Yume is seriously ill after a night. She cannot find her friends for help and she does not want to find Subaru either. 

She does not know why, but she just does not want herself rely on him more...

Finally, she decides to go to the hospital by herself since the clinic at school is closed.

Yume's P.O.V.

I decide to go to the hospital alone. I don't want to make anyone worry. I don't want to disturb them from their own business.

I am now walking to the school gate. However, it is really difficult for me to do so in such a weak situation.

After leaving the dorm, I do not have anything for me to lean against. I have to walk slowly to prevent falling on the ground.

When I am staggering thinly, my vision is getting blurred. I cannot see the road clearly, so I always trip on something. Fortunately, I do not fall on the ground and get hurt finally.

Besides, my head is really heavy. And I feel very dizzy. My world is just like whirling in front of me. I unconsciously touch my head and attempt to do some massage in order to make it better. However, it does not really work. 

Due to the weight of my head and my weak body, I start losing my balance. My vision also loses gradually. I cannot feel anything except the pain of my head. I try my best to maintain my consciousness and continue my way.

I have to do it by myself.

One day, I will live alone too...

Therefore, I cannot rely on the others...

Finally, I see the school gate in front of me. I can feel joy inside my heart, unfortunately, due to this, I relax a little bit. I start losing my consciousness. My vision gets black. I start losing my balance and falling down to the ground.

I must hit the ground... I must hurt...

Out of my expectation, my body does not land on the cold ground, instead of it, I land on something warm. And I can hear a familiar male voice, which is filled with worry, nervousness and concerns.

I don't know why, I feel warmth in the bottom of my heart, growing and spreading.

I slowly open my eyes. A pair of beautiful sapphire blue eyes enter my vision.

" S-Subaru kun...? " 

I should know... It is him... The one I refuse to meet in this worst moment...

I slowly discover that I am hugged by him tightly after regaining my vision. I am shocked, but at the same time, I feel secure from this tight embrace...

This makes me have a impossible thought.

Maybe I am important to him...?

However, I truly know, this is impossible...

When I think of this, my heart is broken into pieces by an unknown reason.

I use all my energy to push him away from me, and stumble off.

I can notice the dismay and depression from his eyes. Unexpected agony suddenly fills my heart, but I think, it will slowly fade away, I hope...

Subaru's P.O.V.

I sigh when remembering the incident yesterday... 

Saotome san confessed to me and I refused her love directly.

I change into my blue tracksuit and go out for jogging. When I jog to the path near the school gate, I see Yume. 

At first, I am so happy to see her and I am going to surprise her secretly. However, with a closer look on her, I find that she is not right.

She is stumbling and attempting to faint in front of me. It totally changes me purpose. It really surprises me.

I rush to her and catch her before she hits on the hard ground. 

She loses her consciousness and her face is slightly red. Her innocent face really makes me blush. However, I shake this thought at once since the situation is too urgent for me to think of this kind of thing. I softly place my hand on her forehead. Soon, a gasp escapes from me when I realize that her forehead is burning. 

She is having a fever.

This reminds me, her body is hot too. She must be seriously sick. And she does not want to become the others' burden, so she decides to treat it by herself.

I pull her closer to me quickly and attempt to bring her to the school clinic. However, I stop at once since I remember that the school clinic is closed today.

" S-Subaru kun...? " 

When I hear this cute voice, I know, she has woken up. 

I gaze into he eyes with worry. In a second, I can notice the joy from her eyes, but immediately, it is replaced by sorrow and coldness. Then, she struggles away from my embrace and staggers away. 

I immediately stand up and catch her arm, preventing her from walking away.

I know, if she continues to walk, she will faint on her way. If she faints on the road, I ... I ... I cannot imagine it anymore...

" Yume chan, you are sick! You should not be alone. Let's me stay with you, okay? " 

She shakes my hand off without turning her head around, and says without any undulation of voice, " Leave me alone. " 

I never see her like this before. Even she was desperate, she never ignored everyone's help like this time. She must experience some bad incidents which made her really upset. 

" Why? You will faint anytime in anywhere! I will never leave you alone when you are in a such weak situation! " 

I grip her arms again and force her to face me directly. What surprises me is, I notice the tears surrounding her eyes and on her cheeks. I am startled after seeing her crying face. This makes me flinch and loosens my grip on her arms doubtfully.

Tears are continuously streaming down her pink cheeks. Her ruby red eyes are sparkling under the warm sunshine, but the coldness in them seems to be unable to dissolve in this warmth.

And out of my expectation, three heartbreaking words rush out her mouth suddenly.

" I hate you! " 

The connection between our arms breaks in a sudden. I never imagine that I will near these three words from her mouth. At the same time, a lot of questions are appeared inside my heart.

Before she leaves me again, I grasp her arms, which are trembling in my arms. 

" I don't understand! Why do you hate me? I think that I don't do anything wrong to you. " 

After my shout, we are totally engulfed by absolute silence. She does not take a look on me. I gaze at her back with tears blurred my eyes.

Her hands do not struggle anymore. She has given up to escape.

" If you are too close to me, ... " 

She finally starts explaining to me. I stand still and pay attention on her words.

" Ako will be angry... " 

What?! Ako? Why is it related to her? Confusion fills my heart.

I quickly ask her for more details. Although she still refuses to look at me directly, I can know that she is weeping through her sobbing tone.

After a few questions, a small smile appears on my face which is originally filled with worry and fury.

From her words, I finally understand everything. Actually, she has seen that Saotome Ako confessed to him yesterday. And she thought that I would choose Saotome Ako as my girlfriend.

Quite frankly, I am pleased that she is upset because of this reason. 

I turn her around forcibly, making her eyes focus on me. Seeing her innocent weeping face, I really want to pinch her cheek. 

" What do you want... " 

Her words are cut by a sudden kiss on her cheek. 

I pull away when observing her growing red cheeks. She is staring at me with a pair of widened eyes and mouth.

I smirk, " Stupid yudetako! Why are you worrying about this kind of thing? Yes! Saotome Ako san confessed to me yesterday, but so what? I did not love her, so I would not accept her feelings. I received her chocolates just because I saw her as my friend. " 

Her expression is getting more strange when I am explaining everything to her. Finally, after I finish the story, she faints in my arms.

I am scared when seeing her faint. I carry her back to my room in M4 dorm at once without second thought.

After arrival, I lay her on my bed slowly and take care of her carefully.

I prepare a bowl of hot water to wipe away her sweat on her forehead and face. Then, I change her clothes into my pajama. Don't misunderstand! I have covered her body with a quilt when changing her clothes! Oh no! I feel that my face is heating up...

After that, I put a towel which has soaked into hot water on her forehead. Finally, I sit next to her and grip her hand tightly after finishing everything.

I only focus my eyes on her, who is panting painfully. 

I know, everything she suffered is caused by me. I am really hurt when realizing the truth. I really hope that the one who is laying here painfully is me.

I softly kiss her forehead and whispers my feelings to her near her ears. I hope that these can make her feel better even though she may not hear them actually. However, unexpectedly, these seems to make her relieved a bit since she stops panting heavily.

I stay near her without leaving. Soon, since I am too tired, so I fall into a sleep when still gripping her hand tightly...

Yume's P.O.V.

I slowly open my eyes. However, the ceiling, which is first entered my vision, is strange. It is not the ceiling of my room.

After regaining my sensations, I feel a warm grip on my hand. I slowly turn my head to that direction...

What?! 

Subaru kun...? !

He is sleeping near me...? 

So... 

So... here is the room of Subaru kun...? !