When I Saved a Lost Plushie, I Got Close to a Young Lady From a Yakuza Family
In the morning, when I get up from bed, I feel a strange sensation in my throat.
A dry cough comes up.
“Hmm, cold ……?”
Since entering high school and living on my own, I have not been sick, so I have no over-the-counter medicine.
I took my temperature with a thermometer and found it to be normal.
But I don’t feel like eating breakfast.
I just have a cough, and I’m about to take a midterm test, so I’ll take a break from PE and such and go to school.
I thought to myself, “Oh”, and I made a certain call to Uruwashi san.
When I arrived at school and sat down, Uruwashi-san, who was sitting next to me, spoke to me from the seat next to hers.
“Hey, Sagara-kun, what do you mean you don’t want lunch today?”
The message I gave her was that the bento she had been making for me recently would not be needed today.
“…… didn’t you like my bento the other day? Did you not like the seasoning? If so, let me know so I can change it.”
Uruwashi san’s outburst of anger makes me wince.
It’s like I’m being stuffed.
“No, no, no, your lunches are always delicious.”
“Then why?”
“Because. Gohon gohon…”
I coughed as I tried to explain the reason.
As I did so, I turned my face away from Uruwashi san and used my uniform as a mask to avoid spreading my cough.
These days, when epidemics have calmed down and wearing a mask is no longer mandatory, high school students who live alone do not have masks.
Besides, I had forgotten to buy a mask on my way to school.
“I’m sorry, I’ve had a bit of a cough since this morning, and I don’t think I’ll be able to eat lunch with you.”
It was a little awkward for me to ask her to make me lunch and then eat it separately so that she wouldn’t catch it.
“That was the reason. But if that’s the case, I think it’s even better to take nutritional supplements.”
“I know, but …… I don’t have much of an appetite.”
“Are you sure you’re okay? the fever?”
“I don’t have a fever. But why did I start coughing?”
I have no idea.
“Sagara-kun, I think it’s because you slept with the window open, and it was colder than usual yesterday.”
I realized that I had forgotten to close the window after hanging the laundry out to dry.
Uruwashi was about to ask that ……, but I coughed again.
“Here”
What was handed to me was an individually wrapped mask.
Uruwashi, you are very feminine. I guess it would be better to say that she has a strong sense of hygiene.
I take out the contents and put it on.
“……cute.”
Uruwashi-san looks at me and blurts out
Is there such a thing as cute with a mask on?
I look at the window as if it were a mirror.
Eh?
The front of the mask I was wearing had a print of Banira-chan on it, albeit in the same color as the mask.
“That is all I have, you didn’t like it?”
“…… no, thank you.”
I know it’s not harassment by any means, but good intentions.
In fact, it’s embarrassing, but I can’t help it. It’s much better than coughing all around you.
And I’m sure my classmates don’t care about m
I mean, does this mean that Uruwashi san could have put it on?
I imagine Uruwashi-san wearing a Banira-chan mask with long, cool eyes and silver hair that looks like it runs easily through her fingers.
It would definitely suit her. The gap between mature and innocent really makes me feel like I’m going to catch a cold.
If we could bring out more of that kind of thing, the name Uruwashi and the way she looks would completely change.
“Good morning, everyone. Hey, Sagara, what’s up? You have a cold?”
“No, I’m just coughing a little.”
When the chime sounded and the morning homeroom started, the teacher saw me in a mask and started talking to me.
I don’t want you to talk to me by name. I’m quite nervous because of all the attention.
I wished that this time would hurry up and pass.
“Well, don’t take it too hard.”
“Yes”
“And by the way, you’re wearing a very cut mask, haha.”
Oh, stop it.
I couldn’t find anything to say back!
so I nodded my head and replied, “Yes”
“You’re right, it’s so cute… Hiiii, I mean the mask, the mask.”
The girl who turned to me somehow changed her complexion midway and emphasized that it was the mask.
I know that, so I don’t need to emphasize it.
