Part Title. Nurse's Room
Warnings and Disclaimer. First part.
Notes. I actually wrote this part before finishing the last part. Helped me along, really. I should try to write backwards more
often. Anyway, we got to meet someone
new today. Isn't that wonderful? Bruu.
Read and review, please!
/ thoughts / [
dreams ] ( flashbacks )
::*~~*::
Tasuki
would have been lying if he claimed that he wasn't nervous. Oh, yes, he was quite nervous. And who wouldn't be, when the captain of the
football team was staring daggers at you through his gravy-covered blond bangs?
Of course he wouldn't let
Nakago know this. No, no, he just wore
a smile of confidence, though he really wanted to run away like a little
girl. He wasn't one for fights, after all.
"Is there any particular
reason," Nakago began, wiping off some steak sauce from his jersey, "that you
did that, new kid?"
"I thought that it would match
nicely with your outfit. But..." Tasuki reached over to the table and picked
up the ketchup bottle. He could feel
the stares of the entire student body on him, and he briefly wondered what they
all would say about this incident.
"I think it need a little
something else." He squirted the red
sauce all over Nakago's pretty boy face and his shirt.
There was a long pause, where
neither Nakago nor Tasuki moved and most of the students gasped in shock.
And then Nakago snapped. Tasuki wondered how much this would
hurt. He scrounged up his face, knowing
that it was a good idea to do when you're about to get hit. He may not have liked fighting much, but he
still knew what to do if you ever did get into one.
Within five seconds, Tasuki
was on the floor, holding his nose. It
was bleeding, he could tell by the liquid that was flowing into his mouth that
tasted somewhat of copper, but it wasn't broken. No, he had had his nose broken before. It hurt a hell of a lot more than this.
Nakago crossed his arms and
smirked confidently. "Red looks so much
better on you, kid."
Tasuki retaliated with one of
his own grins and said, "My god, even my sister could hit harder than
that!"
The blonde's smirk turned to a
scowl quickly enough. "You want me to
try again?"
"That's enough, Nakago-kun," a
feminine voice spoke. The two
teens(along with the entire mess hall) turned to be faced with a woman that
seemed to be in her early thirties, pale, with thick, long dark hair.
"Shouka-sensei," Nakago
addressed her, sounding somewhat unnerved.
"I was just solv—"
"I don't care for your
excuses," she interrupted sternly.
"Nakago-kun, you will come with me to Taitsukun's office immediately, to
explain yourself. And you—" She looked to Tasuki, who was still on the
floor, holding his nose. "Hum, I'm
afraid I don't know you."
"I just got 'ere yesterday,"
the red-head explained nasally. "Name's
Tasuki."
"Yes. Well, Tasuki-kun, find someone to take you
to the nurse's office and then come to see Taitsukun. Come, Nakago-kun." She
turned around and walked out the mess hall's doors, the football player in
tow. Nakago turned to glare at Tasuki
one more time before the doors closed behind him.
"Come on, Genrou-chan," Kouji
said, standing in front of his fallen companion. "I'll get you to Mitsukake's office." He extended his hand, to which Tasuki grasped and allowed himself
to be pulled up. Kouji then turned to
the audience, announcing, "Show's over, guys!
Go back to eatin'." And, amongst
many groans, whispers, and gasps, everyone turned back to their trays and
resumed their meals.
::*~~*::
"Sure you
don't want me to hang around, Genrou?"
Tasuki tilted his head
forward, still pinching his nose with the cloth the nurse had given him. He quickly looked around the office,
scanning all the shelves and the white walls as he sat on the uncomfortably
cushioned examination table. "Just grab
whatever it is Eiken wanted and head back to dinner. It wouldn't be good to go into the principal's office with it –
just too dangerous. Just want to be
safe, you know?"
Kouji nodded. "I see your point." He turned his head to the door – the nurse
had said he'd be back in a few minutes, having to go somewhere after getting a
call. The blue-haired teen quickly
opened one of the shelves, grabbing something out and closed it, in only a few
seconds.
"You're good at that," Tasuki
commented sincerely.
"Thanks." Kouji grinned. "See ya back at the room.
Take care; don't let Taitsukun-sama be too hard on you." He winked and left.
"See ya," Tasuki replied, with
a tiny wave. Only seconds after he
left, the nurse came back in.
"Sorry for the wait,"
Mitsukake said with a smile. "My wife
had some things she wanted me to get."
"Oh? Your wife came to visit?"
Mitsukake chuckled. "No.
My wife is a teacher here."
"What does she teach?"
"Home economics. Her name's Shouka."
"Ohh," Tasuki said,
remembering her from the incident in the cafeteria.
"How does your nose feel?"
