Ryan shuddered as the feeling of hot water washed over his body, the warmth tickling his senses as he let the liquid engulf his body, giving him some relief to his current ailment. All started well when he woke up that morning, then the migraine kicked in, causing him severe pain in the back of his head and soon extreme nausea which was followed by an occasional emptying of his stomach.

Oh god, just kill me now. Take a gun and shoot us in the fucking face, please!

Ignoring his own mental cries of agony the human let his body collapse in the shower, going into an almost fetal position as he silently prayed to whatever deity that may hear him to take this awful feeling away.

After nearly an hour of remaining immobile in the bathroom he heard a faint knocking at the door. "Go away! I don't want your damn girl-scout cookies." He mumbled to whoever was trying to interrupt his self-treatment.

Luna stood on the other side of the door, after knocking she called his name and asked if he was okay. She knew he was in there, as she could hear the shower running and a light mumbling in response to her questioning.

Unsure of what else to do, she entered to bathroom, only to be met by a giant cloud of steam. This likely came from the running water; the air was humid as she entered. Just how hot did he have that thing?

The mare made her way over to the shower and pulled the curtain aside just enough to peak into the shower and found his bi-pedal hairless form laying on the floor of the tub.

Instinctively she grabbed Ryan by the arm and rolled him partially onto his back, just enough to where she could see his face. He looked terrible. Minus the redness of his skin due to the high temperature of the water, he was completely pale, his barely opened eyes had dark rings around them and she could sense a great deal of pain coming from within him.

"Oh my goodness." She gasped, "Ryan, are you okay?"

He tried to respond but his body started to convulse and he rolled over, getting up on his hand before promptly throwing up all over the tub flooring. Luckily, with the help of the running water, the contents of his stomach were washed down the drain before he could collapse back onto the hard structure with a groan.

Fuck life...

Luna turned her head back to the bathroom's entrance. "Guards!" She yelled, causing two thestral guards to enter and stand at attention. "I require a nurse immediately!"

They nodded and were gone in less than a second, leaving Luna with her ill human. She looked back down at Ryan and began gently caressing his face. "You're going to be okay, I promise."

With the help of her magic, Luna managed to get the human out of the shower and dry him off, not bothering to put clothes on him as she led him to his bed and tucked him in with a worried expression on her face. Minutes later a bright white unicorn mare dressed in all white clothing entered the room. "You summoned me, princess?"

Luna looked over to the medical personnel she had called for and nodded. After explaining how she had found Ryan the nurse examined his body, scanning him with her magic every so often to get a proper reading on his condition. She jotted down some of her findings on to a clipboard before turning her attention back to the night princess.

"Well?" Luna stated curiously, hoping it was nothing serious.

The nurse looked back down at her notes and thought about her findings before coming to a definite conclusion. "I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. From the looks of it I would have to say that he is suffering from a severe migraine." She explained. "We have some medications that can help, but this is a difficult thing to combat. The effects can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days."

She held out her hand and a small pill bottle appeared. "Here, give him one of these, it should help with the pain. If we're lucky it might even make the symptoms go away faster."

Luna let out a audible sigh of relief. She was happy this wasn't something too serious, but wasn't keen on the idea of him being in pain for so long. She reached over and grabbed the bottle from the nurse's hand, examining it as it entered her own. "You say that this could last a few days?"

"Yes, but that's the worst case. Just give him one of those to help; other than that, all we can do is keep him in bed and let this run its course."

She nodded and thanked the nurse before letting her return to her station. Once gone Luna made her way to the bed, taking a seat by Ryan's side. He didn't wasn't too happy with her trying to put medication down his throat, but he wasn't exactly cooperating with her when she tried to be nice about it.

Eventually he submitted due to the amount of pain it caused him to fight back and, thanks to the night princesses magic, fell into a deep sleep.

Luna wanted to stay by his side, but time was flying by and Night Court was fast approaching, she would soon have to leave to attend her royal duties. However, she couldn't just leave him here alone. Perhaps she could do something to make sure he wouldn't have to be.

It was a rather quiet day in Ponyville, which didn't pose too much of a problem to one particular lavender alicorn.

Twilight sat peacefully in her throne room, reading one of the many books that Celestia had sent her way upon her coronation. She wasn't complaining that the day was so uneventful, all of her friends were busy either working or running errands, which gave her time to catch up on some much needed reading. After all, what could be more fun than books!

