*Law's POV*
"Like what you see big boy?" I asked my roommate. I could feel him staring at me from the moment I walked into the bathroom. I found amusement in his blushing face. His cheeks were almost as red as his hair.
"I..No. I was making sure you didn't collapse again." He stammered trying to regain composure.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." I told him, leaving the bathroom. "Sit down and let me get a look at your chest." I instructed, grabbing a pair of gloves.
Kid hopped onto his bed and watched my every move. It was kind of creepy to say the least. I was sure he was planning something or other. I ignored it though and went to work. His chest was already scabbing and healing.
"Does it itch?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Hasn't itched since you injected me come to think of it."
"Any feelings of nausea? Or anything feel, off?"
"Nope I feel fine." He told me, scratching his head.
I just nodded and took a sample. I ran it under the microscope. I checked it not once or twice but four times. I even collected more samples just to be sure but his virus was gone. I grabbed some supplies and quickly headed for the door.
"Wait!" Kid stopped me, "Where are you going?"
"I have to check Wire. If your virus is gone, his should be also." I said excitedly.
"Then I'm going to." Kid told me as he got off his bed. I shook my head.
"No if you're cured and go back out there you might catch it again. I don't want to risk that. You are under house arrest. Don't make me call Cora to come watch you." I threatened. He glared at me but back down.
"That's not a fair threat, call daddy to come babysit." He pouted.
"There is a reason I don't like Cora telling others he is my father." I sighed as I grabbed the handle and left the room.
I knocked on our neighbor's door Kid's blonde friend answered and let me in. I went straight to Wire's bed. He was asleep. I checked his temperature and heartbeat. Both seemed fine. I took a few samples before turning to his roommate.
"Has he complained of anything feeling bad? Or has he gotten sick or blacked out again?" I questioned. He shook his head.
"He said he's been feeling better but Heat on the other hand.." The blonde trailed off, looking to his other roommate.
He was bundled up on the bed and shivering. He had a trash can next to his bed and I could see blood from his throw up. I donned a new pair of gloves and checked him out. His temperature was through the roof and he had three blankets on him. I took a sample from him and let myself out. I walked straight into my room and to my microscope. I silenced all of Kid's questions, focusing on the slide in front of me. I checked all the samples I took from Wire and sure enough it was the same as Kid's had been, no virus. I looked up at my roommate with a smile.
"It worked. It cured strand A. What both you and Wire had is gone." I told him excitedly.
"What we're cured?" Kid questioned.
"Yes! I have to call Cora. We need to inject the whole dorm while I work on a new cure." I mumbled, taking a few notes before looking for my phone.
I searched my bed, desk, and shorts before Kid had gotten enough amusement and pointed me in the direction of the bathroom. I searched under the towels and clothes until I found it. We really needed to clean our bathroom. It was a mess. I left the dirty room, closing the door behind me. My phone was nearly dead so I plugged it in before calling Cora. I put it on speaker so I could continue working at my desk. He picked up on the second ring.
"Hello?" His voice rang out in my room.
"It worked. Kid and Wire were both cured by cure A. We need to have the entire dorm injected. It should heal the majority. I am still working on one for strand B. I know the vaccine doesn't work for those with strand B but I want everyone injected. Get and get as many needles as you can. We are about to have a busy afternoon." I told my father, hanging up before I could get a reply.
I needed to make as much of cure A as possible. I set up my beakers and consulted my notes. I turned to my roommate.
"I need your help. You wanna play doctor?" I winked at him before I was overtaken by a coughing fit.
"I might have to play doctor with you dying and all." He told me from beside me, holding a bottle of water out to me.
"Thanks." I rasped out, taking a big swig from the bottle. "Here's what I need. I have enough of the cure for about fifteen people. I need 25 cc's in each syringe." I instructed, holding the box of needles I already had. I showed him how to do it properly and went back to my beakers.
I had just managed to mix everything right and get it to the right temperature when Cora burst through the door. Upon arriving he fell flat on his face. I was thankful he hadn't been smoking or he would have caught himself on fire. The doctor was right behind him. Chopper rolled his eyes and stepped over the huge man. He held boxes of needles, gloves, and face masks. He was also wearing one. He gave one to Kid and myself before looking over the notes I handed him.
