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I woke up with a severe headache, cough, and strong fatigue.
“Don’t tell me I have a cold. …..?”
I had a bad feeling about this, so I pulled out a thermometer from my desk drawer and tucked it under my arm.
“It’s 37.8 degrees Celsius.”
The thermometer showed a number considerably higher than my normal temperature. I must have caught a cold. I was soaked all over by the rain yesterday, and that was probably the cause.
“….I probably can’t go to school.”
I don’t feel like I can attend classes properly if I’m in such bad shape, so I’m going to skip school today. It’s not like I’m taking a break because it’s painful to see Suzuno’s face. I put on my mask and head to the dining room.
“Oh, good morning Yuito……your face is so red, are you okay !?”
“No, my fever is close to 38 degrees, so I’m not really okay.”
“That’s what happens when you come home soaking wet without an umbrella.”
My mother said this with a stunned yet concerned look on her face. Needless to say, she was right and I couldn’t argue with her.
“Speaking of which, what about Aniki ……?”
“Oh, Ayato had eaten breakfast and gone to morning practice.”
“I guess he didn’t catch a cold.”
Like me, my brother was soaked all over from the rain, so I thought he might have caught a cold, but it looks like he’s okay.
Well, I took a shower after him yesterday, so if the order had been reversed, it might have been my brother who had caught a cold.
“Anyway, I will be absent from school today, so could you please call the school?”
“Yeah, okay. I’ll call them later.”
“Thank you.”
I took a bottle of sports drink from the refrigerator and went back to my room.
“Ah, that’s right. I’ll have to call Kano san.”
I had to call Kano san because she sometimes waits for me in front of the school, and if I didn’t call her, I might leave her waiting. I don’t think it’s very likely that she’ll come today, but I felt bad in case she does.
I picked up the phone on my desk and sent a message to Kano san on LIME. Then it was instantly read.
“Not even a second has passed yet, that’s way too fast.”
Could it be that she happened to have the chat screen with me open? While I was thinking about this, my phone started vibrating violently at the same time as the ringtone sounded. The screen displayed Yuuki Kano.
“Hello, Kano san?
“Yuito, are you feeling okay?”
“I have a fever of nearly 38 degrees and my body is quite tired, so to be honest I’m not feeling too okay…….”
In fact, I’m still so exhausted that I’m lying on the bed while talking on the phone.
“I see, so you need to rest.”
“As I mentioned in my message, I’m taking the day off from school today, so please be aware that you won’t be able to see me if you ambush me at the school gate.”
“Oh, by any chance, do you miss seeing me?”
“Right.”
My head was lightheaded due to the fever, so I answered randomly. Normally, I would have responded with a tsukkomi after hearing what Kano san said, but right now I don’t have that kind of energy.
“Considering the lack of your usual comment, you must be really sick.”
“That’s why I’m hanging up now.”
“……Yeah, I’ll see you later.”
I think I said something strange when I hung up, but I was too sick to even think about what was wrong.
After that, I informed my friend that I would be absent from school, put my smartphone on my pillow, and closed my eyes. I actually wanted to send a message to Suzuno, but I can’t because Kano san deleted her contact information.
I tried several times to re-register her contacts, but Suzuno, who seemed to have been told something by Kano san, refused to let me do so.
Suzuno always listens to Kano san’s advice very obediently.
So I had no choice but to give up Suzuno’s contact information. I was dozing on the bed for a while and then I heard the intercom ringing.
Maybe some luggage has arrived. As I was thinking about this, I heard footsteps coming from outside the room. The footsteps sound a little different from my mother’s, but I wonder who they are.
For a moment, I thought my brother might have returned to pick up something he forgot, but if that were the case, there would be no need to bother ringing the intercom, so it must be someone else. I was wondering whose footsteps it was, but I soon found out who it was.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, I’ve made a special effort to come over and take care of you.”
“Didn’t you have class at this time today……?”
“I canceled class voluntarily, so don’t worry.”
The owner of the footsteps was Kano san. I think it was a German class, but is it really okay to cancel class voluntarily?
“Well then, I guess I should take off your pants and underwear.”
“……Eh !?”
The sudden request made me yell out. I don’t quite understand what Kano san is saying.
“Or should I help you take it off?”
“First of all, I would like you to tell me in detail why I need to bare my lower body.”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t say enough. I stopped by the drugstore earlier and found this.”
Kano san took something out of the plastic bag she was holding in her hand. The rectangular box package was labeled [suppository] in large letters.
“No, no, no, please don’t give me that.”
“But you want to feel better quickly, don’t you? Suppositories work better than oral medications.”
Apparently, Kano san was serious.
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