[closed] something must be wrong

[aiza]

[They're on their way home from work when Isa stops to tie his shoe. When he's done, he looks up and finds Lea, about five feet away, laid out flat on the ground. He rushes over there and gently shakes him.]

Lea? Lea? Can you hear me?

[While he waits for a response, he checks Lea's pulse to make sure there will be a response. But it's there. All he needs worry about now is what happened in that thirty seconds he wasn't looking.]

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[flamesbond]

[Lea doesn't wake up. He just frowns and whimpers softly.]

[aiza]

[Isa frowns and tries to wake him again. He hasn't heard Lea whimper like that in a long time and it worries him.]

Come on, Lea. Get up.

[If he doesn't get up this time, he'll just have to carry him home. It's getting late and he really wants to get home where he can properly fret over his best friend. Something is very obviously wrong.]

[flamesbond]

[He still won't wake up. It's almost like he can't.]

[aiza]

[Isa's getting frustrated now. Not at Lea, he knows that if this was in Lea's control he would have gotten up already. He's difficult to get out of bed in the mornings, but he's usually responsive if only to then roll over and go back to sleep.

So he's frustrated and worried. He sighs and picks up Lea to carry him home. It's not easy to carry him like this. His weight isn't the issue. He can lift heavier than him. It's the way his long limbs keep flopping with each step. But he keeps carrying him even if it's awkward. Isa just wants his best friend to be safe at home in bed.]

[flamesbond]

[Lea grunts in his "sleep" as he's picked up, but it's not for almost two blocks that he starts to wake up]

...huh?

[aiza]

[Isa gives a huge sigh of relief when Lea speaks.]

You passed out when I stopped to tie my shoe, and wouldn't wake up.

[He looks incredibly worried, and he's not making any move to set Lea down.]

[flamesbond]

I wha--why are you carrying me...?

[aiza]

I don't want you to pass out again and hit your head.

[He gives Lea a concerned yet stern look.]

[flamesbond]

M'fine, Isa. I can walk.

[He makes to get down from Isa's back.]

[aiza]

[He tightens his grip.]

No, you're not. You passed out for no reason and you were whimpering. Something is wrong and I'm not setting you down until we're home.

[flamesbond]

I'm fine, it was just a weird dream...thing. Lemme down.

[aiza]

A weird, spontaneous dream that knocked you out while you were walking and took you over two blocks of my carrying you to come out from. No.

[flamesbond]

Isa, it's too hot and I'm too big for this. Lemme down!

[aiza]

I'll let you down when we're home. We're almost there.

[flamesbond]

You're worse than my aunt.

[But he lets Isa carry him without any more fuss]

[aiza]

I am not.

[He scoffs. Of course, Lea's aunt is great, leagues better than his own parents, so he's taking it as a compliment.]

[flamesbond]

No, trust me, you totally are. Most people'd've called an ambulance.

[aiza]

We can't afford an ambulance.

[They finally get to their apartment building and someone is leaving as they reach the door. He slips in before the door closes and heads down the hall to their apartment.

Even though they're inside now, he doesn't set Lea down, still worrying about if he's really okay.]

[flamesbond]

Ennie'd pay for it, dumbass. Or she'd offer to go halves.

[His aunt did that.

Once they got home, Lea tried to get down from Isa's back again]

Lemme down.

[aiza]

Do you really want your aunt's first visit to us here in the city to be because you fainted and went to the hospital?

[Isa is worrying enough about him, he's pretty sure Lea doesn't need his aunt fussing over him, too.]

No. You're going straight to bed and if I let you down, you'll do anything but.

[flamesbond]

I'm fine, Isa, seriously. Lemme down.