Taking Care of Luís

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Narrator's Pov.

Luís's foot was swollen and he couldn't go to school that day. He couldn't move it without pain, so he was lying on his bed on his back. His half-wolf, half-dog brother was going to school that day, leaving him with a friend. His brother had told him Luís would stay with a friend before leaving through the bedroom door and then going downstairs, carrying his bag on his back, and heading to school.

Ryan was sitting on the couch in Luis's house, and as soon as Luis's brother walked out the front door, Ryan turned off the television and rubbed his hands together, a devilish grin on his face.

"Ryan here?" Luis asked himself in astonishment and surprise as the noise grew louder and louder.

Ryan looked toward Luis's stairs and got up from the couch, starting to climb them, singing "tu tu pa pa pa pa."

Luís, lying in bed, was about to close his eyes and fall into a mini-doze when suddenly he started hearing "tu tu pa pa pa pa" coming from the hallway, a small, irritating voice so irritating it hurt his ears.

"Oh no!" said Luis when he saw Ryan appear in the doorway to his room.

Ryan saw Luis grit his teeth and start to growl as he glared at him.

"What are you doing here?" Luis asked irritably.

"Nothing! I just came to help a friend!" the raccoon said with a mocking grin on his face.

Luis felt anger growing inside him as Ryan smiled even more.

"I don't need your help, get out of here," said Luis, shifting in bed and accidentally moving his swollen foot, causing it to hurt.

"There! Damn it," Luís said, feeling his foot throb.

"You do need help," Ryan said.

"No, I don't, and get out of here," Luís said, grabbing a slipper that was near the bed and throwing it in Ryan's face.

"Get out, Ryan," Luís said growling.

"Your teeth are really white," Ryan said.

"Get out of here," Luís said, throwing the slipper at Ryan, but the raccoon ducked and the slipper hit the door.

"You missed," the raccoon said with a mocking voice and face to Luís, who shifted in bed, making his foot hurt.

Ryan saw Luís grit his teeth and take a deep breath. Luís tried to muffle the pain.

Ryan approached Luis's bed and sat next to him. There was a bottle of massage cream on it. Ryan grabbed the bottle and was about to massage Luis's sore foot, but before he could, Luis grabbed him and held him by his shirt with both hands.

"Are you kidding me?" Luis asked, grabbing Ryan by his shirt.

"I just want to help," Ryan said, but this time he meant it. Luis stared at him for a few seconds, and Ryan seemed to be telling the truth.

Luis released Ryan because he didn't want to move; his paw was already hurting too much.

Ryan applied the cream to his paws, rubbing the contents together.

"You have to apply the cream directly to the paw and then spread it around," Luis said.

"Okay," Ryan said, doing as Luis had told him.

"If you make me feel pain, I'll slap you," said Luís.

Ryan carefully put the cream on Luís's paw and spread it while Luís stared at him with a watchful and serious look. Ryan spread it slowly, not wanting to make Luís feel pain and slap him.

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