OK people, I already know this wont be good, but please tell me what you think or something and there's chapter 2 coming soon. It's my first fanfic so I would like a bit of feedback. Anyway, hope you like it I guess. :) (Also I will put a heading above each piece whenever I switch points of view and yes I know next time I won't do it like that.)
JohnKat SickStuck
JOHN
Everyone is gathered having lunch, which doesn't happen often. I want to make the most of it but I'm not all that hungry. Its really a shame though because everyone helped make everything which seems really fun but i just wasn't into it. I was a little more tired than usual. We finally finished cooking, which was so unorganized considering I'm pretty sure Terezi licked everything in the entire kitchen, and everyone was sitting eating noisily at the table. Rose and Kanaya planned this for so a week so that everyone could do something together. The noise was starting to give me a headache. I might as well eat a little so I'm not hungry later, so i pick around the plate. I glance up at karkat across the table who's looking at me, i can just tell what hes thinking, "What the fuck are you doing". I smile at him then go back to picking around my plate. It's starting to feel so hot.
"Well I'm done" I say, about to get up. I feel like lying down.
"What, you barely touched anything, you don't like it?" Jade asked from next to me, her big eyes staring into mine.
"No it's great I'm just not very hungry is all." I say, reassuring her.
"At least have a little more, it's not going to kill you." Karkat said glaring at me.
"Oh ok." I said settling back in and looking at the food. Im starting to get a little dizzy. Maybe i can just finish this and then go so nobody worries about it. I start taking slow forkfuls. Things are getting a little blurry so i adjust my glasses on my nose hoping to fix my vision. The heat is starting to get to me and an embarrassing coughing fit starts. I look around the table. At least not everyone is looking at me. Karkat definitely is though... The room starts to spin, starting a wave of nausea.
"Hey are you ok" I hear someone say, but everything goes black.
KARKAT
For some reason Rose and Kanaya chose to plan a weird lunch thing where all of us helped fucking cook. it wasn't that bad but the whole time John was being all tired when even I decided to make the most of things for once, that's what he always tells me to do. But there he went all being in the background. At least hes not so out of character that he's being a downer, though he's being all fucking quiet. I look up and John is picking around his plate and not even eating. This took a lot and he didn't even really help, he should at least be eating the damn food. I watch him until he looks up. He smiles his derpy smile and goes back to moving food around.
"Well I'm done" he said. What a fuckass, he ate nothing. Jade looks at him and asks if he likes the food.
"No its great I'm not very hungry is all." Not hungry? The fuckass hasn't eaten all day!
"At least have a little more, it's not going to kill you." I said narrowing my eyes at him.
"Oh ok" he said and soon starts slowly taking big clumps and shoving it in his mouth. He stops and adjusts his glasses and starts coughing a lot then looking around. What the fuck? I stare at him wondering what the fuck is up when he starts to sway.
"Hey are you ok?" I ask cautiously, and he falls to the ground. Well now I feel like a complete asshole.
I get up hurriedly and peer over the table to see if hes just playing one of his stupid pranks. He was breathing fast and unevenly, with sweat glistening all over.
Everyone looks around wondering what's going on and Jade crouches
down next to John. I instinctively rush over, not knowing what exactly is going on. Rose also comes over, Kanaya not far behind. I just look down at him not knowing what to do.
Jade looks up at me expectantly, but I don't move. She sighs and moves him with Rose and Kanaya. I follow them to John's bedroom where they plopped him down on the bed, causing a coughing fit from him. The startling noises snapped me out of whatever trance I was in, but still don't know what to do. I look at Jade with a mixture of weird expressions I never make, trying to find out what's going on.
She saw me and rolled her eyes. "So are you going to be helpful now?"
"I don't know, I dont even know what the fuck is going on" I said.
"John is sick, and from the looks of it, with something pretty bad. Does that mean trolls don't get sick?" She said as she put a hand on John's forehead, which for some reason bothered me.
"Well not usually, I've never been sick before." I said inching closer. I need to have a better view, and for some reason I don't want Jade touching him anymore, it feels wrong to me.
I see John's eyes open a little and I get even closer.
"I'm sorry I ruined everything." He choked out along with another fit of more painful-sounding coughs.
Ruined everything?
JOHN
I open my eyes a bit, feeling horrible. I think I definitely owe everyone an appology for ruining theyre lunch event thing (whatever it was) especially Rose and Kanaya.
