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May 3rd

[spacialeyes]

Ryoko?

Are you there?

[loveedition]

Yup. Still here. What's up?

[spacialeyes]

I'm very sorry to bother you.

Inaba's body temperature has risen to 39 degrees and I can't get her to cool down. I believe this is called a fever. What do I do?

[loveedition]

Ahhh, that's not good.

Make sure she's drinking a lot of water and getting plenty of rest. If you have any light soups, that would be good to keep her strength up and make sure that she's eating at least something. That make sense?

[spacialeyes]

I'm afraid to go out to get soup and leave her alone.

I'm incredibly sorry to ask this of you but

if you're not busy

[loveedition]

Right, right.

I'll grab ibuprofen while I'm at it. I'll head to a general store right away.

Oh, how are you feeling? Are you feverish?

[spacialeyes]

Me..?

Oh no. I can't catch viral or bacterial infections, nor did I drink any alcohol the other night, so I am feeling fine.

Are you sick?

1/2

[loveedition]

No problems here! I bundled up pretty good when I went to hand out oden, so the rain didn't really get me.

[loveedition]

[ ...She re-reads that. Uh. ]

Did Inaba-san have some?

[spacialeyes]

uh

Oden is a soup, right? When you get here, I'll go get oden supplies.

We have a kitchen!

[loveedition]

I'm not mad. It just adds onto what I have to grab.

Which reminds me. Where are you two?

[spacialeyes]

In that case...

Mm. She had a bit to drink.

We're at a hotel on the first level. We decided not to rush finding her a house until we were calmer.

[loveedition]

[ ...

She's not going to think about it. He did say that was going to happen. ]

Alright. I'll pick up some bread for toast too. I don't think a hangover should last that long, but just in case.

[spacialeyes]

Thank you so much, Ryoko. Here's the address.

You said water, right? Can I cool her down with something? Is ice okay?

[loveedition]

Ahhh, no. You don't want the water to be too chilled either. You want to try to stay temperate. A damp towel should be okay.

[spacialeyes]

Alright! I'll leave the door open a crack, so please let yourself in! I won't leave her side.

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[loveedition]

[ It takes her a while to get there, between getting stuff for soup, bottles of water, and bread... she's overly prepared. As always.

When she gets to the door, she hesitates slightly. What was the best way to do this--

She lightly knocks and then opens the door. ]

Housekeeping. Don't mind me.

[ She'll peek in anyway, just making sure everything's okay. ]

[spacialeyes]

Ryokoooo.

[Yuuto, meanwhile, has pulled up a chair by Inaba’s bed and is sitting with her. The hotel suite has a living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms, though one is suspiciously untouched. And every face towel Yuuto could find is in Inaba’s room, being frantically rotated from the spot on her forehead. He’s got her bundled up in the bed and is clearly in a panic.]

Her fever still won’t go down..!

[loveedition]

Ahhh, I was afraid of that.

[ Afraid of a lot of things here, honestly. Ryoko makes her way towards the kitchen... the suite was nice, honestly really nice for two people. It might be worth asking about later--

--A thought that gets pushed out of her mind when she remembers why she's even here. ]

I know you said you wouldn't leave her side, but have you given her a chance to actually rest? The towels aren't going to be effective if you don't give them a chance to be.

[spacialeyes]

Uh- Um… [He looks anxiously at Inaba again. He doesn’t want to leave her side. Not after promising to stay, but-

Ryoko has a point. Yuuto walks towards the door.]

Is that all she needs? Rest..? Are you sure? The rain got her… and I think she’s hungover.

[loveedition]

Jeez, how much did she have to drink...

[ What in the world. Ryoko hovers for a bit, folding her arms and sighing.

...a lot of things are falling into place in her head. ]

Rest, and plenty of fluids. Not alcohol, mind you. You can use one damp towel, but you don't have to keep switching it out constantly.

Look, I... I'll take care of her. If you really wanted to pick stuff up for oden, you can.

[spacialeyes]

Three mimosas… I think she needed but- uh.

Can you..? I can be fast, um… Elliot also… I think I should go check on him…

[He’s very worried about Elliot’s mental health right now..!

But leaving Inaba? Yuuto is still struggling with that idea, continuously looking back at her.]

[loveedition]

Three--

[ ...and here she was, worried about splitting a bottle with Yuuto.

Well. ]

I'm telling you, it's okay. You don't even need to be fast. You can't keep putting people you're worried about on pause to focus on one person.

She'll be fine. I'll make sure of it.

[spacialeyes]

[She’s right. Yuuto has too many people to worry about to be focusing entirely on one. Even if she’s a huge priority, especially while sick…

He bows quietly to Ryoko, then crosses the room to Inaba. Leaning over to kiss her cheek and whisper something to her while she sleeps, then walking back to Ryoko.]

Oden ingredients… Do you need anything else? If she wakes up, can you let me know? I can come right back? Is that really okay?

[loveedition]

[ Ryoko pauses in thought for a second, before shaking her head. ]

That should be it. If I think of anything, I'll know how to get to you. Now get going, Yuuto. We'll be here when you get back.