Author's Note: So. I was going to write this as a one shot but then I wrote it all out and it's pretty long for one chapter so I'm going to split it up. I really hope like it because I worked pretty hard on it, I know that the grammar and stuff isn't perfect but I revised it a bunch of times. So I hope like it. Please no mean comments and I might do an epilogue if you want it. Also this is my first Sickfic so keep that in mind. Hope you enjoy
The penguins (this story is humanized cuz that just makes more sense to me for this story) are all in High School except for Private (Private 2nd, Rico 10th, Kowalski 11th, Skipper 12th. They go to a K-12 school) Skipper is 18 and takes care of the others. Skipper has a job and tries to support all of them so he works a lot and is stressed. This is just a one shot but this is a lot of information for that but oh well.
"Ok guys I have an extra shift tonight so you guys need to take the bus home." said the stern looking teen. His gray blue eyes had deep dark bags under them and his usually clean cut hair doo was a mess.
"I actually have robotics club after school, Skipper." the tall, blond, blue eyed 16 years old said under his glasses.
"I guess you'll just have to walk and take the city bus home." Skipper said has he starting setting out breakfast for the others.
Private, the light brown haired, bright blue eyed boy, was up and ready to start the day. On the contrary, Rico was barely keeping his dark green eyes open. Skipper noticed that Rico was barely awake and ruffled his messy black hair to get his attention; he then began to sign what he had said to the others. Rico is part deaf and had a terribly bad stutter so he mostly signed to get his message across and sometimes, especially the mornings, when he isn't concentrating, others would sign to him.
Kowalski, Private, and Rico finished their breakfast and then got on the bus to school. The day past and at lunch the sky was dark gray. Normal for fall weather. After the last couple of periods school ended and Kowalski said good bye to Rico and Private as they got on the bus. Kowalski then went to robotics club. Then after a while it stated to rain.
"Oh great" Kowalski thought. Robotics club ended and he got off at the closes spot near their house Kowalski started to walk home in his thin jacket."Why didn't I bring my thicker jacket?" Kowalski started to shiver as the wind picked up. He began to wipe the rain off his glasses for the hundredth time. Kowalski then let out a giant sneezed that left his head pounding and sent his glasses flying to the ground. "Fuck." He said as he picked up his glasses and he held his head he finally turned the last corner until he reached is home. When he entered the house, Private was doing his home work and Rico was playing video games. Kowalski went straight to his room, threw his wet cloths in the hamper and the laid on his bed. "Maybe if I take a nap I'll feel better when I wake up." Kowalski quickly fell asleep but his uneasy sleep was cut short when he woke up with a startle. He was sweaty, shivering, had a sore throat and his nose was plugged. "Damn" He said under his breath. He sat up from his bed and walked to the bathroom. He splashed water on his face; "At least I don't look as bad as I feel" he thought." I couldn't let the others know that he was sick, they would make it a bigger deal than it was and Skipper would take off work and that would cause him more stress than he already has. No, I'll suck it up." He walked out of the bathroom and dinner was almost ready. Kowalski tried to eat as much spaghetti as he could so the others wouldn't get suspicious but when he ate half of it he couldn't eat anymore so he sipped on his water until everyone was done. Once everyone was done Kowalski started to get ready for bed. He hope that no one would ask why he was going to bed and to his surprise no one did, they were always in his business (especially Skipper) not that that was such a bad thing it's just sometimes it's overwhelming. Kowalski laid in bed and started to cough. "I hope this stops, I don't want Private to find out I'm sick." He grabbed an extra pillow and found a random cough drop in his drawer from the last time he was sick. He started to drift off to sleep then the light was turned on and made his headache worst. He made a small groan.
"Sorry Kowalski." Private said as he turned it off.
"It's alright." Kowalski said he noticed that his voice started to get deeper which always happened when he was sick.
"What time is it Private."
"About 8:30. I was going to go to bed early because I have math test tomorrow." He replied.
"Oh ok well good night."
Private then but his pjs on and brushed he teeth as quietly as possible. He got in bed and noticed a slight snore from the other bed.