12th Bite is a FAIL of epic proportions

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Morning, Slytherin Dormitory

[That Sunday Rin wakes up with a snotty nose and a skull-splitting headache and groans. He supposes after what happened last night he should have expected it, but that doesn't make it any less annoying. He'd been thrashing around all night, but only managed to fall into a light slumber in the wee morning hours dreaming weird dreams of frozen cucumbers, and being convicted at court with his pants down. If he was feverish, that explained those at least.

He dreads the Great Hall. He left Ravenclaw tower in a hurry and has no idea how things progressed from there. Maybe Gareki managed to convince everyone they saw a ghost, but somehow, Rin doubts it. He should just say he's sick and not go to breakfast, he's not hungry anyway. But that would be admitting he's sick, which would cause Sousuke go into full blown mother hen mode, which Rin can't stand. And he's worried about Gareki. He feels sorry for leaving his boyfriend to weather the storm, and he needs to know he's okay and just how much trouble Rin's idiocy has gotten them into. He should man up and brave the giant. Although he's pretty sure by now all of the castle knows.

Rin groans again.]

Breakfast, Great Hall

[Saying bravely he'll face the giant and bravely doing it are however two different things. Rin sits at the Slytherin table, convinced his head is about to explode. The food in front of him keeps turning his stomach, the glare of the morning light from the ceiling is too bright and the chatter is louder and livelier than ever before. Even worse is, that he can hear every single word from the neighbouring Ravenclaw table, every single ONE. They're loud and unrestrained and when Rin had stumbled into the Great Hall several minutes ago, ready to just sit down and not move, not a few of those nosy people looked at him for a brief moment, before continuing to talk louder.

He can feel the stares boring into him, as he sits with his back to them.

He had wanted to find and talk to Gareki, once he'd be safe on his legs again, and wasn't likely to collapse in the middle of the Hall, but now he's not so sure that being anywhere close to the Ravenclaw table is a good idea. It's bad enough it neighbours to Slytherin's already.

Rin groans for the upteenth time that hour, bangs his head against the table and keeps it there. The wood is at least cooler than his hand. Small favors, really.]

Bonus: Infirmary

[He ends up being dragged into the infirmary by the pains he calls his friends and teammates, when he almost collapses from fever that morning. This is also where he spends the complete week, because Madame Pomfrey is relentless. The first few days are spent between half-awake and restless sleep, the rest he's lying in the bed, snotty, grumbling, week and frustrated, waiting for his body temperature to get back to normal. He'll bark and complain a lot during this time, basically, if you brave a visit, expect behavior of a giant baby.]

((ooc: He's referring to this incident from last night, which is NSFW (but so, so hilarious), so read at your own caution, I am jst putting it here to make sense.))

((EDITED! Because Sousuke, Adela and Kise are major pains and Rin almost fainted from fever.))

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You know-- [ Kise's grin is broad and positively wicked as he slides into the seat next to Rin, hand reaching for a pastry. ] There's a rumor that someone flew out of Ravenclaw tower last night. [ He sounds deep in thought, turning to Rin as he leaned casually against the table. His chocolate eyes are practically sparkling with unshed laughter. ] Naaah... I wonder who that could be. They'd have to have some pretty big balls to pull a stunt like that. [ Kise hums softly then licks his fingers free of the powdered sugar. ] Say. Your boyfriend's in Ravenclaw, isn't he?

[olympic_shark]

[Rin groans, when Ryota slides into the seat next to him. He does not need this. Not after last night, not with this headache. Dealing with the blonde is like pulling teeth and getting a colonoscopy at the same time, and Rin has zero patience for it right now. The Ravenclaws behind his back have said his name three times in the last minute, followed by snickers and Rin can feel a vein popp. Kise isn't fooling anyone.] Ryota. Shut up. [He growls in warning, without raising his head, or even moving.]

[xeroxing]

[ He was never trying to fool anyone. At Rin's growling he bursts out laughing and slings his arm over the redhead's shoulder. ] Cheer up, Rinicchi! You're a legend right now. No one's ever done what you did! I think you've even impressed the outside of the box thinkers in Ravenclaw.

