EXO A New War

Chapter 11 : Fever

Kat woke up to movement next to her. It was early morning and everyone was still sleeping. Xiumin was trying to get out of the sleeping bag without waking her. He stopped when she rolled over onto her back while he was trying to carefully climb over her. He looked down at her and she smiled sheepishly.

"Good morning," she said. She couldn't help but blush looking up at him.

"Morning," he said, licking his lips. "Did I wake you up?" She nodded her head.

"Thank you for helping me last night," she said. He checked her temperature and smiled.

"Looks like your fever's gone. Just to be safe, have Kiona check you over when she wakes up," he told her.

"Okay," she said nodding.

"Do you want to help me make breakfast?" he asked. She nodded and he unzipped the sleeping bag. They quickly folded their sleeping bags and put them and their pillows on the couch.

"So are you two dating now?" she heard Emma ask. She turned to see Emma propped up on her elbows watching them. Kat let out a soft growl trying not to wake the others still sleeping. Xiumin put a hand on her shoulder trying to calm her.

"No! We are NOT dating," she told Emma. "I wasn't feeling well last night. He helped me."

"I bet he helped," Emma said, wiggling her eyebrows. Kat threw a pillow at her, hitting her in the face. Xiumin quickly jumped in between them pointing to their sleeping friends.

"Kitchen," he told them in a low voice. The trio made their way to the kitchen without waking anyone.

"Okay what was that about?" he asked them.

"I was just teasing her about sleeping with you," Emma told him. He looked at Kat whose face was turning red. He put a hand on her forehead.

"Is your fever back?" he asked her.

"No," Kat said and looked away. Emma started to giggle.

"She had a fever last night. I helped keep it down," he told Emma. "So what do you feel like eating for breakfast?" He gave Kat a smile.

"Anything with ham, eggs and fresh fruit," Kat said.

"Waffles sound good too," Emma said. Xiumin nodded and got out some bowls.

"Emma can you cut some fruit?" he asked.

"Sure," she answered. He handed her some strawberries to start with.

"Kat, can you go into the walk in and grab some sliced ham and frozen blueberries?" he asked, taking eggs out of the fridge.

"Yeah. No problem," she said and walked over to the walk in freezer. She was hit by a wave of prickling heat that went up her back, as she opened the door. She walked in and was surrounded by a refreshing cold that caused the heat to retreat. She walked over to a shelf full of frozen fruits and vegetables and found the blueberries. She walked a little further in looking for the sliced ham.

"Ask Xiumin how far back the ham is," she told Emma.

"He said it's in the third row," Emma told her. She went to the third row and looked through the shelves.

"Wow. I have found every type of pork, but no sliced ham," Kat said. Emma laughed through their link.

"He said to try the top shelf," Emma told her. Kat looked up and sighed.

"Do you know what I hate?" she asked. She put down the blueberries and started to levitate so she could look around the top shelf.

"What do you hate?" Emma asked.