You know this is how rumours start...right? I mean I guess this ship HAS sailed

[Eteri]

Everything...hurt...I felt weak...I struggled as I heaved another loadful into the bucket, body shivering. My throat burned and itched. My lips felt like they were on fire and my eyes felt puffy as I struggled to open and close them...I felt cold. Lightheaded and was shaking uncontrollably. What happened... how did I get here with Nevin? I know I ate something bad, but it couldn't have been that bad surely. I've ingested all sorts of weird things before, including a Coronian coin, and some slimy jelly which I was pretty sure was sentient. I didn't want to be here... I didn't want to be awake

I just wanted to nap.

<"I feel really sick...">

Even though I was speaking my native tongue, Nevin seemed to know what I had said, judging from the circumstances it was an easy guess. "It's the emnetic, its forcing you to throw up, you will feel better soon I promise. What were you thinking?"

My stomach felt empty now, I stared listlessly at the floor and the swirl of mess in the bucket. What...what was I thinking? Oh.. the flowers. <"I wanted to..to surprise you...I've almost finished..."> I lifted a shaking hand back toward the room. I had planned to show him today. That's why I got the flowers. I was going to give him them and be like "haha that's the surprise!" And when his guard was down. BAM! Double whammy! I'd show I managed to weave his soul together. Even if it was just that tiny piece. I wanted to show him how pretty it could be. I tried to push myself off of him. I wanted to show him. I had to show him. <"Come. See."> I think... I think I was feeling better... I wasn't vomiting anymore. Still freezing..still shaking...but no more vomiting.

I placed one foot on the ground then the other...then...the world went blank.

Her body fell out of his lap and collapsed onto the floor, eyes rolling into the back of her head as her body twisted and contorted in violent shakes, her mouth foamed with a white froth. The seizure lasted only a few seconds, but once all was said and done, Eteri had stilled. Mouth still slightly agape. Tiny bubbles lining her dry and cracked lips.

"Eteri? ETERI!?"

...


I awoke to Nevin shaking me, his calloused thumb wipng fluid away from my mouth. I furrowed my brows. What happened? <"I'm tired....">

I felt him press me closer to his chest. The warmth was comforting. I shut my eyes listening to his heartbeat. I wasn't fully aware of why he was so worried about me. Sure, I felt a little off but nothing a little bit of rest wouldn't fix. He held me tighter than normal and even in his strong grip I could feel shaking. No..no that wasn't me shaking (I mean, my body was shaking, but that wasn't what I had felt) He was.

"Nevin?"

"Don't Do that to me." He begged with his head buried into the crook of my neck.

<"I don't..understand...what did I do?">