Kid not a Kid Twst au what is going on while the reader is in a coma. Dorm by dorm.
Content warning: fem!reader, mentions of illness, mentions of coma, mentions of possible death
Tumblr was an ass as I formated this so part way through I stopped changing my words like *this* into italics. So word in * are meant to be italicized.
Riddle hates being so powerless, the memory of your small feverish form going limp haunts him. Out of everyone as the son of a doctor he should have been able to do more. Instead he can only visit and watch as you struggle to survive. He realizes maybe he had gotten a little too attached to the strange otherworldly girl..or so his mother would say if she was aware; but in some way he viewed himself as your guardian.
Yes there were many vying for that role, both emotionally and legally; and with how young he was there was no way he could properly adopt you but in his heart you were his daughter. His little rosebud. He'd hate to do anything to get you taken from the school, from him and the many who adored you and this thought ate at him; but he considered reporting you to the police if just to get you to a hospital. He wants to just so he can be sure you'll survive, and despite that he doesn't because deep down he's selfish and doesn't want to lose you. So until you are better he'll keep visiting and demanding to be kept in the loop of your condition.
Trey likes to believe he is staying level headed, but the excess of baked goods says otherwise. He needs to keep busy or he thinks too hard on the what ifs, or remembers seeing Riddle carry you off his face full of fear instead of rage. So he bakes.
The only sign it isn't his usual baking is the amount and that all of it is the treats you favored. He bakes them fresh everyday in case this is the day his sweet sister wakes up. He would be lying if he said the fear of you not waking or surviving didn't keep him up at night.
He spends his time not baking making sure the others in the dorm are caring for themselves. Riddle and Deuce are his biggest worries in that regard.
Cater is struggling, his mask of happy slips in and out and he seems much less interested in his phone and social media. He tries really hard to seem like he isn't affected, like everything was going to be okay. But he couldn't lie hard enough to himself let alone anyone else.
He spends hours lost in his thoughts, sometimes it's things he wished he'd shown you and other times it's what will happen if you don't make it. A circle of hope and defeat of making plans and mourning. He's tried visiting you but he was turned away.
Ace is the the one in the dorm who is doing his best to keep the mood up. He's not usually the one doing that as Cater took that job but it was his time to take the mantle. He hated how everyone was acting, like you'd already died when you were just sick. You'd be okay!... you had to be.
Sure you scared him at times acting more like an adult then a kid. Or waking him up in the middle of the night at the end of his bed, but you were you. You'd helped him study, helped hide him from Riddle's wrath, stood by him even when he did the stupidest things. But you couldn't die not because of some stupid cold! You faced down the dorm leaders and their overbolts. You wouldn't let yourself die like this. He refused to believe it.
Deuce feels powerless and like he's to blame. He spent the most time with you, how did he not see you getting sick? His baby sister, the one he told his mom all about. Who helped with his grades, and who he wanted nothing but happiness for. If he thought giving up his dream of being an honors student would make you better he'd go back to his old ways without a second thought. His mom would understand.
The world seems dimmer without you around. The things he enjoyed doing seemed unappealing and food tasted bland. If you were okay and just away he thinks he'd be better, a little sad yeah but as long as you were healthy he would deal. As it stands he seemed like a shell of a person.
He tried visiting you, brought the book series you both were reading together to read to you in hopes you'd hear him. But like everyone else was turned away until they knew whatever this was wasn't contagious.
Leona was asleep when the school metaphorically blew up, and hadn't been pleased by the panicked yells and distressed scents. Still when he found out why everyone was so upset he couldn't help but feel a small stab of guilt. He wasn't as close to you as many others on campus but you'd managed to wiggle your tiny form into his heart anyway. All those times you'd kept his nephew busy even when you obviously didn't want to play for his sake was noticed. You also were smart, bookwise and mostly emotionally.
When he overbolted you spent the next few days at his bedside talking to him. Some of it was nonsensical but then you somehow managed to latch on to his general emotions about being the second born, you encouraged him and told him he was more then some stupid title. Sure coming from a kid it shouldn't have meant as much to him as it did but your support and absolute lack of fear even of his worst behavior had meant everything. Almost almost put in a word to his older brother about you in hopes of getting him in on the adoption wars. What he wasn't going to adopt you and Cheka adored you.
He tries to act calm to seem his usual aloof self; giving his dormmates a sense of normality amidst the chaos. For the most part he succeeds too. But his daily trips to the infirmary to try and see you didn't go as unnoticed as he'd hoped. Nearly turned the school doctor to sand after being turned away a third time but controlled himself.
Ruggie isn't unaccustomed to kids getting seriously ill and their life being in peril. In the slums a small cut could lead to limb loss or death after all. So he is functioning as usual; just more solemn. You were his little helper, you had his back as best you could through everything. Chores? You helped. Cutting in line for lunch? Yup you helped there too. Smiling at him like he was worth being someone, all of that just made you so important to him.
