Pools Of Poppy Petals

A 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 Visit Chapter 09

"Actually wearing your piercings for once?" owen asked, admiring a flower
"yeah mind as well! I think they look cool, plus i dont want them to close" i shrugged
"eh true, have funnn~" he teased
"hes got his eyes on someone else owen." i hissed and took off, i could see owens frown as doing so

I flew the decently long flight over to Tumble town and landed on the sandy grounds, my heels sunk into the sands like usual
I didnt see the sherrif until i looked down the tunnel on the other side, the main town-ish part of tumble town
It was outrageously hot here-
i mean.. it is a mesa
but im not really used to this much heat
I took a deep breath and began walking, silently praying nothing occurred while i was here
i saw jimmy waving and smiling
though a girl pushed passed me
her blonde hair and slightly red lips scowled into a smirk as i stumbled to the side
she had walked up to jimmy first and the two began talking
jimmy almost completely disregarding the fact i was here
i turned around, using my wings to hide welling tears over my pale, pierced face
then jimmys warm hands graced my feathers and i turned around swiftly

"Hey scott!" he smiled
"sorry about that, thats kirsty! she just had a question about a job in the village" he continued and i just nodded
"so erm.. is- is there a reason why- why you wanted me here?" i questioned, stumbling over my words as my heart fluttered looking into his eyes, though it wasnt a great feeling, it almost.. hurt?
"I just wanted to hang out! we are friends after all" he smiled
"what about your- sherrif things.. your always 'too busy' to hang out" i questioned, keeping my voice bland 
"i have a day off, especially how crime has been insanely low recently, i am still on call though" he smiled
"okays!" i smiled, trying to sound optimistic through the sudden worsening pain in my chest
he brought me to his house and we sat down
"Tea?" he smiled
"sure!" i replied, preying it could help my throat
"your favorites green tea with honey correct?" he smiled and i nodded
"im shocked you remembered, i told you that years ago!" i chuckled
"yeahh- i remember odd things sometimes" he chuckled as he poured boiling water into 2 mugs
"yeah you do! i told you that when we were twelve!" i chuckled
"i was twelve, you were thirteen already" he corrected and chuckled
"yeah yeahhh" i teased and leaned back into the couch, as he was walking back i was thrown into random subtle coughs, in which died down quickly, whichhh i was thanlful for-
"are you sick?" he asked, frowning and setting down the tea
"just a cold- nothing major!" i lied, smiling
"your an idiot sometimes" he laughed, handing me the mug from the table
"wowwww- thanksss" i smiled, chuckling shortly after, it stung my throat and i felt as if a weight dropped on my chest
it hurt immensely, worse than it had

We talked for a bit
Though despite how hot the mesa was.. i was shivering
and i could feel my whole body tremble at the thought of the flowering thing happening...
but i continued to talk through it
i sipped my tea hoping to get the suffocating feeling push down my throat
though it only made it worse
We were interrupted by faint coughing a few times but he didnt question it, it deeply scared me though

"Well, its been nearly 3 hours.. iveee gotta make sure owen didnt burn the tavern down-" i sighed
"thats reasonable- especially with how much of a little fluffy chaos ball he is-" he laughed
"he is a fluffy chaos ball" i chuckled before standing up, i got dizzy as soon as i stood up and jimmy rushed to my side sitting me back down
"are you sure your okay?!" he asked scared, frowning
"im fine- i think i- i just stood up too fast" i explained, taking a small deep breath
"you sure?" he asked, his frown lifting slightly
"yeah, i have a tenancy of doing so" i chuckled
"Fly safe" he smiled and i stood up once more, using my wings to steady myself

i opened them largely and took off
flying the usual hour back to chromia
i headed into my house after landing smoothly
but immediately fell to my knees coughing
only coughing 
i stayed like that for 10 minutes before recovering
completely out of breath i attempted to stand, but grabbed onto something swiftly as i felt lightheaded

why was it getting so much worse all of a sudden..?!

all the pain continuously increased as i changed and fell onto my bed miserably
terrible thoughts filled my mind

was i dying?

how long did i have?

why did it get so much worse today?

why did everything hurt so much worse at jimmys?

i laid there before my thoughts were cut off by heavy coughing once more
i sat up swiftly and felt dizzy, then nauseous 
my legs falling off the side of my bed i hunched over, coughing insanely
i felt something leave my throat, my eyes closed on instinct 
i heard my door open and my name being called
i sat there, breathing heavy
attempting to open my eyes
but i was too scared.
i felt a liquid trail down my lip
i brought up the courage to open my eyes.. finally
but then..

"Oh.. my.. god.." i choked out