2D shifted in the bed realizing there was no warmth next to him.
Raising an eyebrow, he looked over.
Noodle was nowhere to be found, or at least not in his room.
He shifted upward and pulled himself up.
Hopefully she didn't wake up and just leave.
Usually she slept like a log, and being drunk should have kept her asleep.
Sleeping harder than usual actually.
He didn't want her notifying the other two band members of how drunk she was.
Russel would kill him and there was no telling of what Murdoc would do.
2D didn't want to even fathom the idea that Murdoc would take advantage of her like he would any other drunk woman.
Then again, full of alcohol or not, Noodle would physically assault him before he did anything to her.
She always made sure Murdoc knew that.

2D pulled a pair of pants on and walked downstairs.
He needed to at least check for her.
As he dragged himself down the stairs he turned into the kitchen.
There he saw Noodle sitting at the table with her face buried in her hands seemingly oblivious to 2D's arrival.

"Mornin' love."

She gave a raspy and tired moan in response.

"A' yew awright?"

She moaned once more looking at him and giving him a pained smile.

"Sorry, I just have a terrible headache."

2D leaned forward and gave her a playful grin revealing his famous gap.

"Tha' love 's wha' I'd like to call a hangover."

He leaned in and kissed her forehead lightly.

"Well, is there any pain medication to cure said hangover?"

"I fink we jus' ran out of advil. Yew aren't takin' any o' mine."

"Can't you just give me half of one of your pills?"

"Noodle, no. I's too strong."

"You take 4 at a time!"

"Tha's because I 'ave to. Yew aren't changin' my mind. I'll ask Mudz if e's got any left an' if not I'll go pick some up from the store."

Noodle pouted as 2D left the kitchen.
She rolled her eyes and got up walking toward the singers room.
Once she got in there she laid on the bed groaning even more.
She just wanted the pain to go away.
"Noodle!" she heard faintly being called from the kitchen.
"There is none! I'll be back in 15 minutes, awright?"
Noodle nodded.
Wait. 2D couldn't hear a nod from downstairs.
Her head hurt so badly she couldn't think straight.
"Okay" she yelled back before hearing the door close.
Fuck this was torture.
She was so irritated.
Why did he get to tell her what she could and couldn't take?
She was her own person damnit!
She grabbed a pill from the nightstand and swallowed it dry.
She was in too much pain to wait for the singer.

It was about 20 minutes later.
2D walked up to the bedroom door and looked at Noodle fast asleep on his bed.
Maybe she needed to sleep the pain off.
He crawled into the bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her gently.
He then kissed her neck making her squirm as her eyes fluttered open slowly.
She was about to get up before 2D kept her down.

"Shhhh...Noodz go back to sleep."

She smiled and closed her eyes once more pulling him closer to her.
He slowly closed his eyes too and drifted to sleep himself.

The sun seemed to be simply hanging over the house and cascading sunlight.
The light flooded into 2D's room waking Noodle up.
She kissed 2D's nose and got up slowly.
Shifting over to the nightstand, she grabbed his bottle of pills and started carefully examining the label. Whatever those pills were, one completely knocked her out.
She mouthed "Percocet" while reading the label.
Damn. Percocet...that's a bit much.
Then again, she'd taken one before and she fell asleep then too.
Her concern for him grew as she remembered how stern he was about her not taking any of his medication.
It worried her to think he was addicted to these strong tiny capsules.
2D woke up slowly and rubbed his eyes.
Trying to clear his vision he saw Noodle grasping onto his bottle.

"Noodz, wha' a' yew doin'?"

"You know this scares me a bit, right?"

2D's eyes fixed on her with a sense of confusion that was all too familiar to him.

"Wha' scares yew exac'ly?"

"The strength of these pills and how many you take...it's not healthy."

2D continued to stare.

"You are aware that you take Percocet right?"

"I'm aware..."

"And you take 4 at a time."

"I don' see t'e point..."

Noodle exhaled in slight annoyance.
Although at times 2D was very dull she didn't believe he would completely miss the point.

"Percocet is the second strongest medication in the world! You could die."

"I'm fine!"

"This is unhealthy! I'm afraid for you..."

"Don' be afraid fo' me! Tha's ridiculous!"

Noodle shook her head slightly.
Her frustration with him was growing quickly.
She was never one to be frustrated with 2D, but she was now understanding why people felt that way.

"If I took 2 of these it could could kill me. Imagine what 4 is doing to you..."

2D read the concern on Noodle's face and slightly frowned.

"Noodle, I 'ave to take tha' many. I'm tryin' to lay off..."

"But you're addicted."

"Yew're makin' ih' sound worse than it is..."

"But it's actually that bad."

2D looked down like an ashamed child. Noodle lifted his head and gave his a soft smile that sent a feeling of comfort through him.

"Maybe...you could see a doctor? Find a new alternative?"

2D laid on his side. She sat back on the bed and he moved over placing his head onto her lap.

"Or I'll just take less. Anyfin' to make yew feel better."

She smiled at him.

"I'm sure things will be fine."