Injection

Shino's breath became ragged and ragged.

Kentaro didn't do much. Instead, he sat on the grassy ground, right in front of Shino's limply sleeping body on the long chair.

Kentaro's trembling hand reached out to caress the tip of Shino's head.

"Are you feeling sick, Shino?" Kentaro asked Shino. Kentaro remembered about Sei when he saw Shino. The two of them are indeed very similar, Kentaro thought back.

Shino then held Kentaro's hand, which was on his head. He nodded with a smile.

"I'm not sick, Ken." Shino answered in a weak voice. Shino didn't want Kentaro to know about Shino's illness. Shino didn't want Kentaro to act like Len too in the future.

"May I hug you, Shino?" Kentaro asked quietly, daring himself. Kentaro misses his master, Sei Tatsuya.

Seeing Shino's surprised face, Kentaro knew that the request was very sudden. Kentaro had never acted like that before.

Just now, the one who hugged first was Shino. But now, it was Kentaro who wanted to hug the short teenager very tightly. For some reason, Kentaro wanted it. Kentaro wanted to express his longing for Sei by hugging Shino.

"Of course you can, Ken." Shino answered softly, still breathing heavily.

Shino sat up wobbly and started wrapping her arms around Kentaro, who was standing on his knees at this point.

And that was the hug that Shino had been missing for so long. Even though he had also received a hug from Len, but this time it felt very different when he hugged Kentaro. It's like a feeling of great longing.

His current position was reversed. Kentaro who was hugging Shino's thin belly. And Shino is in charge of giving Kentaro her warmth. Shino embraced Kentaro's stout body, even though his body was so weak.

This was the warmest hug Kentaro had ever felt for hundreds of years. It might also be because Shino's body temperature was rising due to the fever.

Kentaro couldn't help but cry like a child while being hugged like this. He lived lonely all this time because it was sealed in a black box. And that's also because of a misunderstanding. Kentaro is not left to explain everything, but Sei immediately punishes him. However, when Kentaro was freed, Sei was no longer in this world.

Kentaro felt that it was Sei who was hugging him right now, not Shino. Kentaro had never felt a warm embrace like this other than Sei.

And Shino instead comforted Kentaro like an older brother to a younger brother. It's true, Kentaro's mentality is sometimes like a child nowadays because he has just been freed from the seal. So, Shino will be more mature towards Kentaro after this. Shino thought of Kentaro as a newborn puppy, even though he looked physically the same age as Len.

"Now tell me everything, Shino! You can look selfish now," snarled Kentaro. He didn't even know why those words came out of his mouth. Kentaro seems afraid of losing this teenager who feels very precious to him. That's right, Kentaro does think Shino is the reincarnation of Sei.

Shino smiled warmly at Kentaro and nodded once.

"I can't be more selfish than begging Kami-sama to guarantee you and Len's lives are worth living after this."

"Shino~!"

Kentaro hugged the teenager's stomach tighter, and cried loudly like he had never done before. Kentaro wanted to say sorry to Sei for his mistakes in the past.

Shino's consciousness was now in pieces. Slowly, his hand that previously held Kentaro's body, now weakened. His head drooped on Kentaro's shoulder. Shino's consciousness was taken away when Kentaro cried for no reason.

"SHINO!!" Kentaro shouted, hysterically.

***

Shino groaned in pain while raving as Len injected the fever reducer injection into his arm. Even though she had been given injections like that for a long time, still Shino, who was afraid of needles, always reacted excitedly like now.

Shino would rather be given bitter herbs instead of having to be injected and take medicine from the doctor.

"I gave you an injection just to relieve your fever, Shino. If you still haven't recovered, we should go to have you checked by a general practitioner. It seems, you need a more intense examination to arrange a suitable treatment for you, Shino. The money from yesterday's cheat is still there, right?" Len said.