"Nchn!" Yue sniffed in after her hundredth sneeze that day. She was in bed ever since the play ended, her getting sick because of what she wore during that play......definitely overestimated herself. She was wearing a long sleeved baggy grey cardigan shirt and some polka-dotted black and white baggy pajama pants, while she was in the fetus position since she was so cold, slowly but surely she was warming up, especially since over her bed covers was another thick layer that Ruka and Natsume had put before they left to class.

Of course not before receiving a lecture from the grumbling Natsume and the worrisome Ruka who decided to save her after she gave him those chibi eyes.

She felt....sick! Her eyes never seemed to tire from getting teary so she needs to have them closed at all times, she can't breathe from her nose since its all stumped up and a bit pink from all her blowing with tissues, her throat feels itchy on the inside each time she coughs, which just makes her couch even more, and then that leads to a fast headache that won't go away between minutes. Plus her body feels super sensitive right now, it aches when she moves too much, and she can't taste anything with whatever she eats. Its hell.

Yue sighed visibly since she couldn't sigh through her nose anymore and wondered how Natsume and Ruka are.

"Yue-chan!!" Yue opened her eyes slowly and glanced at the door, then rubbing her eyes clearly before smiling weakly when a worried Mikan came bursting through the door, followed by a stoic faced Hotaru who had on a large bag.

"This is warm soup. Drink it and you'll get better." Hotaru stated while bringing out the covered warm soup and putting it in the small fridge in the clean kitchen. Yue smiling gratefully and whispering a 'thanks' since she felt her voice getting lower.

"Get better Yue-chan! Have you gone to the infirmary yet??" Mikan tilted her head with questionable eyes, making Yue chuckle lightly and nod once. Oh yes. Yue definitely went to the infirmary. In which once again she received a lecture from the doctor, him telling her how her body is more fragile than the normal healthy type, or that her immunity system is really low so she shouldn't be careless and many other things but at that time she was already tuning out.

"Was it from the Play costume?" Hotaru questioned while sipping on some fresh sweet smelling tea, Mikan drooling over the smell, both of them sitting in front of the small table next to her bed. Yue nodded curtly with a tiny smile, already beginning to feel the tiredness creeping in once more.

"Don't worry about your bunny Yue-chan! Ruka-pyon is taking good care of it!" Mikan smiled brightly with a lower tone since Hotaru whispered sternly that she shouldn't yell In front of a sick person.

"I...know.....arigato..." Her aqua teary eyes lazily began to fall on their own, her last thoughts being 'He told me that she would probably get infected since she's always with me....so.....'

Not even being able to hear what they said before her consciousness, drifted off into peaceful silence.

"Wah she's asleep....Yue-chan must be really tired huh." Mikan wondered outload while staring at the unconscious Yue whose mouth was a lil bit parted so she could breathe.

"Obviously. She's very sick right now.....the doctor told me to bring her these pills for her cold apparently." Hotaru said while taking out the blue bottle filled with tiny pills, putting it on top of the table right next to Yue's part.

"Let's write her a note so she'll know what we brought her Hotaru!" Miss pigtails brightly exclaimed with a whispering tone and clasped hands, her eyes sparkling. Hotaru stayed staring at her excited best friend before sighing curtly and nodding once. She just had to give in. After all, that's what she had in mind too.

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"Natsume...Yue-"

"I know. But you can't Ruka. You still have to help clean up the Somatic area and prepare for the post-festival event, right?" Yue sighed to herself, freely floating over their bodies in the hallway. Thank goodness that at least her in her mind or soul she can't get sick. She easily floated next to Natsume and Ruka, glancing in between them both wondering what she missed while she was sick, even if this may or may not be a past event.

"Y...yeah..." Ruka answered. Yue blinked up at his shoulder and chuckled when she saw her bunny lazily sprawled out all over. The bunny's bright red eyes blinked up at the unfamiliar presence but squeaked silently when she figured out who it was, Yue putting her index finger over her mouth, the bunny nodding smartly. Good girl.

