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Kid nodded slightly, perhaps his father could fix this. Well actually Kid was positive he could, but would he? Lord Death had a way of never taking things too seriously would this just be another one of his silly jokes? Kid forced a smile at Black Star he was right though being human couldn't be too terribly bad, but did they always have this mix of body temperature? He felt icy and yet he could feel small amounts of sweat on his forehead.

At the mention of Liz and Patty Kid crossed his arms trying to think, weigh down the pros and cons of the situation, and yet he couldn't think clearly enough to do it. "No," he finally murmured, "There's no need to worry them like that...I'll try to stay out of the way until this is over." After another beat of silence Kid looked up at Black Star again before turning and heading into his manor.

After toeing off his shoes in the main entry way he headed back towards his room he needed to think. He could hear Liz and Patty playing some sort of game with Ziz and knew he wouldn't be noticed as he moved along the wall silently.

"Patty you can't just keep the ball away from her like that it's not nice!" Liz scolded, but Kid could just barely hear the voices even though he was passing the living room where they were playing. I need to sleep. He thought regarding the time though he frowned. It wasn't late enough in the evening to go to sleep...He needed to think of something else. Either way he descended into his room the silence seemed to pound away at his throbbing head. His bed provided little comfort for him, he hadn't bothered to change into any sort of house clothes and lie there with his face pressed into the pillow. Hot cold hot cold hot cold He closed his eyes tightly and threw the blanket over him he felt as though he were being frozen but his skin was dampening with sweat. Only several minutes later the blanket was thrown onto the floor landing with a low thud it didn't provide any warmth. Kid just closed his eyes and tried to force himself to sleep.

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Black Star could tell Kid was not feeling well, but he said nothing was he hurried back to his room. Hearing the sisters talking the assassin wandered into the living room and leaned against the doorway. Patty was laughing as she threw a ball for Ziz and Liz just looked a bit exasperated with the situation. Huh... Liz and Ziz. Never noticed that one before.

"Black Star!" His eyes widened when the younger sister noticed him. She laughed again before tossing the ball in his direction. Black Star caught it easily and threw it back quickly, causing the pup to come to a screeching halt barely an inch from him and turn back toward Patty. "Are you gonna play with us?"

"Um..."

"Hey, where's Kid?" Liz slowly climbed to her feet as she looked around. "I thought you two left to go to some super important appointment. That didn't seem to take very long..."

"Kid is..." He blanked on a good excuse. "He's just..." Not feeling well? Mad at me? Shockingly human? Instead of coming up with any sort of response he just stared at Liz for a moment before walking from the room to head back down the hall. The older sister cast a glance at Patty, but she was too busy playing with the dog to notice.

Black Star pushed gently on the door to Kid's room and peered inside. Kid was lying face down on his bed, shifting about as if he couldn't get comfortable. He body was shivering but the comforter was balled up on the floor by him. Is he really sick? That... looks like a fever... The assassin stepped away from the door and thought hard for a moment, trying to figure out what Tsubaki would do in this situation.

Padding quietly back out to the kitchen the blue-haired meister filled up a glass of cold water. A quick glance in the cabinets revealed no medicine so he made a stop at the bathroom on his way back. A-ha, he thought triumphantly; the mirror slid open and behind it were rows of neatly organized bottles. Okay, so, if it's a fever... Black Star tried to remember just what Tsubaki gave him. A... ace.... aceto.... oh, here, this says fever reducer. He knocked a few of the pills into his palm before putting the bottle back and shutting the mirror. Medicine and water in hand, he went back to Kid's room.

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Kid remembered just last night he had warned Black Star about getting sick, and here he was his body flashing all sorts of temperatures. He could hear the voices from the living room Liz and Patty were never very quiet so it was almost easy to make out exactly what was happening. Though he found himself not caring much for it. Pressing his face against the pillow he clenched the bed sheets tightly in his fists. He was cold but he knew when if he decided to throw the blanket over himself he would heat up like a thermostat in hot weather again and it would be a never ending game.

He heard his door open and froze Please don't be Liz... He pleaded silently at least if it were Patty he could make up some silly excuse to explain his situation. As he shifted the door had already closed and whoever had been there was gone. Too late now I suppose... He glanced down at his hands, they didn't look different but he knew the only real evidence of being a shinigami was the stripes in his hair and the color of his eyes. If I become human will they go away? In any other situation he would be enthused about the repulsive stripes on on side of his head disappearing, but if it meant losing his immortality he wasn't that interested.

Kid shifted again restless despite his desire for sleep he forced himself to sit up. Wiping sweat from his face he scowled in disgust. He would have loved to go take a shower, but his legs wobbled at the very thought of trekking to the bathroom to bathe. He could make out the faint muffled sound of footsteps coming towards his room and sat stone still.

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Black Star placed the glass of water on the night-stand by Kid's bed before he reached out and shook the other teen's shoulder. "Hey," he said softly. "You should take these and drink something." As he said that he held his other hand out, offering him the pills. "Trust me, you'll feel a lot better if you do."

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Kid hadn't even heard Black Star enter his room and almost jumped when he heard the cup click onto the night stand. He glanced at Black Star tiredly and nodded taking his word, considering he had never been sick an actual human's advice was useful. He downed the water and the pills, "thanks Black Star," he mumbled softly. He set the cup down on the small circular table again and lay on his back twitching every now and then. "I suppose I took my immunity to disease for granted."

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"Ha. Everyone probably takes something for granted." After seeing the... Black Star didn't know how to think of Kid anymore, but seeing him take the medicine made the assassin feel a little better. He straightened and ran a hand back through his hair. He didn't get sick often and Tsubaki always knew what to do to make sure it went away as soon as possible. Now that he thought about it, though, the situation never seemed to happen in reverse. Not that the ninja-weapon was immune to illness... just that he somehow never seemed to catch on to her being sick. Wow. I really am awesome.

