36 What happened? 1 (1/2)

Once she was inside, Aika stopped only to take off her shoes and then sprinted up the stairs two at a time.

When she got to one of the spare bedrooms, she lay Aria down on the bed and began pacing around the room nervously. Shortly after, her parents arrived alongside a tall tan woman with a shaved head and glasses.

Recognizing Doctor Smith-Monroe Aika totally ignored her parents and called out, ”Quickly! Come check on her!!”

”Okay, move out of the way.” The doctor set about examining the girl shivering on the bed.

After several minutes, she turned and looked at the worried people in front of her. ”She has a fever but other than that she should be fine. Is there anything that happened recently that could of made her get sick?”

”Well, she had a really big shock recently?”

”That would absolutely do it, this seems to be a case of influenza likely brought on by that shock. As long as she gets plenty of rest and fluids, she should be good to go in no time.”

”Thank you for coming so late at night, Doctor. We just wanted to be sure it wasn't anything too serious.” Yuna addressed the doctor with full respect and even bowed her head slightly in apology alongside her husband.

”Actually, I just woke up a couple of hours ago, it's not really a big deal.” She scratched her head and shrugged before turning to leave without saying anything else.

After she left, Aika went to sit down next to Aria and make sure she was okay but was stopped by her mom's arms around her.

Looking down at her daughter, Yuna's brow furrowed and her lips turned downwards in displeasure at her actions. Even though she support her daughter's desire to make sure her friend was okay and take care of her, she had an important competition soon and couldn't afford to tire herself out or get sick.

Once she was released, Aika turned and looked at her mom and called out in confusion. ”Mama?”

”You can't stay up all night, and you can't sleep in here.”