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Ayano's Major Cold
(Kazuma's Point of view)

"Kazuma, Kazuma,Kazuma!KAZUMA!"Ayano yelled.

I rushed into her room from outside. For some reason Juugo had wanted me to guard her tonight. Ayano was on her bed in winter pj's, in all out distress. She had pushed all her blankets back but was drenched in sweat.

"Ayano, calm down I'm here,"I calmly say.

She stops thrashing about but is still shaking. I put my hand on her forehead, she's burning up. That's when I notice she's not shaking anymore. I take my hand away, she straight away starts shaking , then starts thrashing about and is about to start yelling again.

"Ayano! I'm right here!" I say taking her hand, she still shaking, 'weird'.She pulls me down into an embrace and cries into my shoulder.

"I saw you die," she manages to creek out.

I would usually give a smart reply like: you mean you care for me, guess you're falling for me; but in her condition I decided against it. She clung to me, 'I could get used to this', I slipped into sleep.

I awoke to a wriggling red head on my chest. I remembered last nights incident. I managed to get myself out from under Ayano. I went to the door, told the maids of Ayano's cold, they decided to give her a cold bath. I got out of the way, meet Ren outside, we went to get breakfast. Juugo had been informed Ayano's cold and asked how I found out she had a cold. I told him what happened last night minus my own desiring thoughts.

Just as I finished my food a maid asked if I could help with Ayano, as every time they tried to touch her, she summoned Enraiha, then would promptly faint from overworking her body. I got there grabbed Ayano's hand, her eyes flashed but she calmed down upon looking at me.

"They're not going to hurt you, they're trying to help you, I'm just behind the door."I say.

After like ten minutes I hear a frightened yelp, followed by all the maids talking, trying to calm Ayano down. I'm in there like a bullet. Ayano is standing there in only her bra and underwear with Enraiha in hand, her eyes are unfocused.
The head maid comes over to me, "I think she will only stay calm if you're here but she needs a cold bath, so if you could get into your swimsuit we'll put her into hers."

I nodded, went over to Ayano and told her what was going to happen, then left. After getting changed, I got outside Ayano's room. The maids were filing out. I went in. I got Ayano into the bath, she calmed down and cooled down a bit. I stayed there holding her hand to show her I was there. Good thing I was there because a few times she almost fell asleep, slipping into the water too much.

After almost hour, the head maid came back saying that was long enough and Juugo wanted to talked to me. Ayano didn't summon Enraiha when I let go and the maids took over, she had gotten over her cold. She was looking everywhere with her normal fiery, sharp, focused amber eyes.