The Thief (Sahyo)

Chapter 7: The Virus

"Jihyo? I feel sick."

The alpha opened her eyes groggily at the sound of Dubu's voice. She lifted her head up slightly just in time to see her sister vomit all over the floor. Jihyo sprang to attention and grabbed a wooden bucket from the far corner of the room. She shoved it softly into Dahyun's grasp and pulled the young omega into a sitting position in between the alpha's legs.

Jihyo ran a soothing hand through Dahyun's hair and rubbed her back as the young girl continued to empty her stomach into the bucket. She could hear Dahyun's quiet sobbing in between her vomits and and grew frustrated at the fact that she could do nothing but rub her sisters back.

"It's okay." She repeated into her ear over and over again, "I'm here."

After a while, Dahyun seemed to calm down. Her stomach was completely empty and all she could manage was dry retching thin air. Jihyo could see her eyes becoming heavy and lay them both back down on Jihyo's bed mat. She looked over to the sick on the floor and sighed to herself. She'll have to deal with it in the morning as Dahyun had a vice grip on her shirt and refused to move.

 Heeyeon, the village medic, was sent in to help diagnose what was wrong with the girl. Jihyo had suspected a simple stomach virus, but Heeyeon wasn't so sure. She inspected the vomit from inside the wooden bucket and announced that there was some blood mixed in with the green sludge.

"You need a specific medicine." She whispered across to Jihyo. "Unfortunately only an adult omega can purchase it."

Jihyo panicked. "Can't I just take Tzuyu?"

Heeyeon shook her head. "No. They don't like selling medicines to children because they're worried that the child will be violently mugged for it. It's a rare medicine but it heals almost every virus."

"Fuck." Jihyo began pacing the room. "How long do you think...." she trailed off. Her voice broke and she couldn't bring herself to ask how much time her sister had left.

"If she goes untreated, maybe a few hours." Heeyeon stood up, "But if you get me that medicine then she'll have about sixty more years."

The alpha placed a kiss on her sisters forehead and left her house. She spotted Mina sat with Tzuyu outside. Her youngest sister was wrapped up in nearly every blanket they owned and had to be fed by Wheein. Jihyo made her way to them, picked up Tzuyu and sat down with the omega on her lap.

"How is she?" Mina asked.

Jihyo shook her head. "Bad. Heeyeon said that the only thing that will make her better is the medicine inside those walls." She pointed towards the kingdom. "The only problem is the fact that only adult omega's can buy it."

"What are you going to do?"

The older alpha shrugged her shoulders. As she spoke, her voice broke slightly, "I don't know. It's too early to go to the palace and ask Sha." Jihyo was mindful that her sister could hear them and decided to use Sana's alias.

"What about Chaeyoung?"

"I don't know if she'll be at her home. I can't wait until nightfall either. I may have to steal it."

"Jihyo, you know you can't steal medicine." Mina sighed as she scraped the last remnants of food from Tzuyu's bowl and stuffing it in the omega's mouth. "Each medical stall in the kingdom has at least two guards standing by. It'll be stupid if you try and steal it."

"What else can I do, Wheein?" Jihyo asked desperately. Tears filled the alpha's eyes at the mere thought of losing her sister and began making tracks down her face.