Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)
”But what about your compensation and that stuff”
”Idle talk Just wanted to see how you'd answer et her over here”
After standing there thunderstruck for a reat difficulty through the rain, towards the school building
A few minutes later and after the skillful treat on a bed in the school infirmary Her face looked much healthier nohich was probably due to the antipyretic injection he had given her
”You really saved us Thank you so much,” the boy said as he lowered his head
The hed in response, ”No probleat o”
He had slid into a white coat and put on silver-rilasses There had been no trace earlier, but in these clothes, he indeed looked like was in charge of the infirmary Save for his sports teacher-like sturdy build, that is
”How is the girl?”
Theabout how the boy addressed his companion, and sat down on his chair
”Hht a cold while her body eakened because she had her periods Judging by the symptoms, it's just a normal cold Well, you did quite ith your treatain with some rest”
”I don't know if you can call that 'treatment' I just cooled her forehead and wrapped her up war rain”
”That's just about right, you know Some people, when they're confronted with a cold, just stuff their patients with antipyretics, then with anti-diarrheal medicine, then with headache pills and so forth Besides, her fever was certainly rather high If you stayed there, she ht choice to carry her here”
With these words, the man stood up
”Okay, I'll go get some new ice Can you take care of the wet tohile I'm away?”
”Yes Much obliged”
”Seriously, stop acting so polite,” he s the door open
Aftera few steps into the eht that leaked from the infirmary
”Heh To test a patient Looks like these days have made me worse a person than expected”
Without being heard by anyone, his quiet whisper vanished in the dim, lonely corridor
He squeezed the hand towel hard and put it on her forehead
There was some ice in the washtub, which, while only small in quantity, was clearly superior to rain water Sootten calm as well
Finally taking a breath, he looked around in the rooirl on the bed
This was no doubt an infirmary From how it looked inside, he could tell that it still functioned and was used as one
There was a desk and a shelf filled with medicaments and three cots equipped with curtains Of the two re beds, one was piled with cardboard boxes, and the other had its curtains shut Perhaps, there was another patient
When co to this room, they had taken the main entrance To his surprise, however, the corridors hadn't been dusty at all
The shelf there wasn't any different: while it was apparent that the stock of lect
He had no idea how hly doubtful if that nu classes Thus the closest possible explanation was that the building was being used as a shelter for evacuees
Truth to be told, the boy didn't trust the man very much
He didn't really doubt whether the e of the infirmary or not, as his treatment had been to-the-point and his use of the equipment deft, but he didn't know if the man split on them
Perhaps, he had only sha to cos armed with spike rods
What raised thewhen they met A doctor in his nor of that sort—all the less when it was apparent that the boy was carrying a sick person
At any rate, the boy was deteruard
During the first ten minutes, at least
”Oh?” thea cooler
During the tilected his assigned task of looking after the girl and had fallen asleep on his chair with his head laid on the girl's bed
He put the box on the ground and tried softly shaking the boy's shoulders However, even when he shook a little stronger, the boy showed no signs of waking up
The man couldn't leave him like that or he was in for a cold as well That said, it was also a fact, however, that the boy had gone to great lengths to carry the girl here It was only natural that he was tired Thehimself to wake him
He tried dragging him off the chair ”Err, what to do now?” he wondered He could hardly let him lie there like the victim of a killer
”H bed, where he, however, only sahat he expected see: a pile of cardboard boxes that was akin to the Tower of Babel, stuffed with eneral hospital
In the first place, this infirht duty, so the bed the girl was sleeping on had been left empty only because he used it for his naps
Reflecting on his rather sloppy lifestyle, he let out a sigh
Anyway, it was impossible to put away all those cardboard boxes now Hence, there was only one way to go about it
”Heaveho!”
The irl's bed He then made him lie happily beside her and put the blanket over both of them—when he suddenly remembered that she was in her underwear, as he had taken off her clothes because they were drenched
However, he didn't bother to care, thinking that they were a couple anyway
At once, she woke up
Apparently having gotten a lot of sleep, she was not drowsy at all
As she hadn't had a dreah any time had passed The fact that her consciousness had been hazy before falling asleep, left her in utter confusion about the situation
In her field of vision she found the white light of a fluorescent la Unless her brain had rotten due to excessive sleep, she hadn't seen this ceiling before
”Um whereare we?” she was about to ask the boy, but he was not there
She had assumed that he was by her side like always, but unfortunately, the bed next to hers held only a mountain of cardboard boxes and no boy
With a weak sigh, she turned over
And spotted him
His sleeping face occupied her entire vision, and before she knew it, she had gazed at it for several seconds
Uwaa he has pretty long eyelashes even though he's aand from close up, he really has a baby-face; jeez, why does he have such full lips! I'd love to ask for the secret of his beauty, but soirl, and anyway, I strongly hope he hasn't done anything to me———
For a split second, she forgot herself and was on the verge of beco her rationality, which had darted off into the world of drea the situation she was in
Evidently, she was in so The boy had probably taken her to a hospital because he had worried about her Chances were that this was the ”neighboring town” they had been headed to
Meaning that she had been laid on this bed to sleep She got that
But as he sleeping together with her?
