Tsubaki and Black★Star

Sick Day

"Ah...AH...ACHOOOOO!" Black☆Star's sneeze practically shook the whole apartment and nearly knocked both him and Tsubaki backwards as they were headed out of the front door. Tsubaki quickly jolted forward to make sure Black☆Star didn't fall, worry plastered on her face "I still think you should stay home today" the weapon insisted gently "You're still sick" but as she suspected, her rowdy partner just put his fists on his hips and let out a hearty laugh. "Sick!?" He exclaimed "I can't take a sick day, I'm trying to surpass God, remember? Meaning I can't let Maka and Soul think they can get ahead of me!" . Tsubaki repressed a sigh, more concerned than annoyed; even though she admired his tenacity she couldn't let Black☆Star risk his health. It was her job as a weapon to protect her meister, no matter how small the risk. "Well..." she began carefully, knowing she probably couldn't tell him what to do outright "Maybe check to see if you have a fever first, i-if you don't then maybe you could go, but if you do you have to stay home". "Hah! You think a puny thermometer could correctly read my temperature? I have the energy of a star in me! All the readings would be off the charts, YAHHOo...AAAAACHOOOOO!!" Black☆Star sneezed violently again, this time actually falling onto his butt. Tsubaki gasped quietly, prepared to lean down to help him, but Black☆Star jumped back on his feet "Come on! Everyone's going to get really bummed out if they don't see my beautiful shining face at school" he persisted energetically. Tsubaki felt utterly helpless to stop him, Oh no, she panicked internally, He'll make himself more sick! He'll probably pass out during lessons, let alone an actual mission,not to mention he'll probably get the others sick-.

A lightbulb flashed in Tsubaki's head.

"We can't go" Tsubaki said firmly, before dialing it back a bit sheepishly "B-because..Um, you may get the others sick too? I mean, you're really strong, remember? Just imagine a sickness that could infect even you would do to THEM?" Black☆Star stopped dead in his tracks "Oh my gosh, you're right, I'm a big star, I can get over this in a snap, but them? This would probably put them out for days, maybe even weeks! I guess that's not fair to them". Tsubaki felt absolutely relieved, finally her meister might relax and get better.

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"Black☆Star stop doing sit ups and eat your soup!" Tsubaki scolded in her not so scolding tone, the blue haired boy was aggressively doing crunches on the living room floor "I have to fight the virus inside me" he insisted "I'm sweating it out, I'm going to make it regret even thinking about infecting someone as big as me!". Tsubaki let out a small groan of exasperation "Your body is doing for you, that's what a fever is for, and if you don't stop you'll make it worse!" Black☆Star didn't seem to hear her as he continued. "HAHAHA, you feeling the burn you stupid cold! That'll teach you, you stupid bacter-" the meister didn't get to finish his sentence, Black☆Star collapsed on the floor, face red and dripping with sweat as the fever finally caught up with him. "BLACK☆STAR!" Tsubaki exclaimed in terror as she put down the soup to go help her meister, picking him up to drag him to their room. The brunette stayed by his bedside while Black☆Star was out cold for an hour. Tsubaki put an ice pack on his forehead in hopes that cooling him down would make him conscious again, but her dread grew as each minute passed and he still wasn't awake. The weapon felt tears start to well in her eyes, she was able to make him stay at home but she couldn't even make him stop and rest while here? Tsubaki felt useless, and helpless to stop the tears from rolling down her face "Oh Black☆Star, I should've made you stop..I'm sorry.." her voice was as small as she felt at that moment. Tsubaki got up from her seat, about to call up Professor Stein to see if he could help, when she heard a weak voice pipe up over her shoulder. "Hey....T-Tsubaki" Black☆Star croaked, Tsubaki whipped back around, coal black eyes round and feeling sick with relief. "Black☆Star! You're awake, I was so worried, you weren't waking up, I was about to call Stein, and-"

"I heard you...Crying...." Black☆Star rasped, causing Tsubaki to freeze and stammer a bit "I-I'm sorry, I was just so afraid for you, a-and" Black☆Star cut her off again "I didn't mean...to make you cry...big guys like me shouldn't make other people feel bad...sorry....". Tsubaki and her meister were silent for a moment, Tsubaki was caught a bit off guard by the apology, but then she relaxed with a soft smile on her face. Why am I surprised? I already knew Black☆Star cares about my feelings, no matter how rambunctious he gets, she thought. "It's okay" she started quietly "I know you were just trying to be the best you that...But for now, just let your body fight the sickness on it's own" Black☆Star gave a feeble thumbs up in response. With a soft chuckle, Tsubaki turned to leave the room again, it wouldn't hurt calling Stein anyway to see if he had any medicines for Black☆Star to take.

"Hey Tsubaki" Black☆Star spoke again

Tsubaki stopped "Yes?" she asked calmly .

"I'd...Like some of that.... soup now...AAAAHCOOO!" Black☆Star shook the bed with another powerful sneeze.

Tsubaki looked back at her meister, warmth in her expression "Of course Black☆Star" she chirped. Black☆Star was going to be fine.