The rabbit that was in Ruka's arms watched the exchange with interest, though rapidly turned around when the bunny glared at him. Natsume turned his upper body more towards Ruka, still in his stoic face and hands in his pockets. Psh.

"You should go. Nothing's going to get done if you hang out with me." He turned back around and began calmly walking away, Ruka mumbling a

"B-but..." He stayed staring at his best friends back solemnly, Yue sighing while leaning against the wall, right in the middle of her best friend and l-....l-lov- lo-ver...............This is so embarrassing.

She eye smiled with a chuckle when she noticed Mikan walk up to Ruka and yell out his nickname she has for him, the poor blonde getting a shock.

"Is something wrong with Natsume?" She questioned, staring at his back. Yue sighed softly and leaned forward off the wall with her hands in front of her lap, taking glances at everyone.

"H-he's...fine..." Ruka stuttered out with upwards eyebrows and worried eyes, "Ja." He rushed, turning around and running away. Yue tilted her head and stared at the dazed Mikan who just stayed in the same position, must be daydreaming or thinking.

The bluenette smaller girl smiled and patted the slightly taller pigtailed girl, turning around and swiftly floating after their retreating bodies. But before she could even get outside, she felt her mind shifting and sighed with closed eyes, feeling the pull over her wavering body. Then swoosh! And she disappeared while the scenery changed again back to its blank form.

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"Ngh..." Her body felt very, very heavy. Yue sighed long while trying to take off without as much strength as possible that thick bed cover that was over her bed sheets since she actually felt a bit better. It wasn't great, but at least it was an improvement.

"You baka. For this you should ask." Yue automatically relaxed and fell on her bed with a soft 'thud'.

"Take this off of me, it's killing me.....!" Yue mumbled out before swallowing since she felt her voice get much better. He made the familiar noise through his throat and gently took off the thick covers, putting them to the side of the bed.

"I forgot that when you're sick, you're completely spoiled....not that I hate it or anything." Natsume mumbled to himself while sitting on Yue's bed and leaning himself against her wall, one knee up as he laid his arm on it, his other hand holding a manga over his leg.

"Arigato." She eye smiled at him with her eyes still closed, both her hands holding the edges of her bed cover while her arms were inside. Natsume 'hmmed' and lightly tugged on her hair, then patted her head softly and went back to this previous position.

"Am not spoiled by the way." She pouted slightly, her eyebrows narrowing. Natsume just completely ignoring her and only continuing to pet her head.

"I had another one of those dreams." She smiled slightly, he froze from the unexpected realization that she just told him when he didn't ask.......maybe things were slowly changing.

"Oh?" He took his hand back and flipped a page then switched positions.

"Nm. It was about you telling Ruka to finish what he needed to do. Was that the past?" She questioned without opening her eyes. Natsume glanced at the calm Yue and nodded with a sound from his throat, then glanced back at his manga. Yue chuckled lightly with a tiny nod.

"I see."

"Oh right, todays the Alice Festival Closing Ceremony right?" Yue slowly opened her eyes and met with Natsume's dark crimson ones. He nodded. She sighed and brought a hand to her face. Face palming. Oh boy.

"Get going Natsume you're going to be late!" She lightly yelled since she couldn't actually yell. He grunted in his throat not wanting to leave but froze just as he was about to stand up, rapidly moving down and grabbing her chin with his hand he raised her head towards him and brought down his lips against hers roughly yet not brutal.

"N..nats-..!" Her words were shut down by his lips once more just as he slowly moved back from the flustered and dazed panting Yue, he licked her bottom lip with his tongue, her eyes visibly widened, she was about to push him off but he was once step ahead and he swiftly jumped back, landing neatly on the floor right in front of the door with one knee down, his hands holding him steady from the landing. Yue was panting, her eyes still widened from the sudden passionate kiss. Natsume raised his head up and licked his lips while standing up, his thumb cleaning off the edges.

