Chapter Six: Sick Day Part 1.

The next day.

Armin woke up the next morning in pain. Last night, he had been able to remove his cloths and crawl into bed wearing only his underwear. He tried to get out of bed but as soon as he lifted his body up he cried out in pain as he fell right back down.

"How's the leg?" Levi asked as he walked over to the child.

"F-fine. Still hurts though."

"That's good. Pain means that your still alive."

"Really?" He asked as he forced himself to look at the man.

"Yes. Now, head downstairs for breakfest." He said as he walked out of the room. As Levi walked down the stairs he heard Armin scream. With a faster pace he slightly ran up the stairs with his normal look on his face, opened the door and saw Armin trying to get off of the floor. "Don't help me please. You told me that I need to do this on my own [cough, cough.]" As Armin starts to cough non stop for about thirty seconds Levi watches with a hidden concerned look. "Get back into bed, Armin."

"I c-can't. I can hardly move Levi. I'm in so much pain."

"Fine then." Levi says as he picks the small child up and gently places him in his bed.

"What about training later?"

"There is no training while your sick." He said as he grabed a chair from the other end of the room, brought it back over next to the bed and sat next to Armin. "Where does it hurt?"

"My knee, back, head, and everywhere else. It hurts when I talk and when I move too much."

"Your sick then."

"Is that what this is? I've never been sick before, at least it's what my grandpa told me at least. He always kept me as healthy as he could even thought money was almost always going towards food." He told the Titan killer as he listened to everything he was being told.

"Wait here." He says as he gets up and walks towards the door. Looking back, he tells him: "Don't move." before he shuts the door and heads dwon to the lab. Once he reachs the wooden door he knocks on it as Zoe opens it. "Good morning Captain. Where's Armin?"

"He's sick. Check on him while I get us some food."

"Yes Captain. Want me to grab any thing?"

"Your med kit and anything that can help with pain." He says as he walks away. After he grabs two trays of food he began the walk back up the stairs and see's Armin sitting up in bed while Zoe takes a small amount of blood. "Ow." Armin whines as he rubs his new wound. "Shitty Glasses."

"It's just incase if it's something really bad Captain. Like he just told me, He's never been sick before so I wanted to run a few tests. There's so much that I could learn from this sample."

Holding back the urge to throw both trays at her he says, "Fine. But no more pokeing and proding."

"Yes sir Captain." She says with a salute as she stands up. "Okay Armin, until your better no getting out of bed without one of us to help. Got it?" She asked with a smile on her face and her hands on her hips. He begins to laugh but ends with another coughing fit. After that Zoe gives him a teaspoon of cough syrup and heads back to her lab. As Leiv sets the trays of food on a table he picks oup a fork, stabs a peice of meat with it and feeds Armin.

"Eat." He says as Armin opens his mouth.

After he digests the bite of food he says "It's good." as he's fed another bite.

"It should be, it is stake."

"Stake for breakfest? How's that possible, I've seen what the S.O.S. gets."

"I made a request."

"Ah. Your voice does have it's many, many use's."

"Your right. It does. Now keep eating." He told the child as he ate with him. After that he ordered Armin to rest for a few hours.

"How is he doing Captain?" Zoe asked as they watched him from outside his door.

"He seem's to be doing better. Just help me keep an eye on him."

"Of course. And his blood test was the cleanest that I've ever seen. I guess he really is lucky to never have been sick before. Say Captain,"

"Hm?"

"Do you think he should train with you again so soon? He can hardly walk."

"No. I think that he needs some time to rest. By next week I think he'll be ready to train again. But until that time, he'll be with you when I'm away."

"Thanks Captain." She said in the tone that she only used when she spoke to him alone.

"No. No. No." They heard Armin say as they entered the room. He was covered in sweat and was cold to the touch.

"He's having a nightmare." Zoe said.

"I know. Hand me a wet rag." He says as she nods. After grabing a rag and filling the bucket up about three-fourts of the way with cold water she hands the dipped rag to him.

"Please, don't die. You need to stay alive. Please."

"Wonder who he's talking about?"

"Yes and no." He said as he placed the rag on Armin's small forehead.

"Stay calm Armin, we're here." Zoe said as Levi stayed quiet.

"He'll be fine."

"How can you be so sure?"

"He's got us looking out for him." Levi said as she looked at him with a shocked look.

"Sir, are you acting human for once?"

"Shut up Shitty Glasses."

"I guessed it!"

"Keep your damn mouth shut before I slice you in half. Twice." He said as he kept his eye's on Armin. What happens next alarms both of them. Armin emptys his stomach contents in his sleep. Levi turns him on his side and get's some of the bile on his sleeves in the process.

"Zoe, get something for his stomach now." He said as she ran to her lab as fast as she could.