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"Already told you to get out of the rain, and now here you're sick, cuz you were stubborn." Antagonist spoke, a clear irritation in his voice as he crossed both of his arms together,
Looking at the sick, dying Z who's laying on the bed, with layers of different blankets covering him ridiculously makes Z looks like a cocoon,
After refusing to take any medicine or eat anything. Z grumbles feeling bothered at Antagonist presences and scolds, before rolling his body to face a different side, hiding his face with pillow
"Shut up.."
Antagonist stares at his back in frustration, looking at the untouched cold soup on the table, he exhaled a deep breath before grabbing the soup filled with sadness with him.
"I'll come back later, go get a rest or something" the entity said, Z only replied with a muffled hum, didn't bother to turn around.
Antagonist left Z room with another cold food, again. they stared at the soup, that seemingly taunting at his failed attempt at feeding someone, Antagonist breathes out frustratedly, that Z still hasn't eaten anything the moment he starts to feel sick.
I'm going to reheat it for him, I can't just waste food. Just right after he thought of that, the soup suddenly shaking crazily as if there is something that is about to come out of it
"What the hell.." Antagonist mumbles, feeling confused and wary at the same time, the vegetables inside the soup moves, and quickly formed two eyes and a mouth
The moving vegetables inside the soupsuccessfully made a face, then it blinked, wait, what did it just do?
"What in actual fu—"
"BOOHOO!" the soup suddenly spoke, with a mocking, annoying voice, that makes Antagonist immediately irked upon hearing it.
"Aha LOSER!! can't even feed your s—" before the suddenly conscious soup can even finish its sentence, Antagonist throws the soup towards the window harshly, makes the glass break and shattered loudly, a few shards flew and hit the floors with loud crashes.
"What the hell was that?!" Z shouted in shock at the crashing sound that happened outside his room
"Nothing, I tripped." A Horrible lie, yeah Antagonist is not going to try, since Z already doesn't buy any of his excuses.
"No you're not!"
"Shut up! and go back to sleep Z!" He scolds him once. Hearing muffled voices inside Z room, perhaps he is muttering how much he hates Antagonist, and wants him dead.
Antagonist ignores, and slowly crouches down, looking at the mess he did earlier. His own fault after all.
The entity huffed as he takes the broken shards of glass disappears with his hands one by one
He didn't expect to be this... impulsive lately, stupid, like the other person he really hates
Sucks, stupid, terrible, weak Z.
And Antagonist is now stuck with taking care of him, well sometimes Moe helped them.
But honestly he never expected that someone could be this— difficult while sick, Antagonist had never taken care of someone before, especially a grown ass adult male who can't even shallow a medicine.
A familiar clown honk distracted Antagonist thoughts, the rejected Antagonist lifts his head and sees Moe who seems to appear out of nowhere greeting him
"Heyyy— Moe!" He greets her back. Moe honks her clown nose, confused as why the window is now shattered.
"Basically the soup was suddenly alive and I accidentally threw it out of the window. Yeah." Antagonist explained and Moe finds him fucking stupid for breaking the damn window
"Anyway Moe, he still hasn't eaten any of my food and my patience is running incredibly thin now.. have any idea left?"
Moe honks her clown nose a few times
"What? Use— use drugs?"
She honks again as a yes, then Moe takes a white bag of drugs out of her left pocket, and tries to give it to Antagonist, but he raises both of his hands, refusing as they takes a step back
"Oh hell, yeah— no, I'm not touching that, where the hell did you even find this anyway?"
Honk-honk!
"Someone named Dave the dealer? Whatever, I'm not using drug Moe. Also get rid of that I don't want to deal with the authorities"
Moe looks down at the floor sadly, twirling the tip of her shoe at the floor while eyeing at Antagonist with fake sad puppy eyes
"Okay fine, just.. don't use it, I'm going downstairs, Cooking up food, y'know since Z is sick." He said the last sentence is quieter than others.
as if Antagonist just told her his biggest secret that he also doesn't even notice, One of the corners of Moe's lips lifted, but she didn't say anything as continue to stares at him.
"Why are you smiling like that." That is not a question.
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Z now sat on his bed, body hunched forward lazily, feeling tired and pain all over his body that felt like it wanted to pull him back to sleep as his final deathbed.
He stares at the clear glass of water, two tablets of medicine on his other hand, then both Moe and Antagonist who is sitting in front of him, with a plate of soft food at Anta's hands, while Moe holds a beautiful bouquet of pink, yellow tulips that seems wrapped around in rush.
Moe is so sweet, unlike Antagonist.
"Uhm, so— do I seriously need to drink two at the same time?" Z asked, feeling nervous.
Hearing the loser Z asked with a hesitant voice laced with clear nervousness, Antagonist wants to roll his eyes at him, but obviously no one can even see their face, or his head, yeah you too guys.
"Duh, the doctor said."
Then a brief silence, Z slowly furrows his eyebrows.
