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[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[someone's not been feeling very well lately, and is listlessly playing with some Lego blocks on the kitchen floor. he's fighting rest, and if checking on him one might notice that he's not only burning up with fever, but also has little red blisters starting to spread across his skin. Of course, if you're that close to him you might find yourself in the same predicament in the near future.]



[ooc: anyone who so much as enters the kitchen he's in has a very high chance of catching chickenpox. ♥]

Comments

[fromshadow]

I know, kid. Come on, we'll give you a bath to clean all that sick off, then put some stuff on those spots. It'll help with the itching.

[shifts him around a bit and gets a bath running.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the bubbles?

[fromshadow]

I don't think bubbles would be a good idea this time, Riku. But I promise you can have extra bubbles when you get better, alright?

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[sadfacing so much right now]

...kay.

[fromshadow]

[he feels bad enough that the kid got sick, stop it with the sadface.]

C'mon, cheer up. This'll be over before you know it.

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[but it itches and you won't let him scratch, and now he gets no bubbles :<]

Chichi, am I gonna die?

[fromshadow]

Of course not.

[don't say things like that, you'll scare him.]

Chicken pox is very normal. I even had it when I was a kid.

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't know it's even possible to actually die from chickenpox, so he fully believes you]

How come we get it then?

[fromshadow]

[shut uuuuup if he dies I will hate you.]

It's pretty hard to explain. You ever get a cold? The sick kind, not the kind where you need to get a blanket.

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[he won't die, but if he knew it were possible he'd be more worried about it]

When my nose gets all runny an' I can't stop sneezing!

[fromshadow]

Well, there are all different kinds of sick. Some make you sneeze and cough, others make you throw up. And then there are ones like this.

[starts washing him carefully, making sure to get everywhere. it'd suck getting chicken pox lower down. :/]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[he has one on his butt he doesn't know about yet, but most of it is at his chest and back, starting to spread out toward his neck and arms. he might be trying to scratch when he thinks you're not looking]

I don't like it.

[fromshadow]

No one does.

[clean clean clean- he knows there's stuff somewhere in the bathroom that he can put on all those marks after the bath.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[he likes how it feels when you scrub, even if it doesn't feel like you're doing it hard enough]

Can I trade for a different kinda sick?

[fromshadow]

It doesn't work like that, unfortunately.

[siiigh.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[echoes that sigh dramatically, and scratches at his neck]

Chichi, I'm cold.

[fromshadow]

Alright, let's get you out of there. There's some stuff I'm going to put on all those marks to stop it from itching so much, then we'll get you in bed. That sound okay?

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[nods, and holds his arms out toward you so you can lift him out]

I got a lot of em, huh? I tried to pop em but they keep coming back!

[fromshadow]

Don't pop them, or they'll leave marks that won't go away.

[grabs a nice big fluffy towel and lifts him out of the water, wrapping him up.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[shivers and holds the towel close]

Do I gotta take medicine?

[fromshadow]

I don't think so.

[sets about drying him off in there.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[squirms a little when you get his sides because it tickles, and considerably cheered by not having to drink anything yucky]

[fromshadow]

Okay, now I'm going to put stuff on you so it doesn't itch as much. It'll feel a little weird, but it'll help.

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

Does it sting?

[fromshadow]

It shouldn't.

[sits him down on the counter, still in the towel, then goes to grab a bottle of something from the cabinet.]