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[Cue mechanical answering machine voice.]

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[...BEEP]

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[inthejunk]

[There's a dude sulking in your kitchen, Nill. Drinking your tea, too, as if he totally belongs there. Apparently, knocking isn't a thing he's bothering with, today. It gets in the way of his draping pathetically on the table and looking cranky, you know?]

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[Nill doesn't actually seem all that surprised when she comes out into the kitchen and sees Yosuke - she could hear him being cranky from her room, but well, you can't really wander out the minute someone enters your home. That'd be a little suspicious.

So Nill taps him on the shoulder, and gives him a curious look. Hi Yosuke. What are you doing in her kitchen?]

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[He waves half heartedly and props his chin dejectedly in his palm. Sorry, Nill, he'd explain himself but he can't. Anyway, he's tired and kind of icky. He'll just huff unhappily and swirl the sugar around in his cup.]

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[--Yosuke, not being talkative? What is this blasphemy. Nill flutters her wings worriedly, and goes to take a seat across from him at the table.]

What's wrong?

[inthejunk]

[He stretches out one finger and gently brushes a wing, even though he knows damn well he shouldn't touch them. They always just look so inviting...and soft. She's such a soft girl. Only tough at the eyes, and the line of her jaw.]

[He finally gives her a small smile, and follows it up with another helpless shrug. How do you do this all the time, girl? This sucks. He tried to order tea earlier, but no one could understand him. They tried to give him cheesecake, and he can't eat that crap anyway. It kills his stomach.]

[He digs it silently out of his bag and slides it over, quirking an eyebrow. You look like you can digest milk products without too much pain, right? Have something sweet.]

1/2

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[Nill blinks at first, and-- actually goes rather red when he touches her wing. People so rarely touched them - she got hugs plenty when she gave them out, but even Shika was careful enough that he never really touched her wing. Even... back in her own world, they hadn't been allowed to touch her wings. That had been an important rule; do whatever you like, as long as she can get up in the morning. Don't touch the face, and especially not the wings. So yes. That makes her go quite red.]

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[The smile, at least, is reassuring; but only slightly so. His thoughts weren't really helping things either, because he didn't seem entirely upset, but he certainly wasn't happy... so it couldn't be something emotional, right?

The cheesecake makes her blink, and she peers at it before sliding it closer. But then she glances at his face, the tea, the way no one could understand him in that brief flash...

...Oh.]

You're sick again, aren't you?

[inthejunk]

[He shrugs again, sheepishly this time. Though that blush is nice. He licks his lips a bit, unaware that she can hear him thinking so. Man, ruffling her feathers a bit could be fun.]

[Though he shakes his head out apologetically only a second later, and frowns down at his tea again. Evenually, he confirms Nill's suspicions, by pointing at his throat and shaking his head sadly. No dice, not today.]

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[That... makes the blush worse. The thoughts more than anything - was he really..? Oh god.

She's grateful he's not looking, and she brushes her hair back behind her ear nervously. She sets the cheesecake aside for the moment - it looked very good, but she had to fret over him a bit first.]

Is it just your throat? Are you okay?

[inthejunk]

[He sure was, but luckily at 16 it can go as easily as it comes. As soon as Nill shows a bit of concern he reverts back into sulking mode.]

[He cranes his neck forward and presses his warm face to the backside of her wrist, sullenly. It's hot, see? You're gonna do something about that, right?]

[At her question, though, he nods. Yeah, he's okay. More or less.]

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[And thankfully, Nill is immediately distracted by now warm his face is. She pulls her hand away to brush his hair aside, and rest the back of her other hand against his forehead. That was way too warm! She flutters her wings, worried again, and gestures for him to stay there - then before even leaving, she pulls out the NV.]

You have a fever. You should be resting! [....and then she goes over to pull a bag of frozen peas out of the freezer. That would work, right?]

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[Yosuke leans a little selfishly into the touch. It's nice, to have someone touch his face. Even if it's only out of concern for his health, he can feel the concern in it. He laps it up, trying to get every last drop before Nill pulls away and...brings him something to eat without bothering to cook it?]

[Ew, it's green...]

[Oh. It's for his face? Is that it? He gives her a slightly doubtful look. Can you just vegetable a fever like that? Don't you need to lie on the floor under the kotatsu and watch cartoons for a while and eat strawberry ice until it goes away?]

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[More nervous fluttering. It was weird, knowing what he was thinking and not actually being able to respond. He usually gave her more to work with than that, verbally-speaking.]

I don't have any ice packs. Or a tv in my room... but if you want to rest there, you can.

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[Weird. How did she know his mom usually let him watch TV when he was sick? Yosuke coughed, mostly silently, and pondered. Should he take her up on that/ The thought of some pillows to lie in and nap for a bit was such a nice thought, but....could he really take her up on it?]

[How to explain to her that he should get back outside and greet people?]

