This morning Kurapika woke up with bad headaches. He pressed his hand to his forehead to ease the pain, but it didn't help. Various symptoms appeared in him. Headache, nausea, sore muscles and dizziness. He glanced briefly at Leorio, who was still asleep, which made him smile slightly at the sight. Kurapika put on his shirt and buttoned it, then pulled the blanket from him and pushed it aside. Then he got up, but he found it difficult to stand up straight. Suddenly he felt dizzy and the nausea came up inside him. So he did the best that came to mind. He ran to the bathroom. He vomited in the toilet key. Now all the alcohol from yesterday came back to him that he had drunk. He knew from the begin, that it wasn't a good idea to take the glass and all the other drinks from Leorio. He took a deep breath and tried to remember last night, but he was on the hose. The alcohol must have really pound his head away. Hevomited again and coughed, with that he woke Leorio. He knocked on the bathroom door and asked, slightly worried:

" Kurapika, is everything okay in there?"

The blond froze, he hadn't expected his roommate to wake up and knock. Leorio shouldn't see him like that! Not in one of his weak points that would be embarrassing for him.

" Yes, everything is alright! ", he replied and at least tried to sound as if everything was alright, but Leorio wasn't stupid, even if he only pretended to be it sometimes. The black-haired man asked again:

" You're sure Kurapika? You don't sound, if everything would be alright! "

"Yeah, I'm su-", he was about to answer until he had vomit again and he coughed incessantly.

Leorio opened the door, where he briefly called Kurapikas name. Kurapika regretted not having locked the door.

" No, don't look at me! I'm looking awful! "

" Kurapika, you have been drinking and you feel sick. I hardly blame you, I just want to help you. ", the 21-year-old answered.

The kurta was still hanging over the toilet key and propped it up with his left hand, while his right, covering his nose, eyes and forehead. He still didn't want Leorio to see him like this. He wanted to run past him, but he knew that his body couldn't take the pressure and that he might have a nervous breakdown. He heard the black-haired man's footsteps and realized he was getting closer.

" Kurapika, I can't help you, if you don't want my help.", he said cautiously and knelt beside him. He was worried. 

" Leorio, everything is alright. Okay?!", shouted the blonde and turned his head towards him. The scarlet was visible in his eyes. The fact that he became so easily irritable shocked him. But Leorio did not deviate from him, he continued to try to help his friend.

" Fine, if I can't help you as a freind, than I will as your doctor!", he said pungend and grab his wrist. Kurapika felt dim and it was difficult for him to hold up one's own weight. Then he dropped his facade and rested his head on Leorio's chest, holding onto the wall with his left hand.

" You're right, I'm not fine. I feel sick, my joints ache, and I have no idea what happened last night, ", he admitted.

When Leorio heard his last words, he blushed and thought of the night before. It was he who had started, so to speak, because he was aware of what he was doing. Kurapika was drunk, he had no idea what and why he was doing this, but Leorio was. He felt guilty, but he was the only one who knew about it. And everything was fine if it stayed that way.

"Against the headache and your pain can I give you some painkillers, you should rest a bit and stay in bed. ", he said and put his left arm around him and gently stroked his back. Leorio enjoyed this moment when Kurapika was weak and on his own. The kurta nodded and mumbled something like, " Got it."

While Leorio helped the blond-haired young man to lie down again, Gon and Killua were wide awake and romp. That could be heard loud and clear through the walls.

"You can go and check on them, I'll be fine here on my own.", Kurapika replied and smiled slightly at him. The black-haired man averted his gaze from him in shame and just said: "Yes, I know!" . Then he left, but before that he took another look at Kurapika, who was watching him.

" Hey, Killua stop it! Give me the remote back! "Gon yelled, trying to grab the little black device from his friend's hand.

Leorio suddenly threw open the door (he knew that Gon and Killua hadn't locked) and looked at both of them skeptically, which immediately made it quiet. "Get down, we're going to have breakfast!" he said and didn't move a bit. Immediately, Gon and Killua dressed and stormed past him.

When they were already downstairs on the way to the center of the building, Gon noticed something strange.

"Tell me, where is Kurapika? Wasn't he hungry?" asked the little black-haired boy.

Killua agreed: "Yes, you are right. He is not here at all."

For a moment the memory of last night came back to Leorio's mind. He shook himself to quickly put these thoughts aside and then replied, "Kurapika is not doing well. He drank a little too much alcohol last night and is now in bed with nausea and a headache."

Gon considered. "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and gives you energy, isn't that right Leorio?" he asked, awaiting an answer from the doctor who was to be trained. But Killua agreed again. The Hunter continued: "So we could bring something to Kurapika, then he would definitely be better!"

