She watched her enter the stall room. Her composure a little out of sorts, but the other woman really didn't seem at all different. She looked and acted as hard as she could, but now as she watched the guard now get closer to the door to start banging on it told her something different.
"Hey, do you mind?" She asked pretending she need to go.
"Player 067 is in there, bring her out." The guard ordered.
"Yeah, yeah." She huffed while pushing open the door to hear the sound of someone puking heavily.
Slowly edging her way up and over to the stall, she was quite surprised to see 'her' looking so weak, pale and sweaty. She barely had the energy to keep her eyes open from her current position she was in right now, slumped against the toilet and the wall, her head resting on her arm which rested upon the toilet seat.
"What do you want?" She asked a little groggy.
"You don't look so good," Jiyeong told her.
"Really?" Saebyeok replied sarcastically while groaning to try to get up, but fell back again with her head now dropping back.
"Here," Jiyeong offered to help, but had her hand slapped away.
"I don't need your help," she glared just as the guard now stormed in.
"I told you to hurry up in there," he shouted until seeing Saebyeok laid out. "Get up!"
"Hey, she's sick." Jiyeong protested.
"Get up!" The guard repeated until hearing someone talk through his earpiece. "Player 067 is refusing to cooperate, sir. Yes, sir. As you wish." After a small grumble to himself he pointed the gun at her. "Get her to bed."
Jiyeong's eyebrows rose at this, they were actually letting her pass the next game.
"I said get her to bed!" The guard repeated.
Jiyeong bent down to grab Saebyeok by the arm and proceed to help lift her, both huffing and groaning. But once the taller one was standing, she quickly hunched over again to puke all over the guards shoes. Jiyeong suppressed a laugh as the guard cussed under his breath. He'd have to use the shower to clean himself off.
"Come on, you can make it." Jiyeong encouraged her new found friend as she helped her out and back to bed.
She would have to stay extra vigilant tonight, knowing anyone would rather kill the young woman seen as she was in a weakened state.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you." Jiyeong smiled before planting a kiss to the groaning woman's cheek. "Try to sleep, all right."
Saebyeok moaned again, desperately trying not to curl in on herself. "My stomachs on fire."
Jiyeong lay down beside her, her head resting near Saebyeok's chest. Reaching out she slipped her hand under the fabric of the clothes Saebyeok was wearing, her hand was warm against Saebyeok's already flushed skin.
Saebyeok's moans started to ease as soon as Jiyeong started rubbing soothing circles upon her stomach.
"Does that feel better?" She asked.
Saebyeok nodded, feeling more at ease and well enough to sleep through it. As time passed, Jiyeong found herself wanting to join her in sleep, but if she did she'd be putting both their lives at risk. So she opted to stay awake. And thankfully Saebyeok was making sure she was, by accidentally kneeing her in the jaw when a painful cramp hit in the middle of the night.
"Ow," she moaned softly as she heard the faint mumble of an apology before the taller woman quickly broke free of her grasp to puke once again over the side of the bed.
Jiyeong gently rubbed at her back softly just as she felt someone come up behind her. Quickly turning she was met with the man from earlier, who'd accused her new friend of stealing his money.
"It's okay," he quickly reassured her. "I just thought she could do with a drink."
She looked to his hand as he offered up the bottle of water just as Saebyeok was now spitting onto the floor.
"It's not poisoned or anything," he chuckled lightly as Saebyeok turned to grab the bottle from him to chug down. "Um, take small sips or else..."
Quickly holding out the bottle, Jiyeong grabbed it from her as she vomited all the water back up again while groaning loudly.
"If you want to sleep, I'll cover for you."
"Why are you helping us?" Jiyeong asked as Saebyeok dropped like a stone next to her with a loud grunt.
"I guess it's because you both remind me of my daughter," he shrugged. "A little older than her, but..." he smiled as he sat beside their bed. "Go on get some sleep."
Saebyeok was already drifting off and Jiyeong found herself growing more tired by the minute and so found herself falling asleep with her face pressed into the taller woman's back.
Once the room was filled with light again, Jiyeong found the man still sitting by the bed with the water bottle in hand. He turned to her with a smile.
"Is your friend feeling any better today?" He asked as Jiyeong turned to look at her.
Her fever had gone down a lot and she seemed a little more calmer now too. She nodded as he handed over the bottle to now head back to his team mates, but not before inviting the pair to join when Saebyeok was feeling up to it.