"A...A... achoo!!!" I heard a strong sneeze coming from Higen's room in the morning, "Hey big guy are you... oh my god!" he was down on the floor halfway out of his pajamas and reaching for his pants, Higen was all red and sweaty, "what happen to you?!?" I helped him to his bed and sat him on it, he tried to talk through a very clogged nose "Ozwald, I don't feel so good..." I placed my hand on his forehead, and he was burning, "You have a very high fiver! Go lay down" "No I can't do that!" he complained and stood up, but I pushed him back down onto his bed, "... when did you become cough so strong Ozwald?"

"Higen you are barely conscious and weakened" I grabbed my phone and dialed up Lulu's phone "Ozwald? Is everything alright?" she said from the other end, "Don't tell her!!! I'm fine completely cough fine" Higen complained I squinted at him, and he went back to bed, "actually Higen seems to be sick probably the fight from last night had something to do with it..." My mind flashed to yesterday the app informed us that a titan manifested at a place downtown so we went to fix that.

The labyrinth was a very windy and rainy hill, and a scarecrow-like object was feasting on a person's head Higen lounged to strike it but a rake came from his side knocking him out of balance "There are more of them!" he informed me as I jumped out of the reach of the rake "Bloom!" the one behind me got tangled on the grassy terrain of the labyrinth, and made it easier for Higen to cut down, we keep at it on the rain for a while until we find the real one and eliminated it for good, afterwords Higen had to run for practice, I told him to take a shower but he probably forgot.

"I'll send Cambell over as fast as he can, as for you, do you want to look after him for today?" she asked me I'm used to taking care of people when they are sick, the twins often get sick from playing outside, it is weird when Malika or Talo get sick but I also tend to care for them, "sure I'll..." "No, you can't!!!" Higen complained, "Have you forgotten? You have a match today!" oh right today is my first running match as part of the track team, "Higen this seems to be more important than the match" he stood up and pointed his finger in a direction close to me, "no everyone is counting on you, is the foundation of any team activity and I have to be there to support you!" "Higen you are sick!" "I'm not that sick, not to make you miss the match... why do your arms feel like they are made of wood?"

He was shaking the wood armature he uses to hold his armor plate "Because I'm five steps... behind you Higen!" he turned around slowly, blinked several times with his puffy red eyes, he was squishing my cheeks, and poking at them to make sure I was the real me, "I'm two seconds away from pulling the staff out of me and hit you with it if you don't stop" I threatened him "what I'm saying is you can't miss this out not for me" I sighed "you are not going to let this go aren't you?" he shook his head "fine I'll wait for the doctor and then go to school" I reach for his waist and pulled the rest of his pajama up and put his hoodie over his head "go back to bed I'll make you some oath meal and juice" he pouted "I don't wanna..." my heart started to beat fast, he is kind of cute when he does that... what am I thinking? "... are you okey Ozwald? Your face is kind of red right now" "Do...don't worry about it get into bet now!" he grumbled and climbed on his bed and crossed his arms, "dumb Ozwald he thinks I'm too sick to do things I was talking to the wood because I wanted to not because I'm too sick..."

After Dr. Cambell arrived I left the apartment, Higen tried to convince the doctor to let him go to school but he forbade him by saying "If Ozwald gets sick you will be directly responsible, do you want that? Do you?" "no..." and that was when I grabbed my things and left for school, he was probably sad that he was going to miss the race, he is always so supportive and cool, ... there it was again the same heartbeat, maybe I'm also sick, I saw that Niko was already at the classroom he waves at me when I arrived "Hi Ozie, where is Higen? Did he overslept?" he asked me, I shook my head and left my bag on the floor, "no, he is sick today and I had to force him to stay home" concernment crossed his face "really? That sucks! He is going to miss the race?" "Yeah, he fights tooth and nail but he is in no shape to come to school"

"and are you going to be okay without his support during the race?" he asked me, to be honest, I was really nervous I had never participated in something like this, and now I had to do this alone but the team counted on me, plus is not like is a final match is just an exhibition match against another school but Donna urger me to try like if my life depends on it, "all right settle down class" the teacher arrived a few minutes after I arrive, "today we are going to start with the odyssey five hundred plus pages of pure Greek drama" a few students let boring moans from the new assignment, so far I like literature from this world, it is interesting to learn what authors here have to say.

The bell rang indicating the end of the first period, we all gathered our things and were about to leave the room when the teacher stopped us, "Right, right, Miss Aster told us to remind you that today the track team has an exhibition match, and if I recall correctly Mr. Voloro is on the team" the rest of the class turned to look at me, my knees started to shake "be sure to show your support by showing up to the match kids" people start to whisper as they left, I hate when people do that, "you are going to do great Ozwald!" a guy told me as he left the room, "you got this dude!" a girl shouted from down the corridor, I don't like this, people now have expectations for me.

"... do I have a radar to find the least crowded bathroom!?!" I came out of the stall and went to clean my hands, I had to calm down, what would Higen say if he was here? "Ozwald you are so cool, you definitely got this in the bag!" wow my imagination is really good, that sounded just like... him? I looked into the mirror and instead of my reflection there was the reflection of Higen flashing his smile and flicking his thumbs up, "what the hell?" the reflection of Higen put his hands on his cheeks and started to move his hips from left to right "Oh Ozwald, you are the best, so brave and strong, ah I simply must be with you for the rest of my life!!! Hahahaha!" the reflection shapeshifted back into me but with those black circles on my eyes and cracks, then I remember that the allure was here.

"the hell do you think you are doing Allure?!?" he laughed some more and then addressed me "Don't be so dramatic, you should know I came out easier when you are in distress I just wanted to help" he winked at me "hard to believe when you are supposed to guide me to evil what do you want?" he flicked his tongue "I'm not "guiding" anyone to evil, I just present the rest of the options a sorcerer has, and you know my answers tend to be good" he taunted "I don't need your answers or your pillow talk, I can do this on my own" "boring, come on! Don't you want to win and not disappoint your class and teammates? What would they think? What would they do if you let them down Ozie?" he is using my fear against me this is bad I need help, "come on just give in already we could..." someone entered the bathroom and Allure disappeared from the mirror, I breathe a big sigh of relive and went to my next class.

"A...A...achoo!!!" blast this infection! After the doctor left, he forced me to promise I wouldn't go out of the apartment for the day, he gave me an injection and left some medicine after I woke up, I walked sluggishly to the living room and sat on the sofa, "now how do I do this magic again?" I grabbed the remote control and pressed the bright cyan button "Oh magical black mirror, show me the last thing Ozwald was scraying!!!" after a few notes the mirror turned on and said "Opening viewflix and played Zoofice episode one" I did not like this tool my grandfather told me it could turn you into a living zombie if you are not careful but I don't have the strength to grab a book, "its currently two o'clock would you like to skip the intro?" I consider it but like a good knight if I see a show I should see it from the start "No mirror I'll see the introduction" The opening song started as I grabbed my phone and looked at the picture of me and Ozwald I have as a screen saver.