"This is what I found in Kid's blood when I examined it but Killer was normal." The little doctor mused.
"It appears that there is a stand A and B. However some didn't catch it. Killer isn't showing any symptoms so it's nice to know that he is in the clear. I do want everyone vaccinated though." I explained. Chopper nodded.
Cora was finally off the ground and helping Kid fill syringes. Once they were all filled we gave the box to Chopper.
"Don't let Cora touch these. He will drop them." I warned. Chopper nodded and my father looked offended. Kid laughed and I just shrugged my shoulders. "It's true."
"Fine. Whatever." Cora pouted, sitting on my bed.
"So where should we start?" Chopper asked, looking at me.
"I say the 4th floor, there are less people up here. We start at the top and work our way down. I won't be able to help you because I can't leave these unattended. I'm sure Kid would be of some help though." I suggested looking at the redhead for confirmation. He shrugged. "Wire has been injected already and is reacting positively but neither of his other roommates have been injected so they will need it."
Chopper nodded. He grabbed his bag and handed Kid the needles. They both left without another word.
*Kid's POV*
As I left with the doctor I couldn't help but worry about my roommate. I was worried he would collapse again. Then I caught myself thinking these things and I pushed them from my mind. Why was I even thinking about him? I didn't care. The only reason I hadn't beaten him to a pulp was because of football and the cure. Once this all blew over, I could just ignore him and go back to life as it was. I would make fun of the nerds in our dorms and give many of them swirlies.
I ignored all thoughts of my dark haired roommate as we entered Killer's room. We explained that we had to inject everyone and told them they all needed to eat. It was easy to stick the needle into Killer, he was still. Heat was another issue altogether. In the end I had to hold him down while the doctor injected him.
The next room was Shachi and the other kid, Penguin. Shachi looked like he hadn't eaten in a few days and had blood on his shirt but it didn't appear to be from him. He was kneeled at the bedside of his roommate cleaning up blood. He greeted us when we walked in and we explained to him what we were doing. He let us inject him then he gave Penguin some medicine before helping us hold him down. We warned him that he had to eat and he nodded and followed us out, heading for the kitchen.
Chopper and I visited the last few rooms on the floor. We had a few full syringes left so we walked down a floor. We had a routine now. We worked quickly. Lucky for us it didn't seem like any were as bad as Law, Penguin, or Heat. They all seemed either okay or like they had what I had. I didn't recognize many of the kids in the rooms either. It seemed like mostly nerds and basketball players were on this floor. We ran out of syringes after about the 5th room so we headed back up to see if Law had more for us.
I walked into the room and instantly knew that something was wrong. Cora was hovering over the bed as the opposite end of the room and Law was nowhere in sight. I rushed over to his bed and sure enough he was bundled under his covers shivering.
"What happened?" I questioned.
"He collapsed and started running a fever." Cora explained, looking down concerned for his son.
"I need to..*cough* make more.." He whispered out, reaching up trying to grab something to help him sit up. Cora pushed him right back down though.
"No you need to rest. You are getting worse." His father said. I could tell he was freaking out.
"All the more reason *cough*.." Law covered his cough but when he moved his hand it was coated in red. Chopper was at side and examining him.
"Get me warm wet rags and a trash can." He instructed, instantly in doctor mode.
Cora and I nodded and set to work. He grabbed the trash while I grabbed rags and got them wet. We rushed back to Laws side and handed Chopper what he requested. He cleaned up the blood and thankfully it wasn't coming out of any of his other holes. Law then started throwing up into the trashcan and I could see it was tinted with pink. I could feel panic welling up inside of me. I looked away, I couldn't watch him throwing up blood. Lucky for me I looked away when I did. Law's beakers were about to overflow. I rushed to his desk and turned the fire off before it made a mess all over the desk.
I grabbed his notebook and examined the page he was on. It was the instruction page on the cure. I scanned over it to figure what point it was at. Once I figured out what step he was on, I checked the temperature to make sure it matched the notes. Thankfully they were detailed and I could follow it step by step. Once it was cooled to the proper temperature, I mixed another vile with it and stirred just like the notes said. Then I dumped it into the proper container to cool yet again before it was ready for the syringes.
