When Arisa pleaded with him, Yuzuru was a little surprised.
There have been many times when she has shown weakness, such as asking him to lend her his chest, but…
It was the first time she had ever been this way.
(Well… She’s got a cold, so she must be feeling feeble.)
Of course, there was no reason to refuse.
Yuzuru nodded, stabbed a small peach with the fork, and brought it to Arisa’s mouth.
“Here.”
“Ahn…”
Arisa delicately separated her lips and took the peach into her mouth.
Slowly, he pulled the fork out of Arisa’s glossy lips.
With a gulp, Arisa slowly moved her mouth and swallowed the peach.
Then she opened her mouth a little.
“Give me more, please”
“… Ah.”
Yuzuru felt a little weird, but he brought the peach to Arisa’s mouth.
This was just nursing.
But for some reason, it had a sensual feeling.
At the same time, he felt protective, as if he was feeding a baby bird.
Perplexed by this perverse feeling, Yuzuru finished feeding Arisa.
He gave her some medicine along with water.
He also replaced the ice pillow and cold patches.
” Yuzuru-san… um…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be here until evening.”
I won’t be leaving any time soon.
Yuzuru tried to reassure Arisa by telling her that.. but she shook her head.
“No, not that..”
“Then? “
“Hold my hand, please. Until I fall asleep…”
With moist eyes, Arisa asked him to do so.
It seemed that she was emotionally distraught.
Yuzuru gently wrapped his hand around Arisa’s hand.
Her hand was very soft, beautiful, and taken care of.
Arisa felt relieved and closed her eyes.
After a while, she started to fall asleep, breathing softly.
Yuzuru took his hand away so as not to wake Arisa.
Then quietly… he left Arisa’s room.
“Yuzuru-san… Yuzuru-san…”
It was around 4:30 in the afternoon.
Yuzuru, who was using his smartphone in the living room to look up information on how to nurse someone with a cold, stood up when he heard Arisa’s voice.
Her voice sounded cute and lonely, like a baby bird calling out to its parents.
Yuzuru quickly made his way to Arisa’s room.
“Yuzuru-san…”
When Arisa saw Yuzuru’s face, a relieved expression appeared on her face.
She seemed distressed that Yuzuru was not there when she woke up.
“No, I’m sorry. I didn’t want to risk contagion.”
Of course, Yuzuru didn’t really care if he got infected, it was just a cold.
But he thought that if he got infected, Arisa would be worried about it.
“Yes, I’m aware of that. …I’m glad you stayed back.”
Arisa then looked up at Yuzuru’s face.
With flushed cheeks, lowered corners of the eyes, and moistened eyes … She looked as if she was pleading for something.
Yuzuru did not know what Arisa was asking for, so he stroked her head anyway.
Then Arisa closed her eyes and seemed to be comfortably pampered.
Yuzuru couldn’t help but chuckle as he remembered his dog at home.
“Arisa, do you have an appetite?”
“Appetite…”
The moment Arisa was about to answer, a small sound was heard: “k~ur~”.