"Are you sure you're gonna be okay, Kyo?" Torhu asked anxiously. "If you want, I can stay over to look after y----"
"Nah, it's fine Torhu. I'll be okay don't worry."
She can get so worried for nothing sometimes. And the thing is, it's never about
herself, always about other people. That's a special, unique Torhu thing. She's the kindest person I have ever met in my life. I think no one really understands me, but she's the one who made it the closest without me pushing her away. I never had a sister; only dumb, annoying cousins. But I love her as a little sister.
I had started to feel a bit wrong and strange at the beginning of the week. In one day, I had managed to get a high fever, a runny nose and an itchy throat. Torhu had almost gotten sick herself, stressing about, getting me my medicine, cooking me chicken broth, fluffing my pillow while still trying to get all the housework done.
Then Torhu's aunt, cousin or I-don't-know-what, a member of her family anyway called to say her grandfather had had an accident while he was on vacation at the Bahamas. Torhu bought a plane ticket the very moment she heard that. Of course, her dear boyfriend Yuki just had to accompany her. Shigure was having a blast at Ayame's newly bought beach house and he wouldn't be home until next month.
But of course, dear Torhu just couldn't bear to leave me alone in an empty house when I was sick, considering that she wasn't just leaving for a run to the supermarket. So guess who she called to take care of me during her absence?
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I was seriously screwed. If I was Torhu, I wouldn't worry if Haru wasn't there to take care of me; I'd be worried if he was there!
Haru was supposed to come today, so I figured I had at least two and a half days ahead of me. Two days of perfect rest for me while that dumb cow would try to find his way to Shigure's house.
I closed my eyes, getting ready for a nap. There was nervous chattering and I opened my eyes again for one brief moment. I saw Yuki take a worried-looking Torhu by the arm and muttering something that sounded like "let's go Torhu, that stupid cat will be just fine" then they were gone. The door closed silently behind them.
For the second time, I closed my eyes. It felt good, comfortable. The warm blanket covering my whole body, the fluffy orange pillow under my head, the pack of ice on my forehead, the glass of cold milk by my side... Peace and quiet at la----
Knock knock.
Who the hell could that be? Maybe it was Yuki and Torhu coming back because they forgot something. I groaned and got up, regretfully getting rid of the warm blanket.
Knock knock knock knock.
"I'm coming!" I grumbled under my breath. "Jeez..."
"Hey, Kyo", a calm, bored voice said back to me as I opened the door.
It wasn't Yuki or Torhu.