I live my life in Tokyo

The world in his dreams was chaotic. Perhaps due to his illness, he had several nightmares in succession and suffered from a splitting headache.

He was unconsciously holding something in his hands, like someone who had fallen into the water and was asking for help.

Finally, he grabbed a wooden board floating in the sea and held on to it tightly, not letting himself let go.

The Titanic was silent, surrounded by freezing cold sea water. The boy climbed onto the wooden board with difficulty, looking up at the dim sky with lifeless eyes.

"Really? You usually look so reliable, but now... you act like a child."

Higuchi Yuanka sat in front of the boy's window, her face propped up on the sheets with her elbows, her purple eyes observing the young man who was sweating profusely.

Beneath his mature and steady appearance, he is actually so lonely and afraid of loneliness.

A heat dissipation patch has been put on his forehead, and the effect should be good. At least he has stopped moaning now.

"My hand hurts."

Higuchi Madoka's right hand was tightly held. She frowned softly and stretched her right hand slightly. She could feel that Sakakibara Kaede's palm was cold and damp, as if it was a piece of ice that had been frozen for thousands of years.

“This is… the real thing.”

She muttered to herself, recalling the conversation between the boy and his mother on the day of the university reception. Higuchi Madoka was much happier than the boy. At least, she had a complete and beautiful family.

The boy didn't have that.

Allowing her hand to be held by her colleague, Higuchi Madoka convinced herself to treat this as part of the rivalry.

At the same time, she contacted her childhood sweethearts via text messages, telling them frankly that the boy was sick and she was now at home with him.

Seeing her childhood friends expressing their concern for Sakakibara Kaede, Higuchi Madoka once again looked at the boy who was frowning and sweating.

I don’t know when the boy became friends with Asakura Toru and the others. When did it happen?

Higuchi Enka didn't know.

It was silly to ask, which was real? Everything he had was real.

Higuchi Yuanxiang supported her face and looked at the boy's profile, still expressionless.

After the boy's hand loosened, she slowly stood up, changed a cooling patch for the boy, turned around, closed the door and went downstairs.

There are many furnishings in the kitchen, but the food stock in the refrigerator is pitifully small.

"What does this guy usually eat?"

Muttering to herself, Higuchi Madoka felt that it was pointless to ask this question. Sakakibara Kaede ate food cooked by her mother for three meals a day, so there was no need for her to buy food.

Recalling the things her mother cooked for her when she was sick in the past, Higuchi Yuanxiang bought a bag of millet and some fruits when she went out to buy medicine.

People with fever should eat light, easily digestible food and avoid high-protein food.

"...I have an apron, never mind."

Higuchi Madoka took off her school uniform, changed into casual clothes she brought from home, and tied a black apron skillfully.

After washing her hands in front of the sink, she soaked the millet in water, and after this step she began to cut the fruit.

Her knife skills still looked a little clumsy, but at least she didn't look like a beginner.

“Tsk…”

Higuchi Yuanka put her finger in her mouth, savoring the familiar taste of rust. She skillfully took out a Band-Aid from her pocket and put it on the familiar spot.

He put a piece of apple into his mouth and chewed it. This was Sakakibara Kaede's compensation to himself.

While watching the millet porridge teaching video on the Internet, Higuchi Madoka hummed the song she practiced in the office.

After boiling the water, Higuchi Enka drains the rice soaked in the water and puts the rice into the pot.

The flames licked the bottom of the pot gently, and Higuchi Yuanxiang breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, she remembered something, took out her cell phone and made a call.

"Ms. Sato, my name is Higuchi."

"Higuchi-san, it's almost noon, what can I do for you?"

The person who answered the phone was naturally Higuchi Madoka's agent, Ms. Sato. Most of their conversations were about business. Higuchi Madoka rarely bothered Ms. Sato, and most of the time it was Ms. Sato who contacted Higuchi Madoka.

Higuchi Yuanka looked at the clock on the wall and found that it was almost twelve o'clock without her noticing.

