A/N: Sorry this took such a long time. Another request for this series from Sister of the Pharaoh. I figured this one would be suggested some day. Meant to get this done ages ago. I also need to get to two other requests. I've been distracted by Dragon Age lately, including writing some stories for Origins and DA2. Might post them someday. Oh, also! RaisingHeartExelion wrote a oneshot based off the gift art of our two OCs interacting which was fun to read. The story is called Mind Your Language (which Ren seriously needs to be taught XD). I recommend checking the oneshot out as well as their other stories.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. That goes to the respective creators. I only claim my OCs. And let's not forget Ren's mouth that needs to be washed out because of his colorful language.
Sick Day:
(Yusei's POV)
"I swear, I'm gonna start skipping all of my gigs just to make sure you don't work yourself sick again," Ren grumbled as he checked the thermometer.
"You don't have to-" I tried saying before he cut me off.
"Like hell I don't! Someone needs to make sure you don't work yourself to death getting ready for the WRGP." He looked at the screen. "100 degrees*. Well, not high enough to make a run to the hospital yet, but you're down for the day."
"I've worked under worse conditions."
"You really think I'm going to let you work yourself to death? I will seriously tie you down to make sure you don't try to keep working."
"You're overreacting."
"Says the one that kept grabbing things for me when I sprained my wrist even though you know I can use both hands equally."
I gave a sigh. From his growing tone of voice, he wasn't up for much debate on the matter. "Can you at least get me a notepad so I can write some things down to try once this cold subsides?"
"Sure. I've got to grab a few things anyway." He stood up. "Don't you dare get up or I'm really tying you to the bed. And don't even say it, I already know how that could be taken."
I leaned back as he walked out. There hasn't been a lot of time for us to hang out between preparing for the upcoming WRGP and Ren's band meetups. The times we have had to be with each other have been mixed with working on our own work, him with coming up with part of the lyrics for songs and me trying to fix the latest problems with the Duel Runners. I felt bad about not being able to spend time the usual way couples do with him, but Ren shrugged it off and said it was fine. He was okay with just spending time whatever was most convenient and didn't need to always be the norm.
Of course, this changed really quickly after I had stayed up the last two maybe three days with barely any sleep. One moment I'm in front of the computer, the next Ren is pulling me off the floor, exclaiming that I'm burning up and trying to get me to my bed. He spent the next half hour trying to find a thermometer and also keeping me from leaving the bed.
Speaking of, Ren came back with the notepad and pen along with a glass of water and a bottle. "Good thing I learned to carry a bottle of Tylenol wherever I go," he said, setting the glass and bottle on the nightstand and handing me the notepad. "There you go."
"Thanks," I replied, taking it and the pen. "Must be strange having to be the one taking care of someone instead of the other way around."
"Pff, you never lived with having a sister. AJ's not always the scary older sister year 'round."
- about 37.78 Celsius
A/N: Sorry it's so short and all. My creative juices have been dripped dry as of late between my own mental problems, taking care of feral cats and indoor cats, and the elderly dogs not doing too well. On top of, you know, the pandemic. I'm going to try to get back into the groove of things (especially since I still need to get through the requests and few shorts I have started) but I don't promise much. Also! I've had some major story changes to Ren's storyline, the biggest being that AJ and Ren are no longer the same age as well as dropping the other canon/OC pairings in this line. Mostly because after some thinking over things I couldn't see them as being anything more than friends. I dunno, I might decide differently later, but for now Ren and Yusei are the only canon/OC pairing in the storylines involving Ren.
Edit: I can't believe I forgot to put what the temperature was in Celsius when I posted.
