Ink Indefinitely *Acer*

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Jagger sat in the dark, empty classroom, wishing for a relief that could not come. He shivered slightly, as the growing fever began to take hold of his body and he pulled his arms more tightly around his knees. He sat at an empty desk with his knees tucked against his chest and his cheek resting atop them. He stared toward the window, but his eyes were moving in and out of focus. He contemplated just going to bed, but then one of his dorm mates might find out why he was so ill and he would find trouble. He always did. And now he was regretting the blasted snake on his shoulder, but he couldn't take it back now.

Jagger wasn’t worried about faking healthy once someone was around. He had gotten good at hiding certain things from most people, so once he had an audience he could throw on the charm. But that kind of life was exhausting, and sometimes he needed to be alone to be his true self. Even he sometimes forgot who he really was. But there was one person at this school who would be hard to fool, in comparison with everyone else. Jagger groaned when he thought of Acer’s reaction to all of this. His brother would throw a bitch fest about the tattoo, and the manner of receiving the tattoo. That was a headache waiting to happen.

He allowed himself to close his eyes so he could drift off to sleep. He didn’t care about the pain he might be in when he woke up, he just couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore.

[Acer Shafiq]

Acer went looking for Jagger, wanting to surprise visit his brother, he was sure Jagger never liked when he did that, but hey, it was his last year here, so therefore he wanted to spend time with his family and friends as much as he could. Even Jagger didn't understand that, because when the two did hang around each other, things always ended up happening. Always. Going to the Slytherin Common Room, he waited by the doors until he saw someone of the Slytherin house come up, he asked them to get his brother for him. After the girl went inside to do so, she came back out telling him someone saw him hanging out in one the empty classrooms. Acer raised an eyebrow, but nodded his thanks to the girl before walking off. Empty classroom? Shit, if Jagger was getting into it with some girl, Acer would just come back another time, because as much as Jagger was a pain in the ass, IF Acer tried to ruin his time with a girl, he KNEW Jagger would only end up returning the favor.

Looking in a few of the empty classrooms around the hallways, before he actually found his brother. Sleeping. Acer looked around the classroom, expecting someone else to be there, but when he didn't find anyway, he walked into the room fully and shut the door as quietly as he could. He walked over to his brother, about ready to wake him up, when he saw the look on his brother's face, that was not one of a relaxed sleep. Scrunching his eyebrows, worried a little, he took put his hand on his brother's shoulder and took him awake. "Jag, come on sleeping beauty." Acer was the big brother, it was his job to do good all the time, even if his younger siblings made him want to do crazy shit and got so far under his skin, Acer got worried and protective fast.

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Well, it definitely was not a restful sleep, to say the least. When Jagger did sleep, he dreamt of half-finished ink snakes and long, dark hallways. But for the most part, he kept waking himself up because of the pain and shivering, then trying to sleep again. He actually did find sleep, at one point, and hadn't noticed anyone coming in the room with him. But as soon as Acer touched his shoulder, the pain exploded beneath his brother's touch and Jagger screamed and gasped in pain.

"FUCK! What the bloody hell is wrong with you?! Oh God..."             

He gripped the edge of the desk with both hands, breathing tensely through his mouth as the pain radiated slowly to smaller circles of heat. He didn't know how he could have hidden his discomfort, even if he had wanted to. He gingerly reached over his chest with his right hand to touch his left shoulder, where the skin beneath his shirt was raw and broken. He winced and rested his face against the desk, letting his hand fall back in place.

"What do you want..." he murmured tiredly.

[Acer Shafiq]

Acer flung his hand back, looking at his brother like he was crazy, Acer hadn't even done anything! He just woke his brother up, what the hell? Acer look at Jagger confused for a second, before grabbing his brother's sleeve and tugged it as hard as he could, tearing it off. He wasn't going to bother trying to convince Jag to take his shirt off, because it would only end in a fight. "What the fuck!?" Acer yelled as soon as his eyes laid on the tattoo, the infected, obviously painful tattoo. "When did you get this Jagger?! What the fuck? Are you trying to lose your arm?!" Acer didn't even bother keeping his voice down at that point, he stepped back from Jagger, "Get up, take it off." Acer wanted to see all the damage that was done, not just the little he could see from tearing his brother's clothing.