"I'm sorry I ruined everything." I manage to say. My throat is dry and the strain causes my voice to crack and I have another round of coughs contributing to my splitting headache.
"Oh don't worry about it," Rose said.
"Yes, the situation seems quite unavoidable." Kanaya added. "It is not as though plans have not gone awry prior to our current scenerio."
"I don't even see why you would even need to fucking apologize" Karkat huffs, standing directly over me.
"Um, Karkat, is it such a good idea to get so close to me when I'm sick?" I asked, trying to get more comfortable in the bed which now seemed like a block of ice in a freezer.
"What are you talking about-" He started to snap, but Kanaya decided to spare me the breathe explaining it to him.
"John's concerns are somewhat viable. As of the present, we have no knowledge of the transmission of human disease to trolls, therefore it is very possible that the disease could infect us as well as the humans."
"Then why are Rose and Jade here" Karkat spat. "Then there's gonna be more fucking sick humans and we don't need that."
"Because John can't just be alone, Karkat!" Jade scowled.
"Why." Karkat said.
After some silence Jade said. "You seriously have to ask."
At this point I don't feel like keeping track of their conversation, which involves me but doesn't if that even makes sense. I try getting farther under the blanket but it starts to fall off the bed, probably due to my rolling around earlier, which I seriously don't want to happen. I try to grab it before it falls off, letting out a weird whining sound that I wouldn't be able to repeat for my life, but it falls off anyway.
I attempt to push myself up but all my strength is gone and the nausea, that has been ever-present, peeks. Oversalivating, I frantically try to crawl off the bed to get to the bathroom on the side with no crowd of people but my arms give way and I fall off the bed. I try to get up before the vomit can reach my mouth but my breakfast of toast and yogurt comes up unpleasantlly all over the floor.
I cough, trying to get to the bathroom again but another intense wave of dizziness and nausea comes quickly. I retch, adding to the disgusting mess. It takes all my strength not to fall face first into my own throw up, which would be the grossest thing ever.
When I though that gross scenario was about to happen, arms pick me up from behind. It's Karkat.
"Thanks Karkat, but it's okay, really." I say trying to get him to put me down from the awkward position, but he shakes his head.
"Like I would do that. I ended up with the job of taking care of you and I might as well fucking do it right." He said.
I don't care enough to disuade him any further. I cough, wanting to spit to get the taste of vomit out of my mouth. My throat is burning and the coughing is turning it raw. He puts me down in the bath and tells me to clean myself up. I don't answer and let my head tilt to the side. I close my eyes. I'm so tired and dizzy, and I feel like i need to throw up again.
I hear Karkat sigh then water run from the sink. "You are so pathetic it's not even funny" he says.
I'm not pathetic, is it so hard to believe that I just want to sleep? I know I should probably be cleaning up my gross mess right now though, that was seriously nasty. Actually, now that I think about it, I feel the chunky liquid on my hands and face. I lift a hand to try and wipe my face but that just makes it worse. I hear the water stop and a cold compress on my head makes me wince and pull away.
"Stop moving around, don't you want that shit off your face" Karkat says in a slightly less annoyed tone than expected.
I stay still as he wipes the cloth over my face. He lays the cloth on my forehead and rubs soap on my hands, getting the rest of the vomit cleaned off. He takes the cloth back and soaks it in the sink, then washes the soap off my hands. I feel bad for making him do all this work, but I'm too tired to say anything now. Spit and phlegm gets caught in my throat and I cough repeatedly. On the bright side my throat isn't as dry. On the downside my sinuses are getting runny instead of painfully dry. I always hate when I can't breathe through my nose. Another downside is that all this coughing is making me light headed and nauseous again.
Karkat goes to move me back to the bedroom but luckily he gets the message when I push him away, otherwise completely still. I let my hand drop to hang over the edge of the bath for a while until I decide it's ok to move my head a little.
Karkat takes this as a sign that its ok to go now. He picks me up from the bath, again awkwardly, then I notice there's a fuss in the hallway. Everyone's talking and messing around. Well, at least they're still having fun even though I ruined it. I hear Karkat shush angrily and everything is more peaceful. I hate to admit it but it helps a little with my headache.
He gently puts me back on the bed and takes a deep breathe plopping down in a chair that he scoots closer to the bed. "I was told there's a bunch of stuff you're going to need."