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ㅤㅤ( he lets out an amused huff. )
ㅤㅤdon't sweat it. if it gets any worse, i'll let you know. besides, getting back to training should do the trick.
ㅤㅤ( he pushes himself to his feet, rolling his shoulders. )
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⠀⠀⠀... ... ...
⠀⠀⠀( his brows furrow as he retracts his hand. )
i don't think it's working. 🌀 i don't have a thermometer, so uh— ..
... then again, i don't think i've ever gotten a first degree burn from anything. i doubt i'd be able to accurately guess.
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ㅤㅤi can't remember the last time i got sick, actually. i feel fine.
ㅤㅤ( it's hard to tell. he's always been warm naturally, so even he wouldn't be sure of it himself. )
ㅤㅤ... you sure this works?
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⠀⠀⠀( blink. he doesn't need to, but he blinks anyway. )
... are they? i'm not freezing or anything, though. are you sure you don't have a fever, sanada-senpai?
( the back of his hand reaches the other's forehead as if it'd be a reliable way to know. )
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ㅤㅤoh – no, it's nothing. maybe i just needed those patches, after all.
ㅤㅤ( he takes the cooling patches, pausing as his fingers brush against ryoji's hand before pulling away. )
ㅤㅤ... huh. your hand's colder.
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⠀⠀⠀( his typical smile changes to a look of slight worry. his unnaturally cold hand reaches out to give the cooling patches to the other. )
i'd tell you to get some more sleep, but i'm not sure if that'd help. do you need water? some food? 💧
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ㅤㅤ( the timing hardly fazes him. it's ryoji, after all. )
ㅤㅤ... hard to miss someone who came back so quickly. i think the heat's catching up to me, though.
ㅤㅤ( he yawns, rubbing the back of his neck. maybe missing today's workout finally caught up to him. )
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⠀⠀⠀( nod, nod— and he's off ...
... for like, three minutes, and he's back already with a decently-sized pack of cooling patches. who knows what sort of shortcut he took? )
hey there. didn't miss me too much, right? (*^-^)
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ㅤㅤ... huh. i never thought of that.
ㅤㅤit's probably just my judgement that's wrong, then. there's no way they'd be thinking of something like that with me.
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