Tsuna replied without hesitation, "I bought you a few cute keychains the last time we went shopping."
He walked to the bedside and put his hand on her forehead.
"I'm having my period, okay? I'm not having a cold." Shouko looked at him quietly, not resisting his actions, but just complaining.
"When I looked up information, some experts said that a small number of girls may also have a minor cold during their period."
Tsuna saw that there was nothing unusual and pinched her slightly fleshy face before withdrawing his hand.
Shouko rolled her eyes at him and said, "I think you just wanted to pinch my face, okay?" She was a little skeptical about the expert he mentioned.
After all, this was her first time having her period, and neither her mother nor Aunt Miyamura had said whether it would be accompanied by a minor cold.
So she chose not to believe what Tsuna said.
"How does your stomach feel?" Tsuna saw that she had seen through him and could only silently change the subject.
Shouko moved inward, making room for him, and said weakly, "It's okay. It doesn't hurt much. Just lying down doesn't feel much."
"That's okay. Just don't take the painkillers Mom bought you." Tsuna nodded and sat down.
When they'd gone to get the medicine as a precaution, the doctor had said that if there wasn't significant pain, painkillers should be avoided.
"Yeah, can you lie down?" Shouko didn't move once she saw him sitting. He was truly clueless.
Sometimes he was like a piece of wood. She'd even made room for him to lie down, but he'd foolishly chosen to sit.
"Isn't that bad?" Tsuna hesitated.
After all, this was Shouko's house. What if Grandma Nishimiya or Yuzuru suddenly opened the door and saw him and Shouko lying together?
Would they say he was taking advantage of Shouko's discomfort? Of course, they probably wouldn't say that, or think that...
They'd just ignore it...
As for Aunt Nishimiya's words...
Sorry, she was at work and couldn't see.
"I'm a patient now, you should listen to me." Shouko threw the panda doll she was holding aside and patted the bed next to Tsuna.
"Okay then."
Seeing this, Tsuna no longer hesitated and lay down directly. He also took the pink blanket that Shouko was covering and covered his belly button.
After Shouko saw him lying down, she slowly moved to his side without any courtesy, raised her legs, and draped them directly over him, holding him with both hands.
How could holding that panda doll be better than holding Tsuna?
She also thought that every time she had her period, she could find the same excuse to hold him. She couldn't help but laugh when she thought about it, hehe...
But she still suppressed the corners of her mouth that were about to rise.
"Shouko, can't we just be quiet? You're still feeling uncomfortable..."
"Shut up, don't talk, I want to sleep now."
Tsuna saw that she had bared her teeth at him as a threat, so he could only obey and chose not to speak...
"Turn over and face me, it's inconvenient for me like this."
"Oh."
After he turned over obediently, Shouko nudged herself into his arms, hugged him tightly with both hands, and then used his arm as a pillow.
However, considering that his arm would become numb and uncomfortable if it was pressed for too long, she changed it so that her head rested on the pillow, and his arm was pressed under her neck.
It was just right, so she didn't feel uncomfortable or anything like that, and neither did he.
After all these postures were adjusted, she chatted with him for a few more words and fell asleep.
Not long after, Tsuna, who was bored, also took a nap.
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"Knock, knock, knock..."
After an indeterminate amount of time, there was a knock on the door, followed by Yuzuru's concerned voice.
"Sister, how are you? Are you still feeling down?"
"Knock, knock..." Unable to get a response, Yuzuru knocked again.
"Sister? Are you asleep?"
"Okay, Yuzuru, Tsuna's in there with your sister. She'll be fine," Ito's voice rang out from the living room.
Yuzuru was puzzled. "Tsuna's in there? But no one answered when I knocked..."
Yuzuru hesitated at the doorway for a moment, then gently turned the doorknob. Pushing the door open, she was met with a shocking sight.
She wasn't a child anymore; she'd heard about romance from her friends and classmates.
She knew her sister was attracted to Tsuna, and he was in return.
But she hadn't expected them to be so bold, genuinely unafraid of her and her grandmother seeing them. And judging by their postures, it was her sister who had initiated it!
She had heard from Chizhi-chan that this was something called a "Clingy Girlfriend"...
Even if it wasn't, it was probably developing in that direction...
Don't look at anything indecent, don't listen to anything indecent. She took a quick look, ran out to get her camera, took a picture, and left the room. She also closed the door gently.
"What's the matter? Is Shouko feeling better?" Yuzuru asked puzzledly when she saw her walking back to the living room with a camera.
Yuzuru waved his hand: "Yeah, Sis is fine, she's sleeping soundly now."
As soon as the voice fell, she walked to the coffee table and sat down, checking the picture that the camera had just taken.
She thought that if it was a little blurry, she would take another one and share it with Aunt Miyamura later. She would definitely like it.
Ito nodded. Hearing Shouko soundly asleep suggested she wasn't feeling unwell, and then curiously asked,
"What about Tsuna?"
"Him? Also sound asleep—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Yuzuru quickly covered his mouth and slowly turned to look at his grandmother sitting on the sofa...
But seeing her gaze still fixed on the TV, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. It was a relief she hadn't heard.
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After an indeterminate amount of time, Tsuna slowly opened his eyes and felt the soft body in his arms.
He rubbed his eyes, and seeing she was still asleep, he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone, and checked the time: '10:26.'
Seeing that the time was almost up, he gently shook the person in his arms: "Shouko, it's time to get up."
Seeing that she didn't respond, he shook her again: "It's past 10 o'clock. If you hold me any longer, Grandma Nishimiya and Yuzuru might see it.
How about you let go of me and go back to sleep?"
"Well..."
After hearing her response, Tsuna waited for her to let go, but unexpectedly, she hugged her tighter.
"It's really time to wake up. You don't want Grandma Nishimiya and Yuzuru to know, right?" Tsuna shook her again helplessly.
"Just hold me for five more minutes..."
"Okay." Tsuna stopped moving after hearing that. He took out his mobile phone to check the time and made plans in his mind.
In a few days, he planned to write the first volume of 'Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day' and submit it for submission.
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(End of this chapter)