Flu season

A GALS! Fic

Chapter one

"I'm fine moron get you hands off of me"! Rei screamed at Ran who was helping him off of the ground.

"MAKE ME"! Ran bellowed back even louder. "Rei please be quiet you wake the locals" Yuya said.

"I'm telling you I'm fine"! he shouted. "Like hell you are 'Fine' people don't just pass out in the middle of the street"! Ran mocked him.

"Why you"- "Listen Rei…. You're not fine you're burning up"! Yuya said in concern. This time Rei just glowered as they dragged him down the street…….

Violent knocking startled Aya out of her sleep. "OPEN THE DOOR DAMMIT"! Someone was shouting.

Aya bolted out of bed and ran to her apartment door. She flung it open, panting from all the running she had done.

"Ran what"- But Ran cut her off. "This moron is sick" she pointed to Rei darkly. "…And he won't listen to me"-

Rei glared up at Aya. "Come in" Aya said quietly. They lay Rei on the couch in the living room.

He coughed and a terrible wheezing sound came from his chest. Aya gasped. "Aya do you have a thermometer"? Yuya asked.

"Yes I'll go and get it" she said hurrying up the stairs. She dug through the drawer by her bed until the devices emerged.

Then she bolted downstairs. Rei was shaking violently. His teeth were chattering. He glared pathetically at Aya.

She knelt down beside him. "Otohata- Kun…. I need to take you're temperature" she said in a calm voice.

He shook his head no and folded his shaking arms. She laid a hand on his forehead. "You're burning up Rei" she said worriedly.

She stuck the thermometer into his mouth. He mumbeled something but it was incoherent.

After five mintues it finally beeped. His temperature was 103.5 degrees. "Oh Rei….." she said sadly.

She got a blanket and covered him up. He groaned in misery. "It'll be okay, Otohata- kun" Aya assured him. "L-let m-me g-g-g-g-go h-h-h-"Rei tried to order, but he couldn't get it out because he was shivering so hard. Let me go home, Aya. I'll be fine…God, my head hurts so badly! Rei thought, frowning. Aya didn't want to see Rei in pain, so she was frowning too.

"What should we do about this, Aya? I don't want to catch whatever he has, so, for the time being, he has to stay somewhere else" Yuya said, feeling guilty. Some best friend! Rei thought angrily. Aya thought for a moment. Miyu and Yamato already had a place of their own, and it was very little. Ran's parents would have a fit if she brought a boy home with her, or she'd kill Rei first.

She knew the answer before she'd even opened her mouth. Of course she wanted him to stay with her, she loved him with all of her heart, and besides she was a 1st year medical school student. But first, she had to ask Rei himself.

"Otohata-kun, would you like to stay with me until your feeling better"? Aya asked him. She's the only one that can take care of me without killing me, and besides she's nice and knows what she's doing Rei thought. "Why not"? He said, and then he coughed another terrible, wracking cough that hurt the hell out of his chest. "Maybe you should take him to the doctor, Aya. I'm sure that they'd see him" Ran said. "No doctors" Rei said quickly. Doctors meant needles and Needles meant doctors. Besides, he hated needles. Aya thought that she saw a brief flash of fear in his eyes. "What are you scared or something"? Ran asked, holding in laughter. "No, I just don't want to be bothered, and you're all bothering me right now. Go away" Rei said. "With pleasure" Ran said, grabbing her boyfriend. "Ran-Chan"- Yuya began. "Let's go, Yuya! I can hear the juice stand calling my name"! Ran crowed. And then they were gone. This left Aya alone. In her apartment with Rei.

"Otohata-kun, are you hungry"? Aya asked. "No" he answered coldly. "Okay, then. I'm going to go study. If you need anything just"- "Yeah, sure. Go" Rei said dismissively. That hurt her feelings pretty bad, but she didn't show it. "Okay then" she said, and then she went to her room.

Nice, genius! You've hurt her feelings. What else can you screw up? Rei thought to himself. He wanted to apologize to her. He slowly sat up- only to wish he'd never had. He had to half crawl to make it to the bathroom. Aya was in the doorway in a second. "You don't need to see this, Aya. Go away" Rei groaned pitifully. "No" Aya aid firmly. Rei felt more of his lunch coming up- but what could he do? Puke in front of a girl? No. No way.

"Go"- was all that he could choke out before having to turn to the toilet again. When everything that he'd eaten in the last a trillion years was taking a trip to the sewer, he leaned against the wall. Great. Now his throat hurt and he had an even worse headache than before. Aya was sitting there, looking concerned. "Are you alright"? She asked. He leaned his head against her shoulder. He felt really, really Crappy.

Aya stroked his tangled hair. "We should get you to the doctor" Aya said, frowning. "No" Rei croaked. "You really need medical attention, Rei" Aya said. "You are my medical attention" he said, sitting up slowly to look her in the eye. "Promise me that you'll take care of me, Aya. No matter how mean I am to you, or how sick I am, or what I say. Promise" he demanded.

Aya felt very dizzy. Rei chuckled. "Breathe, Aya" he reminded her. Aya exhaled. It was so easy to get lost in his eyes…

"I- I promise, Otohata- Kun" she stuttered. "Good. Now, could you get me a tooth brush or something"? he asked, looking amused.