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The girl's eyes snapped opened as she wakens from a dream. She didn't exactly have a nightmare but strangely enough, even for someone with a good memory like hers, she couldn't remember what she had dreamt about. She did however, have a slight idea as to what it was about. She had dreamt of the same thing since the first year of high school after all.
Glancing over to the clock, the girl sighed when she saw the red lights blink 3:00 am. It was always around the same time too. She knows that there was nothing wrong with her physically and mentally. At least it wasn't seriously anyway. With a slight shift to lie on her side, the girl closed her eyes, this time falling into a dreamless sleep.
Takamachi Nanoha awoke to the ringtone of her phone. Reaching blindly above her for it, the brunette pressed the device to her ears after finally reaching it and clicking the correct button.
"Hello…? Who's calling this early…?"
"Early? Wake up you moron! If you don't wake up, you'll be late dammit!"
The voice on the other side of the line jolted Nanoha up and more awake than a few moments ago.
"A-Arisa-chan! What are you…?" The girl didn't finish her sentence as she glanced at her clock on her desk and panicked. "Ahhhh, I'm going to be late!" Forgetting about the phone in her hands, Nanoha jumped out of bed and rushed to get ready for school, nearly bumping into her sister in the process.
Fifteen minutes later, Takamachi Nanoha was running towards the bus stop where her three friends waited for her. As she slowed to a stop in front of them, breathing hard, Arisa Bannings knocked the brunette lightly on the head while scolding her for making them wait and in the process, missing two buses.
Next to her were Fate Testarossa and Tsukimura Suzuka. The purple haired girl was trying to calm Arisa while Fate gave Nanoha a light smile.
By the time lunch time rolled around, Arisa had officially decided not to speak to Nanoha for the rest of the day and quickly disappeared off somewhere with Suzuka as soon as the bell rung.
"Fate-chan, let's have lunch together!" The brunette offered even though she knew that Fate would have done so even if she didn't ask.
Therefore the two second years found themselves on the roof of the school with Nanoha talking animatedly while Fate occasionally laughed or made a sound of affirmative.
"Ne, Fate-chan… Have you been losing sleep lately?" Nanoha asked, staring at Fate.
"Ah… N-No not at all... What made you ask?" The blonde answered with a small shake of her head, a bit embarrassed at the stare she was getting from her best friend.
Not very convinced with the answer, Nanoha clapped both of her hands on Fate's cheeks, causing the blonde to blush. She wanted to say more but with a small beep from the two of them, Nanoha knew she would have to wait until another time for it.
It had been a tough mission. Nanoha knew now why she hated emergency missions. Sure even normal missions would have a high chance of getting herself in danger but having someone else next to her makes her unable to focus even more. Or rather it should be Fate next to her to be exact. She didn't feel comfortable that the blonde would be so near her in a mission. She knew that the girl would do everything in her power to prevent the brunette from getting injured. Fate had been like that since the Book of Darkness incident.
"Nanoha-chan! I'm glad to see that you're alright!" A relieved voice called out to her. "It was such a mess out there that we couldn't confirm the actual number of wounded even though we're positive that there wasn't any fatalities…" Hayate continued as she patted Nanoha on the shoulder.
"Hayate-chan, I'm glad you're alright too. I was a bit worried when I heard you were on the field as well." Although Nanoha was genuinely worried, her mind couldn't help but wander off a bit. While one of her best friends was uninjured, she hadn't seen Fate since they parted in the middle of the mission some hours ago. "Have you seen Fate-chan…?"
Hayate glanced at Nanoha for a short while as if contemplating something but quickly shook her head. "I haven't seen Fate-chan since we separated. I'm sure she would pay Shamal a visit after a mission. We all do after all, ne?"
"A-Ahh… You're right, maybe I'll head over there now. I'm a bit worried." With a half hearted wave back at Hayate, Nanoha quickly walked off in the direction that the short haired brunette had come from.
"Thanks, Shamal… It feels a lot better." Fate Testarossa said softly as she slipped her shirt back on slowly so she wouldn't disturb the bandages that lined her body.
"Like I always say, magic can only heal so much… Please be more careful." There was a short pause as the doctor studied Fate for a while. "Here are some painkillers if your burns start to hurt and these are the ones you asked for." She said while handing Fate two different packet of medicine in pill form.
Fate nodded with a small noise of affirmative. There was a moment of silence as Fate sat there wondering if she should go meet Nanoha or continue hide out here until she gets kicked out. However, her decision was made for her when the door beeped open and two people came into the infirmary at once. One asked for Shamal's assistance at another part of the building and the other was… Nanoha. Giving Nanoha a light pat on the shoulder as she headed out the door, Shamal left the two together.
If the silence before was a bit comforting, the silence now was making Fate want to squirm where she sat. It didn't help that Nanoha moved and sat next to Fate on the infirmary bed as soon as the doctor left.
The blonde nearly jumped out of her skin when Nanoha took her hand in her own and threaded them together. As if on cue, Fate's cheeks were soon dotted a light pink as she stared at their hands clasped together.
"Ne, Fate-chan… How are your wounds?" Nanoha asked lightly as she laid her head lightly on Fate's shoulder.
It took Fate a moment to realize that Nanoha had asked her something and a little bit longer to construct a response. "I-I'm fine. What about you?"
"Nyahaha, Fate-chan should worry more about herself first than others." Nanoha said as she eyed the bandages on Fate's body from the blonde's half opened blouse.
"A-Ah… Sorry I worried you."
"As long as Fate-chan's fine…" The brunette murmured as she stood again. She seemed to be having a mental battle with herself for a while before she leaned in and lightly pecked Fate on the cheeks.
With a short laugh as she watched the blonde's cheeks color all the way to the tips of her ears, Nanoha skipped out of the infirmary, leaving a bewildered Fate alone to collect her thoughts.
A/N: Greetings ladies and gentlemen! How long has it been since my last story...? Well no one missed me anyway (lol) Though, Kanoko presents a new NanoFate story that came from nights of insomnia and boredom! Frankly, I personally don't like this first chapter very much just because there's the small random part that didn't do much to the story and was just a filler... That and Nanoha felt very off there... (I might even rewrite this chapter at a later date if I feel like it) But anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!