Amu caught her breath and sat with her knees up to her chest. She leaned her head back on her bedroom door and stared at the ceiling, worried. "Ikuto isn't getting better…" she thought, resting her chin on her bare knees. Tears began to well up from inside of her and she sniffled softly as the forming tears got bigger. Before they could spill over, she heard her mother walk into the house and put all the groceries on the table so she lifted her head and looked towards the bottom of the stairs. She blinked away her tears and then rubbed the remaining water droplets on to her sleeves before standing up and proceeding down the stairs. She walked into the kitchen silently while her mother was putting all the groceries away, staring at her while she walked around the room. Midori turned towards the doorway and saw her daughter standing there and she walked over to her after closing the cabinet doors. She knelt down to her daughter's height and felt her forehead with anticipation. "Amu… Your eyes are red and glassy; are you feeling sick again?" she asked in her motherly tone of voice. Amu didn't want her mother to know she had been crying so she nodded a little and put on a fake smile. "I'm feeling a little sick mama but I feel a lot better than before." Her mother smiled and stood up, walking over to the sink to begin her preparations for dinner. "I'll make you soup tonight for dinner; is that all right with you?" she asked her daughter as she cut the vegetables in cubes. Amu replied with a polite "yes" and she still stood in the doorway, making sure her mother didn't have anything else to say before leaving. Her mom stopped chopping the vegetables and she turned around with a sweet smile on her face. "Go back up to your room sweetie, I'll bring up some medicine in a little while." Amu froze.

She knew her mother couldn't go into her room, not now. Ikuto wasn't in any condition to get up and hide and her mother could NEVER find out about him staying here. Amu panicked silently in the doorway, she could feel the sweat dripping down her face. "That's ok mama!" she blurted out suddenly, which made her mom turn around in confusion. "I'll get the medicine myself." Amu continued with a reassuring smile. She was hoping this would work because she couldn't think of any other plan to get her mom to stay out of her room. Amu's mother frowned for a second but then she smiled. "Alright, you're a big girl now so I guess you can get things like this for yourself. Make sure to read the label first though." She said cautiously. Amu ran to the table and grabbed the medicine, reading the label and then pouring the given amount. "Thank you mama." She said before running out of the doorway and up to her room. She flew her bedroom door open and winced in apology as Ikuto's sleeping eyes shot open from the noise. "I'm sorry Ikuto, I didn't mean to do that." She stated, walking over to his bedside briskly. He stared at her weakly with his eyes half open. Amu's throat started closing up at the sight of this but she gulped and she held back the will to cry. "Here you go Ikuto." She said, holding the medicine up to him with shaky hands. "If you want to get better then you have to drink this." She said a little sternly, hoping he would listen to her. He coughed, which made her jump and the red liquid in her hand did the same. Luckily, it fell right back into the cup and none of it spilled so she sighed with relief. She placed the cup down on her nightstand and grabbed a small towel, blotting away the sweat forming on Ikuto's face. He closed his eyes but Amu shook him awake gently. "No Ikuto, you need to drink this medicine first before you go to sleep." She said, her voice quivering a little. She didn't know what would happen to him if he didn't try to get better as soon as possible. He stared at her for a few moments and then he nodded slowly to her, accepting the medicine. She helped him sit up on the bed and then she held to cup to his mouth, slowly pouring it in as he swallowed it. When he drank it all she set the cup down and helped him lie back with a smile. Ikuto saw Amu's content face and he smiled as well, slowly lifting his limp arm up. Amu stared at his arm in awe and felt it lightly brush against her cheek. She blushed at this gesture and stared down at Ikuto, trying not to avert her gaze from his eyes. He opened his mouth and started moving his lips but all Amu could hear was a faint airy type of whisper. She blinked and leaned into him closer to figure out what he was trying to say and when her ear was close enough to his face he muttered "Thank you Amu…" and he kissed her on the cheek.