Hey all! Sorry I have not been able to update in such a long time. I have been extremely busy with school and now that I am done with my conference I am finally able to update this story. Hopefully you all haven't lost interest in this series, but yeah. Yet with all this school thing, I found what I want to do for a future career. I want to be a screenwriter! I already started writing my own screenplay. Lol. Well hope you all like the chapter! Take care! Oh and thank you to everyone who added this story to their alert and favorite lists! I would like to dedicate this chapter to everyone! ^_^
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Chapter 32: Down with the Sickness
In the middle of the night, I woke up with a sweat. My body felt like it was on fire. I turned to look at the time and saw that it barely four thirty six in the morning. I came to the conclusion that I got sick. I hate being sick. It's the worst feeling yet. I was contemplating whether to call Takashi right now because I didn't want to wake him up. Maybe he gets up early to train or something. I gave up in the end and decided to call.
After I reached for my cell phone, I looked for his number and once I found it, I pressed call and waited for him to pick up.
"Moshi, moshi," I heard Takashi say.
"Takashi?" My voice sounded weak.
"Setsuna, are you alright?"
"I don't feel so good. My head is pounding and it feels like I'm on fire," I told him as I gripped my covers. "I didn't wake you up, did I?"
"Its fine, you didn't wake me up. I'm coming over right now. I'll be there in twenty minutes or less," Takashi said. I could hear movement in the background.
"Thank you," I managed to say for I hung up. Not even a second later, I had a coughing fit. I was glad that I had left a bottle of water in my room because it calmed my coughing.
I had twenty minutes to kill and there was no way in hell that I was going to stay in bed since it was too hot. Ignoring the throbbing pain in my head, I got up from my bed and headed towards the bathroom. I did my business and after I exited, I headed downstairs to look for some medicine. Inside the kitchen, I found all the medicine that we owned and set them on the table. That's when I realized that I should bring a small towel.
Slowly, I walked back upstairs and into the bathroom to take out two small hand towels. I headed back down and placed the towels with the medicine. It was only five minutes that I managed to kill meaning that I had fifteen more to go. That's when I realized I should put away any unwanted clothes that might catch Takashi's attention. I went back up the stairs and into my room and began cleaning it up. Call me insane because I had no idea why I decided to clean when I am sick. That's when my phone rang its specific tune saying that I had a text message.
I grabbed my cell phone from my bed and looked at the text. Takashi had just texted me that he was going to be here in two minutes. This was now my cue to head downstairs. I walked in a slow pace since my head would not stop pounding. Right when I made it to the bottom of the steps, I heard knocking on the door. I walked over to it and there I found my savior. Takashi immediately came inside, kicked off his shoes, and lifted me up.
"You should go back in bed, Setsuna. How do you feel?" Takashi asked me as he carried me towards my room.
"My head is hurting really bad, it feels like its extremely hot, and my throat hurts a bit," I told him as he entered my room and placed me back on my bed.
Takashi pulled the covers over me and asked, "Do you have a thermometer, so that we can check your temperature?"
I slowly nodded my head, "It's on the kitchen table with all the other medicine that I left there."
"I'll be back, okay."
"Okay."
Takashi quickly left my room and I could hear his footsteps as he went down the stairs. I think he ran down because just a minute later he was back with a tray that had the thermometer, the towels, a bowl of water, and some medicine.
He placed the tray on my desk and grabbed the thermometer. Walking towards me, he made sure that it was clean before placing it inside of my mouth. The cold steel of the thermometer made me shiver and in one minute, my temperature was ready to be checked.
Takashi removed the thermometer from my mouth and read, "One hundred and one."
I groaned and tried to sink deeper into my pillow. But that would just make everything hotter. I closed my eyes only to open then soon once I heard Takashi move around my room. I looked at him bring over the bowl filled with water and the towel. He left the bowl on my table that was set next to my bed and dipped the towel completely inside of it.
