After speaking with Kodlak she goes into the bunk room and lays down on the nearest empty bunk. She can identify every companion by how they breathe. It's calming to her, she felt like she's home. With a reluctant sigh she fades away into unconsciousness.

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She's woken by something stroking gently against her cheek. Her eyes felt as if they're glued together and pulling them apart made her wince. Vilkas comes into blurry focus before her. She sits up slowly, her head feeling groggy and heavy. "Vilkas…?"

"Shh, lay back down, you're not well," he says, his voice is soothing and calm.

"I'm fine I just…what time is it?"

"It's late, what happened yesterday?"

"I promised I'd bring him food, let me up."

"You're not going anywhere."

She tries anyway, pushing up against him but her head spins and makes her feel nauseous. "Vilkas will you do it? He can't take care of himself."

"Who?"

"The Jester..he's at the house by the blacksmith."

"The…the Dragonborn's house…" Vilkas pulls back a little.

She grabs onto his hand, "I told you, there's nothing in my past that's worth anything."

"You're the Dragonborn…you destroyed the city…"

She could see the coming disaster so she reaches with trembling hands for her pack and the plethora of potions, one of which would make her feel instantly better.

"Don't…just stop moving. By the Gods Kav…do you know how many people were injured? How many were killed?"

"I chose a side in a war…casualties…were inevitable. I regret it every day of my life and I'm trying-" her voice won't stop trembling because she feels as if he's already separating himself from her, "I'm trying to make up for it." She can't stop it, the burning feeling at the back of her throat or the hot wetness leaking from her eyes. She turns away, trying to hide her face from him, not wanting him to see her weakness, but he stops her, bending his head over and kissing her forehead.

He sighs and grips her hand tightly, "I'll go take food to the Jester, try to get some rest, and he'd better be real."

"Jst tell him that I sent you…that…you have…his food."

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Vilkas knocks on the door, his hand shaking because he hates this house, what it stands for, what it is. He uses the key after knocking only because the knock served as a warning that he's coming in, "Please don't kill me…please be real." He had doubts several times as to whether or not her Jester friend was real, but when he opens the door to see the man standing there with a dagger pointed towards him, those doubts left. "Hold there friend, Kav sent me…she's unwell but wanted to make sure you had food."

The Jester lowers his arm and steps forward cautiously, "Cicero trusts Kav but he's not so sure about…you."

Vilkas holds up a hand and bends slowly to set the bag of vegetables on the ground, "Then I'll be going…"

"Wait!" Cicero takes another step forward, "I have a question…you know who she is now, do you not?"

Vilkas felt chilled by the sudden change in the Jester's attitude, "Yes…I do."

"She was very worried that you would not care for her anymore, her fears are like that of a child, they must be forced away, you must help her…or she will fall back into old habits. I've seen the look in her eye when she speaks of telling you. Do you understand?"

Vilkas stares hard at the Jester, "What is the nature of your relationship?"

"Are you jealous?" the Jester cackles, "I have my love and no room for more, and Kav has her loves no room for me. My love is a strong handsome…tall…Redguard…" Cicero trails off his lips turning up dreamily.

"I understand…I understand perfectly, I better get going."

"Yes yes…she must need her furry companion to keep her warm no?"

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Kav rolls over, her body drenching the bed in sweat. Vilkas was moving in and out of the room and she could hear people in the hall talking softly. No one else was in the bunk room even though it was late. Suddenly Vilkas is standing beside her bed, shoving his arms under her body and lifting her upwards. She closes her eyes and when she opens them she's in his room and he's peeling off her armor. "The cure disease potion didn't work…she's just got a fever…hopefully it'll pass."

Vilkas lays her armor down to the side and begins stripping her, "Sorry about this, but… if you think about it, I've seen you naked before."

Kav doesn't fight him, she can't even if she wanted to. In the hall she can hear Aela saying something about Ice and Farkas replying "I told you that won't work! She needs to sweat it out!"

"They're worried about you…we all are," Vilkas says softly.

Kav shifts uncomfortably, her mouth is dry and all she wants is to sleep, but she feels as if she can't. Vilkas pulls some fur over her body and lays down beside her, pulling her close to share their body heat. "Kav…I love you, so please get better soon..."

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It's short…I'm sorry but I wanted to write on it without having much of an idea on what to do…I'm sort of unsure of whether or not to put any more like Companions quests in…I don't have the game with me so being able to follow the quest line accurately isn't really something I can do, the wiki pages help but they're not great and hardly give the information I need. What I could do is write an epilogue after the fact…but I don't know yet.