A/N: I'm sooo sorry it took so long to update!! T-T Here's the next installment of Lloyd's Sick!
Lloyd's Sick!
Chapter 6
Lloyd laid in his bed, still in his shorts, but his shirt had been changed back into a white shirt. That was because Raine had cooled down his fever some, low enough so that he just needed rest.
But his head swam, and his stomach groaned in pain. Still in the midst of waking moments ago, questions rose to his mind.
What happened?. . .
Memories slowly flowed back into his brain. "I don't get it! Why is this happening?" He buried his face into his pillow, trying to block out his emotions. "He won't get out of my mind! Gah, this is stupid!" Adding more to the pain, he balled fists and pounded into his head like a drum. "Get. . . out. . . of. . . my. . ."
"Hey, buddy!"
He paused and looked to see Zelos, standing in the doorway. "Room!!"
"Hm?"
"Get out of my room!"
"It's still mine!" He glomped the brunette, now pinning him to the bed. "So, feelin' better?"
"I-I guess. . . " Why was he feeling so light all of a sudden? Maybe it was just his fever. Did he still have a fever? Confused, he pushed his hands against the Chosen's chest. "J-just get off. . . "
"Aw, what's wrong? Still feverish?" Having removed his gloves before, he lifted a hand and felt his forehead, sliding it gently down his face to his cheek. "But it doesn't feel like you have that much of a fever!" Giving a happy-go-lucky smile, he gave Lloyd a shiver down his spine by kissing his cheek.
"Maybe you're cold. . . "
"You're being creepy, that's what--" He closed his eyes shivered again. He probably was cold, lying there in a t-shirt and shorts.
"Naw, you're cold." Next thing he knew, two limbs were wrapped under and around him. He dared not open his eyes, until he felt warm breath on his cheek. But his eyes only opened halfway, in a somewhat dreamy state. It felt so warm to be in his arms. . . he didn't feel his sickness anymore. . . the world melted away softly as he forgot everything except the warmth around him. . .
Not realizing that his snuggle buddy was practically dead, Zelos whispered his name softly. "Lloyd. . . Llo-o-oyd. . . Lloyd?" He poked him. "Hey, you awake? Hm, guess not." His fingers graced the other's arm. "Darn, I was gonna make my moves on ya, too." He chuckled to himself.
"Hey, Lloyd!" A girl's voice called out before the door was opened. "Lloyd-- oh, Zelos!" He turned his head to see the other Chosen, slightly blushing. "May I come in?"
"Yeah, sure! But he's asleep."
"Oh, okay then." She closed the door and walked quietly over. Sitting on the side of the bed next to Lloyd, she looked at him with caring eyes. "Is he okay?"
"Yup, he's mine-- uh, I mean fine!" He smiled. "I--I meant to say fine." (1)
"That's great!" A smile appeared on her face. "I wonder when we're collecting Expheres again. . ." Her eyes went hazy as he looked at her with curiosity.
"Hm? Oh, that's right! You guys were collecting Expheres before Lloydie got sick."
"Yup."
"I'm sure he'll be better within the next few days." His smile faded as the thought occurred to him. They'll be leaving as soon as he's better. . .
While I'm stuck here doing nothing--
Oh, I got it!
The grin returned to his face. "So, Colette. . ."
"What is it?"
"Did you guys need help collecting Expheres?" His grin turned into a sly smirk.
"We could always use help! Why?"
He forgot about how dense she was, too dense to pick up the hint. "How about if I came along and helped?"
"Really? That would be great!" She clasped her hands together in glee. "Then we wouldn't have to say goodbye!"
"And ain't that true. . ." He smiled at his sleeping companion, who missed out on the whole agreement.
Ruh-row. . .
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"Whaddaya mean you're coming along?!" Lloyd yelled, now sitting up on the bed, facing Zelos who was sitting opposed to him.
"Colette said I could come along!"
"Don't I get a choice in this?!"
"But it's already been decided! And she was happy now that we didn't have to say bye! You wanna disappoint her?"
He knew that was true. He couldn't disappoint Colette. At least, that was the excuse that both of them happened to be using.
The real thing of it was that Lloyd didn't want to leave Zelos' side. Something about leaving burned a hole in his heart, but never leaving his side left him with feelings that he didn't understand and confused him.
"Yeah, you're right."
"Oh, yeah! I get to come with you guys!!" Zelos hugged him, and his face flushed.
He feels so warm and nice-- HUH?! Wait, that doesn't sound right! Eww!!
"So, you gonna stay mad at me?" He pulled the younger one away so they looked at each other. "Your face is already red with anger!" Chuckling, this only caused Lloyd to redden more. "Hm? Oh, you're not angry, you're embarrassed! Hah, you're cute when you're embarrassed!"
"And when I'm nervous, and being tickled." He crossed his arms. "Tell me, why are you coming on to me so much?"
"Dinner!" came a shout from downstairs.
"Isn't it obvious?" Jumping off the bed, he looked at Lloyd. "Feeling good enough to eat again?"
