(Drake)
On the Wednesday that followed the date, Andrew woke up first. Once he'd yawned and left to freshen up after giving Drake a quick cheek kiss, Drake groggily stirred and shivered while rubbing his head even more than he usually did. Chompy began to cough and even Alter hugged himself as he shuddered!
UGH... The Nightshades thought.
Slowly, Drake got up and promptly hugged himself. Despite their fur, Drake and Chompy were freezing! Drake then felt a strong tickle in his trunk of a throat which made him cough violently, letting out some mucous as well. Chompy did the same, while Alter simply kept shivering. Drake felt disgusted at himself at this.
Shit, I think I might be sick... Drake thought.
Oh, God, not again! Alter shouted.
What sick mean? Chompy thought w/ another cough.
It means that Drake has something in the body that's making us all feel like crap, Alter explained.
Drake, not wanting his fur to get coated in mucous so that other people wouldn't get sick, slowly shifted to his human form. It felt weird to do so, as Drake had mainly been using his monster form to get around. As such, it felt strange not to have a thick fur coat covering his skin.
"Aw, not this again... *cough*," Chompy said disappointedly.
In human form, Chompy's eyes became purple and his teeth became more squared. He'd only been liked this a couple of times before, but Chompy didn't really care for this form all that much. Alter shiveringly nodded in approval.
Good thinking, he said.
Just then, a knock was heard.
"Hey, Drake!" said Andrew on the other side, "C'mon, you gotta get ready for school!"
Drake slapped his forehead as Alter and Chompy groaned. He'd completely forgotten about school!
Oh, God, please no! Alter shudderingly shouted, Can't we just opt for a sick day?
"What the blank man said, what the blank man said!" Chompy shouted.
"Wait, you're sick?!" Andrew shouted.
To Drake's horror, the doorknob began to turn! Acting on impulse, Drake threw himself at the door, much to Chompy and Alter's shock. The door shook as Andrew tried to push it open, but no dice.
"Andrew, my brothers were just joking!" Drake said.
"Are you sure? You're acting kinda sus right now!" Andrew replied while still trying to open the door.
"Big man is ly-!" Chompy began.
Immediately, Drake clamped a big hand over Chompy's mouth.
"What was that?" Andrew asked.
He was about to say-! Alter started.
He was cut off as Drake shot some magenta magic at Alter's blank face. Unfortunately, though, Alter was a ghost, so the magic just went through him.
Nice try, Alter said sarcastically, We're sick, Andrew! WE. ARE. SICK!
"WHAT?!" Andrew shouted, now trying to open the door even more, "DRAKE PHOBOS NIGHTSHADE, IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW >:(!"
Drake flinched at that. He'd never heard Andrew use his full name like that, let alone w/ that tone of voice. Very reluctantly, Drake opened the door. On the other side, Andrew had his arms crossed, his face angry and fuming. He then studied everyone's shuddering forms.
"You're staying home," Andrew said.
Andrew turned to leave.
"What, no! *Cough* I'm fi-" Drake began.
Andrew whipped his head around and fixed Drake w/ a hard look, which took all of the Nightshade siblings aback.
"You are staying here. END OF STORY," Andrew said firmly.
Drake was about to argue, but Andrew gave Drake the dirtiest look ever.
"Try to argue w/ me, I fucking dare you," Andrew said, voice full of venom.
At that, Drake shut up and nervously backed onto the bed. Chompy made a little scared noise, and even Alter shrank back.
"Thank you," Andrew said w/ a somewhat softer tone, "I'll ask Buckley and Asmodeus to keep an eye on you. I will NOT have you forcing yourself again."
At that, Andrew promptly left. Drake shakily slid his claws together and coughed again. Chompy, still shuddering, looked at the door w/ a scared stare. Alter simply shuddered in shock.
Damn, he's not as scary as Natas, but shit, I didn't know he could be so intimidating! Alter said.
Chompy, teeth chattering, nodded nervously w/ a cough. As for Drake, he sneezed as he thought about what Andrew just did. Oddly enough, while he felt pretty intimidated by Andrew's attitude shift, for some reason, it felt strangely good to know that Andrew was the one wearing the pants here. Drake certainly would never be the one to wear them.
"ACHOO! Big man, please put on blanket!" Chompy said while still shuddering.
Drake obliged and began to wrap Andrew's small blanket around his torso.
Hey, let me there!
Alter quickly flew and stayed as close to Drake as he could. Once the blanket covered as much as it could (which wasn't too much as Drake was pretty big), the brothers huddled together for warmth.

(Andrew)
After that little spat and after getting fully ready, Andrew met up w/ his C-dad outside.
"Where's Drake?" Cedric asked.
"He and his siblings are sick," Andrew explained, "Could you pick some medicine for them?"
Cedric's eyes widened and he nodded. Cedric then took Andrew's hand, twitched his tail, and the two vanished.