The older boy glared, god, his parents were going to kill him for this shit. Acer was covered in tattoos, and here Jagger gets one, and it gets infected! "I'm not bloody fucking around right now! Get the fuck up, get the fucking shirt off, and let me see what you did!" He did feel bad for his brother, the pain was obvious and the skin was oddly colored from the infection, but Acer would need to see all of it in order to fix it. "I can fucking believe you! Are you an idiot?! I would have taken you, but you go and pull this!? If you want an early death, next time just ask." Acer glared, waiting on his brother to get a move on.

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Jagger wasn't prepared for his brother literally ripping his shirt sleeve from the rest of his shirt. And the yank on the sleeve caused another blast of his pain in his shoulder and he yelled in pain, then glared daggers at his brother. He had no right to get pissed about him getting a tat when he was covered in them! Acer was such a Goddamn hypocrite! Then again...Jagger probably could have been a little more cautious when it came to where he had gotten the ink done. But Acer had done this on his own plenty of times! He was not a little kid! He continued glaring as his brother ordered him to take his shirt off, and he stood.

"Yeah, you're a great example to follow! How many do you have now? I didn't ASK for it to get infected!"

He would have kept the shirt on just to be defiant, but he didn't want it to get to a physical fight and risk more pain to his shoulder. So he started unbuttoning what was left of his shirt and he pulled it carefully from his torso. He turned his back to his brother so he could see the snake that was supposed to be black, but was inflamed red instead. 

"I'm meant to go back in a few weeks to add the green, but I can't...it's killing me. And quit acting like an ass about this, you know you did the same fucking thing. If I'm an idiot, you're an absolute moron. And don't you dare touch it!"

[Acer Shafiq]

"Hey! Don't be an ass, I would have taken had you asked! You didn't, and look at that! Damn Jagger do you ever think!?" Acer looked around the classroom, as if the answer to his brother's idiocy was laying around in plain view. He paced for only a minute, looking up at the the tattoo, half of him wanted to let it stay on his brother, but the other half him wasn't going to let his younger sibling sit there and suffer because of a mistake. Acer would have to except fault in this too, Acer was covered in tattoos, how he could not think his younger siblings would want to do that same?

Letting out a breath, "I'll heal it. You're welcome. But if you do anything so stupid again, I swear to god Jag, I'm going to give the biggest ass kicking of your life." Acer said calmly, moving his hand to his brother unharmed shoulder as if to steady his brother, he moved his wand to his brother's wound, "Vulnera Sanentur."

"I'll take you to get the rest done in a few weeks, let me see this completely healed...Next time I'll let you lose your arm." Acer said pushing his brother lightly.

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Jagger rolled his eyes as his brother mentioned that he would have taken him to get a tattoo if he had asked. Yeah, bull shit. He said that now because he wanted to seem like a cool older brother. But if Jagger had asked, Acer would have blown him off and called him a kid and nothing would have happened. They would have been in this situation anyway, because Jagger still would have gone to get it done. And then Acer continued his arrogance when he said he would heal it, and Jagger just shook his head. You’re welcome? Like he was God’s gift or something? He murmured an, “Oh my God…” at the sheer annoying nature of his older brother, but he didn’t stop him from healing his shoulder.

It stung when Acer performed the spell, but almost immediate relief came directly after. He closed his eyes and sighed, feeling much better, but still overwhelmed with exhaustion. The fever was most likely still lingering, and he wanted to go home and be with his mum like he was a little boy again. And that was strange, because Jagger didn’t really get along with his parents at the moment. Sometimes when you were sick, the only person who could make it better was your mother. He looked up at Acer.

“Yeah, thanks. But don’t get ahead of yourself with that ass kicking, you know very well I could hold my own. And I won’t lose my arm...I’m not that stupid, I would have eventually seen a healer.”