"Sickness is stopping me," he replies with another pout.

As soon as she sits on the bed, he puts his head on her shoulder again, bringing up a blanket to cover his shivering body. Her presence is really comforting. Her comment, though, makes him frown a little. "Are we not friends? It would be rude of me to ignore a friend's message. You don't have to drop whatever you're doing to answer my silly messages but... if you stopped talking to me, I'd miss you. I like chatting with you."