Her attention was pulled out of her book as she heard a familiar belching come from a nearby room. Knowing what that meant she placed a book mark where she had left off so she wouldn't lose her place and waited.

Spike entered the room not even a second later, holding a scroll with Luna's royal seal bared on it's front. "Twilight, you've got mail."

The lunar princess waited patiently for the arrival of her sister's once protege, checking the clock every so often. Just five more minutes before she would have to leave. For a little while she didn't think she would make it on time, but as luck would have it a soft knock came from the bedroom door. "Princess Luna, are you in there?"

Luna rose from her seat and opened the door, greeting the young alicorn on the other side before filling her in on what had happened earlier that day. "I couldn't just leave him all alone here, it wouldn't feel right. I would really appreciate it if you would do this for me."

Twilight smiled at Luna, "It's no problem at all. I'd be happy to watch over him." Much to her surprise, Luna pulled Twilight into a hug. After the shock wore off she returned the embrace and Luna went off to perform her royal duties.

Once she was gone Twilight entered the room fully, removing a small backpack she had brought with her. The letter specified that this could go anywhere from a few hours to a few days, so she made sure to bring a few necessary needs; those being a few pairs of clothes and books.

She grabbed a chair from a nearby desk and placed it beside the bed, letting herself take a seat next to the sleeping human without getting too close. Once seated her eyes scanned his face. He didn't look well at all. In her studies of illnesses she had learned a lot, but it never hurt to double check.

Twilight levitated her bag to her side a pulled out a book on pony health and illnesses. She opened it and went through the index to find what she was looking for. "Let's see here, migraines, migraines, mi-aha!" She quietly celebrated, finding where the topic she wanted to look over was. She flipped through the pages and found the section on migraines. "Let's see here; A migraine is a severe, painful headache that can be preceded or accompanied by sensory warning signs such as flashes of light, blind spots, tingling in the arms and legs, nausea, vomiting, and increased sensitivity to light and sound. The excruciating pain that migraines bring can last for hours or even days."

She couldn't help but frown a bit at this as she looked back up at the human laying as still as a corpse in the bed. She felt bad for him having to go through this. She also levitated a garbage can from the bathroom over to the bedside, better safe than sorry. Maybe if she read a bit more she would find a way to help him. "Hmm...Symptoms; A severe, throbbing headache, sometimes concentrated on only one side of the head or around one eye lasting between four and seventy-two hours. A headache that worsens with exertion. Extreme sensitivity to light, so painful to the eyes and head that it requires retreat to a darkened room."

She looked around to see that the lights were on. Using her magic she turned off the lights and made a small glow from her horn so she could continue to read about the subject. "Migraine headaches are caused by blood vessel enlargement and the release of chemicals from nerve fibers surrounding these blood vessels." Before she could continue to read on she heard a light groaning coming from the bed.

Ryan forced his eyes open. The room was dark, but his eyes made quick work of adjusting to it. He noticed a significant drop in the level of pain he felt in the back of his head, but still, he should probably check in. "Brain, status report!"

Light headache in the normal spots, not too much damage done. We're probably gonna be a bit fuzzy up here for the rest of the day, so take it easy. We should be back at one hundred percent by tomorrow as long as you don't do anything stupid.

"So, we're fucked?"

Pretty much.

Ryan sighed, maybe this time around he won't run around and act like a complete jackass. He'd rather just be lazy for the rest of the day so he'll feel better tomorrow.

Twilight stared at him in complete and utter confusion. Who was he talking to? Was he actually talking to his brain? Is this some weird thing that humans do?...Does it actually respond???

The human rolled onto his side, with his vision fully adjusted to the darkness, he would be able to see her perfectly, but that wasn't the case. He rolled over to see Twilight with a light coming off of her horn, a light that actually caused him a bit of pain in his eyes. "Ow, fuck!"

Twilight squeaked, realizing the error she had just made, and turned off the magical light. She knew he wasn't feeling well, why didn't she turn it off when he started waking up? Stupid, stupid, stupid! "I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"

Ryan rubbed his eyes with his hands, forcing himself into a sitting position. "Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about it." He replied before putting a closed fist to his mouth and coughing a few times.

Ow, ow, fuck! No coughing! Stop!

