Omake 2: Sick Day

Ruby woke up early in the morning, ready for the day's events. She felt a bit of lasting grogginess as she shuffled out of her bedroom to find a note from Roman explaining he and Neo were busy with a heist, Drei was with them.

Heading to the coffee pot, she saw Neo and Roman had left her more than enough for the morning and she poured herself a cup. Adding cream and sugar like always, she finished and put cinnamon swirl bread in the toaster.

As she waited for it to pop up, she sipped her coffee. It popped up and she buttered it before putting it on a plate to eat. Sitting on the couch, Ruby turned on the tv as she took a bite while a comedy played.

Finishing her breakfast, Ruby stood up to put her dishes in the sink, but her legs seemed to suddenly have been replaced with jello. She wobbled and regained her balance to shuffle to the sink.

As she headed back to the couch, she closed her eyes and nearly tripped over Roman's armchair. What's going on with me? She wondered as she sat down and watched the program that changed to a courtroom drama.

Soon a headache began pounding on her skull and she turned off the television before shivering. When did it get cold? Ruby asked herself, reaching for a blanket that was folded on the end of the couch and wrapping herself in it. She was sleepy and reached for her coffee, only to not have a firm grip and the mug tumbled from her fingers onto the carpet. "Shiiiiiit..." Ruby mumbled at the spreading stain.

Attempting to get up again, her body rejected and she flopped hopelessly back down. Am I sick? She thought groggily, headache pounding full force.

She threw off her blanket as suddenly it became boiling hot. Maybe I am. She decided she had to go and get to her Scroll. "Fuuuck... its in my room." She groaned and forced herself to get off of the couch. The process involved trying to sit up and her head deciding it wanted to make her feel Remnant spinning on its axis. Then she tried to swing her legs to stand, and instead rolled off of the couch, nearly cracking her head on the coffee table. Last but not least, she attempted to get onto her hands and knees to crawl her way to her room, but her jello limbs refused to cooperate.

I'll just rest for a second and get my strength back. Ruby decided, Then I'll text Roman and Neo and tell them I'm not well.

She let herself fall on her stomach, resting her face on the carpet and her eyes drifted shut.

Roman unlocked the door to the apartment, and was greeted by dead silence. "We're home!" He called out as Drei scampered towards Ruby's room.

There was no return of a greeting, no happy noises of Drei as Ruby cuddled him. The doberman walked out of her room, seeming unsure before his ears flattened in alarm. A worried bark filled the apartment, and Neo was right at his side in an instant. Multicolored eyes looked at Roman in a way that demanded he come.

The sight that greeted the criminal was terrifying. A coffee cup was on its side on the carpet. Ruby was laying on her stomach with closed silver eyes as Neo shook her shoulder.

"Ruby?!" Roman gasped. Silver eyes inched open.

"Neo...?" The girl croaked, Drei shoved his way next to Neo to inspect Ruby in worry.

"Ruby, what happened?" Roman asked, standing over Neo.

"I... think I'm... sick." Ruby mumbled. Neo pressed the back of her hand to Ruby's forehead and gasped.

"Fever?" Roman guessed. Neo nodded and stepped back. "Can you walk?" He asked, to which Ruby weakly shook her head. "Alright." He said and carefully scooped the girl up in his arms and carried her slowly to her room.

"How was... the heist?" Ruby asked quietly as he entered her room.

"Good. We got a good amount of jewelry." Roman told her softly as he set her down and pulled the covers over her. The criminal took his glove off on a hand and felt her forehead himself. She was hot to touch.

A tug on his sleeve alerted him to Neo with a thermometer which he took gratefully and Ruby accepted the device. When it beeped, he read out 103.1F. Neo frowned at the reading and withdrew. Drei jumped onto the girl's bed and Roman gave his head a pat. "Stay with her and bring us if anything changes." He told the doberman. Drei huffed in agreement and moved so he was right next to Ruby's head and laid down parallel to her body.

Roman sighed and stepped out from the room. "Well, we better cancel our plans." He sighed to Neo, who was cleaning up the coffee spill.

Ruby slept fitfully, barely remembering feeling strong arms lifting her up and placing her in a soft bed.

When she awoke, she felt her stomach churning in violent protest. Whatever thoughts she could possibly put together was that this was not good in the slightest.

She must have let out a sound of some sort, but a cold wet feeling was pressed on her cheek. Ruby opened her eyes and two gold orbs stared back in concern. "H...ey." She whispered, a hand shifting to try and move and pet Drei. The doberman gave a soft whine and moved his head to meet her hand before licking it gently.

But a violent protest from her stomach sent her flying out of her bed and sprinting for her trashcan as Drei barked up a storm in clear panic.

"Ruby!" Roman and Neo burst in the room mere seconds after Ruby reached the bin and her stomach expelled its contents. A brisk tapping of claws echoed rapid footsteps as Neo and Roman each put a hand on her shoulder. "Its alright Ruby, get it out." Roman soothed. Ruby trembled, and Neo rubbed her back. "You got it out?" Roman asked, to which Ruby nodded and was guided to her feet and half carried to her bed. Neo grabbed her trash can and moved it to the side of her bed as Roman set her down and Drei moved back into his position.

Neo vanished again and Roman hovered by her bedside until a wet cloth was placed over Ruby's forehead.

"Thanks..." She mumbled and her stomach tried expelling more content. Ruby gagged as she leaned over her bed with Neo holding her hair back as bile dripped from her lips. Her stomach heaved again, but thankfully nothing came out.

"I think that's all of it." Roman murmured and Ruby was guided back to laying down. The criminal had been speaking as she fell back asleep.

'Poor thing.' Neo signed, frowning at the sleeping Ruby.

'She's never been sick before.' Roman signed back, scared that talking would wake the girl.

'Hopefully she gets over it soon.' Neo signed.

'She's Ruby. She'll be over it before we know it and back to being a mass murderer and thief.' Roman replied as they walked from Ruby's room.

'I'm sure she will.' Neo agreed.

True to their predictions, Ruby awoke the next morning ravenous. Neo had prepared soup for the girl, and helped her sit up in bed to eat it.

"Sorry about that..." Ruby said before having another spoonful of soup.

'It's alright, Ruby.' Neo signed 'We all have our days.'

"I'll be back to full power by tomorrow!" Ruby declared.

'Don't push yourself. You'll be taking a few days off just to be sure.' Neo stated.

"Nooooo..." Ruby groaned.

Suddenly there was the sound of retching coming from outside of the room, and Drei put a paw to his muzzle as Neo rolled her eyes.

'It seems we have another patient.' Neo noted and stood up to check on Roman.

Not surprisingly, he was rinsing his mouth out in their bathroom, face pale.

Neo snapped her fingers to gain his attention. "Oh... hi Neo. I guess you have another patient." Roman gave a nervous smile.

Neo could only facepalm.

A/N:Most likely takes place a few months before the encounter with Cinder. Just wanted something else for the story and wanted to do a sick fic. Hope you enjoyed!