I just want to mention I did do some research and I found that Dee and Dum are young teenagers, between the ages of 13-16
Coughs and groaning could be heard coming from the room of the Bloody Twins. Inside, both brothers lay on their beds, bedridden with the flue. It didn't surprise anyone in the Hatter Mansion that the twins were sick and it was their own fault. Looking for poisonous mushrooms in a storm was an extremely stupid thing to do. Especially when all the boys were wearing were their gate keeper uniforms. Yet, what could you expect from kids, even if they were murderous kids.
Worst of all the twins wouldn't let any of the faceless servants take care of them. Since the brothers were feeling too sick to kill them, they threatened the worst kind of torture on the first three maids that tried to enter their room with medicine. Not even the Hatter Mansion doctor could enter without getting a promised death threat. The only person Dee and Dum would allow to nurse them back to health was Alice.
Alice had been living at the Hatter Mansion for a while now. In return for Blood's allowance for her to stay, she liked to help out in any way possible. The Hatter himself didn't care if Alice lived with him for free but, since the girl was insistent on lending a hand around the mansion, he entertained the idea. Besides, Blood wouldn't deny that he didn't like the way the maid outfit looked on her. So, Alice worked part time as one of the maids, an errand girl and, as of right now, a nurse for the twins.
Elliot was objective of Alice helping the twins at first; for more than one reason. For one thing, Elliot thought the brothers deserved to suffer, punishment for being such idiots in the first place. Another reason was the rabbit man in denial of being a rabbit didn't want the twins to recover so quickly. Even though Blood now had to pay a couple Faceless men to take over gate keeping duties until the twins got better, things were quieter and easier for Elliot. The biggest reason, however, was because Elliot didn't want the twins to get Alice sick.
"Big sister, my throat hurts." Dum groaned hoarsely, whining as he took a hold of his throat. Dee whimpered in agreement and let out a rough cough.
"Mine too, big sister." The red eyed twin whined, rubbing his own, sore, throat. Alice, with her hands on her hips, stared at the twins with a scold on her face.
True, they looked horrible. Both twins were red in the face, their eyes looked puffy and they looked sweaty all over. Their pajamas, colors that matched their eyes and uniforms, stuck to their bodies and looked damp from all the sweat. Both twins were laying side by side in Dum's bed, their heads resting on pillows but refusing to wear the covers due to the hotness their bodies were feeling. As much as Alice felt sorry for Dee and Dum, she knew this was the consequence of playing in the rain.
"You brought this upon yourselves. Now saw ah." The girl commanded as she pulled a bottle of medicine and a spoon from her dress pocket. Eyeing the brown bottle and the slimy, green medicine on the spoon, the eyes of both brothers widened fearfully.
"That stuff is gross, big sister!" Dee cried before dramatically covering his mouth as Alice came near him. She sighed softly and turned to Dum, seeing he was doing the same thing.
"Please don't make us drink that stuff." He begged behind his hands, his red eyes watery. Although, be it from the fever or him giving her puppy eyes, was hard to tell.
Even though Dee and Dum were known as the deadliest and bloodiest kids throughout all of Wonderland, they were still kids. Even when the twins were killing people, it was easy to see they were still young boys. They liked playing games such as Kill or Die and Tag with the castle guards and other Hatter enemies. The brothers also easily got bored and easily distracted by just about anything, much to the annoyance of Elliot. Even now they were showing typical, childlike fear to medicine that tastes bad. Nightmare was the same but at least Dee and Dum were children.
"Come on, Dee, Dum. If you don't take your medicine how do you expect to get any better?" Alice asked, standing in between the twin's beds. Neither boy removed their hands from their mouths but the girl could see the smiles hidden behind them.
"Easy, we just need you to stay with us." Dee said cheerfully, before going off into a coughing fit. Alice stared at the boys in confusion and Dum giggled sorely, echoing his brother's cough.
"Totally! You just being with us is already making us feel better." The red eyed twin agreed cheerfully. Or as cheerfully as he could with his body feeling like shit.
Alice sighed as if defeated and couldn't help but smile. The twins were just too adorable, even when sick. She loved them like a big sister and often wished they'd be less reckless with their lives. She just wished the boys wouldn't be so stubborn and take their medicine. After all, she wanted them to get better as soon as possible. It was no fun being stuck in bed all day and for that, Alice pitied them.
"That's sweet of you, but you really need to take your medicine. I want you to get better as fast as you can. How can you do that without medicine?" She tried to reason, once again holding out the spoon. The twins looked at each other, secret smiles taking over their faces, before looking back at Alice and removing their hands from their mouths.
"Big sister, if you really want to help us get better," Dum started, a mischievous grin spreading on his face, he and his brother sharing another look. Dee gave a nod in understanding and the boys leaned towards Alice.
"Then lay in bed with us. We want to cuddle." Dee continued as he suddenly grabbed at Alice's one arm. Startled by the sudden action, Alice dropped both the spoon and the bottle of medicine to the floor.
"B… b… but you'll get m… me s… sick." Alice stuttered embarrassingly, feeling her face get as red as the sick twins. Instead, Dum reached over and grabbed her other hand, helping his twin brother pull Alice between the two of them.
"That's fine." Dum said happily as he snuggled into Alice's left side. Dee sighed contently as he rested his head on Alice's right shoulder, tilting it so he could look up at her face.
"Totally. If you get sick, we'll take care of you, right brother?" Dee asked, happily pushing his face into Alice's heated neck. Dum chuckled horsley and rubbed his head against the girl's arm in a nod.
"Right brother. We'll take really good care of Big sis because she takes really good care of us." He agreed sleepily, yawning as his red eyes slowly closed. Dee copied his twin's movements, yawn and all.
Alice's face continued on with its red color. It wasn't the first time the twins insisted on sharing the same bed but it didn't make it any less embarrassing. Although, she probably should have expected the twins doing something like this. After all, they really did love their big sister. Sighing contently, Alice felt herself calm down as she looked back and forth from both sleeping faces.
'What am I going to do with them?' she thought, feeling a wave of peace ran through her body. Feeling more peaceful than she had in a while, Alice allowed the twins to sleep and decided to worry about the stain the medicine she dropped would cause later.
What do you think? I want to make another one shot with the twins but it would be T/M and with their adult forms
If you are interested in stories where a OC comes into Wonderland (While Alice is still there) Please check out my Was it a Mistake story