Larimar's POV

OOOOOkay. Okay then. Caleb was just writhing on the floor in pain, and his back as bulging and burning. No need to panic. He told me I couldn’t tell anyone and wouldn’t tell me what was going on. Don’t panic. I couldn’t take him to his dorm because I didn’t have his key and so now he’s passed out in my bed and god I hope no one comes in and most importantly DON’T PANIC.
That was all that was running through my head as I spazzed around the room for lack of a better word. My Sprit of course was being ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WHATSOEVER. He had decided that NOW of all times would be a good time to take a freaking nap. Because really I had this COMPLETELY under control. NOT. Right. Claming down. Callmmmm. I sat there for a few seconds trying to focus on my breathing. Nope not working. Okay. I needed to be up and doing something even remotely helpful. I thought for a second, and then I hopped up and headed into one of the several side rooms.. Then promptly walked out of the room because it was the closet, which was not the room I was looking for. The next room was much more appropriate for what I planned to do. Which was make tea. The elders had shown me a recipe for an herbal tea that relieved pain slightly and relaxed muscles. I was pretty sure Caleb would need something like that once he woke up. If he did. I didn’t really know what was happening.
Luckily the kitchen had all the ingredients I needed and soon the tea was brewed and I was out of things to do again. But luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it)  as I was wandering around the room aimlessly, I heard shifting noises from where Caleb was. I went over to my bed, carefully lest I spill the hot tea, and found Caleb blinking and looking confused.
“Hey, you okay?” I asked, setting down the tea on a nearby stool.
“Huh? Larimar? What the…” suddenly his eyes regained focus, and he sat bolt upright.
I jumped back slightly, but regained my outward “cool”  rather quickly.
“Uh well you told me not to take you to anyone, and I couldn’t get into your dorm and I didn’t think leaving you in a hall was a good idea so I kind of had to improvise?”
Yeah outward “cool” my ass.
“Oh…” he seemed to calm down a bit, but not all that much
We sat in awkward silence for a few minutes, but after a while I got fidgety again, and decided to say something.
“So…. What happened back there?” I asked cautiously.
Caleb, who was already pretty damn pale, turned several shades whiter.
Yeah I was soooo going to be remembered for my wondrous bedside manner.
Caleb was quiet for a few moments, but then suddenly broke into his goofy smile.
“I dunno, I must have pulled something during my battle. Of course I get to be the lucky one who gets to be in pain. Unless of course you all got hurt too, but have yet to break out into your spontaneous bursts of pain.”
We both knew I didn’t believe a word of that, but I let it slide. He obviously didn’t want to talk about it.
Obviously as awkward as I was in this situation, Caleb soon attempted to climb out of my bed. Which ended in him yelping in pain, and falling unceremoniously onto the floor face first.
“Aw man now my face hurts too. Who the hell slipped me a bad luck charm?” he grumbled into the floor.
“Here.” I said helping him up, noting how he winced whenever he had to bend his back. “I made you some tea I learned a while back. It’s supposed to relax muscles and ease pain. Which you look like you need right now.”
He nodded, pouting slightly, and took the tea from me.
Of course the first sip ended up halfway across the floor when he spewed it like it was someone’s intestinal acids.
“What?” I asked him unhappily.
“This stuff tastes terrible! What did you put in here? Bark?”
I frowned.
“Yes as a matter of fact I did. It’s an herbal remedy stupid. Now stop being a child and drink it!”
He made a face at me, but proceeded to drink the tea like I had asked. Albeit while making exaggerated vomiting motions, and pretending to be dying. I think I preferred it when he was passed out.