A/N: Wow… Um, I cannot express my love for reviewers enough. Thank you everyone for supporting my one-shots! For some reason this took me over three weeks to finish. It got rewritten twice. I really hope you like it.

Disclaimer: All I own is my cough that just won't go away.

Pairing: Madoka and Lin

Theme: Sick

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"Lin? I think I habe a cold. Can you helb me?" Madoka's weak voice emitted from Lin's cell phone. It was four in the morning and his annoying ringtone that Madoka set woke him from his deep slumber.

"Sure. What do you need?" He rubbed his eyes to try and wake up further.

"Um, I neeb some cold medicine. And maybe some pickles." Lin looked at the phone like it sprouted wings.

"Pickles?" He asked to make sure he heard correctly. He heard a slight rustling on the other line and he sighed.

"Nodding is a poor way of responding over a phone."

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"Madoka, here's your medicine. Sit up and I'll give it to you." Lin opened her apartment with the spare key she had given him for emergencies. He walked to her bedroom and turned on the side table lamp. Madoka moaned at the brightness but sat up anyway.

"Thanks." She gratefully took the small cardboard box and ripped in open gently. She took a casing with two pills out and then looked at Lin expectantly.

"Yes?" He asked, puzzled to why she wasn't taking the medicine.

"I need water to take pills." She stated it like it was the most obvious thing in the world and started opening the casing. Lin sighed but submitted to Madoka's wish and got her a tall glass of water.

"And I put your pickles in your refrigerator." He said as he handed her the glass. Madoka accepted it gratefully and drank down her pills. She signed in content then felt something warm on her forehead. She opened her eyes and saw Lin's hand. She nearly squealed in delight by being touched by her boyfriend but tried to keep her excitement to a minimum.

"I don't think you have a fever." Lin commented as he removed his hand from Madoka's forehead. She smiled at him and then snuggled into her blankets.

"Thanks Lin."

"For what?"

"Being there for me…" And Madoka drifted off to sleep, a slight blush covering her cheeks. Whether it was from the cold or himself, Lin couldn't tell.

"No problem…" Lin whispered before leaning down and kissing her forehead as Madoka smiled in her sleep.