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Stop calling me that! [Rin bursts out and flashes his rows of sharp teeth at Ryota. He knows he "impressed" the Ravenclaws, they are TALKING right there.] THAT'S MY ENTIRE PROBLEM!!! [When the red heat of anger hits his face, Rin can suddenly pretty much feel his skull finally cracking apart and groaning once again, he grabs his head to stop the pounding. He almost recoils from how hot it is. Everyone is talking, Ryota is being a pain, his head is attempting to murder him and Gareki will never speak to him again. Can someone just please finish him off already?] Go away... [He sobs miserably. And the worst thing is, he ain't got the energy to even strangle Ryota anymore.]

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[ Never!! Kise will never stop with the nicknames. He respects you, put up with it Rinicchi!

He's laughing, until he's not. When Rin looks far more miserable and doesn't have the energy to do anything about Kise's teasing, he gets worried. His hand reaches up to press against Rin's forehead and pulls back with a soft hiss. ]

What are you doing here, you should be at the infirmary!

[ Excuse him while he pulls away and grabs under Rin's arm. ]

C'mon. I'll help you there.

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[Oh great. Now he sent Ryota of all people into the mother hen mode, that's just the nail into the coffin, right there. He jerks away from the Chaser's grip roughly. Leave him alone!]

I said GO AWAY!

[And what's he doing there should be obvious.]

I want to die.

Great Hall

[divineliar]

[Loki is enjoying quite a lot of other peoples' pain. As long as he's not on the receiving end, how bad could it be? He's currently sitting opposite of Rin, enjoying a breakfast cupcake.]

You know, for someone who scored last night, you look like you've made the biggest mistake in your life. Was it that bad?

[olympic_shark]

[Oh wonderful. Fan-fucking-TASTIC! MORE idiots to bother him. Ryota apparently wasn't enough of a punishment, he needs the embodiment of torture. Yeah, yeah, that's EXACTLY what he needs.

He growls at Loki and raises his head just enough to level him with a murderous stare.]

Mind. Your own. Damn. Business!

[The problem's not what happened last night, the problem is what didn't. AND that he got. A bloody. COLD! But the part of his brain that's not a frustrated, horny teenagers, has at least the slightest bit awareness to defend Gareki's honor.]

That's my boyfriend you're talking about, you ass.

[divineliar]

Man, you must be desperate. Clinging onto someone who doesn't even satisfy your needs. I'd have dumped a guy like that a long time ago.

[Loki's pretty sure he's poking at a awakening volcano, but that's half of the fun. Causing chaos is one of his special skills.]

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[All that energy that even Ryota didn't manage to weasel out of him is back, and fever, or not fever, Rin shoots up from his seat, surging forward like a rocket and seizes Loki by the collar, sneering into his face.]

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!

[In spite of what happened last night, Rin will NOT tolerate shit talk about his boyfriend. If anyone's at fault it's him and bloody fucking Oshitari, who'd dead as soon as Rin finishes this little pest off.]

YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU ASSHOLE!!!

[divineliar]

[Loki whistles at Rin's sudden burst of energy, not really fazed by the events - or even if he'd be, he wouldn't show it. Instead he'll just smile with his annoying smile.]

I'm telling you it'd be good riddance to end things now that you have a chance. Though after a fiasco like this one, maybe you don't even need to dumb him...

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[The need to rearrange Loki's face is fierce and his clenched fists tremble. But they are probably catching the attention of the teacher table and Rin reminds himself how epically bad that would be. He wants very badly to yell at the guy, but that wold be bad as well, because, again, teachers. And everyone else would hear first hand what really happened, and if Rin is supposed to die young, he'd rather it not be by his boyfriend's hand. So he draw in a deep breath and seethes through gritted teeth. Really, it's more like he's breathing fire.]

We were interrupted by his busybody, dumb, blonde roommate, who apparently instead of sleeping goes poking around in other people's bed business. So shut. The. Fuck. Up. Before I decide to rearrange your face.

