let herself into his house, she had brought home made soup and a few other things.

hadn't realized he'd forgotten to lock the door, but he was glad.

went to the kitchen and set the soup on the stove so she could warm it up some. "Roderich?" she headed for his bedroom, lightly knocking on

the door.

pokes his head out from under the covers... "Come in," He calls, sniffing and sitting up, reaching for his glasses.

stepped in quietly, holding a small bag. "Hope you don't mind, I let myself in."

rubs his temples. "Think nothing of it. How are you?" He smiles at her. His head was murder at the moment.

shrugged a bit as she moved over to his bed, she set the bag down on the night table. "Good, I heard you were sick."

glances at the bag. "Well, seems you heard correctly... What's that in there?"

looked over at him with a smile as she pulled out a bottle of painkillers alone with a bottle of Gingerale. "Medicine, I've got soup warm-

ing up on the stove as well."

brushes a hand through his hair. "... I see. Thank you so much." He smiles. "Is it alright if I have the entire bottle of painkillers?" He-

-joked.

frowned at him and shook her head. She took two of them and handed them over along with the bottle of gingerale. "Here, take this for now."

takes them and pops them into his mouth before drinking the gingerale. "Thank you."

patted him lightly on the head. "No problem. Now get some rest. I'll go get you a bowl of soup." She nodded.

sits back against the pillows. "Danke." He offers her a small smile.

returned the smile a bit as she went back to the kitchen, stirring the soup and pouring him a bowl before bringing it back up.

had his head tilted back against the headboard, a little drowsy.

set the bowl down on the night table next to him. "Just eat what you can right now." She moved to lightly touch his forehead. "Hmm..."

a bit of a fever. "Thank you again." He says softly, sitting up properly again and reaching for the bowl of soup. "Did I ask how you were-

-yet?"

laughed a bit at that as she moved the bowl to his lap. She moved a pillow behind his head and smiled. "You did."