Four

Kaidoh squirmed a little pulling the covers around himself more. He felt warm…but it was pure day light outside because the sun kept hitting his eyes… Oh no! Kaidoh sat straight up from the bed and realized that he must've overslept because today was Thursday; and then he felt that pain in his throat and the room he was in looked strangely familiar. Wait he was in Inui-senpai's room; he could tell because of everything being scattered around in the room and the walls being written on.

What was he doing here? And then he saw it…he was in his regulars uniform and he must've got knocked out cold when he was at school… So that meant…Inui carried him here? Kaidoh blushed and found a note sitting on the bedside table with a black portable phone. The note said:

Kaidoh,

I went to go get some medicine and other things. Please stay in bed and rest more; or else. If you need me you know my cell phone number! I'll be back soon.

-Inui

Kaidoh shook his head blushing. Inui was taking care of him… Hopefully only for today; he didn't want to burden Inui in any way. He laid back down looking at the ceiling. What kind of mess did he get himself into?

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Inui decided to take his bike instead of walking to the pharmacy. While he was inside the store he decided to multitask and call Kaidoh's mom to let her know in advance he wouldn't be home anytime soon.

"Ah, Kaidoh-san…it's Inui," he said.

"Oh Inui! How are you? Aren't you supposed to be at school?" said Hozumi's voice from the phone.

"Ah I was. Kaidoh is sick and we had to take him to my place," explained Inui while taking a look at some throat medicine.

"Oh dear! Kaoru is sick? Well then, I must come home and take care of him!" said Hozumi.

"No need to worry about leaving from work Kaidoh-san; I was actually wondering if I could take care of him myself. It'd save you the trouble of doing so and that way your younger son won't get sick as well," assured Inui.

"But what about your school work and what about you getting sick too?"

"I have both mine and Kaidoh's schoolwork taken care of. And I have a method to where I won't get sick, so if you don't mind I'd like to take care of him. And even in his condition he's not really able to be moved around a lot; from one place to another I'm meaning," Inui said picking out a medicine that would surely work and headed to the food isle.

"Oh Inui you're always taking care of him! I really don't want you to but I guess if you really want to take care of him there no point in arguing with you. Is it okay if I stop by a visit later though? To make sure Kaoru is doing well?" asked Hozumi sounding grateful and yet worried at the same time. You could really tell that she loved both her children with all her heart and they had a close relationship. Inui couldn't help but envy Kaidoh; he had never had a relationship with his own parents like that before. Inui himself had been taking care of himself since he has started school since he was five and was usually left alone in the house for days at a time.

"Sure. If you don't mind I need to get back to tending to him. Stop by later if you will," said Inui.

"Alright. You boys take care of yourself, and if you need me call me; you know my cell phone number and the home number. You might as well be family so don't even hesitate to ask for assistance. I'll talk to you later," said Hozumi and the line went dead.

Inui stashed his phone away after pressing the end button. He had finished getting what he needed; paid for it; and headed home on his bike. He arrived at his apartment and quietly walked inside hoping not to wake Kaidoh up…if he wasn't already. Inui quickly found out that Kaidoh was awake, and smiled as he found the boy just laying there quietly looking as adorable as ever; even flushed a little red thanks to him being sick.

"Kaidoh…"

Kaidoh jumped surprised that he didn't notice his senpai enter the room.

"Inui-senpai; I'm so sorry for this morning! I didn't mean to-" he began.

Inui shushed him by placing a finger on Kaidoh's lips…making Kaidoh himself turn redder than he already was.

"You have nothing to be sorry for Kaidoh; you're sick and I want to take care of you during this. So don't try to protest because it's already decided," Inui said.

"When is Kaa-san picking me up?" asked Kaidoh.

"Monday. You're staying here until then because she's entrusted me to take care of you. It'll help not get the rest of your family sick and it's best that you not be moved from here to your house, it might strain your body," answered Inui.

"You don't-" began Kaidoh.

Inui shushed him again.

"I want to," he said.

Kaidoh trembled, he felt like such an idiot! He couldn't even take care of himself sometimes which made him feel helpless.

Inui had a spoon in his hand and poured a syrupy red like liquid onto the spoon.

"It might not taste good but try to swallow it down," warned Inui before placing the spoon to Kaidoh's lips. Kaidoh opened his mouth and swallowed the liquid as the spoon pulled away. No it didn't taste good at all but-

'At least he's not feeding me Inui Juice.'

Inui then poured another spoonful of liquid onto the spoon and then had taken some himself. Kaidoh blinked…

"So I won't get sick as well," explained Inui.

"Oh…"

Inui smiled and then thought for a moment. He then sat on the side of the bed and then pressed his forehead against Kaidoh's. Who we're proud to say blushed even more at the closeness of his senpai.

"You're still warm… Poor thing, I hope your fever will go down," breathed out Inui before pulling away.

Kaidoh looked away squirming… It was really bad enough that Hazue had forever scarred his older brother for life and those dreams…oh god not those! But his senpai being that close in real life had him thinking about those dreams and everything again. Not that Kaidoh had feelings for his senpai or anything…but he had to admit, that dream was actually pretty nice. He wondered if kissing was that gentle and sweet when you were with someone.