He catches himself a few times asking you to hand him something as he did various jobs for Leona; and each time his heart aches at your absence. This illness, whatever it is shouldn't have happened. The whole school looked after you, you never missed a meal, and you had been fine the day before! He felt so helpless and angry at it, but that wasn't much different from his normal emotions back home.
The one student who managed to sneak his way into the infirmary to see you and regrets it. You looked so weak hooked up to IVs and magical monitors. Never tells anyone he managed to get in, no one needed to be aware just how bad of shape you were in.
Jack had taken you into his pack. How could he not? He was a sucker for kids and as odd of a kid as you were you had a big heart and he loved you for it. Just like Deuce he is one of your main protectors and strives to be sure you're in tip top shape. So the fact he couldn't tell you were getting sick let a lone so sick, left him feeling guilty. He should have smelled it on you! He was one of your guardians, something like this should never have slipped past him!
He tries to keep strong and keep his temper under check since he wasn't easily angered ever but knowing the state you're in he was a ticking time bomb. So he does what he does best when he's angry, he works out. That energy has to go somewhere and if he started a fight you'd be disappointed in him…he'd be disappointed in himself too.
Tried going to see you but was turned away even when he tried to explain he was your pack, your family. Almost punched the school doctor for keeping him out but held back.
Azul is not coping well for several reasons. He had gotten close to you as you worked at the lounge as the mascot. Sure at first it was to use your cute face and popularity to turn a profit but you approached him with nothing but kindness…okay kindness and some teasing but compared to the tweels you were a Saint. As far as he was concerned you were one of 'his' and like everyone else who felt useless he wasn't taking it well. Not to mention the profit margin had dropped greatly. No one wanted to visit the lounge with you being sick aside a few souls.
He is one of the few people who has some information on you. He hadn't seen you but he knew some basics; you were currently alive, they didn't know if what you had was contagious, and that you were in a coma. Getting that basic information hadn't been easy but it was worth it to him. Usually he'd 'share' some of this information with others being as benevolent as he was but this time he didn't dare. If you took a wrong turn… even if the information was good now he couldn't predict the future and we'll he wasn't about to get jumped because you got sicker and it became bad info.
Since he can't go to you he convinces Crowley to bring you a stuffed animal. A small plush octopus so he can feel like when you wake up he'll be there in some way.
Jade does not like not knowing what's going on. In fact he nearly weaponized Floyd to distract the school doctor to…take a peak… at your files. His reasoning is simple, if he knows maybe he can help cultivate something to help with the cure. Floyd who would usually agree was too sad so he tried approaching the doctor with the offer himself openly and honest.
When that failed he set out to find information that even Azul didn't know. The one person in the school who would know more was surprisingly Idia. But try as he might he couldn't find Shroud or his Brother.
Floyd is acting like he is dying. He moves slowly, sluggishly, and seemingly without purpose. His poor baby shrimp is dying and he isn't by her side cheering her up! What if he doesn't get to say good bye? Maybe he should make a deal with Azul to be allowed to be at your side? You were his baby sister he deserved to be there.
Spends the entire week you are in a coma draped over Azul asking for a deal to be with his baby shrimp. And everytime Azul says no. If Azul wasn't so fond of you he'd have blamed you for this hell eel's actions.
Kalim is trying to keep everyone's spirits up as best he can, anytime someone asks him how he can be so cheerful he simply saying it's because *you* wouldn't want everyone being sad. Though at night when he is mostly alone he can't help but let the smile drop as he wonders if he could have done something.
Tried to get in to see you but was turned away so he offered the school doctor money to cover your care. The more money towards treating this the sooner you got better right? The doctor refused at first thinking it was a bribe until Kalim explained. It's thanks to him the doctor had better equipment, well him and the Shroud Siblings.
Jamil is convinced you were poisoned. There was no way he would miss signs of you being sick. He spent a good amount of time with you since his overbolt. He and Kalim both spent a lot of time with you. Hence him looking out for you, if you got sick then Kalim got sick and he *didn't* want to deal with that so he was extra vigilant. You showed no sign of getting ill. So naturally that means someone poisoned you, he just didn't know how or why. It *could* have been your closeness to any number of students who were famous, Kalim, Vil, Leona, or Malleus.
He goes full conspiracy mode, if it wasn't such a give away he was onto whoever did this he would have had the full pin board with strings going on. Part of him whispers he's being paranoid but he'd rather be paranoid than wrong and at the cost of your life or Kalim's no less.
Tried to speak to the school Doctor and bring up poison but he was shut down and told to leave. So he spends the week on edge and prepared for an attack.
Vil has always been adamant of taking care of one's health; and did his best to instill that onto you as well. Which is why he's surprised you've fallen ill. You took his lessons well and not only had he been looking after you, everyone was. Surely if you had started falling ill *Rook* would have noticed and informed him. When he realizes just how bad it is the news of a coma reaching him he is floored.
