Kenji - JW:CC

I love Kenji Kon. May be OOC as I haven't watched this show in a while.

In which Kenji was injured and he decided to keep the injury hidden.
^^ (hidden injury Trope)

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Kenji was always the type to complain for every little thing. But being on an island full of dinosaur trying to kill you, it would change your way of thinking in order to survive.

Every little thing used to be nitpicked by Kenji. From the food to the living space. However, overtime Kenji had to learn to deal with it if you wanted some comfort in your survivability.

"Suprised you haven't complained about the bedding, yet." Brooklyn commented. Kenji winced, yeah, he would comment on something like this if he was past Kenji.

"Well, yeah. Can't really complain if it's part of your survival." Kenji shrugged a tiny bit.

"Welp!" Sammy cheerily said, "It's good we are somewhere we can rest, even if it's for a little bit!" She plopped down on the floor, spreading her arms and legs out for her utmost comfort.

Yasmina walked to a clearing next to Sammy and sat down.

"I guess we needed to rest." She said, letting out little puffs of breath, tired from running for so long.

Ben had silently sat down. He had no words to speak, so why speak at all?

Darius was smiling.

"At least we got out unscathed, right?" He questioned, sure that everyone made it back with no injuries.

Kenji was reminded of the burning pain in his lower back.

Nonetheless, he still raised a thumb and kept a bright smile.

"All good here!" He smiled brighter, trying to ease the burning pain.

After everyone else confirms that they too are fine, everyone just sits to relax. The day was long.

『••♡••』

The next day when Kenji had awoke, the burning pain had not vanished. Not like he knew it would. Of course it wouldn't. They are in a forest where it is unsanitary for an open wound to be untreated!

God he sounds like Ben. Well. Past Ben. Before the accident Ben.

Kenji shook his head, he doesn't want to remember that moment of time. Where one of them almost died.

That moment would be the exact moment Kenji realized that this moment of his life is not a dream, nor is it a game he can exit. No. It was real life.

Kenji's injury throbbed. He must have made a face because one of his friends, is he even aloud to call them that?, had questioned if he was alright.

Kenji just blew it off and blamed how he is acting on not getting enough sleep. The group, for the most part, bought it. Ben, however, was skeptical. Kenji just ignored his questioning glance.

『••♡••』

It was time to go scavenge for food. The groups rations were starting to run low, and instead of waiting until it was all gone, they had decided to go scavenge when they still had some left.

Darius suggested it.

Kenji's injury was still left untreated. It had been a few days since he had obtained it.

Kenji had checked on it the day before and the wound had a yellow tinge to it. Kenji is no doctor nor does he have any medical knowledge, that's Ben, but he does believe his wound is infected.

He also lost quite a bit of blood before. He isn't quite sure how his group hasn't noticed.

He wasn't sure if they even cared at all.

Who knows. He was a grade-A asshole when he first landed here.

The group is looking through the overturned concession stands for any salvageable food items.

They find one to two pieces, but other than that, nothing there was of good use.

Kenji thinks he should swipe any medical supplies for himself, but he doesn't.

Kenji feels a bit light-headed. Was this normal?

He also feels like his body weight would drag down his body. He feels heavy.

He knows these telltale signs. He's not that stupid. He's been sick before.

He is pretty sure he had come down with a fever.

Woah. The world was tilting.

Oh. It's not normal, he's just going down.

Everything is going black and he's struggling to keep his eyes open.

The last thing he heard was his name being called.

『••♡••』

When Kenji came to, he sees that he is back at their little base.

Kenji's words are slurred, but he still manages out a small 'what happened?'.

"You passed out." Darius responded.

"You have a fever. Did you notice any symptoms before you collapsed?"

Kenji just hummed but ultimately stayed quiet.

Darius let out an exasperated sigh.

"Do you know what might've caused you to contract the fever?" He questioned.

Kenji must've shown panic on his face because Darius then questioned, "Kenji. Are you hiding something?"

"You are, aren't you!" Sammy piped in. "I thought we weren't going to hide things from each other anymore."

Kenji didn't answer. He tried to push himself up in to a sitting position, but failed. He fell back down with a grunt.

Ben just stared with calculating eyes. He finally spoke up, "You were injured during the dino run-in, weren't you? You were just hiding it."

Kenji's face starts reddening in shame.

After a beat of silence, Darius yelled out, "Kenji!"

He looked hurt.

"You said you weren't injured! I asked and you said you weren't!"

Kenji mumbled out a quiet 'sorry'.

He couldn't muster up any strength to speak full and coherent sentences.

Yasmina walked up to him with Brooklyn by her side.

"I'm going to lift your shirt to check, okay?" Yaz said.

Kenji could only shut his eyes and let out a little hum.

The pain was hot. It burned like hell, but he needs the shirt off for them to check.

He'd much rather it on as he pretty sure he the temperature had significantly dropped since he's had the wound.

He is shaking and feels weak.

He feels a cold hand touch his head. It felt cooling in a way. He opened his eyes and see Ben above him with his arm stretched out.

"He's burning up, guys. " he said, clear concern and worry shining through his voice.

"But... Where would we find the medicine for him? The island is infested with dinos, remember?" Sammy pointed out.

"Don't they have an infirmary here, or something; in case of a person getting hurt?" Brooklyn suggested.

"Would it hold medicine for a fever though?" Yasmina said.

"I'm pretty sure I saw some acetaminophen-- " Ben started, however he was soon interrupted by a cough and a few confused looks.

"Right. Uh, tylenol, I'm pretty sure I saw tylenol in the campsite when we first arrived here. But, ahh-"

"But it's destroyed..." Brooklyn finished solemnly.

They all looked down at the shirtless Kenji.

"His would also looks very infected." Yasmina pointed out.

They all had silently agreed that his wound, infection, and fever would get worse if not treated right away.

"Well, where do we start searching?" Sammy asked. This caused everyone to look at Sammy first, then Darius.

"There is a lot of area to cover, so we'd need to split into groups of 2, with the exception of Ben being a thi--" "No." Ben said, cutting Darius off.

Ben realized what he just did and quickly went to reiterate.

"N-no. I mean no as in someone has to stay with Kenji, and I am more knowledgeable in medicines and fevers, so I thought I should stay?" Ben said, losing confidence at the end, a tinge of red painted his cheeks.

Darius and the group nodded, all agreeing that it made sense.

"Okay, so Brooklyn and I would be one group while Yaz and Sammy are the second." Darius confirmed.

Nodding, Yaz said, "Sammy and I would search that area, while you two search that area."

After the two groups agreed, they had both ran off in to their designated area.

"Alright Kenji, it's just me and you." Ben said.

He looked around for any washcloth of any type, only to come up with a torn washcloth.

'Better than nothing, I suppose.' Ben thought.

He has grabbed the water bottle the group managed to scavenge and poured it on to the folded washcloth.

After that, he gently put the cloth on Kenji's burning forehead.

Kenji let out a little relieve sigh at the cooling sensation.

Ben looked over to his wound. He examined it.

It looked to be healing and scabbed, but it was wrong. Wrong because of the glaringly obvious infection.

Ben prodded around it, the medical part of him coming out.

'Kenji how did you let it get this bad' Ben thought.

『••♡••』

That's the end of part 1. I'm not too sure if I'll pick it back up or not. But ah. I do wish to finish this haha. ..

There is some hinted Benji in here, see if you spotted it or not.

Don't ask how he didn't bleed all through his shirt when he first was wounded. I didn't think that far ahead. Hahah

Thanks for reading ♡