Let's go back in time for a bit ;)

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Disclaimer: Don't own KHR. Just havin' some fun with it :)

I-Pin gulped and tried to steel her nerves. It wasn't a big deal. She just had to get in, do her business, get out, and she would be fine.

"Will be fine."

"Yes. Will be fine."

She facepalmed loudly and groaned. Of course she wasn't fine. She was talking to herself now. Lambo started laughing next to her. She turned and glared at him angrily.

"Not funny!"

"Sorry I-Pin!" he laughed louder, "It's just that you're sitting there scared about a shot and it's not even that big a deal."

"Is to me!"

He only started laughing harder, and I-Pin knew her face was on fire. The other students waiting outside the nurse's office stared at the two of them in confusion, and I-Pin tried to sink deeper into her chair, wishing she could disappear. She wished she knew the Japanese equivalent of chī shǐ ba* to say to Lambo, but she didn't and the words would probably get lost in translation anyway so instead, she gripped her sailor uniform skirt tighter and glared daggers into his skull.

"I-Pin, there's no need to be scared." Lambo took her hand and gently squeezed it, "I'll be right next to you the whole time okay?"

It wasn't the first time he'd taken her hand before, but her face turned cherry red as it had been doing recently and she nodded silently, unable to break eye contact with those beautiful green eyes. It was strange. Lambo had always looked like an idiot to her before, but for some reason, not so much anymore...

"I-Pin? Is I-Pin here?" the nurse called out. Every kid in the hallway breathed a sigh of relief, happy their misery was postponed for at least a few more minutes.

She stood up with Lambo, and they walked together inside the nurse's office. The smell of antiseptics and other chemicals ran up her nose and suddenly, her fear increased tenfold.

"Lambo, what are you doing here?" the nurse asked. "Did you hurt yourself again?"

"No. She's scared, so I'm here for moral support."

The nurse smiled and patted his head, and Lambo grinned excitedly, "I see. What a nice friend you are."

The nurse told I-Pin to sit down on the small cot set next to the counter top. I-Pin stared at all the objects sitting on top of the counter, and she held her breath, feeling herself go pale. They were so pointy and long. That was supposed to go into her arm?! She squeezed Lambo's hand tighter, and he gave her a soft smile.

"I-Pin it's all right. If you just close your eyes, you'll be fine. I'm right next to you."

The nurse picked up the syringe and filled it through the needle with the clear liquid. I-Pin snapped her eyes tightly shut and whimpered in fright. Lambo gave her a soft squeeze to remind her he was right there if she needed him.

"Alright, this will only hurt a little bit, hun."

But her mind couldn't help but conjure up an image of the nurse missing her arm and sticking the pointy thing into her chest instead. Or worse. She messed up and there would be a black hole sized hole in her arm, and she would bleed out and die.

When the needle actually punctured her skin, I-Pin didn't really feel anything. All she could feel was the weird sensation of something crawling against her skin as the nurse dispersed the vaccine into her arm. It didn't actually hurt. It felt odd as the needle was pulled out, but aside from a bit of discomfort, I-Pin noticed she was okay.

"She's done I-Pin."

Her eyes blinked open and she stared at her arm. There was only a cute bunny rabbit Band-Aid covering the small puncture wound.

The nurse smiled at her, "You were such a good girl." She bent down and handed her a lime green lolly. "This is for you."

Then she turned to Lambo and handed him a lollipop as well, "And for you, her knight in shining armor. You get one too."

"Th-thank you." I-Pin said quietly as she and Lambo left the office.

He didn't let go of her hand and stuffed his lollipop in his mouth, chattering excitedly.

"See I-Pin? It wasn't bad at all."

She nodded but her eyes were fixated on their connected hands. What was it about Lambo today? He was nothing but a stupid crybaby who only wanted cake and sweets and threw tantrums when he didn't get them. But now, he didn't look like the crybaby he was anymore.

"Th-thank you, Lambo."

He grinned at her, giving her a big thumbs up, "No problem, I-Pin!"

She blushed timidly and held his hand a little tighter, allowing him to guide them back to their classroom.

*chī shǐ ba: basically the Mandarin equivalent of 'eat shit'

And thus... I-Pin developed a little crush.

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