The excitement of seeing the parents died down quickly as the reality of the following week set in. Three days until winter break ends. The sun shined brightly into their room, Mello stretched and sat up before checking his watch, "Eleven? Did I sleep through them getting ready?" He rubbed his eyes and glanced around the room… "Everyone is still asleep… The human alarm clock didn't get up?" Shrugging to himself he started getting ready for the day.

Stepping out of the shower and getting dressed he looked up into the mirror brushing his teeth, he was playing music, not too loud as to not bother the others, though he didn't really care, he just didn't want to face the wrath of all of them being irritated at the same time. Rinsing the toothpaste from his mouth he turned around while wiping his mouth.

He turned around to see Light was directly behind him slightly turning Mello's music down. Mello screamed in horror. "Jesus fucking Christ!"

Beyond ran into the bathroom still half asleep, "What, what! What happened?"

Mello shook his head and glared at Light, "I turned around and this asshole was right behind me!"

Beyond sighed and clutched his chest, "You scared the shit out of me!"

Mello narrowed his eyes and leaned a little closer to Light, "You look like you got hit by a bus. You alright? Normally you're first up."

Light just gave a dissatisfied groan and climbed back into bed. Mello shifted a worried stare to a Beyond. Beyond rolled his eyes and squatted next to Light, "Hey, he's just worried, seriously, are you alright?" Light just silently shook his head. "Anything we can do to help?" Light just shook his head again. "Let us know if there is." Beyond sighed and walked into the bathroom, "My turn, since you woke me up by shrieking like a woman being attacked." He shoved Mello out and shut the door behind him.

L was haunched over next to Light, he stared intently at him before poking him. Light groaned and pulled his blankets over his head. "Light. Light." L placed another aggressive poke at Light's head. Light pulled the blankets off his head and glared daggers at him. L gave a tiny smile, "I see. Say something. I'm irritating you enough, come on, tell me off."

Mello sighed, "Leave him alone, L."

Light opened his mouth and grumbled before getting poked again, "Damnit, L! Leave me the fuck alone!" L widened his eyes, Light's voice was normally smooth and soft, even in morning grogginess, he never sounded like that.

Matt stared wide eyed from his bed, "Dude! You sound like shit!"

L placed his finger on his bottom lip and walked over to his computer and began typing, "As I deduced. Light has a sore throat. Hence why he sounds like… That."

Beyond stepped out of the bathroom, "Out. Now. All of you… Except Nate… He can apparently sleep through a lot. Go get food or something, leave Light alone."

L stared at him, "No. I'll stay right here, how could I help Light if I didn't know what was wrong, exactly."

"You can help him by letting him rest." Beyond quickly retorted. He turned to look at Light who'd curled himself into a fetal position.

Nate laid quietly with his eyes open, before catching the analytical stare of L. He rolled his eyes and sat up. "What, L?"

Beyond sighed, "Get dressed, let's leave him alone for a bit, hmm? He deserves that much."

After everyone got up and dressed they all walked out of the room, at this pointed they'd be serving lunch. They all talked quietly among themselves at their usual table. "There's got to be something we can do to help Light." Mello declared.

"It's against campus rules to have anything like medicine, the infirmary would have anything he needs. But we can't go for him, he has to go on his own free will." Nate said plainly as he poked at his food.

"But… Maybe, like a home remedy? If I know Light well enough, and at this point I think I do, he'll lay up there and die before he goes to the doctor." Matt said stirring his drink with his straw. "He's always helping everyone else."

Beyond shifted his stare outside and spoke dully, "Just leave him alone."


Light laid in bed undisturbed for a couple of hours before opening his eyes to be stared at by two large dark eyes, Light rolled his eyes and rolled over to be met with another set of dark eyes. He narrowed his eyes and sat up. L handed him a bunch of packets of honey. "When I was younger and I had a sore throat Watari always gave me honey. It won't cure it, but, as a sore throat is normally a virus and needs to run its course, it will at least help the pain." L gave Light a weak smile, "So, I stole as much as the serving attendant would tolerate. I'll steal more later, if you want me too."

Light sighed softly and ruffled L's hair and gave a small smile. Nate cleared his throat, "Lorita used to make me peppermint green tea. So… I made some for you. I left the pot on your nightstand… If you want me to I'll warm it up whenever you want." Light smiled and shook his head and curled back up in his blankets and listened to the two of them leave.

He smiled at the tea and honey. He sat up at poured himself some of the tea and poured one, of the what seemed like hundreds, of honey packets into it. Beyond came in and set a glass next to him and lit a cigarette, "Drink that." He handed him the glass of warm liquid, "By the way. It's going to taste like shit. Chase it with some of that honey… Where did you get that anyway…" He flopped himself on his bed and cracked the window. "You running a fever?" Light scrunched his face at the smell. "It's cider vinegar. If you aren't going to the doctor at least try it… My mom gave it to me whenever I was sick. Tasted like hell, but I usually felt better afterwards."

Light sighed and plugged his nose and knocked back the drink and shuddered. He quickly reached for the tea and sipped it before just opening a honey packet and quickly devoured it. He shot Beyond and annoyed glare.

"Quit glaring at me and just thank me when your better." He flicked his cigarette out the window then took the glass and walked out of the room without another word.

Light sighed and laid back down, an hour later he woke up again, this time to a large warm blanket and Matt smiling like a goofball, "I swiped a lemon from the kitchen. I heard they're supposed to help. I don't really know, because, I've always just got medicine for my sicknesses. But, according to the webpage I read, they're supposed to help for one reason or another… Oh! And, I gave you a warm blanket… Figured it'd help." He gave an uneasy smile towards Light.

Light gave a sleepy smile back and pulled the blanket over himself making Matt grin and walk out, "Get some rest, man… We're apparently lost without you."

Light opened his eyes to be met with Mello's worried stare, "Look, take these and don't ask how I got them, okay? It's Tylenol." He set a couple of pills down on Light's nightstand and ran out of the room.

Light smirked and took the medicine and curled back up in the blanket and fell back asleep with a smile.