Summary: A sickness traveling around Enies Lobby infects most of CP9. Jyabura is left to take care of Kaku. (JyaKaku)

I do not own One Piece. D:

Final installment! :D This is rather short, sorry. ^^; Thanks for reading! 3

Jyabura groaned as he lay down in his bed. His body felt too sore for his garden room ground, soft as the grass was. He'd been steadily feeling worse and worse all day. He'd tried to train earlier, only to find that he kept getting dizzy, and instead settled for a couple of stretches. Finally Kaku convinced him to skip out on that afternoon's meeting and return to his room. He sighed and lay there, occasionally coughing and sipping from the water he'd brought. Fifteen minutes later there was a timid knock at his door. Kaku came in, looking a little peeved and a little concerned.

"What're you doing here kid?"

"I thought I'd come in to check on you…"

"I'm not as sick as you were, so I think I'll be fine." Jyabura said, shrugging.

"I was also coming to tell you that somehow Lucci got sick as well and ended up throwing up on the meeting room carpet." Jyabura guffawed.

"HA! What did I say! Stupid cat!" He laughed loudly for all of 20 seconds before his coughing started up again full-force. Kaku gave an aggravated sigh and walked over to him.

"Settle down. You'll only weaken yourself further." Indeed, Jyabura did look rather tired. Kaku looked a little worn himself, but at least he was on the mend. Jyabura sighed and resettled himself, a small satisfied grin plastered to his face.

Kaku pulled up a chair and sat beside the bed. He crossed his legs and rested his head on his hands, looking worried and a bit more than a little guilty.

"… Are you feeling OK?"

"Meh, a little cold, throat's sore. You don't have to worry about me so much."

"… Well, it is kind of my fault you got sick…" Kaku said. Jyabura scoffed at the ceiling.

"Damn right it is! I mean, If you hadn't-" Jyabura nearly bit his own tongue shutting his mouth so quickly as soon when he saw the pained expression on Kaku's face. "Hey, I'm sorry kid. I didn't mean it like that… I'll be fine, don't worry." He gave the younger man a goofy sort of grin, then sneezed violently. Kaku smiled, immediately feeling better.

"Yeah… so it turns out that this has been going around all of CP9 for awhile. You and Lucci are the last one's to get it." Jyabura grunted, having guessed as much. Now that strange look Kalifa had given him the day before when he'd gotten their water bottles made a lot of sense…

"Figures." There was a moment of silence, interrupted occasionally by the sound of sheets rustling. Looking down, Jyabura realized with horror that he was shivering. Not wanting to appear weak, he simply pulled the blankets over him tighter to cover it up, though in reality it did the exact opposite. The bed suddenly dipped somewhere behind him and Jyabura turned to see Kaku, hat and shirt off, climbing in beside him.

"Get out of here kid. We don't need you catchin' this again." Jyabura muttered. Kaku turned and smiled up at him.

"I'll be OK… I've already had it once, so I've built up immunity." Kaku said just as softly, snuggling into the pillow. There was a moment of silence.

"… A what?"

"Just go to sleep!" Kaku said, laughing. Jyabura knew he should've felt embarrassed, but at the sound of that laugh he could only feel kind of pleased, a strange sort of happiness. He turned to face the ceiling and sighed, prepared to fall asleep, only to be hit by a wave of nausea. Again, his hand flew towards his mouth to stave off the feeling. Kaku, alarmed, shot up in bed. He figured out what was going on without Jyabura's saying it. Kaku slowly brought his hand up to the other man's toned stomach and, blushing madly, he began to stroke it in what he hoped was a soothing manner. Jyabura looked at him confusedly, even more so when the nausea dissipated and he relaxed. After a moment of this, both were started to doze off. Suddenly, Kaku shifted, sidling up closer to the other man until half of him was on Jyabura's chest. He dropped his head down slowly until his mouth was level with the other man's ear.

"I never did get to thank you for staying with me the other night…" He whispered… and with that he lifted his head and kissed Jyabura softly. It was slow and sweet, and probably the most memorable thank-you Jyabura had ever experienced in his life.