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Who: Frau, Kevin, Teito... and maybe someone at the medical center?
When: May 17th during the outbreak
Where: Frau's apartment and maybe the medical center?
Summary: Kevin comes to pick Mimsy up and finds Frau and Teito rather ill.
Warnings: It's Frau. That explains it all.

The past few days had pretty much sucked. Killing his mentor, devouring the souls of the corrupt, falling to the influence of the scythe, the guilt from the war... All of it had piled onto Frau and driven him down. He had started off just being more tired than usual, but the exhausted had slowly progressed into physical pain, and finally to dizziness and nausea. He'd been in bed, or at least the coffin that counted as his bed, for the entire day and had no intention of moving. Simply staying awake through the illness was trying for him. The only reason why he still was awake was Teito. His apprentice was also sick and quite a bit worse off than Frau. Unfortunately there was very little Frau could actually do to help Teito.

Thankfully, Kevin had mentioned that he would be stopping by to pick up Mimsy at some point. If it was soon, maybe Frau could convince him to get Teito to a doctor. The kid really needed it. While Frau didn't want to leave Teito alone, he knew he couldn't go to a doctor. With how sick he was, someone would look over him and realize he wasn't exactly one of the living. That was something he needed to avoid. He would simply have to trust Teito to the hands of the doctors and maybe convince a friend to go and check on him from time to time as well. Frau sighed, though it came out as more of a groan, and closed his eyes, hoping Kevin would show up soon.

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Okay, so Tolly could see it. That meant it wasn't his powers acting up. But he didn't relax, because that was just... too close to his powers. Too close. And it brought up memories and worries and...

Mimsy whimpered against his legs. His fierce protector.

"... Frau?" Was this Frau? Or something else? Mutant power? His hand tightened on the warm mug. Maybe he could throw it at the thing. But that'd leave Frau alone. Not a good plan.

"Relax, Casper."

Frau wanted to rest his hand on the kid's head like he usually did, but from the look on Kevin's face that would not be a good idea. If he moved any closer, Kevin could very well try to attack him. While Frau wasn't worried about Kevin hurting Frau's physical body, things could go wrong and something could happen. If it did, there was nothing Frau could really do to defend his physical self when he was in Zehel's form.

Well, that was the right nickname. He still didn't relax. Mimsy peeked out from behind his legs, staring at the not!Frau that smelled wrong and she really wished she could hide under not!daddy's bed right now.

Kevin's mind raced over all of his old lessons. Everything from the school. Something about telepaths...

"Astral projection?" It was the only thing that made sense.

"I have no idea what that is, so no. It's a long story. Just know that you don't need to be afraid of me like this any more than you would be afraid of me in a human form."

Hopefully that would be enough for now. If not, Frau would give the full explanation. He'd also make sure that Kevin knew he couldn't share these details with anyone else. Not that Frau really figured he would even without a warning not to.

He was still a high school student. "It's where part of your mind, or soul, or somethin', projects away from your physical body into the ether, I think. Or the astral plane." He wasn't very sure on that. "I ain't a telepath so it weren't a worry."

He shoved a hand through his hair. "But what about...?" He kind of vaguely gestured at the physical body he'd come here to take care of.

Frau pointed a bony finger at his body, which simply appeared to be asleep.

"It's a vessel."

An incredibly shortened version of the truth. Frau's body was the vessel for the ghost Zehel. While Frau's personality and soul still existed, they had been intertwined with Zehel the moment he'd died. In reality "Frau" hadn't existed after that moment. Only it hadn't mattered in Frau's case since nobody who knew the Frau of before was still alive to recognize the Frau of after.

"Like the angels." He clamped his mouth shut. He wasn't supposed to be talking about them. He'd promised to keep his mouth shut about what had happened in SERO and after.

However, it gave him a context with which to work. Because even if 'Frau' was a vessel, the vessel had to be taken care of. "He's still gotta get up an' drink this. Won't make him better but it'll keep 'im from gettin' sicker."

He had to take care of Frau. Frau had taken care of him.

"I am him. We aren't two separate people."

At least not really. When Zehel was out of Frau's body, there wasn't a soul in Frau's body anymore. It was one of the dangers of going far from it.

"I would have woken like that if I could have."

"Can ya drink this?" Kevin didn't exactly know how all this worked, so it was an honest question. "'Cause ya gotta keep fluids in, and nutrients. I know ya don't wanna go t'the hospital, but that means I gotta be even harder on ya here." Because, otherwise, hospital was the only solution.

"Not in this form I can't."

And, honestly, Frau wasn't overly concerned about the sickness getting too bad. He didn't usually get sick. Having a dead body as a vessel meant it could handle for more than the average human's.

