"Oh, okay, but the towel..."
[The towel's right here. I'll go prepare some hot water first.]
Kubo Nagisa took the towel Saiki handed her, nodded, and went inside the room.
After handing the towel to Kubo Nagisa, Saiki left the room.
[Next I need to prepare hot water. Boiling it now would be a hassle.]
Saiki walked to the bathroom, used telekinesis to lift a basin of water, rapidly heated it with pyrokinesis, then picked up the basin.
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Saiki walked to the door of his own room and knocked.
[Are you done? Can I come in?]
"Oh, all set."
After getting Kubo Nagisa's reply, Saiki opened the door and handed her the hot water.
"Saiki-kun, Shiina-san's clothes were completely soaked. I already changed them for her. Her body's really cold. Do you have some clothes? Let's get her changed into those first."
Saiki went to his suitcase, pulled out a clean set of Doraemon pajamas, and handed them to Kubo Nagisa.
[Here, use the hot water to wipe her down first, dry her body, then change her into these. I'll go prepare some medicine.]
Then Saiki went back to his suitcase again, rummaged through it, and finally found his personal medical kit. Back in middle school, when family members got seriously ill with colds and fevers, his restoration ability could only be used once a day. So he had prepared his own special cold medicine. Even without restoration, he had a solid method for treating colds: punches, kicks, and massages.
Although Saiki Kusuo was a psychic who basically never caught colds or got sick, and even if he did, he could use pyrokinesis to rapidly raise his body temperature and kill off the germs, his mom still worried about him and insisted on stuffing his medical kit full anyway, just in case something happened later.
[Yare yare. Perfect timing. Otherwise it would've been a pain... I'd have had to teleport home to grab it.]
Saiki flipped through it, found the cold medicine pills and syringe ampoules, then returned to his door and knocked again.
[Done? I brought the medicine.]
Kubo Nagisa: "Okay, come on in."
After getting permission, Saiki walked in with the medicine and saw Shiina Mahiru already changed into new clothes.
He went over to the bed where Shiina Mahiru was lying, sat down, took out his special cold medicine pills, gently pinched open Shiina Mahiru's mouth, placed the pills inside, and gave her a bit of hot water so she swallowed them unconsciously.
There was nothing unreasonable about it. If Saiki said she could swallow, she swallowed. If not, he'd use psychic powers to make her swallow.
Then he took Shiina Mahiru's hand, used the syringe to inject the special cold medicine ampoule into her arm, nodded in satisfaction, let go, and tucked her in properly.
[Yeah, like this she'll be fine. She should recover in a day or two at most.]
"Eh, that fast?" Kubo Nagisa was a little puzzled. After all, with a 40-degree fever, wouldn't it normally take at least a week of rest to get better?
[Of course. This is my family's special cold medicine. It's different from regular stuff. You can't buy it on the market. Let's step out for now.]
"Oh, okay." Kubo Nagisa nodded half-understandingly and followed Saiki to the living room.
Once in the living room, Saiki brewed Kubo Nagisa a cup of tea and sat down.
Kubo Nagisa spoke first. "By the way, Saiki-kun, you're really amazing. The way you handled everything earlier, it felt like you were a real doctor. Dealing with this kind of thing is as natural to you as eating or sleeping."
Saiki took a sip of tea. [My dad's the director of a hospital. When I was little, I occasionally went with him to see patients and help treat them. I'm used to this kind of thing by now.]
(Yeah, I'm not lying. It really was only occasionally, and only because Dad insisted.)
"Even so, Saiki-kun, you're still really impressive!"
[It's nothing. Thanks for your help, Kubo-san.]
Kubo Nagisa waved her hand. "No, no, it wasn't a big deal. I couldn't exactly let you, Saiki-kun, help Shiina-san change clothes. Even if you're like a doctor, you're still a guy. It wouldn't be right."
[True.]
That was also why Saiki had asked Kubo Nagisa to come along. Since she had already seen everything, he might as well have her help. Even if he hadn't asked, she probably would have followed anyway.
Besides, as a guy, it really wasn't appropriate for him to help a girl change clothes. Otherwise, when Shiina Mahiru woke up, explaining it would be a hassle. Sure, with his x-ray vision, whether they were clothed or not didn't matter to him anymore, but explaining it would still be troublesome.
Kubo Nagisa spoke up with some concern. "Still, I didn't expect Shiina-san to faint in a place like that. Shouldn't we call her parents now to let them know she's safe? Otherwise, if she doesn't go home, her parents will worry. Do you have her homeroom teacher's contact info?"
Saiki paused for a moment, hesitated, then explained. [No need for that. Shiina Mahiru actually lives right next door to me, and she lives alone. Calling her parents isn't necessary. We can just have her take a sick day at school tomorrow and inform the teacher.]
(Thanks, but her parents probably don't really care about her anyway. Better to skip it.)
Kubo Nagisa jolted in surprise and sat up straight. "No way. Saiki-kun, you're actually neighbors with Shiina-san? I've never heard about that!"
[It's normal you haven't heard. We never mentioned it at school, and we don't want to. I'd appreciate it if you could keep it quiet at school too. Otherwise, I feel like the guys in our class would get all envious and jealous. The atmosphere around me is already weird enough. If they found out the "angel" they talk about is my neighbor, they'd probably envy me, hate me, and hold it against me forever.]
(What a pain.)
Kubo Nagisa sat back down and nodded. "Yeah, that's true. Sigh, I'm really jealous. Shiina-san being Saiki-kun's neighbor..."
Kubo Nagisa's eyes sparkled as she looked at Saiki and smiled. "I mean I'm jealous of Shiina-san, okay."
(Here we go again.)
Saiki finished the tea in his cup, set it down on the table, and glanced away. [By the way, don't you think it's getting pretty late? You should probably head home soon. It's not safe for a girl to stay out too long, and if a heavy storm hits later, you won't be able to get back.]
Right after Saiki finished speaking, as if the gods had heard his wish, "Boom, boom" — several loud thunderclaps rang out, followed by even heavier rain and wind.
Saiki: ...
(What are you doing, gods?)
Kubo Nagisa heard the thunder outside and unconsciously shivered a little, then spoke up. "You're right. If I don't leave now, it'll be too late. I'll head back then."
I'll walk you downstairs.
Saiki and Kubo Nagisa went down to the entrance. They looked out at the pouring rain.
[You sure you'll be okay going back now?]