He wasn't actually allowed to get out of bed, but the blonde just needed it. He was lying in the hot tub that was in her bathroom, staring at the bubbling water. This suite for couples wasn't that bad after all, he realized. He was no longer sick, as he took the pills that he was given, as per Leorio's instructions.

Until suddenly his headache reappeared and something else. A large fraction of his memories from last night came into his head. He was breathing quickly. Leorio was kissing him and he agreed. It couldn't be! His brain had to play a trick on him! His eyes were bathed in a scarlet again. Kurapika poured water on his face several times to wash these terrible images out of his head. He wanted to question Leorio first, but then he realized that it wasn't a good idea after all.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the room. Kurapika was startled. It would have to be Leorio to check on him. The kurta turned off the hot tub and jumped out of the warm water, then locked the bathroom door. "Yes?!" he shouted and got back into the water.

"Kurapika we brought you something from the breakfast buffet!" Gon shouted, looking around in confusion.

"He seems to be in the bathroom." Killua said and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Kurapika, are you okay in there?" asked Leorio, sounding a little worried.

"Yes, yes. Everything is fine !!!"

"We're going to the sauna now, so bye!" replied Killua and was halfway out, followed by Gon. At first Leorio was not sure whether he should really take Kurapika with him or leave it alone. But in the end, it sounded more sensible to him to give him some rest.

Later, as the kurta left the bathroom, he noticed the large breakfast plate his friends had brought especially for him. Kurapika smiled and looked at it lovingly. "Gon, Killua and Leorio have certainly made a lot of effort," he thought to himself and put on his earring. It had just been too generous of them, but he couldn't think of a friendlier gesture. A few rotten branches of a tree scraped against the window and danced in the wind. Kurapika looked out the window. Outside it was autumnal and if you were staying in the Hunterresort you couldn't tell, because inside everything seemed like summer. The 19-year-old sighed briefly and let his gaze wander over a bookshelf. He just couldn't ignore the urge to stick his nose between a few pages of a book again. So he took one and started reading.

Meanwhile, the other three were already close to the sauna, until Gon and Killua had to have another of their childish arguments. Killua was the one who started it. Gon screamed his name indignantly and of course didn't put up with it, whereupon he swung his towel and hit back. The whole thing went to Leorio's head, until he had to take action and yelled at the two.

"Damn shit! Cut the nonsense and act like two normal people!"

For a brief moment, the two boys looked at him and continued their towel war. That totally pissed Leorio off. He thought the best solution was to just go ahead and pretend he didn't know them. The two would then follow him on their own.

The young man just hoped to relax for a while, clear his head and shake off his worries. But he couldn't get the Kurapika thing out of his mind. He would love to do it again, but then again, he knew his love was one-sided, so...- Wait?! Had he just admitted himself that he felt something for the blond haired?! That's impossible. Yes, he had made out with him last night, but maybe that's just because he was drunk and his boyfriend really looked like some women sometimes! That should be the reason, exactly.

On the other hand, Leorio had just thought about doing it again, so he guess that couldn't be a clear justification for it after all. But he couldn't foist alcohol on him again to get into bed with him. That would be insidious and inhuman and he could never do that to Kurapika.

So when he thought about it, he had to admit that nothing would ever come of it and that it was always just a crazy fantasy of his.

"Hey Liorio, can we move on now?" the Zoldyck snapped him out of his thoughts and looked up at him reproachfully.

"It's called LE-orio!" he yelled and stubbornly continued on his way, mumbling something unintelligible to himself.

"I think you upset him." Gon said and looked thoughtfully after the tall, slim man. Killua just shrugged and replied indifferently, "Not my business."

It was already late in the evening when the doctor-in-training entered his own suite. He had put Gon and Killua to bed and made sure that there was silence, which wasn't so easy with the two of them. Limp, he dropped his bag on the floor next to him and rubbed his aching neck. He noticed the small reading light that was on before he was supposed to turn on the light, and something else.

Kurapika who was asleep in bed with the book he had read earlier. He was lying on his side and his mouth was slightly open. Leorio really had to stifle a laugh and some naughty thoughts. He thought it was cute to look at him like that. The black-haired went to the bathroom to change clothes and then re-entered the room. Very slowly he approached Kurapika and carefully took the book from his hand, which was still open. He placed the volume between the pages, closed it, and placed it on the bedside table. Then he covered the blond and was about to give him a kiss on the forehead, but he lost his courage and went to sleep. Tomorrow was their last day, after which the four would part again and continue on their own paths. What Leorio feared most was leaving his friends and especially watching Kurapika destroy himself with his hatred and overloads. But he could do that, too, because Leorio knew that when you fight hard for the things you love, nothing stands in your way.