Model Idol Combi: so you had a sick day

[jitensha]

[ so the thing was, Makoto didn't get sick. It took a series of unfortunate events, a moment of stress-induced weakness, and doing the idiotically chivalrous thing of trying to make her way home in the pouring rain and likely spending too much time in soaked clothing, despite Kise's best efforts.

But the point was, Makoto didn't usually get sick, and when she did get sick, it had to be sick enough to buckle her knees and keep her under her covers with a fever that could warm cold palms in an instant. She'd tried to go to work, but hadn't made it further than her own doorway before she'd gotten too dizzy to stand without the aid of the frame and had been promptly ushered back to bed.

And of course, she hadn't wanted to worry Kise, but that had backfired and for some inexplicable reason, she felt worse than ever. She'd have to change the compress again, she thinks distantly, as she tries to push herself up on her elbows to give him a properly chastising look. At the very least, her parents were now out for one of her dad's races, but... ]

You... really didn't have to come.

[ what if she's contagious? It's bad enough that she feels awful and she's sweaty and her hair's a mess and her face is all red and this isn't very romantic at all-- ]

Comments

[jitensha]

[ she shakes her head, deigning to lower her hands but still keeping her gaze slanted away from him. ]

S'too hot.

[ THANKS FOR THAT. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[...

Oh.

That's still really cute. Don't mind him laughing, because he can't stop that bit of relief rising up. Look, at least he's fanning her too.]

[jitensha]

[ which helps, or it performs the very helpful task of getting sections of her bangs unstuck from her forehead, but now she's just confused. ]

What's so funny...?

[ex_doubly406]

I'm just happy that you're well enough to get embarrassed!

[Kise...]

[jitensha]

...

I'm not-- [ okay, yes she is, but getting adamant about it isn't helping her cough to stop, so she can't protest all that wholeheartedly. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Ah, I told you you shouldn't talk!

[He sounds much less concerned now, of course.]

[jitensha]

[ but that's unfair, and he's teasing her, and she's trying really hard not to pout, but she...

... is.

With an almost defiant cough that might have been an attempt at a word. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[It's probably not the smartest thing he's ever done-- then again he's done plenty of not so smart things-- but he can't resist squishing her cheeks together.

Which only serves to remind him that her face is unbelievable hot (not in that way) but he can forgive her for that because she's still cute.]

[jitensha]

[ one day she'll have a face that's unbelievably hot (in that way), she won't stop believing!

But she's not even thinking about that, because this is not only uncomfortable, but it's making her cough resurface right after she squeaks a little in dismay.

KISE... ]

[ex_doubly406]

[NOT THE SMARTEST THING TO DO, YEPP.

He lets go pretty quickly, letting her settle down before speaking.]

That cough's really ruining the mood for us. [What mood. Kise that's just you.] Hey Makocchi, make sure you get better soon; I can't even kiss you like this.

[jitensha]

I-- [ okay, one more cough for the road. ] I know... I don't like not... being able to kiss you either.

[ which is entirely his fault, because even now, she'd like to, but that's just asking for him to catch her fever. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Technically, with all the physical contact they've been having...]

Right? It's so sad! If Ryota #1 or 2 were here I could ask them to do it for me.

[jitensha]

[ he's doomed either way. ]

T-that's completely different--!

[ex_doubly406]

Obviously they're not going to compare to me, but they're going to try their best too!

[Guess who's letting the no talking rule slide. Again. He feels bad for the bears okay.]

They're cute like me, and fluffy too!

[jitensha]

And in the office... right now.

[ snuggling with one of them would be nice, but there's no way she could... there's a surge of sadness that she quickly suppresses. She feels bad for the bears too okay!! ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Oh. Oops.]

But I'm here, so you can at least look at me and pretend!

[jitensha]

... No hugs?

[ SHE LOOKS SO SAD. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Ah--

[No don't pull that face on him; it's not that he doesn't want to! Not entirely. But she's been shaking or trembling for a good while whenever he holds her.

She felt breakable.]

No no, I'm okay with it!

[But he doesn't move to hug her either.]

[jitensha]

N-no, it's okay... it's probably better if I pretend.

[ because she's back to normal in her imagination, and she can hug him and snuggle against his chest and not have to worry about shivering or coughing--

Her smile's just not the most convincing. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[...

Well he can't let her go like that.]

Hold still.

[And brushing away the bangs sticking to her forehead, even dabbing away some of the sweat, he leans in to leave a kiss.]

This makes up for it, right?

[jitensha]

[ a pause. She'd obediently stilled herself (not that it was very hard), but she's still frozen when he pulls back, eyes large and face even redder.

But there's her smile. ]

Ehehehe. [ a smaller cough this time. ] You're really kind... Ryouta-kun. Thanks.

[ex_doubly406]

[He's always thought she's the one who's kind. She's the nicest person he knows! Honest!

So that, being told that he's really kind... It means something.

Of course it also means he's turning red himself.]

Makocchi, that wasn't...

[jitensha]

I'm really grateful. [ she continues on like she hasn't heard him, and that much may be true; her eyelids are fighting to stay up. ] Really grateful... okay? 'Cause you're here, like this...

1/2

[ex_doubly406]

[She's definitely drifting off.]

You weren't even listening to me...

[Ahaha...]

[ex_doubly406]

[... Wait wait, does that mean that calling him kind was just sleep talk? But her eyes were wide open when she said it-- or is this like one of those things where you find out that they can actually sleep with their eyes open??? She's not even listening to him right now, isn't that a possibility??? But Makocchi wouldn't be able to do something so creepy, that ruins the image. Then he should probably--]

Makocchi, when you said that I'm--

[She's probably already dozing by this time.]