It's been a month since Hinata and I were dating, of course we do all that couple stuff like go on a date and many more…
It was on the end of summer…
"37.8 degrees Celsius." Hinata's mother said.
Hinata was lying down on her bed.
"Must be a summer cold. You should rest in your bed today."
This year temperature is volatile huh…
Back then it was a normal thing but now, the temperature goes above 30 degrees Celsius to 86 degrees Fahrenheit during the day but drops to around a third of that after the sun falls.
It's not unusual for someone to fall ill because of this drastic temperature change. Even back then, Yumi also caught cold because of this temperature change.
"You can still move, can't you? Good thing it wasn't heat stroke." Her mother said.
"Ugh, I'm so embarrassed… I can't believe I caught a summer cold." Hinata said as she covers herself with a blanket.
"You always got sick when you were young. You get fevers so easily when you're not careful."
"Is that true?" I asked her mother.
"Yes. She was so tough to take care of… well, at least she was a shut off per-. "
"Mother!"
"Anyway, I got some work left to do, um, Yukito-kun."
Hinata's mother then looked at me.
"I know, I got her ma'am. You can count on me." I said.
"Hehe, what a lucky guy you got here, Hinata."
Her mother really knows how to make me flustered.
"Yukito-kun, feel free to use the ice in the freezer if you need it. I'll have the ice packs in the bottom as well." Her mother says that as she leaves the room, leaving me with Hinata alone in it.
Hinata and I blush a little as we find ourselves alone in the room.
Okay, I'm going to take care of her today… I know that I'm not 100% perfect but, I'll do what I can to take care of her.
"…"
"…"
"H-Hey…"
"Hm? What is it? You need something?"
"N-No, it's not that…"
"I'd like to, uh, get into my pajamas to sleep, so… would you mind stepping out for a second?"
"Oh, ah sure." I got up from the seat and walk to the door, as I was going out of the room, I said "Should I bring you some ice packs…? Or maybe I'll get an ice pillow."
"Yeah, thanks."
After that, I head out and walked to the kitchen and grab a bag of ice bag and fill it with water and ice.
I also grab some drinks from the fridge and take it up to Hinata's room by the time she's finished changing.
…
"How's that? Feels pretty nice just having that on your head, right?"
"Yeah."
"Here, I also brought some small ice packs you can place behind your neck." I said as I gave her the packs.
"Thanks… Sorry, I'm so useless today…"
"It's fine. You should rest from time to time in your room."
"…"
"H-Hey… can I ask you a favor…?"
"What is it?"
Hinata looked at me with a flustered face. She was red, just like tomato. I wonder if that's an effect of the cold.
"T-Today…um… It might be boring for you, but could you…"
"Could you…?"
"C-Could you stay with me like this… until the evening…?"
…
"I-Is that a no?"
"I don't mind. I mean, is this your way of being selfish then, the answer would be a yes. As your boyfriend, I'm more than happy to stay with you. I'm really surprised that's all you're asking for." I said as I grab her warm hand.
"Hmph… then, I'll upgrade my ask then."
"Hm?"
"Until evening… I want you to stay here and sleep next to me…"
…
"Wait what?!"
"Heheh, I'm kidding. I don't want to give you my cold."
"That's not a right thing to say…"
It's hard to say if she's really sick or not. Well, I'm glad she's in good spirits at least. I'll give Hinata what she wants today.
I took out my phone and decide to read some novels in her room.
…
…
…
"Yukito…"
"Hm?"
"I'm bored…"
"…Uh…"
"Come give me attention."
"Sure, but what do you want me to do?"
"You don't have to do anything, but…"
"I don't like this silence. Just talk about something…"
…
"Then…"
"…"
"You really are cute."
"W-What?! Where did… that come from…?"
I stepped on a landmine…?
"I just said what was on my mind. I didn't feel like this at all the first time we met…"
"What's that supposed to mean? Sounds like you're saying I wasn't cute when we first met." She seems a little annoyed by what I've just said.
"Pfft…haha."
"W-Why are you laughing now?"
She doesn't realize how cure I find her annoyed mannerisms.
"No, you were cute ever since we first met."
"H-Huh?"
"But the cuteness I'm talking about now is a little different. I started noticing it around the time when you are accompanying me and Yumi into that Comi-Fes."
Suzune also says that Hinata's bad at being sweet, but I don't agree.
"Your cuteness usually hits me when I'm not ready. It's like a surprise attack. Which is why when I get excited, my heart doesn't stop racing."
"Hmm…"
"What?"
"Nothing…"
"You're the one good at surprise attacks."
"Did you say something?"
"No, I didn't say anything."
…
I actually can hear you, you know.
"But… I'm happy to hear you call me cute as your girlfriend."
"Y-Yeah…"
"By the way, what would you score me out of a hundred?"
"A hundred."
"Okay, you're lying! I might have fever, but I won't let that slide…!"
What does she mean by not letting it slide?
Is this an interrogation or something?
