Hello there! I hope you all liked the first part of this fic! So here is what happened after Darling stays with Cerise.

Cerise slept through most of the afternoon for Darling's relief. The fearless warrior did not abandoned her side but once to visit the castleteria. And when the clock stroke 8 o'clock, Darling gently shook Cerise's shoulder.

"Hey, wake up" she murmured "Cerise, open your eyes, just for a second, please" she cooed.

She gazed at her tiredly "Darling? What's going... what time is it?" she tried to sit up.

"Time to eat" Darling put a tray in front of her

"Not hungry" she said with raspy voice.

"I know, but part of being sick is not having appetite and you need to regain your strength, so eat up" she put the chicken soup in front of her "please?"

Cerise sighted nodding "ok" she grabbed the spoon with shaky hands, taking a first bite, as soon as she swallowed a round of coughs hit her hard"maybe not such a good idea" she said gazing at her through teary eyes.

"You are worse than I thought" Darling admitted worriedly.

"It's fine, I am half wolf, I will be heal by tomorrow"

"Not that I doubt your immune system, but..." she took the bowl from her hands "you have to trust me on this one" she drove the spoon to her mouth "try to eat slowly, ok?"

"Darling, I can do it myself"

"Trust me" she repeated "save up your energies" she tilted her head trying to convince her.

Cerise blushed in a mixture of embarrassment and the heat of the fever. Her ears fell backwards as she drove her eyes in the opposite direction and split her lips open.

Darling smiled triumphantly and introduced the spoon feeding her "thanks" she exclaimed in hushed tone.

Cerise hunched forward, arms folded upon her chest "I really don't need to be feed like an infant"

"Well, don't act like one and embrace sickness like an adult"

"And how is that?"

"With less complaining" she teased "being sick has its perks, now and then. Skipping classes, staying in bed, reading books...I don't know"

"When you get sick, what do you do?"

"Well, at the castle there is a lot of staff. So some of the nurses would come check on me once in a while, they gave me soup, allowed me to rest..." she gave her another spoonfull.

"What about your parents?" she asked after swallowing the soup.

"It was a fairy misfortune if I fell ill, since I couldn't fulfill my royal duties, so they had to run along and do them, they would rarely visit. So I guess when sick, I spend an awful lot of time on my own" she explained simply, but even if she was used to the solitary situation, Cerise couldn't help but to notice it troubled her friend.

Cerise offered a genuine smile "Thanks for staying with me"

Darling smirked sheepishly "my pleasure"

Once the bowl was empty, Cerise yawned discretely and searched with her eyes through the room for her cape "Where is-? Have you seen my hood?"

"I put it over that chair, why?"

"I need it" she tried to stand up, but her arms failed her "I can't be this weak" she told herself surprised by the fact she couldn't get herself up.

"You are sick" Darling stated the obvious going for the hood "why do you need it? It's way too warm for you to wear it right now"

"Cedar will be here, I can't let her see these" she pointed at her head.

Darling tapped her chin for a couple of seconds before snapping her fingers "I know what to do" she grabbed her mirror phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Hexting Rosabella" she answered "And Cedar" she sent both messages "I am asking if it's ok if we trade roommates for tonight. I told them it was for an assignment" her phone vibrated "Rosabella says it's fine" she smiled knowingly, then the second text arrived "all set" she put her phone away "solved in 30 seconds"

"You really could rule a kingdom" Cerise teased managing to make Darling roll her eyes.

"Whatever after" she sat next to her laying her hand on her cheek "your temperature dropped a little, that's good" she grinned.

"Well, I don't feel as bad" Cerise chimed with what she hoped would be an optimistic tone.

"Let's hope it keeps getting lower" Darling said "try go back to sleep, ok?"

"No problem" she laid down, but in a matter of minutes the coughing came back, making it impossible for her to rest.

Darling helped her sit "I am afraid you will have to sleep in that position"

Cerise groaned a little "It's awful being sick"

"No one said otherwise" she grabbed her mirror phone and placed herself next to her "Let's try to watch a movie, luckily you will fall asleep" she put the phone in the middle.

For the first part, they both watched silently the film, laughing now and then at the scenes. But it was until Darling felt the weight of Cerise's head against her shoulder that she gazed her direction. Cerise was soundly asleep, tickling Darling's chin with one of her ears.

She smiled tenderly "Yeah, that's a good idea" she turned the screen off and laid her cheek against her head closing her eyes, swiftly falling asleep as well.

Thanks! and stay tuned for a new series of shots revolving once more in Darling's and Cerise's friendship! Now involving Darling's family. It will sort of a part two for "Catch a Wolf by the Tale"I hope you enjoyed this and be hexcited for what might come next!