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]

[ yes, well--

Okay, she obviously still needs it. It's not that apparent, but she's still trembling until she finishes her drink and lets herself lean back fully against his arm. ]

... Thanks.

[ex_doubly406]

It's no problem if it's for you!

[Kise now is not the time for that. But he's careful about letting her down, making sure she's tucked in all the way up to her chin.]

Do you need anything else?

[jitensha]

I... think we've got some aspirin in the medicine cabinet.

[ because sleeping isn't curing her headache, and she's less than enthused about her current state of healthiness. One thing at a time. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Aspirin in the medicine cabinet, got it! I'll be right back!

[And off he goes, as energetic as ever. If she wants aspirin then she'll get aspirin!]

[jitensha]

[ she really envies his energy right now, but she's smiling when he runs off, beginning the fun process of sitting up again. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Wow she's trying to have fun without him?!

And that's exactly how he finds her when he comes back, the aspirin in his hand forgotten in favour of rushing over to help her up.]

Hey Makocchi, didn't I say you should call me for stuff like this?

[jitensha]

It's... not that hard, though?

[ says the person breathing way too hard. ]

[ex_doubly406]

You're really stubborn sometimes.

[Says the person who can be just as bad. Or proportionately dumb.]

[jitensha]

Eheheh... that's my best quality.

[ yep, she admits it. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Aaah, you're going to give me wrinkles at this rate. I might have to retire early now.

[jitensha]

N-no, don't do that! It really isn't that bad, so--!

[ well. "Bad" for Makoto is like "being on the verge of death". ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Yeah, there's your problem right there.]

Ah, no it'd be weird if I got wrinkles at this age...

[jitensha]

It would be... but either way, it means I'd be worrying you...

[ex_doubly406]

[...]

Isn't that obvious though? Of course I'd worry about you, Makocchi!

[jitensha]

I--!

[ and breaking off with the smallest of noises because this headache is not the most pleasant thing right now. ]

... r-really don't want that, though--

[ex_doubly406]

[Oh right, that aspirin--

Unfortunately what she said is taking greater precedence, so he freezes in the middle of opening the cap for her.]

Ah... you don't want that?

[But doesn't that mean...? Is that... what he thinks it is?]

[jitensha]

[ with some effort, she drags her knees closer to her body so she can plop her head there. ]

I feel really bad.

[ a pause. ]

Because I'm the one who messed up, so it's my fault you're worrying so much.

[ex_doubly406]

Eh?

[Ah, what now? She messed up? What? When? How? Huh? Huh??]

--Eeeeh??? But Makocchi, it's not like you went around trying to get a cold-- [Oh wait, she went around without an umbrella um] Ah, never mind, but it's not like you went around wanting to get a cold!

[jitensha]

But I--

[ "was an idiot and messed up royally by not bothering to bring an extra umbrella and staying in wet clothes too long and then I caught this really bad cold and you're wasting time you could be spending on the court and you might even get wrinkles before thirty" doesn't quite get out coherently. It's a lot of really hoarse mumbling into her knees. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[... Yeah that's a lot of mumbling going on there. Though she shouldn't worry since he did manage to get some training in before he came over, at the expense of his studying time (which is near non-existent anyway).]

Ah, Makocchi I can't understand what you're saying...

[jitensha]

N-nothing important. [ just feverish self-deprecation. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Are you sure? But you were trying really hard to say something!

[Maybe he wants to hear her feverish self-deprecation! She usually caves anyway.]

[jitensha]

[ silence for once, though she moves her head a little, as if she's trying to shake it. He doesn't need to hear it when half of it's just the product of a weakened immune system. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Nope, not giving up on this.]

Makocchiiii, you can't start in like that and stop. Ah, unless your throat's not up to it, then you can tell me later. Either way you can't leave me hanging!

[jitensha]

[ yes, she can! Or rather, she's determined to, since she's gone and clammed up for the time being, arms tightening around her legs. ]