Disclaimer: All credit goes to the author of Sengoku Strays, Shingo Nanami, and the writer of these drabbles フクロウ, whom I've gotten permission to translate and upload her stories on this website. If you are curious to see the original/untranslated version, please go to my profile and click on the link that says Fukurou: Sengoku Strays. Anyway I hope you enjoy this modern/hospital AU of Sengoku Strays!

野良猫を落とす10の方法 I

10 Ways To Drop A Stray Cat I

Part One

"So when will you be able to leave the hospital, Nee-chan?" Masamune propped himself up at the edge of her bed.

"It shouldn't be long. I just need to wait for the antibiotics to do its work. The doctor told me I should be here for about 2, 3 days."

"It's nothing all that serious then!" Kotetsu hugged and nuzzled against his sister. Cuddling against her cute brothers, Kasane also returned the hug.

"So Kasane-chan, what's the doctor like? Is he nice?" Kotetsu asked. Hearing her brother's innocent question, Kasane's face drooped down gloomily.

"…How should I say it, he's really scary."

"S-scary?"

"Yeah, he's the kind of guy that always looks down on you." Kasane informed them with an unpleasant expression. Days before she felt an abnormal pain at her side, so she was brought over to the closest university hospital. After they examined her abdomen, they took her away from the internal medicine department over to the surgical department where the doctor there was urged to take her X-ray.

The doctor who is in charge of her was surprisingly young and quite attractive, but Kasane soon discovered he also had an overbearing attitude and a face so scary that she felt more uncomfortable than impressed around him.

"…Well if it's just 2, 3 days then I'm sure I'll be fine. Ahahaha," Kasane optimistically laughed.

"Whose going to be fine?"

"Hiii-!"

Hearing the deep voice suddenly cut into their conversation, all three siblings jumped up with fright. As the three shifted their gaze towards the doorway, they saw a young man clad in a white coat. The beautiful man whose crimson eyes glared down at them.

"…It's time for your medial examination." He promptly shooed her brothers to leave the room with a small flick of his wrist. Overwhelmed by the man's pressuring aura, the two brothers immediately retreated from their sister.

"Hurry up and pull up your shirt," he ordered while adjusting the stethoscope in his ears. A sullen Kasane obediently followed his instructions.

"See, see ya Kasane-chan. We'll go home now."

"Eh?"

"We'll come back tomorrow!"

Scared off by the doctor, the two bothers hastily waved goodbye and left the room.

"Uuuuuu…"

"Hmph."

As Kasane dejectedly watched her twin brothers abandon her, the man snorted out a tiny laugh and pressed the stethoscope to her skin. Listening to her heartbeat, he found no irregularities and promptly packed the instrument away then moved on to check her throat. After checking her body temperature, he discovered that she had a small fever, most likely a small side effect of the antibiotic.

"Do you feel any pain?"

"Um… Not really…"

"I see," regardless if heard her comment or not, the man curtly replied back. She puffed out her cheeks at his inconsiderate attitude. His attitude sure hasn't changed since she had her first medical examination with him. She's a sick person, not to mention his patient. Couldn't he treat her a little nicer? There were other doctors that seemed to be really kind to their patients, so why did she get stuck with him of all people? Kasane wondered if she was cursed with bad luck. Arrogant, taciturn, authoritative, and terrifyingly scary… He seemed to be like one of the lords in the historical dramas, Kasane thought by chance.

(…Wouldn't Tono-sama actually be a perfect nickname for him?)

Kasane giggled at the thought. It was perfect. It seriously suited the man right in front of her.

"…What."

"Ah, no! It's nothing!" Kasane immediately stopped laughing and rigidly straightened her back. If he finds out that she happened to think of a nickname for him and had the guts to laugh at it, he'll most definitely get mad at her. That'll be scary to see, so might as well lock up the nickname into the depths of her heart….

"Doctor Oda, your next patient is…"

"Ah…"

In respond to the male nurse who urged him to meet his next patient, Nobunaga stood up.

"That antibiotic is strong so tell me if you feel any discomfort in your body. After you eat, take the medicine I prescribed for you."

"Ehhhh-."

"…Got any complaints?"

"Of, of course not!" Kasane fervently shook her head while Nobunaga glared down at her. Afterwards he indifferently turned around with a click of his heel and followed the nurse out of her room.

And just like that… her room became really quiet. Kasane didn't have a neighbor in the room, she was all alone.

Because there weren't any other exclusive vacant rooms for one person, Kasane was stuck for 2-3 days in a normal room all by herself.

"…S…scary."

Kasane has always been known as a coward.

She has always been very weak against things like demons, ghosts, and bugs.

"…Haha, I'll be fine… right? There… aren't any ghosts… in here… right…?" she nervously talked to herself. If she just sits here and do nothing all day, she might actually disillusion herself.

"…For the time being, I should go buy juice or something," Kasane muttered and scrambled out of bed.

TBC

So I hoped you enjoyed this chapter... despite my horrible translation. Maybe I should get a beta or something... Anyway make sure to thank フクロウ for these stories!