Disclaimer: I don't own BuddyFight. It belongs to Bushiroad

AN: This is after watching the heart-wrenching S3 Ep46. Rouga-kun is my most favourite because of his chivalrous ways. Kazane-chan is my second favourite. This is my additional support for these two budding friendships. I believe in their budding friendship.

Please, R&R.

Enchanting Kindness

Rouga Aragami groans, slowly fluttering his left eyelid open to see a light green painted bedroom. "Where am I?" He manages to sit up on the single mattress with a cyan blanket. There are a few bandages alongside his wrists and firmly wrapped around his forearms. Additionally, to his already bindings; there is a long white strip bandage across his forehead and a patching eye-piece over his covered right eyelid.

A door creaks open. Rouga turns his assertive attention to the doorframe. His eyelid widens at the sight; it is a young orange-haired girl. He has seen her many times teaching Buddy Fighting to younger children at the mall known as 'Castle'. Her smile is always somehow enchanting to him.

Just after recalling the inner-thought, Kazane Fujimiya turns her head to smile at him as she places down a food tray on his lap. It has porridge with some sliced plums and a bowl of white rice. "Hey there, good morning. Did you have a nice dream?"

Rouga nods, without speaking to her. His gaze averts to the food served to him.

"It will help with your fever and your injuries that you've endured." Kazane informs, honestly. She sits on the foot end of her mattress. "I've placed some ointment before bandaging you."

Once again, Rouga nods without reply. He starts to feeding himself using the spoon provided.

"Um…" Kazane averts her gaze, she is now holding onto her Koloa plushy in her arms. "I… I was really afraid…" She shivers with some tears staining her cheeks.

"Hm." Rouga looks over at the lightly shaking Kazane as she softly sobs.

"You're so very chivalrous." Kazane pauses in between sobs. "How can anyone be so cruel to you."

"Chivalrous?" Rouga repeats, brushing off the commitment. "I'm far from praise."

Kazane shakes her head, brushing off his reply. "It's the truth." She said, raising her head to meet his gaze with hers. "I-I know this to be a known fact." A few stains of tears slide down her cheeks.

Rouga places down his spoon and moves the tray aside from his lap. Roughly, he wipes those tears of hers by using his thumbs. His two palms cup her stained cheeks, tenderly. "These tears of yours really don't suit you."

Kazane chokes on her sobs with additional tears leaking from her wet eyelids. "I…I was… so worried… about…"

"Look at me."

Though a blurry vision of a white-haired guy, Kazane flutters her eyelids open to focus on the guy in front of her.

"I'm alright." Rouga reassures, smiling at her. "Thanks to you. And, to your tender loving care. I AM indebted to you."

Kazane finally smiles her charming smile at him, as she nestles against the warmth of his upper torso. Her arms wrap around his waist in a tender hug. "I'm relieved. I'm so relieved."

Rouga combs his fingers through her hair, affectionately. His tenderness soothes the tearful girl to sleep on his lap. "I'll protect that enchanting smile of yours."

Ekosi

Ai-chan.