Miku woke up feeling light-headed. She felt a dampness on her forehead. The damp towel fell as she sat up. Len was sleeping on her lap, holding her hand. Miku smiled. She saw Len moving and waking up, her sudden movements must've woke him up. Len was frantic when he saw Miku awake.

"Are you alright? Have you been awake for a long time? I'm sorry. I must've fallen asleep. Here let me change the towel."

Miku held onto Len's face with her hand, which made him look back up as he was busy cleaning up the bowl and towel. He froze at the sudden behavior he went speechless. What happened next made his heart race through the roof. Miku leaned in closer and gave him a slow kiss on his lips. Len melted at her soft touch he closed his eyes. Miku tasted like the winter. It was cold, but it was fresh and warm at the same time. He didn't want it to end, but Miku let go of him. Len opened his eyes and saw that there were tears in her eyes, but Miku was smiling.

"Thank you."

Len didn't know what to do. Part of him wanted to stay there but he had to change the water and get some medicine for her to take. "I―I need to change the water and get you some medicine." He rushed outside with a flush on his face. He stopped at the kitchen sink to take a breath and regain his composure.

"Len, dear. What is the matter?" Len's obaasan came from the living room.

"O―oh, baa-san. Do you know where the medicine for fever is? I can't seem to find it."

"Fever? Who has a fever?"

"It's Miku."

"Oh, dear! Here, it must be in these drawers somewhere... Oh, here they are."

"Thanks, baa-san. Oh, um... baa-san. Do you mind calling Fukase over for a while. Say to him it's important. Please."

"I will try, dear. Now go give Miku her medicine."

Len went back inside Miku's room with paracetamols and a glass of water. Miku sat up and leaned on the wall behind her.

"Here, take two pills."

Miku took two without a word and drank the water to swallow the pills. She sat down the glass back on the tray.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to go out. Now look at you."

"I'm happy," Miku's voice came out hoarse.

"You're happy you're sick?"

"No, silly!" Even her laugh was hoarse. "I'm happy because you asked me out. If you didn't, this wouldn't have happened. You wouldn't be caring for me like now. I'm happy someone actually cared."

"Are you kidding? Who wouldn't be worried if someone close to them was sick?"

"Someone... close?"

"I'm not falling for your traps." Len stood up and got out of the room, but he stopped and slid the door open. "Don't go anywhere. I want you to rest." He spoke from the front the door and closed it back again. His cuteness made Miku give a light laugh.

A new day came. After Len finished having lunch with his grandparents, he prepared an extra set of meal on a tray for Miku. "I'm giving this to Miku," he told his grandparents. They just nodded and let him go.

Len came in Miku's room when he saw that she was sitting by the atrium. He set the tray down next to her. "What do you think you're doing outside? I thought I told you to stay in bed!"

Miku turned around and looked at him from below. "Would you please stop worrying? I'm fine, Len."

"No, you're not fine. You're sick. You'll get even more sick if you stay out."

"Len―"

"I don't want you to be sick, okay?! I don't want to see you cry. I don't want you to get hurt. So please..."

Miku stood up and took Len's hands in hers. "It's okay, Len. I'm fine," Miku spoke softly. Her teal eyes looked softly into his it made Len's worries fade. She and Len sat back down. Miku took the tray and put it on her lap, eating the food Len brought.

"I'm sorry, I was just worried. I panicked when I felt you burning up." Len sighed.

"I know. I understand."

Len watched as Miku ate, but her hand shook as she scooped the spoon in her mouth. Len took the spoon from her.

"What are you―"

"Let me help you."

"H-what? I'm fine, Len. I can―"

Len spoonfed her anyway. Her eyes blinked as the spoon went in her mouth. She rolled her eyes in defeat. Len spoonfed her until the food was finished. He made her take another two paracetamols amd told her to stay in bed.

"Please, Miku. I just want you to rest for one day. Is it that wrong for me to want you to get better?"

Miku went silent as Len tucked her in. Miku held his hand before he went out.

"What's wrong?"

Miku shook her head. "N―Nothing. I just..."

Len squeezed her hand and gave a kiss on her forehead before letting her go. "Sleep tight." He turned off the lights and went out with the tray.

"So this was why you wanted baa-san to call me."

Seeing Fukase leaning by the wall opposite Miku's room shocked Len to death

the tray almost fell to the floor. "What the fuck?! How long have you been there?"

"Long enough to hear everything." Fukase folded his arms and raised his brows.

"You son of aー"

Fukase ran away before Len could do anything to him.

"Come back here!"

