Hey, this is my first chapter story! *confetti explodes* Yay! Eh. I mean, I hope this is received well! I'll update in a few days if I feel like someone wants me to :/
Chapter One
"Shi-!"
Pain flooded through my body, more so in my head. Moaning slightly, I hissed when I grabbed the hand I had failingly tried to cushion my fall with. I half-dragged myself to lean up against the lockers next to me and held my head in one of my hands. I groaned a little until I heard a small but frantic voice peep up from beside me.
"Oh, I'm so sorry… So sorry… W-would you… Would you like me to… Um… Hel-Help you to the nurse?… Possibly?… Um… I'm still very sorry," The light blond boy spoke hushed and nervously with a small twitch.
I was sure he didn't do it on purpose. He looks too worried. I noticed his expression even more weary and I realized I hadn't responded. With his composure, I'm sure he was freaking out quite a bit.
"Oh uh… Sure, um…?" I spoke but suddenly realized I had no idea who this kid was.
He quietly returned, "Matthew Williams. It's okay that you don't know me. No one really does…"
He looked a little put out by the end and I felt terrible. I mean, this kid has no friends! Well… maybe I could change that!
So trying to muster up as much friendliness as I could, I held out my not-crushed hand for a good, hopefully not old-fashioned, handshake.
"Come on… I won't bite…" I thought as he stared at it for a second cautiously.
After that second of kinda tense silence, his hand was rising shakily to meet mine I gripped his lightly trying not to startle him. However, seeing his freaked out expression, I guess I failed.
Miserably.
I'm not sure if he was shaking my hand or if he was just shaking. Wow, this kid was… He was a bit of a nervous wreck.
Okay, more than a bit.
I released his hand slowly (again, not to startle him) and said, "I'm Ludwig Beilschmidt. And to finally," said with a slight eye roll to see if he'd laugh, "answer your question, I would very much appreciate if you'd take me to the nurse."
I smiled reassuringly to make sure he didn't think it was prank on him. God knows how that would work but whatever…
"O-okay…" he shakily replied (kid's gonna ruin himself with worry someday) and stood up with his (wow, he's still shaking?) kinda of frail hand out, assumedly for me to take. He looked much… smaller than me so I hoped like hell that he could hold my weight.
"Remember, bad hand, Ludwig. Remember what happened last time you used it," I thought to myself making sure I wouldn't crush it any further. That fall was pretty hard.
It took me a minute but I finally managed to stand. The grimace on my face I'm sure told of the pain flaring from my side to all points of my body.
"Are you okay?! I wasn't looking, I swear. Ah, you're hurt. Let's go to the nurse…" He looked as if he was in as much pain as I was. Hard to believe but I'm sure he doesn't talk to people a whole lot. So his minimal amount of interaction starts with causing someone pain. Not the ideal way to start out.
Anyways, he helped me limp to the nurse. Oh, I forgot to say, I was new. That was my first day. So I was really glad he was nice enough to show me to the nurse.
We got there and the nurse immediately pulled back a curtain to reveal a bed for me to lay on. I did so, trying not to cause anymore pain (big fail).
"Okay, let me call home and see if it's okay for you to have some aspirin, Ludwig… Matthew, honey, you can go to class now, I've got him," she told him reassuringly (Giant fail). Judging by his expression and his wringing hands, he didn't find it to be that reassuring.
"Can't I st-stay? I mean, I am the reason he's even in here…" he begged.
The nurse sighed then caved, "Fine… But only if you help out."
It'd be great if you told me in some way if you liked this at all. Oh and sorry that Feliciano wasn't in this one. But if I get any feedback and it seems positive, I'll post the next one (which is already written so you wouldn't have to wait long ;) ) which definitely has him in it. Uh… Ciao? Auf wiedersehen? Bye…