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“Hiro-kun, you idiot!” Aira said angrily, but he did not stop feeding the spoon on his hand to the person in front of him.
“Umu- sorry, Aira…” Hiiro said apologetically, sitting on the hospital bed, holding the spoon with his mouth.
“Sigh, it’s fine…it’s my first time witnessing the rumor about “idiots” never get sick also. I should’ve been more careful about it.”
Yep, you’re right. Hiiro is sick, and this happened a few hours ago.
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“AIRA! I’M HERE TO GET YOU! WE’RE HAVING A PRACTICE!! FUHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Hiiro excitedly opened the door with a ”bang”, dramatically. It scared Eichi that his tea spilled onto the table from the cup and Rei jumped from the sofa.
“Ohhh, senpai i’m so sorry about this! Can you please get Aira for me?” He said with two hands clapping together, apologizing.
“Ahh, it’s fine. I’ll go get Shiratori-kun for you.” Eichi’s soul was not back yet, he went to Aira’s bedroom door and knocked. He said with a low voice that Hiiro probably didn’t hear, “Shiratori-kun, Amagi-kun is here, he’s here to get you to your practice. I think he’s quite weird today, you should keep an eye on him.”
Aira ran out from his room a few seconds later, holding the jacket of alkaloid's training suit. He said thanks and got it to Eichi then left the room.
“Youngsters nowadays are very energetic huh?” Rei said, laying back on the couch.
“Well, things aren’t simple like that today I think.” Eichi replied while wiping the table.
“Hiro-kun, what’s wrong with you today?” Aira asked while walking to the practice room with Hiiro.
“Ah? What do you mean by “what’s wrong with you?” ? I’m totally fine!! FUHAHAHAHAHAH!!” Hiiro started laughing out of nowhere.
“?” Aira said with confusion, “Wait, don’t jump first. Stop.”
Hiiro stopped immediately, but his hands didn’t. Pinching, petting, touching Aira. It made him feel tickled. Aira placed his hand onto Hiiro’s forehead, he felt a desert-like temperature, “ hiii—! Why is it so hot?! Did you get a fever?”
“Huh? No? I'm feeling so good right now. I think I may be able to dance and sing with my whole body!!”
Ah, that came out of nowhere huh, but once Aira thought about that even if he tried to pull Hiiro to the infirmary, he probably couldn’t due to the insane physical strength of Hiiro. He gave up.
“HELLO!! TATSUMI SENPAI AND MAYOI SENPAI IN THE CELLING!!! AIRA AND I ARE HERE!!” Once Hiiro arrived at the training room and saw Tatsumi, he shouted.
“hii…! Hiiro-san…?” Again, it scared Mayoi that he fell from the vent in the ceiling with Tatsumi catching him casually and stably.
“Hiiro-san, is something wrong? you don’t seem that excited usually.” Tatsumi said after putting Mayoi down.
“? No? Can we start practicing now?”
“Tatsuun-senpai, Mayo-senpai, Hiro-kun seems to be having a fever but he didn’t know about it. I’m sorry but can today's practice be delayed?” Aira took Hiiro’s arm and held it, he caressed his arm with comfort which let Hiiro maintain quiet for a little while.
“But, but we are going to be on stage next week… ahh, never mind. Hiiro-san’s body is more important.. you can rest today, Hiiro-san…” Mayoi cares about the performance coming up next week as the trainer of alkaloid but at the same time, he cares more about Hiiro’s body as his teammate and friend.
“I’m fine!! Let’s start!”
Everyone knows that if they tried to pull Hiiro to the hospital, the worst thing that could happen is that they all have to eat Hiiro’s punch in the face. “If Hiiro-san wants to start, then we have nothing to say. Let’s start off, Mayoi-san.” Tatsumi said it boldly.
“O, ok… please tell us if you’re feeling unwell, Hiiro-san.”
“…one two three four, one two three four…” you may say they were practicing, but all of them were actually looking, glancing and staring at Hiiro without himself knowing. He just knew that everyone seems to be looking at him quite a lot today.
