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๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ.
๐๐ป๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ.
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๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.
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๐๐ป๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต.
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Standing in the center of the room stood Jade Leech. Although his expression didn't show it too much, he was very worried for his younger twin. The other had gotten sick with something and neither Azul nor Jade could figure it out, due to not being very accustomed to land illnesses. The younger twin had been sick for a few days now, refusing to eat or take any medicine given to him unless it was poured into his mouth while asleep.
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That is also what his current tantrum is about.
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Due to being sick he was more grumpy and irritated than usual, but weaker. He had tried to wrestle with Jade to leave the room but gave up shortly after realizing he stood no chance of beating his twin in a weak state.
"Any luck?"
Azul asks the other, walking up to place the tray in his hands on a nearby desk. The taller shakes his head solemnly.
"I am afraid not. His current tantrum is because he wanted to leave, but I didn't allow him to."
Azul sighs again, closing his eyes and rubbing his nosebridge with his fingers.
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๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ.
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The two look over to Floyd to see him attempting to tear Jade's blanket apart with his teeth. He huffs angrily and growls when he is unable to.
"Floyd? How are you feeling?"
Azul asks the twin. Floyd pauses in his destruction for a moment to look back at him. He pouts at him before replying.
"I'm ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ like I want to ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ!"
"You can't leave yet, Floyd. You are still sick. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ you could have recovered before now if you had ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ."
Floyd began to whine in discontent at Azul's words before trying to go back to his destruction.
He went to stomp over to Jade and Azul, presumably to attempt at wrestling them again, but his knees gave out mid-way and almost collapsed onto the floor. Jade rushed forward immediately and caught Floyd in his arms, before carrying him and laying the other onto his bed gently. Azul went around and gathered the thrown blankets, then placed them on the bed and covered Floyd.
Floyd let out a long disgruntled whine of complaint before accepting his fate and laying still. Jade adjusted the blankets and pillows around the other, just to have something to do with his hands other than fidget.
Azul took one of his gloves off to feel for Floyd's temperature, wincing once he does. The other leans into the cool touch of his palm, sighing in relief. Azul leaves his hand on the eel's forehead for his comfort.
"Still hasn't come down....If anything, it feels like it's just gone up."
Azul tells the older twin. Jade takes off a glove to feel his brother's forehead as well, a worried look on his face. He gently nudges Floyd out of his doze before helping him sit up, holding a hand out to Azul. After the other placed a small cup of medicine in his hand, he held it up to his twin's mouth.
"Floyd, please drink this."
"Mnnn.....Don' wanna......"
"Floyd, please. It is for your own good."
"๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข!"
Jade looks sadly at the younger for a moment before softly laying him back down. After setting the medicine back onto the tray, Azul motions to Jade to talk to him on the other side of the room.
"๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ! ๐๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ!"
He whisper yelled to the taller. Jade simply looked down in silence.
"Listen, I know you're worried about Floyd. We both are. But if you let him do as he pleases, he won't get any better. I know it hurts you to see him so upset, but not making him take the medicine will only make him feel worse."
Jade took a moment to absorb the words before sighing and nodding. He crossed to the other side of the room in a few quick strides, picking the medicine back up along with the juice Azul had brought. Luckily, the cup wasn't see-through. He stuck the straw inside the small medicine cup, then hid it behind the juice.
He gently shook his twin awake once more, smiling softly as the other let out another annoyed whine.
"Floyd? You need to drink something, we can't have you getting dehydrated. Azul brought you some juice."
Floyd blearily pouted up at Jade before looking at the cup he held. There was a shiny, twisty straw in it. Floyd pursed his lips as a sign for Jade to bring to cup closer, so he did. Floyd took a big drink before making a grossed out face and spit the straw out.
"'Zul...Think your juice..is expired.."
He mumbled to the others.
"Ah- My apologies. I will throw the.. juice out later. Would you like some food to get the taste out of your mouth?"
At the other's nod Azul picked up a plate of sliced apples off the tray and handed them to Jade, who began to slowly feed his twin the slices. While those two were busy, Azul went to the bathroom to grab a cold bowl of water and a rag, getting it damp in the bowl before bringing both back to the room. He set the bowl of water onto the desk before lightly wringing out the rag, then placing it onto Floyd's warm forehead. The eel sighs in relief again before his eyes begin to slip shut. Jade brushes the strands of hair out of the younger's face before placing the plate back onto the tray. Azul takes the tray and makes his way to the bedroom door before turning to wait for Jade. The older twin lingers by his brothers side for a few moments longer, gently running a hand through his soft hair, before placing a kiss on his forehead. He readjusts the rag back in place, smiling at the soft smile the other makes in his sleep, before crossing the room to join Azul. They exit the room before quietly shutting the door.
"You did very well Jade, that was a good idea."
"Mn. I had figured he would be too delirious from the fever to be able to know what I did, and luckily it worked out. I'm not sure what to do for his next dose, though."
"We'll figure something out. Let's let him rest now though, he's exhausted. "
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Jade nods in agreement before tagging along with Azul to Mostero Lounge. They had to keep coming up with creative ways to get the younger eel to take his medicine everyday, but neither minded the hassle, after seeing Floyd happy and recovered after a few days later.
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๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด.