sirenspull | 471st Day [video]

[There’s something distinctly wrong, very wrong in the room when Xion wakes up this morning. It’s too quiet, too still. Blue is licking her hand, her rough little tongue like sandpaper against her fingers, and in the hazy moments where sleep transfers to wakefulness, Xion stretches and coughs, her chest still feeling tight from this strange sickness. She sits up slowly, lets the accompanying dizziness subside before she scoops up Blue and starts her descent down the ladder to the floor. She sets the kitten down on the floor, letting her little cat out to start her day by pouncing on Xact’s tail- probably- and she quietly lets herself out to use the bathroom and cough and splutter away without worrying about waking her roommate.

A few minutes later, and carrying a box of tissues, Xion’s back and Naminé hasn’t moved. Xion goes to Naminé’s bedside and gently nudges her on the shoulder to see if she’s awake and in need of anything.

Naminé is very still. She’s always been quiet, but this morning it’s too much. Her shoulder feels cold, and that doesn’t feel right. Naminé’s been feverish all weekend, Xion has been bringing her cold flannels to put on her head to help her cool off. She shouldn’t be so cold. Her face is very pale from what she can see of it poking out from under her blankets.

It takes a moment for Xion to realise that Naminé isn’t breathing and she’s not waking up.

The shock sends her reeling backwards, knocking into the trash bin. Tissues go falling over the carpet. Xion’s head is spinning, everything seems to be buzzing in her ears. What should she do, what should she do?

She grabs her NV, acting on instinct, she doesn’t know what to do what should she do she can’t do anything Naminé won’t wake up, she won’t wake up, it’s not working.

Frantically she switches to video.]

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[Xion's face is pale and clammy, she’s breathing too quickly and she’s shaking, she knows this is bad, this is very, very bad, but she can’t do anything-]

Help me please, someone, Naminé won’t wake up. She was sick and now she’s cold and she’s not- and she won’t wake up- she’s not breathing- I can’t-

Someone help us please, please, I don’t know what to do!

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Terra? Terra what should I do?

[There is no doubt in his mind that it's too late... if she's already cold... even if she wasn't, with the news reporting so many people have... Light, this is really happening. It's World's End all over again.]

Go and wait for the others, Xion. They should be getting to your apartment any minute now. You've got to be strong... You've got to take care of yourself.

I- I don't want to take care of me, I'm okay. I'll take care of Roxas, and I'll take care of Naminé when the ambulance gets here and they wake her up. She's got to be okay.

Are you okay? How's Ven, and Aqua?

... But Xion... if you don't take care of yourself, your friends will worry. [Desperately grasping at straws here, trying to keep his voice even... What can he say? What should he say?] They need all their energy to get better, don't they? It's the... responsible thing to do. And then you'll be better able to look after them once you've got help.

[There's a short pause before he responds to her question.]

We're fine here... All of us.

[He's confident that's the right answer, even if it's not a particularly truthful one.]

Good- that's good. I'm glad you're okay, really really glad. Please... make sure Ven's okay?

[She could argue that none of her really sick friends are in any state to worry about her right now, they're too sick. Roxas is feverish and sleeps too much, and Naminé won't wake up.]

I promise I'm okay, but I'll be more okay when the others are better.

[You know, he's starting to feel like he might be sick here in a moment... and it's probably not the virus' fault this time.]

Yeah... I'll keep an eye on him...

How's Roxas doing...?

[There's a long pause.]

...he's really sick too.

... How sick... is really sick?

[Like Naminé was?]

He sleeps a lot but he's always tired, and he has a fever and he coughs-

Really sick.

Oh. That sick. Well, you... You tell him Terra says he has to get well soon.

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