Author's Note: I'm glad you guys liked the previous chapter! And yes, the girl is Shin-chan's little sister! I'm in the process of writing a story for her and Kise along with Akashi and another OC, so those should sometime be published sometime soon! This chapter is shorter than normal too, so sorry about that! Thanks for all the favorites, follows, and reviews again!
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Hair
Chapter 9: Memories
"Atsushi-san! Good morning!" Emi said as she walked into class, a large smile evident on her face, and Atsushi looked at the girl as she sat down at the desk in front of him. She placed her elbows on his desk and continued to look at him.
"Good morning, Emi-chin." Atsushi replied as he snacked on some chips. She stared at his hair, noting it returned back to his normal style that fell to his pass his shoulders and played with the hair elastic on her wrist.
"Atsushi-san, would you mind if I do something with your hair?" She asked and he blinked before shrugging, signaling that he wouldn't mind.
"Eh, sure." He said as she jumped off the chair to move behind him with a hair elastic ready to work on it. People stared at the two as she sat on the desk behind him and leaned in close to get his hair. She gulped as she slowly moved her fingers through his hair, a little shocked at how soft it was. She moved a little closer as she reached to grab some of his hair in front of his eyes, not knowing her breasts had leaned into the back of his head without her knowledge. He blinked at the sudden feeling of something against his head but didn't move as he continued to let her style his hair.
"Atsushi-san, you're hair is soft." She commented with a smile present on her lips and he continued to eat the chips, "Does it matter what I do with your hair?"
"No. Do whatever you want." He replied and she nodded, letting some of his hair lose in the front.
"Hai." She whispered before she pulled some of his hair gently up and away from his face but let some of hair out of the hair tie. She softly rolled the tie around his hair and smiled at her work. She moved off of the desk and moved to see how well she did with styling it. She smiled at what she did before stating, "I'm finished, Atsushi-san. I hope you like it."
She pulled out a small compact mirror and showed the giant what she did.
He blinked at the sight and narrowed his eyes, his hair partially tied back while some of his bangs were left out of the ponytail along with most of his hair in the back but he instantly thought of one of his brothers.
"I look like Hitoshi-nii." He stated and she blinked, sorrow taking up on her features. She glanced away and her hands twitching at the statement, remembering the older brother with the scar who commented harshly about her reason of hanging out with Atsushi.
"W-would you like me to change it?" She questioned and he glanced at her unease expression, her biting her lip and fingers twitching in anticipation to his response. He shrugged before eating more chips and said, "Nah. It's fine."
She smiled at this before leaning against the desk in front of his and then onto his own desk, interest twinkling in her eyes.
"Atsushi-san," She began and he glanced up to her eyes, "Would you consider us friends?"
He blinked before slowly nodding and ate more chips while doing so. She smiled at this and couldn't help but feel excited at this since she never truly had someone like that.
"Thank you for that." She said and he downed the remaining crumbs from the bag, lifting it and swallowing it the remainders.
"Hai. Emi-chin is nice." He said and she blinked at this as he pulled the bag away, licking the crumbs off his lips. She stared at the few crumbs that he didn't get before she reached to wipe them off. He stared at the interaction taking place as she used her thumb to wipe the crumbs off his face and she said, "Now, you're all clean, Atsushi-san."
He couldn't help as a blush erupted on his face and looked away, while also muttering, "Thanks."
"Good morning, Atsushi, Emi-san."
The voice of Tatsuya caused Emi to snap her head in the direction of the shooting guard, with her eyes slightly narrowed, and her own mental guard up. She did not trust him after their short conversation a few days ago.
He was far too observant for his own good.
"Morning, Muro-chin." Atsushi said and Tatsuya stared at the giant's hairstyle before smiling.
"You decided to style your hair today, Atsushi?" Tatsuya commented and Atsushi shock his head no before pointing to Emi.
"Emi-chin, did it for me." Atsushi stated and Tatsuya blinked at this before smiling at the girl.
"You did a great job, Emi-san." Tatsuya said and she nodded, ignoring his gaze at this.
"Thanks, Tatsuya-san." She mumbled before playing with the ends of her hair and again felt the need to cut it down again.
