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p1
>...?

>What do you mean?
>...

>...We'll talk about it later.
>>pat pat
>Come on.
>You haven't eaten anything since yesterday, have you?
>>To Asuka. Heat it up before eating. I'll be heading off. Mom.
>There's some lunch in the fridge.
>You should heat if up if you're gonna eat it...

>...

>Hah
>Hah
>...Asuka?

p2
>!
>Hey!
>Hah
>Hah
>Hah
>>limp...
>You're burning up.

>>Beep beep

>It's a cold.

p3
>It should get better if you get some sleep.
>Ugh...

>The last one you had was the day before high school entrance exams, right?
>You always used to get fevers whenever you got stressed out.
>Waah! What am I gonna do, Mooom?
>For now, just get some sleep.

>How lame of me to get a fever from crying...
>>shiver shiver
>That's gotta be the world's worse confession...
>Now I really want to die...

>...But...

p4
>Hm?

>>stare

>>stroke
>Yeah, yeah.

>I'll stay here with you until you fall asleep.

p5
>...Okay.
>On days where I would catch a cold, Mom...

>would act a little
>>snooze
>kinder than usual.

>Mm...

p6
>Hah
>Ah...
>Mo-
>m...

>>squeak

>She's really sweating up...
>>stroke

>...
>Once she wakes up...

>>fuu...
>>twitch
>Mm
>I should give her some water...
>change her clothes...

>and then...
>and then...

p7
>>touch
>>flinch
>...Mm

>Hah

>>startle

>>open
>>shut

p8
>Hah
>Hah
>Hah

>>snooze
>>snooze
>Just when was it...

>that things changed?