Fuego finally opened his eyes.

No one was in the room. He was back home.

He weakly sat up. What had happened? His head was spinning. Everything seemed blurry. It hurt to think. It hurt to move.

He waited for his vision to clear before he finally climbed out of bed. He managed to keep his balance and went to look around, leaning against the wall for support.

He jumped slightly when he heard coughing. He looked over and slowly went in that direction.

It was coming from Kasai's room.

He peeked in. Kasai was curled up in her bed, shivering. She didn't look well.

"...hermana?" he called in quietly.

Kasai jumped and looked over at him.

"Fuego!" She leaped out of bed and rushed over, hugging Fuego as tightly as she could. "Thank goodness you're awake! I was so worried! Please, never scare me like that again!"

Fuego hesitated for a moment before weakly hugging back. "...l...lo siento, hermana..."

Kasai gave a small smile before stifling another cough. Fuego carefully pulled away from her.

"Y...you're sick?"

"No..! ...okay, maybe. Probably... yes..."

"......how bad is it?"

"It's not bad at all, I promise. It's just a small cold..."

Fuego glanced away guiltily.

"...I'm sorry for stabbing you. I couldn't help it...I had to...I..." His voice cracked as he started to cry. Kasai immediately hugged him again.

"No, no, don't worry about it! I know you didn't mean it. It's okay. Everything's okay, I promise."

Fuego kept crying anyway. Kasai held him close to her, whispering in his ear.

"It's okay. Everything's fine. You're okay. You're safe. We're home."

It took a while for Fuego to calm back down. He felt even weaker than before. Kasai gave him a concerned look.

"Are you okay?"

Fuego shook his head without saying a word. He felt too weak to speak.

Kasai scooped him up in her arms and cradled him.

"...Kasai, I'm not a baby anymore." Fuego complained, squirming.

Kasai snickered at his protests. "You're still my baby brother to me."

"Noooo! Hermana, noooooooo!"

She laughed a little. Fuego looked up at her with a pout.

"You're adorable sometimes."

"I AM NOOOOOOT!"

"Yes you are!"

"Noooo! ¡No soy bonita! I'm not cute!"

Kasai giggled more as she kept holding Fuego close to her. He squirmed to try getting out of her arms, but it was no use.

"Hermanaaaaa, put me doooown!"

"Okay, okay, fine." She gently set him back down on the ground. He immediately wobbled dizzily and fell backwards.

She crouched down before plopping onto the floor with him. "You can't tell me you're not adorable. You're the most adorable little phoenix in all of Hadari." She flicked the curly-cue on his head.

"Nooooooooo....." he complained, but snuggled with her weakly. He was tired, but refused to sleep. He didn't want to end up scaring her again.

She just giggled and ruffled his hair a little. He squawked in annoyance and batted her away.

"Stoooooop!"

"Neverrrrr."

She then got an idea and smirked, tickling him. He let out a startled screech before laughing.

"Nooo! Hermana, ¡para!" he pleaded.

Kasai just laughed along and continued, but (un)thankfully was forced to stop because of a coughing fit. Fuego squirmed free from and gave her a concerned look.

"...are you sure you'll be okay?"

"...I'll be fine. Promise." Kasai muttered after the coughing stopped.

"Positive...?"

"Positive."

He sighed before cuddling with her again. She wrapped her arms around him in a hug, resting her head on top of his.

The two of them stayed in that position for a while before falling asleep, still cuddled together and practically on top of each other.

Their parents went to check on them.

"Kids? What's going on in-"

Zestó immediately stopped when he saw the two of them together. Fiebre peeked in over his shoulder.

"Aw, ¡los dos son tan lindos juntos!" she whispered.

Zestó just nodded in agreement. "We should leave them alone for a bit." he whispered back. He turned off the lights and closed the door, leaving the two siblings curled up on the floor, cuddled together and sound asleep.