Hello, a new chapter for you.
Sorry this took a while, I was a little low on inspiration.
Anyway, on with the story.

4. Cold

"Aaaatcho!" Luffy sneezed. He was sitting under a big blanket on the couch in the boys cabin. His feet were in a tub of hot water and a thermometer was sticking out from his mouth.
No one had thought that Luffy would catch a cold.
Well, at least now they had proof that their captain wasn't a complete idiot.
"Zoooro." Luffy whined.
Zoro got up from where he had been sitting and walked up to the sick captain. The swordsman wasn't entirely sure how he became the one to look after Luffy. He had been against it, but that stupid woman had threatened to increase his interest.
Not that he minded watching after Luffy, Zoro would do anything for him. After all if he hadn't met him he wouldn't be alive right now.

"My head hurts." Luffy said while Zoro took the thermometer out of his mouth.
"I can't help you with that, I'm not a doctor." Zoro answered.
"You have a fever, you should try and get some sleep."
He lifted Luffy's feet out of the tub and grabbed a towel that lay nearby.
"We should get a doctor." Luffy said in a sleepy voice. He was starting to slid down on the couch.
Zoro wiped of Luffy's feet and helped him to lay down.
"And a musician." The rubber boy closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Zoro walked over to the opposite wall and sat down. There was nothing more he could do now, so he decided to take a nap.

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Heavy rain was falling over Fuchsia Village.
Nadeshiko was looking at her 4 and 7 year old sons.
Both of them were soaking wet. There was a pool of water forming around their feet.
The boys had been outside playing in the rain. Neither of them had been wearing their raincoats.
"Are you mad at us?" Ace asked. Both Ace and Luffy looked very small and scared.
Nadeshiko sighed lightly and smiled. She sat down and looked both of them in the eyes.
"I'm not mad." She hugged her sons to prove her point.
"Next time, remember to put on your raincoats."
The two boys nodded into her shoulders.
"Now." Nadeshiko said and stood up. "Let's get you two into a hot bath before you catch a cold."
She took one boy in each hand and led them to the bathroom.

The bath didn't help though.
Two days later the brothers were in bed with fevers.
It wasn't anything deadly or life threatening, so Luffy couldn't understand why he had to take medicine.
"I don't want to." Luffy whined.
He was sitting in his bed with the covers over his legs. His mother was sitting on the edge of the bed, a spoon filled with medicine in her hand.
"Your fever will go down if you take it, Luffy." She lifted the spoon and tried to feed it to her son.
Luffy turned his head in protest. Keeping his mouth as far away from the spoon as he could he said:
"I don't have a fever. I don't need medicine."

Nadeshiko put the spoon down on the nightstand next to the medicine bottle. She decided to try a different strategy.
She lifted up the covers and sat down next to Luffy in the bed. She picked up her son and placed him in her lap.
Luffy leaned against his mother's chest. His ear was over her heart and he could hear it beating. It was a slow and soothing rhythm.
Nadeshiko pulled the covers over both of them and started stroking the small boy's hair.
"You're just like your father sometimes, Luffy."

Luffy made a humming noise as he listened to his mother. The fever was making him sleepy.
"He didn't want to take his medicine either. But I found a way to get him to." Nadeshiko smiled as she told the story.
"I told him that if he didn't take his medicine I would only give him carrots to eat for a whole week."
"Carrots!" Luffy sat up.
"Yes, carrots." Nadeshiko answered in a serious voice.
"No meat?" Luffy was looking directly at his mother, eyes slightly wide with shock.
"No meat."

Luffy turned his face away from his mother and started examining the sheets.
After some moments he sad in a low voice:
"Maybe I'm a little sick."
Nadeshiko tilted her head to look into his eyes again.
"Do you want to take some medicine?" She asked.
"If you promise I don't have to eat carrots."
"I promise, no carrots."
Luffy answered her with a big sunny smile.

Nadeshiko closed the door to Luffy's room. He was sleeping peacefully in his bed.
'One down, one to go.' she thought as she opened the door to Ace's room, medicine bottle in her hand.

Author's note: My mom used to hold me like that when I was little. I always made me very calm.
This chapter wasn't in my original plan either. I wonder how long it will take me to accually write the chapter I had planned to be number 3. I promise you at least 2 more chapters.