I'm GoNnA fiNiSH tHiS cHaLlEnGe BeForE i dIe-

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The first thing he noticed was that he couldn't warm up.

He tried many possible solutions, but not one of them worked. He buried himself under a pile of blankets, got Kai to make a fire in the room without having it spread across the entire building...but nothing worked. He was still shivering.

He got weak pretty fast, though, and Nya seemed to notice it.

"I think you're getting sick, love," she said, the worry evident in her eyes as she sat down beside him.

"Nah, it's probably just a cold," he replied, wiping his nose with a tissue, which he threw into the trash can that was already overflowing with dirty tissues.

"No, I have a feeling that this is just the beginning. You're staying home today," she said, then went to make him some tea.

He sighed, his head hitting the headboard of the bed. He hated being sick.

…

The next day, his cough grew worse and his throat became sore, thus resulting Nya refused to let him out of bed.

"Nya, I'm okay, re-"

"You aren't okay," she replied, her boss mode turned on. She gently pushed him back on his bed, then brought her forearm to his forehead. "You've a fever, love."

The earthbender groaned, "Ugh, this sucks!"

She sighed, then said, "I'll make you more tea."

Soon, Cole's throat grew even sorer, and his muscles began aching. Nya came in and out, usually to bring him tea or soup, but she kept him company, too.

"Even though I'm sick, there's one upside to this," he said, his voice quiet.

She raised an eyebrow. "What? You get to spend more time with me?"

Smirking, the earth ninja responded, "Obviously. I mean, I was going to say that I get to skip training,"

"At the cost of being miserable," she pointed out after smacking his aching arm.

"Yeah, yeah," He rolled his eyes, but the small smile on his face never faded. "I wish we could cuddle,"

"I know, so do I," she replied, "go to sleep, love. I'm going to go get some supplies,"

…

(A Few Months Later)

Achoo!

The chatter amongst the table stopped in an instant, all noises of dinner subsiding as the ninja turned to face the owner of the adorable, high-pitched sneeze.

"What?" Nya asked, wiping her nose with a tissue she'd stuffed in her pocket earlier that day.

"Oh. My. Overlord!" Cole squealed, suddenly in fangirl mode. "That is the cutest sneeze I've ever heard!"

"Shut up!" Nya growled, throwing a strawberry that had roamed astray on her plate at him.

"See, not only is this woman short," Cole continued, catching the berry midair and popping it in his mouth, "she's also angry. You know what angry plus short plus adorable equals?"

"Cole, I swear to the overlord-"

"Nya!" he said.

After dinner, it was Cole and Nya's turn to do the dishes. For the most part, it was quiet, with the occasional question or throwing of bubbles. Cole began to get antsy after a few minutes; she wasn't usually this quiet.

Achoo!

Cole laughed when her eyelids squeezed shut when she sneezed; the expression on her face was too precious. He did, however, noticed her nose was red. Hm, had she been sneezing all day?

"Don't look at me like that," the waterbender said, turning away from him.

"Aw, don't be like that. I won't tease you this time," he promised, snaking his arms around her waist and pulling her towards him.

Achoo!

He sighed, sniffing her hair.

"Please quit sniffing me," she said. She sounded awfully tired...

"Are you feeling okay?" he questioned, bringing his left arm up to her forehead. "Sweetie, you're burning up,"

"I'm fine," she replied, pulling away from him. Yeah, he could tell she was lying from all of the signs adding up. He quickly sidestepped her, blocking the exit of the kitchen with his bulky frame.

"Nuh-uh," he said.

"Yuh-huh. Please, move,"

"You're going to lay down," he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards her room.

"But I have stuff to do! It's just a fever, Cole," she pleaded, trying and failing to yank her wrist out of his grasp.

"Come on, and quit struggling," he said, pulling her into her room and closing the door behind him.

He shrugged off his dark hoodie as she went to lay down, tossing it on the foot of her bed. Snatching up the rejected article of clothing, she pulled it on, then slipped her shorts off, wiggling under the covers. She paused when he climbed in beside her.

"No! You're going to get sick, too!" she said, trying to push him off.

The shirtless ninja only smirked. "Well, worse-case scenario, I get sick too, and we watch cheesy horror movies together while feeling miserable. Not to mention that we'd have a free excuse to skip training,"

"You're awful," she replied, rolling her eyes.

"Eh. I know you like it," he joked, pulling the feverish water ninja into his side.

She muttered something under her breath that sounded somewhat like: "I hate you".

"Whatever," Cole said, "I still love you, and we're still watching shitty horror movies together,"

You know you've been studying Latin too long when you start making Latin puns when you HICcup. *giggles* O.o I nEeD cOfFeE-

Edit 11/9/17 at 2:57 PM- So. I'm sitting in Latin class right now. I just finished my Latin exam. Don't know how that turned out. But, I just want to let ya'll know what's up: first off, I'm not sure when my other Ninjago stories'll be updated; I've been having writer's block/lack of interest lately. I'm going to rewatch the first few seasons, so hopefully I'll be able to get back into the groove soon.

Thank you for reading, and see you weirdos later!