Great Hall

[fortyninerabbits]

[Lavi didn't join in on the talking going on at the Ravenclaw table. It was just idle gossip for the most part. Mostly boring and uninteresting. At least from his jobs point of view. Wouldn't go into any history books. However as a student of the school and part of the Ravenclaw house he had to be interested and honestly it was hilariously amusing. Moving to get up, he managed to sneak on over to Slytherin table as he leant over closer to the other.]

Guess your recovering from last, night hm? Though if you had wanted to get your rocks off in the bedroom department why didn't you just go to the Room of Requirement?

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[The moment the first word hits his ears, Rin can feel another vein popp, more of his skull cracking and his fists clench. Not another one. Does this have NO END?! He resists the urge to grab the robe of whoever's behind him and smash their face into the table. THAT would get the teacher's attention for sure, and he does NOT need that. And, as much as he hates it, he doesn't have the strength and energy required to do it at a degree, that would bring him satisfaction. So instead he growls warningly and angles his head enough to shoot daggers at his offender - a Ravenclaw, it really FIGURES - from a single eye. It's not that the room of requirement was not in his plan. In fact, it had been the original plan. He even had a date set in his mind and all. But it had been a long Saturday, he hadn't seen Gareki at all and he thought maybe it would be a nice surprise. It's not that he planned to go that far. His mind had been set on cuddling, kissing and a little touching, nothing more. It's not his fault it derailed so much! ... Well, not entirely.] Don't you have something better to do than think about other people's love life? [Non-existent love life, Rin's brain reminds him. One that's pretty much dead for time being. He mourns.]

[fortyninerabbits]

I do, I have to pay attention to every little detail of this school, which in your case your lucky this wouldn't be deemed at all important to be written into pages of history.

[He shrugs slightly, however he has literally two sides of his life, the work where he's always working, keeping things in check at the same time and then he had a life of a student, which he had to keep up as well.]

But I'm just bored and admit you were extremely lucky to get anything.

[Was it teasing. In part but the other part was admitedly the truth.]

You also have some balls to sneak into another's dorms when it's actually against the rules.

ONE LAST THING BEFORE BED I SWEAR | Infirmary

[gizmoe]

[ Someone had bothered to use Rin's wizphone to get in contact with him. At first he ignored the message and turned back to the book he was reading. After a while, he finally got curious enough to see what it said. Gareki fully expected it to be filled with apologies or something else dumb to diffuse his anger. An anger that was directed just as much at Rin as the world at large. It was easily obvious that it wasn't Rin, especially when he read only a line into the message where the guy announced himself as Kise Ryota. He babbled a little, apologized for misleading him, and told him at the end that Rin was in the infirmary with a fever. At first Gareki let his wizphone sick closed and snorted. It served Rin right to get sick for the shitty stunt he pulled last night. Sneaking in, getting them caught. Now they were the talk of the school and he was hiding in a bar reputable for dark dealings. Not that it wasn't as if it were a second home to him, his life in London not exactly the most legal sometimes. But he was angry and he felt he had every right to be. It started to sink in, though, that he shouldn't be so hard on his boyfriend. Both of them suffered, even though it was Rin's fault in the first place. With a sigh, he finally let his book snap closed, all thoughts of returning to it gone. He polished the last of his butterbeer and slung his coat back around his shoulders. Within the next half hour he was sneaking into the infirmary. As he approached the bed, he noticed that Rin was fast asleep, his cheeks flush from his fever. The bed sank slightly as he sat on the edge, his fingers lightly brushing strands of hair from his face. ] Shitty redhead. You're more of a pain in the ass than Yogi. [ If it had been just a cold - only moron's catch colds - he would have left Rin alone completely. At least until he was better. This he swallowed some of his anger for because a fever was more serious. ]

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[When Sousuke and Ryot finally manage to get him in front of Madame Pomfrey, Rin is not even able to stand on his feet anymore. Madame only takes one look at him, pours a potion down his throat and pushes him into bed. She's, surprisingly, met with little resistance. And then Rin has finally all the peace and quiet he wanted. He quickly dozes off, rolling onto his stomach in his sleep and embracing the pillow, barely able to process what's happening around him. He feels like he's floating in a tornado, in a boiling hot tornado, slipping in and out of consciousness. Occasionally he feels a cool hand caressing him, when Madame checks on him, but his mind is not able to process anything, other than how soothing it feels. And there it is again, a little earlier than expected and he sighs, turning a little to lean into the touch.]