"Be honest. Ever since I started going out with you… I mean, going out for real"
"I haven't done anything for you that's girlfriend-like…"
…
"We kissed, didn't we?"
Her face now's turn into redder.
"Leave that out! Besides, there's no way I can believe that I'm a hundred."
…
This girl…
"Okay, let me explain it then." I look onto my bag and grab a pen and paper.
"First, your looks. It's worth a hundred points."
"What?!"
"They say that first impressions are the most important. For me, you're exactly my type. We're talking about a city Gal! How could that not be a high score?! That's' just common knowledge in the city! Make sure you remember that!"
"What? Um, that's…"
"Next. You got some that naughty looks… That's also worth a hundr-"
*PLAP*
I got throwed by her head pillow.
…
"DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT THING IN FRONT OF A WOMAN, IDIOT, BAKA YUKITO!"
"It might be a coincidence, but we've had a lot of little accidents between us. Remember?"
…
"The first time we met…"
FLASHBACK
"H-Hey, you're Aki Yukito-kun, right?" A girl with short hair said to me.
"Don't talk to me, can't you see I'm reading?"
…
FLASHBACK AGAIN
"Yukito…!" She grabbed my jersey and pulled me towards her with surprising strength.
"W-wait, Hinata…!"
*Thud*
I was pulled down by Hinata.
Eh…
What's with this fluffy sensation…? It's so soft…?
…
I opened my eyes and looked up.
!!!
"H-Hinata-san?!"
"...Y-Yukito... hyah..."
"I... um, it's big."
*SMACK*
I got knock out by her slap.
PRESENT
I unconsciously looked into my hand and gesturing as if I was grabbing something… yeah, something…
"Y-You little…!"
"It can't be helped, After all you were that bi-"
*PLAP*
Another head pillow was thrown into my head.
…
"H-Honestly! You're being incredibly rude today!"
"Alright, next. Let's mention that shift in attitude. It's worth a hundred points too! Just when I think you're upset, you suddenly quiet down and look up at me with that uncertain cute face. And since you're completely oblivious to it, it's even more adorable. Hell, anybody would fall for you, not just me."
"H-Honestly! You're unbelievable! Are you complimenting me or teasing me?!" She said as she was pouting.
"I'm complimenting my girlfriend, of course."
"I feel like you're flirting with me…"
She got a point.
"Next, your feminine prowess. Undetermined. But I know it's likely high."
"Hold on. What do you mean by undetermined? You're not going to give me a hundred on it?"
"No, because there's still so much that I don't know about girls… Although, I'd like to give you a hundred if we're just talking about how I feel."
"I see…"
"First, I like that you do have pride in being a woman. Even when you're sitting down on the cafeteria, you don't spread your legs in a weird way. Not like any other Gal… well, Suzune-chan also did like you do."
"Duh, there are other guys there."
"And then you're always putting some make up before seeing me."
"Y-Yeah… that's… Um, my friend who goes to the same school as us said that girls shouldn't show a guy their plain face…"
I see… this friend of her… another Gal?
I feel like I got one of her mysteries answered.
"Also, you can cook. You're caring, and you were kind to me even though I rejected you that time… well not after that though."
"Why is that…?"
"You were giving me that deadly gaze you know? Well, I do kinda think that was some kind of rewards…"
"…Ecchi…"
"I could say the same to you"
"…NGH… You're purposefully trying to make me blush, aren't you?" Hinata says that and hides under the covers.
She probably wants to say something back, but she can't.
I inadvertently laugh at her cute behavior.
"Haha, man, my girlfriend is the cutest…"
"I'm not cute."
"You are."
"I'm not cute!"
So, she's not going to acknowledge it, huh?
"If I were to make a bar graph, it'd look like this. Let see… let's put some girls… and done."
I show her the drawing bar graph.
"If the other girls are around here, you'd easily reach the ceiling."
…
"Yumi-chan?"
"Oh, Yumi is out of this league. She got her own bar graph." I said.
…
"Pfft, hahaha… People may see you as the cool and perfect guy, Yukito, but I all see is a siscon." She said.
"Hey, a brother got his privilege you know."
"…Fine, I get that you personally find me really appealing."
"Yep. That's what I was trying to say."
"Honestly… You can be such an idiot sometimes…"
"Tell that to Shuuta."
…
"And…um…"
"What?"
"I get excited when you did that…"
"Did that…?"
"You know, staring at me with disgusted gaze?"
"Like a creep?! Are you an M?! I may be your girlfriend… but, someone like that's…"
"Don't worry, I'm more likely…more sadist…"
"…. Y-Yeah, I had a feeling you were…"
HUH?!
"You can be strangely aggressive at times. But I think that's what drew me to you…"
"…"
"…"
I'm sure both of our face is much likely pretty red now.
"S-Stop it… stop trying to flatter me here. It's agonizing!"
"You're the one who has been doing that to me."
…
After all of that conversation, Hinata said that she's hungry.
I went to the kitchen and trying to make some rice porridge for her.
I cut the green onion garnish with a cooking knife, so there's no issue there.
