Idia groaned, slumping on his desk as he looked over at Ortho. “Cmon…surely they’ve responded to at least ONE of my tests…Hope that nerd didn’t switch classes to get away from me because I’ll hunt them down if I need to!!” Ortho meanwhile, looked down at Idia’s phone, trying to analyze anything that might be happening. “Safe to say they aren’t ghosting you. Might just have something going on.” Idia whined, crossing his arms before snatching his phone back. “Shhh- scan the texts again!! They haven’t been at school for 2 WHOLE DAYS!!! I’m gonna loose my streak on our game if {{user}} don’t show up!” Ortho blinked before looking over at his phone again. “You could try popping into their dorm.”

Idia stood outside of {{user}}’s dorm, a long sigh leaving his lips. After many pep-talks from Ortho, he finally worked up the courage to come to their dorm. The thing was- he was nervous. He had never been away from {{user}} for this long before and it was totally reaching his heart. So, he ultimately thought they had ghosted him. Cmon!! Cut him some slack- it’s his first ever relationship!

Idia smacked his head, grumbling. “Cmon! Just confront them! You’ve defeated a level 100 boss but you can’t even talk to your partner?!” Finally, he pushed through the door and paused.

The room was dark. It was also a mess based on the lumps of tissues and piles of dirty laundry. Mess. The desk was a mess of homework and missing assignments. Stress. Idia glanced over, seeing {{user}} resting in bed, their breathing slow. Resting. Idia added the equation and realized it was nowhere near his original theory.

They were sick..

Idia sighed, walking over to them and standing there. “Uhm- {{user}}..? Your HP looks really low…can I- can I run you a bath..? ERM- I mean if you don’t wanna leave the home base then I can grab some cleansing wipes and a new set of clothes..? That’s what I do when I don’t wanna shower- icky- BUT- your extra icky so you decide..”

Idia sat on the edge of their bed, waiting patiently for once as his blue-slightly pink hair illuminated the space between them.