"Not a problem, Emi-san. Well, I'll see you two around. Will you be watching us practice today, Emi-san?" Tatsuya asked and she blinked at this, before looking down at her feet.
"…I think I will. I want to watch Atsushi-san play then I have to go to work." She said and they blinked before Atsushi nodded, taking out a lollipop and unwrapping it.
"I'll walk Emi-chin to work after practice." He stated and she looked up at his words, shocked at his statement.
"Eh? I can walk to walk by myself, Atsushi-san. You don't need to do that for me." She said and he narrowed his eyes at this, staring at the girl.
"I want to. Then I can get food at the Cafe." Atsushi said and she blinked at his words, processing them before smiling at them.
Why had she been so freaked out when she first approached him? He was nothing like him.
He could using her though like how he had.
She didn't even notice that she had formed a fist and the pressure she applied to it caused it to start gently bleeding.
"Emi-chin, you're bleeding." Atsushi stated and she glance down, releasing her grip and stared at the blood. Her gaze was unaffected by the small string of blood as it dripped onto the floor and muttered, "Oh…"
She made no move to go and wrap it up but stared at it, memories she hated flowing back to her in a crash of terror.
The blood was rushing down her arms and she couldn't feel anything but the terrible pain and the screams that flooded her ears. She wasn't sure if it was her own or her brother's or perhaps it was a combination. Tears fell from her eyes and she stared at the bloody floor, her consciousness fading in and out. Her breath hitching and she glanced over to the other room where she was the ground. Her body unmoving and hand still grasping the contents of the pill bootle, orange hair spread out in a mess but laid so delicately it looked as if she was a fallen angel.
The dizziness grew and she released a breath as she fell down, her heart racing as she tried to understand what had just happened to her. She attempted to stop the blood from spilling but the pain was unbearable and-
"Emi-chin."
Suddenly the voice of Atsushi snapped our out of the memory and she saw him putting pressure on the wound to stop the blood from flowing. She stared at the wound before muttering, "I should wrap it up. I'm sorry for the blood, Atsushi-san."
He frowned at her hollowed expression as she grabbed some tissues out of her pocket to help stop the blood.
"No, we'll go to the nurse." He said and stood up. She blinked at this as he suddenly picked her up bridal style and promptly carried her out of the room, receiving many stares at what the giant had just done. She blushed wildly at his actions and tried to say something but was unable to think of anything as she leaned closer to his chest, noting the heat that radiated off of the giant.
It was comforting by how he cared for her. It was just her broken mind that tried to give her anxiety over past events.
Suddenly Atsushi shoved the door aside and ducked to avoid hitting the doorframe. He gently placed her down before ignoring the Nurse's call for him to explain what is going as he headed to the medical cabinet, as if in desperation and brought out antibiotics along with a bandages.
"Excuse me! You can't go raiding the medical supplies! I'm the nurse!" Nurse told the giant but he continued to ignore her as he pulled the bandages out and opened Emi's hand to see the wound.
"Atsushi-san, you don't need to be rushing this. I'm not going to bleed out." Emi said to slow the giant down but he continued with the pace he had, wiping off the dry blood that formed. The nurse continued to object in what Atsushi was doing but suddenly observed the teen as he gently put the antibiotics on the wound then wrapped the bandages around her hand to cover up the wound. She kept silent and observe this concentration as he made sure to cover the wound up completely.
"Are you in the Health committee, Atsushi-san?" Emi asked and once he finished wrapping the bandage, he blinked and nodded.
"Eh, hai. I'm part of it, why?" He said and the Nurse grabbed the antibiotics and remaining bandages from Atsushi.
"If you reminded me you were part of the Health committee I would have helped you with her wound." The Nurse said and Atsushi shrugged before glaring down at the bandages that he couldn't finishing wrapping it because of his large hands. The Nurse grabbed it from him and managed to tie it up neatly for him. The Nurse smiled at Emi and she blinked before thanking the both of them.
"How about you explain what happened for you to get the wound." The Nurse requested and Emi blinked while pulling the wounded hand to her chest.
"If…if I tell you I would like to it be alone, if that is ok." Emi said and Atsushi narrowed his eyes at this, anger hinted in them but he respected her decision.
"I'll wait outside." Atsushi mumbled and Emi smiled at his words, bowing down to him.