[gizmoe]

When I thought I wanted you to suffer, this wasn't what I had in mind. [ As mushy as the thought is, he can't deny that Rin is beautiful when he slept. Even if it was obvious he was sick, he looked so peaceful. This he never saw in Australia, and probably wouldn't have appreciated as much. There's not much room on the bed, but Gareki places his book on the bedside stand and shifts to lay on his side. It's precarious, a little push easily able to shove him off with the right amount of force, but he's taken on a whim because even if he's mad at Rin he cares. He wasn't forced into a relationship with him, he chose to be there because he liked the redhead. Were this years ago, he probably wouldn't care so much. But Hogwarts tempered him, made him realize there were people he could let in. Rin was one of them now. ] Get better soon... I can't be mad at a sick person, even if you're a dumbass.

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[Suddenly there's another source of warmth, but this one different than the feverish heat of the blurry storm. This one is soothing and calm and Rin rolls into it. It's soft and Rin puts his arms around it, to get even closer, his heartbeat evening out. Although it's warm, it's comforting, like a blanket wrapped around him. His head is lying against it's source, he can tell, and even if it#s warm, it makes him feel better. It's almost like it's pulling the fever out of him, replacing it with itself. He lets out a small sound that's something between a whine and a moan, and starts breathing evenly, his body finally relaxing.]

[gizmoe]

[ Before he knows it, he's being cuddled into. Rin's arms slip around him, tugging him closer, and he doesn't fight it. Doesn't pull away. Instead, uncharacteristically, he feels soft and vulnerable and for the moment doesn't mind staying that way. He lifts his hand to brush Rin's hair from his forehead, noting that it was plastered there by sweat from his fever. If Pomfrey found them he knew that he would get scolded... Gareki didn't actually care at the moment. Rin seemed more calm and that was worth it. The dumbass that got himself sick just to get into his pants. The guy he was falling for. ] You better not do this again or I really will dump you. [ He wouldn't. He'd just be annoyed and tell Rin that he was a moron. ]

Infirmary!

[enchantressofore]

[ It's not until later in the day that she visits, finally finding some time to do so. Of course, the entire visit on the first and second days, Rin's asleep and Adela doesn't want to wake him while he's resting. In fact, she doesn't catch him while he's awake and aware until the fourth day.

Exasperated but smiling, Adela sits at the edge of Rin's bed and looks him over before finally saying something. ]

And you told me off for getting sick? You look terrible.

[ Of course she only means to tease him a little, but she will do him the mercy and leave a certain topic out of the conversation if she can help it. ]

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[He's lying on his stomach, hugging his pillow as he rests, bored out of his mind, but still too weak to do anything about it. This sucks. Being sick sucks. And it feels like an eternity since he last saw Gareki, which means his boyfriend is still pissed off. When Adela pokes her head in to visit him, he gives her the look worth of 1000 years of suffering, not a few days and sighs.] Not my fault. [He mumbles and pouts.] I got kicked out. [In a sense of the word. It's not like he wanted to flee, he just had to. He turns on his side to be able to look at her better, pulling his blanket up a little. His fever broke last night, finally, but he's still got high temperature and a snotty nose, and is altogether miserable, but hey, at least his head doesn't hurt so much anymore.]

[enchantressofore]

You know, I wasn't going to bring it up.

[ She sighs at him, shaking her head before sitting a bit closer. ]

Anything I can get for you, Rin? Tea, food, a book or something?

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[Rin grumbles and sighs.]

A knife to kill myself with?

[It's not like the cold is the only thing he's dealing with. He's pissed off Gareki and Rin is sure he's pretty much dumped.]

[enchantressofore]

Not happening. If I did that you wouldn't be able to watch the upcoming game.

[ Adela frowns at him then, reaching to rest a hand on his head and ruffling his hair a bit once she does, if he'll let her. ]

You'll get over this Rin, you and Gareki. Yeah it seems like a huge deal now, but so did the stupid dance in February. Everyone else'll find something new to talk about and obsess over soon enough.