"I'm sure you don't even meet any doctor—"
" 'oh you don't meet any doctor!' DRINK THE GODDAMN MEDICINE Z!" Without a warning Antagonist loudly commands with a loud voice, which makes both Moe and Z flinched out of surprise.
"Okay-okay! Fine geez, just—give me.. a minute."
A minute that feels like an hour, Moe and Antagonist patiently waiting for him to take medicines, and becomes confused at Z face that grew red, contrasting with his skin while his head down looking embarrassed
Few clown honks from Moe, followed by Antagonist pointing his finger at his face
"Why are you red now?"
"because my blood is running inside my body?" Z said, sarcastically, but his face still grew redder at each word he said, he huffed before placing both tablets on his tongue and drinking the water way too quickly, make him lightly chokes
"Slow down, nobody taking it from you.." the rejected entity reminds him.
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Moe excuses herself to leave first, leaving the tulips in a new vase for Z. since she needs to talk to Dave the dealer who kept banging on the windows while shouting her name
Antagonist notices the sky has darkened, with the moon rising alongside thousands of stars. Then, Antagonist realizes that he shouldn't have stared at the moon for too long.
They turns his head around at Z who resting his back against the bedframe, quietly chewing the food with a frown he shows everytime he complained about how Anta's foods are the most disgusting food he ever ate in his entire life and how he rather eats cement with salt instead
he barely eat 5 spoons of food, without looking like he want to puke his guts out
Seeing the struggled Z, Antagonist offers another help like a humble entity he is.
"Need water?" He asked flatly.
"Yeah." Z answered, voice sounds tired and dry, like he hasn't drank anything for days.
Antagonist placed the plate on the nightstand then took the glass of water.
They carefully put the glass between Z lips and tilt it, enough for him to drink.
Z hand slowly searches for Antagonist other hand, and he holds him, not tightly, but as if he wants to hold him there close to feel his warmth, Antagonist attention flickered at the fact Z held his hand, and he let him.
Antagonist pushes the glass down slowly when it is now empty.
"Thanks." Z said, with a grateful tone, his eyes soften as he thanked Antagonist with a smile, a genuine one, that appears naturally.
He looks different than the usual Z Antagonist sees everyday. Maybe sickness really can make someone act like a whole different person.
Or it's just Antagonist never knows this side of him
if so, he might wants to know this side of him further.
"Yeah, happy to help a stubborn idiot like you."
Both of them started to chuckle, started with small laughter then it became louder.
Without a notice, a tear fell silently, and another starting to staining Z cheeks, but he still laughed along with faint sniffles, Antagonist stopped to stares at him for a bit
He shuffles closer and bringing their thumb to wipe a few tears off him, makes Z eyes widen in surprise at his action
"You—"
"You look uglier when crying." Antagonist said without any regret, placing the empty glass back to its place
"And you—" Z repeated again as words lost in his voice, eventually he gave up thinking about what to come up with Anta's insult.
...
"Go to sleep Z." rejected Antagonist said, no irritation in his voice anymore, Z scoffed lightly
"You're not my mom."
"I know, but I'm taking care of your ass right now, so shut your mouth and listen to me." so Z listened, he smiled again, but no force or bitterness hid under his smile.
"Seriously you look really ugly when crying so don't, also since i'm better than you, handsome, awesome.. healthy" Antagonist's last insult to increase his ego and hatred towards Z.
"Have you even consider take a look into the mirror for once at what you look lik— ouch hey!—" Z yelped in pain when Antagonist suddenly flick his forehead, obviously Z starting to get under his nerves(like he doesn't do it every single day)
"Ladies loves me Z. Remember that" He said proudly, the sick protagonist only rolled his eyes as he pulls the blankets to covers himself and turns around
"Go die in a hole already." The protagonist said, smilling at himself after referencing that. "Night'." He muttered, not hoping for Antagonist to hear or say it back,
...
A few seconds passed with silence, and Antagonist haven't leave yet, well he should, but he's still at his room, looking at Z who already drifted to sleep.
Unfortunately Antagonist must admits he feels relieved after Z finally ate few spoons of their food. Well it's not like he actually going to say it out loud, Z doesn't deserve to hear it anyway,
Z snores interrupted the Rejected Antagonist thoughts, they shook his head in disbelief at how ridiculous loud he is when he's snoring,
"Good night too Z."
he finally replied
Antagonist stood up, turns off the light, and quietly leaving the room with a faint click of the door handle, then he's out.
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"Moe? And— Who even this guy?"
"The name is Dave the dealer, but you may call me Dave the great." ... "Ok—" "And this clown owes me 5 dollars." He shows 5 fingers at Antagonist as if he tried to intimidate him, which obviously doesn't work.
".. it's not a big deal." Only 5 dollars, except if you're living in a country with weak ass currency
"It is still my damn money!" The dealer suddenly pulls out a gun and points it at him, Moe squeaks her Clown nose as she hides behind Antagonist
"Dave— Dude put the gun down, just— just go take my last 5 dollars!"