Grishaverse Oneshots

Lion Animal Crackers (Kanej)

Another prompt that I found :DD 

Not edited obviously cause who has time for that :P Feel free to point out mistakes

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Kaz was absolutely certain that he was on his deathbed. He was in excruciating pain, and his whole body felt all hot and cold. Earlier, he had touched the bottle that Wylan told him not to touch (along with a couple others, because he was curious), and now, a couple days later, he couldn't breathe, he was falling asleep a couple of times a day and could barely hold his cane without hurting some part of his body. Flashbacks continuously hit him like a bus.

Inej felt so sorry for Kaz but couldn't help internally laughing at his nonsense. He had just caught a bad fever, but he didn't know that. She almost lost it when Kaz asked her for a pen and paper so he could "write his will". She could see him on the couch mumbling to himself about splitting his money.

Carefully balancing a bowl of hot soup in one hand and another bowl with animal crackers (but only the lion ones) in the other, Inej made her way into the living room, and set them down on the coffee table in front of Kaz.

She looked at him and realized his eyes were clenched shut and he was shivering beneath his blanket. Sighing, she gently set the food down on the coffee table, and gingerly sat down next to Kaz. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath in, exhaling loudly, she carefully moved Kaz's head and leaned back on the couch, placing his head on her lap.

His tight grip on the weighted blanket loosened slightly, and his eyes cracked open. He was surprisingly okay with her touch, she wasn't touching him skin-to-skin, which was great, but he was generally alright around her presence, although Kaz would never admit that.

Lifting up the bowl, Inej started feeding Kaz the soup she made.

He gratefully drank it, the hot soup soothing his sore throat, and eating the lion animal crackers just made his conscious feel much better.

When he was finished, Inej set down the bowls and she laid her head down for a little bit, while Kaz fell asleep. She brought her hand up to brush his hair but decided against it.

Suddenly a ringing came from beside Inej. Gently, she picked up the phone and lifted it to her ear.

"Hello? -"

"HEYINEJYOU'LLNEVERGUESSWHATWYLAN- "

Yanking the phone away from her ear, Inej grimaced, and half shouted-whispered.

"Nina- Nina! Hey sorry, but I have a clingy and feverish bastard on my lap right now. I'll call you back when I've convinced him that a cold doesn't mean he's dying."

There was a pause on the other end, and when Nina spoke again, Inej could almost hear the grin on her face.

"Wait did you say clingy? Inej are you guys hugging?!"

"Bye I'll talk to you later!" Inej slammed the phone down with a grumble and looked back at Kaz. He was still asleep thankfully, which meant she could probably also sneak in a couple hours of rest as well, seeing as she wasn't really going anywhere, with Kaz's head on her, and his exasperating thoughts of death.

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Honestly Nina thought it was a great idea when she called Inej, and now it was an even greater thing. She ran down the street to Inej's house straight after Inej hung up on her.

Not bothering to knock, Nina threw open the door, which was unlocked for some reason, and very nearly gasped at the sight that was in front of her. Bringing a hand up to her mouth, to not accidentally squeal, she tiptoed around to the front of the couch, pulled out her phone, and started taking pictures from every angle.

In the midst of her happiness, Kaz awoke from a terrifying nightmare, only to be greeted by an over-enthusiastic Nina Zenik.

Having absolutely zero energy to get up and throw his cane at her, he struggled to get his arm out of the blanket, and bonked Inej on the head to wake her up.

Awaking with a startle, Inej groaned.

"Ugghhhhhh Nina get out of my house!" She grabbed a handful of crackers and launched it at Nina's head, while Nina ran out the door giggling, and screaming about posting all the pictures.

Both Kaz and Inej slumped back, ready to have another hour-long nap, before Nina opened the door again and poked her head through the crack.

"Oh and you might want to know that Wylan got drunk and decided to strip last night. Jesper's been a hot mess ever since. Toodles!!"

"WHAT?!"

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Kaz was currently itching everywhere beyond anything he'd ever felt, and he was regretting all of his life's decisions.