The night was warm and happy and fine, but in the morning, I knew something was wrong. I woke up a number of times very early because my human Hisoka was tossing and turning, and now the sun was beginning to rise. I quickly scrambled away to avoid a flailing arm, and ended up taking refuge behind a box. I sat there and watched as Hisoka moaned quietly and fought against an invisible enemy right there in front of me. After a minute, I decided that this was not right. His brow was creased in pain, and his bangs stuck to his sweat-coated forehead. I came out from behind my box and walked over by his head, careful not to get hit by his arms.

Mew. Nothing. He was really out of it, and I couldn't understand why. I licked his cheek over and over again, and he started to calm down just a bit. He lowered his arms and turned his head towards me only slightly. He moved his cheek just a little as I was nuzzling him and it seemed to be helping, but Hisoka was exhausted. His chest rose and fell roughly for the rest of the morning.

Then, out of the blue, I heard footsteps coming up to the front door, and I left Hisoka's side to see who was coming. He stopped at our door, and I heard loud bangs on it. Not knowing who it was, I could only help it was someone who could help my poor human. I scratched on the door and called out to the stranger on the other side, and I guess he heard me. I heard a jingling like when Hisoka had used a shiny thing to open the door, and then the door opened. Then, a tall man with long, wavy blonde hair walked in and looked around before staring down at me.

"Oh! My, my… so the kid got a friend! Hello there…"

He knelt down and I put my front paws on his knee. He grabbed one of my paws and lifted it up and down. Why did he do that?

"Is your master at home?"

Oh, right! My poor, poor human! I mewed a lot and ran off. I was standing beside Hisoka's head again when the other human caught up. When he saw Hisoka, he gasped and fell to the floor beside him and immediately put a hand to his forehead. As I had felt while nuzzling it, I assumed his face was still quick warm.

"Oh my… what a poor boy, to have caught such a bad cold!"

What? My Hisoka was not well? So that is why he is breathing funny and is warmer than last night! The tall human ran out and came back carrying a big black bag and sat down next to Hisoka again. I didn't understand what he was doing when he wrapped a long thingy around his arm and started playing with another tool, but I was interested in finding out what else was in the bag. I got low to the ground and crawled over to it, and in one quick move, I jumped up to the top. I didn't actually get inside, though. I was hanging on the edge, looking in at a lot of stuff I didn't understand when I was suddenly picked up by the skin on the back of my neck. I thought it would have hurt, but it didn't.

He then set me next to my human, which made me happy. The big man got out a small, and I mean SMALL, cup and filled it with a thick purple liquid. Then, he lifted Hisoka's head and made him drink it. After he swallowed, my Hisoka made another upset kind of noise, but he opened his eyes this time, if only weakly.

"What…"

"Hisoka, do you know who I am."

It took a minute, but Hisoka weakly nodded his head.

"Dr. Watari… from school."

"Good. You seem to have contracted a severe cold during the night."

Watari left for another moment, but he only went to one of the counters. He came back with a bowl and a wet rag, which he placed over my human's forehead.

"You were walking around in the rain without an umbrella again, weren't you?"

Ha! I knew that was what it was called! I was proud of myself, my human, however, didn't appear to be. He scowled as best he could and turned his head away slightly, making the cloth fall off. Watari replaced it, and sat back.

"Either way, getting up is not an option right now. I'll inform the attendance officers that you will not be coming."

"Sure."

Hey! What is school? Ah, well… maybe I'll figure it out. I'm a very smart kitty, after all. After a minute, I mewed and hopped onto Hisoka's chest. Watari smiled at me and began to stroke my fur around my ears.

"You owe a lot to his little guy, you know. He is so smart… he led me right to you!"

"…He's an idiot and an annoyance…"

Ouch. That really hurt, Hisoka…! but oh well. By now, I'm mostly used to your insults. I know that if you insult me, at least you haven't forgotten me! Watari was chuckling and still petting me.

"Oh? What is his name?"

"…Tsuzuki."

"How sweet… well, I hope he takes good care of you! Anyway, I should be going now. Stay in bed, kid, and get some rest."

"Sure…"

Watari picked me up and set me next to Hisoka, but I immediately went back to sitting on his chest. I liked it up there. When Watari tried to move me again, Hisoka shook his head.

In a way, saying that I was fine there. Watari smiled, gathered his things and left, saying he would be back again later. Once the door was closed again, and the man's footsteps could no longer be heard, Hisoka turned his head back towards the ceiling and closed his eyes against the light coming into the room through the long curtain things. I saw that they bothered him, and so I jumped off and ran to the curtains. I grabbed the corner of one and tugged it so it met the other side. My human turned his head to see what I was doing, making sure the cloth didn't fall off. Considerably less light was coming in, and I returned to sit upon Hisoka's chest, contented.

"…Maybe you're not so stupid… Can you do my homework now?"

Ha ha… Don't push your luck, buddy! I don't even know what that is. Still, he closed his eyes and almost smiled as he fell asleep while stroking my fur, I lay down and fall asleep right with him.