"Gochiso samadeshita." His lips curved upwards into that familiar smirk, Yue gaping with squinting eyes, feeling her face heat up.

"Y-you......a-am not some food oii!" She used her last strength and grabbed a large pillow that was near her bed, throwing it at the door that swiftly closed. She sighed long and let her body lay heavily on the bed, not moving at all.

Only her panting and loudly beating heartbeat repeated in her ears and head. Yue pouted at the door, turning around and laying back down comfortably in her fetal position only this time without any covers.

She did see Mikan and Hotaru's paper, but right now she just felt so heavy, mental note to read it later and definitely eat that soup Hotaru brought for her.

_***_

"Oh yeaah.....todays also that thing with the last dance....." Yue mumbled to herself, washing the dish that she just finished eating that Hotaru brought. It was a healthy chicken soup! So good and plus it actually tasted like chicken. Before she ate though, she drank those pills that the apparently Hotaru brought her on the Doctors request. She was really grateful for everything, especially after reading that note they left her.

Before she began eating though, Ruka came by and brought her some mug cakes as a dessert with some cough candy's since Yue loves sweets. He stayed for a few hours, Yue's bunny extremely happy to see her since she hadn't ever since the vision and since she was sick.

Yue blinked, bringing herself back into the world. She misses her Yoichi......maybe she should visit him......? No. She will visit him. Yue smiled to herself and stood up feeling as refreshed as ever, and walking up to her long closet, picking out a dark blue long skirt and a short white sleeved shirt, a long thin beige cardigan over while she put on her black flats and walked out of her closet, closing it with both her hands then trotting over to her door and closing it afterwards, lightly jogging towards where she felt her Yoichi was.

_***_

"No matter how many times I see it, it never gets any less breath taking...." Yue mumbled out while staring up at the giant fire in the large silver cup before shaking her head and lightly jogging to where Yoichi was with Natsume as they both just finished lightening that with a bow and arrow.

"Yoichi!" Yue smiled warmly and bent down on her knees, Yoichi hugging her tightly with a comfortable and warm expression on his face, a tiny smile breaking through.

"Am alright now Natsume." She stuck the tip of her tongue out at him when she saw him coming towards them with his hands in his pockets. He rolled his eyes. "I can see that."

"Yoichi, how have you been?" Yue smiled gently, moving back and looking at the smaller boy. He smiled and nodded with a tug on her hair, making Yue blink and give a side glance at the accused person who taught him such ways, such said person of course professionally glancing away.

"Good." He answered curtly, but at least he answered! She raised an amused eyebrow, wondering how he'll be four to five years from now.

"Good boy." She smiled and patted his head with affection, his azure eyes staring up in awe at Yue, then glopping her around her neck. Yue chuckled and stood up calmly, holding onto the light weight Yoichi who wouldn't let her neck go. Natsume sighed with a very small smile and patted Yoichi on the head, both Yue and him walking in the same speed right next to each other.

"Yoichi, this weekend, we're going to go out to Central Town for some Mug Cakes alright?" Yue held Yoichi at some inches length away, he nodded and hugged her again while nuzzling into her neck, then letting go since he had to go to his room at this time.

Natsume bent down and patted him on the head affectionately, Yoichi holding onto the sleeves edge. They both waved goodbye to Yoichi who also waved goodbye, then turned around and calmly started walking to their rooms.

_***_

"I don't want to wear a dress though......" Yue sighed softly while just picking out the same dress she wore last year. It was a short knee high length flowy dress with some ruffles at the bottom, its main color being white with thin straps and a small light blue flower on her back, holding up her dress so it would define her small waist.

Her shoes were the same white comfy flats, while she had on a white chocker. Her hair had nothing on it and on her back dress part were two small white angel wings designed to look like the dress for this festival.

Oh dear. Time for some food! She definitely has to save some this year, last year everything was taken away because of Natsume and Ruka hiding out and dragging her with them even though she wanted to save the food. Lover or best friend, food comes first this time! Sorry Natsume, Ruka! You know I love you anyway hehe~.