Author's note: Don't worry! Everyone's favorite elf is not dead! well I mean, he is a ghost but he isn't gone gone, this story ain't gonna get that kind of ending without any memories from being Benedict and Hadley in BEN and Heart. I still don't own creepypasta or Janina, I just own Heart Burn. Please enjoy and review.
The first thing that Janina registers is the annoying light from the blinds, why they had to insist to have a room with a window is beyond them, not to mention bad because once the sun is out those blinds can't keep it out.
They groan and try to get themself to getting into a sitting position, everything that is still attached to their body hurts like they just fell on Lego from two stories high. Managing to somehow sit up they had to keep focused on not throwing up immediately.
"Uggh…. I always tell myself to quit coffee and yet here I am…."
Janina just rings that bell to signal that they're awake so they can be put on the wheelchair, normally they attempt to do it themself, but today just felt all kinds of wrong. They don't even attempt to fight their caretakers, a clear sign to everyone that something is very wrong, they check for all kinds of symptoms as one of them runs off to tell the Chief that Janina is running a high fever.
They only groan more, really not looking forward to the acupuncture again, at least this time they have their phone with them. They then quickly unlock their phone to text Heart, surprised to see that they've gotten a message from her when they slept.
H: Dear Janina, if you're reading this good morning. I don't know what he'll say, but last night I found several people attempting to murder BEN. I saved him but blue screen of death sort of hit him. I rushed him to the cartridge and even now as I text this he hasn't contacted me at all, nor has he come out of the tv. I decided it best to leave the building and stop the memory stuff as that has only ever caused him harm in his life. I charred their corpses already and told chief to tell you of my leaving when you woke up but then I realized he might lie so I'm telling you the truth here. I'll be ready to text you whenever, if you need a place to escape from the shields, due to what you yell when you're drunk, just text me. See you later, Heart Burn.
Janina reads this all, their first thoughts follow along the plotline of every Hangover movie they had to watch. Their second thoughts center around the fact that they can't just simply leave now because apparently they're sick.
And there comes the devil himself, named Chief by everyone here.
"Janina, I heard you've gotten sick."
"Apparently."
"We talked about this."
"We didn't, you talked and I drew pictures of how I plan my own demise."
"Janina please take this seriously."
"No can't d- oh fuck"
They had to puke now, at least someone quickly realized why they were so green and quickly gave them a trash can where they now loose all of their stomach content in.
"Oh dear, someone get them to the infirmary."
The rest of it is a blur as they finished puking, the only thing they really register is the amount of scented candles and the needles poking into their arm.
Janina's phone went off again, another text from Heart.
H: Janina? Are you there? Did something happen?
They picked up their phone as soon as they were able, having to focus to read it and reply back, really not wanting anyone to see them like this, they feel like shit.
J: Everything's fine here, don't worry.
H: That gives me even more reason to worry Janina, you know that full fucking well.
J: Sorry, I just have a hangover and this time it's vicious.
H: And how are They dealing with it?
J: How do you think?
H: I swear I will get you out of there soon. I have found a place that you can stay at if you don't mind the 8 year old running around.
J: Considering the headless chickens that would be an improvement.
H: And you can watch BEN when I'm busy out killing...he still hasn't texted me nor made anything happen on the screen.
J: That is bad, once I'm done with puking my stomach out I try to come over, okay?
H: They probably won't let you will they? I'll just come over and get you since I don't want them exactly finding this place.
J: Good idea, but that would mean I can't take my wheelchair with me, since it could have trackers in it.
H: We'll get you a new one soon, I'm just going to get you flu medicine and sleeping pills and other kinds of medicine to help.
J: What's a flu and I got sleeping pills here already.
H: Jfc Janina, im just getting you medicine so that you won't die or anything or get too sick. On my way, create distraction or something so that I can come get you.
J: Would puking on someone count as a distraction? :P
H: Maybe, but otherwise I'll just like carry you out.
J: Thanks, hopefully they won't come with more needles, I'll see ya soon.
H: See you soon too. Tell them Im mad too, then they'll probably clear the hell out.
J: :D
Janina has too stifle a laugh at all of this, this is going to be a lot of fun and not even this hangover can stop them. They notice the door getting opened by the same nurses that always do acupuncture, might as well do something now.
"Hey, I just talked with Heart and she's coming, also she's very mad and I dunno why."
They grin as the nurses excuse themselves to get away from here, having to hold back more laughter as they run out. Now to just wait for Heart to arrive.
It took a while, but eventually Heart showed up in the room, a small grin on her face, "You okay Janina?"
"Yeah, just a bad hangover." They look like they didn't see the sun in years, sickly pale and obviously running a fever, the only things that are supposed to help are various scented candles and rosaries.
"That isn't a hangover, thats you being sick." Heart sighed as she came over.
"I feel fine though, I don't get sick."
"Janina. That is you being sick. I know what you look like during a hangover, that isn't it."
"Then how do I look, here's no mirror to tell."
"Like death."
"So like usual then, got it."
"Nah, worse than usual."
"Like three hours before an exam or three all nighters in a row before crashing?"
"The latter, but even worse." Heart sighed as she then started trying to lift up Janina, "Come on, I bought medicine its over at the place."
