The body shook and moved again, and Naruse slowly woke up.

“……”

After relieving himself for a while, he turned his head to look at Hikaru Takikawa in the bed, saw that her eyes were closed, and looked out the window again.

It's gray, and I can't see the time.

He also doesn't remember how he fell asleep on his stomach.

Looking at the time, it was already afternoon.

Looking at Hikaru Takikawa lying on the futon again, he was stunned again.

"You're awake."

She opened her eyes and smiled at him, "Hmm. ”

"How does it feel?"

"Hmm......"

He shifted to sit down next to the futon and reached out to touch her forehead.

"It's not that hot, it seems to have a fever?"

"yes."

"Let's rest a little longer, it's only past two o'clock in the afternoon."

“…… Do you want to go back in the afternoon? ”

Instead of answering directly, he asked, "How do you feel about your current state?" ”

"Not so good." Hikaru Takikawa said.

“……”

"Really."

"Hmm."

Naruse didn't say anything, stood up, and picked up the towel on the side, "Do you want to apply it for a while?" ”

"Let's put it on. It's cool, it's very comfortable. ”

"Hmm."

He got up and went to the bathroom.

When he came out again, his face was also a little wet.

"It's a little sleepy...... I washed my face. ”

"Haruhai doesn't have a fever too."

"If I'm sick too, let's lie down together and see who takes care of whom."

"That's not bad."

“バカ。” （ba ka）

Fold the wet towel and put it on her forehead, Naruse sat aside, took a jelly from the bag and opened it.

"Are you hungry?"

"It's fine."

"Is it that you have no appetite, or that you are really not hungry?"

She thought for a moment and smiled, "It's all about it." ”

"Let's take a look at it in the evening, if you still can't eat anything else, I'll ask the hotel to cook you another egg drop porridge."

"What about the spring sea?"

"Big fish and big meat, eat it in the room."

"It's too much ......"

She reached out of her leg under the covers and kicked him lightly before realizing that she was bare-legged.

"Ahh

She was still wearing only underwear.

"Let's change into your clothes." Naruse got up and brought her a new set of clean yukata.

"Get up and put it back on."

He didn't say much, put down his clothes, walked to the window and stood.

"Is it raining outside?"

"Nope." Naruse looked out the window, "I look at the weather forecast, it won't rain until eight o'clock in the evening today."

Hikaru Takikawa looked at him, "Does Harumi want to go back today?" ”

"Well, there's class tomorrow."

"Then Chunhai will go back first, and when I feel okay tomorrow, I'll ride back by myself."

He looked over, "Really? ”

"Fake, if you dare to leave, I'll make trouble."

His expression didn't change, obviously not taking what she just said seriously.

"Let's stay one more day, then." He took out his phone, "I've already told Naoko before. ”

"I have to tell my mom too......"

She called home and bluntly said that she had a fever and was lying in the hotel.

"It's okay...... Chunhai is taking care of me. ”

"It doesn't look like something is wrong with your voice, at least it's more energetic than last night."

That's what Mom said.

"At school, you have to help me ask for leave."

"Got it."

Hanging up the phone, she looked at Naruse by the window: "Has Harumi asked for leave?" ”

He nodded.

"One day?"

"How many days do you want to lie down?"

"I'll get tired if I lie down for a long time." She smiled, then sat up from the covers.

Naruse twisted his head.

"Are you going to get up?"

"Well, move a little." She put a yukata over her.

"Is it okay?"

"When it's just indoors......"

He didn't say much.

Putting on a yukata, Hikaru Takikawa came to the window and looked out at the Jusanko.

"The water level has risen."

"It's gone up a lot. You see the protective block by the lake, it has been completely submerged. ”

She leaned against the window, staring at the small courtyard and the lakeside pier below, "I want to go down and have a look." ”

"You can't blow the wind right now."

"Okay."

The wind was surging over the lake, and a heavy rain was brewing just like yesterday when they came.

"Is the boat parked on the dock from the hotel?"

"It's not."

"Oh."

It took Hikaru Takikawa to react after a while: "Harumi was afraid that I wanted to go to the boat to play, so I said that." ”

He didn't speak, and sat down by the window.

After staring at the lake outside the window for another moment, Hikaru Takikawa returned to the futon and lay down.

