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The next morning, Sakura could hardly breathe. She reached over to turn down the covers in hopes of getting cooler because it felt as if the furnace was right next to her. She groaned as she turned away from the source of the heat and only managed to get it off her face, but onto her back now.
"Kakashi? Love? Could you go turn the heat down? Why's it so hot?" Sakura complained.
Not getting a response, she pouted and turned towards her husband. Her eyes quickly shot open as she realized that Kakashi may be the reason for the rise in the temperature. As if to answer her unspoken question, Kakashi moaned slightly and whimpered, seeking for some kind of release from the cold. He couldn't help wondering why Sakura would have the air on when she knew he was sick.
"Kakashi? Can you hear me?" Sakura quickly sat up and looked over at her husband.
He was shaking and continuing to moan. Jumping to her feet quickly, Sakura moved to the other side of Kakashi and felt his forehead. Pulling her hand back just as quickly, she hissed at the heat rolling off him. Looking around for something, she moved quickly to the kitchen and gathered as many bowls that would hold large amounts of ice. For ten minutes, she ran back and forth from the kitchen to the bathroom, filling the tub up with ice. Next she move to Kakashi and gently shook his shoulder.
"Kakashi, I need you to get up please." Sakura called.
Kakashi merely moaned again and attempted to turn away from her, but she wouldn't allow him. Sometime during the night he had managed to stop sweating so she really had to get his fever down. Reaching down into her chakra, she reached over and gently lifted him from the bed and headed to the bathroom.
"I'm sorry Kakashi, but I have to get your fever down." With that, she gently placed him into the ice.
Kakashi woke with a start and jumped as if trying to get out of the tub, but Sakura wouldn't allow him.
"S-s, it's c-cold. W-w-what…?" Kakashi tried to ask, but his teeth were chattering too much. "S-S-Sakura?"
"I'm right here. It's ok. You're just a little too warm. I've got get your temperature down." Sakura said.
"W-w-why's it s-s-so c-cold?" Kakashi asked with trimmers.
"I've got you in a tub of ice, hoping to get your fever down. You're not sweating which would naturally help to reduce your fever, so I'm helping your body this way." Sakura replied.
"D-d-don't… l-li-like it. C-c-cold." Kakashi said.
His body shook more, if possible, as he slowly began to sink into the water the melted ice had created.
"I'm sorry, but you're really sick." Sakura told him.
Kakashi shivered more and tried to keep his teeth from chattering, but to no avail. He tried once more to get out of the tub, but once again Sakura wouldn't let him.
"Once your temperature goes down I'll let you out." She said.
Kakashi tried to hold himself up, but he was so tired and cold. His body just wanted to shut down. Sinking to where the water was over his nose, he started to fall asleep. Sakura quickly picked him up so he wouldn't breathe in the water. Placing a hand against his forehead, she noted that he had cooled down.
"Come on love. Let's get you back to bed and warm, but not hot." Sakura said as she helped to lift Kakashi out of the tub.
He stumbled slightly as he got out, shaking badly. Sakura quickly wrapped a towel around his shoulders and took to wiping his legs off. Once she'd finished that, she wiped off his upper body and his hair and then gave him some boxers to wear. Kakashi was once again complaining how cold it was, but Sakura merely got him under the covers and wiped his hair out of his face. Breathing deeply a few minutes later, Kakashi's shaking had become a few trimmers here and there before he finally relaxed into a deep sleep. Sakura watched him for some time before she felt she could go back to sleep. Considering she was woken up so early, she settled in beside him and silently thanked kami that it was the beginning of the weekend that she had off.
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"Sakura… it's too hot." Kakashi complained.
"I'm sorry, but you have to eat it. We want, no, need you feeling better in no time. You don't want to be cooped up in here for a month or more do you?" Sakura asked.
She was trying to get Kakashi to eat a bowl of soup that the Hokage had told her would help with his symptoms. She was just happy that he was up and alert. She feared that the scare earlier in the night might have killed a few of his brain cells.
"Why don't you eat it for me and I'll go back to sleep?" He asked with a fake smile.
"Um… how about you eat this and then you can go back to sleep for as long as you'd like." Sakura said. "At least until you need more meds."
