LOVE CATCH

what's wrong"

"This is my responsibility. Please don't move because you are heavy"

Carrying the man who had become docile through the corridor, he stepped on something on the way, and although he didn't fall, he leaned forward.Perhaps because of fear, the president put more force on Shibuya's neck.From the back of his feverish neck came the smell of a man's sweat. .

After putting the president on the bed, the "funeral combination" also came in through the crack of the door.The two cats, one black and one white, stepped on the bed without considering the owner's feelings, and finally rolled into a ball on the sheet.Although it is a cat, Shibuya still feels very angry with this beast's attitude.

"Do you want to let the cat out?"

"That's fine. I sleep with them all the time. If Ren and Sakura are here, I won't feel lonely."

Even being stepped on by cats doesn't seem to be angry.

"I put ice cream, canned peaches, and bags of porridge in the freezer"

"I made you worry. Thank you"

"Do you want to eat now?"

The president looked puzzled.

"Would you like some ice cream now?"

"Ah...but..." He hesitated.

"Do you really want to eat it? Sure enough, I really want to eat it. I'm going to get it now"

He ended the conversation unilaterally, and then went to the kitchen to take out vanilla ice cream.Shibuya sat down on the edge of the bed, eye level with the president.He opened the lid of the ice cream and took a mouthful with a spoon to the patient's mouth.

The president opened his eyes wide, then opened his mouth timidly.With a spoon, he sent the ice cream into the president's worried mouth.

"……Delicious"

The president's eyes softened.

"It's really good to eat when you have a fever. My younger brother is always clamoring for ice cream."

Shibuya scooped up another spoonful and handed it over, the president opened his mouth like a chick waiting to be fed.

"In winter, they said they couldn't do it because it was too expensive, but he said he wanted to eat strawberries, otherwise watermelon was fine. Finally, I bought them for them."

The president smiled while chewing on the ice cream.

"You are such a gentle brother."

Although he said he had no appetite, he unexpectedly ate ice cream.At this time, the two cats also slowly approached Shibuya.They sniffed as they approached Shibuya.

"Not for the two of you"

Chase the two critters away and continue feeding the main ice cream.

"This is the last bite."

Put the last bite of ice cream from the bottom of the box into the man's mouth.Then the president suddenly opened his eyes wide and cried.Was it because he noticed that he was crying, the president buried his face in the pillow.

"what happened?"

The hairs on the back of his head trembled as if in pain.

"……fine"

"Where does it hurt?"

"No, it's not"

The voice in the pillow trembled and was indistinct.

"Are you crying?"

no answer.Shibuya leaned his back on the bed and sighed deeply.I thought I could go back after feeding the president the ice cream, but now I can't.Hearing a rustling sound, I looked to my feet and saw that two cats were sticking their heads into the trash can and licking the lid of the ice cream intently.

There is really no room for carelessness.Chased two cats away and tied a garbage bag in the trash can.The clock showed that it was midnight.I have to get up at five o'clock tomorrow to make breakfast, prepare bento and so on, so I can't stay here overnight.

The back of the president's head was still shaking.Stay here a little longer and go home when he stops crying.Stay here for a while... Thinking of this, Shibuya gently closed his eyes.

Hearing the sound of creaking floors, he half opened his eyes and saw a pair of very thin ankles.It was like wet feet.Did he get up to go to the toilet?

It's not morning yet, the alarm clock hasn't rung, and it's dark all around.Shibuya, who wanted to sleep for a while, closed his eyes.The forehead was gently stroked.Then he was stroked gently all the way to the back of the head.

"Mom?"

The fingers stroking him stopped moving.

"It's getting late...please go back"

Rubbing his eyelids, Shibuya opened his eyes.Then what he saw was a bald head who was only one step away from him.It's the president.Why is it at his own house? Shibuya stood up, and the towel blanket fell to his waist.The surroundings are not the usual scenery.This is not my home.Yesterday, because I was very worried about the president, I rushed to his apartment.after that…….

"Morning, good morning."

Ignoring the president's greeting, Shibuya looked at the clock.It was already ten past five in the morning.If I don't go home quickly and prepare breakfast, I won't have time to make bento.Grabbing the wrist of the president who was looking this way, he pulled him to his side, and touched his forehead.Although the temperature from the fingertips was still a bit high, it was much better than yesterday.

