Sick day

Miserable, just plain miserable. Thats how the young Eaglejay felt this particular day, which was partially due to the fact she had gotten herself caught in a cold rain on one of her adventures, just in the beginning of the colder seasons, and then mainly because she stayed wet and cold for far too long. Thus insuring her a terrible case of the flu.

Her twin had stopped by to check up on her, but he dared not to enter the room, but he was there regardless, and that was what mattered, right? "Darling, are you feeling alright?" He would ask, and she would only reply with a groan, a cough, and a little glare which told him everything he needed to know.. Oh she looked to be in the foulest of moods! "Is there anything I can get you?" He would ask, to which she replied nasally "No, go awaaaay." And she would roll over and pull one of her softer pillows over her head.

Yes... quite the foul mood indeed, uncharacteristically foul, and it concerned him...concerned him to the point of which he dared to venture down from the safety and warmth of Storm Castle, down to the surface to seek out that wretched demon....Who.. ugh.. greeted him with some cheeky remark and a look which he cared not to remember.

But ah, the subject of his sister was brought up promptly; good, the man had his priorities. Then and only then, once the demon was through with a little statement about how she was probably avoiding him (quite dramatic that one), did he bother to tell the demon of his sister's health.

"Why didn't you just start out with that, Pinchy?!" He started, "I would have cut this wonderful conversation short if I'da known tha-"
He was silenced by Luka quickly raising his hand "I would have, but you seem to have a problem controlling that wretched mouth of yours... Now hurry up, lets not spend anymore time down here than we already must..."
Desmond furrowed his brow at the snoody remark, but followed regardless "Hey, its not 'wretched' I'm actually quite good with my mouth~"

"Charming as ever, aren't we, Desmond..." The Bird rolled his eyes as he readied a small sky ship, waiting for the other to settle himself down securely before unfurling the wind sails and away they were. Desmond held fast to the railing with his tail; he possibly still held a little memory of that ride on the Thunderking's dragon... It wasn't that bad... just a little fast..and loud.. and windy... And.. Alright if you weren't used to it you would probably have a problem with it too.

But ah, there they were, Storm Castle, which Luka was quite happy to see. He steered the vessel up to one of the lower docks and tied it off, giving a small wince as he dismounted the ship, of which he waved it off. "Try not to get yourself sick as well.. I'm sure she's obnoxiously contagious and--......and he's gone.." he sighed. "Typical.."

But she was gone too, having hauled herself out of bed to roam about in a half daze, of course being followed, by her personal sundog, Tonka, who had been previously hiding at the side of her bed.. Only to be prompted to follow her as she decided it was alright to traverse the corridors, looking like a walking burrito, wrapped in two blankets.

She groaned softly and reached into the folds of her blanket to grab a tissue from a box she carted under her arm, and rubbed her nose with it, turning it even more red than it already was. "I hate bein' sick..."
"Gorgeous!"

Stopping she looked up slowly, not particularly startled, but more in a daze. "Oh...Hey... how'djou get here?" She asked, her head was starting to hurt so she had to squint to look up at him. "Your brother." Ah... that explained it.

His hands went to her face quickly, pushing her feathers out of the way to see that fever flush over her cheeks. She didn't care what he was seeing.. his hands felt amazing on her skin. Even with such a high fever she felt so cold. "C'mon, lets get you right on back to bed, hm?" He smiled and didn't wait for an answer as he scooped her up in his arms....Only to get an obnoxious, nasally whine out of her, "I dunwanna go back to beeeeeeeeeeed." She then proceeded to go limp in his arms like a soggy noodle and continued to whine. "Don't take me back theeerrreee."

"And why not?"

She paused for a moment to think of a good reason. "Because...Its..." She whined and lulled her head to the side "Don't argue with me, cheeseball, I'm too sick to argue and I'm a princess so you're gonna do what I say...and I say we don't go back to my room because my mom can find me there and give me nasty stuff..."

