Animania: Everyone Loves Me

If she had known earlier, she would have asked Nijika to help tidy up the room.

Things had already come to this point, Seika regretted it, but it was too late.

Her bedroom wasn't big, the decorations were all elements she liked. Usually, she only lived with her younger sister, so inevitably, it was a bit casual.

Although it couldn't be called dirty, it was still undeniably messy. Aside from the underwear scattered everywhere, there were also many fluffy animal plush toys placed on the carpet. Roughly glancing around, it was hard to find even a place to step.

"During this period, the store was quite busy, and I would fall asleep as soon as I got home," The tsundere store manager's pretty face turned completely red, but she still tried to maintain the dignity of being the host, struggling to explain, "It's definitely not because I was too lazy to clean! Definitely not!"

That really was a textbook-standard tsundere statement.

Kaito was silent for two seconds, and upholding the principle of not exposing people's struggles, he nodded, "…I see. The store manager has really worked hard."

Of course Seika knew that such a perfunctory excuse was hard to convince others, but there was no other way. She could only endure her shame, hastily gathering the scattered clothes and stuffing them all into the wardrobe.

After finishing all that, she quickly walked to the bed, both to check on PA-san's condition and to move past the earlier incident.

Black long hair lay softly scattered on the bed. The usually dignified and elegant sound technician, as beautiful as a Sengoku-era noblewoman, was now sleepy, her high, straight nose beaded with fine sweat, and her slender willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly furrowed in discomfort.

As if sensing someone's gaze, she uneasily pulled the silk quilt tighter around her. The exposed round shoulders had a soft pink flush unique to high fever, like soft and sweet strawberry mochi, making one want to take a bite.

Originally feeling a bit embarrassed, Seika, seeing her good friend like this, had no time for pointless shame. She quickly reached out to feel her forehead, then withdrew her hand like she'd been electrocuted.

"So hot!"

'This temperature must be at least forty degrees, right?'

"Ugh… my head hurts…", Startled awake by her movement, PA-san, who had been deeply asleep, opened her eyes groggily, dazed for a while before barely recognizing the figure in front of her, "Seika? Why are you here…"

"If I didn't come, you'd probably be burned into an idiot by now," Seika gritted her teeth. While feeling relieved, she also felt a bit of lingering fear.

'Already this sick and still acting tough, saying she'll feel better after a nap…'

She didn't want a friend beside her who'd end up drooling and babbling nonsense.

When people are sick, they always become very fragile.

"Ugh… why are you so mean…", PA-san looked aggrieved and unhappily bit her lip. Maybe due to the fever confusion, she completely lacked her usual gentleness and maturity, and instead seemed a bit childish, "I… I already feel awful… and you're still yelling at me…"

"I wasn't yelling… forget it, forget it, just drink some water first," Ichiji Seika didn't want to argue pointlessly with a sick person at a time like this. She poured a glass of hot water and brought it to her lips.

This time, PA-san didn't throw a tantrum. She stretched out her soft pink tongue, a rare forked tongue, like a snake's tongue, and now licked the water in the cup like a puppy. The motion was inexplicably sensual.

Her pair of emerald green eyes blinked in confusion, "Seika, what did you put in the water… I feel so hot~"

"Of course it's hot water, you idiot!", The tsundere store manager was both amused and exasperated, but she couldn't be bothered to argue with her. She just wanted to get this girl to the hospital quickly to avoid any damage to her intelligence.

"Stop dawdling, get up and come with me to the hospital. You can sleep however you like during the IV."

'I–IV drip?'

PA-san froze as she caught the key word.

'That means, something thick and hard is going to be inserted into my body, and it might even cause bleeding?'

Memories of her childhood fear of injections came rushing back.

"I don't want to go to the hospital!"

This black-haired long straight onee-san shook her head like a rattle drum, stretched out her pale arms from the quilt, and crossed them in a big X in front of her chest, with a clear posture of resisting to the death.

But… with her weak and frail body, comparable to a small fry, she wouldn't be Seika's match even on normal days, let alone now when she had the debuff of a "high fever"?

Seeing that Seika was already sharpening her knives and preparing to strike, the unwilling-to-be-captured sound technician quickly scanned the surroundings, and her gaze landed on Kaito nearby, as if a drowning person had suddenly found a straw to grasp.

"Boyfriend-kun!", Perhaps her fear of needles overpowered everything, she somehow found the strength to leap off the bed, dodge Seika's attack, and throw herself into Kaito's arms like a fledgling bird, not even noticing the quilt slipping off her body, clinging tightly to his arm. Her tall-for-a-woman figure now seemed petite and delicate like a middle school girl.

"Quick, stop Seika! She's bullying me!"

'If you're sick, you should go to the hospital. Even pulling someone in won't change that.'

'Also… what's with that tattletale-to-parent posture?'

Ichiji Seika wanted to retort like that, but seeing the scene in front of her, she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a single syllable.

"...", Kaito was also silent.

Even though he had deliberately used his divine sense before entering the room and confirmed that PA-san was covered with a quilt, he hadn't expected… that the quilt was the only thing covering her entire body.

Now that the quilt had fallen, the seal was broken, and the forbidden sight not meant for the world was fully revealed.

'Worthy of being the mature and elegant onee-san, truly not something a naive young girl can compare with,' Even by his standards, she was outstanding. Nijika would cry upon seeing her, Kita would be heartbroken, and Anon would feel inferior.

PA-san still hadn't realized anything was wrong. The high fever made her slow to react and dulled her usual attention to detail.

She just felt, 'The temperature suddenly dropped?'

'So strange…'

'My body… also feels kind of cold?'

She instinctively looked down, but didn't see the familiar quilt.

'Eh?'

But misfortune never comes alone.

"Big sis, how's PA-san? Is she okay?", A crisp girl's voice came from outside the door. Before Seika could react, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside.

Nijika, Kita, Bocchi, and Ryou, the entire band had arrived.

Seeing the scene inside the room, the girl with the yellow side ponytail showed a dazed expression, her feet seemingly rooted to the spot.

"Why did you suddenly stop walking?", Following behind, Yamada Ryou felt puzzled and simply bypassed Nijika's figure, raised her head, and took in the full scene before her.

She was silent for two seconds.

She pinched her chin and met Kaito's gaze with great interest, "Sorry, did we… come at a bad time?" [T/N: Perfect response 🤣]

[T/N: I have midsems this week so there will be 1 Chapter/Day instead of 2 till next Monday, after that we will be back to 2 Chapters/Day. Hope you all understand, have a great day~]

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