Removing the towel, he squeezed out the excess water and soon enough placed the towel on my forehead. I saw him go back towards my desk and saw him open something before coming back towards me.
"What's that?" I asked, referring to what was in his hands.
He opened his hands and revealed two little pills. "It's medicine to reduce fevers," He told me as he grabbed them off his hands. "Open your mouth, please."
I did as he asked and he placed the pills in my mouth. I was glad that I had the ability to swallow pills without needing water.
"I swallowed it," I told him before a cough escaped my mouth. "Takashi?"
"Yeah?"
"C-can you sleep with me? I don't want to stay by myself right now," I asked him. Whenever I am extremely sick, I normally don't have people around me because they would be scared of getting sick. However, otou-san is the only one who stays with me when I am sick.
My question was answered when I felt Takashi remove the covers and lift me up, moving me so that he would have space on my bed. He placed me down and he sat down as he pulled the covers, covering me and his legs. I tilted my head to the left to look at him and I smiled.
He smiled back and said, "Sleep."
I nodded my head slowly and closed my eyes. The heat that was radiating from him body soon relaxed my body and instantly I feel asleep.
What felt like an eternity of sleep, my eyes slowly opened to the feeling of something being removed from my forehead. I looked at the person and saw that it was Haruhi.
"Haruhi?" I questioned as stared at the brunette.
"Morning, Suna-chan. How are you feeling?" She asked me with a smile.
"My throat hurts," I told her. "Where's Takashi?"
She grabbed the thermometer from where Takashi last left it and placed it inside my mouth. She then said, "Making sure that no one destroys your house. Mori-senpai called me telling me that you were sick so I can over so I can help out. Then he called Kyoya-senpai to check up on you, medically. Then Tamaki-senpai found out that we were here so he called everyone else so that they can be here for moral support."
Even though I knew I was sick a sweat drop still adorned my head. 'Why, oh why, would they all come? I mean, seriously.'
Haruhi removed the thermometer from my mouth and checked my temperature. She smiled and said, "You're back to normal temperature. But we should still keep you in bed since you may be weak."
"Haruhi," I began.
"Yes?"
"I need to pee."
I was ready to laugh when I saw a multiple sweat drops on her head.
She sighed and said, "Nice way of saying it."
I just chuckled and slowly got up. I removed the covers and twisted my body so that I could get out of bed. Once my feet made contact with the ground, I stood up quickly. Big mistake. I felt my head become woozy but luckily for me, Haruhi grabbed me and helped me gain my balance.
"Thanks," I said to her with a smile.
She smiled and nodded her head. That's when I noticed her attire. She wore knee high black jeans with a pink top and a white sweater over it. With her help, we headed out of my room and towards the bathroom. As soon as we made it, I went straight in and did my business. I smiled and was glad that my fever was gone. I brushed my teeth, hating the taste of my own morning breath and washed my face. I sighed happily at the fact that I now felt clean and with that, I opened the door to the bathroom and walked out.
"Ready?" Haruhi asked.
"Yup," I nodded my head.
"Do you need my help walking?" She asked me, getting ready to help me walk.
"I think I got it. Let me try."
"Alright, but I am ready to grab you."
With that, we walked back to my room. I was really to squeal in delight because of the fact that I was able to walk. Man I just realized that this is how I must have felt when I was little and took my first steps. We made it to my room and immediately she rushed me back to my bed. I fixed my black tank top and shorts before getting into bed.
"What time is it?" I asked aloud since I had no clue what time it was.
"Eleven forty-seven," I heard a voice from my door way. Takashi stood there smiling at me and I smiled back. Now that I was fully conscious, unlike earlier this morning, I took notice of what Takashi was wearing. He was wearing blue jeans with what appeared to be a white shirt and a green sweater.
"Mori-senpai, you scared me," Haruhi said as she held her hand over her heart.
"Sorry," Takashi said before walking over to me.
I smiled and began to scoot over so that he could have a space on my bed to sit down. Immediately once the space was given to him, he sat down on my bed.
