Literally NO time to myself. It's all so stressful. Anyway, please enjoy! ^_^
5 - Nursed Back to Health
A few hours has passed since Conker and Vexx fought in the forest. During this time, their fight was interrupted when one of the trees Conker cut down with his chainsaw fell on top of Vexx, smothering him and knocking him unconscious. Conker was at first clueless on what to do with the unconscious Vexx, who was supposedly his enemy, but he did save him from being crushed along with him, after all, so Conker decided to repay him by bringing him into his house so that he could be nursed back to health.
Right now, Vexx was laying on one of the beds in Conker's house, still unconscious and recovering from his injuries. A little while later, he would begin to stir, but he wasn't all thwwe way awake, yet. It would take just a few more moments for him to become somewhat aware of his surroundings. He sat up a bit from the bed, groaning as he felt a dull ache on his back. He looked around for a bit; he saw nothing but pink. Pink walls, pink dresser, even a pink lamp emitting a dim light across from him on that dresser. Whoever owns this house must really like pink…
There wasn't much going on in terms of sound, except for a pink radio quietly playing some sort of pop music, however due to the song's very slow tempo and heavy use of piano, it sounded more like jazz than pop. Either way, this faint sound of music would allow Vexx to become more alert. Also, no one else was in the room, so he was alone at the moment.
Once he was fully awake, he started experiencing a pounding headache; he groaned lightly as he rubbed his temples with 2 fingers. After a few moments, he heard some faint footsteps that gradually grew louder, but he wasn't quite sure who else was in the house with him.
His eyes narrowed when he saw someone approaching his bedside with a small bowl sitting on top of a platter. He saw the silhouette place it down near a nightstand which was sitting right next to his bedside. The silhouette then sat on the side of the bed. The more he looked at him, the more familiar he looked. He looked down; his blue sweater and green pants were slightly dirty and there were bandages covering some parts of his red fur. He began to recall their fight in the forest; he remembered something falling on him and then after that, he blacked out.
Wait, is that...Conker!?, Vexx gasped as he finally identified the silhouette sitting by his bedside.
Once Vexx was fully awake, the one next to him - Conker - smiled.
"Hey, sleepyhead.", he said. "Do you know where you are?"
Knowing that there was no time to waste, Vexx tried to get up, only to roar in pain from his injuries. Conker put his hands up to stop them.
"Woah, easy there! That tree totally owned so so you're gonna have to lay down for a while…", he warned.
Since Vexx wouldn't cooperate immediately, Conker gently forced him back into a laying position.
"Now, before you freak out, I know that you find it weird that me, your enemy, is taking care of you, and you're probably wondering why. Since you saved me from getting crushed by that tree, I wanted to return the favor.", Conker explained, hoping that Vexx would accept his care.
Vexx shook his head and sighed; he was in disbelief that Conker, of all people, was actually helping him out despite the current situation.
Conker looked to his left and took ahold of the small bowl nearby. There was steam coming out of it, but Conker was careful not to drop the bowl or spill any contents inside of it.
Once the bowl was close enough into Vexx's sight, he observed what was in it; it was just a bowl of broth and nothing more. He didn't trust it, however it did smell very good.
Conker took a spoonful from the bowl and brought it towards Vexx who would bluntly reject it by turning his head and pouting.
He tried a few more times to get Vexx to take the spoonful of broth, but to no avail. He rolled his eyes and sighed; this is when he found out that it was going to be harder than he thought to take care of Vexx while he's still lacking trust in him.
"If you think I poisoned it or something, I didn't, okay? I swear, this'll help you get better.", he explained.
Vexx crossed one of his arms, an uninjured right one, over his injured left one and growled, trying to turn his back to him. Conker thought this was childish of Vexx and chuckled. Man, he's acting just like Berri…, he mumbled to himself.
"Come on, Vexx, don't be like that. I promise it tastes good.", Conker cooed, trying to coax Vexx into taking the spoonful, but he was still being stubborn.
Man, this is tougher than I thought..., he thought to himself, but then smirked after an idea popped up in his head.
Conker placed the spoon back into the bowl and used a free hand to poke a finger all over Vexx's body, then gradually did it faster and rougher before using his entire hand to tickle the stubborn Astaran. Fortunately, Vexx gave off the expected reaction; he couldn't stop laughing if he tried.
Once Vexx's mouth was open enough, Conker would finally take the time to place the spoon into his mouth, and Vexx closed down onto it.
Conker sighed. "I knew that would work…", he chuckled. "Now will you let me feed you?", he asked.
Well, at least Vexx knew that what Conker was feeding him wasn't poisonous, but it still took him a while to finally cooperate. When he did, though, Vexx managed to finish everything that was in the bowl within about 1 to 2 minutes.
Conker placed the bowl back on the platter and sighed. "I'll bring some tea and some medicine. Don't try to do anything rash while I'm gone…", and with that, Conker left the room and headed elsewhere.
While Conker was gone, Vexx took this opportunity to try to escape; he tried to sit up and crawl out of the side of the bed, but the feeling of pain all over his body along with feeling full at the same time would slow him down significantly. As expected, he failed to reach the side of the bed on time.
Conker would come in with a mug of tea, a bottle of water, and 2 small capsules. Once Conker set each down near Vexx's bedside, the Astaran's eyes were glued to the 2 small capsules in front of him. What were these strange-looking capsules? Were they some type of poison? It was something Vexx has never seen before, that's for sure.
Conker noticed Vexx staring attentively at the capsules. "No, that's not poison…", he reassured, as if he knew what was on Vexx's mind.
"This will help your injuries heal faster. You swallow them whole.", he explained.
Swallow those big things!?, Vexx thought to himself. Are you tying to choke me to death!?
Conker brought them along with the water close to Vexx, who immediately rejected them.
Conker sighed. You know what, I'm not going through this again…, he thought to himself before he began searching through one of his jacket pockets.
"Knowing you, you probably don't use pills in your homeworld...oh, well, I'll figure something out…", he mumbled until he found a large bottle cap. It was the closest thing he could find to a small measuring cup. He shrugged.
Vexx stared attentively as Conker began to crush the pills with a nearby spoon. He then placed the powder in the bottle cap and mixed in some water with that.
"Here…", he said blandly, placing the cap of "substance" near the Astaran's mouth. Vexx shrugged and took the mouthful, thinking it would taste similar to the broth he just had. However, he would end up gagging as an acrid taste took over his mouth.
Ew, it tastes like poison!, the Astaran gagged.
"Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?", Conker chuckled, reaching over to the mug of tea.
"You ever had tea before?", Conker asked. Vexx smiled as the smell of oranges and spices entered his nose. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"Trust me, you'll like it. This one's my favorite; it's oranges and spices.", Conker smiled, letting Vexx take a sip. From the calm look on Vexx's face, he must've taken a liking to the tea.
Although the tea tasted very good, it immediately made Vexx tired and, after a few moments, Vexx was yawning and struggling to keep his eyes open.
"You seem tired. Try to get some rest. We'll talk more tomorrow.", Conker said, turning off the lamp and walking away from Vexx's bedside. Vexx must've been desperate to get some sleep because before he knew it, he was fast asleep.
So maybe Conker doesn't drink tea, but that was all I could think of at that moment. I'm not sure whemn the next chapter will be out, but in the meantime, to be continued...