THOU ART MAIDENLESS, AND THUS THOU ART ALONE

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⭐ Who: Ango and YOU
⭐ When: Throughout February
⭐ Where: Mostly around Yumemigaoka, but also the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Dumb shenanigans

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[Ango doesn't pay much attention to the first few coughs (it's February, after all, and more than a handful of people at the DU main office have been sniffling into their sleeves for the past few weeks) but when the coughing turns to gasping and the kid looks like he's about to fall over, he scrambles out of his chair and hurries to steady Amane with a hand on his shoulder... although who's steadying who is debatable.]

Oi, oi, now you're spewing your kid germs all over the place...

[That's all it is, right? Middle schools are germ factories filled with snot-nosed kids, so it's no surprise that the brat has come down with a cold... his doting parents probably brought him to the hospital to have it checked out. That's all it is. If the brat looks paler and more worn out than the last time Ango saw him, then it's probably because he spent his day off from school playing video games instead of resting. That's all it is. Right?

...Odasaku used to cough like that when he was sick: wet, painful coughs that seemed to stick in his throat like his own body was trying to choke him. But that guy always had rotten health and was in and out of hospitals... the kid's just skipping class with a nasty case of bronchitis. Nothing to worry about. Not that Ango would be worrying about the brat, anyway.

But as much of a brat as Hanako is, he still seems like the type to wear a mask if he has something contagious, especially in a hospital waiting room...]

It's okay, just sit down and I'll...

[Do what, exactly? Even as a Saver, Ango's healing abilities are limited, and they're completely useless here... once again, somebody's struggling and there's not one fucking thing he can do about it.]

...I'll get you some water, okay? Hang in there for a sec.