"Ohh Nasty stuff huh? Well, don't need you getting anymore nasty now do we? You seem nasty enough without it.." He laughed and held her a bit closer as he continued her rout through the halls. "Hey...heeey No...don't mock me..Itsssnot nice.." She pouted and smacked her hand weakly against his chest, causing him to laugh and make little baby noises at her before kissing her cheek...And she whined again turning her face from him "Nyyooooo I'm siiiick and you're gonna get siiiiick and then you're gonna be a big babyyyyyyyyy."

"Oh, you're so thoughtful.." He said sarcastically before he stopped at a vacant room, probably meant for small meetings or study.. but hey, it had a fireplace in it, he could work with that, but before he went in, he stopped a servant, who started at the sight of the princess just dangling there quite dramatically in his arms.. but was snapped back into attention as he started ordering things, which were brought promptly after he stripped her of one of her blankets to lay down on the floor and started a fire. "There we go..." He settled down on the blanket and she looked up at him with a small glare and shivered.. And... despite her being sick and stuffy looking, she was actually pretty damned adorable with that pout... "Come here, let Dessy make it all better." He said, wrapping his arms about her and pulling her in close, and she slumped into him.

He was so warm, and it was so lovely, and the fire was just starting to warm the room too.. Oh.. Yes this was much better than her room. Her room was too big, too open despite the collection in it that only rivaled her cousin's..It was just too...lonely. But here, it was just right, just perfect, the heat the body she now slumped against.. and the cold nose that just got stuck in her face followed by a slobbery tongue.

Sputtering she whined and pushed Tonka's head away from hers, "Tonka lay doooown you ruddy mutt.." The dog gave a very audible huff to show its displeasure with being called a mutt and circled about the two of them before settling behind the demon, close enough for him to lay back into the great dog's mass...which he did..and comfortably so, which was surprising because he thought this dog hated him. He only guessed it was because of the mutual concern they both held for their princess...Great..he had to compete with a dog..

She coughed against his chest and he pet over her back, giving it a little pat as she continued to cough. "My poor poor birdybaby." He took up the blanket and threw it over the both of them, handing her a hot drink once she stopped coughing and settled back into Tonka's side.

"Mynh....You're going to get sick-" She paused to snuffle and wipe her nose with a tissue, "I-if you stay like this.." even having said that she didn't move away, it was nice having him there, comfortable finally. "I don't get sick, Gorgeous." He took in a deep breath and smiled that cocky crooked grin of his, "t's just the way I am,babe."
"Uh-huh..." She said, laying her head more comfortably against his chest. "Sing me a song then, butthead."

"Oh! ohohohoh! That was hurtful! you're so cruel when you're sick!" He laughed and lifted her head a little bit, causing her to whine. "I don't think I want to sing to someone so mean!" He made a fake sniffle and she grunted with an unamused look and he stopped. "Alright alright.. You've twisted my arm, Gorgeous." He let her lay back down upon his chest as he took to petting over her feathers gently. Then he sang. And it was sweet, and soft, and it relaxed her, settled her stuffy mind.. and she was able to finally doze off.. And he just sang, and sang until he started singing softer and slower, until he drifted off to sleep as well.. And there they slept for the remainder of the day and throughout the night, the only sounds filling the room then was the crackling of the fire, and her ragged breathing.. But it was peaceful, and so, so warm..

And the next day Des would find that he had caught a nasty case of the Flu...Oh well, guess he couldn't go home in his condition...Not that he minded at all~

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Hnnnng long drabble is long TT v TT sorry. But I had to, I worked too hard on this piece to not give it a story.
And oh man I'm super happy with it despite photoshop crashing while I was inking it (uhhuuu I didn't save so I had to start all over -sob-) But It allowed me to fix some mistakes I didn't catch, and All in all I'm pleased with the results UuU

Also, Tonka is Addy's dog, he's one of Bane's puppies, and his brother belong's to Richard. Just clearing that up a bit UuU

And Uh.. yep pfft not much else to say!
Ilovethesetwosomuch TTuTT

Hope you enjoy dearies!

Des (c)

Addy and Tonka and art (c)