Everyone except Kunzite looked very smug as Jedeite walked into the room.
"You're looking almost human again!"exclaimed Nephrite.
Jedeite glared at him.
"What's everyone so happy about!"he asked, looking around.
"Well, it's almost like a dream come true!"said Zoicite happily.
Jedeite's eyes grew wide.
"You've always score first at everything!"
"Not a score! But Mina just called."
Jedeite's glass slipped from his hand.
"Mina? Rei's friend? What did she say? What's wrong with Rei?"he asked, looking around anxiously. "Ow!"
Nephrite threw a spoon at him. It him where his bruise was just healing.
"Rei's probably busy, or she has a better date."he said. "Mina asked us to out with Ami and Lita. Zoicite's going with Ami again, me with Lita."
"What about Rei?"Jedeite demanded.
"Rei probably has a better date."
"What?!"
Jedeite got up and left the room. Surely this was another of Nephrite's vile jokes. There probably was no date. Or maybe…maybe there was, but Rei was sick. After all, he heard there was a bad flu going around. What if Rei had caught it? He almost fainted. Well, if she did, she'd probably be tired, and be needing someone to look after her. Well, who better than him? After all, he did care about her, probably more than anyone else he knew. Yes, he thought to himself. He'd just have to look after Rei, while Nephrite and the other two simply wasted their time. It was probably just one of Mina's ideas, anyway. Jedeite grabbed his jacket, and was about to walk to the door, but stopped. He couldn't tolerate Nephrite teasing him again. If he went out the front door, he'd be bound to. He locked the door, and climbed from the balcony, down the side of the building, and jumped off beside the dumpster. He tripped, and landed in it instead. He spat out a banana peel, and climbed out. He ran out onto the street, and towards Rei's temple.
Rei sat before the fire, when she heard the door. Angrily, she got up to answer it. She saw Jedeite.
"You again?"
"I heard you weren't feeling ill."he said.
Rei sniffed the air.
"Well, I certainly am now."she commented. "You stink!"
"Then you really aren't feeling well! Is there anything I can do to help?"he asked anxiously.
"Yes,"she said through gritted teeth. "You can leave!"
"I see,"he nodded. "You need your rest."
She rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'll come back to see how you're feeling later."he said, turning to leave.
"Don't bother!"
Jedeite walked in, Nephrite saw on the couch, watching a reality show, Zoicite reading Anna Karenina, and Kunzite reading a magazine.
"Rei is very ill."he said seriously.
Kunzite looked up. Nephrite held his nose.
"Something really stinks!"he said.
"Jedeite shouldn't you take a shower? Did she puke on you?"
Jedeite blushed, and ignored his request.
"That's why she couldn't come."he said sadly.
"I'll bet she got sick just from the stink!"exclaimed Nephrite.
"Oh, shut up!"Jedeite said, and walked out to take a shower. He cursed himself for not having been more careful, and slipped to land in the dumpster. I do stink! He thought to himself. He groaned. He had probably made Rei feel worse with this stench. Just great! Just his luck! Oh, well, he'd make it up. He'd have to send Rei flowers, or something to cheer her up, and it would be no problem to do it. He'd send her tons of flowers. One bouquet daily with twenty five in each. One for each hour of the day, and an extra one, for every time he thought of her. He smiled to himself. Yes, that would be perfect. Now, he'd just have to learn to write poetry. That way he could send her poems composed by himself. The idea was so perfect he couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it before! He'd get to work on it right away! He stopped in his tracks, maybe I'd better take a shower first, he thought. Yes, he'd better do that.