She said the last part softly, but she was pretty sure with Kakashi's hearing he picked it up anyways.
"I heard that." Kakashi sighed and picked up his spoon.
He forced almost half the soup down and shivered from the lack of taste from it.
"Good boy, now go to sleep. As I promised." Sakura said as she took the tray off his lap and headed to the kitchen.
Kakashi sighed once more and settled down between the covers. His eyes closed and he was off to dream land before his head even hit the pillow. Sakura washed the bowl and sat down on the couch. Unsure what to do with her day, she called Hinata to let her know that she and Kakashi were not going to be able to have dinner with them seeing as Kakashi was still sick.
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that Sakura-chan. I hope he feels better soon!" Hinata said.
"As do I." Sakura said with a sigh. "Have a good day. Tell Naruto I said hi too."
Hinata agreed and the two of them hung up. Stretching out on the couch, Sakura picked up her book she'd been reading and got lost within the pages. Two hours later, she could hear Kakashi stirring in the bedroom and she marked her page before getting up and seeing what he was up to.
"Kakashi?" She called.
"I just had to use the bathroom. Nothing serious. You can… go back to your reading. I'm… going back to bed." He said.
Sakura frowned and stood at the door looking at him. He sat on the edge of the bed and looked completely wiped out. Sakura walked over to him and laid a gentle hand on his still bare shoulder before she moved it to his forehead.
"You've developed a fever again, but it's not as high as the one you had last night." She wiped his hair back and rested her hand on his right cheek.
Kakashi managed to lift his head up and look at her before feeling completely exhausted and falling back onto the pillow. He didn't even have the strength to put his feet up, so Sakura helped him before covering him with a thin sheet.
"My poor husband." Sakura said with a sigh and moved back into the living room to read some more.
Three more hours later, she went into the kitchen to start fixing dinner, soup for Kakashi and a sandwich for herself. Putting everything on a tray, she headed into their bedroom and gently called Kakashi's name. Not getting a response, she placed the tray on a nearby table and went over to his side.
"Kakashi? It's time to eat." She called softly.
"I just… want to… sleep. Not… hungry." Kakashi finally replied.
"I know love, and that's about the best medicine you can give your body, but you have to eat too." She responded.
Kakashi merely moaned and turned over in her direction before he slowly opened his left eye. Peering at her, he noted that she was giving him her puppy dog look. Rolling his eye slightly, he sat up slowly and groaned.
"Fine. I'll eat it. Just stop looking at me like that." He said.
Sakura smiled and nodded before setting the tray in his lap and taking a seat beside him so she could enjoy her sandwich while he ate his soup.
"Once you're feeling better, we'll have to go out to dinner with Naruto and Hinata one day." Sakura said before she took another bite.
Kakashi halted his spoon for a brief moment before he returned to eating again.
"Hmm…" He said and finished half his soup.
"Well, it's a little more than last time. That's good." Sakura said.
Kakashi merely nodded and laid back against his pillow. Sakura removed the tray and set about cleaning up and doing the laundry. Kakashi once more fell asleep. A soft knock could be heard on their front door and Sakura quickly went to open it.
"Naruto?" She asked surprised.
"Hiya Sakura-chan. Hinata told me Kakashi-sensei is sick. I wanted to see how he's doing." Naruto said.
Sakura was actually surprised that he had knocked softly and hadn't just come rushing in like he'd done many times in the past.
"Ummm…. Yeah. He's asleep right now. Just got to sleep actually. I'll be sure to tell him that you stopped by. I'm sorry." Sakura said.
"Ah. Alright then. I'll try again another time. See ya Sakura-chan!" Naruto said and left.
Once the clothes had finished washing, she changed them over to the dryer and stretched a bit to loosen up her muscles. Sighing slightly, she figured she'd go check on Kakashi. As she walked into the room, she had an eerie feeling and looked over to the bed. Her eyes widen greatly as she looked into the empty bed.
"Kakashi?!" She called.
She quickly went to the bathroom and didn't see him there. Knowing he was too sick to just up and leave, plus he said he was tired, she checked the whole house only to find that he wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Kakashi, where are you?" She asked out loud.
O.o Where in the world did Kakashi go? Guess you'll have to wait until the next chapter. Review if you're interested. Thank you for reading!