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Italics are thoughts

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"Yes yes, Mogami-san. I will make sure to take the meds *cough*, so you can go back to shooting now. Don't *cough* worry. No, you really don't have to come later. *cough* Really, I will see you tomorrow then." *click* It was 11am at night and Ren just got out of a convenience store, holding a box of cold tablets. Usually he would just sleep it off and hope that he gets better miraculously when he wakes up, but Kyoko insisted on having him take his medicine before going to bed.

"Please just go home for today, Tsuruga-san. You can't even stand straight right now!" Kyoko said as she instinctively put her hand on Ren's forehead and moved her head facing and closer to the sitting Ren, "and your fever is really bad right now!"

"Yes, we can just shoot the parts without you first, Tsuruga-san. Please take care of yourself and we can shoot your part when you are all better," the director agreed.

Yashiro was sent to Osaka by Lory for a meeting with a producer for Ren's future movie opportunity. He had made prior arrangement with Kyoko to watch over Ren since they would be shooting for the same drama. Kyoko would have wanted to send Ren home and make sure he rests, but she couldn't leave the set after the main actor has left. All she could do, was to ensure that he will take a taxi home as he was unfit to drive at that moment.

She sure knows how to make one's heart flutters. I hope she won't touch another man so casually. Ren thought while touching his forehead, hoping that Kyoko's warmth still lingers. He was almost disappointed when she removed her hand from his forehead, almost unable to resist the urge to pull her even closer to him and lay a kiss on her soft lips. What the heck am I thinking now? Must be the fever. Yeah. The fever…

*thud* Ren suddenly snapped away from his fantasies when a tea-coloured hair little girl bumped onto him and fell to the ground. She looks around 6 or 7, and she had on her a dirty oversized lab coat, and a pair of eyes too lifeless for a little girl her age.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Are you okay, little girl?" Ren offered her his hand, but he was rejected with a glare from the girl.

"She couldn't be too far away from here! Check everywhere!" Some voices were heard nearby. The girl shuddered, stood up quickly and ran away. Ren stood there dumbfounded by the girl's actions. Running away from home? Oh well, none of my business. He thought, when some ferocious looking men in black ran out of an alley where the voice was heard from earlier. Are they hunting for the girl?

*rains*

Oh no, I should really head home soon before the rain worsens my fever… Huh? What is this? Ren picked up a pack of tablets on the ground next to his shoes. Must have dropped out of the box of my cold tablets when she bumped onto me. He picked it up nonchalantly, and headed home.

Ren headed to the kitchen right away as he reached home, placed his tablets on the tabletop and proceeded to make his cup of coffee to take with the tablets.

"APTX 4869(S)…. Must be another fancy name for paracetamol I guess," He read the words carved onto the tablets and swallowed it with a sip of coffee.

Okay, medicine taken. Now sleep.

He headed to his room, turned his lights off and finally lay on his bed.

*thump* *thump* *thump* Ren's heart beat so quickly you could almost hear it if you are next to him. He suddenly felt so out of breath, like he is in an emptiness of space deprived of oxygen. He felt like he is swelling internally, and going to burst anytime. One second he felt like his blood was boiling from his body temperature, and the next it is as if his body had used up every unit of his heat energy causing him to freeze.

"Kyo…ko…" He uttered his last words and blacked out.

*In the morning… *

I.. am still alive? Ren regained his consciousness. His fever seemed to have subsided, and his coughing seemed to have stopped too. He sat up, wanting to start preparing for a new day, a new day where he can see Kyoko again. Huh..? Why.. are my clothes so big..? Why are my legs so short? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BODY?

Panicked, he stood up and rushed to his mirror and petrified at what he saw. I HAVE TURNED INTO A CHILD?!

*Dingdong* The doorbell rang.