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 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:39 pm
Headache, nausea, cramping- Mneme had it all. But he wasn’t anywhere near the nurse’s office, and it was the middle of class! He couldn’t just interrupt! Still, it was hard to concentrate when his insides felt like they wanted to be his outsides. The hybrid sat at his desk, swaying side to side in a slow motion that seemed to help with some of the nausea, and hoped he wasn’t too distracting to his teacher or classmates. After this class, he’d definitely have to go see Miss Yuki- it was the third time this week, but it wasn’t like he could help getting sick all the time… No one seemed to listen to Mister Kirket’s instructions on how to not spread germs!
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:39 pm
Fuyu really was trying to pay attention- the teacher was talking about really important things, they were sure of it, but the kid in front of them was just too distracting. Why was he swaying like that? He never swayed in class- in fact Fuyu thought maybe that kid in particular had the best posture anyone their age could have. Maybe something was wrong? Was he sick? Oh dear. He should leave class then, if he was. Certainly that’s what Fuyu would do- they’d raise their hand and ask to be excused immediately. Didn’t he know he could be contaminating the whole room if he stayed here too long? What if it was airborne? Oh dear. Oh dear.
The second class ended, Fuyu slid out of his seat and shuffled up to the kid- Mneme, right? Yeah… “Are you sick?” They didn’t even bother with pleasantries- sickness was nothing to be ignored!
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:41 pm
Finally, class ended. Thank the Gods it was over. Mneme began sluggishly packing away his things, when a voice caught his attention. He turned slowly to look - this was… Fuyu, right? They sat behind him. Had they noticed? Oh dear, had he been distracting them the entire class? He thought he’d been as quiet about what was going on as possible… Still, they’d caught on, so he nodded slowly. “I think so… it came on suddenly.” He continued to put his things away, wishing that the rest of the class could maybe… you know… pack their own things in a more quiet and respectful fashion. Ugh, his head hurt so badly…
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:42 pm
Aha! He was sick! Fuyu nodded, a sudden sense of urgency welling up inside them. “You have to get to the nurse’s office right now. Or you could get other people sick too.” They didn’t really think it was all that rude to point out the obvious. Mneme seemed to be taking an extraordinarily long time to pack up his things, though. Fuyu decided they had to take matters into their own hands and just… reached over to pull Mneme’s backpack closer to them, then began pushing Mneme’s supplies inside of it. “Here, I got this.”
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:43 pm
A small spike of annoyance coursed through Mneme for a split second, but was quickly redirected into mild panic as Fuyu pulled his backpack out of his hands. “H-hey, wait, I can do that just fine…” He started to reach over to take it again, but a wave of nausea caused him to recoil back into his seat. He was left to watch in muted horror as Fuyu just… stuffed his things into his backpack. No organization. No respect for how he’d set it up- oh, this was awful. “Stop- you’re messing it up…” He whined, then started to slide out of his seat.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:45 pm
“You can fix it later, you got to get to the nurse’s office.” Fuyu shrugged- clearly this was not as important as getting a sick person some assistance! They needed to get moving, or Fuyu might catch whatever Mneme had and they certainly didn’t want that. Eugh, the hybrid was starting to look pale, was he going to throw up? Suddenly Fuyu thought they might feel a little queasy themself… no, no, it was not the time to think about that. “I’ll carry your bag, just come with me.” Fuyu nodded and motioned for Mneme to follow once the hybrid was on his feet.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:46 pm
“I know w-where it is… Give me my stuff back…” Mneme grumbled as he wobbled after Fuyu. His head was pounding and moving too quickly made him feel like he might just empty his stomach right then and there- but Fuyu was moving on ahead with all of his school supplies without a care in the world. Honestly, why were there so many rude people in this school? Weren’t there any nice and polite people? (Okay, he knew there were, he’d met some of them but he seemed to run into a lot of rude people too.) “Fuyu, don’t take my stuff… it’s rude.” He tried to speak up a little more as he followed the other hybrid down the hall- barely managing to stumble out of the path of a few rambunctious kids heading the other direction.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:47 pm
Mneme thought he was stealing his stuff? Preposterous. “I’m not taking it, I’m holding it for you. Look! You can’t even walk straight, this is a favor.” Fuyu nodded, then realized what they’d just said. He couldn’t walk straight! What a hazard! He’d get bowled over or walk right into someone and then what- they’d get sick too, they were sure of it. They slung one strap of the pack over their shoulder, then reached out to take one of Mneme’s hands. “You can just hold my hand- it’ll be faster this way. We’re almost there.” Fuyu nodded, and made a mental note to scrub their hands thoroughly after this. And then use sanitizer. And maybe also a vitamin supplement to help.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:47 pm
This seemed an awful lot like taking. Mneme wondered what exactly Fuyu’s definition of a ‘favor’ actually was. If anything, this was just stressing him out even more than if he’d been able to walk by himself. But of course, the universe decided to let Mneme know that his predicament could, in fact, get worse- as Fuyu reached out and grabbed one of his hands. This was fine, up until the other kid began tugging him forward through the crowd. He stumbled, immediately worrying that if he didn’t trip over his own feet, he might get tripped up over his hair or maybe Fuyu’s tail. Honestly- was this kid even thinking? “It’s n-not faster, I’m going to f-fall. I know where the o-office is I go here a lot…!” Mneme whined, progressively louder as time went on. Oh, where was Melete when he needed him!?
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:48 pm
Finally, the nurse’s office. Fuyu made a bee-line for it, almost getting them both run down by some older kids that were passing through the hallway. Thankfully, they stopped. Fuyu pushed open the door and then pulled Mneme inside. “My mom will take care of you so you just get into one of the beds okay?” Apparently they hadn’t heard Mneme’s last bout of whining. They began to pull him towards one of the beds, but stopped when the other child tugged his hand away. They turned to look at him questioningly.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:49 pm
“Your mom is Miss Yuki?” Mneme was shocked. How could someone as nice and polite as Miss Yuki have such a rude kid? He was going to continue, but a new wave of nausea had him swaying on the spot. He stumbled over to one of the beds, then crawled onto it and laid down. Oh, Nine he wished the room would stop spinning. “G-give me my stuff back…” He mumbled, shifting just slightly to look over at Fuyu.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:50 pm
“Uh, yeah!" Fuyu nodded, watching as Mneme barely made it onto the bed. They were definitely going to douse themselves in sanitizer after this. “Here, I’ll put it next to the bed. I’ll go get mom so don’t move.” Fuyu nodded, then turned to skitter off through the nurse’s office. They only paused to get a healthy amount of hand sanitizer, making sure to rub it all in before they started off again. Now, where was their mother…?
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