I'm going to try to update every other day, I'm very busy so if I don't meet my deadline please be patient. Also just an fyi the degrees are in Celsius. 38.5 = 101.3, 41.2= 106.16, 38.7= 101.66.

The next few days where a blur. Where they days or where they hours? It all just seemed like a jumbled up mess of memories that seemed to repeat and move out of place. Or at least they felt like they did. Nagisa remembered a lot of seeing Rei's face looking down at him with a sad expression on his face. It hurt to see Rei like that and Nagisa tried to tell him that it was okay that Rei shouldn't make that face, but his words didn't seem to reach him but it seemed to make the teen even sadder than before. This went on for what seemed like forever until one day everything seemed to clear up a little bit. The next thing Nagisa knew he was still lying on the floor and Rei was sitting facing away from the blond reading some kind of book.

"Rei?" Nagisa asked his voice was small and hoarse, his mouth also felt like a desert.

Rei turned around almost half heartedly but when he saw that Nagisa's eyes where open he was quick to come to the boy's side.

"How are you feeling?" Rei asked almost relieved like Nagisa had come back to life.

"I'm a little thirsty." Nagisa admitted he felt bad to make Rei do errands for him when he just woke up but Nagisa felt like he would die if he didn't get some liquid in him.

"Hang on I'll get you some water." Rei said getting up quickly and heading to the fridge and grabbing the pitcher of water and a glass from one of the lower cupboards.

Nagisa was amazed that Rei knew where everything was considering that Rei had never really been over to Nagisa's house before. Nagisa almost always goes over to Rei's house but almost never the other way around. Rei's clothes where different then the last time Nagisa remembered so Rei had probably been here awhile so he probably figured out where everything was while he was here. Nagisa tried to sit up while Rei got him some water. It was proving harder than he had originally thought but the blond was able to sit up by the time Rei came back.

"Oh, you could've laid down, I got you a straw see?" Rei said pointing to the pink bendy straw in the glass.

Nagisa smiled. Rei was really too cute.

"It's better if I drink sitting up." Nagisa said he didn't want to choke which is what normally happened when he drank lying down.

Rei didn't argue any further and handed the glass over to Nagisa. Nagisa's hands shook as he held the glass of water; he was much weaker than he had thought.

"Do you want me to hold it?" Rei asked scared the Nagisa might drop it and get everything wet.

Nagisa wanted to say that he didn't need any help that he could drink water all on his own. However, the reality was that he couldn't, it was a sad but true fact. So Nagisa simply nodded solemnly. Rei wordlessly took the glass from his friend and held it so that Nagisa could drink comfortably from the straw.

"Don't worry, when you get better you'll be able to do this by yourself." Rei assured him with a small smile.

"When did you get so responsible?" Nagisa teased as he took a break from drinking.

"I'm always responsible." Rei said with so much pride that Nagisa could practically see it.

Nagisa laughed loudly.

"Don't laugh at me!" Rei exclaimed turning a bright color of red.

Nagisa was never more thankful that Rei had found out about his illness. Nagisa had to admit that when he had to take care of himself that it was very lonely but with Rei here he felt comfortable and safe.

"While you're sitting do you want something to eat?" Rei asked putting down the water since Nagisa was finished with it.

"Sure." Nagisa responded, he wasn't hungry he rarely was when he was sick but he knew he had to eat to get better.

"Some more porridge?" Rei suggested since Nagisa seemed to be able to eat all of it.

"Sounds good." Nagisa answered smiling.

Rei got up again and began to busy himself making the porridge. Nagisa didn't know that Rei could make porridge up until a couple of days ago. Heck Nagisa didn't know that Rei could even cook, but cooking is a bit of mathematics which Rei has always been good at.

"Why'd you look sad when I called out to you earlier?" Nagisa asked the question that had been nagging him since he got up.

Rei stopped cooking when Nagisa asked that question almost looking like he didn't want to answer.

"Well, these past few days you've had a fever of 41.2 degrees and you've been sort of delirious and you called out my name a lot." Rei explained before adding, "It kind of broke my heart because I tried to get you to see that I was here but you just kept calling out my name and crying."

Nagisa was kind of surprised by this he hadn't remembered any of that, of course with a fever that high he couldn't be expected to remember.

"I was trying to get you to stop looking sad." Nagisa explained since that was the only thing he could remember while had his fever.

"Huh?" Rei asked not quite sure what Nagisa was saying.

"When was delirious I was just trying to get you to stop looking so sad." Nagisa further explained.

Rei turned red once again when Nagisa said this quietly muttering something to himself. Nagisa smiled as he watched the embarrassed boy try to remember when he was supposed to be doing.

"I, huh, I want to take your tempature again before you eat." Rei said as he nervously tried to grab the thermometer. It took him a few tried before he had everything set up.

Nagisa obediently opened his mouth has Rei stuck the thermometer in his mouth.

"Keep that under your tongue." Rei reminded as he went back to cooking.

Nagisa rolled his eyes Rei was acting like his mother but Nagisa did what Rei asked. After a few minutes the thermometer beeped and Nagisa took it out too look at it. The numbers where a little blurry at first but after a few blinks Nagisa could read it.

" 38.7." Nagisa read out loud.

"That's still kinda high." Rei remarked turned off the stove finishing the porridge.

Nagisa shrugged it was lower than 41.2 and he was happy about that. Nagisa brought the covers of the futon up to his chin why was it so cold in the apartment? Rei made his way over to Nagisa with porridge in oven mitt hands. Rei let it sit for a while so it was cool before he proceeded to feed Nagisa. This, Nagisa must admit, was the best part of this whole ordeal, he'd always liked to be feed and being that Rei was the one feeding him Nagisa was over the moon. After lunch, at least Nagisa thought it was lunch, Rei insisted that Nagisa go back to sleep. After a little arguing Nagisa finally complied. Everything was going swimmingly until Nagisa had the feeling that he was going to puke his guts out. Nagisa sat up quickly slightly startling Rei slightly.

"Nagisa what is it?" Rei asked concerned for his friend.

Nagisa didn't say anything, he felt that if he opened him mouth that he would end up vomiting all over the floor. So he just looked at Rei with pleading eyes as he covered his mouth with his hand. Rei finally got the hit and quickly helped Nagisa over to the toilet where he proceeded to throw up everything he had ingested. Rei stayed with him, rubbing his back as he retched up the last of the porridge.

"Sorry Rei, and after you made me that porridge." Nagisa said between pants and dry heaves.

"It's not your fault I probably let you eat too much." Rei said not wanting the blond to be too hard on himself.

"I'm sure this isn't very beautiful either." Nagisa said wiping his chin with his sleeve as he finished vomiting.

"Everything you do is beautiful." Rei assured.

"You're weird." Nagisa said before collapsing again Rei, completely exhausted.