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Yatta woke up, sitting up in her bed, the same like every morning. What wasn’t the same, however, was how she felt. She felt odd, almost nauseated in a way. It also didn’t help that it seemed a lot earlier in the morning than usual. Her best friends, Looey and Blot, were still sound asleep, Looey making soft snores every now and again. She sat there for a few moments more before that feeling only seemed to spike. She pushed herself out of the bed and quickly left the room she slept in, heading to the bathroom. She never really felt this nauseated before! Then again, it was probably nothing, maybe food poisoning. At least that was what she told herself as she threw up into the toilet she managed to get to. Once she found a moment of relief, she gently backed against the wall and sat down.
“Geez, what did I eat yesterday to cause that? Never had that happen before. I USUALLY can stand eating Cosmo and Sprout’s food, even if it’s burnt! Heh, it’s always so crispy like that, but it wasn’t like that yesterday. What did we have again?”
She pondered this, tapping her hand to her chin. Yatta was still a bit frazzled, so her brain didn’t seem to be working at the moment. She let out a frustrated sigh as she stood up with shaky legs. She still felt so off, and honestly she hated it. She leaned on the sink counter, which was cool to the touch. The pinata put one hand on her head, which didn’t feel warm, and she was sweating, so it wasn’t a fever. Right? She always got it confused. She sighed as she looked to the mirror, seeing herself looking pale and a bit green. Yatta pushed herself off of the counter and took a deep breath and began to hold it, hoping it would do something. It didn’t, as she felt the nauseous feeling coming back. She quickly turned to the toilet and threw up once more. Gosh, this morning sucked.
Yatta finally felt better after an hour of this, leaving the bathroom. She looked at the clock on the wall. Five-thirty in the morning, which was thirty minutes before Looey and Blot woke up. At least they wouldn’t know of this, but she was going to be tired. Yatta slowly walked back to her room and fell onto her bed. Hopefully she could get a bit more sleep, even if it was just a little. She could easily fix being tired with some candy. Speed or Staminia candy always fixed that issue. She smiled at the thought of it as she fell back into slumber. It didn’t last long though, with Looey gently poking her head.
“Hey, Yatta. Wake up, it’s seven o’ clock. Sprout and Cosmo already served breakfast.”
Her head shot up the moment she heard those words.
“SEVEN?? Why didn’t you wake me up at six??” She asked as she quickly stood up, Looey backing away so he wouldn’t get bumped.
“.peels uoy tel d’ew tghouht eW .derit os dekool ouY” Blot piped up as he headed over.
“A-And I DID try to wake you at six but um, you were passed out. Bad,” Looey explained nervously, rubbing his left hand with the other, “so we figured you needed it.”
“I, um, well, thanks, I guess??” Yatta stuttered before shaking her head a moment. Did they figure out she woke up earlier that morning? Hopefully they didn’t. She didn’t want to worry them. It didn’t matter though. Breakfast called her name and boy was she hungry.
She arrived at the dining room, where other toons had just started eating or were close to finishing up. Cosmo was the first toon to approach her, looking a bit excited. In his hands was a plate with a pancake and a side of orange slices, eggs and bacon.
“Oh we have oranges?” Yatta asked as she picked up the plate from Cosmo before he could even say a word.
“Not even a good morning? Heh heh, yeah. Dyle got us some fresh fruits in his latest train run!” Cosmo responded as Yatta sat down to eat, “Me and Sprout already tried them! They’re really sweet and juicy!”
Yatta found herself looking at the oranges a lot more than she thought she would. They did look really good though, which wasn’t a surprise. She just began to eat the pancake, which was covered in syrup. It was fine at first but after a while, she felt a bit ill. Like it was too sweet, but that wasn’t possible right?? THERE WAS NO SUCH THING as too sweet!! There seemed to be now at least, and it was so weird. She just tried to ignore it as she began to eat the bacon and eggs instead. They didn't have the syrup on them and provided relief to the nausea, which was good. She let out a sigh internally before her focus turned to the slices of oranges on her plate. She slowly picked one up and went to eat just the fruit before curiosity struck her. Orange zest was edible right? And it was outside of the orange. She could eat that too right? It wouldn’t hurt to try, and oddly enough, she also wanted the zest. So she did. She ate the slice, peel and all. She didn’t care if anyone else saw her do it, and if they did, they would probably chalk it up to her just being her. At least she hoped so as she continued to eat the oranges with such vigor. They were so good. She wanted more of them! She couldn’t though, but she REALLY WANTED MORE.
“W-Whoa, I didn’t think the oranges were that good, to have you eating them the way you are…peel…and all..” Looey’s voice cut in, giving Yatta pause. She just looked over to her friend, who was giving her a nervous smile. The pinata held one last slice in her hand before she slowly took a bite of it, seeing the balloon flinch when she bit through the peel.
“Yeah? It’s good. Why are you flinching?” she asked, only to get a nervous whimper from him. She just tilted her head a shrug before stuffing the rest of the orange in her mouth and stood up, “ah well, I’m gonna finish getting ready!” she chirped, quickly leaving the table, and leaving the pancake behind.
“?ekacnap ruoy hsinif ot gniog ton er’uoY” Blot asked, Yatta halting for a second as she let out a nervous chuckle.
“Full from the eggs bacon and oranges. Nothing to worry about!” She shouted before running off, hoping they wouldn’t look too much into it.