Apple note

Ichiro really didn’t expect it to go that bad. He had heard how Maasa had been super worried about his weight again, but he didn’t think much of it. He never understood how he could make such a big deal out of it. Not even as Maasa spent half an hour talking about how much weight he had gained in a week. Or when he threatened to not eat anything until he lost weight again. Ichiro didn’t actually believe that the last one would happen.

And he regretted not listening or trying to understand him the day Ata and Taijuu told then he had ended up in the hospital. Apparently he had spent as long as he could without eating anything, like he said he would, and fainted.

Ichiro headed to the hospital as soon as he could. He was let into his room easily even though he was still unconscious for being a relative. He felt his eyes get slightly teary as soon as he saw Maasa laying on the bed. He could still see him breathing. The doctors had said that he wouldn’t take too long to wake up, but even after that they would keep him there to make sure everything was okay with him.

He sat down at the couch with sigh. He couldn’t help but feel kinda pathetic. His cousin was laying there unconscious right in front of him and he hadn’t done anything to prevent it.

He never understood Maasa’s issue with weight. Or rather he never tried to understand. Even when they were kids, he never got why he was always so down every time his weight was brought up. Maybe he could have done something to stop him.

He shook his head. Thinking about he could have done in the past wouldn’t change anything. Even if it was his fault he could still make up for it.

He then remembered he had an apple in his bag. It was supposed to be a snack in case he had to wait at the hospital for too long. He took it out of his bag and left it at the table beside the bed.

His phone buzzed with a message from his parents telling him to go home and help them. He couldn’t stay around for too long.

He took a small notebook from his bag and wrote a small message on it. Even if it wasn’t much it was enough to show that he cared.

Maasa woke up feeling extremely uncomfortable. Not because of the bed, but because his stomach wouldn’t stop grumbling. He was hungry. He was starting to question if his idea was actually.

He looked around the hospital room and found an apple on the side table. There was a note under it. Glancing at it, he read Ichiro’s name. He took one in each hand and read the note.

It’s okay if you don’t want to gain weight but please take care of yourself! Everyone got worried (especially me)! - Ichiro

He didn’t know how to feel about that. He knew Ichiro wouldn’t understand how he felt even if he tried to explain it to him. But he did seem to care about his health.

He then just had to admit it really was a bad idea to not eat anything for too long. He started feeling kinda bad for worrying everyone.

He put the note in his pocket and started eating the apple. Just the first bite already making him feel much better.

He then was sure that he would never try to do that again.