Len set down the tray at the kitchen sink before heading back to his room where Fukase went. Len closed the door behind him. Fukase was sitting on the chair by Len's desk with Shiro on his lap.

"First of all, it's not what you think it is."

"What is? I didn't even say what I was thinking. So do you mind explaining to me what is so important?"

Len sat cross-legged on his bed and faced in Fukase's direction, heaving a sigh. "Look, I'm sorry I lied. It's just... complicated."

"Complicated because you don't know your position right now or complicated because you don't know shit?"

"A― I think the second one is about right."

"Oh God, Kagamine. Not this again. Tell me what happened, please."

Len told him about Miku. That he evaded her. The day they met at the restaurant. The ice-skating, and yesterday. Fukase listened with his hand on his chin, seemingly thinking.

"I don't know, Fu. She's doing something to me, but she's not saying it directly. I just don't know what to make of it."

"You tell me. Why did you even hug her and kiss her forehead in the first place? Let me guess: you don't know."

"That's not really helping."

"Look, I'm willing to go back here because of you. From what you told me: yes, she's into you. Otherwise she wouldn't kiss you. Second, if you really want to know, the only thing to do is to ask her directly."

"W―You know I can't do that!"

"Well, it looks to me that you already did things you seem to can't do."

"A―You're right... Oh, fuck. What's happening to me." Len swept his hands over his face.

"I decided to stay here for the rest of the month. I can't find a place to live yet. Now this."

"But where are you going to sleep?"

Fukase stood up with Shiro and walked to the door, stopping before opening it. "In your room, of course."

"Oh, crap."

On one side, Len was happy Fukase returned. He could talk with Fukase on things he couldn't tell Miku and his grandparents. He was doing the work Miku was supposed to do too. Len decided that they should have a duty-roster for the chores. It wasn't really comfortable for Len letting Fukase do all the work when he actually could do it too.

They were watching the news together in the living room. Len's obaa-san sighed when she saw the weather forecast. It said a snowstorm was coming in their direction. Looks like they have to shut themselves in for the whole day tomorrow. Fukase was starting to get annoyed. Len's hands were restless ever since dinner.

"Kagamine, do you mind?" he whispered to Len.

"What? What did I do?"

"I know you're worried about the girl, but would you stop pacing your hands?"

Len didn't even realize his hands were moving. He was worried about Miku. She didn't wake up for dinner when he checked her.

"She's going to be fine. She'll be running around the house tomorrow before you know it."

Len gestured a 'what-the-heck' to Fukase with his hands.

"Okay, fine. She wouldn't be running. Just a figure of speech. Come on, let's leave them and close the TV. They're asleep."

Len's grandparents fell asleep while watching the news. Len grabbed hold of the remote and turned the television off, Fukase turning off the lights. Both of them walked to Len's room when Len stopped before Miku's door.

"You go on ahead. I want to check on her."

Fukase moved forward and waved back at Len without a word. Len slid Miku's door open slowly. She was still in bed, sleeping soundly. Len started to get worried again. She's been sleeping for almost 10 hours. He thought maybe she was just tired and the paracetamols were doing its work. He slid the door close, cleaned himself and went to his room.

Fukase was preparing the futon on the floor next to Len's bed. Thankfully, the room was barely enough for him to fit. Len climbed onto his bed and pulled his blankets over, turning the lights off when Fukase lied down too. Both of them ended up just staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep.

"Kagamine."

"Hm?"

"I hate to be blunt, but do you love the girl?"

"What crap are you talking about now? I only met her a few days ago. I don't even know her entirely, yet."

Len could hear him shrugging. "Just asking."

It went silent again before Len spoke. "She... makes my heart flutter. She made me do things I didn't even know I could do. She changed me. In such a short time. I mean, how is that even possible?"

"Wow..."

"What? What's so surprising?"

"I hate to break it to you, Kagamine, but you're definitely falling for her. That I'm 1000% sure, even if you deny it."

"Bー"

"I said, even if you deny it. You're really hilarious, Kagamine. I mean, the one person you're trying to avoid ended up being the one person who's trying to get you. Life's funny sometimes."

Len threw one of his pillows down towards Fukase.

"Ouch! What was that for?!"

"That's for being a dick."

"What? I was trying to help! Seriously though, one thing you should do is ask her when the time's right tomorrow. Or you could just wait. I mean, get to know her first or something. By that time it might be too late. I think I'm gonna sleep now. Good night." Fukase threw back the pillow Len threw.

Len thought over the things Fukase said. What he said actually made sense. Love in such a short time? It'll end up being short-lived if he didn't know who Miku was. Sighing, he pushed his thoughts aside and went to sleep.