"Little sore, but it's long
since stopped bleeding. Got an Motrin
for the pain...?"
The nurse shook his head. "Though I have some, it's not a good idea –
Motrin thins the blood and if your nose starts to bleed again, it will go
pretty heavily."
"Why would it start to bleed
again?"
"It just might. How did this happen?"
"Fight," Tasuki said simply.
"Haven't you only been here
for two days?"
The young man grinned. "I'm a trouble maker, no matter where I go."
There was a tap on the door
and then it opened slowly. Nuriko stood
outside the threshold.
"Mitsukake-san? Do you know
where Samael's teddy bear is? He said
he left it up here..."
Mitsukake nodded to her. "I have it.
I was going to ask you about it later on. Come on in." He turned to
his patient. "You can go now,
Tasuki-kun. If it starts bleeding
again, just pinch like before." With
that, he turned and went to some side office, to search for whatever it was
Nuriko had asked for.
Nuriko slid into the room and
went to stand beside the guitarist, who had made no motion to move just
yet. "What happened?"
"Fight," Tasuki once again
said.
"With who?"
"Nakago."
"Why?"
"Apparently, he didn't like
the food I gave him."
Nuriko stared at him in
confusion. "What?"
"Don't worry about it."
Mitsukake came back in then,
the stuffed object in hand. "Here it
is, Nuriko." He handed it to her. "Tell Samael to be more careful with
it. I don't want to even think
what he'd do without it. And say
'hello' to him for me."
"I will. Thank you, Mitsukake-san." She turned for the door.
Tasuki hopped off the table
and followed her out. "Yeah, thanks,
Doc."
Outside the office, Tasuki
asked, "You know where I can find Taitsukun's office?"
"In trouble 'cause of the
fight?" Tasuki nodded. "I'll show you." She walked down a hallway Tasuki was not familiar with, but he
took note of it – he wasn't lying when he has said he was a trouble-maker every
where he went. He expected he'd be
going there a lot from now on.
They walked a little in
silence, when Nuriko spoke up: "You sing along with write and play, right?"
"I prefer to just play, but,
yeah."
"Can I hear you sing
sometime?"
Tasuki had hesitated. No one had asked him to sing before; they
normally had always just asked him to play.
Nuriko looked to him in a concerned matter when he didn't reply. "Um... sure. Some other time, though.
I don't think I'll be leaving my room later."
"Okay. I can wait." She smiled, to which Tasuki smiled back.
Then they were in front of a
set of double doors, with dark mahogany and swirled patterns.
"Here it is," Nuriko
stated. "Can you do something for me?"
"Sure. What?"
"Tell her I've got Samael's
bear and I'm going back down to give it to him. He won't be so... edgy, now."
"Who's Samael?"
"Don't worry about it. Just tell her for me. Please...?"
"All right, all right." Tasuki looked at the doors. "Wish me luck."
"Good luck. Talk to you
later." She walked off.
"Yeah... later." He sighed, gained his resolve, and opened
the doors.
Another
cliff-hanger. Go me. And don't worry about Samael or
anything. You'll hear his name a lot,
but you don't actually get to see 'im until the winter break. Just keep him in the back of your mind. ;)
Oh, btw, I can never remember: is it
Taitsukun, or Taisukun? I'm unfamiliar
either way. It's been awhile since I've
read the manga. *shrugs* So, forgive my misspelling. Please?
Shout out time!
[To NekoNoMiko - You're welcome. It
wouldn't have fit in the story if they were together, anyway. ;)
you find out about Tasuki's past soon enough. Be patient, grasshopper.
^_^]
[To Kai-Li - I love au fics, too, but I'm not so fond of reincarnation
fics. *shrugs* They just seem really cheesy to me. I warned you that they'd be ooc. ^^; Ohwell. And, I love
Nuriko, too. He's my favourite
character from the series. And I'm not
saying what the couple will be, just that, yes, Tasuki will be with someone
eventually. I'm not going to give it a
while for awhile. Keep on guessing,
though. ;)]
[To Nuriko's Singer - Thank you, thank you, I will keep it up. And I think I answered your question about
the band in the last part. No, Nuriko
won't be in it, though. She(or he, but
let's go with she for purposes of the fic, mmteh?), unfortunately, has no
musical talent.]
[To TasukiNoBaka - I don't think I'll ever finish it. It'll just go on forever and ever. Which doesn't bug me a bit. ^_^
And everyone wants to know what happened to Tasuki. I'm not telling yet, though. Don't I suck like that? *snickers and smirks*]
[To Jashi - And I shall.]
Keep the reviews coming. They make me want to write more parts, just
to hear what you all have to say.
;) And suggestions are always
welcomed.