For the most part, Matsuda Tarou was healthy. He rarely missed work, and if he did he would immediately work over-time once he was able to work again to make up for the time he missed. Most of his coworkers from the police force said he should take more breaks, but Matsuda would laugh and say they weren't needed. Why sit around and do nothing? It wasn't really relaxing. Relaxing, to Matsuda, was spending time with friends. But, once a year, Matsuda Tarou missed work. At first, coworkers thought that it was an anniversary of something. A death in the family. A day when something traumatic happened to Matsuda. A family reunion. And, for a long time, that was what people thought. They didn't really ask; it wasn't that important.
One day, Matsuda had taken the day off. It had come as a bit of a surprise to L, who was used to seeing the young man's smiling face every day, and so L felt uneasy. He would get distracted and off-task, which naturally made Aizawa annoyed and the Chief have an exasperated look on his already stressed face. Ukita, on the other hand, looked kind of smug.
"Ukita-san," L asked during his break. "Do you know where Matsuda-san is?"
Ukita blinked and looked over; it wasn't very often L spoke directly to him. He gave a small grin and said, "He's sick."
This time, it was L who blinked, tilting his head slightly in question. Sick? He supposed yesterday Matsuda had been getting up a lot to blow his nose and he did look a little pale, but L hadn't paid much attention since Matsuda still acted the same.
"He gets sick once a year, and always around this time. And cold medicine doesn't work, he told me, so he sleeps the whole day to get better," Ukita continued. "I'm going to stop by his place to give him some soup after work."
Feeling an eye twitch, L struggled to keep his face expressionless. He didn't even know where Matsuda lived (although he could easily find out), and Ukita did? Oh, this was not good at all.
"Would you mind if I came with, Ukita-san?"
Didn't originally plan to write this, but 'cause I've gotten my yearly cold (I only get sick once a year, I swear!) it inspired me. Hooray:'D
And like, it'll so totally drag out the chapters.
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