"Okay, sorry I can't be of much help, only got one still barely working arm left and all."
"Just hold on." Heart managed to lift them up, somewhat close to bridal style, and just started floating out of the room. Janina is trying to make it easier by not moving at all the whole time. She just kept floating through the building, being careful not to go through the walls knowing that Janina couldn't pass through them. They wonder the whole way why no one has stopped them yet.
Heart Burn kept floating, "How do you feel about creepy ghost kids from horror movies?"
"As long as I don't get attacked in sleep I'm fine with anyone."
"Okay then you'll get along with Sally." She smiled.
"I hope that."
Eventually, Heart Burn arrived at a small house in a quiet neighborhood, albeit in human disguise and walking so that no one questioned anything as she kept holding Janina tightly. Janina is glad for the fresh air, now that they were outside they noticed just how stuffy the air was in the Shields hideout.
Instead of knocking, Heart Burn simply yelled, "Hey Sally! I'm back with a friend! Can you open the door and get a place for them to sit please?"
The door seemed to open by itself as Heart Burn walked in, while a chair was pulled up for Janina. Janina just guesses that Sally is either not aware that she is either invisible or just can't be seen.
Heart helped Janina into the chair while going back to normal, "She's just shy. Just wait you'll be cornered by her adorableness when I'm gone."
Janina manages to sit comfortable in it, "You sure about that? I kinda feel like I'm intruding now."
"She's letting us stay here since she's one of BEN's closer friends, and she's worried." She smiled, "Sally you can stop hiding behind me, Janina won't bite and she does believe you exist unlike the assholes you get to kill."
A small child, even shorter than BEN appeared behind Heart, who had long brown hair, a torn up pink nightgown, bright green eyes and was covered in blood.
They smiled at her, "Hi Sally, I hope that my current health status won't bother you."
She looked up at Heart who just nodded a bit, "Benny and Burny say you're a friend, so you're okay!"
"I'm glad to hear that."
The lil girl smiled as she disappeared again, and Heart only shook her head, "BEN and her would play all sorts of games before he found me. It was her and Puppeteer who helped us better understand the whole being dead thing."
"I really am glad to know that, being alone with that sort of problem wouldn't be good."
"Yeah, showed us how fun it is though." She grinned a bit, going over to a bag on the couch and taking out some medicine, "Here this should help."
"Heart, I'm gonna be completely honest, besides my sleeping pills I never took medicine so I have no idea what to do with that."
"Take it like your sleeping pills." She sighed.
"So before I sleep then?"
"Yes.
"Okay, I think I get it."
"Yeah, speaking of which you should get more rest. I'll go get EJ." Heart smiled.
"Where can I lay down then? I can fall asleep on a chair, but that's not good."
Sally appeared again and tried to help Janina up, resulting in Heart chuckling, "Aww looks like she wants to show you to the rooms."
That makes them smile, "I need help to get there though, can't exactly walk yet."
Heart floated over and lifted Janina up again, before following Sally, passing by a tv turned on to the file select screen for Majora's Mask. Janina noticed it, already knowing that BEN is still recovering in it.
They were carried into the back rooms, dried blood still on the walls and floors but at least it didn't smell that bad. Janina doesn't mind the blood at all, this is still an improvement compared to the Shields hideout.
"This is the cleanest room so you can rest here Janina." Heart sighed as he put them on the bed.
They did their best to sit up a bit on it, "It's still a lovely room, well compared to my old room it is."
Heart handed them the medicine then, "Get some rest okay?"
Janina takes the medicine and quickly pulls out their own sleeping pills, "With this I will, don't worry."
"And I'm making sure you actually take the other medicine."
"Okay, which one do I need to take first then?"
"All before you sleeping pill." She hands them a pill, "This'll help with the hangover."
They take it and swallow it dry, "How come I never heard of that before then?"
"Because the Shields are religious old people."
"That is both an answer and a description of them." They then take the rest of the medicine, making sure that they aren't taking any twice, accidentally. Heart watches, relieved that Janina is at least taking their medicine.
"I also brought extra sleeping pills of the same kind just in case they gave you placebos, you never know with really old people."
"What's placebos?"
"Its when they give you a fake cure and tell you it'll do nothing but really it does jack shit, its just you believe it'll do the thing so much that it'll happen. The others go on about how people in mental institutions give them that shit when they play their little escaping games."
"Ah, I don't think that I've got placebos though, these pills do their job of keeping me asleep."
"Still, you wouldn't know if something is a placebo unless the person tells you. For all you know, you could've been taking placebos your whole life but never knew because you believed they would work and it worked. It's why I bought you real sleeping pills just in case."
"Then how about this, you can see if the sleeping pills I have are placebos, if they are they still at least made it possible for me to think I'm getting sleep and then I'm taking the ones you bought, okay?"
Heart sighed, "Okay. Ill let you take them today and then we'll see how you're feeling later. I need to go kill something, the shields never teaching you this stuff is irritating me."
"You can raid the weapon room there anytime if you want, you know."
"Maybe later. Now rest please Janina."
They just take their sleeping pill, "I will."
"Sally will make sure you're fine here. See ya." And with that Heart disappeared. They only smiled as they lay down, minutes later falling asleep, not knowing that they're getting paler.