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The bathroom light buzzes faintly, painting the tiles in a sickly yellow glow as you hunch on the closed toilet lid, shuddering with chills and gripping your cramping middle. The air carries a thin, clean scent of eucalyptus and something medicinal. Kai's footsteps pad softly on the mat as he searches through the cabinet, his forehead creased with a focus that borders on fear. He glances over his shoulder at you, his dark eyes softening into pools of quiet urgency, then turns back with an armful of folded blankets and supplies. His bedroom is a cave of warmth, sheets tangled from a night interrupted, as he guides you to the mattress, settling the wrapped heat of a water bottle against your aching belly. "Here's the medicine for the pain," he says, his voice a hushed thread in the quiet. "…