looked like she needed comfort. It didn't even dawn on him to be weird. Bix squirmed closer when she wrapped her arms around herself and he reached out to pull her curled up body against him. Ceres' knees were against his belly and her head curled downwards, but he simply hugged her a bit to his chest and rested his head on top of her mass of hair. The heat was nice, the warmth. Inevitably the fever would come back and they'd probably shove each other away but for now, even with his achey skin, the comfort was appreciated.
"Everybody needs to be taken care of." He mumbled into her hair. "Get used to it. Anytime something happens now.. I'll make a point to take care of you. Just to ah.. stick it to you or something." His small laugh turned into a rattling cough. "Truth is I ah.. find myself doing this automatically for people I give a damn about." It seemed to be a natural instinct for him.
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:12 pm
Ceres honestly was one whom gave touch freely and to anyone she liked, so a hug would not bother her. Though that could also be the fever talking, and later on when she was in a more usual mind set she would probably think back on this.
For now though, it was highly appreciated.
"I remember hearing something about fear sickness, but i never expected it to be this bad." Warmth spread over her as she let out a content sigh. Wiggling a little to try and make herself a little more comfortable, she ignored the pain that the pressure on her face bandage caused. It was a secondary pain now that her whole body hurt. "Two way road there buddy you know. So be prepared to be babied too when i can freaking move again." He was not the only one whom cared for their own, and as of recent Bix had been added to that list. She wiggled a little more, settling in finally she closed her eyes and after a few drifted off into another cold-based-coma-sleep.
Later on that day there was force feeding of oyster crackers and soup, though Ceres complained and mostly just sipped at the broth. Bix was however determined and got her to eat a few crackers too. Bleh.
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