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Thump, thump—my heart’s pounding in my ears. This is way too sudden!
“Well, Ryo-kun, you look cuter than usual, so maybe it was just an accident…”
Toka’s speech pattern is off. She started this, yet she looks incredibly embarrassed.
“Um, well… you see… so…”
Toka frantically looked away from me. She nearly spilled the rice porridge in her hand and was flustered all by herself. Her gestures were incredibly cute, but I suddenly didn’t know what kind of face to make when talking to her.
“Anyway, if you don’t go to bed soon, things that could get better won’t get better!”
“I feel like my fever is rising at an insane speed right now…”
“Th-that’s why! Look, the porridge is getting cold!”
Toka reloaded the spoon with porridge as if nothing had happened. It’s impossible, I can’t just pretend it didn’t happen. My heart’s pounding so hard it hurts!
“Here, Ryo-kun! HNN~”
Toka’s eyes darted around as she brought the spoon to my mouth again. I couldn’t help but brace myself, thinking, “Is she going to kiss me again!?”
“……”
“……”
For a moment, an awkward silence hung between us—
“D-Do you… prefer me feeding you directly?”
“Like that would ever happen!”
You idiot, Toka! I ended up shouting even though I’m sick! Plus, the way you’re acting right now, you really might do it!
“Um, well… I don’t know if I made it well, but I packed a lot of ‘love’ into it…”
“Ah, thank you.”
I couldn’t stay like this forever, so this time I finally popped the spoon Toka brought into my mouth.
“Is it… good?”
Toka peered at me with a worried look.
“Yeah, it’s good. It really perks me up.”
Honestly, I was surprised. It was actually proper rice porridge. Perfectly soft, with a gentle flavor that was easy to eat. That listless Toka went to all this trouble for me—that made me so happy, it tasted even better.
“Yay! Actually, I almost mixed up the sugar and salt!”
“Whoa, close call! I almost got fed something dangerous!”
My feelings of gratitude vanished instantly. Apparently, I’d narrowly escaped disaster! Just imagining sugar-flavored rice porridge was unbearable. That would’ve been an instant gag reflex.
“Ryo-kun, ahnn.”
“Ahhnn.”
The rice porridge was brought over again. It was a little frustrating that she looked so relaxed now, even though she’d been shy just a moment ago.
“Aren’t you enjoying this?”
“Huh? There’s no way nursing someone is fun. Yeah, not fun at all.”
“That sounded totally forced.”
Toka stifled a laugh as she scooped up another spoonful of porridge. Then she fed it to me again.
“Eat lots and get better soon.”
“Yeah. With this, I’ll be fine in no time!”
“That’s great. When you’re better, we’ll do lots of things together ♡”
W-what does “lots of things” even mean…? I didn’t have the courage to ask yet.
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――When I suddenly opened my eyes, soft evening sunlight streamed in through the window, bathing the room in a faint orange glow.
(It’s evening already…)
I suddenly noticed the towel on my forehead. It was still cold and refreshingly cool. Toka must have changed it many times. I’m really putting a lot of burden on her this time… Once I feel better, I want to do something to thank Toka…
Still, I’m surprised by how unexpectedly attentive Toka is. I never imagined she’d take such devoted care of me.
…As I closed my eyes again, lost in these thoughts, I suddenly sensed someone approaching me. With a soft, gentle touch, the towel pressed against my forehead was gently removed.
“Still have a fever, maybe? But I’m glad your complexion is looking better…”
Toka’s voice was quiet, yet somehow cheerful. A freshly wrung-out cold towel was placed back on my forehead.
I’m awake, but it feels awkward to speak up. Maybe I should just let Toka’s kindness win and drift back to sleep… The coolness of the re-wrung towel feels pleasant, and I feel like my fever’s dropping just a little.
“It’s all your fault, Ryo-kun. Getting kissed like that for my first kiss? I’ll never forget it.”
Those words whispered in my ear—and at the same moment, a soft, warm sensation touched my lips.
“Hm-hmm♪ I have to fix Ryo-kun all over again~”
Her voice faded away with a faint hum
…….
……
……Huh!?
Surprise and happiness surged up together. Wait, did she just kiss me like it was nothing? She was saying I messed up earlier.
(No, no way…)
…I wonder if I should stay awake for the next towel change. But if she notices I’m awake, that might be bad too. But if I just keep pretending to sleep, then again—no, no, that’s ridiculous.
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