hello !! so like, i suddenly got a fever due to flu season (just when finals was over 😭) and i have this scenario in mind where mizu takes care of sick!reader/the other way around.
mizu w/ sick!reader
i imagine her to not be so good at it, only handling stitches and gash wounds whenever she gets hurt. so, when it's about fevers/other internal illnesses (+ the fact that no one probably showed her how to treat and deal with it), i think mizu goes on auto pilot and does whatever she thinks might work 😭
of course, being the kind soul that he is, ringo may offer his assistance. but mizu wants to be the one to take care of you.
[ + bonus points if mizu and reader has some sort of distance instead of having a close bond. imagine mizu grumbling how weak reader is and reader just goes, "you don't know what you're doing, do you?" ]
reader w/ sick!mizu
mizu rarely gets sick, she doesn't even remember the last time she had it. or the feeling of someone treating her while she laid down, vulnerable, somewhere hidden from view─or in bed, if she were lucky.
i think she's the type to neglect herself. saying "it'll pass" while wobbly holding her sword. this also explains why she doesn't know how to treat others, (ahem, you), as she had only sucked it up and dealt with it like another obstacle on the road.
im so sorry this is kind of long 😭 i love your works so much!!
a/n: THIS IS SO SWEEEET. and yes, mizu is 100% a girlfailure when it comes to this sort of thing
warning(s): swearing
word count: 710 words / 3,782 characters
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pairing: mizu x fem!sick!reader
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“could you lie down, please? for gods sake,” mizu narrowed her eyes at you, ushering you back toward the bed. she heads for a table on the other side of the room, littered with poultices.
did she have any clue what to do with them?
hell no.
but she would try whatever she thought could work, you being sick would only hinder your progress on the quest. and no way could she have that.
and she didn’t want you to be hurting, either.
you gaze at her across the room, your face was red and puffy—hot and under the weather. you can barley see her, due to your disoriented feeling, but she knew for a fact she had no fucking clue what she was doing.
“.. mizu,” you rasp. “you don’t know what you’re doing… do you?”
mizu freezes, if only for a second. she sighs, grumbling something under her breath.
“no,” she answers blankly. “I do not.”
“then why didn’t you take ringo’s help? I’m sure he knows something,” you murmur, your eyes trained on her as she walks over to you. she settles down on the edge of the bed.
her hand gently brushed the side of your face, “I want to be the one to care for you,” she whispers. “you’re my responsibility. I brought you out here, it’s my job to care for you.”
you’re not sure your face could get anymore flushed, but it somehow does, your heart pounding in your chest as your stomach drops.
“oh,” your mouth forms a cute little “o” shape, casting your gaze downward.
she chuckles, taking your hand and pressing a quick kiss to it.
“you’re going to get yourself sick,” you protest, watching as she gathers herself back to her feet—and heads for the table again.
“I don’t get sick, (y/n).” she shoots back.
“everyone gets sick at some point, mizu. even you. doesn’t matter if you think you’re built of—“ you cough in between words, “—steel, even.”
she scoffs, “I don’t think I’m made of steel. steel is a pure, strong metal. something I am not. nowhere close to it.”
you sigh. you never liked the way she talked about herself.
“whatever you think you are, mizu.. everyone gets sick. even you.” you reply.
she decides not to respond, this time, not wanting to argue you when you don’t feel well. she listens as the door opens, revealing ringo with a bowl of soup. he smiled, and placed it down on your bedside table.
“thank you, ringo,” you rasp, returning his infectious smile.
“of course, (y/n),” he replies, glancing at mizu. “are you sure you do not need help, master? I heard—“
she cuts him off with her hand, “I’ve got it, ringo. thank you.”
he seems surprised she even thanked him; but he nods his head and slides out of the room.
she grabs a poultice from the table, and walks over to you. she sets in down in your hands, gesturing for you to drink.
you look at her, skeptical that this is one that will even work.
“it isn’t poison,” she grumbled. “I know what poison looks like.”
you chuckle weakly, “I’m sure you do,” you gulp down the poultice, gaging a little at its bitter taste. “my fucking god.”
she laughs at your reaction, reaching over you in the bed and grabbing the bowl of soup.
“.. are you going to feed me?” you giggle, watching as she slides the noddles onto the chopsticks. for a minute, you thought she was joking. “oh. you’re serious?”
your heart flutters at the thought.
“does it look like I’m joking?” she raises an eyebrow.
you advert yourself gaze, “no.”
“than why are you asking?” she offers you the food again, waiting for you to take it.
you lean forward, and slurp the noddles into your mouth. “not sure,” you mumble between your food.
“then eat and be quiet,” she murmured.
you do as your told; smiling as she gently fed you. mizu was never so.. gentle. but you could see her hands shaking, she was scared she would fuck something up.
but here you were… sitting in front of her, having her feed you in your time of need.
you couldn’t help but love her.
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pairing: sick!mizu x fem!reader
warning(s): swearing
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mizu’s breathing was a bit raspy, a bit heavy as she held her sword wobbly in her hand. being sick was not something she dealt with often.
“mizu,” you narrow your eyes, “you need to sit down.”
“no.” she said firmly, her voice a bit raspy— “it’ll pass, (y/n).”
“I don’t care if “it’ll pass”. you need to sit down. now.” you commanded, grabbing her by the shoulders and pushing her down.
her eyes widen, staring up at you. she was never so forcefully handled, everyone was always so scared of her cold demeanor.
“.. okay,” she whispered.
“lie back in the bed—and I’ll get you some soup and some medicine. i think ringo’s almost done,” you gently gesture for her to lie down.
she does as she’s told, for once in her life. listening to other people was never her strong suit. but she didn’t feel well, and you wanted to care for her.
being cared for wasn’t… normal, to her. she never had a caring mother. her ex-husband tried to turn her in for a bounty.. care from someone else was new.
when you returned, you came back with a bowl of soup, and some medicine. a sticky, disgusting poultice.
“you need to take this,” you hand her the poultice. she gazed at it, disgusting in her hand. but she quickly took it, repulsed by the taste. “it’ll help, I promise.”
“.. right,” she rasped. her eyes travel to the bowl of soup, her eyes alone asking you to hand it to her.
“in a sec,” you place it on the table beside the bed, pulling at her overcoat. she almost jumped out of her skin. “relax.”
you pulled off her overcoat, taking off the layer beneath it, as well. all she was left in was her wrapped, binded chest.
“It’ll make you more comfortable,” you whisper. “eat.”
now, she was happy to do that.
she grabbed the bowl and slowly began to eat, making sure to be slow and steady—she didn’t want to be throwing up her guts later. not in front of you, at the least.
you slide into bed next to her, gently rubbing her sides with your fingers.
she leans into your touch almost instantly. god, why was she so weak to you?
“you’re going to make yourself sick,” she whispers.
“I don’t care,” you grumble back. “my only job right now, is to care for you. sound good?”
she scoffs, adverting her gaze. “.. sounds good.”
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a/n: HEYYYY holiday is over, back to your regularly scheduled programming!! (I did get p!nk tickets tho guys so that’s cool <3)
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