She pursed her lips and said, "Sakakibara-san is ill. I am at his house now. Please tell Sakakibara-san's agent, Ms. Sato."

"Sakakibara Kaede? Thank you for your help, Higuchi-san." Miss Sato understood and hung up the phone after a brief exchange of words, apparently going to inform Kei Iida.

A minor cold and fever is not serious, but you should definitely let your agent know and ask for leave from the crew.

After doing all this, Higuchi Yuanxiang stared at the bubbling, gradually yellowing porridge in silence for a long while.

After the fire boiled, the girl used a spoon to skim off the foam on the surface.

Add a few drops of cooking oil and some sugar as usual, then turn to low heat and cover the pot with the lid, leaving a small gap.

The timer on her cell phone was set to twenty-five minutes. Higuchi Yuuka breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa, doing nothing for a while.

In this brief moment, she finally had time to take in the boy's interior decoration.

The style looks quite deserted, which is indeed suitable for a single person to live in. There are not many decorations and gadgets in the house, nor are there any photos.

There are many family portraits hanging on the walls of the Higuchi family, and the cabinets are filled with small decorations that the father bought when he was on a business trip when the family went out to play. Looking at them brings back memories.

To describe it in one word: seeing things reminds me of the scenery.

Although the boy lived in a small detached house, he felt like he was living in a hotel. Everything was in order, but there was no breath of life.

"It's really..."

She opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what words to use to describe it.

After watching videos for a while, Higuchi Yuanxiang got up when the clock rang and turned off the flame on the stove. She looked at the heavy pot, held the bottom with a wet and cool towel, walked up the stairs and opened the bedroom door, then returned to the kitchen and picked up the pot.

Kaede Sakakibara's sleep was much better than before, and her breathing gradually calmed down after taking the medicine.

The girl closed the lid on the pot, and the fragrance came out from a small hole in the lid, gradually filling the bedroom.

"cough--"

The footsteps seemed to startle Sakakibara Kaede. He struggled to stand up. His usually clear blue eyes were a little cloudy at this moment, and his throat was a little hoarse. "Why should I..."

"You have a cold and a fever."

Hearing the cold voice, the boy looked up and saw Higuchi Madoka with her hands behind her back. She was still wearing the black apron.

"You're too heavy. I moved you directly from the entrance to the bed." Higuchi Yuanxiang frowned, her voice still calm and undisguised indifference, "You're really... causing trouble for others."

"Feel sorry."

Sakakibara Kaede coughed lightly and grinned.

In a daze, he felt someone holding his hand, whispering gentle words in his ear, and cheering him up - but now it seems that he was just dreaming.

"Is this what Higuchi-san made for me? Thank you so much." When Sakakibara Kaede saw the casserole on the desk, he thanked him solemnly.

"Well, there's nothing in your refrigerator. This rice and cut fruit will be charged to your account."

Higuchi Madoka looked away, and her slender, crooked, Band-Aided fingers clenched slightly behind her back.

"I'm going to school. You should rest at home. You don't want to affect the filming of the crew, do you?"

"Ah, that's natural."

Sakakibara Kaede leaned back on the pillow, smiling softly, "Higuchi-san, don't you want to eat something before you leave?"

"This is for the sick."

Higuchi Yuanxiang moved her hand to the front as she turned around. She walked to the door and turned her face to the side. "You have a day off today. Asakura and I will study on our own tonight."

Hearing the words that sounded like an order, the boy nodded with a wry smile.

She walked down the stairs at a moderate pace, put on her shoes in the hallway, and then closed the door.

The room suddenly became quiet, no longer as lively as before.

He looked at his right hand. The warmth he had felt before seemed real. Could it be the sunlight outside the window?

He supported himself on the bed and slowly got out of bed, then slowly moved to the bathroom. After using the toilet to detoxify, the boy returned to his bedroom.

"smell good."

After opening the lid of the pot with a towel, what appears before your eyes is a pot of thick millet porridge. The porridge is thick and golden in color, and the millet grains are plump.

