'Jet Black New Year' - Tala's ringer
"Hey" - someone on the phone
Tala clenched and unclenched his fists as he stormed out of the cafe. The nerve of Kai! He felt a vibration coming from his hoodie pocket as the chorus of Jet Black New Year reached his ears.
'JET BLACK! - The ink that spells your name!
'JET BLACK! - The blood that's in your vei-'
At this point, Tala flipped open his phone, resisting the urge to wait a few more seconds to hear the rest of the chorus out as he had day many times before. "Hey, Valkov, Tala speaking," he said into the phone, looking up at the sky as he heard thunder and it started to drizzle. "Great..."
"Tala, i-is K-Kai with you?He's not picking up his cell..."
"Who is this?"
"H-Hilary..."
Ah, so it the Bladebreaker's little cheerleader.
"No, he's back at the cafe, why?"
"Sp-Spitf-fire...h-he's s-sick..."
Tala stopped walking and blinked. She was stuttering horribly...She sniffled into the phone and he heard her let out a shaky breath. Was she crying?
"Kai said he had somewhere important to go, so I'm afraid he can't help you, but if you give me your hotel room number I'm lend you my services. Besides, I think I'll be able to help you more than Hiwatari..."
"The number's 305...T-thank you, Tala-sama!"
"Welcome."
Hilary hung up the phone and turned her head to look at Spitfire who was breathing raspy breaths with his eyes clenched closed. His hands were clenching the blankets and he would groan occasionally, his muscles relaxing but only for a second before taking a deep breath and grasping the sheets once me.
She walked over to the bedside and knelt. "What's wrong?" she whispered, placing the back of her hand on his forehead. His temperature must have been above 100 F...
"Is he doing any better?" asked Max, kneeling beside her. The brunette shook her head in the negative. "No, I think it's even getting worse. If his temperature keeps rising, he'll..." Hilary let out a sob. Though she hadn't known the humanoid that long, she still couldn't take seeing him in pain. Max lifted his hand and pet her head lightly. "It'll be okay, don't worry. Tyson and Kenny went to the drug store, and Ray's making some tea that helps lower fever..." Hilary sniffled before looking once me at the redhead and wrapping her fingers loosely around his wrist. "Hang in there, Spitfire. Tala will be here soon."
Tala: ...Great, I'm going to be hero.
thnku4thevenom: Hey, with your brains, you'll probably make things worse so don't worry, you won't ruin your bad-boy rep.
Tala: How can I trust you?
Spitfire: You can't.
Tala: ...