“Ugh-” things in front of Hiiro’s eyes are getting blurry, the whole world started spinning. He stopped the dance movement he was supposed to be doing, his eyes were feeling weirdly sour and hot which made him start tearing up and sobbing.
“Hiro-kun!” Aira was the first one to discover Hiiro’s status, he ran to Hiiro, hands on his back to prevent him from falling to the wood planked floor.
“Sorry Aira, what’s going on with me? —sniff.. What's wrong with me..? hnh-” His tears didn’t stop falling.
Tatsumi and Mayoi also ran to Hiiro after Aira’s scream. Hiiro’s sight suddenly became all black and he lost consciousness. He fell directly into Aira’s, Aira hardly held the heavier boy up and piggybacked Hiiro.
“Senpais, I’ll go to the hospital first!” Aira said impatiently and started leaving the training room.
Mayoi shouted out the next second, “we, we’re going with you!”
“No, we can’t. That’s way too eye-catching, there’s quite an outdoor distance from here to the hospital. Let’s tidy things up and go visit them. I trust Aira-san can do it.”Tatsumi placed his hand softly on Mayoi’s shoulder, appeasing him.
“B,but…”
“Yes! Tatsuun-senpai is right…ugh, Hiiro-kun is getting heavier, I’ll take my leave first! Sorry!” Aira used his highest speed running from the room to the hospital.
“Sorry, Hiiro-kun. It seems like your legs will have to rub against the floor again… I haven't gained any height yet.”
“It’s fine… Aira…” Hiiro said weakly and he fainted completely.
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“It’s fine, just normal flu. But if you bring him in any later, things might be more serious than now. Thank you so much, Mr. Shiratori.”
“Glad that he’s ok..” said Mayoi.
“Thanks doc.” said Tatsumi.
Aira was sitting next to Hiiro’s bed since he arrived, he let out a relieved sigh and his body collapsed on Hiiro and his bed.
This move woke Hiiro up, “ugh…nii-san.. where are you…”
Aira’s heart sank when he heard that after he heard the words from Hiiro, but he still picked up his phone and called someone.
“Rinne-kun’s brother! Are you ok?” The person who opened the door is Niki holding a basket full of souvenir food to patients. The person after him is Rinne still in his Crazy:B training suit.
“Yo, ototo-kun, why don’t you take good care of your body huh?”
“Nii-san…”
Rinne walked towards Hiiro’s bed, talked with his lowest voice, “ nee, you little idiot, how old are you now? Look at the things around you, you can’t rely on me every time you get in some random trouble like this time. Have some priorities changed. Look, Ai-chan is literally standing next to you~ it’s not rocket science huh? Know a thing or two. I still have a tiny date with my Niki-kyun today, I’ll be leaving~”
“? What is a date?”
Consuming the food souvenirs while comforting Aira and Aira being comforted, Aira and Niki both heard Hiiro’s question. “Rinne-kun! What the hell did you say to him!” “Rinne-senpai!”
Rinne gave a tricky expression, gently held up Niki’s hand and walked out of the room. He didn’t forget about blaming Niki, “Why did ya eat the food that we’re supposed to be Ototo-kun’s?”
“I’m hungry…there are some left there!”
“Tsk, I’ll bring you to the restaurant now.”
“Really? I love you Rinne-kun!”
“…! sigh..” “you can do it, “girlfriend-kun”!”
“hii!”
“…Hiro-kun, there are two lemons left, I’ll blend them into juice for you.” Aira picked up the poor lemons left in the basket and ran out of the room.
“Aira!” He’s gone now.
“Here, drink.”
“Haha~ Thanks Aira!” Hiiro drank the whole glass in one go, “it’s already night time, you should go back to your dorm..”
“If I went back to my dorm then who will be looking after you? I told senpais that I’m not going back tonight through a message. I’m here to watch you.”
“You will be infected.”
“I just recovered earlier, my immune system is still working nicely. I also wore a mask, now stop worrying about me.” Aira’s attitude was kinda cold.
