Something was wrong with the boy but no-one had yet noticed, his face was much more pale than normal but his hair was still as jet black as the night, witch only amplified his now paler features, his new found skin tone seemed to make him seem more feminine then he really was, or even wanted to be. As he walked the corridors of the unnecessarily large ship, he staggered and struggled to stay on his feet, that now felt as though he were standing on stilts, or at least a pair of profoundly high high heels, this had been going on for a week now, he didn't want to cause an inconvenience to the ships crew since they had been extra busy with varuga popping up all over the place, he already knew he was a nuisance to them now so why make the situation worse with them having to busy themselves with yet more tedious trouble. he had kept it a secret even from Nai who could usually tell if something was wrong the instant someone walked in to a room, but he had not been able to identify a problem with Gareki, he had his amazing acting skills to thank for that.
He felt as though he was becoming invisible but he didn't mind that one bit it only meant not as many annoyances.
His condition had gotten worse and he didn't know how much longer he could hide it from the rest of the people on board, especially from a certain blonde haired man-child that especially liked to annoy Gareki any time he could. It was time for lunch but Gareki didn't feel up to the challenge of wrestling the food down his throat, but still he had to show up or the crew would think something was wrong. Gareki reached the table and sat down reluctantly, almost falling into his seat. the food was already laid out on the table in front of them but Gareki's stomach felt as though it was doing cartwheels inside of him, Nai sat next to him and dug into his food whilst Gareki sat there and watched the rest eat in utter disgust.
Yogi was sitting directly opposite Gareki, he noticed that Gareki had not yet touched his food whilst he himself was a quarter of the way through his meal, he looked Gareki in the eyes which at this point reverted their gaze from the dollop of meat and veg on the plate to the young man staring at him from across the table, he replied to his gaze with a "What?", yogi replied with "Well it's just that you haven't even touched your food"
"I'm just not hungry is all"
"Ok just make sure you eat something later, you need the energy for the rest of the day" replied Yogi with his usual bright and cheery expression which made Gareki feel like he was constantly faking it, after he had said that, Gareki did not reply. Even though Gareki's health was not normal his personality remained the same. His cold attitude towards him and only him, sometimes yogi thought that Gareki really did hate him.
Gareki decided to leave the table early, leaving his plate full. Nai had finished early and decided to follow him to his room.
Yogi and Tsuchumo left in the opposite direction to arrive at their own bedrooms. Yogi opened his mouth to say something but decided against it.
"just say it" said Tsuchumo in response to yogi's silenced words
"Did you notice?" asked yogi.
"Notice what?"
"Gareki, he didn't even touch his food"
"he said he wast hungry, didn't he?"
"well yeah, but... I don't know, he just wont open up to me"
"don't worry about it, he doesn't open up to anyone"
"I know, but, what if he's sick"
" he would tell us. wouldn't he?"
As Tsuchumo finished her sentence they heard the unmistakable sound of a sheep calling their names announcing an emergency.
Gareki and Nai were half way to their room when Garekis head took a literal turn for the worst. He could no longer hide it from the small boy as he swayed from side to side. Nai obviously worried for his well being grabbed him by the arm and tried to steady him.
"Gareki? Should I get help? Are you ok? What.." he was cut of when Gareki suddenly fell to the ground. The small boy could not keep him up so he made sure he was in a comfortable position and ran off to get help.
His head felt as though someone had kicked him repeatedly with steel toed boots, the pain was unimaginable, not to mention the nauseous feeling in the pit of his stomach. He tried to concentrate of his foot work but ended up falling into Nai, now he was screwed, Nai was sure to get help now that he had fallen to the ground. But still he tried to get up. A failed attempt later he was back on the ground feeling even worse if that was possible. His whole body was shaking but at this point he didn't know if it was from shock or the incredible pain that was now flowing through his entire body.
The contents of his stomach (whatever was left over from the day before) was emptied the instant he attempted a second time to get up, at this point he had given up on getting back up and was falling into the dark world of unconsciousness. The next few moments seemed to go past in slow motion.
His entire weight falling to the side as someone managed to catch him before he made impact with the floor. The muffled voices of other people calling his name, he could not make out who it was, but then again he couldn't even see what was in front of him. He gave up on trying to stay awake and gave into the darkness that was slowly starting to cloud his mind, he let his mind go and fell into nothingness.