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(Andrew)
The school day was pretty sucky for Andrew. Since Drake wasn't there, Andrew pretty bleh the whole time. Gwen and Gasper noticed this, as well as Drake's absence. Gwen's concern was pretty much worn on her sleeve, while Gasper was a heck of a lot more subtle in comparison. As for the other students, they took notice of the absence and spoke in noticeably more audible whispers. Even the teachers were acting a little more suspicious.
"*Psst!* Hey, Alex!" Gwen whispered during English, "Al!"
Andrew, despite being called that before, still cringed. Ever since the Neutral siblings had found out what Andrew's middle name was, it basically had replaced his name in their eyes, much to Andrew's chagrin.
"What?" Andrew whispered back.
"Where're the Nightshades?" Gwen asked.
Andrew sighed.
"They're all at home, sick."
"Oh, my," Gwen said w/ a hand over her mouth.
"Ahem," said the draconic teacher.
"Sorry!" Andrew and Gwen said together while the rest of the class snickered.
"Let's talk later!" Gwen whispered.
Andrew sighed again and nodded before getting back to work.

(Drake)
On Drake's side, things weren't that much better. He and his siblings felt horrible throughout the day as they laid in bed. Asmodeus had left a sentry of sorts to watch over the siblings. It was a phantom-like thing that had empty eyesockets, no teeth, a bloody smile, a hole in its chest, and chained shackles on its wrists. Chompy and Alter were unnerved by this thing, while Drake simply didn't care. The apparition simply floated above, silently "inspecting." As for Buckley, he played around w/ the siblings. He mainly snooped around w/ a notebook, searching for what could've made Drake sick. He also brought Drake and Chompy some simple cup ramen for lunch (much to the appreciation of both, though Drake ate the normal way, and Chompy held the cup in his mouth and leisurely sucked the ramen out). Alter, unfortunately, couldn't get any ramen as he wasn't physical (he understood this for the longest time, but it still stung a little to see his siblings enjoying the ramen). As for how the siblings felt, Drake and Chompy kept on shivering, coughing, and sneezing, while Alter simply shuddered. Overall, it was a pretty miserable experience. That is until Andrew got home.

(Andrew)
After a long and boring school day, the rooftop time came. As Andrew doodled, Gwen watched some anime, and Gasper simply brooded, they got a call from Ash.
"Yello?" Andrew asked.
"Situation in the Appalachian Temperate Rainforest again. We need someone to get on the case," Ash said.
"Ok," Andrew said.
After hanging up and looking up the location, Andrew turned towards the siblings.
"What's the fucking sitch now?" Gasper asked.
"Trouble in a rainforest," Andrew put simply.
Gwen did a :D face at that. The siblings then held out their hands. Andrew hesitated.
"Um, could you go it alone this one time? I really need to get back to Drake."
Gasper made an outraged face.
"Aw, HELL-" Gasper began.
Gwen quickly clapped a hand over his mouth.
"We understand. You go make your man feel better," Gwen said w/ a smile.
Gasper gave her a sideways dirty look. Andrew smiled back.
"Thank you! I'll take you there. When you finish the job, or, God forbid, you get into serious trouble, call me and I'll get back to you."
Andrew then held his hands out. Gwen took the left. Gasper hesitated for a bit. After a while, he groaned and reluctantly took the right. Smiling, Andrew twitched his stitched tail and the three vanished. On the other side, they appeared in a lush rainforest. There was slight rain and Andrew couldn't help but shiver. He didn't know why, he really didn't like it here.
"Brr! Call me when you're done!" Andrew said.
Quickly, he twitched his stitched tail and disappeared. He didn't see it, but Gasper flipped him off as he left. On the other side, Andrew was back home. Asmodeus did a mock hat tip and laughed uncontrollably before returning to his show. Andrew snickered before going upstairs. On the way up, Buckley rushed past.
"Out of the way! Need snacks!" Buckley shouted as he zipped past.
Andrew shook his head w/ a chuckle before continuing upstairs. Once he was up there, Andrew opened the door to his and Drake's shared bedroom and peeked in.

(Drake and Andrew)
Drake was laid down in the shared bed, his torso covered by the blanket for once, and his legs spilling out of the front of the bed. Alter shivered on the side and a strange specter that looked like what Asmodeus used to eerily floated near a ceiling corner. As Andrew moved closer, he noticed w/ a small smile that Drake was quietly snoozing. Under the blanket, Andrew saw that Chompy was snoring underneath. Ever so gently, Andrew slid his stitched hand under Drake's head.
"Wakey wakey, babe," Andrew said softly while gently shaking Drake's head.
(Somewhere, Cedric felt a strange disturbance and shuddered). Slowly, Drake stirred.
"Mmm... Andrew...?" Drake croaked out.
Andrew smiled.
"Let's get you better, k?"
"You're too good to me..." Drake muttered.
Andrew chuckled softly as Chompy began to stir.









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(Drake and Andrew)
The rest of the day was spent making Drake, Chompy, and Alter feel better. Grey and Cedric gave Andrew the medicine before going off on another date. As for what everyone else did, Azrael and Asmodeus simply kept to themselves, and Andrew and Buckley administered the medicine and spoonfed Drake and Chompy some chicken noodle soup. As for the Neutral siblings, while they weren't seen again for a good bit, Andrew did eventually have to pick them up. It wasn't pleasant as Gasper was quite angry and he and his sister both looked pretty rough. Andrew took them back to the school. After the siblings left to freshened so that their parents didn't know what happened, Andrew went back to his house. After that, the quindrio also played some simple games, such as charades and Simon says. All in all, it was pretty cheery, even if the Nightshade siblings felt pretty awful.