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Atsushi is very worried about Kyouka.
Well, Atsushi knows that Kyouka will be okay, but that doesn’t stop him from worrying. She woke up with a fairly high fever this morning, and this is the first time that Kyouka has gotten sick since joining the agency. It was only natural for Atsushi to be worried for her. Additionally, he never took care of someone who was sick before.
She tried insisting that she was okay enough to go to work earlier that morning, but Atsushi forced her to stay home and called them both out of work. He already went to the pharmacy earlier that morning to get medicine and other necessities for Kyouka. Atsushi wanted to get her everything she needed to feel better.
Now, it’s around 9 am and Atsushi is sitting next to Kyouka on her futon. Atsushi then obtains the thought that it might be a good idea to make her some soup, so he is going to do just that. He stands up from where he was sitting, and he walks over to the kitchen. He isn’t the best cook by any means, but he is at least better than Dazai. Therefore, he has some faith in himself that he could make soup.
Soon enough, Kyouka reawakened from her slumber when Atsushi finished up the soup. He walked over to her and sat down.
“You’re awake?” Atsushi asks despite the answer being obvious.
“Mhm…” Kyouka nods in response before she coughs a couple of times. Atsushi cringes a bit at the sound of the coughs before he sits down next to Kyouka.
“How are you feeling?” Atsushi asks as he places his hand on her forehead. She is even warmer than she was earlier.
“Bad,” Kyouka replies. Her voice sounds so hoarse, and it makes Atsushi feel sad. He doesn’t like seeing Kyouka in pain.
“I’ll get you some medicine, yeah?” Atsushi says as he stands up again. He grabs the liquid medicine from the plastic bag from the pharmacy. He unscrews the cap and pours the appropriate amount into the measuring cup. He hands it over to Kyouka.
Kyouka takes the medicine and she drinks, making a face at how it tastes. She then says with a frown on her face, “It tastes gross.”
“I know it does. Here’s some water,” Atsushi responds as he gives a bottle of water to her. He can’t help but giggle a bit at Kyouka’s reaction.
Kyouka thanks him as she takes the water, taking a few sips from it. She placed the water bottle back onto the floor next to the futon. Kyouka lays back down, closing her eyes.
“You’re going to go to sleep again?” Atsushi asks. Kyouka nods in response, so Atsushi leaves her be.
A few hours later, Kyouka wakes up crying. Atsushi, who is in the kitchen, quickly runs over to Kyouka as soon as he hears the sobs. He sits down next to her. He barely knew how to comfort someone.
“It’s okay… Shh…” Atsushi says as he rubs her back. He tries staying calm for Kyouka’s sake.
Kyouka clings onto Atsushi, she buries her head into his shoulder as she choked out sobs. This is the first time Kyouka has cried like this in front of Atsushi. He places his hand on her forehead, she feels about the same from earlier.
“Breathe, Kyouka… It’s okay… You’re not alone…” Atsushi reassures her the best he can.
“I… I miss mom…. I miss dad… It hurts so bad…” Kyouka cries out into Atsushi’s shoulder, so it was muffled. Her voice was hoarser than before, likely from the crying.
Atsushi didn’t expect Kyouka to say that. But it makes sense, since she is feverish. Her emotions are probably running wild, and she could’ve had a nightmare.
“It’ll be over soon, Kyouka… Your parents are proud of you… Just breathe,” Atsushi whispers as he wipes away her tears.
Kyouka can’t get herself to calm down, the tears just keep on flowing. She is crying so hard that she starts to cough harshly. Kyouka felt like she was going to throw up because of how harsh the coughs were. Atsushi doesn’t know what to do, his mind is blank yet all over the place at the same time.
Atsushi then realizes that Kyouka is going to throw up. He quickly grabs a trashcan that he left by the side of the futon just in case this was going to happen. Atsushi thanked his past self for doing that. He places the trash can on Kyouka’s lap, underneath her head. He takes her hair and holds it out of her face.
Kyouka starts to gag, which makes Atsushi want to as well. But he tries his best not to react since Kyouka was the one who was suffering, not him. He closes his eyes and turns his face away from her.