"I still have a little fever, please rest well all day today"

Shibuya stood up, folded the towel blanket he was covering with last night and placed it at his feet.

"The porridge in the bag, if you find it troublesome to heat it, you can put it in a high-temperature resistant bowl and heat it in the microwave. Remember to wrap it in plastic wrap. I'll go back first."

As soon as Shibuya finished speaking, he rushed out of the room.The rice cooker was empty last night and it took three to ten minutes to make breakfast.And then make bento...

Bicycles raced hard on the foggy streets in the morning.The clear and cold air entered his lungs, making Shibuya feel good.

When you get home, prepare breakfast as quickly as possible.Hurry up and finish breakfast, except for the college students who can eat whatever they want if they leave it alone, and the two elementary school students whose school will provide lunch, and stuff their lunch boxes with the rest of the middle and high school students.After letting the six people who went to school have breakfast and send them out, they can finally get ready to go to work.

The phone's mail beeps.It's the president. "Thank you very much yesterday. I also ate ice cream this morning. It was delicious." I imagined the president sitting alone in the living room, eating ice cream with his back curled up, with cats playing around at his feet.I always feel that this scene is a bit warm.

After three days of rest, the president came to the company on the fourth day.I was named during the break, but I couldn't get the body, so I apologized to the owner over the phone and email.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when passing the corridor with the invoice, I saw the president and a 30-year-old man whom I had never seen before entering the reception room.The man was wearing a navy blue suit, like a businessman.After asking Aoyama, I was told, "The one who came today is from a real estate company."

"Is the president moving?"

"No. Fang Lang's apartment is divided into households. Today is not discussing personal matters, but discussing whether we can expand the land here."

"Want to expand the funeral home?"

"It's a bit small here. Now the collection of ashes is increasing, and group burials are also very popular."

If you have already started to think about business expansion, it means that the business is going well now.

Aoyama took out the Magdenburg Baumkuchen from the bag.

"This is what Yoshiro received from a customer. Please enjoy~"

Because he was very hungry, Shibuya bit the bag with his teeth on the spot.Soft and sweet taste.The trash cans at the foot of the green hill are filled with empty Magdenburg cake bags. ...Did I eat so much by myself?

"By the way, have you met Fang Lang's girlfriend?"

Shocked, Shibuya looked into Aoyama's eyes, and there was no sign of testing himself in them.

"……No"

"Didn't you visit Fang Lang when he had a cold and rest? Didn't you meet her girlfriend by chance?"

During the three days when the president was on leave, Shibuya visited him at the apartment every morning and evening.Because I am very worried about how the president will solve the problem of eating.Although the younger brothers did not evaluate him well because he always cooked some easy-to-digest things like vegetable roots, the president was very happy.

"no"

"Is that so?" Aoyama shrugged.

"Just now when I went into the president's office to get my seal, Fang Lang showed me his affection."

"Show affection?"

"When Fang Lang was sick and asked for leave. I thought it would be inconvenient for a big man to live, so I invited him to my house for dinner, but no matter how many times I called him, he refused. But he doesn't seem to go out to buy things very much. , I asked him because I was a little worried, and he said, 'Because lovers will come sooner or later'"

The "lover" in the president's mouth must be himself.Although it is true that I will go to visit him sooner or later.

"I like to be tidy, I'm good at cooking, and I can feed Hoshiro ice cream. Hoshiro said obsessively, 'My lover is really nice', and I almost vomited sour when I heard him say that."

Although it was no different to me taking care of my younger brother who had a cold, it became a big deal in the eyes of the other party.It's too dangerous for one's own care to be understood as a sweet affair.Originally, there was no feeling of "love", but it would be bad if the proportion of love on the president's side increased.Alarm bells sounded in my heart.If the president gets into it, he will probably get hurt.And the president is an affectionate person.I wanted to tell him the truth, but...

"Aoyama, are there still a lot of nominations from the president recently?"

"It's about [-]%. If there are many requests in one day, I will ask Shibuya to pick up the body. Even so, if I send the body back, I will try my best to ask Yoshiro."

"Hmm...is that so?"

Aoyama opened the drawer of the table, took out a Magdenburg cake, tore off the packaging, and ate it heartily.

"Our company's performance is very good, and there is also a surplus, but what is certain is that Fang Lang's character is the lifeline. In the future, we will expand the funeral home, and funds are also necessary. So we will work harder in the future. For me, the handsome guy involved Valley but both