Title: Kaze o Hiku
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: None
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #31, Cough
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: None

Delia gave her son a worried glance as he coughed. “Ash dear, are you all right?”

The up and coming trainer started to say yes, but was knocked backwards off his feet by an intense sneezing fit.

“It must have been that icy dip in the pond last night that did it!” She fussed. “Oh Ash…”

“Gary pushed me.” The boy sniffled.

“That doesn’t matter. Change into your pajamas and go to bed.”

Brown eyes gave her a pleading look, but Delia was adamant. After having tucked Ash in, she made him some hot chocolate. Soon, he was fast asleep.

Ninety-nine point six degrees… so he had a slight fever, but not too bad. She set the cough medicine on the bedside counter and hoped that he would be all right.

It was just a cold, after all…

But she couldn’t help but worry.

Ash woke up at 4 A.M., and she gave him two tablespoons full of cough syrup. He made a face, but drank it obediently.

It would help him get better faster, after all.

Still, Ash couldn’t wait until this stupid cold was over! He didn’t want to be sick…

End fic

Completed 12/2/07

Considering that I’m coughing my lungs out, this theme seems appropriate. Damn it! Getting sick right before finals bites

The title is ‘To catch a cold’ in Japanese

Pre-anime series