Pavel goes back to the dorm and opens the door a little more carefully this time, having a look around before entering the room.
"It's fine, she's gone, Sulu mutters awkwardly from the kitchen. Pavel looks up at him and frowns. Sulu's hair is a mess and there's a bruise on his neck. He's wearing a clean uniform and making himself a sandwich.
"Sorry you had to come in and see that... You only saw us making out right?"
Pavel nods awkwardly. Sulu frowns, "Um yeah. I'm sorry about that."
"No, no it's fine. Who was she?"
"Her name's Ella. She's in my piloting class. It was just a casual sorta thing. Nothing serious."
"So you actually went all the way?" Pavel regrets the words as soon as he said them. He doesn't want to pry and he doesn't want to make things any more awkward than he already feels they are.
"Yeah," Sulu says dismissively. "I didn't actually think we would but..."
Pavel nods. The majority of people his age have already done it but he never really was interested, too busy with study and star charts to try and pick up and girls, or guys. Pavel's first crush was a boy, but that was years and years ago now. The boy ended up finding out and calling him a 'filthy faggot' and telling Pavel to never speak to him again. Pavel had never expressed any feelings towards another guy after that. He knew he wasn't entirely straight, but wasn't entirely sure if he was entirely gay either. Sure, girls were pretty and nice and all but he couldn't really see himself going all the way with one. Maybe he hadn't found the right girl yet or maybe he would want to if he actually dated a girl but for now, he just tried to avoid the whole dating thing altogether.
Sulu leaves for classes later in the afternoon and Pavel walks past his room, noticing the messy sheets and clothes on the floor. He can see a bottle of what looks like lube on the bedside table and an open box of condoms. He walks past quickly and tries to shake the image out of his head. He feels bad for prying even though it was Sulu who left his bedroom door wide open. Pavel retreats into his own room and lies down on the bed. He's had a weird day and doesn't really want to stew in his thoughts for much longer. He pops one of the pills McCoy has given him and tries to sleep.
It's nearly eight at night when Pavel wakes up feeling even more exhausted and disgusting. He feels sick and pulls himself out of bed and into the bathroom. He shuts the door and sits on the floor by the toilet. He's either going to throw up or wait till his nausea passes, whichever comes first. He throws up a few minutes later and isn't entirely sure why. He was fine when he went to sleep. He messages McCoy and asks what's in the pills and why they're making him sick all of a sudden. McCoy tells him to go to medbay and with no apparent reason why and Pavel just obeys because he's too tired to deal with the doctor's threats.
Medbay is empty and there is no sign of doctor McCoy. He asks the check in nurse and she says he's not on duty. Pavel's about to leave when the doctor walks in the front door. He's in jeans and a jacket and looks even more pissed than usual. He doesn't say anything, but nods politely to the nurse and pulls Pavel into his office by his shoulder.
"You're not meant to take those during the daytime under any circumstances."
Pavel pouts and sits down in the chair opposite his desk. "You could have told me that."
McCoy shoots him a death stare and turns back around to his shelf of medical books. "It's on the packet kid, don't you know how to read? I thought you were meant to be a genius or something."
Pavel hates that comment. He's heard it all too many times from his father and it always pissed him off. He tells McCoy to fuck off, in Russian and crosses his arms angrily. "No one reads the stupid packet anyways. You just told me to take one before I went to bed. You didn't specify any time of day or anything."
Your body clock is going to be seriously screwed up for a week or so now. Expect to throw up a bit, get headaches, get dizzy. I'm confining you to your dorm for the next few days because you're probably going to pass out a few times and I don't want you anywhere unsafe if you do."
"What, all this because of one pill? You're joking right?"
"Chekov this is the strongest medication for sleep out there. It sets your sleep into regular patterns and it's normally only used on fully grown adults. Hell, you can't even drink yet, you're just a kid. It wouldn't have such a strong effect on you if you were older but you're not so here you are."
McCoy sits down and rubs his face with his hands. "You're gonna be the death of me kid."
McCoy doesn't see the tears forming in Pavel's eyes and is surprised when he gets up and starts walking out.
"I'm not trying to cause everyone problems okay!" He says angrily, opening McCoy's door and shutting it loudly when he walks out. He doesn't quite slam it but it's loud enough to cause the nurse to jump in surprise. She gives Pavel this scared look and it breaks him inside. He runs out into campus and leans against the nearest tree, steadying himself so he doesn't fall. McCoy is right on the money with the symptoms, he can barely see he is so dizzy and his head is pounding painfully.