#discostin

For instance, if you're sick with a virus, I think Mayuri would put you on a metal bed and like sonogram (of course a wildly high tech one that can show cell movement) w/commentary of his super-heated anti-viral cells beating the virus at it's job and hijacking every cell with viral genetic material until you are unpleasantly warm and able to feel your blood rushing and heart pumping too fast.

He even helpfully explains that unchecked, this anti-viral could elevate your temperature to unnatural degrees and melt you from the inside! But because he's so generous, he's programmed them to cease multiplication after a certain point. If you'd gone to the 4th like originally planned, they would have put you on bed rest and suggested plenty of liquids. Don't you feel silly for even considering it?

Of course the entire session has also been used as a learning opportunity for Nemuri and your heart almost stops when she wonders out loud what someone melting from the inside would look like. There's an horrible moment where you and Mayuri meet eyes and you think you'll be made an example.

But it passes and Mayuri pulls up an old video, because of course he's already made an example of someone ELSE. Don't be so silly as to think this is his first time using this anti-viral! And stop lying on the bed like you're still sick--the virus has already been removed, after all.

You don't usually stick around when you see Akon on a smoking break outside, but this time when you leave R&D, you do ask for a cigarette (that can hardly be called a real cigarette thanks to its inherent lack of nicotine, or in fact any addictive qualities beyond the ritual).

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And as far as Grimmjow!! I think he would super insistent on the bed rest. With zero contact from anyone (besides him, of course). In Hueco Mundo sickness is something to be hidden at all costs, lest you be seen as vulnerable.

I can see him tucking you both away in the bathroom of your little apartment, one of the corners piled with non-perishables and a little mug warmer in a plastic baggie, so it doesn't get wet.

Much to your annoyance, he's really insistent on leaving the apartment dark and not leaving this one room. It's blessed lack of windows and sturdy nature seems to mean a lot to him. With you sick, the precaution is needed. He's an Arrancar, after all. He knows how simple it is to kill of the weak. And your fever is so high that you're shivering in his arms and mumbling incoherently. The tub is large enough for the both of you but not so huge that you can leave his arms. So, it's perfect.

You've probably never seen him this paranoid. And his usual brusque annoyance feels very superficial because of all the care he's putting into protecting you.

He calls you a dumb, weak human and insists if something happened to you, he'd have to answer to Urahara again and he'd rather fuck off back to Hueco Mundo then work there once more. Sure it wasn't too bad. Just annoying. He hates annoying things. Congratulations on being less annoying than Kisuke Urahara (not like it's hard).

But he keeps hold of you the whole time. And spoon feeds you soup. And tea. And reluctantly stands outside of the bathroom when you need to use the toilet, but only because you started to cry, your frustration hitting hard when you're brain's fried from trying to fight off fever & virus alike. It was really pathetic and he doesn't need to put up with that crap. But he still comes back the moment you knock on the door to let him know you're done. (Of course he has no qualms going to the bathroom in front of you, which may or may not bug you. Either way, he cares absolutely 0%. He's not leaving unless he has to.)