"Mori-senpai, can you watch over Suna-chan? I am going to start making her lunch and make sure everyone is not acting like animals," Haruhi said as she made her way to my door.
"Ah," Takashi replied.
"Thanks, Haruhi!" I smiled at the girl.
"No problem," Haruhi said before leaving the room.
I looked towards Takashi and without warning, I hugged him. He remained frozen for a few good seconds before his arms started to move so that it could wrap around my body.
"Thank you, Takashi. For everything," I said as I placed my head on his chest.
"I was worried when I heard your voice, so I came as quickly as possible," Takashi said as he ran his hand through my hair, untangling it along the way.
That's when I remembered thinking whether or not I had woke him up in the morning, "I didn't wake you up, did I?"
He chuckled and said, "No. I was already up, about to get ready for kendo practice when you called."
"Oh, okay then. Now I won't have this guilty feeling about me accidentally waking you up for little ol' me."
"Setsuna," His voice called me to look up at him and I did. "Even if you had waked me up, I would still have gotten here in a heartbeat. You're special to me."
My eyes widened and my heart began to pound rapidly when I heard him say that. I placed my head on his chest to hide the blush that I knew was on my face.
"You're special to me, too."
Our sweet moment was suddenly interrupted by a gang of idiots.
"My darling daughter! Are you alright?!" I heard Tamaki's voice as he suddenly barged into my room with Hikaru, Kaoru, Hunny, and Kyoya.
Tamaki was wearing light blue jeans with a black shirt and a white button-up on over it. Hikaru was wearing black pants with a white short sleeved shirt while Kaoru wore black jeans and a sleeveless white top. Hunny wore a gray long sleeved shirt that had a shirt over it that was white with an image of a pink rabbit in the middle and had on light blue jeans. Kyoya was wearing a maroon colored button-up long sleeve shirt with dark blue jeans.
Takashi and I removed our arms from one another and I smiled at the group, but mentally I wasn't too happy.
'I could have gotten a love confession right now, but no! These fools had to come right now. Why!?'
"Hey, everyone!" I smiled at the group.
"Suna-chan!"
"Setsuna-senpai!"
"Daughter!"
Hunny, the Twins, and Tamaki all shouted at the same time and ran towards me, ready to jump on me but luckily I had some help. Takashi held out his hand to motion for them to stop and they actually did. Now that they were calm, Kyoya walked over towards me and Takashi moved from his seat to allow him to begin his check up on me.
"Now let's see, how are you feeling, Setsuna-senpai?" Kyoya asked as he brought out his tools.
"Well, my fever went down. But my throat hurts and all," I told Kyoya as I watched him pull out who-knows-what.
Kyoya simply began checking my body to see what was wrong. He made me open my mouth to check whether I had a throat infection and he checked my breathing and heartbeat. For someone younger than me, he seriously knows what to do.
"Alright, I now have a full analysis of what's wrong. You have a sore throat and a small cold. Your fever may be gone but it is best if you stay in bed. I'll call a pharmacy to prepare some medicine for you. It should be ready in half an hour and they should be delivering it here as well," Kyoya finished.
"Thanks, Kyoya. You're awesome," I smiled at the teen.
Kyoya smiled – a real one – and said, "Thank you, Setsuna-senpai. Now if you excuse me, I have to make the phone call now."
"We're actually in Setsuna-senpai's room," I heard Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki say.
I turned to look at the three and sweat dropped. They were literally amazed as they looked around my room. They observed my posters, looked at my desk and saw the books that I read and all. I'm glad that they didn't go through my wardrobe. Hunny eventually joined them, even though he's been here more than them. Takashi simply sat at the end of my bed and too watched them.
"It's just my room," I casually said as I kept watching them move around.
"It's not just your room! It's you. It tells us the things that you like and your personality. It's teaching me more about my daughter!" Tamaki dramatically said as the Twins nodded their heads in agreement.