I'm relieve that, all my effort working at the Café now is being used in my real-life situation.
"I guess I'll take her some barley tea as well."
…
After making all of that, I went back to her room.
"Hinata, the porridge is done."
"Hehe, thanks. It feels so weird getting nursed by you."
"Yeah. If this is to your liking, feel free to ask but, no more colds to catch, okay?" I said jokingly.
"Anyway, you're going to feed that to me, aren't you?"
"What?"
I have to do what now?!
"Come on. Ahhh…" Hinata open her mouth.
"Fine…"
I blow on it to cool it down before putting the spoon inside Hinata's mouth.
"Say ahh…"
"Ahh…humm…"
…
"Heheh…"
"How is it?"
"It's good. I approved it. So, you really can make a porridge huh?"
"Yeah, I actually learn it from Mizuha-san."
I feel like Hinata's cheered up a bit more than before.
"Mizuha-san…? Oh, the senpai that you're working with?"
"Yep, she's really helpful you know. She even taught me how to cook. Well, Yumi is the sacrifice though…."
"Hahah… poor Yumi-chan."
As the person nursing her back to health, I'm relieved to see Hinata is back as she was as in usual.
"…"
"I'm sorry for depending on you all day today…"
"Hm? Have you been, though?"
"Yeah, at least I feel like I am… Um…"
"Hey, what's this book titled 'the transmission tower girl?'"
Hinata suddenly shoves the novel that I read in my face.
"Oh, that book? That's the one that Himeya-san wrote."
"Hm… is it interesting?"
"It is actually. Even Yumi who was not fond of novels really liked it."
"Eh, Yumi-chan didn't like reading? But she said that, the game she played was like a novel."
"Alright, stop there…"
"What's wrong?"
"No more novel… um… I got a question." I said to change the topic.
"What is it?"
"Hinata… why did you decide to become a gyaru?"
"Ah that's uh…"
For a moment, Hinata look down on and playing with her hand until she looked at me and said, "If I'm going to go out with you, I want to become the type of girl you like."
…
"I mean, I'll do the best I can, so just tell me which type you like."
*gulp*
THIS IS A TALL ORDER.
I mean, I fell for Hinata, not because she happened to be a gyaru.
"Let's see…"
…
"I think I will be fine with whatever Hinata wants to be." I said.
"AHHH, I'll look up for something wait…"
She took her phone and open up the browser, searching up for something.
"Here, let's see. The type of guys." She said as she showed me her phone.
"…"
"Party guys, business guys, team leader guys…"
"That's enough…"
At least compare me to something that has sports in it…
"Bunny guys."
…!!
"These guys are good at being loved. They're attention seeking and they know how cute they are."
"That's not me."
"What?! Really?!"
Really…. What do you think of me?!
"There're snake guys and gator guys too."
…
Animal?
"Hmm, neither of them sounds like me…"
Hm…?
"This is me."
Boar guys.
"What?"
"Once these guys fall for you, they never stray. They charge in head first. I only have eyes for you. In that sense, I might be a boar guy."
"Haha…" She laughs nervously.
"You, a boar guy? …Actually, that might fit."
"Hinata. I like you. I love you."
"H-Honestly! You're no boar guy! You're just a natural flirt!"
…
"I'm not that handsome to flirt around with another woman though…"
"Don't say that in front of other guys, they'll kill you."
…
Okay, that's enough playtime. I should get Hinata to rest.
She's sick after all, it's time for me to get into nursing mode.
…
After some hours of nursing her…
…
"I'm home! Hinata! Are you okay?"
"Yeah! I'm okay! My fever went down!"
It's past five in the evening.
Her fever recedes, and Hinata is back to her normal self.
Hinata looked at me as if there was something that she wants to say.
"What is it?" I asked her first.
"Um, thanks for being here with me all day…"
"Anytime. Actually, all I did was make rice porridge and the tea."
"No, that's not true."
…
"Yukito kept me company…"
"…"
"…"
"O-Okay then, I'll leave you to your mother now. I-Is that okay…?"
"Okay." She nodded at me and smile.
We got up from Her room and went into the front door.
"Ara, Yukito-kun. Are you leaving already?"
"Yeah, It's already past five after all." I said.
"Thank you for taking care of my Hinata, dear."
"Anytime Ma'am."
"Next time, why don't you join us for a dinner?"
"I'll be waiting at that time, Ma'am" I gave Hinata's mother a light nod and walked to the door followed by Hinata.
"I guess, I see you on Monday?"
"Yeah… see you."
As I was about to leave…
"Yukito."
I look back and,
*Chu*
Hinata kissed me on left cheek.
"…"
"Thank you."
"…" I smile at her and walked out from the door leaving her house.
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…
In my way to home, I receive a message.
[Onii-chan, buy me some Ice :3]
…Yumi
[Alright, what flavour?]
[Strawberry and chocolate.]
[Got it.]
I stop by the convenience store and buy some Ice cream for Yumi. After that I went home thinking about what happened back at Hinata's room and what we did…
…
"I cannot wait for this Monday…"