The rain outside was visibly lightened.

At this time, Sakura was in the rain, and after taking a hot bath, her eyes were closed.

Well, that's right, she... Fell asleep. And, at this time, Sakura is leaning on the empty shoulder.

(After all, after the rain, I took a comfortable hot bath, and the living room was still dark, and it was indeed easy to fall asleep while sitting.) ）

Sora felt the weight of leaning on his body, a little helpless, but more of an inner restlessness.

Although it was too dark to see Sakura's sleeping expression, the other party's defenseless appearance and the sound of gentle breathing made Sora's heart feel like there were ants crawling around.

[... It's nerve-wracking to be so defenseless. ]

He knew that Sakura would fall asleep when she was a little tired, but Sora was also a man in the prime of his youth, and he still hoped that the other party would be more or less vigilant. Sora sighed, in order not to affect Sakura's rest, he had been in this position for a long time, and he was already a little numb.

In fact, in such a dark environment, Sora also wanted to squint and rest, but when he thought of Sakura leaning on his shoulder like this, he felt that it was difficult to fall asleep, and as a result, he kept wanting to play with his mobile phone but was afraid that the bright light of the mobile phone would affect Sakura's light sleep.

The rain outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was getting lighter, but I still couldn't see the time of the wall clock on the wall. But I also want to know that it should be more than six o'clock at this time. I didn't prepare anything, so what should I eat for dinner?

Sora's thoughts are wandering around, but Sakura, who is leaning on the empty shoulder, falls asleep peacefully.

[Drop~]

The sound of the refrigerator sounded, and Sora was a little annoyed, and he had just forgotten to unplug the air conditioner socket.

(Looks like power has been restored.) ）

Sora moved his body slightly, and then slowly tilted his body towards the sofa, slowly...

This action alone took a long time, in order not to make Sakura's body feel off the ground. After all, the sudden feeling of leaving the ground in the body, like the feeling of the body stepping on the air, will cause the body to have a stressful twitch, so as to make the conscious subject active and wake people up.

Seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, Sora sighed, straightened up, stretched, and relaxed her stiff body that had been pillowed for a long time.

[Hmm-ah~ much more comfortable.] ]

Sora left lightly and went upstairs to get a blanket. Back downstairs, empty-handed, cover her with a motion that won't wake Sakura.

The weather is getting cooler, and if you fall asleep directly, you will inevitably catch a cold.

Thinking like this, Sora got up and walked to the kitchen, turning on the dimly lit yellow light to make sure that his eyes could see the object clearly.

Make a pot of hot water, and when Sakura wakes up, make a cup for her. Then he took out some powder packets from the medical kit at home, thinking that the other party would wake up and let the other person take it.

After making these preparations, Sora decided on today's dinner.

[Let's cook porridge tonight, just order it simply.] ]

I opened the refrigerator at home, and there were still some ingredients left over from yesterday.

Take out the lean meat and corn kernels, put the corn kernels in the trough and rinse them by hand, then sprinkle the lean meat with a little salt, pour the two things into the pan and fry them, then shovel them up and put them on a plate. When the girls wake up, they just need to put the side dishes in the porridge and cook them a little more. And cooking porridge is not so fast, at least it takes about half an hour.

Just as Sora was about to turn around and sit at the dining table, a pair of small hands suddenly patted Sora on the back.

[Hey!] ]

[Wow!] ]

[Huh, my brother is scared.] ]

Sora was frightened by such a sudden attack and jumped to his feet. And the culprit is this cute girl who covers her mouth and smiles, and her sister in the air - Chixia.

[Now that you're awake, you have to tell me about it, don't make a surprise attack, hey.] Whew, my little heart. ]

[Because my brother has always kept a straight face like that, just like the uncle who owes money.] ]

[What do you owe money!] Do I look that old? ]

[Huh?] Isn't it like? ]

[Not at all!] ]

Sora rubbed Chiatsu's head a little angrily, as if it was because of Sora suddenly rubbing it like this, Chinatsu's mouth made a whirring sound.

[What about Sister Qianxue?] ]

[My sister says she wants to lie down a little longer.] ]

[So, is that Qianxia hungry?] If I'm hungry, should I do something else to fill my stomach first? ]

[No need...] After Chixia said this, she slowly leaned into the air.

[What's wrong?] Sora was a little confused.

[Brother~ I just saw someone on the sofa in the living room, so is Sister Sakura sleeping? ]

Chixia asked softly in my ear.

