chapter 3
11 days since prologue
Bryan woke up with a groan and whined as he immediately wanted to curl up in a ball. He had a very bad headache, his throat was extremely sore, his nose was stuffy, and his stomach hurt. After a few minutes of him being awake, Brandeen came into the room with a skip in his step and a grin on his face.
Bryan let out a quiet whine and looked up at Brandeen, unable to talk due to how badly his throat hurt. At this, Brandeen raised an eyebrow and tilted his head a bit.
''Something wrong?'' Bryan opened his mouth to respond, but instead he broke out into a very bad coughing fit.
When Bryan began coughing, Brandeen crouched beside him and gently rubbed Bryan's back with a frown on his face. When Bryan stopped coughing, he let out a whimper and curled up in a ball.
''I-I don't f-feel g-good...'' Brandeen frowned at this and put his hand on Bryan's forehead, checking to see if he has a fever.
Bryan flinched at the contact, finding it extremely cold, while Brandeen snapped his hand away.
''Jeez! You're burning up!'' Bryan flinched as he found Brandeen's voice loud, causing him to whimper as his headache got worse.
Brandeen frowned at this before he quickly left to go and get something. Bryan felt his stomach start to churn, causing him to whimper and wrap his arms around it.
Brandeen soon returned with a bucket, a bowl, some type of masher or whatever it is, and some herbs. Bryan stared at him in confusion until he threw his hands over his mouth and gagged.
''I-I think I'm gonna throw up...'' Brandeen handed the bucket to Bryan and knelt beside him.
Bryan tightly gripped the bucket as he began to throw up, Brandeen gently rubbing his back. After he finished, Bryan curled up on the ground and whimpered. Brandeen moved the bucket away and sat beside him before beginning to crush the herbs into a paste. Bryan turned and looked at him in confusion, causing Brandeen to glance at him before going back to what he was doing.
''It's and herbal paste. It's for you.'' Bryan blinked at that and tilted his head before asking something.
''So it's... medicine?'' Brandeen nodded at that.
Bryan suddenly jumped back as far as the chain would allow him, hissing while he forgot about how sick he was.
''MeDiCiNe Is EVIL!!!'' Brandeen frowned at this before trying to convince Bryan to eat it.
''It shouldn't taste that bad.'' Brandeen's attempt to convince Bryan failed.
''It's still medicine!! And all types of medicine are evil!!'' Bryan turned and faced the other way, insulted that Brandeen qould try and trick him into taking medicine.
Brandeen frowned once more before grinning as an idea popped into his head, although he wasn't sure how well it was going to work.
''It's either this or the flesh again. Take your pick.'' This plan backfired as Bryan paled and began to shake before tearing up and whimpering.
Brandeen let out a sigh before he said something to make it better.
''Look, just take the medicine. I'll catch you some fish or something else to eat.'' Bryan nodded even though he was still teary eyed and shaking a bit.
''O-okay...'' Brandeen smiled softly before continuing to grind the herbs into a paste.
Bryan suddenly whimpered when the emotions disappeared, as they were covering up his sick he felt. Bryan began to watch Brandeen as he added different herbs into the paste as he continued making it. After Brandeen finished, he moved closer to Bryan and handed him the bowl.
''So... is there a certain way I'm supposed to use this?'' Brandeen shook his head.
''All you've got to do is eat it.'' Bryan sighed before taking the bowl out of Brandeen's hands and eating the paste.
When he finished, he stuck his tongue out in distaste. At this, Brandeen purred in both satisfaction and amusement. Bryan than stuck his tongue out at Brandeen before looking away, a question on his mind that he was too embarrassed to ask. Brandeen noticed this and tilted his head.
''Something wrong?'' Bryan let out a sigh as a blush of embarrassment appeared on his face.
''... I want cuddles...'' Brandeen purred at this and pulled Bryan closer.
''Okay!'' Bryan smiled and purred at this before cuddling as close to Brandeen as possible.
''... Thanks...'' Brandeen purred again.
''No problem!'' Bryan purred once more at Brandeen's response before closing his eyes.
He quickly drifted off to sleep while snoring softly, feeling surprisingly safe in his older half-brother's arms. Brandeen purred and closed his eyes before softly caressing Bryan's head. Bryan purred at this and leaned into Brandeen's touch. Brandeen eventually fell asleep.
Remember to always try and have a good day/night. Bye wolf pups!!
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