Again, another sweat drop adorned my head. But this time it had two more friends to join it. That's when footsteps where heard coming up the stairs. Instantly, Haruhi appeared with a kind smile on her face as she told us that lunch was ready. Immediately, Tamaki, the Twins, and Hunny ran out of my room and down the stairs. It literally sounded like a stampede.
"Can I eat downstairs with everyone?" I gave Haruhi my best puppy eyes. I really didn't want to eat here and all when everyone was downstairs in my house.
"Kyoya-senpai said it was fine unless you had something warm draped over you," Haruhi told me. "Do you have a robe or something?"
I had a blank face as stared back at Haruhi. She too stared back at me. For a moment it felt as if we were stuck in a staring contest and Takashi was the one deciding who the winner was going to be.
"Nope," I simply said as I got up from my bed and headed towards the closet. I quickly dug around and pulled out what I was looking for. "But I do have this." In my hands I held a light green blanket that had little chibi pandas, leaves, and cherry blossoms. "It's my baby blanket."
With a smile on her face, Haruhi said, "You still have your baby blanket?"
"It's one of the few things that I was able to find from my early years besides some pictures," I draped the blanket over my shoulder and went to grab my slippers from the closet as well. They were Yoshi slippers.
"Ready?" Takashi asked.
"Yup! I'm starving," I responded as I followed Haruhi out of the door with Takashi right next to me.
We headed down the stairs and once we were in the dining room, I found all of the Host Club there and they were eating onigiri. Ah man that onigiri looks good! Haruhi grabbed my wrist and led me to my seat where my food was waiting for me. Torizosui, which is a rice soup with chicken and other food things, was what Haruhi had made for me. I sat down and began to eat my soup. Once I began eating, Kyoya walked towards me with the medicine in his hand. He handed it over to me and with that simple gesture I opened it and took the medicine.
It was nice having the Host Club around me when I was sick. It made me forget about actually being sick and I was having fun. Lunch was a breeze and soon enough it was over.
"Setsuna-senpai, what movies do you have that we can watch?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked as we were now in the living room watching TV.
I pointed towards my shelf as I slightly leaned against Takashi and said, "All of my movies are there. Go ahead and pick one out."
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, the Twins, Hunny, and Tamaki ran towards my shelf and began to debate over what movie to watch. Haruhi and I sweat dropped at the sight while both Kyoya and Takashi had a blank look.
"Setsuna-senpai," Kyoya caught my attention as he said my name. "You should be feeling much better before we go back to school."
I nodded my head and said, "Alrighty. Thanks so much, Kyoya."
"My pleasure. Besides, we wouldn't want the customers to miss you, now."
My face turned blank and another few more sweat drops adorned my head.
"We got one!" I heard Hikaru and Kaoru shout. Then suddenly a DVD was placed in front of my face. On the cover was the movie Spirited Away. I nodded my head in approval and let them put the movie on.
Takashi wrapped his arm around my shoulder bringing me closer to him body and I smiled, snuggling closer to him. I removed the blanket that was draped around my shoulder and simply covered my body.
It was about half way through the movie when it was decided to have a small break, which Kyoya suggested.
"Setsuna-senpai, did you figure out the anime characters that we are going to be cosplaying as?" Tamaki asked me from his seat, which was coincidentally next to Haruhi.
"Yeah I did actually. There's a file saved on my laptop. If you want I can go get it," I said already starting to move. However, I was stopped.
"I'll get it for you, Suna-chan," Hunny happily announced as he got up and ran towards the stairs and up my room. Not even a few seconds later he made it down with my laptop in my hand. "Here you go!"
I thanked him and opened the laptop. As I waited for it to start up, I noticed that everyone was now surrounding me and Takashi since we were on the couch. Once it was fully loaded, I pulled out the document and began showing them who would be who.