Remember that millet porridge takes at least an hour to make...

There were antipyretic drugs and a fruit plate on the desk.

He scooped millet porridge into a bowl with a spoon, sat on the bed facing the midday sun outside the window, and slowly put the porridge into his mouth.

"So sweet."

Chapter 48: Gifts from Friends

I took a break from my busy schedule because I was sick.

After sleeping for a day and a night, Sakakibara Kaede felt much better. After a night's sleep, the boy got up with a messy hair.

Putting the handheld game console aside, the boy got up and washed up.

One advantage of being sick is that you don’t have to do anything and can just rest at home. This coincides with the boy’s previous plan for rest. To be honest, after a busy life on the crew and making up for the lessons, a day of rest at home is like heaven.

Still feeling a little dizzy, Sakakibara Kaede took some medicine and lay on the bed. He turned on the handheld game console again.

Although his brain is still a little clumsy, his fingers can still move, and there are no necessary scenes to be filmed on the film crew these days. Kiyoshi Takenaka sent a letter of condolences after hearing that he had finished filming the scene of running in the rain.

The actors in the crew sent him a lot of fruits, which were now placed on the table in the living room.

There were a few books and a fruit bowl on the desk. The books were a gift from Sakurajima Mai, and they were a collection of haiku.

Today is a weekday. Among my friends, Asuna and Mite are not online, but Yuuki is online as usual.

He didn't open Monster Hunter. After all, he and the other people had agreed to play together. It would be meaningless if someone else made too much progress.

The Monster Hunter event was about to start, so Sakakibara bought a season pass at the time, hoping that the content of the season pass would be rich.

"Qingfeng Qingfeng, you also bought Mario Kart, do you want to play together?"

Just after opening the game he purchased and downloaded online, he received a friend message from Yuuki.

He was slightly stunned, then hummed. When a friend opened the game, a small window would pop up in the upper left corner of the system. Yuki must have seen it and came to chat with him.

"it is good!"

The man who is ruthless and doesn't talk much is Sakakibara Kaede.

He had speculated about Yuki's identity before, but now he didn't care much about it. After all, they met online, so he should be happy about it.

"What difficulty should I choose?"

Seeing Yuki's message, the boy sneered and asked, "Could you choose 50cc?"

Just kidding, his motorcycle skills can be said to be at the pinnacle. When he was a kid, he was the most handsome guy on the street when he played with violent motorcycles. He kicked old ladies and hit policemen with his hands. He was a bully on the road.

"Let's go with 150cc!"

The speed of 50cc was like a dog crawling, which was unbearable for the boy.

After joining the match, I quickly found the team. After an animated map, the camera pulled to the front of the motorcycle.

Kaede Sakakibara grinned. He chose the character and motorcycle that theoretically had the fastest straight-line speed. But when he saw that everyone else had the same configuration, his smile slowly disappeared.

It seems that they are all experts.

"3——"

As soon as the whistle sounded, a bunch of red flames came out from the rear wheel of Yuki's motorcycle, and he rushed out first.

The boy did the same, following closely behind the motorcycle in front of him. After a brief acceleration, the situation became tense.

After eating a mushroom, Sakakibara Kaede used the acceleration without hesitation. He was now in third place. He narrowed his eyes slightly after seeing Yuuki, who was in first place, skillfully controlling the motorcycle to drift left and right to gain acceleration.

Great, great, you’re a hidden master, right?

Yuki seemed to know when to drift and which road was suitable for accelerating on the motorcycle. It was obvious that he was an experienced driver who had been immersed in driving skills for many years.

Kaede Sakakibara had a grim look on her face. After eating the red turtle shell, she threw it out without hesitation and successfully killed the second place before crossing the finish line. She crossed the finish line after Yuuki and overtook the third place to the second place.

I originally thought that Yuuki was just familiar with this map, but I didn't expect that Sakakibara Kaede was wrong, very wrong.