Vil wants nothing more than to go to you and care for his baby potato, but he also knew he couldn't risk being ill; so he doesn't try. Instead he focuses on preparing a care package for you when you wake up. Coloring books and crayons, a few toys, and he had planned some fresh foods to add the day you wake. He hoped whatever caused this wouldn't be contagious so he could bring it to you himself.
Rook is distraught, he should have seen the signs! He spends a few days thinking back to your behavior the past few weeks. Surely there was some tiny sign he could make note of for the future. Since you had been around Vil and Epel not long before falling ill he is watching them…well Vil even more than normal. The slightest fatigue and he jumps to forcing rest on them. Convinces Vil to up the intake of vitamin C and other immune boosting things.
Helps Vil make the care package seeing to it the toys and nicnaks are things you would like. Yes he has a small dossier on you and your likes. Would have normally gone to try and see you but he dared not try incase he brought the illness to Vil. He'll make it up to you.
Epel doesn't fear getting sick, he's been sick a ton of times. Okay not a ton of times he was actually rarely sick because he was a hardworking and healthy sort having worked on the family farm. He knows that whenever he was sick good food and good company always made him feel better. So he tries to bring you chicken soup. That was how he found out about the coma and panicked.
Doesn't know what to do with himself nor how to feel. Obviously he is worried, down right terrified but he doesn't know how he could be of any help. Which just makes him angry. He is one miniscule negative anything away from exploding. Someone please fight him so he can blow off the rage. Actually tried to get into a fight and got dragged off by Vil who made him do extra classes. The situation is upsetting but no excuse for fighting. Or so Vil says anyway.
Idia sent Ortho to the nurse's office to scan you unprompted. He would have gone himself but the whole possibly contagious thing did stop him. At least until Ortho came back with the diagnosis. Which led to him being torn; because on one hand this was unheard of which means you could be a good being to study about bolt and dealing with said bolt. On the other bigger hand you were a child, one who he adored like a baby sister; and with this being an unknown by nature it could be deadly. Gets things from the island of woe to help monitor your growing magical core and to hopefully keep it steady.
He sneaks in at night so no one will see him do so and get huffy. Reads some of his favorite stories and Manga to you.
Ortho spends a lot of time in the doctor's office. As your big brother he had to look after you just like Idia always looked after him. He is worried about your unknown condition, not only would he and his brother be heartbroken should the worst happen but the entire student body would be the same! Normally he'd bounce between looking after Idia and you but he was focused on you completely. Idia even approved of it and was doing his best to help as well.
Talks to you constantly as you lay there because he notices your vitals shift ever so slightly at his voice, in a good way. Which makes him feel all warm inside.
Malleus is not doing well. He knows you are human that your life will be much shorter than his own; but he never thought it'd be *this* short. The fear and dread is slowly consuming him, the Diasomnia dorm is stuck in a horrible storm that won't let up. He loved you his unofficial baby sister and you were suffering. Sadly due to his behavior he is told by Lilia not to go see you. That while he has amazing control the sight may haunt him. -Lilia totally isn't scared he'd overbolt nooo-
Spends the week bouncing between emotions and writing to you and his grandmother. He was making plans on if you survived having you recognized as a citizen of the Valley. This would see to it you have a place to belong and would help Lilia's case on the adoption process. Plus once Lilia informs him of what your condition *is* you'd need citizenship somewhere.
Lilia isn't surprised you got sick. He expected it at any time because you were never vaccinated against this world's diseases. He had even begun pressuring the crow to see it done; but the crow always brought up your return to your world and how that could effect things. Still he can't help but feel like he should have pushed harder. But he never expected it to be *this* bad. A coma and possible death… he was a failure of a father.
He can't be in there with you since he has to focus on Malleus, Silver, and Sebek but he does sneak a familiar in the room to keep an eye and ear out about your condition. Once he hears from said familiar what is going on he is more able to sooth his little family. Though he realizes this could still be deadly you had a better fighting chance then originally assumed.
Silver somehow sleeps more and less than normal. His anxiety about your condition and the fear of Malleus' emotional state makes it almost impossible for him to nap, or so it felt. His naps were less frequent; the issue was his body running on nothing but anxiety when he was up, meaning when his narcolepsy made him nap it was harder to wake him because his body was recovering from the constant adrenaline. Being 'on' so much due to anxiety is hard on the body physically.
Once the news of what was going on with you and his father assuring him you'd make it he slept for a full day. Malleus had been amused but Sebek less so. Though he did bring up to their little family, what would your unique magic be? Which led to a heated discussion in a good way.
Sebek is mad and everyone and everything except his dear waka-sama. How dare none of them notice you falling ill! Though he should blame himself just as much with the logic he used to justify his anger at everyone else, he instead was focusing blame outwards rather then in. He was even mad at you at first because you worried them all so much. Lilia shut that down quick since you can't control that and it was a cruel way to think.
Once he was told the reason for your illness, the growth of a magic core he is elated. Of course you would gain magic! No one so beloved by himself and his master could ever remain powerless. He was already making plans to help teach you to fight so you would make waka-sama proud.
