Glacier Frost: A Glaciershipping Fanfiction

3: Will He Make It?

Cole woke up with a raging headache, and a shaking body. Everything felt so cold to him. Even the least warm thing burnt against his skin. He groaned as he got up from his bed, wrapping himself in a thick blanket. He walked upstairs to the kitchen to get himself a warm cup of tea from Sensei Wu.

He made it into the kitchen and sat at the table. Then, Lloyd walked into the kitchen.

"Wha- Cole? You're up? You should still be asleep! You aren't supposed to be walking around!"

"Hey kid," Cole said before letting out a deep cough, covering his mouth with his fist.

"C'mon. Let's get you back to bed."

Lloyd helped the Earth Ninja to his feet and wrapped his arm around around his shoulder. He walked Cole back to his room and laid him in his bed.

"If you need anything, you should ask me now because you are not getting up until Sensei says you can." Lloyd said.

"Maybe some tea sounds nice." Cole said still coughing.

"Alright. We have cinnamon ginger, honey lemon, jasmine oolong, or earl grey. Based on what you normally get, I bet you'll say earl grey tea." Lloyd said jokingly.

"Actually, jasmine sounds kinda nice."

"Really? Wait isn't that Zane's? He probably won't like it if you just take it." Lloyd pointed out.

"Oh yeah, just ask him." Cole said, not thinking.

Lloyd stopped awkwardly in the doorway.

"Umm... How am I supposed to do that?" Lloyd quietly asked.

Suddenly it clicked in Cole's head. He forcefully flung himself out of bed, almost falling over in the process. Lloyd managed to catch him before he did fall though.

"Easy tiger! What did I tell you about getting up?" Lloyd said, forcing him back down.

"Zane! Where is he?! Is he okay?! Is he..."

"Don't worry Cole. He's fine. Jay just fixed him up. He said it was nothing too bad."

Cole calmed down, resting his hand on his forehead. He sighed, and breathed in a deep breath.

"Thank God. If something happened to him... I... I don't know what I would do." He covered his face with his hands, "He's my best friend. He's our teammate. Without him... I'd... We'd..."

"I get it." Lloyd said, trying to comfort the distraught Ninja, "He's special to all of us. He is a key member to our group as a fighter and as a friend. We could never lose him."

"He's just... Something else to me. He makes me feel different. Whenever I'm near him, my heart starts to beat really fast, and I feel warm and tingly. I don't know what to do with myself. It's weird, I know."

"Cole... Do you have a crush on Zane?"

Cole started coughing so hard it sounded like he was hacking up a lung. Lloyd smacked him on the back a few times, until he finally stopped coughing.

"Woah are you alright?" Lloyd asked, concerned.

"Yeah." He took a deep breath, "I'm fine."

"So... Do you like him?"

"What?! No way!" Cole said almost offended. He lowered his voice before saying, "Maybe... Is that gross?"

"No! It's not gross. Don't worry, none of us think so. And I'm sure Zane doesn't either. Hey, why don't I go get you some tea before we continue this conversation?"

"Sure thing kid." Cole said, letting out another small cough, "Could you grab another blanket too? I'm still cold."

"Well you did get light hypothermia. And sure thing. I'll be right back."

Lloyd left the room, closing the door behind him. He went to the kitchen and boiled water in a teapot and added the jasmine oolong tea to the water. He grabbed an extra blanket from a closet and headed back to Cole's room. He slowly opened the door only to see Cole curled up, fast asleep.

Lloyd smiled, and placed the teapot and cup on Cole's nightstand, and laid the blanket by his bed. He left Cole to sleep, and let out a sigh. When Zane woke up, it was gonna be one heck of a ride.