"… you put the Shin-wow on the stein and boom! It's gone!"

"Next time on , 'Days of our Life stream'."

"Let's see the results…!"

With a small grunt, Vincent shut the TV off and threw the remote to the other side of the sofa. He I hated /I when he was sick. Granted it didn't happen often, but when a bug won over his immune system, it wreaked utter havoc.

Groaning he threw his head back into his hands as a sharp pain crashed into his mind.

You must really be sick, Valentine. For it to even harm me...

I don't need to hear it, Chaos…

Come now Valentine, if you take one pill I'll stop talking~

Chaos….

It was just a suggestion

Mentally cursing himself, he reluctantly got up from his sofa. Gasping at the cold, he quickly grabbed his blanket and wrapped himself in it, Groaning as his headache increased, he blindly stumbled into the kitchen and grabbed at the medicine cabinet.

Thank you Valentine, for doing something reasonable for once

Enough Chaos…

Soon after he finished taking an aspirin, the headache lessened into a manageable throb.

Why don't you ask your human friends for help Valentine?

At Chaos's jeer, Valentine mentally pushed Chaos in his mind.

"Bara bara baaahh…. Bara bara bahhh…."

Just what we need, high pitched rambling from that insolent….

Chaos…

I'm just saying

Reluctantly, Vincent flipped open the phone and painfully pressed the green phone.

"Yuffie."

"HEYA VINNIE!"

"May I help you-"

Painfully, Vincent moved the phone away from his head as a string of coughs raked through his body. His throbbing headache had turned into a sharp stabbing pain again

From the phone, Vincent could hear Yuffie saying what sounded like a bunch of words in a worried tone. Hazily, Vincent fell to the ground and dropped the phone, accidentally closing it shut, ending the call.

"Vincent? Vincent??? Are you all right!? VINCENT!?!?"

When the only thing that answered her was the monotone sound of the empty line, Yuffie's right eye began to twitch in annoyance. No one hangs up on me! Standing up from her chair, Yuffie yelled in frustration, slamming the phone down onto the table.

"Is something wrong, Yuffie?"

Remembering that she was at the bar, Yuffie glanced over to Tiffa with a worried expression

"Well, Marlene wanted me to call Vincent, but he hung up on me before he even finished a sentence. I think he's sick…"

"Wait, Uncle Vincent gets sick?"

Marlene stared intently at Yuffie as she slowly realized that Marlene looked almost as worried as her.

" I'm sure he's fine"

"But Tif, he hung up on me! What if something happened?"

"Yuffie, Tiffa, isn't it Cloud's day off?"

Both Yuffie and Tiffa thought for a while as Marlene stared quizzically at both of them. Before the little girl could catch her bearings, Tifa and Yuffie were rushing around the bar. Tifa, cell phone in hand, called Cloud and explained what they wanted him to do. Yuffie, searched through all of 7th Heaven's drawers, desks, and cabinets for the kit that Reeve had left them in case someone became ill. It contained five different types of pain relievers, a rag, thermometer, needle (as well as some over the counter allergy shots).

Marlene wanted to help too. As soon as Cloud came by with the groceries, he placed them on the ground and grabbed the kit that Yuffie had found (for some reason it was right next to the Scotch). Marlene came running down the stairs with her small pink bunny. It always made her feel better, so she handed it to Cloud and told him to make sure that Vincent received it directly. All three girls exchanged worried glances as Cloud drove away.