After lying down for a while, she said, "I want to watch TV." ”

Naruse turned on the TV, "Can you see it here?" ”

"I can't see it."

"Let's go to bed."

She raised an arm.

Naruse looked at her twice, but still came over and helped her to the bed.

"Mori is not as squeamish as you when he is sick."

"Who said that the last time Kazuha was sick, when we used to take care of her, she was like this."

Naruse was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the last time Morimi fell ill with a fever, he didn't go over to visit the patient.

"Yes."

He sat at the end of the bed, and Hikaru Takikawa got into bed and lay down and watched TV.

"There are always some privileges for people who are sick."

"It's obviously the weakest time."

"It's also when other people's compassion is at its most overflowing." She laughed, "That's why you have to take this opportunity to be coquettish." ”

“……”

Naruse shook his head and said nothing.

For the rest of the afternoon, the two were in their rooms watching TV.

And Hikaru Takikawa was refreshed for a while when he just woke up, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep on the bed again.

Covering her with a quilt and lowering the voice of the TV, Naruse sent a message to his girlfriend who was dozens of kilometers away, soothing her emotions in the voice that were restrained in the text, but unconsciously revealed in the voice.

Chatting and chatting, Morimi suddenly sent a message over.

Kazuha: You haven't come back yet?

Naruse: Hmm.

Kazuha: You just got a new car, do you want to make the most of this weekend?

Naruse: The light has fallen.

Kazuha: What do you mean?

Naruse: Yesterday I was drenched in rain and had a fever.

Kazuha: Is it serious?

Naruse: The fever is almost gone.

Kazuha: Come back in the afternoon?

“……”

Naruse glanced at Hikaru Takikawa in her sleep, and reached out to touch her forehead again.

"This is considered a fever......

Naruse: No, let her rest for another day.

Kazuha: That's fine.

Kazuha: Are you taking care of Hikari?

Naruse: There's no one else.

Kazuha: It's been a great job.

Kazuha: Do you need me to ask for leave for you tomorrow?

Naruse: Naoko would say that.

Ichiba: Oh.

Before you know it, it's getting dark.

It's late afternoon.

Naruse walked to the window and looked at it, only to realize that it was already raining lightly outside.

"The weather forecast isn't that accurate...... I really can't go back today. ”

It was only then that he realized that he had not completely given up on his plans to go home today.

It's not just because I want to see Naoko.

"Hmm......"

While pondering, another reason for lying on the bed also woke up.

"...... daybreak?"

Naruse looked back, "It's dark." ”

"Spring Sea ......"

In the dimly lit room, Hikaru Takikawa looked at him, not yet fully awake from the dazed stupor.

"What time is it now......

"In the fifteenth year of Reiwa, you have been lying in bed for ten years."

"Ahh

She answered, and actually accepted it like this.

After a long while, she came up with a sentence: "What did Chunhai just say?" ”

“……”

Naruse walked over and turned on the light in the room.

"I said were you hungry?"

"Huh? Not...... Seems to be a little hungry. ”

"Can you eat anything else?"

She got up from the bed and squinted her eyes, a little light-phobic.

"Yes."

"Then I'll ask the hotel guy to bring dinner to the room."

"No...... I want to go down and eat. ”

"Okay."

Hikaru Takigawa got up and got out of bed and yawned again.

"Why is it so good to sleep ......?"

"I'm sick."

The two of them left the room and went to the restaurant of the hotel downstairs, but the dinner did not start until six o'clock at the earliest, and there were still ten minutes left.

"Then let's go outside."

"Wait a minute."

Naruse went upstairs and took a coat down.

"Clothed."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "It's not that exaggerated. ”

"If you get blown down by the wind, I'll have to stay here with you for a few more days."

"It's nice to be able to skip school when you're sick."

"I can't feel at ease, I don't feel comfortable missing a class."

"Eh, that's a positive ......"

"That's why I'm number one in my grade."

"Alright." She put her coat on anyway.

Walking out of the inn, Hikaru Takikawa walked straight to the back yard and stopped at the lake.

"Can you walk to the docks?"

"You just promise you won't fall."

She smiled, pulled off her coat, and walked up to the pier, looking out over the vast Thirteen Lakes.

The wind pushes the waves, and the dark clouds melt into the twilight.

"It's scary." She said.

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