During all of this, Law stopped throwing up and Chopper was able to check his vitals. He was stable but if kept loosing blood they would have to do a transfusion. He gave Law some medicine and waited to see if it would take effect. When he didn't throw up for over ten minutes we were able to relax a bit.
Then I remembered the cure. I checked the temperature and made sure everything matched the notes. Since Law was no longer throwing up he realized what I was doing.
"Eustass-ya! What are you *cough*.. It's ruined." He panicked.
"No I followed your notes. Everything went just as you wrote. Now it's cooled and ready to be used. I made sure to follow step by step and word by word. It's a good thing you're so anal or I wouldn't have been able to do it." I said, holding up the container full of the cure. Law looked at it and then at me.
"Chopper, will you put some of that under the microscope and turn to page 23 and make sure it all matches up?" My roommate asked. The doctor nodded and I moved out of his way and next to Law's bed.
I stood there and waited, sneaking a few glances down at Law to make sure he wasn't passed out. He looked like shit but I could still see the look of passion in his eyes. These virus and cures were his life. They gave him excitement and joy it was easy to see. Once Chopper confirmed that I had done it right he started filling syringes. I felt a tug on my hand. I looked down to see that Law had grabbed my hand to get my attention.
"Thanks. That all could have gone to waste and I don't think I can make more right now in this state." Law told me, gratitude written all over his face.
"No problem. We can't have everyone dying now can we?" I joked. Law smiled but it didn't last long as he erupted into a coughing fit.
"I'm going to finish the 3rd floor." Chopper announced as he finished filling the last syringe.
I looked from Law to Chopper. Then Cora jumped in the way before I could say anything.
"I'll go help. Eustass please stay and watch over Law. If anything happens call me." I nodded and watched as they left. Once they were gone Law let out a chuckle.
"He has never been good at *cough* dealing with me being sick. He's such a *cough* pain." Law told me.
"You get sick often?" I questioned sitting on the floor and leaning against his bed. "I mean I guess you would with the way you play with deadly viruses and such."
"No I actually don't. I.. I got sick when I was a kid. He didn't know how to fix me so *cough* so.. Oh I don't know why I'm telling you this. It's a sob story." Law whispered out.
Now I was even more curious. First I find out Corazon had adopted him because his family died. Then he let's drop that he's not from here. Now come to find out he was sick as a child and it must have been quite serious. This guy had me intrigued.
A/N: Next chapter you get to see a bit of Law's past. Hope you are ready for that :D And look a little Kid and Law bonding moment ;) I am also happy to say that we will be moving past the virus soon and into some drama and excitement.
I hope you guys all had a good Halloween. I got to take a mini vacation to my friends so that's why this chapter is a bit later than normal. I dressed up as Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul, I loved my costume. My friend helped me make it. If you want to see it, it's on my tumblr. RazzleDazzle2k13, just search my tokyo ghoul tag. You are bound to find it. Also stop by and say hello!
littlemissheartless- Well thank you, that means a lot to me. I am always worried that I am going to screw something up or that it's only going to make sense to me lol. I hope this update meets your expectations? Also KidLaw is definitely one of my top 3 fav ships. ZoSan is my number one but anytime I try and write it, it just doesn't flow like KidLaw. They are so much fun to write ^^
MissFennoSwede- We all know Kid likes what he says, Kid just won't admit it ha. He's too stubborn. Also thanks. I am feeling a bit better. Hopefully after midterms pass and things slow down again it will get better 3
beccy65- Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed Kid's past. I love drama and murder is a bit of my forte it seems. I just can't escape it, I have to have it everywhere apparently. But it made Kid and Killer who they are, I needed them to have a reason to be such hardasses and jerks. Seemed to work well enough lol. We all know Kid can't help but enjoy a nice body, hell I would be drooling if Law was standing naked in front of me. I commend him for keeping it together ha. Also Law's past is coming up next ;)
candy514- I'm itching to get to the KidLaw territory also. I keep writing oneshots just so I don't rush this one. It's hard for me to take things slow but I want things to develop and unfold.
Mezaron- Sorry that wasn't more KidLaw. It's coming, in time. I'm glad you liked their pasts. I had a blast writing it. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do for them but once I started typing it just kinda came to me. Hope you liked the chapter! :D