She couldn't keep herself fro those words in her ether In the sa a bed But the problem was not how to call it
Considering that he was still tidily wearing his clothes, she knew only too well that he hadn't ether!
On top of that, she was left there in her underwear for so her socks in spite of that,look extremely fetishi+stic
At this very irl found herself confronted with two choices Either approve of this situation and keep on sleeping together, or disapprove of it and raise a scream
What will you do,to coain But it's still too early! What should I do? Am I supposed to plant a kiss at least, as a preparation for the future? Or should I go straight to the max———
She was about to get a fever again because of wavering and wavering, when the boy suddenly ishly
”Mh oh? Girl?”
To her chagrin, her fist was faster than her head I'm sorry, boy
”Phgh!!”
”Whoa?!”
Surprised at the boy who ca off the bed like an aircraft fro He had been within a hair's breadth of dashi+ng the freshly-recovered girl with ice-cold water
”You're a patient for crying out loud! Stay in bed!”
”Y-Yes!”
She had no idea who he was, but still the girl reflexively obeyed his rebuke as he wore a white coat
Only after putting her head on the pillow again and hiding half her face under her blanket, she carefully sneaked a peek at the man in a white coat
”Um may I ask where I am?”
The ave her a smile
”Your in the infirh school in a nae of”
”So he really transported me here”
”Quite so You've gotten yourself a pretty reliable boyfriend: it see you”
”He's not my boyfriend!!”
The objection of the toirl made the man round his eyes
”He's not?”
”He's not!”
Seeing her answer like a shot again, he coround
”Oh, I'm sorry then You looked just like a couple, so I was sure you were So I suppose it was not so good to have you sleep in the same bed?”
”I think it's questionable letting a healthy person sleep next to a sick one in the first place,” she reproached with red cheeks
The man, however, did not consider himself at fault at all
”Well, seems like you're well and sound, so don'tanymore”
”Eh? Did I go too far by any chance?”
She got off the bed and turned over the boy who had plunged to the ground o
Having gotten a punch straight into the face, he had been KOed at a single blow and lay there without consciousness but with a bleeding red nose
The one and only thing he could probably consider himself lucky of was the fact that this was an infirmary
The result of the exa to what the boy was told, the man had mistaken theiving hi the acquaintance of her iron fist It was a real bother As terrible as it gets Why o why didn't he wake up before her?
”Oh well, great to see you well up again Really”
”Um, well, sorry?”
The boy, who looked quite moody, tossed the tissue in his nose into the bin
At first, the tissues were bright red, but the blood seeed them
”Don't mind it Think of it as a worth-while experience,” he chuckled
The boy gave him a stare
”I absolutely don't want to hear that frootten used to her punches”
”I-I' violent like that!”
”Yeah yeah”
He neither denied nor asserted her claim Matters of this type are often reotten by the culprits
”Anyway, little princess?”
”Yes?!”
She straightened herself when he turned on her ”Little princess” didn't suit her at all, she thought, but she deliberately kept quiet about it
”Your fever has mostly recovered and so have your menstrual pains, I should think, so you can be relieved for noever, since there's danger of a relapse, stay here until tomorrow”
”Yes, understood Is it okay if he stays here as well?”
”Should be no probleet those boxes off!” the rinned
The boy gazed at the mountain of cardboard boxes the bed was buried under and slouched his shoulders
”A couess?” the boy muttered To his surprise, however, the ansas not affir
”Quit joking! I'll have you pay me your treatment on another occasion This little bit of work barely makes your room rate”
The two travelers exchanged glances
”Let me warn you: I'm not cheap, you know? There are comparatively many doctors in this town, but unfortunately, h”
The two shrieked inside
”Ah, and call et you into soht you some which should be more or less about your sizes”
A pajama for women, and a t-shi+rt and a pair of jeans for men were laid on the bed
”You're done changing?”
