"Misaki-kun? Are you feeling okay..?"
Ryou looked up, eyes glassy, at his coworker. Slowly, his brow furrowed as he looked at his coworker and then at the box of instant potatoes he was supposed to be shelving. He must have spaced out or something; he had completely forgotten about shelving them. He had been forgetting things a lot lately. That, and getting more and more headaches.
"You don't look that good," his coworker fussed. Taking another step closer to him, she reached out her hand and put it on his forehead. Her eyes widened. "Misaki-kun! You're burning up!"
Raising a hand to feel his forehead, Ryou realized that he was indeed burning up. He frowned; he hadn't even noticed he was hot, or that he wasn't feeling well. Though... he had been tired lately. Maybe that was an indicator? But Ryou assumed he was spending too much time playing The World, and not enough time sleeping.
"Go home, Misaki-kun," the girl said, kneeling down to shelve the boxes Ryou was supposed to. "I've got this covered, okay? Just go sign out and go home." She smiled at him sweetly, and Ryou blinked at her, a blush rising. She reminded him of... of... what was her name? The one from The World, that he had failed to protect? Hin... Hinata? No, that wasn't it. Hi... Hin... Hino?
Shino! That was it! His coworker reminded him of Shino!
It was as Ryou was signing out of work that he realized that he had forgotten Shino's name. At that moment, Ryou stopped what he was doing and stared down at the floor. He had forgotten Shino's name. He was forgetting people's names more and more often. He was getting more and more tired, getting fevers more and more frequently...
Taking a shaky breath, Ryou finished signing out and left the grocery store he worked on, intending on making a call to his doctor.