#hnggggggggggg wanted to write more but i already spent a lot of brain power on carp's part so maybe next time

[fragrantpines]

Am currently very sick so here are some sick scenarios with some food men.

Crab in orange drops everything the moment he sees you and lifts you up in his arms.

"You are currently showing symptoms of the common flu so it is best for you to stay in bed and have someone else attend to you. Rest assured, I have everything installed everything that is related to taking care of sick humans into my database so you don't have to do anything, Master."

His long, droned out explanations of the simplest things spoken in his calm monotone voice is enough to push the already sleepy you into the realm of unconsciousness. Before your eyes closed, you could vaguely feel a pair of lips kiss the top of your forehead before his monotone voice broke with a tone of worry.

"Strange... why do I feel pain when you are the one in pain right now..."

Boneless Carp isn't sure what he expected to see when he snuck into your room through the window in the middle of the night but he can say for certain the sight of you coughing your lungs out on bed isn't what he would wish to see.

He quickly closes the window behind him before placing a hand on your forehead, his cerulean blue eyes widening as he feels your temperature drastically exceed his own. Instantly, a thousand thoughts run through his mind-- What happened while he was away? Weren't you taking care of yourself? Were the other food souls in Kongsang not taking care of you?-- yet they disappear as soon as they came, vapourising the moment he sees your hand weakly lift up from the bed to circle around his arm.

"You came back."

A smile stretches across your lips and oh, you were worried for him. Even though you were sick as hell right now, your first thoughts upon seeing him was relief caused from those nights of worrying where he was, whether he was okay or not, whether that kiss you two shared before he left would be the last one you will ever share with him before your memories of him fade away with the cruel march of time.

Carefully, he pulls your hand away from his arm and places it on his cheek, his usual smile devoid of presence.

"I never break my promise, little assistant."

Just like how he would never break his promise to love you for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death pulled the two of you apart-- no, not even death could pull you away from him. There was nothing in this world that the great thief couldn't steal so if you ever stepped into the underworld without him noticing beforehand, all he would have to do is steal you back and hide you from death itself.

But that's a story for another time. Right now, you are alive and he is here. So he presses a kiss inside your palm before pulling away, feeling his heart break when your gaze turns disappointed until he presses a finger to your lips.

"I'm going to get some medicine so stay here and behave, okay? I'll be back before you know it."

Edits: Changed Stuffed Carp -> Boneless Carp