"Mm... mm... ah?!"
Let me explain what had just happened.
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Masumi pressed tightly against me. Wait? What exactly was going on?!
As I frantically checked the situation, I discovered that I was wrapped in a bath towel. This should have been the one I lent Masumi, right?? Why was I the one wrapped in it while she... ah?!
"Finally awake? How are you feeling?"
Masumi, who had her arms around me, suddenly spoke. How I was feeling... ah, right. I'd fallen asleep after feeling unwell, hadn't I?
Prompted by her reminder, I checked my condition...
"I'm still a little cold, and my head feels foggy."
It seemed that all the fatigue I'd unknowingly accumulated during life on the uninhabited island had finally erupted at once.
"I see. Then get some more rest."
As Masumi spoke, her cheeks suddenly reddened, and she hugged me even tighter. Even with the towel between us, the feeling of Masumi's chest pressed against me was dangerous enough. Worse still, with no towel separating us, my legs and hers...
Honestly, if I hadn't been sick, I might have pushed her down and crossed the line already.
"Um, Masumi?"
"Don't talk. I'm embarrassed too."
"Then you don't have to force yourself..."
"Shut up. I can't just leave a freezing sick person alone, can I?"
Masumi looked away and held me a little tighter. Judging from what she said, she was probably imitating the practice of using body heat to keep someone warm.
So she'd wrapped me in the towel to raise my body temperature too.
"Masumi."
"What?"
"Thank you. I'll find a chance to repay this kindness someday."
Even though she was cold too, she'd given the towel to sick me, then even pressed herself against me to warm