He grimaced in pain and rubbed the back of his head. He forgot that when his mind says 'Take it easy' it means 'Try not to exist and do normal human stuff'.

Twilight was relieved that he was okay and was actually moving a bit, but wasn't so sure it was the best idea in his current state. Then again, would he get mad if she tried to reprimand him for it? She had only seen him once and that was on his first day here, which ended in him sprinting through the halls to get away from her and the princesses.

Maybe if she took it slow he would respond better. "How are you feeling?"

Ryan ran his fingers through his hair; It was kind of a gross experience. His hair was greasy and left a slick feeling on his fingers. "A lot better than I was earlier." He replied, noting that he should take a shower later.

Maybe one that involves you actually getting clean rather than just laying down like a dead fish.

"That's good." She replied, being genuinely happy that he was feeling better. But still, staying in bed would probably be the best for him right now. The book did say that the headache would get worse if he exerted himself. "But maybe you should lay down, I don't think you'd want to agitate your body."

As much as he would have loved to argue with her on how he knew his body better than her, she was kind of right. If he got up and started moving around it might end badly. He was feeling better, but he was also still a bit nauseous. Movement might end in vomit, which would not be pleasant. He could tell from the burning in his throat that if he were to throw up now it would be nothing but bile and that would hurt...allot.

So he complied and laid back down, making sure to face her, he wasn't planning on going back to bed any time soon. Now that he thought about it, why was Twilight in his room watching him sleep? "So, what are you doing in here?"

She smiled a bit. Although she hadn't been here to watch his and Luna's relationship grow, Celestia made sure to write about how close they were getting every so often. "Because you have a very caring marefriend who didn't want to leave her coltfriend alone while he was sick."

God damn horse puns, they will never end!

He wasn't surprised by this at all. He could tell that Luna cared deeply for him, he cared almost as much about her; but in all honesty, that kind of scared him. He wasn't used to this kind of affection being given to him, nor was he used to giving it in turn. "I should have known. I swear, that woman cares too much about me."

Twilight giggled at this sentiment. "I don't know, maybe she loves you." She teased.

The idea of this actually scared him even more. Would he be able to care for her in the same way? Would he be able to return that kind of affection completely and do everything right? The only reason he actually worried about this was due to past experiences. Never before had he actually been able to give the women he was with what they deserved, whether that be love or an ass-kicking varied on the person.

Regardless, he wasn't going to let this mare tease him without giving her a taste of her own medicine. "Well maybe, I love you." He said, earning him a wide eyed, shocked expression from Twilight. He reached over and grabbed one of the chair legs, pulling it so she would be closer to him. "Maybe I don't want to be with Luna, perhaps my preferences go toward one with more of a...purple complexion."

Twilight blushed heavily at this, whether it was out of fear or flattery was unknown to her. Her body became as still as a statue as he brought his face closer to hers. "Ryan, what are you-"

He place a finger to her lips and shushed her. "Don't talk, just feel." He said, making his voice as sultry as a man could. He waited a few seconds before leaning closer to her and poking her nose. "Boop!"

You sir, are evil and I love it!

The alicorn placed a hand on her muzzle and watched as Ryan rolled onto his back, laughing at her. Part of her was relieved, for a minute there she actually thought he was trying to make a move on her. Honestly, she had no idea what she would do if he had. However, with this little event now being completely unfolded, she couldn't help but wear an annoyed expression. He did all of that just to boop her nose.

Once Ryan had calmed down from his laughing fit he looked over at Twilight who's horn was glowing. He could do nothing but wonder; What is this mare planning? God he was really starting to hate this whole magic thing.

These ponies are OP!

"You know what?" Twilight began, "You're grounded."

"Grounded? From what?"

"These!" She said, using her magic to yank all the covers off of the bed and throwing them on to the floor. "Let's see how you-" She fell dead silent as she looked at Ryan, her eyes widening with shock once again as a massive blush began spread across her features.

He looked down to see that he was completely naked and with the blankets gone he was now utterly exposed to the young mare sitting just inches away from him. Ryan was in shock as well, he had no idea how this was going to play out.

I know what to do...

Ryan couldn't help but smile as the gears in his brain started turning. He propped his head up with one arm and used his free hand to trace his body from the bottom of his neck down to his waist. "Yes, Miss Sparkle. Paint me like one of your french whores."