[Well, when I went out to check the electrical box, there was a little accident.] ]

[Brother, the little accident you mentioned is actually very big.] ]

Chixia stared at my face, leaving me at a loss of how to answer. The empty gaze flew around, not daring to face his sister.

(You can't tell her that you accidentally see something you shouldn't see.) ）

Kankong didn't answer himself, and Chixia continued.

[Did you see the clothes inside Sister Sakura?] ]

[.....]

[You hesitate, you definitely see... Not! ]

[Stop, stop, I admit I saw it, but that's force majeure ah, hey, shhh, don't make a noise to Sakura in the living room.] Sora covered Chinatsu's mouth and quickly motioned for her to stop talking.

[Brother... Did you call them all by name? Have you just been in the dark...]

[Please don't drag the shoujo manga plot in your mind into reality, okay?] My good Qianxia, your brother and I are not so thick-skinned. ]

Sora let go of Chixia and fell on the table with his hands over his face. Chixia looked at her brother like this, and she was embarrassed to continue to say anything about him.

[Brother... Color...]

[Please don't scold me in such a cute tone, okay?] ]

Hearing my sister say this about herself, she wanted to cry without tears.

Please find me a pit and let me return to the embrace of the earth. The empty heart prays so.

[ねね,Brother,Do you like Sister Sakura?] ]

[？？？ ]

Sora raised his head in some surprise and looked at Chinatsu, who was sitting opposite.

[You can't talk nonsense, how long have we known each other?] ]

[But, why do you care so much about Sister Sakura?] ]

[Where did you see this again?] ]

Qianxia pointed to the cold spirit granule powder pack on the table, as well as the medicine to take when she had a cold.

[Well, I can explain, after all, wasn't it a power outage caused by heavy rain in the evening?] Isn't it? ]

[Yes.] ]

Seeing Chixia listening carefully, Sora breathed a sigh of relief.

[When I was going to check the electrical box, I originally asked Sakura-san to wait for me in the entrance and didn't let her go out with me, which is the most basic responsibility of a man, right?] ]

[Hmm.] ]

[But as you can see, something went wrong, and the two of them got drenched in the rain.] I also asked Sister Qianxue to get a change of clothes for Sakura, this is the most basic method, right? ]

[Indeed, after all, it is raining heavily outside, and if you drag it a little longer, you may catch a cold.] ]

[yes, that's it.] ]

[I feel like my brother is a bad person, no, a little scumbag.] ]

[？？？ I don't think you're listening...]

[No, brother, think about it, this kind of bridge can often appear in girl's comics, the female protagonist is drenched in soup, and the male protagonist's meticulous care makes the female protagonist secretly fall in love, and then in the room of the lonely man and widow, dry wood and fire...]

[Okay, it's okay to keep talking, it's going to be passed.] ]

Sora interrupted Chinatsu, who was getting more and more energetic as he spoke, and covered his head a little helplessly.

[I have to tell Sister Qianxue, I can't let you read comics all the time, sooner or later you will learn badly.] ]

[Huh?] Don't~ Don't, I don't want it! Brother bullies, woo woo. ]

Who is bullying whom, this is, Sora looked at Chinatsu, who was coquettish in front of him, and reached over and flicked her forehead.

[Ahh It hurts. I don't care, my brother beats me, I won't get up if you don't buy me comics~ Woo woo]

[Huh?] Can it still be like this? ]

I wanted to make Chixia stop "crying", but the other party seemed to "get worse" (?). up.

[Okay, okay, I don't say okay, don't make a fuss.] Sora rubbed Chinatsu's head and whispered.

[Hmm, original.] Forgive... You've got it. Bhabhi always... Foul...]

After hearing Sora say this, Qianxia changed her appearance and rubbed her empty hand, just like a kitten, with joy and sorrow on her face.

Make sure that Chinatsu is no longer teasing herself, Sora is ready to get up and turn off the fire, after all, and looks at Chinatsu.

[Qianxia, you can go and wake up Sister Qianxue.] ]

[Good~]

With that, Chixia got up and walked up the stairs, and I went back to the kitchen to turn off the pressure cooker that was already ringing with a "bang-bang" sound.

Turn off the heat, put it in the sink, and then use warm water to lower the temperature slightly, otherwise you can't open the pressure cooker, and now it is easy to form an air pressure difference inside and outside the pot, and there is a risk of frying.

Take out the dishes and chopsticks, set them on the dining table, and walk to the living room.

The living room was quiet, there was no sound except for the dripping of water from the eaves outside. Sakura on the couch is still asleep.

She probably turned over a few times in her sleep and fell into a sideways position, her hair flowing like a river on the couch.

