Niles, Plague Bringer
"Niles? Time to get up..." Jasmine shakes Niles softly.
"Ungh?"
"It's 7:30, I've been trying to wake you up for fifteen minutes. Are you okay?"
"I feel really sick." Niles responds in a weak voice.
"Like cold sick, or flu sick?" Jasmine places her hand on his forehead, "You are hot."
"Thanks, you are hot too." Niles laughs.
"You knew what I meant; I'm going to grab the thermometer." Jasmine leaves the bedroom, and returns with an oral thermometer, "Open up."
Jasmine sticks the thermometer in his mouth and it reads at 102.7, "I'm going to call your work, you aren't going in today."
"Okay."
"Don't worry, I don't mind taking care of you. I'm going to make you some toast." Jasmine smiled and walked into the hallway, pausing in the doorway to call over her back, "And for the record, you are way hotter than I."
Niles smiled to himself and fell back asleep. He woke again to the smell of toast, "How long have I been asleep?"
"About an hour. Would you like some orange juice, or would you prefer tea?"
"Tea please."
"Green, Orange Peacoke or flavoured?" Jasmine was a fan of tea and kept many different types in the kitchen (of course only the ones that wouldn't kill her to consume, ones containing mint or ginger).
"Surprise me."
"Will do."
Jasmine came back in five minutes with a glass of tea. She placed it on his night table, and kissed him quickly on the lips.
"You probably shouldn't do that; you'll catch what I have."
"Firstly, we sleep in the same bed; I'm probably going to catch it anyways. Second, I am able to overlook the fact that you are currently a plague-bringer." She laughed
"A plague-bringer?" Niles laughs.
"It was a running joke in my family, the one who get sick first and makes the household sick is the 'Plague-bringer'. So, does the plague-bringer want a Tylenol?"
"Yes please, but could I take it with water?"
"Sure." She blew a kiss to him and left the room. When she returned she was holding a Tylenol, a glass of water and a wet facecloth. She handed him the Tylenol and water, and placed the cloth on his head.
"I'm glad I work from home now, so I can take care of you. Get some rest, and feel better. Also," She put a bucket on the floor beside him, "I really do not want to be cleaning up vomit. So, if you need to, please do it in the bucket. I'm going to get some paperwork done on my laptop, call if you need me."
For four days, Jasmine took care of Niles. Miraculously, she didn't get sick.