Beau's P.O.V.
I woke up to loud coughing and I rolled my eyes as I got up. I followed the sound of the coughing to Luke's room. I opened his door to see him coughing into the crook of his arm.
"Ew are you sick," I asked.
He couldn't even stop coughing to answer me. He sniffled and then laid back down.
"Want some soup," I asked.
"Yea," he said hoarsely.
He always seemed to lose his voice when he was sick so this about confirmed it, as if the coughing didn't. I walked out of his room and down to the kitchen. James and Daniel were already in the kitchen eating cereal.
"Luke is sick guys," I told then as I went to grab a can of soup.
I got it and then put it in a pot and cooked it. I was pouring it in the bowl when I heard coughing. I turned around to see Jai coughing into the crook of his arm.
"Really," I asked.
"What," he asked hoarsely.
"I bet you're only doing that because you heard me say Luke is sick."
"Doing what?"
"Faking."
The looks on James and Daniel's' faces told me that they were on my side. I doubted that they were in Jai's because we all know that when one of us is sick, Jai thinks he's caught it. It's hard to believe him when he always mimics whatever we have.
"I'm not faking."
"Ok well then go rest since you're 'sick", James told him, sounding annoyed.
Jai broke out in tears and James and I just exchanged worried looks.
"Jai," Daniel asked.
His breathing faltered.
"HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH!"
I sighed, "Ok I'm sorry Jai."
"No it's alright I'm just faking," he said.
He started shaking.
"C'mon Jai you usually fake when someone else is sick," Daniel said.
He was still crying so I went over to him. He started coughing as I helped him back to his room. I helped him lay down and tucked him in.
"I gotta go warm up Luke's soup.
Do you want some too?"
He nodded. I went back out to the kitchen and warmed up the soup.
"So he's really sick," James asked.
"Seems to be," I answered.
I took Luke's soup up to his room. He had fallen asleep so I shook him.
"Fuck off," Luke told me hoarsely.
"I made your soup."
"Well finally. What took so long?"
"Jai."
"Oh yea? What happened?"
I handed him the soup, "Well I was making your soup when Jai came in coughing."
"Faking again," Luke asked as he took a bite.
I sat down in a chair in the corner of his room, "Well James, Daniel, and I thought so, but James got annoyed with Jai and he started crying."
"You made him cry?"
"James actually did."
"Wow you guys actually made him cry."
"He's not that tough," I laughed.
He moved his eyebrows up and back down.
"Well I have to go give him soup and- are you sweating?"
He looked down at his shirt, "Oh. I guess so."
"I think you might have a fever Luke, it's kinda cool in here."
I placed my hand on his forehead, but he swatted it away. I gave him a stare and he sighed and then let me feel his forehead.
"Yea you have a fever," I said, "Let me check on Jai and then I'll take your temp."
He nodded and I got the soup from the kitchen then brought it to Jai.
"HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH! HUH'ESH!"
"Bless you."
He sniffled and I looked closer at him. His eyes were puffy red-rimmed and glossy, his nose was red, and he was obviously sweating. He started coughing as well.
"You definitely have the flu," I told him, "Are you hot?"
"No I feel cold."
"Well the air conditioning is on, but I still think you have a fever."
I went to get Luke's temp: 102.8. Then I went to get Jai's: 102.7
By the looks of it, the virus had mutated and now Jai, of course, was going to get it worse. I was right because Luke was sick for 6 days with the highest being 102.8 while Jai was sick for 10 days with his highest being 104.5 and he had fainted and had to go to the hospital.
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