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Cas reluctantly passed the sandwich to Serna. He hated seeing Nix like this, but they couldn't just let him starve himself.
Cas reluctantly passed the sandwich to Serna. He hated seeing Nix like this, but they couldn't just let him starve himself.
Serna pinned Nix's hands under one leg, his mouth still forced open. She tore off a piece of it. She put it in Nix's mouth, quickly taking her fingers out and covering his mouth so he couldn't spit it out.
"Chew," she said. She didn't want to force him to do that.
Nix shook his head weakly, more tears rolling down his pale cheeks. Cas whimpered softly and huddled close to Zachary, clearly upset.
Zachary wrapped his arms around Cas, holding him close. He did his best to turn Cas away from watching. Serna took Nix's jaw with her other hand, still covering his mouth as she started to force him to chew.
Nix tried to push Serna away with his legs, but he was nowhere near strong enough to move her. He was also in a terrible position to do so.
"Hey, we're almost done. I need you to swallow now, Nix." She tilted his head back, trying to force the food down his throat.
Nix shook his head again and choked a bit when Serna tilted his chin. He gagged and struggled a bit more, still panicking.
Serna used a bit of her peers, making sure the food went down the right way. She let go of Nik's chin now, still pinning him in place.
Nix sobbed quietly when Serna let go of his mouth, still shaking. "P-Please… I d… I d-don't wanna… don't wanna throw up…" He whispered weakly. "S-Stomach hurts…"
"I'm gonna make sure you don't," Serna said softly. She rested her hand on his stomach a moment.
"But you have to eat, Nix."
"B-But I haven't been able to keep anything down…" Nix whispered. "You've tried to eat something before now?" Cas asked softly, to which Nix nodded weakly.
"What did you try to eat, Nix?" Serna left her hand on Nix's stomach, making sure nothing tried to make it's way back up for now.
"U-Um… I had an apple from the fridge, and… a-and a granola bar, I think, b-but I couldn't keep either of them down…" Nix whimpered quietly.
Serna carefully pulled herself from Nix, wrapping her and around him.
"I'm so sorry," she said softly, leaving her hand on his stomach. "I'm so sorry, sweetie. You should have told me… I'm so sorry."
"I-I didn't think you guys would believe me…" Nix replied weakly, huddling closer to Serna while he sobbed. "Why wouldn't we believe you, Nix? You're allowed to be sick." Cas said in a gentle tone. "I dunno, I-I just… I feel like it would've sounded like I was lying or trying to make excuses not to eat…"
Serna held Nix close, tucking him away in her arms.
"Oh, sweetie… I'm so sorry for meeting it seem like we wouldn't believe you. And I'm so sorry for what I did to you…" She ran her fingers through his hair, making sure he wasn't going to get sick now that he'd eaten a bit.
Nix curled his tail around himself and buried his face in Serna's shoulder, noticeably shaking. His skin was pretty hot and flushed lightly with fever. "Do you have any medicine, Miss Serna?" Cas asked softly. "I can go and get it."
"Yes, there's some in the bathroom. It's over the sink, do you think you can reach it? And you might want to grab the thermometer too." Serna held Nik close, rubbing his head gently to try to comfort him.
"I can try my best." Cas headed into the bathroom and returned a few minutes later with medicine and a thermometer, looking a bit disheveled.
Serna reached out for the thermometer first.
"I need you to open your mouth," she said softly. "And we're going to hold this under your tongue until it beeps." Zachary looked at Cas, motioning for him to come over. All of this was obviously affecting Cas, and he'd climbed up onto the counter on his own.
Nix nodded weakly and obeyed, allowing Serna to stick the thermometer in his mouth. Cas curled up in Zachary's lap and closed his eyes, trembling lightly. A few seconds later, the thermometer beeped and came back with a 102.5. "Is that bad…?" Nix asked.
Serna's eyes widened a bit.
"We need to get you cooled down," Serna said. The first thing she did was move Nix off of her. "I'm to got for you to be during with right now, okay sweetie? I'm going to go get some ice packs." This was very bad. Zachary wrapped his arms securely around Cas, watching with concern.
"N-No, don't leave…" Nix whimpered, hugging his stomach as soon as Serna stopped touching him. Cas watched nervously for a second before running off to grab a trash can for Nix just in case.
Serna came back soon, placing several ice packs on Nix. One on his forehead, the back of his neck, everywhere he needed one.
"I'm right here," she said softly, hand going to his stomach.
"We're going to get you cooled down, and get some medicine in you to help, okay?"
Nix nodded weakly and closed his eyes, trying to relax a bit. "He doesn't take pills well…" Cas said softly. "He might have trouble with these. Is there any way to make it easier on him?"
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