Me: So many people don't do much with them being kids and by I think a reviewer request, I'm going to try and do more of them so, here's another chapter.


"What's wrong with him?" Teepo said, poking at Ryu's face. He was awake, but he laid in bed like he was in a painful sleep or something. Rei brushed his bangs back slightly, putting his hand on the kid's forehead.

"I think he's sick."

"What? Sick! Is he going to die?" Teepo said suddenly. Rei narrowed his eyes.

"What's with you Teepo?"

"It's just..I've never been sick before and neither have you!" Rei laughed slightly.

"No I suppose your stronger then both of us. I've been sick when I was very little. When I used to have someone to take care of me. I barely remember it though." Teepo frowned, folding his arms.

"Ryu. That's just like you to go up and get sick." Ryu smiled slightly, turning his head.

"I'm sorry." His scratchy voice said. Rei stood up and Teepo jumped back as he started coughing.

"Yo. Teepo. Why don't you go and ask Bunyan what to do."

"What? that old man? Why!"

"Because he's the only one that seems to slightly care about what happens to us. No one in the village is going to help much. Sure, they loosened up after we saved the animals, but that doesn't exactly make up for the years we did screw up."

"Well..Ok. Don't die Ryu." Teepo moaned slightly and the door closed behind him.

"I'm going to get something for you to drink." Rei stood up to leave when Ryu grabbed onto his tail.

"Please don't. I'm cold." Rei looked outside a near by window at the sun shining through. He hated that he couldn't provide more things for his siblings.

"Ryu.." He lowered his blue eyes and then climbed into the bed, Ryu clenched tightly to his warmth as his tail wrapped around his body.

"Your..abnormally cold. But it's almost summer." Ryu kept coughing into his shirt and shivered in the woren's arms. what was he going to do. He wished Teepo would get here faster.

"Rei. I'm so tired." He coughed deeply and continued.

"But I'm afried to go to sleep. What if Teepo is right and I die?" Rei's grip tightened.

"No way! I am not letting you die Ryu! You are going to get better, weather I had to go to the ends of the world to get the cure, I would."

"You would?" He blushed, which was hard to tell under his fever anyway.

"Of course. For you or Teepo." Ryu poked at Rei's abs.

"Oh..I see." Rei's ears twitched and he leaned over slightly

"What? You don't seem thrilled about that."

"I get why you would for Teepo. He's awesome. But we don't have anything just for us. You have all these things with Teepo. Your hunting and sword play and stories before I was around." He started to cry.

"It isn't fair. If I'm going to die, I want something only we can do!" Ryu frowned and coughed up badly from trying to yell. Rei rubbed his face close to Ryu's, purring slightly.

"I'm sorry Ryu. I didn't know it was that important to you." He wiped Ryu's face.

"Ok. What do you want us to do. Name anything and it'll be our moment." Ryu shook his head.

"I..I don't know. I'm just so tired right now." He cuddled close to Rei's fur and Teepo slammed the door open, panting.

"He wasn't home! I left a note and begged him to come." Teepo slipped and ran over to the bed.

"Is he dead?"

"No Teepo. Just tired." The healthy boy climbed up into the bed and sat in Rei's lap also.

"Ryu. It's ok. Bunyan will be here later right?" Teepo slid under the tail as well. Ryu was drifting asleep.

"Rei." Teepo looked up at the tiger.

"You have to take care of Ryu."

"What?" Teepo nodded.

"He's not strong like us. He needs to be cuddled like this and taken care of. Someday, I'll be old enough and want to go off on my own. But Ryu won't ever be as strong as me. You have to take care of him. Ok?" Teepo said smiling,, pulling back slightly as Ryu started coughing again.

"Ok Teepo. I promise I'll take care of Ryu." He put his hand on Teepo's head.

"And you as well."

"Your messing up my hair!" He hit Rei in the chest and climbed out.

"I'm going to go outside for a while. You coming?" Rei shook his head and held open his hand slightly.

"Can't. Besides. I want to stay here with Ryu." Teepo shrugged his shoulders.

"Ok. Whatever." And he left. Rei glanced down at Ryu and moved his bangs, kissing his forehead. Ryu started shivering again and Rei began to worry as blood was slightly mixed in with Ryu's mucus he kept coughing up.

"Ryu?" No response.

"I won't leave your side until your better. I swear." He leaned back against the way, getting comfortable while he repositioned Ryu on his chest and stared up at the window above them, watching the clouds. He pulled Ryu closer to him as possible.

"Don't leave me alone Ryu." Bunyan finally came by later and found them just like that. Rei had drifted into a dream himself and didn't notice the old man put Ryu in his own bed.

"He has pneumonia." Rei could barely make out the man's words as he came from his sleep, finding the shivering against his body gone.

"Make sure he drinks a lot of liquid...take this medicine for the fever and make sure he keeps coughing. It will clear his lungs." Teepo took the items and Bunyan left.

"I suppose you heard right?" Teepo asked as Rei stood up and walked over.

"Yeah." He ruffled Ryu's hair.

"I'm going to stay right here ok Teepo?" Teepo laughed.

"I figured you would. You really like him don't you." Rei sighed.

"He's just too cute." Teepo stuck out his tongue.

"Whatever." The boy laughed. Over the next few days, Ryu would get worse, but better one some days. Still, Rei didn't leave his side. Even when Ryu was awake to yell at him for staying there, Rei would just look at him lovingly and say,

"Not until you can come with me." Rei woke up to a coughing and sat up in his bed, realizing Ryu wasn't there.

"Ryu?" The woren glanced over at the end of the bed where him and Teepo were standing.

"Ryu? your alright?" Ryu nodded and Teepo snickered.

"What are you lau.." Rei was interrupted by a heavy coughing.

"I'm sorry Rei." Teepo busted into laughter,

"You got Ryu's sickness." Ryu climbed on the bed and glomped Rei.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault." Rei laughed.

"Hey. I was the one that insisted on staying till you got better right?" He wiped some tears from Ryu's eyes and Teepo stuck out his toung.

"Yuck. Well, I'm going fishing. You coming Ryu?" The blue haired lad shook his head and Teepo rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. If your going to be all lovey dovey, leave me out of it." He mumbled as he closed the door to Ryu helped Rei get settled into bed to take medicine. It was his turn to be the one to sit an wait.

"You don't have to stay..." Ryu covered Rei's mouth.

"Not until you can come with me."


Me: What's more fuffy then a chapter about being sick Lawls. Thanks for reading.