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Lesson 6: Always Get Even

Suzaku opened his eyes groggily and squinted as the rays of sunlight strucked his eyes. Today is a gorgeous weekend to spend a lifetime with friends and have a great spree of fun, regarding the fair weather and birds chirping merrily on the tree branches. However, something is wrong. Wrong, with himself.

He could barely move his body and he had this massive headache, as if his temple was slammed by a hammer or got backslapped again by Lelouch's 'iron hand'. The guy is a good smacker indeed, but he wouldn't have received a headache like this painful, just for stupid act of backslapping the poor brunette. Not only that, but his nose felt wet. A cold, maybe?

"Morning, sleepy head." A familiar voice greeted. Suzaku rolled his head to the right and met a calm Lelouch staring down at him. "You surprise me a lot you know. You went to bed very early, right? Why did I woke up first?" he asked.

"Really..? What time was that?" Suzaku asked in a rather audible voice.

"8:00 p.m. After we got home from our late-activity in school yesterday, you went straight to bed. Now, it's 8:00 a.m., you slept for 12 hours and you don't look like a morning person to me. Are you sick or something?"

Suzaku chuckled. "Nah, I'm fine. I have a military meeting today. So, I'll get ready and meet up with you later..." He crawled out of bed and stood up with a slight wobble. Lelouch stabilized him.

"Suzaku, you don't look so well to me. Are you sure you're alright?" Lelouch asked with concern transparent in his voice. The brunette nodded, and began to head out to the door. As he was about to, he suddenly coughed harshly a couple of times.

"I-I'm fine..it's just a cough." Suzaku said. He looked back at Lelouch with a small smile "Don't worry...about me." He resumed walking towards the door but he was stopped upon feeling a hand grab his shoulder.

"Oh I don't think so. You don't have a cough yesterday." Lelouch said. "You're ill. Just stay here and rest."

"Lelouch, I'm fine really...ugh.." the brunette groaned and put a hand on his head. His sorroundings was spinning violently.

"Suzaku..Suzaku, what's wrong?" the raven asked with worry.

"I don't know..I just feel.." then, Suzaku passed out. Lelouch bolted towards his collapsing friend and caught him on time. He muttered a choice of cursing and carried the unconscious brunette back to his bed. He sighed. He knew this was going to happened.

Hm..let me find out.

After spreading the warm blanket all over Suzaku's body, Lelouch brushed away some of his curly brown hair above his brows and placed a hand on the brunette's forhead. He gasped a little as he realized that he was burning up with a fever. The heat vested on him was intense.

Damn...why didn't he tell me that he was sick?

Lelouch looked at Suzaku. His tanned face was drenched in beads of sweat and his cheeks were flushed. The raven rushed out of his room and returned with a basin of cold water with a small towel soaked in it. He squeezed the towel to remove the water absorbed in its cottony texture and settled it on Suzaku's forehead.

This day's going to be tough..

( Later...)

The brunette awoke. He was still very weak and tired though..but he couldn't sleep anymore. "U..ugh.." he groaned as he sat up. A small cloth fell on his lap. He stared at it and wondered. "What..is this doing here..?"

''You're awake." Lelouch greeted. "How do you feel?"

"Awful." Suzaku responded. "What happened?"

"Believe it or not, I spend the past two hours taking care of you. I was planning to give you pain relievers but you couldn't wake up so I just let you sleep then. Your fever is pretty high, so relax."

"I'm sick..? That's.."

"I know. It's ironic." Lelouch chuckled. The brunette sneezed and sniffed after he recovered from it. Lelouch offered him a box of tissue. "You just have a common cold, but they might get serious if you don't rest up. Otherwise, you cannot go back to school or the military again.''

Suzaku blew his nose and throwed the tissue on the small waste basket. "Yeah..."

"Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"

"I..just don't want you to worry..and.." Another sneeze. "..And..my ailment is contagious..you might get it too."

"I don't really care, though. I'm taking care of you, idiot." Lelouch chuckled. "Lay down and I'll be here, watching."

"But..seriously, are you sure?"

The raven sighed. "Best friends...duh?" he said as he rolled his eyes. Suzaku sneezed again.

"Damn...I hate sneezing constantly." the brunette grumbled. He coughed dryly. "..and coughing.."

"It's normal, Suzaku. It happened to me once and the feeling of being sick really sucks. Is this your first time?"

"I got sick before..but I only have a slight fever. Not with colds and coughs." he replied. "Ugh..Lelouch, I need a tissue."

"O-okay then.." Lelouch stuttered and grabbed a tissue paper from the box. Suzaku did not take it. "Well? Here's your tissue, get it."

"..."

A sudden realization strucked the raven. "...or should I do it for you?" Nice thinking, Captain Genius.

"Wha...no! That's not what I.." Suzaku coughed multiple times. He regret raising his voice. He cleared his throat. "Just place it there..." His eyes widened when Lelouch held the tissue close to his nose.

"No..no..just put.." Suzaku suddenly made frantic hand signs at Lelouch. The raven stared at him in confusement.

"What?"

Hand sign. Hand sign. Hand sign.

"Is this a game of charades?"

Hand sign, and hand sign.

"Suzaku, what do you want me to do? Move away or-"

ACHOO!

"WHAT THE HELL!" Lelouch exclaimed, dropped the tissue paper and stared at his hand with disgust. It was covered with slimy...whatever. "Suzaku, why on earth did you do that?!"

"I-I told you to move away because.." Sneeze. " ..I'm going to sneeze..!"

"You shouldn't have turned away!"

"I'm sorry..! I was about to turn away and I..well, you know.."

"Dammit.." Lelouch cursed. "Disgusting sputum. Ugh, I'm washing my hands!"

( Later...)

"Lelouch?"

"Hm?"

"I'm sorry for sneezing on your hand." Suzaku said, his voice had gained its normality. "I mean, despite of that incident, thank you. I still feel kinda sick, though. But I feel better than before."

"It's no problem." Lelouch replied with a smile. "Now, just rest. You'll be fine by tomorrow." Then, he suddenly sneezed.

"Uh-oh.."

The raven just grinned. "It's nothing. Just a.." Then, he coughed. "Nevermind..."

"Don't worry Lelouch." Suzaku chuckled. "When I get better tomorrow, I'll be the one to take care of you. As a return gift."

"You don't have to do that.."

"Of course I need to. Like you said, we're best friends. We always need to get even sometimes.."

( Later...)

ACHOO!

"LELOUCH, WHAT THE?!" Suzaku sprang out of his chair. "You just sneezed on my shirt!"

The sick former prince smirked. "You said that we need to get even sometimes. So I sneezed back at you." he said.

...

The brunette sighed. "Oh, you.."

This lesson is more on friendship..yeah, sick fics are commonly suited for friendship category. I added a little humor to lighten the mood a bit. I hope that this chapter is okay with you. By the way guys, next week is finals and I have to focus on studying the following week. I won't be gone for too long, so don't worry. I can't promise you to get the next chapter ready by the end of the week, but I'll try my best to gather some ideas while I'm at it.

I'm still accepting suggestions for future chapters. Feel free to leave me a review with your suggestion, if something comes across your mind. But may I request, can you make it more humorous? Don't make it TOO crack. Just the fair ones. It is up to you, weather you insert it in your review or send me a PM. ^_^

Until next time! ;D

~Dark Zero 1718