”Yeah”
Behind the curtain that then opened was the girl, wearing a white pajama with blue stripes
Having relaxed, she looked a little more like she was sickly than before
As alotten unwearable, the boy had had no other choice but to follow doc either, and had reluctantly borrowed some clothes from him The jeans appeared to be brand-new, so they were fine and dandy, but the black T-shi+rt with a forceful white print on it got hiht from hell” and on the back ”Children of Anarchy” He didn't count hi, after all He could clearly sense the ill will of that obnoxious doctor, but he was not in the position of being picky
”Just stay in bed until you feel better It seeet some of their provisions and water, so you can be at ease”
”Okay Thanks”
The girl let herself fall on the bed and covered herself with a blanket up to herthis sort of lovely, he couldn't help sht, her cheeks ended up turning red
”Boy?”
”Hm?”
The girl turned over, away from him
”Thanks for everything”
He reached out his hand and stroked her head
”You're welcome”
After having a late breakfast with the girl and cal away the cardboard boxes together with doc
Apparently, those boxes were filled with oods from some hospital That Mount Everest seemed like a really stiff piece of work
To begin with, one needed a stepladder to even get those boxes down! He didn't have enough capacities to care about their contents
Suddenly, a shi+ny tiny tip poked through the cardboard box the boy was carrying
”Whoa, doc! What the heck is this?! It's a needle! There's a needle!”
”Ah yeah, that's syringe needles you're holding there Hospital waste, you know I should definitely dispose of them later”
”Please don't leave such stuff behind like that! What would you do if I accidentally stuck myself with one?!”
”Don't worry I've got disinfectants by the ton”
”You'rethe point!” he objected desperately and put the box that contained used syringe needles on the ground
By now, there was next to no free space left on the ground of the infirmary They were forced to put the boxes in order They had already tried piling theh they were being investigated by some police troup
Unable to bear it longer, the girl poked out her face from the bed and asked, ”Hey, do you need my help?”
However, her goodas immediately kicked off
”Be a good patient and shut up! You would only be in the way You look clumsy, after all”
”Wha?! What was that?! Don't determine the skills of someone you just met by his looks! I'an and bumped her hand full-speed into the tub on the washstand The water in the tub, which was splendidly cold thanks to the ice in it, rained down on the boy with a stunning precision
”Err you did well, yeah You can take a break now The re tasks can only be done by a doctor anyway”
Still drenched, the boy was sent out of the building like a stray dog
It was such beautiful weather that the pouring rain the previous night seemed like a lie The clear sky, now freed from all pollution, was filled with a vivid blue and there was not a cloud to be seen He felt great gazing at it—except for the fact that he looked like a drowned rat
”I guess it wouldn't havebefore taking her here,” he unconsciously whispered to himself with a smile
Well, in that case he would have had the pleasure of carrying her all the way under the blazing sun That would have been just as much of a pain, or so he had to convince himself
The sun burned his skin with its hot beams and started to dry his soaked clothes In the end and with the help of his own body teh time had passed to call it a break
Suddenly, a familiar object behind him struck his eye
It was their silver Super Cub, which he had left behind at the barricade the previous evening
”What's that doing here? Did he go collect it for us?”
Cubby couldn't possibly have co to picture, it was more than improbable that their excellent yet normal Super Cub had such an autopilot function
”Hey, brat”
”Yes?”
He turned to doc as he had heard his voice Not that I care, but is that my new name? The doctor didn't seem to have any ill will, but he couldn't help but feel a little offended
”I'o and fetch your futon now It's in the dress room in the third floor To reach it well, see for yourself You should find it”
”Understood Where's the”
”Key,” he wanted to continue, but the keys ca before he could even finish A cheap plastic name card was attached to them
”As soon as you've done that, it's lunch tih”
”Eh, not you can't?”
”No, I won't After all, your debt is growing and growing at the ot the chills ”For one thing, it was ed the collection of your bike, and for another thing I've still not gotten my payment for her treatment Oh let's see—what kind of payment should I demand from you”
To the boy it looked as though doc's broad grin reached up to his ears A devil's tail growing froe
”Ghwaaaahm”
At the very irl's mouth was openedthe er of dislocating one's janing is a physiological pheno not exactly dignified in general, she couldn't be expected to suppress it
In other words, the girl was bored
Everyone who has ever had to stay home because of a cold should understand this Thethey get Though you are in the course of regaining your condition, the doctor doesn't pero out of bed — and due to the nature of es that makes you want to cut and run if that doctor's not around
She slipped into the sneakers by her bed and ran off
Of course, she didn't intend to leave the town All she wanted to do was getting a breath of fresh air―――
”Excuse me”
Therefore, she could pretty much see her heart shoot out of her mouth when she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice from the room in which there was supposed to be no one else
Was she so stricken that she heard things? Searching for a place in the infirmary where one could hide she found one: the third bed, directly before her eyes by the
The girl hesitatingly raised her face
”Um, excuse me,” the voice said, upon which the curtain was slid open
The girl took a leap backward She bue of the bed behind her and tumbled over it, but fell down on the other side without finishi+ng a turn
A whang resounded as though a wrestler had just gone down, and in the next moment the door opened
The doctor and boy entered and rounded there eyes, just to narrow them a second later
”what're you doing?”
