[Round 3]: [Locked from Hostiles, directed to Watanuki but open]

[readyforwar]

[Morning after the nightmare post]

Uhm... Watanuki-sama? Is... there a doctor we can take Nadeko-chan to? She's got a fever...

[please don't ask how I figured this out right after waking up please please please]

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[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

...its not the most horrible thing to have to have help from someone.

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

... I keep doubting myself. What if next time there is no one to help?

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

Um...?

[He didn't really have a good answer for that. And his only answer - 'You get the shit knocked out of you.' - didn't seem like a good thing to tell the 13 year old.]

Well...you just have to...regain your confidence then?

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

[He already did that one, Wata. He's just kind of... hiding under his sweatshirt hood now]

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

So...

[Sat looking at his hands for a while.]

Christmas is coming up soon...

[Bad attempt at small talk.]

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

[Eyup]

... I'll be fourteen.

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

On Christmas?

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

... Nineteenth.

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

What kind of cake do you like?

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

... what?

[was not expecting that, obviously]

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

Cake. What kind? Doumeki likes my strawberry filling, but then again he likes pretty much anything I make...the strawberry is definitely his favourite though.

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

... strawberry's okay, I guess.

[Again, Kazuma speak for 'I don't really know']

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

...I can make whatever you like you know. Even if its a weird and bizarre request, I'm used to those.

[snakeconstrict.livejournal.com]

[ she's kind of half awake at this point. and really, really out of it due to how crappy she feels. ]

Are we having cake ..?

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

[Hearing her say that is so unexpected and random that Kazuma actually lets out a laugh, slapping a hand over his mouth as soon as it escapes.]

M-maybe...

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

Nadeko-chan! Its going to be Ikezawa-kun's birthday, so I was asking him what kind of cake he likes.

[snakeconstrict.livejournal.com]

[ smiles a little despite feeling like craaaaap. ]

Happy Birthday, Kazuma-kun ...

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

[blink]

... i-its not my birthday, Nadeko-chan. Not yet.

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

[Sits on the bed and brushes Nadeko's hair off her forehead.]

[snakeconstrict.livejournal.com]

[ his cooler fingers feel nice against her hot skin. she coughs a few times, trying to turn her head a little to make sure it's not directed at Watanuki. ]

O-Oh ... m'sorry.

[kazumaking.livejournal.com]

[Kazuma hovers back awkwardly, muttering 'its okay' softly.

Doumeki finally returns with a few drinks, the doctor that's going to examine Nadeko right behind him. Kazuma uses the momentary distraction to slip out of the ER hopefully unnoticed.]

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

Shhh, it isn't your fault, Nadeko-chan.

[He says, pulling away to allow the doctor some room. It takes him a minute to realize that Kazuma is gone.]

Eh...Doumeki, did you see Ikezawa-kun leave?

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

Hm?

[turns around, thinking Kazuma was just behind him somewhere]

... no.

[april1st-kanji.livejournal.com]

[Stands up and goes to the door but doesn't see him in the hallway.]

He...he was acting a little strange.

[He frowns.]

I'm going to see if I can find him.

[snakeconstrict.livejournal.com]

[ she's being checked up on by the doctor, but she can't help but overhear. ]

Kazuma-kun ..?

[ she's trying to push herself into a sitting position. does she intend to go help find him? maybe. it's Nadeko. she feels like crap but she still worries. ]