Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-32463050-20171031204709/@comment-27303410-20171101001841

I look around making sure she hasn't set a trap or anything to make sure it's safe, after seeing that it's clear I walk towards her being as careful as possible to check up on her. "I know that this is a dumb question but are you ok, why are you here in the village instead of in the mountains or in your cave?"

She starts to shiver again from the cold autumn air. "I lost my home during the avalanche, I have nowhere to go."

I sigh and hold out my hand to help her up. "Come with me." She takes my hand and her grip is stronger then I thought it would be, I let her grab a few things and motion her to follow me as we're walking down the street I feel another gust of wind and can see her shiver a little, I take my jacket off and hand it to her. "Here put it on, I'll be ok."

She takes my jacket and wraps it around herself as much as possible since it's not made for mamono. "Thank you, why are you being so nice to me, most people would run away from me being that I'm an Ushi-Oni and all?"

"A wise man once said 'The helper seeks to help because he knows what it means to be helpless'." I tell her when another gust of wind whips past us I bunch up a little to fight the cold, I see my house and step up onto the porch. "This is my place, sorry if the door is a little small it wasn't designed for big mamono like yourself."

"That's ok I'll be able to fit." I go to grab my keys only to remember that I left them in my jacket, I look back at the Ushi-Oni and point to the pocket, she reaches inside and pulls out my keys, she places them in my hand and I unlock the door to and head inside followed by the women behind me. "Go ahead and make yourself at home, the bathroom is to the down the hall to the right." I tell her.

"Thank you for taking me in."

"Not a problem, I couldn't leave you out in the cold like that by the way I never got your name." I tell her.

"My name is Rebbeca."

"I'm Repter, let me grab you a blanket." I walk off as she takes a seat on the couch, thankfully I made sure to buy a large couch for the large-bodied mamono I know, I come back and see that's she's fallen asleep on the couch, I drape the blanket over her and place a pillow under her head. "Rest well." I head off to take a shower, as I'm heading to my room to get ready to go to sleep I sneeze a little. "Hope I'm not getting a cold."

The next morning I can barely get out of bed, feeling like I weigh a ton, thinking the Ushi-Oni crawled into my bed with me I look around only to feel groggy and very hot, but no Ushi-Oni anywhere, I can barely move, I check myself and the bead to see if she tied me down and nothing, no spider tread holding me down against my will at all so what's wrong with me? "Dang it I think I got the flu, that's what I get for walking around in the cold."

"Good morning, are you ok?" I look over and see the Ushi-Oni enter my room, I can barely move she rushes over and checks me. "Oh my god you have caught a cold, don't worry I'll take care of you." she rushes off leaving me in bed, thankfully it's the weekend so I don't have to worry about anything, about five minutes later she comes back with a hot bowl of soup and a glass of tea. "Here you go, please relax I promise I won't do anything." she starts to feed me the soup and helps me down the tea. "Go ahead and relax." She lays me back down and pulls the covers back up over me, I decide to go back to sleep and let the flu take its course.

It's been five months since I took Rebecca in, I'm looking out the window at the first flowers of  Spring, when I feel someone wrap their arms around me I lean back into the embrace and feel it tighten. "Morning sleepy head."

"Morning to you too, I made breakfast, let eat." I feel her kiss on the cheek and follow her to the kitchen ready to eat, I'm happy I let her into my life that night and that she was there for me when I got sick.