(Neo's POV)

The first semester has come and gone, Silver and Ice had been hard at work to treat us to a nice meal out of Beacon, I couldn't stand the food after a while, it was the same stuff over and over, luckily this new all you can eat noodle shop had opened not too far from the Campus, Silver had been working through the night most weekends in order to get a heavier pay check.

Roman wasn't happy with my choice of joining Beacon but I kept him up to date with police and huntsman movements so he wouldn't try to get me to go back. That and I love my team too much to leave them, Silver had made me promise not to steal anything of great value while at Beacon unless it was absolutely necessary and so far, I've kept to that promise...

Okay I best not beat around the bush here, I think I've gone and fallen for my team leader, at first, I thought it was nothing but admiration but after seeing her in the school gym I knew she was my first crush, Roman had always joked on how I was never interested in guys, I guess his joking actually had a segment of truth in it.

We didn't dress up smart for it and we managed to beat the lines for a table thanks to our two hard-working Faunus saving us a place by throwing a little money the owner's way as a sort of down payment. We sat and ate to our heart's content Silver and Ice had made a competition on who could eat more food, both had tapped out after about five bowls of chicken ramen noodles.

On our way back, we had stopped by a pet shop to buy Heathen some more catnip as he's found where the last tub was and spilt it all over the floor leaving a very stoned Ice and Heathen to deal with. Silver seemed to be having stomach pains but we all just put it down to indigestion due to her eating so quickly.

We got back and after such a long walk we had decided to go straight to bed sprinkling a little catnip onto Heathen's tail so he'd leave us alone until 9am the following day.

I had no idea what the new day would bring me, but I sure as hell wasn't expecting what actually happened.

It was about eleven in the morning, Silver had decided to sleep in so Naniele and Ice decided to take Heathen on a walk before going to their daily training session, I had decided to head back to our dorm room to check to see if Silver was up for some sparring with me.

When I had entered the room, I saw Silver sitting on the edge of our bed, her face in her hands breathing heavily as she slowly got to her feet, her bed shirt and shorts drenched in sweat. She hadn't even registered me standing by her until I snapped my fingers to get her attention, she looked over at me, her face paler than usual, her eyes once soul piercing now clouded to the point they almost looked like that of a dead fish.

Before she managed to get a word out to me, she sped to the small bathroom that was attached to our room, the sound of vomiting soon filled the once silent room, I peeked inside and covered my mouth and nose from the smell as Silver continued to expel everything she had eaten in the last 24 hours into the toilet bowl.

"God, damn... I knew that chicken wasn't cooked properly." She panted from her spot about the toilet bowl.

I looked around before grabbing a nearby cup and filling it with water for Silver to wash her mouth out with, I could see her ear following me so I knew she knew I was there. I came back over and knelt by her side, holding the cup up for her. Her hands were shaking way too much for her to take the cup herself so I pressed it against her lips and smiled when she tried to give me her death glare.

I sat there beside her as she washed out her mouth her breathing was still off but she was getting better. I hooked my arm around her and helped her up, we slowly made our way back to the room where I tucked her back into our bed.

"Thanks Neo..." Her voice was so hoarse it almost hurt just to listen to it.

I carefully began to pet her hair, the soft silver locks were stuck together with sweat, her face flushed but cold to the touch. I looked back over at the bathroom and gave Silver a gentle pat as I headed back in to collect a few things.

A cup, a cloth and two bowls that I had found under the sink, I filled one with lukewarm water and took everything back to Silver. Getting her cleaned up was my main priority at that moment, after soaking the cloth and wringing it of excess water I began to wash the sweat from my leader's face, she visibly relaxed and almost nuzzled into the cloth as if begging for affection.

Finishing with the cloth I picked up the cup of water, she was resisting at first but soon gave in and carefully sat up. It was strange her left hand was shaking but her right was stock still. She swallowed a small sip taking her time, I held an empty bowl under her in case she felt like bringing it back up but she soon finished the cup and slipped back under the sheets.

I fished around in my pocket for my scroll and quickly sent a message to Ice.

Me: Hey Ice, Silver's sick I need you to go to Vale and get a few things

Ice: Sure, what's up, what do you need?

Me: Silver's got food poisoning, I just need some crackers and hydration salts think you can get some?

Ice: sure thing, I'll be quick

Me: KK

I looked over from my scroll to see Silver fast asleep so I got up and grabbed a book to keep myself busy.

About half an hour later Ice poked his head in through the door to see Silver asleep and nodded before entering the room, Naniele was a little more cautious than usual when walking into the room, Heathen stuck his head out from under the beds and plodded out stretching his body out as he moved towards the two.

I looked through the bag to see that Ice had also picked up some salt and vinegar rice cakes, maybe looking after Silver wouldn't be too hard after all. I spent the next half an hour just sitting by our team leader, raking my fingers through her hair, settling her soft whimpering and giving her something else to focus on instead of the pain in her stomach.

Silver slept for another two hours before waking up, I felt her tug on my sleeve and looked over at her.

"Hungry?" I signed to her, she nodded so I opened the packet of crackers and handed her one letting her munch away at it while I mixed some rehydration salts in with some water. While she ate I noticed Ice and Naniele were being quiet, while it was no surprise with Naniele, the girl barely ever speaks to any of us, only ever voicing her opinions via whispers in Ice's ear, but Ice... He is the only other voice in the room so not hearing a word from him it's quite worrying.

After having a bite to eat and a small sip of the treated water, she retreated back under the covers shivering as I began to pack the blankets tighter around her to lock in as much heat as I could so that her teeth would stop chattering.

I looked under the bed to find Heathen, purring softly. I reached my hand underneath to tempt him out, he blinked at me before slowly walking out and jumping up on the bed to curl up beside Silver. Her shivering soon ended as the cat began to purr and help warm the bed.

It became a routine for the rest of the day, Silver would sleep for a few hours, eat some crackers or rice cakes, take a sip of the water then go back to sleep.

When night fell I had to either disturb Silver so we could sleep together like usual, or sleep on the floor. While I was thinking this through I didn't notice Silver grasping my hand in hers, I had never realised just how fluffy the beast arm was, I then realised she was trying to pull me into the bed with her. I rolled my eyes and changed into my pyjamas before crawling under the sheets with her, holding my leader close to me.

My heart skipped a beat when she relaxed.