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Chapter 5: Recovery
April 12th, 2014, 7:10 AM
Torodara Dormitory, 3rd Floor
"Hnn..." Shina groaned out as she groggily opened her eyes, blinking several times in an attempt to grasp just where exactly she ended up. The last she could remember, she had jumped inside a mirror and fought a giant dog that had Miko in a cage on its collar... 'God, I need to see a psychologist.' Shina thought to herself as she brought the memory back up to the front of her mind.
'Wait... Miko!' Shina frantically tried to get herself dressed and cleaned up prior to school, all the while frantically worrying about Miko. She grabbed her bags and rushed towards the door... which was flung open from the other side by a short young girl with a charming grin, smashing the door against Shina's face.
"Goooooooooooooooooooood morning, Shina-chan!" Miko cried out with her glowing grin still plastered on her face, before noticing Shina wasn't standing in the doorway. "Er... Shina-chan?" Miko peeked her head in the door, looking the room around for Shina, who'd been sandwiched in between the door and the wall.
"I'm... right... here..." Shina groaned out, pushing the door off of her and rubbing her nose in case the door had gotten it dirty. 'Huh... she sure is energetic for someone who nearly died yesterday...' Shina thought as she stepped into Miko's line of sight, as the smaller girl's grin grew even wider.
"Oh, good, you're awake!" Miko squeaked out, along with her face turning just the slightest bit pink. Shina seemed somewhat touched by her genuine concern, especially since Shina was the one who should have been concerned for Miko. "I was afraid you got hurt because of me..." Miko's head sank, as Shina realised exactly why Miko seemed so happy that she was okay. Shina let out a soft chuckle and gently patted Miko on the head, prompting her face to turn bright pink.
"Oh, Miko..." Shina said quietly, as she heard some rustling from the next room over; presumably Machina or Lucy had just gotten up and was going through their morning routine. "I'm not upset with you by any means. You were in danger and I kept you out of it. You're probably the only friend I've got here, and I don't want anything to happen to you." Miko could feel herself getting hotter in the face as Shina's face changed to a look of concern for her friend.
"R-r-really Sh-Shina-chan?" Miko sputtered out, trying to back out of Shina's bedroom in a hurry. "W-well, thank you! I-I'll see you at school, okay?" Before Shina could answer, Miko took off down the stairs, as Lucy exited her bedroom with a towel on her head as well as one covering up the rest of her.
"Huh..." Lucy began, twirling her hair with a battery-powered curler she had brought out into the hall with her, steam wafting out from her bedroom. "What's up with her?" Shina simply let out a quick giggle, as Lucy soon followed suit. "Y'know, you really were something else last night. Like... you were a totally different person from the wreck you were when we first met." Lucy told Shina, giggling at the end as Shina lifted an eyebrow in mild annoyance.
"Well... thank you for that, even if it was a bit... rude, towards the end." Shina replied, as Lucy smiled back. 'Clearly these girls are going to make this year a lot better...' Shina mused to herself as she strode back into her room and grabbed her things. 'But those things... those... Shadows, I think they were called? They're going to make it hard at the same time... I'll need to be ready.' Shina decided that it wasn't the right time to think of that and walked down the stairs.
Quick little chapter to get this updated. meh.