"Thank you, Atsushi-san." She said and he nodded as he closed the door behind, leaning against the wall near it.
He didn't mean to act so wildly over her wound but he remembered her and couldn't help it.
He swore under his breath and ran his fingers through his hair as he pulled out his cellphone, looking to pull up Kise's phone number. He began to text the blond and his eyebrows knit together.
"Kise-chin, how do you know if you like a girl?" He wrote and stared at it before glancing back to the closed door and whispers from the room. He quickly edited it and instead had, "Kise-chin, what do you do if you have feelings towards a girl?"
He blinked before picking send and looked back to the closed door and waited for Emi to leave, knowing the bell would ring soon but he didn't make move to head to class. He closed his eyes and sighed, ready to fall asleep on the spot but multiple thoughts were twirling around in his head. He slide down the wall and his eyes felt heavy before closing on him and allowing him to sleep.
"Mama, will you be ok?" The child asked and the woman on the bed smiled down at the child. Her dark blue eyes twinkling before reaching down to the child, grabbing him from under his arms and placing him on the bed with her. The child blinked and the women reached over to the table, holding out a simple piece of candy to the kid.
"Hai. Don't worry about me." She said and brushed her long amethyst colored hair aside, opening the candy up. The child's eyes grew and a smile plastered on his face, saying, "Thank you, Mama!"
The woman smiled and patted her child's hand, running her fingers gently through his lavender hair before patting him on the head.
"Hai, you'll always be my sweet boy, right, Atsushi?" She said and the child nodded then a door opened to reveal a nurse walking in with a blood bag in hand.
"It's time for another transfusion, Murasakibara-san." The Nurse said and the child frowned at this but the woman turned to him, a smile gracing her features again. She grabbed the child and gently placed him off the bed and waved to him.
"You'll be good to your brothers and sister, right, Atsushi?" The woman said and he nodded fiercely, determination in his eyes.
"Hai, Mama!" He said and she smiled at this.
"Maybe next time, I can see you play a game of basketball." His mother suggested and a smile plastered over his face, nodding at this.
"Ok! That's a promise! Bye, Mama!" He shouted as he ran out of the room to go see his brothers and sister at the visitor lounge.
He slowly blinked and noted that a shadow hovered over him, confusion wracked his brain since he was tallest student in the school but realized he had fell asleep. He looked to see Emi lean over him and stared down at him, her eyes slightly wide and an expression of concern crossed her features.
"Atsushi-san, are you alright?" She asked and he blinked before yawning, slowly standing up.
"Hai." He said and she frowned at this before reaching to his face as he was standing up, right at the corner of his eye. His eyes grew wide as he noted her finger had caught a tear and he wiped his other eye to note that he had actually cried because of his dream.
"You were crying. Are you sure you're alright?" Emi asked again and the giant sighed before scowling, running his fingers through his hair.
"It's nothing, Emi-chin." Atsushi mumbled and started headed out but a scowl evident on his face for the dream that occurred when waiting for her. She followed him behind before biting her lip and reached to grab his hand, stopping him from walking any further. He glanced back and stared at her holding him back before she said, "If I tell you what I said to the Nurse, will you be wiling to tell me what you dreamed?"
He looked away before noting her slowly trembling hand and thought of the first day they exactly met.
"Just don't hurt, Ken-chan. Hurt me instead."
He sighed and nodded, saying, "Hai. I'll tell Emi-chin…but not here."
She released a breath and he held her hand tight as they slowly moved to leave the school. She couldn't help her heart as it raced in her chest and a small smile spread across her face as she quietly dashed with the giant. They slowed down between each doorway with classes going and she had never skipped class before.
It was a rush she never felt before and it felt so amazing, especially being with him.
She giggled as they casually missed a teacher walking the hallway and he motioned her to be quiet. He held her tight against his body as they missed another teacher roaming the hallway and she smiled up at him, her joy unable to contain itself.
"Atsushi-san," She whispered as they finally made their way to the lockers to grab their stuff and he glanced down at her with a raised an eyebrow, "Thank you."
He grunted as a response and a blush rose across his face at her words before they grabbed all their stuff and left in a hurry that one had noticed them.
