Hey everyone :) Sorry for the late update, school's restarted and it's been really hectic hahaha. Thanks for all the support everyone's given to this story and taking time to read this, I'm really grateful and happy :) Here is Chapter 4
When Art finally fell asleep, Nice sighed, stroking Art's lavender hair tenderly, before placing his hand against Art's forehead, which was still incredibly warm.
"His fever isn't going down…"
Nice looked worriedly at Art, listening to his rather labored breathing and watching the rise and fall of his chest.
With another sigh, Nice got up from the bed and whipped out his phone, calling the only person he knew who had any idea what to do at a time like this.
"Hello Ratio?"
"…What do you want Nice? It's 3 in the morning." Ratio was not pleased.
"Sorry, sorry. It's Art, his fever isn't going down. Could you come over and-"
"What, what, Nice is so worried for Art! Aww how sweet!" Clearly, Birthday had taken Ratio's phone.
"Birthday? What are you doing with Ratio now?"
Nice could literally see the grin on Birthday's face. "I just decided to spend the night with Ratio."
"More like forced his way into my house." Ratio added.
"You're so mean Ratio! It's not as if you don't enjoy my company."
Nice heard Ratio grunt in response before continuing. "Did you give him the soup?"
Nice mentally cringed in response; the thought of Art's pained expression hurt. "Mn, but he didn't exactly keep it down."
There was shuffling sounds on the other end and the clicking of doors opening and closing. "We'll be there soon." And he hung up.
Nice let out a sigh of relief, not knowing that he had kept it in, before turning his attention to Art. Not knowing what to do, he decided to settle for stroking Art's hair, till Ratio (and probably Birthday arrived)
It seemed like hours before Nice heard the knocking on the door.
"Yo Nice!" Birthday grinned, one hand slung casually across Ratio's shoulders. Ratio merely stood beside him, holding on to a bag in one hand.
"Hey, and thanks for coming." Nice said, absentmindedly scratching on one of the bandages on his cheek. "Come in."
Ratio shrugged Birthday's hand off, before stepping into the house.
"How cold…" Birthday pouted, placing his hand into his pocket and stepping into the house after Ratio.
Nice and Birthday stood aside and watched as Ratio went about checking on Art, noting his temperature and the high heart rate.
"It's probably due to exhaustion he's in this state. Other than lack of sleep and proper food, he'll probably be fine." Ratio stated simply, taking off his stethoscope. "Have you given him any medicine?"
Nice blinked, staring at Ratio blankly. "What medicine?"
Ratio sighed exasperatedly. "If you don't give him any sort of medicine, how is he going to get better in the first place?" A second passed. "He probably doesn't even have any fever medicine here." Ratio muttered under his breath after some thought. "Here."
He tossed a few packets of medicine to Nice. "Prepare these and give it to him when he wakes up."
Nice peered at the weird packs of substances and powders in his hands.
"Oi Ratio, only you know how to prepare such things. How do you expect people like us to make this?"
Ratio only grunted in response. "Go to the kitchen. I'll teach you how to make it."
Art hated this. Darkness shrouded him and it felt like he was in the middle of being asleep and awake, and he didn't know which he'd rather sleep. If he woke up, the headache would definitely make its wake back. But this sort of sleep never helped. He would feel as if he had slept for eternity but when he woke up he would find that he was still as tired as ever, and that he hadn't really gotten any rest at all.
The sound of shattered glass brought him out of the darkness.
"Urgh…" Art groaned, forcing his eyes open and adjusting to the light seeping through the door left ajar. From far he could hear people shouting. Was that Nice's voice he heard? He wasn't sure; everything felt hazy.
Slowly getting up, he unsteadly stood up and made his way to the kitchen, trying to ignore the prevalent headache threatening to split his skull into two.
"Baka! I told you to not to mess around in the kitchen didn't I?" Ratio chided Birthday, who was all but remorse, stepping away from the broken shards of the glass cup on the floor.
"Gomen Gomen Ratio" Birthday slurred his words, before ducking behind Nice, who by now, was getting rather annoyed.
"You're going to wake Art up with all the noise you're making." Nice groaned.
"Too late, I'm already awake."
Nice spun around, meeting face to face with Art. "Ah you're awake! Thank god. Are you okay?"
"Mn, I've been better." Art gave a slight smile. "What is everyone doing here?"
"Nice brought us over, cos he was so worried about you!" Birthday teased, earning a glare from Nice.
"Anyway, sorry Art we kind of broke one of your cups… and messed up your kitchen too sort off." Nice said sheepishly.
"No worries, I can clean it up later." Art replied quietly, before his hand went up to his temple, furiously rubbing it in an attempt to sooth his headache which was back in full force.
"Art?"
"…Don't worry, it's just a headache." Art forced out, but bit back a moan as the headache intensified.
In a rush, Nice grabbed the first packet of medicine he could find, before pouring its contents into another cup of water and handing it to Art. "Here, its medicine that's supposedly good for curing this sort of thing."
Art drank it, not questioning what it was. A minute later, his eyelids felt heavy and he felt his body growing light. "Nice… what's… in… that…" Before he could finish, darkness took over and his body fell limp, with Nice immediately catching him.
"Nice… what did you give him?" Birthday stared questioningly.
Ratio snatched the packet away, reading the labels. "You're really an idiot Nice. This is the sleeping medicine! Which should only be used if he has trouble sleeping. How much of it did you give him?"
Nice looked away sheepishly. "Uh… not a lot. Just the whole packet…"
"You mean…"Birthday stared at Art's unconscious form.
"You just drugged Art?!"
Hahaha I dunno how I ended up writing this but ah well... I hope it's okay and hope you like it :) Review and Comments are always appreciated :) I'll try to update soon (But I'm really sorry if it's really late) Thanks for reading :D