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“Oh, I’ve totally caught a cold.”
The next morning, I check the thermometer, which reads 38.1 degrees Celsius.
I had lost my appetite since yesterday, and finally did not eat anything all day.
Perhaps that’s why I’ve been feeling so ill.
I informed Uruwashi that sh should not be bringing my lunch today either.
I also informed the school that I would take it easy and take the day off.
The teacher had seen me wearing a mask yesterday, so she readily accepted my request.
Still, this is the first time I’ve had to miss school due to illness since becoming a high school student.
I’m home alone now, but I’m lucky in that I don’t feel that discouraged because my stuffed animals are watching over me.
When I hold Kune in my hand and lean against it, the softness comforts me.
I like Stuffed animals. It calms me down and relaxes my mind.
Then I fell asleep
I wake up, my body is heavy.
I looked at the clock and saw that it was ten o’clock. I thought I had gone to bed, but it seems I haven’t slept at all.
If I don’t take in nutrition, I won’t be able to recover no matter how much sleep I get.
Besides, I could no longer say that I had no appetite.
I crawled to the refrigerator to see if there was anything to eat, but it was empty.
…..I had no choice but to go out and buy some food.
I put on my nightgown and a hoodie and left the house.
“Huh? Ten-chan, school?”
“I heard Sagara-kun was off, so I left early too.”
“‘That’s …… no good. Gohon Gohon”
I don’t want to drag Uruwashi down by having her classes delayed or her attendance days reduced because of me.
“I was worried about Sagara-kun. Are you eating okay?”
“I’m going to go buy some now, don’t worry, so Ten-chan, go back to school …….”
I try to take a step and stumble.
Oh, this is hard.
“Sagara-kun, it’s reckless of you to go out in that condition. Look, I’ve bought a few things for you so let’s come inside, okay?”
Uruwashi had a supermarket bag and a pharmacy bag in each hand.
“Hey, Tenchan, …….”
“Sagara-kun is sick so you should lie down. And Emi chan asked me to take good care of him.”
No. I think Emi meant that as a friend and be nice tome and I don’t think she meant that you should take care of me when I’m sick.
And I was so sick that I could barely stand up, and also because I had lost my patience, so I gave up
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
I was lying down when Uruwashi called out to me.
She was wearing an apron and came to the side of the bed with a tray.
It seemed that she had made egg porridge for me.
“Sagara-kun, can you sit up?”
“……Yes.”
I awkwardly sit up and put the tray on my thighs.
I put the tray on my thigh and tried to eat, but I didn’t have a spoon.
The spoon was in Tenchan’s hand.
“Tenchan,……, lend me the spoon.”
“No. Sagara-kun, stay still and let me feed you.”
It seemed I had no right of refusal.
Uruwashi scooped the porridge with a spoon.
Then, with her long, beautiful silver hair hanging down over one ear, she blew on it with a puff of air and let the porridge drain away.
Every single one of her movements was beautiful.
Whenever Uruwashi blows on it, her soft, red lips move, and I feel something a bit disreputable.
I wonder if this is because I’m a little fuzzy from the fever.
“Yes, ahhh”
I open my mouth and accept it, even though I feel a sense of shame.
The thickly simmering porridge slowly slides down my throat.
“Delicious.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a meal that felt warm and tasted so good.
It is a feeling that fills my heart with contentment.
“I’m glad. Then, Sagara-kun, can you have another bite?”
When I nodded yes, Uruwashi patted my head and said, “You’re a good kid”
I felt a pleasant sensation as if my brain was going to melt.
“Thank you for the food.”
“Hnn, great, great.”
I feel a sense of accomplishment as if I have accomplished something big because Uruwashi praises me so much even though I just ate a meal.
“Sagara-kun, you are sweating a lot.”
I could feel my forehead and body sweating.
My forehead and body were sweating. I had originally been in bed with a fever, and I was sweating because I was digesting porridge.
Then Uruwashi made an unexpected suggestion.
“Then, I’ll wipe your body, okay?”