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Roadrunner had been worried all day, not once had he seen his favorite Coyote. this was extremely unlike him, normally there would be a trap, a pile of roadrunner's favorite birdseed on a plate set out for him by his favorite coyote.
He wouldn't be so late for their morning chase, it was the best part of the routine they had, but it was noon now and still no signs, Beep beep had about enough of waiting for Wile E, patience wasn't his strongest suit and after waiting almost a whole day with no line of sight or even a tuff of fur from his coyote, Roadrunner went off to find him
He'd check for him at his cave, a place he wasn't supposed to know, but how could he not. their would be some nights after a fun chase where his mate Wile E would be so hut after using the nasty ACME products that he'd have to carry the poor coyote back to his cave. Why Wile E still continued to use anything from ACME when they proved time and time again they are such a dangerous company with products that only got him hurt in the end Beep beep would never understand.
Brushing it all away Roadrunner ended up at the mouth of Wile E's home, poking hi had in to try an look through the clutter for his mate.
To his delight there on the desk with a chalk in hand Wile E coyote was hunched over his desk working on a new blueprint. With a happy hop Beep beep rushed over to greet his mate and question why he was so late, only to freeze when he saw his face.
Wile E looked like he was hit by another tourist bus, snot was dripping down his nose, he was wheezing while he breathed, his fur was soaked and matted more, making Roadrunners feather's puff up in worry as he was looking around franticly in the cave for any medicine while Wile E kept trying and failing to think of a new plan to catch the roadrunner.
He was so delirious and his snout stuffed up he couldn't smell the fact the bird was already in his cave and completely worried about him. It literally took Beeb beeb pecking his shoulder to grab his attention that Wile E finally realized the bird he had been hunting down was in his cave, and with out much thought he tried to lunge forward to grab at Roadrunner's neck and finally catch him.
However perspective had failed him so much that he completely missed Roadrunner by a whole foot and fell onto the floor. It would have been one thing if Road runner stepped to the side, but Beeb beeb hadn't so much as moved an inch, only tilting his head and let out a worried meep at the coyote, which felt worse
Beep beep bent his neck down to look at Wile E closer, His eyes more red than normal and slightly crusted at the corners, Wile E moved his hand up to wipe the snot off his nose and struggled to get back up. Beep beep worried for his mate moved to try and help the clearly sick coyoyte to bed. if Beep beep had time he'd have made a nest but with how Wile E was moving that wasnt an options, so Road runner had to take it upon himself to care for him himself.
The bed had to be dusted off a bit before Wile E was placed on top of, dust from sand and some slight ash from their fun chases, but the second Wile E got in bed he curled up on his side and Beep beep walked away to look around the cave for any medicine that could help, even some soup if possible
But the cupboards were full of either bird seeds boxes, spices and weirdly ACME products, but no medicine, making the bird fluff up his feathers in disappointment. How was his genius of a mate so bad at taking care of himself.
Annoyance's for another day, Beep beep went back to Wile E and raised up a sign, hoping Wile E was still loopy enough to read "Going to get you some medicine and food, stay in bed"
Wile E slowly blinked through the blur, looking at the sign then at Road Runner, lifting up his own sign in attempt to respond back but he got the wrong sign from his hammer space, "Chicken wing" was what Beep beep saw and was deeply confused so he slowly nodded before gently nuzzling Wile E's cheek before running
The reaction confused Wile E and he looked at his sign and realized which one he grabbed. with a groan he reluctantly decided to head the unwanted advice and lay back in bed, grabbing a few tissues out of thin air to finally clear his nose and tossing them in the trash
Wile E shoulnd't have been so surpired this had happened, the last ACME plan he had was trying to frost the road so that the Road runner would slip and crash into a wall, knocking him out long enough to then be finally captured, but like alwasys the plan backfired, the can ecploded and covered him in ice and the road with snow, and the infuriating Road runner had the audacity to play in the snow before running off again.
He had to wait for the whole day for that ice to melt and by then it was night, and being wet in the desert was brutal. However, Wile E figured he was fine, sure the next day his throat started to feel itchy, and his body ached more than normal and the headaches pounding his head weren't from any falling anvils from his plans, but he was fine
So fine he tried to get out of bed again only to fall off it again just as Road runner returned back with a plastic bag in his beak.
Back in bed Wile E went with Beep beep either cursing him out or scolding him, he couldn't tell the difference currently, but the beeps' and chips didn't stop, not even when he was at the stove heating up some chicken soup that made the starving coyote even more hungry.
But as Wile E laid on his back, tilting his head to the side, it felt so odd, Wile E used to care for himself growing up when he got sick, or even powered through his illness to get the elusive bird, But never had he been so sick before it had put him out of commission like this, and watching Road runner over the stove with a pot that should have been used by Wile E after catching the bird, to make into a stew, a roast, a feast for the starving toon.
Instead he got a hot bowl of soup with Road runner holding the spoon in his wing while blowing on it before holing it out. Wile E should have refused, tried again, but he was so hungry and his body was hurting to much, so he opened his maw and took a bite.
perhaps it was just the fever, or maybe Wile E had finally lost it, but Beep beep smile softened, his beeping calming down into a calm quiet.
Beep beep would blow on the soup to cool it down before feeding it to Wile E, and the coyote accepted it. this was nice and both toons wouldn't mind if this lasted a little longer
Just the two of them in the cave being tended too and giving the care.
If Wile E got sick again, he wouldn't mind Beep beep caring for him, and Beep beep wouldn't have it any other way