"How are you feeling?" he asked hesitantly. "Do you... need anything else?"

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Kid sat up again finding it hard to look up at Black Star he frowned slightly at the question, "Hot and cold. Mostly cold. I put the blanket on I get too hot. I take it off I get too cold." He admited his voice dull. His eyes moved to Black Star again, "I'm sure I'll be fine by tomorrow..." He muttered quietly hoping that was the case. If not avoiding Liz and Patty would only become more and more difficult for a moment he almost asked about them, but changed his mind. "I suppose it could be worse," Kid mumbled quietly feeling another quake of shivers run along him before he relaxed, "You or I could have been killed."

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"Stop being so over dramatic Kid. We were in no danger of dying." Black Star sat down on the the edge of the bed and flashed him a quick grin. "Especially because I was there. You really had nothing to worry about." After the brief moment of levity, though, the other meister frowned. "You really should change out of what you're wearing unless you want to regret that tomorrow... And if you're not better by tomorrow we'll come up with something. You should start feeling somewhat better soon, though."

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Kid smirked slightly sometimes Black Star had no grasp on reality but Kid couldn't help but admire that about the assassin. At the mention of his clothes Kid frowned, "You're probably right..." He grumbled. Moving to the edge of the bed he took a moment to balance himself before heading to his dresser on the other side of the room he fingered through the first few drawers until he found something that he would be comfortable enough to sleep in. He set the clothes on the dresser and glanced back to Black Star, "You should turn around or something." He mumbled quietly when he turned away again he started to unbutton the front of his shirt. "I doubt I'll look to eye-catching with sweat running up and down me." Kid chuckled softly.

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"Probably right? This is me we're talking about Kid. Of course I'm right," the assassin said with a small grin. At least Kid was smiling some; illness or not, that was an improvement from yesterday. He could barely remember seeing the gun-meister looking anything but miserable the day before.

When he got up to change, the blue-haired meister's gaze tracked him without much thought. "I don't know about that," Black Star said idly. His eyes widened as he realized just what he had just said and he flushed bright red as he looked down. I didn't mean to say that. That just slipped out. Why would I even want to say that? It wasn't that he didn't like, well... Quite frankly he wasn't sure what he liked - Tsubaki was attractive and so was Liz but it was less of an attraction thing and more that he just recognized it - but it was still Kid.

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Kid glanced back at Black Star for a moment he thought he was kidding, but the redness in the boy's face confirmed it wasn't some sort of joke. He tried not to think too hard about it, and yet the words ran through his head several more times. Whether Black Star were still looking at him or not Kid changed into the clothes he had picked out feeling cleaner than he had since he returned home. He returned to the bed and sat down beside Black Star, "If the effects of Forcas' spell are permanent and can't be changed..." his voice trailed off thoughtfully as he tried to pick his words, "Do you think anyone would think less of me?" The thought had bothered him since he had become resigned to the idea that he might just be becoming a human would Patty and Liz still look up to him? What about Maka and Soul? Would Black Star think any less of him?

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The assassin breathed out a sigh of relief when Kid started talking, glad that he had chosen to focus on something other than his awkward verbal slip. "Do you really think the fact that you're a reaper is the reason why anyone is your friend?" Black Star asked wryly. "If so then... you probably need to check your head checked but no. Frankly it'd probably make you a little more bearable. Hopefully you'd stop..." He let his voice trailed off instead of finishing that thought. It wasn't exactly a secret, though, that Kid's reaper responsibilities were part of what drove him to go to such lengths for perfection.

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Kid shook his head slightly, "No I didn't think that's why people are my friends." He mumbled quietly almost thoughtfully. He lay down and stared at the ceiling, "More bearable?" Kid laughed softly, "I doubt I would change too much so don't get your hopes up."

Perhaps the pills had kicked in or it was just his imagination, but the annoying heat waves that had been washing over him had finally stopped. All he really wanted to do was sleep now, but he also enjoyed having Black Star with him so he decided to stay awake for awhile longer until he was unable to keep his eyes open or Black Star left. I wonder if father will do anything about this. Or will he just say something silly and leave me to fix it on my own. Knowing his father as much as he did he figured it would be the latter of the two options.

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"Hey, you're already getting there," Black Star said honestly. Before Kid's odd quirks had driven him up the wall - the blue-haired teen would never have had the patient to be so damn meticulous about everything. Though really, Kid wasn't that way, it was just an easy way to think of him... and if he was being completely truthful the assassin would have to admit to being just as meticulous about how he trained. Once you did the whole 'looking through someone else's shoes' thing... Shoes? That doesn't sound right. There's something about walking and looking... oh well.

He glanced down at Kid and Black Star's hand twitched; he had a sudden urge to reach out and touch his arm. "You should probably get some rest," he said as if reading the other's mind. "Do you want me to stay or go?"

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Kid nodded slightly thinking over that for a moment. Black Star had never been so mellow around him which was strange and the fact that he wasn't bragging about himself for once eased Kid a bit. It was nice to talk to someone who wasn't Liz or Patty for once.

For a moment he thought had had heard Black Star wrong. For another beat of silence he simply stared at him blankly before replying hesitantly, "You can stay...if you want to." Kid mumbled pulling himself entirely onto the bed he glanced at Black Star again, "Are you going to sleep on the floor or something?" He asked, he really didn't want that. Not that I want him up here with me... He thought, but then again he did. Black Star was warm and he was cold or that's how his skin felt at the moment underneath it was a warmth.