It had take Kevin a moment to get comfortable with this. However, once the connection to the angels had been made... something else clicked. "Frau... ya ain't never had a run in with SERO have ya?"

He knew it was in his tone of voice. Whatever had happened, had scared the living piss out of him. He did not want to go through it again, but he would... especially if it was Frau that was in there.

Frau tipped his head slightly to the side in confusion. What did SERO have to do with any of this? Obviously something important if the look on Kevin's face was any indication.

"No. Why?"

Kevin didn't even realize how tense he was until he relaxed and realized he'd almost crushed the mug in his hand. Mimsy was whimpering behind his legs and he crouched down and ruffled her ears. She licked at his face, her ears perked up.

"Good. 'Cause I don't wanna have t'go back in there, but I would, if'n they'd gotten ya."

Frau reached out to rest his hand on Kevin's head, running a bony finger across one cheek. Something bad had to happen in SERO. He'd had little doubt about it before. Now there was no question.

"What happened in there, Casper?"

Kevin flinched. Not like he normally did when someone reached out and touched him. No, this was a full body flinch where he moved away. Not that he didn't trust Frau, but his nerves were raw and he just couldn't deal with physical contact. Even ruffling Mimsy's ears was setting his nerves humming.

"They were makin' things. Things that shouldn't never see the light o' day." He didn't say what they were, but they were horrific. "I killed one o' the scientists. Almost got killed." He rubbed his left side almost unconsciously. The angel, Zachariah, had healed him, completely and without a scar, but the fear of looking down and seeing his body open was still there.

"I almost did die in there. Weren't supposed t'happen, not like that. We was just goin' in t'look, but the Void done showed up... an' things went bad."

Frau recognized the flinch and didn't try to make any more contact with Kevin. He would simply stay a respectful distance away and listen. What he was hearing was unsettling though, and he didn't like it.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

He hated knowing that Kevin had been suffering over this all on his own. If Frau had known, he could have helped in the aftermath.

"'Cause I didn't know what they were, til the buildin' was ash." Kevin couldn't look at Frau. "All I knew was they were wrong, they didn't feel right, an' the scientists were cookin' 'em up."

His ears heated slightly. "An' ya not a mutant. Ya ain't got that automatic fear of clonin' an' experimentin' that we're taught. I couldn't explain it t'no one but another mutant." And one other thing. "An', I couldn't let ya get hurt. I made m'bed. I took the consequences."

"I meant after. After all of that happened why didn't you tell me so I could help you? I get that you didn't want me in there, and I didn't push."

Frau just didn't want Kevin to be alone when he was suffering like this. It hurt him to see it.

Kevin swallowed. He didn't know how much he was supposed to say. "I was stayin' with the angels." He didn't know what else to say. "I was pretty beat up. Didn't have no right side, below about the third rib." Because that's what the bullet had done to him. "Had t'stay there fer a while, waitin' t'see what SERO might do. Was drivin' m'self an' Zachariah crazy, so I came t'get Mimsy."

He also had to stay because Frau couldn't deal with his nightmares. Because they weren't nightmares, but night terrors. He remembered what those things looked like.

Frau sighs and would be rubbing at his head if he weren't in Zehel's form right now. Unfortunately being as sick as he is means his ability to help Kevin is incredibly limited. If anything, Kevin will be helping him more than the other way around.

"I'm here if you need me. For anything, kid."

Kevin stood up. He'd been standing on his own for a while now, and while it was nice to have friends, he needed to depend on himself. Mimsy was still behind his legs, because she was being his fierce protector.

"Looks like ya need help more'n I do." He looked pointedly at the body in the coffin. Which was very odd to think about.

Frau followed his gaze and would have scowled if Zehel were truly able to show real expressions. He turned back to Kevin, mildly irritated. Being laid up like this sucked, even if it was only his physical body.

"Only at the moment."

"Ain't a big deal, Frau. I don't mind takin' care o' ya. Least I c'n do."

Which he actually felt. It was the least he could do for Frau. Frau had taken care of Mimsy and hadn't given up on him. He could handle taking care of a sick person.

"Not like I'm gonna get sick. Can't touch anythin'." Smirk.

"I'm not supposed to get sick. I never do."

He hadn't gotten sick since he was a kid an still alive. Now sickness just consists of being too cold to move or being exhausted from a long night of work.

Kevin shrugged. "Then maybe it's somethin' else. Maybe it effects people who ain't human, but have human bodies."

Since it wasn't affecting him but was Frau and he was pretty sure maybe one of the angels had gotten sick? "Maybe it's got somethin' t'do with the soul?" He was guessing. A lot.