4 DIFFICULTIES

Aki put down the spoon again. "Do you know? My remote was finished three days ago," he began. "Your torn uniform has been sewn up in a new one, your bag and books are only slightly scratched… even though the credit card you were worried about did break in half in a car tire."

DEG

"W-What?"

"But there's no need to worry anymore. Everything is in order. You just have to live with the rest of your hospitalization and bone care, hm?"

"No." That firm answer instantly silenced Aki.

"You… used your money, right?" Fuyu asked nervously. "Definitely yes. So please be honest, Aki. Later I can detail all the amounts so I can replace them little by little."

"Hey… hey… don't think about it just yet," said Aki. "Isn't the most important thing is your recovery?"

Fuyu looked away. "I just want to go home..." said Fuyu. Stubborn. "I don't want to be hospitalized and just stay in a boarding house. I don't want the treatment. Anyway, I don't want to spend more money on you."

"Hey, you are…"

"Anyway, I don't want to."

Ah, really… thought Aki. The current situation is actually happening in the real world. The old-fashioned Fuyu was against it. Though he had expected it from the first meeting.

"Are you sure?"

"I-I'll only get bone treatment when I contact Father."

Like a sulking child. Or the unexpected naivety of a teenage boy.

"About that… I've been trying to get in touch."

DEG

"R-Really?" asked Fuyu. He turned his head in horror once more.

"The phone number is in your history book, right?" asked Aki. "But it's no longer active."

DEG

"W-What?"

"I don't know but it's a fact."

"Impossible…" Aki again handed a mouthful of Sashimi. "Just eat first. And just follow the doctor's advice. You still have me, hm?"

"N-No…" Fuyu shook his head again. Aki started to look irritated.

"Do you want your bones to crumble?"

DEG

Aki's face is hard. Very angry. Fuyu was silent because of that.

"I already told you, didn't I… last week I just transferred money from my father. So take it easy. Everything is in order. And even if my money runs out… I can explain. After all, my father can be contacted. He's nearby and I told him about you," Aki grumbled. And that's not what it used to be. "He even intends to visit you here even if for a moment. Understand?"

DEG

"Aki..." Fuyu actually shed tears at that time. Just the first time. He who used to leave now feels completely abandoned. And wasted. It's also possible that his father had married Hiro without caring when he would return. Honestly sad. Very hurt. This chest. . . .

A week later, Fuyu was able to go home. His injuries were reduced, although he was only able to remove the braces in two weeks for a full recovery. The doctor said that his fracture was a bit spoiled and he needed to be careful if he wanted to recover as before.

Heavy-hearted or not, Fuyu continued to do it like a suggestion. He also had to stop using the IV and focus on entering his daily nutrition through eating. Of course the difficulty. Because left-handedness and unusualness are more troublesome than imagined.

"I just want to eat bread at this rate," said Fuyu while in the taxi. "I mean, you don't have to feed me every day..."

Aki who was originally sleeping with his arms crossed and leaning his head on the window woke up. "Are you sure?"

"Of course," said Fuyu. "Besides… I also have to apologize again for my duties at the boarding house. I've never cooked you and I've even added to your work… right?"

"No problem..." Aki said. "After all, it's already the school holidays. So I don't have any thoughts in my head."

"That's you. I'm different," said Fuyu. "I have to do the follow-up exam soon, Aki. So you have to get in quickly."

"Hmph, I see."

"Mn. Anyway."

"Okay."

Even when he got home… Fuyu forgot. He hadn't showered in over two weeks. On the hospital bed, he lay all this time. But at home, activities must be as usual and there is no spoiling anymore because the infusion has gone.

"U-Um… Aki—"

DEG

Fuyu deliberately stopped when he came to his senses. He couldn't have asked to be stripped, could he… Just to take a shower? As a result… even the towel on the headstick was squeezed. Almost. It's almost said that it's not.

"What?"

DEG

Unfortunately, yes this is. Aki had heard because he was right behind arranging the contents of the suitcase behind him.

"N-Not really," said Fuyu. Then immediately dragged his feet to the bathroom. "I just wanted to ask where the towel is but I've already found this."

Inside, Fuyu immediately sat on the toilet. He suppressed his pounding chest. Very weird. Almost. It was really close, oh my god!

"But, I really… can't." Fuyu pondered for so long. He tried to undress himself, but to avail. "Ah!"

What is there, instead of growling painfully because of the fracture that has not healed.

Knock-knock.

DEG

"Hey, you… are you okay?" asked Aki from outside. Fuyu was stunned. "I-I'm fine!" he cried immediately. "R-Really. I'm fine!"

CKLEK

DEG

"You… don't make me worry," Aki said. Who immediately saw him from top to bottom… and still fully clothed even though he had entered earlier. "What happened…? Do you want to take a shower?"

Fuyu looked away. "No," he denied. "I just want to defecate—"

"Oh... you want to take a shower, apparently," Aki interrupted. He went straight in and closed the door at the back. It even squatted in front of Fuyu swiftly. "Need help?"

Fuyu blushed slightly. "I said I just wanted to defecate—"

"So when do you want to take a shower? Later in the evening? Tomorrow? Or don't you just have to take a shower forever?"

"Stupid…"

Aki smiled. "If you need help say..." he said. "Whether it's now or tomorrow you still have to take a shower, right? Or do you really want to wait another two weeks until it's time to take off your grip?"

"Ugh yes I need!" Fuyu exclaimed. Screaming and glaring at Aki but with full blush. "But—you know… I feel like a giant baby when I ask you to take off my clothes—"

"Ha ha ha…"

"Hey, Aki. Do not laugh!"

"Ha ha ha…"

In the end, Fuyu gave up too. He squeezed Aki's shoulder when he was stripped naked for the first time. Fuyu even pinched his ears for laughing once more. "H-How dare…" Fuyu growled. "Just be careful if you tell about this to our friends."

"About what?" tease Aki. "Your skin that turns out to be as smooth as a real baby but smells of sweat as thick as sin?"

DEG

"What did you say?!"

"Go take a shower," Aki said. Then he carried every attribute of Fuyu's clothes in his left hand. "And just call if you need more help, hm?"

"You stupid!" Fuyu snapped. "Go and just get my clothes ready! Not here!"

"Ho… grumpy…," Aki said. Suddenly even attracted closer and work on him even worse. "By the way my wife is very sexy..." he whispered right in Fuyu's ear.

DEG

Making Fuyu frozen this time.

"So… should I carry and wash or fend for myself so on?" offered Aki. Then glance down. Right to Fuyu's thighs that flanked the forbidden object in the middle. Then to Fuyu's ankle which turned blue.