I am so sorry about the super-late update! (Hey! That rhymed!) I was waiting for my new BETA-reader, but she hasn't gotten back to me yet… And today my friend asked when I was going to up this… So I decided to just update now.
Enjoy! This wasn't my favorite chapter ever, but the next one will be better!
I don't think I need to tell you that I don't own any characters
Day 3:
I feel like crap. Not because I had a bad night sleep, because, as much as I hate to admit it, Mathias is quite warm. But no. I have caught a cold. And Mathias wants to play doctor.
I think that it's just sea-sickness. I've never been on a boat before this, and the boat was rocking back and forth a lot last night. My body just probably isn't use to it yet. But Mathias thinks that I caught something and wants to help me get better.
So, I woke up feeling really awful. I didn't know why at first because I had basically slept all day yesterday. I lied there next to Mathias, who was still sleeping. (I swear. That man might have been dead and then came back to life.) After a few minutes, I felt a weird feeling my stomach. I immediately ran into the bathroom and barfed my guts outs. This woke Mathias up. He ran into the bathroom, picked me up and brought me back to bed.
"Aw, Lukas. You're sick."
"Gee, thanks. I didn't notice." My words were dripping with sarcasm.
Mathias smiles. "Don't worry; I will take good care of you!"
"No, no. You really don't have to-"
"I'll go get you something. Do you want anything?
I want you to leave me alone. "If I eat something, I'll probably just throw it back up."
"Right. I knew that! Um, why don't you just sleep?"
"Fine."
"Do you want me here with you?"
"I don't care. Just let me get some sleep so I can get better."
"Alright. I have some Viking things to do and then I'll be back, alright?"
"You gonna attack another town?"
"Yeah! We just docked Italy. We're sacking Sicily. I don't think you would want to watch, though… But maybe one day you'll get to help us with a raid!"
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Day 4:
I wake up feeling much better than yesterday. Mathias was next to me. He looked pretty beat up. He had a black eye and a lot of cuts and bruises all over him. Not that I was looking or anything! He opened his eyes and smiled.
"Hey, are you feeling better?"
"More or less. How was the raid?" Immediately his eyes lit up. Apparently, he liked talking about his raids.
"It went awesomely! We destroyed the entire island! I did get beat up by a really cranky Italian…" Oh, so that's why he has a black eye. "But it was so fun! Oh, here, I got you something." He gets up and grabs an item from the desk. It was a little clip with a gold cross on it. I take it and put it in my hair.
"Thanks," I say.
"Yay! Lukas likes his present!"
It was nice. From what I could tell from Mathias's face, it looked good on me.
"Do you want anything to eat? You haven't eaten anything in two days."
It's true. I was starving. "Soup?"
"Ok! I'll go get you some soup!" Mathias runs out of the room.
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When Mathias got back, I was already feeling as good as new. The soup he brought me was much better than I had originally expected. I'll have to thank whoever made it.
"How are you doing?" Mathias asked.
"Much better, until you came."
"Aw, you know you love me!"
"No, I really don't."
"You're just in denial."
I turn my head away as my face turns a little pink. "I am not."
"Fine, whatever floats your boat. I'm going to sleep. I'm not sure if you're tired or not, but if you want to, just put the soup on the desk. I'll get it later." Mathias lies down next to me and closes his eyes. I don't move him. He worked hard to take of me, and he deserved it. That is the only reason, I swear.
After about 10 minutes, I put the empty bowl on said desk and go back to bed. As soon as I get comfortable, Mathias's arms found their way around my waist, pulling me closer to him. Ok, he's gonna get it in the morning.
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This one's a little bit shorter. I tried to stretch it a bit, but it still wasn't as long as I would have liked it. Oh well. R&R plz!
