[FFVI][Fic] Sick (Terra, SFW)

[wallwalker]

Title: Sick
Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Characters: Terra
Rating: SFW/Everyone
Summary: Terra remembers the first time she ever got sick.

Written for fic_on_demand, back in the day.

Terra had never had even as much as a sniffle before the
world had lost its magic. She'd been supremely healthy through all sorts
of trials, and had honestly never given a thought to the possiblity that
she might be sick someday. She'd seen her friends fall ill once or twice,
and she'd treated her children for sniffles and fevers, but there was a
difference between helping someone who seemed to be feeling unwell, and
feeling sick herself.

The first time she'd gotten sick, she'd spent half of the day in bed,
wondering if she was about to die and terrified that she'd end up losing
her children now that she finally knew that she loved them. To be fair,
it had been a bad case; she'd never been in any danger of dying,
but she had been pretty miserable by all accounts. But she would
never forget throwing off her covers in sweltering heat, then shivering
in the cold. She'd never forget coughing so hard she'd sworn her lungs
were about to burst. And the pain in her throat! She'd worried and
worried that she wouldn't be able to eat ever again. She'd been very
foolish, she knew that now, but she hadn't been able to help it at the
time.

Her children had nursed her back to health for a change. They'd brought
her water and warm chicken soup, and they'd fed her in bed, and they'd
reassured her that it was okay. She'd get better. After all, they'd all
gotten better, and they'd been only children. They'd been right, of
course - Terra could look back at that and smile at how silly she'd been,
now that she knew better.

Still, she really didn't think she cared to repeat the experience very
often. In fact, she'd be happy never to repeat it again. Once had been
more than enough.