Author's Note: A bit of a short one. I've been a bit sick lately, so I had this idea. 

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 Iskall's POV:

 " ARF " 

 " AAAAaaaaaaaaarf "

 " aaaaaar-arrrr.... whine... " 

 The sickly barking came from Sahara's main building. I walked down the stairs and peered into the room.

 Rendog was laying down on the floor; he was curled up in a fetal position with his ears back against his head. Ren's barks and whines were getting weaker as he panted. The dog hybrid's nose was dripping mucus.

 I tapped my foot against the ground causing only one of his ears to raise. Ren let out another whimper. I sighed as I slipped on some gloves and a medical mask. Ren really need to take better care of himself in these colder conditions. He may be part dog, but his fur alone won't protect him from the flu or a cold. 

 " Mrrrrr...." Ren looked at me with his blood shot eyes that poked up from the top of his sunglasses. I sighed as I slowly moved towards him, " Can you move? At all?" I questioned with a concerned look. 

 Ren put his hands onto the white ground; his arms shook as he slowly picked himself up. Ren's whole body shook as if it was suffering from a minor, internal earthquake. Ren quickly slammed back down into the ground causing to yelp. 

 I sighed as I picked the runny-nosed Ren up. He almost rubbed his head against me before dropping his head as his tongue slipped out of his mouth. I carried Ren to Jevin's base. It was arguably both the closest and warmest place to be that didn't require me flying or using a boat. 

 The door quickly opened to Jevin giving me a concerned look, " I heard footsteps while I was downstairs." he explained as he studied the weak Rendog. Jevin led me inside and downstairs. We walked into a small guest bedroom, and I was ordered with laying Ren down onto a bed. 

 Jevin got a box of tissues along with a bucket. I covered Ren with some blankets causing his tail to faintly wag from under them. Jevin put the tissues onto the nightstand and the bucket next to Ren's head. 

 " I'll go make a healing potion that should make him feel at least somewhat better." Jevin sighed as he moved the slime on his neck to cover his mouth. I sat down and flinched as Ren threw up into the bucket. He whimpered as he curled up into his blanket to the point where I could only see the tips of his ears. 

 Ren made a weak howl as his head poked back out from under the blanket. I frowned at him, " I'm here, Ren... I'm going to get your stuff off of you." I told him as I slowly approached. Ren let out a weak growl as I took his bag, shoes, and leg armor off. 

 " aroooo...." Ren let out another weak howl as he dug his face into the pillow. I put my gloved hand onto his head and rubbed it. His ears perked up and wiggled slightly. Before he completely dossed off, Jevin came back into the room causing me to wake him up. Ren tried to bite me, but he couldn't even will his body into moving.

 I moved his pale, and incredibly frail body into an upright position. Jevin uncorked the potion bottle and tipped it into Ren's mouth causing his ears and tail to perk up. Once the entire potion's contents were down Ren's throat, his ears drooped again as his body shivered. I felt his head and found that his fever had gone down almost entirely. 

 The two of us lowered Ren back down again as he whined. Jevin put an ice pack onto Ren's head right between his ears. I watched silently as Jevin also rubbed the special spot in between Ren's ears causing his eyes to immediately droop and shut. 

 " He'll be out for a long time... You can stay, if you want." Jevin told me as he nodded and left the room. Ren let out a weak, little yipping noise as he drifted off into a tired sleep. I sighed as I sat down in my chair in order to keep a good eye on him. I frowned. I was going to stay here all night if I had to. Anything to keep Ren company. I put my hand onto his bed causing his hand to go on mine; he weakly smiled in his sleep as I tiredly watched him.