"Sure!" He leaped from the bed and walked with Zelos downstairs.
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Lloyd poked his ramen noodles as the smaller half-elf was humming his song softly again.
"Ramen, ramen, so delicious! Comes in many flavors including chicken! Full of yummy noodles and such, I love ramen so much! Ra--"
"Genis, do you remember what happened last time you sang?" his sister growled through her teeth. "I'm really trying to enjoy my dinner without music."
"Yeah, the dinner I made!"
The seventeen-year-old was making motions to Genis to "cut" "it" "out." Catching the hint, Genis bent over his meal and slurped noodles.
"And no slurping!!" He silently ate. "So, Zelos, I heard you're joining Lloyd and Colette."
"Damn right!" He took another mouthful of noodles. A big mouthful.
"Would you like to join us too, Raine and Genis?" Colette asked politely. Lloyd and Zelos both spat a big splurt of noodles back into the bowls and gagged.
"But, we have a duty--"
"Raine, we can help them, and along the way, we can assume our duty of convincing the world to accept our kind!" Genis said with a smile. "So, it's okay if we come with you?"
"Yeah!"
"Um, sure. . ." Lloyd said after he finished gagging.
"Ew, um, Lloyd?" Genis avoided looking into the bowl as much as possible. "You'd started chewing those noodles before you spat them back out, didn't you?"
"Oh my go-- that's disgusting, Lloyd." Raine averted her gaze away as much as possible.
"What did you want me to do?! Choke?!"
"You should have finished chewing and swallowed," the grossed-out professor mumbled.
The brunette shrugged and shoved the half-chewed noodles back in his mouth as several grimaces were traded around the table. "What?! I was gonna eat it anyway!"
"He's back to his usual self. . ." Genis sighed.
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The day went by and the next morning came. Waking up with a yawn and stretch, Lloyd felt like new. His head didn't pound to his heartbeat, his stomach felt nothing but hunger, his nose was no longer stuffy.
He jumped out of bed in his nightshirt and shorts as he took an umbrella he found by the bedside and threw it around like a sword. "Hah! Take that you stupid cold! Victory is mine!" He continued, even seconds after the door opened. He froze in place when he realized Genis was staring at him.
"I'm. . . not going to ask." He shook his head quickly before continuing. "We were all going to the hotsprings today. You feel okay to go along?" A short pause entered. "You sure seem like it."
"There's a hotsprings in Meltokio?!" (2)
"Recently built outside Meltokio, but not too far away. Well?"
"Of course! Lemme um, just change. . ." He left Lloyd to change.
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Lloyd went downstairs to find everyone else to be in bathing suits and towels. Thankfully, you couldn't tell if Zelos was wearing his speedo, because his towel was wrapped around his waist. But his muscles were nice, his skin creamy-- Stop thinking dirty thoughts!
"Come on!" Colette cheered as they left.
And we're not getting into what happened at the hotsprings. All I'm telling is that Zelos got caught peeping this time. . .
"Dumbass!" Genis glared at the beaten-up Chosen.
"See? I didn't do it the first time!" Lloyd pointed a shaky finger at Zelos.
"Hey, that one you can't prove!" he whimpered.
Raine kicked him in the shin. "That's for being so rude!"
"OW! Can't you see I'm in enough pain?"
"No." Her brother punched his arm.
"OWW!! All right, twerp!" He chased him to who knows where, while Raine, Lloyd and Colette stood there, speechless.
"Well, I'm hungry." The swordsman went to find some food.
"Wait, Lloyd, I'll go with you!" Chasing after him, Colette also left.
Raine shrugged and watch as Genis and Zelos ran by. She wasn't sure who to cheer for, Genis, because she had a certain dislike against Zelos, or Zelos, because she loved seeing her little brother in pain. So she pulled out a book from somewhere, and sat down as she quickly read the last few pages.
"The end!"
A/N: If you didn't take the hint, I just finished the fanfic. o.o;
(1) That was a total accident. o.o; I was gonna say "fine", but I was listening to Bowling for Soup's Friends o' Mine at the same time, so I typed "mine" instead. I realized what I did after finishing the sentence, but instead of erasing it, I went with it. XD
(2) Geography changed because of the two worlds combining?
But don't be sad! I can't just end there. o.o; The reason why I concluded this one was because Lloyd's no longer sick! Amazing, I thought I was gonna finish QFTUH!! by this time. . . ::shrugs:: As you can see, I already set up a couple things for the next part of the tale. (The joining of Zelos, Raine and Genis in the sequel, going back to the journey, Lloyd still confused about his own feelings, blahblahblah.) So the sequel is a definite. Please don't cry! I don't have any tissues to give. o.o;;;
Which means you must look for the sequel! I don't want to give anything away about it though. n.n
Thanks to all my reviewers! You guys are great. XD Giving me way too much credit. . . ::laughs a bit:: You guys are the reason why I am forced to finish what I write! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!