I endured the humiliation and humiliation while being besieged by the ghost story elder sister.

Chapter Twenty-One: Days Unlike Any Other

"Cough cough... Sister Fanxia, ​​don't you have any fever reducers at home?"

On the soft bed, Xi Ling's fair face looked quite rosy due to her fever.

His head was probably a little muddled from the fever, and he couldn't quite remember what had happened yesterday that had caused him to catch a cold and have a fever.

Could it be because I worked up a sweat while helping Arisa move, and then the air conditioning was on?

He couldn't help but guess that.

However, Fanxia, ​​who was rummaging through drawers and cabinets in the living room, couldn't find the fever reducer he mentioned, and her expression became increasingly anxious.

"I couldn't find it in the medicine cabinet... We don't have the fever reducer you mentioned, Mio!"

"Oh, I see... Then I'll have to trouble you, Fanxia-nee, to go to the pharmacy and buy me some medicine."

After saying this to Fanxia in the living room, he somehow slowly got out of bed, his legs feeling a little weak, and walked towards the kitchen.

"What are you doing, Mio?!"

Seeing the boy, who should have been resting in bed, suddenly come out of the room, Fanxia quickly went forward to support him, afraid that he would fall.

But Mio said it with a bit of bravado.

"Fanxia-nee hasn't had breakfast yet~ I'll go prepare it first, and we'll go to the pharmacy after you've finished eating."

"What nonsense are you talking about! If you're sick, you should lie down and rest. As for breakfast, I'll buy it from outside later!"

For once, she showed a tough attitude in front of Xi Ling, forcibly taking him back to the room, throwing him onto the bed, and covering him with the blanket.

After repeatedly telling him not to do anything reckless, she changed into clothes for going out.

After a while, Fanxia went out.

For a moment, only Ximio remained in the large room, breathing heavily.

Although the fluctuating body temperature made him feel very uncomfortable, what made him even more uneasy was the extreme quietness outside the room…

The sounds of television programs that I could usually hear have all disappeared.

This was the first time he had ever been alone in this apartment.

To Hideaki's surprise, she actually felt a little lonely when Honoka wasn't home.

downstairs.

Fanxia, ​​who had just stepped out of the apartment, was walking towards the nearest pharmacy, following the navigation on her phone.

To distract herself and prevent her social anxiety from flaring up, she also chatted with her strategist on her phone.

Milky-white Yukiko: "I lost, but for some reason, it felt pretty good..."

The most beautiful girl on Mount Akina: ⊙(?◇?)？ You're addicted to getting beaten up? I didn't expect you to be a jerk like Em!

Milky-white Yukiko: "Get out of here!"

She replied irritably, "Why can't my best friend and strategist think of something nice?"

But unfortunately, she really needed to talk to someone right now.

then.

Fanxia then told her everything that had happened since she fought with Arisa the day before.

After she bought the fever reducer, she also stopped by a coffee shop to pack two sandwiches for herself and Ximiao, who was at home, for breakfast.

"Mio~ I'm back!"

After taking off her shoes in the entryway, she hurriedly went to Ximiao's room.

When she saw that Xi Ling was still lying in bed, resting quietly, she felt relieved.

"Looks like you've been behaving yourself in bed, getting some rest, and haven't done anything reckless, Mio~"

She stepped forward and gently helped Ximiao up from the bed, allowing him to sit up.

But she was taken aback when she noticed that the boy's pajamas were soaked with cold sweat again.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at Honoka-nee who suddenly froze, and Himeko who was still yawning, they were curious about what had happened.

She put the fever reducer and sandwich aside, then suddenly pulled back the blanket that was covering the boy's legs.

"Eh?"

"Let's change into some clean clothes first, Mio. Your clothes are soaked with sweat..."

Before Ximiao could react, Fanxia, ​​who was standing by the bed, grabbed his shirt hem and pulled it up sharply, taking off his pajamas.

Just as she turned her gaze to Ximiao's shorts, the boy quickly stopped her, saying that he would take them off himself.

Then, with a blush on his face, Ximiao asked Fanxia to go to the closet and get him a clean set of clothes.

then.

Turning around, Fanxia, ​​who was helping to find her pajamas in the closet, unsurprisingly heard a rustling sound coming from the bed behind her.

