"Crona?"

Maka slowly opened the creaky door and peered inside Crona's room. This was strange, he usually waited for her to come down and get him, sitting upright on his bed hugging a pillow but today…he was still curled up in bed. Maka made her way towards the bed and nudged Crona gently on his shoulders.

"Crona, why aren't you up yet?" she asked "We'll be late for class."

"Maka…" he squeaked as he rolled over to face her. "It hurts…I-I don't know how to deal with this kind of pain…"

Maka was concerned, his eyes seemed dead and his skin looked clammy and pale. She placed her hand on his cheek and gasped.

"Crona, you're burning up!"

"Ow, it really hurts!" he groaned as he gripped his stomach "Maka I don't like this, make it stop!"

Maka stroked his hair softly as she tried to calm him. She was already a minuet late for Stein's class but she didn't care, Crona was more important. Soul, who was waiting outside peaked his head through the open door.

"Hey Maka, what's going on?" he asked "Stein's going to kill us"

"Crona's sick" sighed Maka

Soul walked into the room, with a slightly worried look on his face. He sat on the edge of Crona's bed next to Maka and held his hand on Crona's forehead.

"Yikes, that's some fever ya got there pal." He said

"I don't want it. I don't want it. I don't want it." Crona said shakily "Maka…I want it to stop now."

Soul scratched the back of his head.

"What should we do?" he sighed as he turned to Maka.

"Could you go and get Nygus?" she answered "I'll wait here with him"

On that note, Soul left the room to fetch the nurse. Maka helped Crona sit up in his bed and moved his disorderly fringe from his sweat-drenched face. She hooked her arm around his shoulder and hugged him close. The poor little mite was shaking, clutching his stomach in pain and whimpering.

"Maka, I'm scared" he sobbed "I'm going to die a-aren't I?"

"Don't be silly" smiled Maka.

It was quite cute, the way he acted anyone would think he'd never been ill before because he was convinced he was dying.

"Crona, have you ever been sick before?"

"No!" he cried "I don't know how to deal with this right now! Maka what do I do?"

As he cried he'd began to hug Maka's waist, clearly scared out of his wits. Soul re-entered the room followed by Nygus with some medical equipment. Maka moved to make room for the nurse to sit next to Crona. Nygus smiled and held her hand towards Crona's face. He flinched away.

"It's okay Crona" smiled Nygus "I'm just here to see if you're ok."

"I'm dying." Said Crona as his body shook "You don't have to check, I'm dying. You can go away now."

"Aw c'mon now I'm not going to hurt you." Chuckled Nygus

Nygus checked his temperature. The thermometer read103, way too high.

"Ok Crona you have a fever, would you mind lifting up your night shirt so I can check you're breathing." Said Nygus as she got a stethoscope out of her medical bag. Crona looked over to Maka for reassurance and she smiled at him to let him know its ok. He did as Nygus told him and removed his night shirt, revealing his bony upper body. Soul took one look and sniggered.

"Well, I guess we know he's defiantly a guy now."

Maka…CHOP!

"Shut up Soul." Growled Maka

Nygus finished checking his breathing; it seemed fine enough but one thing puzzled her, with all this commotion she'd have thought Ragnerock would have made an appearance. Eventually, she came to the conclusion that if Crona was sick, he was too so he was probably sleeping it off.

"Now Crona, I think it would be better for you to miss class today." Smiled Nygus as she packed her stuff back into the bag "I'll tell Dr. Stein you're not feeling well ok?"

"I-I have to be alone?" asked Crona pitifully as tears filled his eyes.

"Don't worry Crona, we'll be back to visit when school's over" said Soul "C'mon Maka lets go."

Maka stood still; she shifted her glance over to Crona who had curled up under his bed sheets once more, completely covering his body and head. She felt bad for him, he'd never been sick before and he was so terrified.

"Hey Nygus, tell Stein I'm sick too…" she said

"But Maka, you NEVER miss class." Gasped Soul

"He can't stay here by himself, he's scared and helpless." Sighed Maka

Soul smiled his usual toothy grin.

"Suit yourself…" he smiled "Seeya later then."

Hurray! First Chapter is done! Stay tuned for more!