Spiritual Eyes {IDOLiSH7 Fanfic}

Ch 13

"Say... Isn't Riku later than he usually is?" Yamato asked taking a sip of beer.

"Oi ossan! Stop drinking beer first thing in the morning!"

"Now that you mention it... you're right. Even Tamaki's up and we have to get to university later to practice for our debut. Iori, would you mind checking up on him?" Sogo asked.

Iori slid his phone back into his pocket and headed towards Riku's room. Standing in front of his door, he softly knocked on the door.

"Nanase-san? Are you awake?"

Quiet coughs slowly turned into violent one, followed by a 'thud' which sounded like a heavy object falling on the ground, which made Iori panic a little.

"N-nanase-san? I'm coming in."

Opening the door, there revealed a red haired lying on the floor coughing in the dark.

"Nanase-san! Are you alright?!" Running over to where Riku is, Iori flipped him over gently so that his facing him. The moment Iori touched Riku's skin, he felt him burning up. "Nii-san! Quick! Bring me bowl of water and a towel!"

While Mitsuki's busy getting the bowl of water and a towel, the other's quickly rushed in. Yamato pulled open the curtains to let sunlight into the room while Tamaki and Nagi helped Riku get back on his bed.

"*cough* ...in the drawer *cough*" Riku barley whispered with a trembling voice, pointing his finger towards the drawer beside him bed. Sogo immediately looked through it and found an inhaler and used it on Riku.

After a few long, dreadful minutes of coughing, Riku finally managed to control his breathing, but still panting. Mitsuki came in with the water and towel, gently placing it on Riku's forehead.

"...huff... sorry for being... huff... such a burden..." In between his sentence, Riku left out weak huffs trying to catch his breath. Yamato placed his fingers on Riku's lips signalling him to stop talking.

"You're not a burden to us, Riku. Isn't normal for friends to help each other out when they need it? Right now, your priority is to rest."

Slowly, Riku closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

"So-chan... Rikkun's not going to die, is he?" Tamaki asked scared for his friend.

"His going to be fine, Tamaki." Sogo reassured Tamaki.

Now that all the panic is out of the way, they had a look around Riku's room. The map filled with countless notes caught everyone's attention, so they had a quick look over it.

"Shouldn't we respect Riku's privacy instead of reading over his stuff?" Mitsuki asked.

"It's fine. Besides, I don't think I've ever seen his room before." IDOLiSH7's leader remarked.

"He was the first one that finished unpacking first before helping us when we moved in." Iori said remembering their first night at the dorm. Accidentally stepping on a piece of paper, Tamaki picked it up and read it.

"This doesn't looks like the music scores of our song. What is this?" Curiously, Nagi peaked over Tamaki's shoulder and reads the music sheet too.

"Oh~ it doesn't have a title. Is Riku perhaps writing his own song?"

"It might be possible considering all of these fancy equipment." Sogo said inspecting the guitar, piano keyboard, mic and many others.

"How does he get the money to get all of these? Is he rich?" Yamato bent over and looked at the pile of music sheets and the instruments.