An Unbreakable Bond

Worrysome

Synopsis: Towa wakes early in the morning to find that he's gotten sick. Despite being sick, he still wants to help but it doesn't end as he had wanted.

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The moment he began to wake up, Towa immediately could tell something was off. He groggily opened his eyes. The room was still dark. Had he woken up too early? Had the sun not even begun to rise in the sky yet?

Towa sat up and rubbed his eyes. He glanced around. Everyone else was still asleep in the room. He seemed to be the only one awake. He looked over at the clock to find it was just past five in the morning. It was way too early to be waking up.

He laid back down and closed his eyes. The weird feeling remained. His head began to ache. And suddenly he was too aware of just how cold he felt. The blankets were doing nothing to keep him warm right now.

That meant... he was sick, didn't it? That wasn't ideal. Towa hated being sick as anyone would. But it meant that he was going to be stuck on bedrest. Bamba would refuse to let him do much if he found out. He hated being stuck doing nothing.

As much as Towa didn't want his older brother to know and start worrying over him, he knew it would only be a matter of time before he found out. Towa shifted over to be beside Bamba now. He prodded the sleeping man until he woke up.

"Towa...?" Bamba glanced at the younger boy with a confused and tired gaze.

"Cold..." Towa mumbled, shifting closer.

Bamba let him do so without complaint. "You feel quite warm. How are you cold?"

"Sick..." Towa didn't bother lying.

A hand was placed on his forehead. "You're burning up. You definitely are sick."

Towa hummed in acknowledgement and curled up closer. Bamba was a bit warmer. It was helping to soothe the chills running through his body. And there was a part of his that just wanted to be comforted while sick. As much as he hated being babied by anyone, he didn't want to let go.

"Try and go back to sleep." Bamba pulled him into a hug. "We'll see what we can do about you later."

"Okay..." Towa was too tired to argue. He would prefer to get some medicine or something now but he was already falling back to sleep.

Guess that could wait for a little bit.

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Towa was rudely woken from his sleep by someone nudging him. He opened his eyes and tried, but failed, to glare at the perpetrator.

"I brought you some medicine to take."

Bamba was one who woke him. Towa pushed himself into a sitting position. He eyed the medicine for a minute, before he took it.

"Do you want to try and eat something?" Bamba questioned.

Towa nodded. He was hungry.

Bamba left the room. It took only a few minutes for him to return with a plate of food. Just some eggs and toast for breakfast today it seemed. Towa took the plate and slowly picked away at it.

"Where is everyone else at?" Towa questioned. The house was too quite right now.

"Out doing things. Not entirely sure what they were attempting to do." Bamba replied, taking a seat on the edge of the bed.

"You're staying with me?"

"I need to make sure you stay out of trouble."

Towa pouted at his words. He wasn't that bad, was he? He just wanted to be able to do some things instead of being stuck on a bed the entire day. Was that really too much to ask for?