"–just asleep. She'll be waking up at any moment. If you wanted–" Nariko feels herself floating in the air, a familiar voice echoing in her mind. She tries to open her eyes.
"–be alright? How was her–" She hears another voice. Nariko slowly feels pain start to come back to her body as she slowly wakes up.
"–some complications that happened, but Nariko-chan will bounce back. She's–" The first voice becomes clearer. Nariko opens her eyes, only to clench them shut. The bright hospital lights blind her for a few seconds and makes her hiss in pain.
"Fuck..." She groans quietly, opening her eyes again. Nariko slowly sits up and gathers her bearings.
Next to her was a loud heart monitor and an IV drip and she was dressed in a hospital gown. She frowns slightly.
"–you know Kaminari-chan?" The second voice asks curiously, making the first voice–is that Doctor Sekimoto?–laugh.
"I'm the only person in any medical field that she trusts, and I am also her emergency contact," Doctor Sekimoto says from outside the door. Nariko glances around and sees a resting Shōta in the cot next to hers, covered in bandages.
"The only one she trusts?" A third voice clarifies. The yellow haired teenager notices a vent above her and smiles.
"She doesn't like anything medical related. People and places. She's had some bad experiences." Nariko carefully takes out her IV, quickly putting pressure on the injection sight. She silently stands up on her bed and activates her Quirk.
The heart monitor short-circuits and shuts off without a sound. "I'll need to give her a check-up, but if everything's alright, she can check out today."
"I still have two free meals at the Mickey D's near here." Nariko uses her Quirk to float in the air, taking out the vent cover.
"Problem child, what are you doing?" Shōta's question startles Nariko. Still in the air and holding the vent cover, she stares at Shōta with wide eyes.
"Hospital food is disgusting. What do you want? I have two free meals from the Mickey D's near here." The yellow haired teenager points up to the opened vent.
"...a large chocolate milkshake," The man eventually answers. Nariko smiles brightly and nods her head.
"You can enter, I don't know if Nariko-chan's awake." The door opens fully.
"It'll be 15 minutes, tops. See ya," Nariko says before jumping into the vent, dropping the vent cover on her bed.
"Of fucking course." Nariko hears Doctor Sekimoto curse. "Shigeto-kun, raise the alarms for a missing patient in 20 minutes."
"Nariko again?"
Nariko crawls out of earshot. She continues crawling until she reaches a locker room. Kicking out the vent cover, she yelps as she falls.
"Ow, fuck!" She exclaims, laying on the floor for a bit. Nariko glances around as she stands up, seeing a large hoodie hanging from a hook near the lockers.
"I've gotten lucky~!" Nariko sings in triumph while grabbing the hoodie. She quickly puts it on before walking out of the locker room. Nariko hums a song under her breath, walking towards the back exit once she realized where she was inside the hospital.
"–don't have her often, but Kaminari Nariko, Denki-kun's twin sister, sometimes has to be checked in. She hates hospitals, so she sneaks out as much as she can," Shigeto explains to a new nurse. Nariko hides behind a cart right before Shigeto and the new nurse round the corner.
"But, why did Doctor Sekimoto call for the alarm in 20 minutes? We need to find her now!" The new nurse exclaims worriedly.
Shigeto laughs lightly a dismisses the worry. "Nariko-chan will be back before 20 minutes is up. She's probably out to get food. And besides, Nariko-chan wouldn't sneak out if she was too injured."
The two walk farther into the hallway. Nariko quietly crawls from behind the cart and rushes to the backdoor. She escapes without alerting the two and calmly walks towards the front of the hospital. Time to get some food!
"Well Eraserhead, I want you to stay overnight at least in case anything happens. No exceptions," Doctor Sekimoto says after she finishes reapplying Shōta's bandages. "And don't try to sneak out of the hospital."
"A child is allowed to sneak out, but not a Pro Hero?" The Wing Hero: Hawks states with a raised eyebrow. "That's a bit, you know, weird."
Doctor Sekimoto rolls her eyes with a sigh. "Nariko-chan has been sneaking out of my hospital for years. She knows more about my hospital than even the person who built it. Eraserhead would get caught three minutes into his attempt to sneak out."
"Fuck!" Nariko curses right as she falls out of the vent. She hits the floor, quickly lifting her arms up to save the food.
"There you are," Doctor Sekimoto stands up, "I was starting to get suspicious, but I haven't heard any screaming."
"Oh hey~ Doctor Sekimoto! How's the wife?" Nariko asks sweetly while she sits up.
"She isn't my wife. Nariko-chan, this is Hawks, Best Jeanist, and Detective Tsukauchi Naomasa. They wanted to ask you some questions," The female doctor says, introducing the three adults. Nariko smiles brightly and waves at them before tossing a Mickey D's bag towards Shōta.
"Hiya. Kaminari Nariko. How's it goin'?" The yellow haired teenager greets before jumping onto her bed.
Hawks grins brightly and gives her a wave. "You're an interesting baby bird, aren't you? I thought you'd be more... scared after the villain attack." Nariko snorts and rolls her eyes.
"Those fuckers? They were shit compared to past villains I've encountered. Attacking kids, they were pussies," Nariko snarks angrily, making Doctor Sekimoto rub her temple in exasperation.
"Professionalism, Nariko-chan," Doctor Sekimoto states calmly. Nariko's ears turn pink at the reminder and just flips off the doctor.
"Anyways. What'd you need? Can I eat while you ask your questions, 'cause I'm starving." Nariko doesn't wait for an answer before she starts eating her burger.
"You had dealt with villains before?" Best Jeanist asks calmly. Nariko pauses in her chewing for a few seconds, averting her gaze.
She messes with her blanket and continues her chewing. "Mmhmm. It was mostly just wrong place wrong time moments. Nothing out of the ordinary..."
"Everything's out of the ordinary with you, Flash," Doctor Sekimoto says with a small eye roll as she grabs the teenager's arm. Nariko doesn't even flinch when the doctor puts her IV drip back into her arm.
"Hurtful!" She gasps dramatically, placing a hand over her heart.
"I'll go get your brother before he decides to go start unnecessary drama with the new nurses and doctors." Doctor Sekimoto walks out of the room with a fond smile.
"Any HYDRA?" Nariko asks while focusing on raising her hospital bed so she could sit comfortably. Doctor Sekimoto not answering her is enough of an answer to make the yellow haired teenager relax.
She ignores the confused looks shared between the adults left in the room with her.
Hey! Hope you like the new chapter. Doctor Sekimoto is back!
I should probably say this at the beginning of most of my books, but you guys should know that I'm writing the plot as I go. But like, plot's always so complicated, so I think I'm doing good.
Hope you all are enjoying the story so far! Bye.
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