You loved to play small games with Nikolai all the time. It was part of a small routine that made your day. ——> Today wasn’t the “bestest day” ever. You had gotten sick and it really sucked. But you still kind of played with a couple things that were by your bed as you lay in it.

You took hold of a ball and played with it. Nikolai happened to pass by your room.

“Nope! You are sick, sick, sick! We can’t play anymore!” He tried to keep up his merrily demeanor but he didn’t know for how long. He was a bit; tiny worried.