Sora squatted down to look at Sakura by the soft light of the kitchen, and she was making a cute breathing sound of [whew, whew].

Her appearance is even more innocent when she is asleep.

Maybe it's because she usually puts on a serious face in order to show her strong side...... But when she was sleeping, the fairy aura that often surrounded her was gone, and her expression was completely relaxed, which was really cute.

How to say it, even the empty space at this time is so cute that I want to touch it unconsciously.

（... It's really different from usual when I sleep.,Just like ordinary people.,Super cute said... What was I thinking? It's like a pervert. ）

Of course, Sakura is definitely a cute beautiful girl with a fairy aura when she's awake, but Sora now feels more like the mood of watching small animals.

(Like a kitten.) ）

At this time, I want to caress the smooth hair and poke the soft cheeks.

It's because Sora doesn't usually have much contact with the opposite sex, which will Sakura show this defenseless state again, making others have the idea of wanting to tease her.

Sora couldn't help but reach for his soft cheek and caress it.

The fingertips felt a soft touch on the smooth face that was different from the hand, not that the hand was not soft, but because of Sakura's cheeks, the touch of the Q bomb made people want to touch it all the time, and Sora couldn't help but poke it again and again with his fingertips.

Although I was careful not to poke too hard, I still let the quietly sleeping Sakura let out a little [hmm...] A bang.

Before he could take his hand away, his closed eyes slowly opened.

In a somewhat dark environment, a pair of confused, moist pale yellow eyes looked at the sky... To be precise, it's to look in the direction of the void.

Sakura's completely relaxed face still has the afterglow of a childlike sleep, and it looks very childish. The person has obviously woken up, but he still looks dazed. Such a sleepy-eyed appearance makes her more childish now.

She looked unguarded and visibly unguarded, then narrowed her eyes contentedly, like a toddler who couldn't sleep, and closed her eyes again.

This scene, a village is not bad and falls into the empty eyes. A little panicked retracted his fingers, realizing that the other party had not woken up yet, and breathed a sigh of relief.

（... I'm really getting carried away, so I'd better wake her up. ）

Sora, who stood up after retracting his fingers, thought to himself. Originally, I was going to wake her up, but I don't know why it turned into a ghost touching the other party. Some kind of unspeakable itching made Sora feel the heat rising on his face.

[Sakura-san, Sakura-san, Sakura?] ]

[Hmm~Hmm......]

After a moment, hearing Sora's shouting, perhaps finally sobering up, Sakura opened her eyes again......

[....... Hey? ]

The two of them looked at each other in the dark, and Sakura's whole body stiffened.

Subsequently...

"Smack".

The lights in the living room were turned on. And in the next second, Sakura had sat up from the couch.

[Brother?] [Empty Monarch?] ]

It was the Chiyuki Chinatsu sisters who made the sound, and the two looked at the obvious people in the living room, but they didn't turn on the light, and turned on the light with some confusion, and saw: Sora was squatting in front of the sofa, and Sakura had just woken up and sat on the sofa.

[... Now that you're down, I'm going to get dinner ready, and you talk. ]

After saying that, it was like running away empty, no, it was just escaping.

[Did Sakura-sa sleep well?] ]

Chinatsu jumped and ran over and grabbed Sakura's arm.

But at this time, Sakura's mind is full of the pictures she saw when she just woke up, how could I sleep so deeply, hiss, as if I was holding hands at the beginning.... Yes! Don't mess around, exhale, relax.

[Sister Sakura?] Chinatsu saw that Sakura didn't respond, so she shouted again.

[Huh?] I'm here, what's wrong? ]

[What are you thinking?] Could it be... Thinking about my brother? ]

[No, what are you talking about, China, how is this possible...]

Hearing Chinatsu's words, Sakura's heart jumped wildly and hurriedly explained.

After speaking, Sakura grabbed the quilt and pulled it up, covering the corners of her mouth. It's a lovely action.

Add the corn kernels and lean meat to the porridge, sprinkle with chopped green onions and pour in some light soy sauce. When he was done with all this, he brought out the pressure cooker and placed it on the mat of the dining table.

When I walked to the living room, I heard Chinatsu asking Sakura if she was thinking about him, and hurriedly relieved Sakura.

