Me: I have finals next week, I knew I wouldn't be able to get the next chapter out, so instead I just wrote a short.
Midori grinned as she walked up the path to the nurse's office. She'd just gotten done giving her group their instructions on what to do with their activities for the day and was on her way to meet with Youko. Yes, the woman was still wary of spending so much time with a kid and yes, she was an adult, but hey, love is love.
Opening the door to the nurses office, Midori opened her mouth to announce her appearance, but stopped and looked down to see Youko comforting a smaller child. It must have been the kid's first or second year at the camp, because they didn't look a day over 9 years old. The girl had two small pigtails on the side of her head and was crying into her hands. The source of the pain was a small bleeding cut on the girls knee.
Youko was on the other side of the room, getting something from her desk. She gave Midori a stern look and pointed to the desk. The red head smiled sheepishly and nodded, quickly walking to the desk and sitting down behind it. Youko nodded at her and walked over in front of the little girl, placing a comforting hand on the girls unhurt knee, "Now, tell me what happened while I clean this." she said softly, looking at the girl with calm eyes.
The girl wiped her eyes and sniffed a few times, wiping her face and trying to keep her breath straight, "M-Me and my f-f-friends were ru-ru-running to f-find this squirrel that ra-ran into a tree!" she said loudly, hiccupping and sniffing through her cries. Midori frowned as she watched the scene. The whole time Youko had been taking a small kit from her pocket and preparing to clean the wound. This wasn't going to be pretty. "B-B-B-But I fell on a ro-rock and scraped my knee!"
Youko nodded and held up a small white pad that was lightly damp in the middle, "I understand. I have to clean your wound, so this will sting a little, okay?" she asked.
The girl wiped her tears again and nodded, while Midori flinched for her. Youko ever so slowly placed the cold pad on above the girl's knee and then slowly slid it down. The girl's eyes widened and she bit her lip, but she kept still and did not fight back. Youko continued to clean the wound and the blood from the girl's knee, as quickly slipped on a band-aid when she was done.
Finally, Youko smiled at the girl and stood, placing a hand on her head, "You did very well, Suki-san." she said, her smile warming as she continued to pet the girl's head.
The small girl instantly stopped crying and brightened up, sitting a little bit straighter and grinning back at the woman. Suki leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Youko's stomach, hugging her tight, "You remind me of my mommy, Youko-sensei!"
Midori felt a familiar warmness in her chest and smiled softly. She'd seen this once for twice before. Youko was like heaven to these kids. When they were hurt all they had to do was come up and she'd make everything okay again. It was magical.
Youko laughed a bit and hugged the girl back, quickly releasing her, "And you remind me of a friend I used to have. She was a very brave girl, you know."
"She was?"
"Yes." Youko said, putting her hands into the pockets of her white lab coat, "Just like you, Suki. You got hurt with your friends but you came all the way up that large hill on your own, and on an injured limb, too. Not many girls your age can do that, you know."
Suki blushed a bit and nodded up at her, "T-That's because I wanted to catch the squirrel so badly! But I let my friends go on so they could find it even if I was hurt!" she said proudly.
Midori kept in a laugh at the girl. 'Back off, kid, the nurse is mine…' she thought.
"Then you better make sure they caught it." Youko said, taking her hand out of her pocket and presenting the girl with a red lollipop.
Suki grinned instantly and nodded, hopping off the table – lollipop in her mouth – and ran for the door, "Thank you Youko-sensei! See you later, Midori-sama!" she yelled, running down the hill and stumbling a bit, but she caught herself and went off looking for her friends.
As the door closed behind her, Midori jumped over the table and hugged Youko tightly, burying her face in the woman's chest. Youko raised a brow, but returned the hug with a slightly blush, "You're really not jealous of a small child, right?" she asked with a laugh.
Midori pouted a bit, "Maybe…"
Youko smiled softly and placed her hand on Midori's head, petting her just asshe had done to Suki, "Don't worry, they don't get any special treatment.
"Nope, but I do." the red head muttered, lifting her head and pressing her lips to Youko's for only a split second before pulling again.
Youko blushed furiously and stared at the red head in disbelief, "M-Midori-chan!" she yelled angrily.
"I love when you call me that…" the red head said dreamily, leaning in for another kiss.
But the nurse narrowed her eyes and pushed the counselor away, "I was going to let you drink with me tonight, but no way now!"
"Whaaat?" Midori yelled, pouting.
Youko grabbed the red head's shirt and pulled her close again, catching Midori off guard, "But I suppose its alright if we make out a little." she said, kissing Midori again.