”Um well,” she tried to explain, but it was of no avail Words could not describe why she would get in the situation of doing a headstand in pajaainst the bed
Words could not describe why she would get in the situation of doing a headstand in pajaainst the bed
”Excuse irl about the sa
”No, excuseso noisy”
The unfa in the bed with closed curtains Apparently, the boy's arrival was news to her, too, because she had been asleep all the tiht
”No no, the livelier the better,” she laughed
She was near the tere
Her skin and hair were snohite—whiter than an albino's Since suffering fro bad blood or so, but rather that one's entire color itself faded, she did not really seem unhealthy Her white skin made her look almost like a fairy
As a japanese, her eyes should have been either black or a dark brown, but hers were a lightish ashen gray Without a doubt these were the sy”
She hadn't completely turned monochrome yet, but there was probably not much tiress was said to not necessarily be constant and depend on the individual, it was safe to say that her re time didn't sum up to very much
”Well, I guess I'll introduce her to you,” the doctor said as he stood next to her, ”This little beauty is a student of this school She pretty much lives here because she's in delicate health”
The girl in question htly eraceful and fitted the ie of an unfortunate beauty
”Her age should be about yours; sixteen We call her”
”Doctor!”
She tugged at his white coat and protested to hi how desperate she seelances
”Co to think about Okay, um listen, her nickname is 'princess'”
”Princess?” the girl asked back in surprise
The girl that had been called ”princess” ducked her head and lowered her gaze with a bright red face Indeed, it seemed to be the perfect nickname for her She really looked like a princess
”I-I do not like that na, but doctor just won't listen and keeps calling me ”princess, princess” Because of hi me like that now”
”But it's a perfect irl out
You'd better not be hitting on her willingly, you player!
”Excuse irl
”Hlanced to her
”Excuse me but may I know your names? It is not fair if it is only me”
”I see You're right I'irl'!”
”Quite sihness!”
He once irl unleashed her iron elbow attack — straight into his side
By the tiht lunch of soirl was alain sos, which had become weak due to her cold
One hter though she looked like a corpse the day before Getting co to be a pushover for her
”Alright, brat It's time for you to work,” the doctor said as he stood up fro stool
While putting down the aluminum plate that had been in the school's stock on the plate, the boy sighed in his hteous attitude
”Princess takes to taking a stroll in the afternoon town, you know Sadly, I do have the incredibly boring but very i in the hospital”
”D-Doctor,” princess objected apologetically, but he ignored her
”Therefore, boy, you're her escort today Feel free to sight-see the tohile you're at it”
”Hey doc! What about irl objected
The doctor thrust out his index finger before her, ”You're forbidden to go outside Therefore, I'll take those into custody” He then held up a paper bag that contained the clothes she had hen she arrived, as well as her sneakers
”Wha—When did you?!”
She ied her
”Okay, you knohat to do Don't worry, I'll be back in the early evening” He gave them a quick wave and left like the wind
Left behind in the rooirl, and a flushed princess with her gaze pinned to the floor
In the end, the boy accepted to escort princess and left with her for a stroll in town The delicate princess used a wheelchair toto walk hand in hand
This did not callared at him like a horned beast from hell
”Um I am really, really sorry We can return anytime if you are bothered”
”Hm? Don't worry I owe that doctor one, and ,” he answered with conviction as he pushed the wheelchair
A bright sun that shone just as fiercely as ever welco
He pushed her down a concrete ramp that had only been built recently as it seerounds
”Do you need a sunshade?”
”Not yet, thanks”
”Okay,” he said and dropped the subject
To the boy's understanding, sufferers froenital disorder that results froene alleles—were very sensitive to ultraviolet rays due to an insufficient amount of melanin in the skin
Much different, the loss of color when suffering fro” was not because of a lack of melanin The melanin itself would siainst ultraviolet rays was about the sah she had turned almost entirely white
Since, however, direct sunlight could not be good for her, suffering from a weak heart, he had taken a sunshade with him just in case
”Where is our first stop, Princess?”
”I-I really do not want to be a bother, so we can go back if you”
”Don't say that It's a great opportunity for me to take a look ar