Shattered

5

When they got to the pharmacy their mom got out and into the store. Brit was playing on her phone and Benji was semi awake staring off to space, "Hey Benj?" Brit asked, (Benj was his nickname) Benji looked back weekly. "This is the 3rd fever this month, is everything ok?" she asked concerned, Benji was going to say something but started coughing, "Hey! Calm down!" Brit panicked,

"You don't need to worry about me."

"But..."

"As you big brother I should be worried about you." he genuinely smiled at her, their mom came back with a few bottles of pills,

"Ok, I got cough medicine, a heat control thing, Advil and I got refills on your antidepressant meds and Brits ADHD meds."

"Ugh! I hate the taste of those!"

"Calm down. If you don't take them you're gonna go crazy."

"You suck sometimes!"

"Haha." Benji said sarcastically, then he started coughing harder and shivered harder,

"Shut up and rest!" their mom yelled, feeling his head again, burning, "This one is pretty bad, unlike your previous ones." she mumbled to herself,

"Cold." Benji mumbled softly,

"I know, we're almost home then you need to go straight to bed." Benji nodded and shivered himself back to sleep. They got home and Brit carried her stuff and Benji's stuff into the house. Benji's mom carefully woke Benji up and helped him stand. He leaned against her for support, still gripping onto Cal's jacket and Brit's bottle, he forgot the meted ice pack in his mom's car. He stumbled into the house and up the stairs. His mom gently placed him onto his bed, she went to the closet and grabbed a black hoodie and grey sweatpants. She helped him put the sweatshirt over his t-shirt and sweatpants over his basketball shorts. She helped him lay down and covered him in his weighted blanket that helps him relax, she went to the bathroom and brought back a damp towel. She placed it on his forehead, she grabbed Brit's bottle and tried to grab "his" jack. He held it tightly and shook his head, she sat on his bed stroking Benji's black hair out of his face. After a few minutes of quiet she said,

"A kid with red spiky hair told me to say sorry to you, you know why?"

Benji thought for a moment, this morning's practice had been a blur, then he remembered what Rin said, he shrugged his shoulders not wanting to explain himself. She smiled and kissed him on top of his hair. She got up and walked out. Benji stared off into space until he drifted off into a deep sleep.

He woke up a free hours later feeling crappy,

"Hey, you're awake, Mom wants me to bring you your meds." Brit holding a tray of meds and water, tylenol and Advil.

"Do I have to take all of these?"

'Yeah, I asked the same question." Brit helped Benji sit up, she handed him the tray, he took them in his hand and dumped them in his mouth. He took a drink of the water and swallowed the pills. Brit changed the cloth on his forehead and sat on the bed.

"You sure you ok?"

"Brit, come on, don't worry."

"But I am!"

"Come here." Benji opened his arms for a hug, Brit moved over to him and hugged him tightly. She started to cry into his chest, Benji drew circles on her back to sooth her, he moved her to the side and kissed her on the head. They hugged for a while until Benji felt soft warm breathing on his arm, Brit was asleep. He pulled the covers over her and himself, he started to play with her long dark brown hair, it was soft going through his finger tips. He soon fell asleep hugging her tightly. A bit passed and their mom walked in, she saw the sight and smiled. She walked over and covered them up, she kissed them on their heads, then she walked out. Brit woke up to Benji's phone going off. She moved to get comfortable again, Benji woke to this movement and his phone.