This reminded her of the night before, when she was holding Himiko in the bathtub...

A blush immediately crept onto her fair face due to her guilty conscience.

Fortunately, after taking a few deep breaths, she calmed herself down and handed the clothes to the boy.

"Hey~ Honoka-nee, what are we going to do about lunch and dinner today? Maybe I should go and make them..."

After changing her pants and getting dressed in bed, Ximiao sat on the edge of the bed, eating a sandwich in small bites, and said this.

But Fanxia, ​​who was sitting on a chair to the side, shook her head, indicating that she disagreed with what he said.

"Mio, you're so sick you can barely stand, and you still want to go to the kitchen to cook? It's not like we can't order takeout."

She found it strange that Xiaoling was so obsessed with cooking.

Hearing what Honoka said, Nozomi, who had originally wanted to try, became deflated and stopped mentioning cooking.

But he still didn't want Fanxia to think he was useless...

After he finished the sandwich and had something to fill his stomach, he took the water glass and fever reducer from Fanxia's hand and obediently took them.

After a while.

As the fever reducer began to take effect, Ximiao lay back down on her bed and fell asleep peacefully.

For a moment, only the boy's gradually steady breathing and Fanxia sitting in the chair, silently watching his peaceful sleeping face, could be heard in the room.

"It feels like raising a little puppy... It's usually so lively and innocent, completely unaware that it's been tricked by the devil, but when it gets sick, it turns into a complete idiot..."

But this feeling isn't so bad, is it?

I'm used to being taken care of by this child, so it feels quite novel to occasionally turn the tables and take care of Mio myself.

"Since tomorrow is Monday, I'll let Mio stay home and rest for a while. It'll also give him more time to spend with me."

Honoka, sitting on the chair, murmured to herself, her gaze towards Nozomi gradually becoming unfocused.

She quietly stood up and slipped into Xi Ling's bed. To her surprise, the blankets were like a warm stove, instantly making her unwilling to move.

The boy's rather high body temperature made her feel very comfortable holding him.

Similarly, when Fanxia's cool skin rubbed against Ximiao, he, who was already running a fever, immediately clung to her like an octopus.

"That's more like it~ I'm enough, Mio doesn't need to go find that demon~"

She ruffled the boy's fluffy, light golden hair and whispered happily.

Author's note: Living under someone else's roof isn't a very pleasant feeling.

Little Zhengtai didn't want the older sister who took him in to think he was a useless person.

Chapter Twenty-Two: A Visit

on Monday.

Arisa, who had moved to Shinjuku specifically to go to and from school with Nozomi, excitedly boarded the train early that morning.

However, after the train arrived at Roppongi Station, the platform where Nozomi was supposed to board, a long time passed, but Arisa still couldn't see the figure she was looking forward to.

As the car door closed, she couldn't help but take out her phone and send several messages to Xi Ling, but they all went unanswered.

Meanwhile, in the apartment on the other side.

"Yes, I'm sorry, this child had a fever over the weekend and hasn't gotten better yet... Yes, he can't go to school today."

In the living room, Fanxia was making a phone call to the school, asking Ximiao for sick leave.

Nozomi, who had originally planned to go to school today and had even put on her school uniform, was now being forced to sit on her lap, enjoying the lap pillow that Honoka-nee had been given.

It's cool and refreshing, which is indeed quite comfortable...

After she hung up the phone, Xi Ling finally spoke up and complained to her.

"I feel almost completely better, so why are you stopping me from going to school, Fanxia-nee?"

"Huh? Your temperature only went from 39℃ to 38℃, and you call that much better? You're still clearly running a fever!"

She got angry when she talked about it. She had kindly offered to be Xi Ling's body pillow and slept with him for one night, but the boy got up early in the morning and changed into his school uniform.

She clearly wants to see that damned demon, I think her name is Arisa…

then.

That's why we have this scene now, where he's being forcibly pressed onto Fanxia's lap, lying on the sofa.

"I'll go out and buy breakfast later. Now, take off your school uniform and lie down on your bed to rest!"

"Okay~ I'll go back to bed."

Knowing that her health was not very good, Nozomi pouted and reluctantly returned to her room.

I was thinking that I could take the tram to and from school with Arisa today, but it seems that I'll have to wait until he's fully recovered.