Aira was sitting in front of the window, pure white moonlight shone on his back, making him look mesmerizing to Hiiro.
“Aira looks beautiful…” Hiiro thought.
Aira was feeling quite down since Hiiro woke up and called for his brother. He was literally standing next to Hiiro, does that mean Hiiro doesn’t care about Aira? Of course Aira knew that to Hiiro, his brother is more important than everything, but everyone is selfish when it comes to love.
Aira never tells this to Hiiro, but it’s like a shapeless pressure on his shoulder. They could be friends, just normal friends. Why did he have this kind of special feeling toward Hiiro? Why me? Why Hiiro?
Hiiro was confused about Aira after Rinne told him many things that he didn't understand. Why did Aira insist on staying here when he is literally scared of midnight monsters in hospital? What is my view towards Aira? “Girlfriend-kun”, that’s what nii-san calls Aira. What do I feel about Aira?
His hand reached his chest when Aira was watching idol live on his phone, not paying 100% attention to Hiiro. He felt that that place in his chest was jumping faster than usual when Aira’s smile came to his mind. He touched his face, wow, it’s so hot.
What did this all mean? It, it means…?
“Are you ok Hiro-kun? Why are you touching everywhere?” Aira saw Hiiro’s move and asked.
“Aira, do you know?”
“What?”
“When I'm near to you, this place,” he pointed to his chest, “it jumps super fast..” and he pointed to his face, “and my face is also very hot. My whole body is feeling so warm, did I get a serious illness?”
Aira was looking down at Hiiro's sheet but he suddenly rose his head when he heard that. His face being covered by dark and a mask, but still being able to see that his definitely red by using Hiiro’s night vision.
“Aira, you look beautiful and cute, hehe.”
“Ehh?! Hiro-kun, what were you saying.. serious illness that.. it’s just a rapid heartbeat. Hiro-kun is not sick, maybe it’s just the feeling of liki…”
“What?”
“The feeling of liking… probably.”
Hiiro felt like he knew everything and at the same time he was confused again.
I like Aira? What is “like” ?
“Aira, what is “like” ? The type where we get married?”
“Well, I’m not so sure what a marriage is to Hiro-kun, but for me, it’s when you want to stay near that person 24/7, try everything you want to, hold hands, hug, carry them up and spin, sleep, have s…” “UHHH, IT'S TOO EMBARRASSING FOR ME!!”
“Like how nii-san and Shiina-senpai were holding hands? And like how Tatsumi-senpai was always bringing a comb around for Mayoi-senpai?” Hiiro thought.
“Do what?” Hiiro asked.
“…”
“?”
“UHHH AAA Hiro-kun, YOU IDIOT! EAT YOUR MEDICINE!” Aira said angrily, as he picked up the spoon to the person in front of him to feed him medicine.
“Umu- sorry, Aira…” Hiiro said apologetically, sitting on the hospital bed, holding the spoon with his mouth.
“Sigh, it’s fine…it’s my first time witnessing the rumor about “idiots” never getting sick also. I should’ve been more careful about it.”
“Aira,”
“Hmm?”
“Do you wanna get married?”
“…Go on dates before that please.”
“Then will you be my uh “girlfriend”?”
“If you’re talking about being your boyfriend then sure.”
“Hehe, thank you Aira, I love you~”
—celling
“That’s good for them, right? Mayoi-san.”
“Em… yeah.. So why are you here..?”
“To be by your side, to prevent you from being too lonely.”
“… thanks, tatsumi-san.”
“No problem, did you forget to tie your hair? It’s quite messy, will you let me comb it for you later?”
“Ehhhh?! S..sure…?”
—outside the bedroom
“Ahh, how lively. People here, inside, upside.”
“Eh? Really? Nahaha, I wanted to deliver some nighty snacks to Aira, but it seems like we can’t get in the room any sooner, I think I can eat them all up, hehe.”
“True, gimme some.”
“Nooo~”
“Well then I’m gonna hide your little biscuit jar…”
“NAHHhh, here's a dragon fruit, it looks like you a lot.”
“…”