[Coming over for dinner.] Also, Chinatsu don't bully Sakura-san, don't you see that it's troublesome? Sister Qianxue, you won't help either. ]

[What do you know about the girls' chat?] Okay, let's call Sakura-san to dinner together. ]

[Okay ~ Sister Sakura is eating together! ] ]

[Okay, I'm causing you trouble again.] ]

When Chiyuki Chinatsu walked to the table, Sakura quietly leaned over and whispered "thank you" in my ear, and went to the table. Left because Sakura was talking in her ear.,At this time, the ears are red because of shyness.。

。

After dinner, Empty alone washes the dishes in the kitchen. Of course, it's normal to take turns to wash dishes, but the people who take turns are always empty (ーー ゙).

[Ahh ]

Although the sound of the clashing of dishes and chopsticks is still a little loud, Sora still can't hear the sneezee. So Sora hurriedly sped up the speed of his hands, and after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, he dried the water on his hands, came to the living room, glanced at Sakura, and found that the other party's face was a little red.

Then he turned around and walked to the dining table, and saw that the cold spirit particles placed on it had not been taken away. I covered my head, so I had to walk back to the kitchen, take out a quilt, clean it, pick up the kettle with hot water, and make a cup of cold elixir. By the way, grab a thermometer, as well as some cold medicine.

Placing the cup in front of her, she saw that her face seemed to have no energy, and her eyes were closed when she came over. Now when I open my eyes, my eyes look a little dazed, and my breathing is shorter than usual.

Although she looked like she was fine when she had just eaten, she was obviously pretending, and now it is so serious that it is obvious that something is wrong with her body.

Sora took a closer look at her face, and thought with some guilt: I shouldn't have agreed to her going out with me, otherwise I wouldn't have been drenched in the rain. And when the weather turns cooler, the temperature at night is lower, and the living room is not heated, so it would be nice to notice it earlier.

[Sakura, your face is red, do you have a cold?] Come, drink this cup of potion first. ]

[Hmm, okay.] ]

Sora asked worriedly, and the other party didn't say anything else, but wanted to pick up the cup directly and wanted to drink, but his body seemed to be a little unbearable, and he fell straight on the sofa.

Sora knew it was rude to do so, but he reached around her back to help her up, feeling the bodies of the people around her, and as expected, Sakura's body was a little hotter than herself, so it was almost certain that it wasn't a cold but a fever.

[Come, be careful.] I'll bring it to you. ]

[... Thanks—Thanks, I'm causing you trouble again...]

The usual positive and optimistic tone has now lost its vitality.

[No, I've been causing you trouble all along, don't talk yet, drink some first.] ]

Sora handed Sakura the thermometer he had just taken out of the medical kit.

[Take your own temperature.] ]

[.......]

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, and didn't take the thermometer, Sora was a little puzzled, and then thought of something.

[I won't read it, just tell me about it after you measure it yourself.] ]

With that, Sora turned to face the direction of the back of the couch.

Then came the sound of the thermometer activating, and it seemed that she was already using it. And for the sake of prudence, Sora quietly waited for the result, and then there was an electronic sound of "beep".

He didn't turn back immediately, but waited for Sakura to get her in order before turning around. I saw her holding the thermometer that had been stored in the box, and looking at this side with a flushed face.

[.... Thirty-seven degrees two. ]

[Whew, low-grade fever, still pay attention to rest.] ]

Sora took the box from Sakura's hand and took out the thermometer from the box. After starting it up again, the temperature displayed was one degree higher than what Sakura had reported.

[emmm, this, it's thirty-eight degrees two?] It seems to be burned in a daze...]

Looking at Sakura, whose whole body was leaning against him at this time, he sighed helplessly.

As a last resort, he stretched out his hand to Sakura and saw that the other party did not resist, which should be the reason for the fever and became sluggish. Then he wrapped his right hand around her back and under her knee, and picked her up.

[Huh, ah, empty....?] ]

Sakura realized that she had been picked up, and exclaimed in her empty arms.

Sora stopped for a moment and stood in front of the stairs looking down at her, Sakura's face still flushed with fever, looking up at him with somewhat confused eyes.

[I'm a little worried about letting you go back like this.] ]

[Don't do so much, first... Put me down. ]

[Do you know your current physical condition?] ]

[... I...]

[Don't talk too much, rest on my side first, and I'll talk to your family later.] ]

After Sora finished speaking, he carried Sakura upstairs, carried Sakura back to his room and put her back on the bed, turned around and took out the folded quilt from the closet and covered Sakura.

[Wait a minute, you have a good rest]

After saying that, he walked out of the room.,And Sakura, who was lying on the bed.,Holding the quilt with both hands to cover her face.。。

[... Thank you. ]

Sakura weakly thanked the empty man who had already left the room, but the other party didn't hear it.