[He pats himself down for his NV and frowns. Man, did he drop it somewhere? Great. Just freaking great. Whatever, he'll try to think of a way to ask Uryuu or Souji to call it for him later, and wander around until he hears it ringing.]

[He puts his head down on the table now, exhausted. And he puts it down on top of the peas, too, just in case they really will help.]

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[Like she'd let him go back outside like this anyway. He was way too sick for that if just looking for his NV was exhausting him.

....He really does look sick. And Nill considers offering him her NV, or something, but that might be too obvious. She lets out a sigh, that's really just a little exhale since there's no real sound to it. Without really thinking about it, she reaches over and brushes his hair out of his face again with her fingers - and a moment later she takes his hand, giving it a gentle tug and pointing down the hall, to her room. Rest. You need it.]

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[He's a bit slow to get up, but he obliges her anyway. It's not an easy feat to keep hold of her hand without spilling the tea-alright, he spills a few drops- but he doesn't want to go alone. It seems like the easiest way to ask her to stay with him for a while.]

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[It's just a little spilled tea, she can clean it up later if no one else does. But Nill offers him a soft smile, and doesn't let go of hi hand as she leads him back to her room. She gestures for him to lay down in her weird little nest of pillows, letting go of his hand so she can find a lighter blanket in her closet. Something to make him comfortable but not actually trap that much body heat.]

[inthejunk]

[Okay, so he feels a little silly to be doing it, but he drops into the pillow nest with a fair amount of relief, in all honesty. He's been burning the candle at both ends, sure, but he didn't realize just how exhausted he was from it until the moment something soft was there to lie on. He barely even pauses to set the tea aside before he bellyflops into the 'bed.']

[Yosuke groans, silently, and drapes himself over one pillow, curling another a little closer, and propping his chin on a third with a quiet sigh of relief.]

[That's so much better. His eyes feel heavy and scratchy already.]

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[Nill waits until Yosuke has found a position that he seems comfortable in before kneeling down and laying the blanket over him. Then she grabs the frozen pees and puts them against the top of his head on the pillow, lightly touching his arm after she does so. She knows it's cold, but it's really for the best if he wants to feel better.

Then she leans back, pulling one of the unused pillows free to hug it to her chest. And she smiles at him again.

If it's very difficult for him to sleep, then she can try to give him a 'dream'. She might even do that once he's fallen asleep.]

lol frozen pees

[inthejunk]

[He feels completely ridiculous with a bag of iced produce on his head, but since she's trying her best, he'll let it go. Anyway, it's not like he can object very well at the moment.]

[He sighs a little and lets his eyes drift closed, but he finds her elbow and grips it loosely. You'll stay, right?]

khjghdkajhkjh shut up

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[Hush, you, this is the best way she knows to handle a fever. Staying warm won't help any, he has to cool down, and well... she doesn't know of anything else to use at the moment.

Nill pauses, before gently prying his hand from her elbow so that she can hold his in hers instead. She pats the back of it gently with her other hand, and smiles, though he can't see it.]

Always

[It's just a soft reassurance; more than enough for Yosuke to easily believe that it's his imagination, considering the strange way that Nill communicates. but it's still the first and only time she's ever 'talked' to him.]

/snrk

[inthejunk]

[His eyes open for a moment, and his brow furrows just slightly. He could have sworn he heard...no. No, it's just the fever. Duh, Hanamura, get it together.]

[He blinks, tiredly, and lets his eyes fall closed again. They feel so heavy right now, keeping them open would be a real chore anyway.]

[So he just gives Nill'a hand a gentle squeeze and tries not to let himself drift off. He'd probably drool on her nice girly pillows or snore or something equally embarrassing, anyway.]

/shoves over

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[For a moment, Nill is worried that she's given herself away - revealed something at a time that she shouldn't have, although she wants to. She wants to tell him, honestly, she's just not sure if that would be for the best. Shika would know, wouldn't he?

Yosuke lets it go though, and that's good. It's very good. Nill just stays where she is, quiet and still as she holds his hand. Waiting for him to fall asleep even if he's trying to fight it. It's okay, Yosuke. She doesn't care about drooling or snoring. She's so used to dealing with teenage boys.]

/grin

[inthejunk]

[In spite of himself, he does start to drift off a bit. Before he can fall asleep, though, he does that jump and startle thing that always happens when it's been too long since he's slept, and wakes himself back up. For a moment his heart races and he hears the distant sound of drumbeats in his head, the way he always does when that happens. It takes a moment for the feeling of imminent doom to recede, and a minute longer for him to remember where the hell he even is. It's only then that he shoots Nill a slightly mortified, slightly apologetic look.]

[Damn. That was really uncool. Did she notice? Maybe she didn't notice. He might have dreamed the part about jerking awake suddenly. That could happen, couldn't it?]

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[Nill, in true sympathetic fashion, is totally pretending to be looking at her various plants. She notices Yosuke looking at her out of the corner of her eye and glances over, as if to ask if something is wrong.

She saves you so much face dude.]