Hurting [Open]

[spiritsup]

Characters: Romeo and passers by
Setting: Dormitory level
Format: whatever
Summary: Romeo doesn't like his job too much, and he doesn't feel too well
Warnings:

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[pineandmaple]

Canada peeked in, looking a bit upset to see him curled up like that there. The fumes were already giving her headaches.

"Are you...I'm sorry, do you want me to stay out?"

[spiritsup]

Romeo looked up to see miss Madeline and tried to smile, but he still felt dizzy so smiling was hard, "No, it's okay miss, I just don't feel too good..." He closed his eyes again.

[pineandmaple]

Canada stepped closer and petted his hair slowly, dropping to a crouch.

"Should I get you to a room?"

[spiritsup]

Romeo smiled a small smile as he felt miss Madeline's hand on his hair, "I'm meant to be cleaning," he said waving to the bathroom.

[pineandmaple]

"Nonsense, you should be in bed. You look dead on your feet." She scooped him up, even if he protested and looked around, "Which one is your room, dear?"

[spiritsup]

Romeo wriggled a bit but he didn't think miss Madeline would hurt him, he was just unused to being carried, he wasn't a child! "1-02," he murmered, "But I'll get into trouble if I don't clean all the bathrooms!"

[pineandmaple]

Canada set him on the bed and petted his hair, adopting a mock stern look cultivated for just such occasions.

"You can miss a day and frankly if you are in there every day, you may end up sicker than this. Take this as a breather and relax. I'll be back in a moment with some water."

[spiritsup]

Romeo blinked, the only time he had ever taken time off work before was when he had broken his leg and couldn't climb chimneys, he really wasn't too sick to work but he sat on his bed like he had been told and waited for miss Madeline to come back.

Somehow that led to lying on his bed, and by the time she did return he was half asleep.

[pineandmaple]

She returned after a few minutes, taking care not to spill the water on her return.

"Luckily I snagged a few glasses from the cafeteria--" She instantly lowered her voice when she saw he was nearly asleep and knelt beside his bed offering the water.

[spiritsup]

Romeo blinked and came a little bit more awake, he sat up slightly and took the glass being careful not to spill, "Thank you miss!" He said before taking a sip.

[pineandmaple]

"It's nothing dear. You should be careful, you don't need to get hurt." Canada knelt at his bedside, watching to make sure he drank enough, "Does that help?"

[spiritsup]

Romeo smiled, "It does thank you miss." He smiled again finishing the glass of water.

"I don't know why I got dizzy!"

[pineandmaple]

"It's most likely the chemicals dear. The things you use to wash the bathroom are not really that safe in those concentrations."

She frowned for a moment, vaguely aware that he might not understand what she meant, but waiting to see.

[spiritsup]

"Chemicals? You mean the bad smelling stuff in the water? Why isn't it safe? Is it poisoness?" Canada had proven herself to be nice so Romeo felt comfertable asking her questions.

[pineandmaple]

"Most things like that in the water are meant to be diluted. That is, made safe for use by adding more water. A lot of things are not safe in large quantities. Maybe if we dilute the chemicals it won't bother you do much." She didn't really feel comfortable telling him that yes, the chemicals can poison you.

[spiritsup]

"So they need more water in them and then I wont feel ill?"