Ulrich's p.o.v.
"I think he'll be alright," a nurse at the school infirmary told us.
I breathed a sigh of relief. That was good news.
"I have to say, though," the nurse continued, "That I have no idea what could have caused this. There doesn't appear to be anything medically wrong with him... and you say he just collapsed?"
"Yes ma'am," Yumi told the nurse. "Completely out-of-the-blue. We were really worried!" Yumi was good at making a half-truth sound like a whole one.
"Hmmm..." the nurse looked Yumi over. "Well, in any case, your friend will be fine." With that, she went off to tend to another student.
We started walking away.
"So, um, Ulrich, today you said you had something you wanted to tell me?" Yumi looked over into my eyes.
I couldn't look back. Trying not to blush, I said, "Um, it was nothing. Just forget it."
She smiled at me. "Well, ok Ulrich. I'm going home now, I think... way too much drama for one day."
She started walking off in her own direction. "See you, Ulrich."
I waved good-bye, and then watched her as she walked down the hallway of the school, and outside. Only when she was out of sight did I finally start on the way back to my dorm. I stared at my shoelaces as I walked, ashamed that I couldn't even tell her the way I really felt.
I opened the door of my room, flung myself upon my bed, and, after thinking about everything that had happened that day, I fell into a deep sleep, in which I had a dream about Yumi that I couldn't remember upon waking.