"I was thinking that for Tamaki and Kyoya they could go as Naruto and Sasuke from 'Naruto'. For Takashi and Hunny it would be Dark and Daisuke from 'D. N. Angel'. Originally for Hikaru and Kaoru I was thinking about them both being a different Ichigo from 'Bleach', but now that I think about it they would be better off as Sora and Roxas from 'Kingdom Hearts'. And Haruhi be Kyon and I would be Haruhi from 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'. What do you think?" I told them as I showed them images of the characters.
It was a moment of silence as the group continued looking at their counter parts. I simply just watched them as their eyes moved back and forth from the anime characters to the person who would look like them.
"Well?" I broke the silence before coughing onto my arm.
"It should be easy to find all of the different wigs and contacts for the costumes," Kaoru began.
"And some of the costumes look to be challenging," Hikaru continued.
"But we love a challenge," the two said together in unison.
"So is that a yes?" I looked over towards Kyoya.
"Yes, its fine," He said to us as he looked through his PDA. "It shouldn't be that expensive and I am already making connections with an optometrist that works in my family's hospital to get the contacts."
'Wow that was super fast,' I thought to myself. 'Damn rich people.'
A tickling feeling was creeping up my throat. It made me want to cough really badly but I tried holding it in. My cheeks slowly began to puff up, making me look like a squirrel that had food stuffed in its mouth, and I suddenly couldn't hold it in.
A cough attack escaped my mouth making everyone turn to look and me and have a panic look in their eyes. Tamaki began to stutter out what we should do while the Twins began running around in a panic. Hunny began to cry and shout something about me dying and Takashi was calming him down. Haruhi ran to the kitchen and retrieve me water while Kyoya moved towards me and began to rub my back. Once Haruhi returned, I immediately grabbed the glass of water and chugged it down.
"Are you alright?" Haruhi asked me as I placed the glass down onto the kittle table in the living room.
I gasped for air before saying, "I'm fine."
"Time for you to take more medicine," Kyoya said as he looked at his watch on his left wrist. How did I never notice that before?
I watched as Tamaki ran off into the kitchen, saying something about making his daughter feel better, and came back with the medicine that I needed. I watched him pour the liquid into a spoon and soon enough placing it in front of me. The scent of the medicine flew towards me, making me not want to take it.
"Open up, daughter," Tamaki said as he slowly moved the spoon towards my mouth.
I shook my head no while keeping my mouth. That's when I felt someone behind me.
"Setsuna, take the medicine," Takashi's voice told me. Another head shake saying no. Since I wasn't willing to take it, I felt his hands move towards my jaw and slowly forced it open. Now that my mouth was open, Tamaki placed the spoon into my mouth, making the nasty tasting liquid go down my throat.
Another cup of water was placed in front of me. I quickly grabbed it and gulped it down.
"Ugh, that was gross!"
"Even though it tastes bad, you still have to take it for your health," Kyoya said as his glasses gleamed.
My eyes began to feel droopy, "Kyoya, there's a side of effect to this medicine, isn't there?"
He simply smirked.
A pair of arms lifted me from the ground and began to head towards the direction of the stairs.
"Suna-chan, time for bed!" Hunny said as he ran up the stairs, most likely heading to my room.
"Have a nice nap, Setsuna-senpai!" Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru said as they waved while I passed by.
"Don't worry Suna-chan, I'll make sure they do not destroy your home," Haruhi told me with a small smile.
"Damn you all!" I said before yawning.
Takashi carried me up the stairs and went into my bedroom. Hunny had apparently fixed my bed and placed my Ichigo stuff doll next to my pillow.
"Night, Suna-chan!" Hunny smiled before leaving me alone with Takashi.
Once he was gone, Takashi gently placed me down on my bed and into my covers. He sat on the edge of my bed and just smiled at me.
"Why are you smiling?" I asked him as my eyes began to droop even more.
His smile remained on his face as his hand moved to caress my face. A smile crept across my face, loving the attention that he was giving me.
"Because you're adorable. Now sleep."
"Will you be here when I wake up?"
"For you, yes."
Those were the last words I heard before falling into a peaceful slumber.