After what felt like eternity for the both of them, Kyouka finally finishes with her gagging and coughing. Atsushi looks over at her again as he takes the trashcan away from her.
“How are you feeling now?” Atsushi asks, noticing the tear stains on her cheeks. Kyouka didn’t answer, still crying.
Atsushi takes one of Kyouka’s hands and attempts to do some breathing thing that Kunikida taught him before. Kyouka manages to follow Atsushi’s lead. It took a little while before Kyouka was able to calm down.
Once Kyouka calmed down, Atsushi took a napkin that he had nearby and made it damp using some water, he wiped off the excess puke off of Kyouka’s face.
“Do you want to talk about what happened?” Atsushi asks her.
“No… Was a nightmare….” Kyouka shakes her head. Her speech is slightly slurred now due to fatigue.
“That’s fine. If you want to though, you can always talk to me, okay?” Atsushi says. He wants to make sure Kyouka knows that she can always talk to him when she needs to.
Kyouka nods in response. She lays her head against his chest. Her throat hurt so bad, she can’t stand it.
“Do you need more medicine? It’s probably time for you to take some more…” Atsushi offers as he caresses her arm to give her comfort.
“No… Stay, please…” She mumbles before she starts to cough.
“Alright. I will,” Atsushi nods. “Just tell me if you need anything, okay?”
”Yeah… I will…” Kyouka leans against Atsushi.
Before Atsushi realizes, he’s now being used as a human sized plushie. Atsushi looks at the sleeping Kyouka, she is now sleeping peacefully.
Atsushi picks up his phone to check the time, trying not to wake Kyouka up.
‘12:45… I should wake Kyouka up soon. She hasn’t eaten all day,’ Atsushi thinks as he is being used as an oversized tiger plushie.
Atsushi’s glad that Kyouka’s not in as much pain as before. She’s never really cried that hard before in front of Atsushi, and it worried him. But now he’s glad that she’s got it all out. Atsushi is glad that he managed to calm his younger sister down.
After a couple of hours, Atsushi decides it would be a good idea to give Kyouka food. Sick people need to eat and stay hydrated, so he just hopes that Kyouka will be able to stomach the food.
“Kyouka… Wake up. you need to eat,” Atsushi says as he gently shakes her wake.
Kyouka grumbles in response, her eyes slowly fluttering up. “I’m not hungry,” she says flatly. She curls up a bit, coughing.
“You haven’t eaten all day… You need to eat something… I made soup earlier, I’ll give you that. Okay?” Atsushi insists. And thankfully, Kyouka is too tired to go against the weretiger. Atsushi smiles once he realizes that Kyouka won’t refuse anymore.
He untangles himself from Kyouka’s grasp. He hears a quiet whine coming from Kyouka as he does so. He walks over to the kitchen, reheating the soup. He then pours the soup into a bowl for Kyouka, and then goes back over to her.
“Here’s your soup. I hope you like it!” Atsushi smiles as he places the bow on her lap. Kyouka smiles as if to thank him, not feeling like talking any more than she needs to.
Atsushi sits next to Kyouka, wanting to keep her company as she eats. Once she finished, Atsushi took the bowl and put it up. He comes back over to her and sits next to her once more.
Atsushi got more medicine and gave it to her. Kyouka squeezes her eyes shut as she takes the medicine. The taste reminds her of how gross it is. She grabs the water that is next to Atsushi and drinks it to dilute the taste of it. The weretiger rubs Kyouka’s back to provide her some comfort as she drinks the water.
Once Kyouka finishes the water, Atsushi places a hand on her forehead again. He sighs in relief. Kyouka’s forehead wasn’t as warm as it was earlier that day, so that means she’s getting better.
“Your temperature has dropped!” Atsushi smiles at her. Kyouka nodded as she rested her head against Atsushi again.
Soon enough, Kyouka falls asleep again. Atsushi guesses that Kyouka must be really fatigued still, probably from the medicine she took.
“Get well soon, okay?” Atsushi whispers. He gently squeezes Kyouka as he wraps his arms around her.