Adopted by Zerkaa

· Illness ·

Sorry I've been gone for so long! Didn't have much motivation or ideas...

Enjoy! xx

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Mia's POV

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Freya strokes my hair back and wipes the sweat off my face with a cool towel she ran under my bathroom tap. My skin is burning and I can feel my whole body getting stuffy with cold-like symptoms. God, I hate being ill.

It's six am and still dark outside. I don't know where I got ill from, but I woke up today feeling like absolute shite.

"Can you sit up?" Freya asks, stroking my cheek with the back of her hand.

I nod and sit up slowly, wincing at the nausea I feel swirling around in my stomach. I get dizzy and fall back against the pillow, not having enough strength to stay up.

"Sorry," I mumble, shutting my eyes. "I feel so weak right now"

"That's okay," Freya replies softly, grabbing her phone. "Let me see if your dad can help"

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A few minutes later, Josh enters my bedroom and cracks a smile. I don't feel like smiling back.

"Aww, how's our little invalid doing?"

Freya rolls her eyes and tells him to hurry up. Josh sits next to me and must realize how ill I look because he frowns.

"Why is she so pale? Should we take her to the hospital or something?"

"I called Dr Danton. He said he'll swing around at ten to have a look at her," Freya replies, handing Josh a clean white shirt. "Her shirt is soaked in sweat. Can you help her change while I go get some water?"

Freya leaves the room and Josh lets me rest against his chest as he helps me get the new shirt on. I feel so incredibly weak right now and every movement I make, makes me feel nauseous.

"A bit better?" Josh asks me once I have the clean shirt on.

I nod. "Yeah, thanks"

Josh pats my pillow and I lay down again. He strokes my hair until Freya comes back with medicine and water.

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At ten, the doctor comes and checks me over.
We would've gone to the hospital, but Freya and Josh didn't want to risk me being sick in the car.

Dr Danton writes some stuff in his notebook before turning to Freya and Josh.
I'm half asleep at this point, but when he mentions I have some sort of virus, I sigh and put my head in my hands.

"Her stomach virus could last ten days at most," Dr Danton says. "Plenty of fluids and rest will be crucial. Every time she vomits, she'll need to rehydrate also. I'll leave you guys with some medicines"

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"You want anything?" Josh asks, rubbing my back as I curl up next to him on the living room sofa.

"No thank you," I mumble, shutting my eyes as the TV plays the news.

"Are you sure?" Josh sighs.

I nod and feel myself drifting into sleep. Josh kisses my temple and stands up to go get something, most likely his laptop or a snack of some sort.

I don't end up sleeping like I would like to, but I keep my eyes shut to rest them anyway. Freya comes out of her office to get some coffee and asks us if we need anything from the shops before she goes.

I don't say anything and instead open my eyes, making Freya cock her head to the side with a smile.

"How are you feeling, sweetie?"

"Awful," I reply with a yawn. "I want to sleep, but I can't. I guess I'll go shower instead"

"You need any help?" Freya frowns, taking her car keys off the counter.

I shake my head no. It's already bad enough Freya had to take care of me at six this morning. I'm sure I can shower on my own.

"I'll be fine," I reply, walking to my room so lowly.

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I shut my bedroom door and sigh, leaning against it. The dizziness is coming back uninvited.

Once the dizzy spell passes, I grab some clothes and make my way into the bathroom. I turn the shower on, strip my clothes off and step behind the steamy glass walls.

The heat of the shower is a little heavy and cloying and makes me light-headed, so I turn the cold tap on and finish washing my hair miserably.

When I get out of the shower, I'm freezing, but get dressed as quick as I can. I change by the toilet in case I'm going to be sick.

Once I get my socks on, I'm ready to go back out and join Josh on the sofa again. It's nice to spend time with Josh when he isn't working. It's rare, but when we do get this time, I always find we get closer.

A surge of nausea hits me and I immediately kneel next to the toilet, pushing my freshly washed hair back.

I'm violently sick and end up managing to keep it all in the toilet. I'm a clean sick person I guess.

As I'm about to be sick again, Josh enters the bathroom and sighs when he sees me over the toilet.

"Oh no," Josh chuckles, taking my hair in his hand and keeping it back. "Chuck it up, lad"

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When I'm done, Josh helps me rinse my mouth and wipe my face. He also gives me some more medicine and tells me to lie down. 

I lie down on the living room sofa and smile softly, watching Josh make me soup. He adds salt and pepper to the broth before stirring and adding celery.

"Hopefully, you'll be able to keep this down," Josh says, taking some chicken out of the fridge. 

"Yeah," I sigh with a laugh. "I'm pretty hungry and it smells really good"

The door to the flat opens and Freya walks through with bags of shopping. Some of it is food, but most of them are clothes and Freya side-eyes Josh when he raises an eyebrow. 

"Don't ask," she sighs, placing the food bags on the white marble counters. "Stream demands and I, as the creator, has to provide"

Josh laughs and kisses Freya before she goes into her office to drop off her stream stuff.

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When the soup is ready, Josh and Freya and I eat in front of the TV. We watch some random stuff and I end up falling asleep halfway through. 

Towards the end of the episode, I feel Josh pick me up slowly. I keep my eyes shut and I let him carry me to my room. 

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