Title: Simple Favors
Summary: n/a
Notes: AU, Casey Devers - Red-X, Kory Anders - Starfire (dur,) Malcom Nole - Malchior, Ever (Evie, Ev) Lastings - Jinx. Don't like the names? Too bad, I do.
Casey coughed for the seventh time that morning. His girlfriend Kory looked at him from across the room, her apple eyes clouded with concern.
"Are you okay?" she mouthed when the teacher's back was turned.
"I'm fine," he mouthed back. Kory frowned as Casey coughed again.
"No you're not!" Casey's eyes narrowed before he continued to jot down notes. Kory sighed and her eyes returned to her paper.
RIIINNNNGGGG!!!
"You're homework is to write a thesis statement using parallelism that you will share with your group. Class dismissed," their teacher announced. The sound of students gathering their things and heading out the door filled the room.
Casey was the first one out with Kory on his heels.
"You said you were fine!" Kory huffed. Casey frowned.
"I AM!" he growled. Kory's eyes narrowed.
"No you're not! Let me help you!"
"NO!"
"Please!" Kory pleaded.
"I said NO!" he slammed his locker shut and coughed.
"You don't know how much it hurts me to see you like this...." Kory whimpered. Casey's eyes softened.
"I'm sorry....I just don't want you to catch whatever I have," he said, pulling her into a hug.
"I don't care!" Kory cried, "I want to help you!" Casey sighed.
"I can't." Kory's eyebrows knitted as she looked up at him.
"Look, I'm sick already!" she said, but faking it so she sounded like: "Dook, I'b sick already!" and added a sniffle at the end. Casey grinned into her hair.
"You're a bad actor and an even worse liar, you know? You are a very easy person to read." Kory pulled out of the hug.
"Casey.....please." Casey sighed.
"I can't.....I'm sorry."
"...kiss me," Kory whispered. Casey bit his lip, resisting the urge to sweep Kory off her feet and giving her the kiss of her life.
"No. I don't want you sick."
"Please! I have a very strong immune system!" Kory insisted. Casey shook his head.
"I'm sorry...I can't."
And with that, he walked away to his next class leaving a rather hurt Kory behind.
The next day, Kory seemed cheery.
Very cheery.
Overly cheery, even for Kory, Casey thought as Kory seemed to float from class to class, smiling and laughing right on Que as she mingled with her friends.
"Okay," he confronted her, "what's up?"
"I am in a very good mood today Casey. Perheps you would like to join me," Kory chirped. Casey raised an eyebrow.
"Riiiiight."
"Leeeeeft," Kory giggled at her joke.
"Kory!" Casey almost whined.
"Casey!" Kory mock-whined back.
"What is wrong with you? There is NO way you can be this happy!"
"How 'bout that?" Kory replied sharply, "and here you were telling me that I was easy to read."
"Hey Kor!" Kory turned to see one of her friends from class and lightly bounced over to her. Casey sighed.
"So what's up with Kory?" Malcom asked.
"You honestly expect me to know that?!" Casey huffed into the phone.
"Good point. I heard from Evie that Kory's ticked at her, cough, boyfriend,"Malcom informed him.
"Don't have to rub it in! I already know why Kory's pissed....just.....why?"
"Er....what?"
"No, I know who she's pissed at: me. But why?"
"Because you won't kiss her?"
"Why is that bad? I'm keeping her healthy!"
"Evie said that Kory told her that she'd rather be sick and happy rather than being perfectly healthy and miserable."
"It'll only last the week or so! I don't want Kory sick!"
"Aw, now ain't that cute? Casey's gone soft!"
"Gr. No one likes you. Go away."
"Ha! You wish!"Malcom laughed. Casey blew a raspberry into the phone.
"Did you seriously just do that?"Malcom laughed again.
"Yup! See you tomorrow...bitch!"
"Love you too!"Casey hung up, Malcom's laughter still echoing as he did.
"Ugh," Casey rubbed his temples, "I swear Malcom's on some kind of drug! Or at least he broke into the sugar bowl again....."
Two days later
"Ev!" The brunette looked over her shoulder to find Casey standing behind her.
"What do you want? How much does it cost? When will you pay me back? And is it on eBay so I can get it cheap?"
"Kory. Infinite. Instantly. No."
"Got it. Flowers? Chocolate? Jewelry?"
"Nope."
"Awesome. Saves you eighty dollars."
"Sweet."
"Glad that works. Now go away before I change my mind."
Casey flashed a grin at his best girl-friend and walked away.
"Kory!" Casey called to the red-haired girl. Kory let out an exhasperated sigh.
"Yes?" Casey spun her around and kissed her full on the mouth. Kory melted into it.
"I thought you were sick and couldn't kiss me," Kory mumbled against his lips. Casey pulled back.
"That's the thing," he said, "I'm not sick anymore."
"You sure?" Kory asked.
"Yes."
"Good." Then she kissed him again. When she pulled back, she sneezed.
"You okay?" Casey asked. Kory nodded.
"Can I just have one favor?"
"Of course."
"If I get sick, would you take care of me?" Casey grinned.
"Always."
A/n: This was actually based of the little..."dispute" my boyfriend and I are having now. Funny how real life is just that darn fun to write about!
So Casey is Red-X because I am SICK of seeing Xavier Red's on fanfiction. I know I have an Xavier Red in Reality Check, but I fell in love with the name Casey once I heard it again. Heh. Devers is like of like my version of red backwards.
And Ever (Ev, Evie) is Jinx because I'm also sick of Jennifer/J-names in general. Again with the RC thing, I was too lazy to think up a good name. And Lastings....just thought it sounded cool. I mean seriously, Ever Lastings? I'd LOVE to have that name!
Expect those names to reprise through these oneshots. I really like them for some reason.
