Akutenshi nakare kyo
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Chapter 7: Shigo ---Whisperings---
"Hey shortie, I'm going on my break. Hold down the fort." Nurse Meron grabbed her purse from under the counter and walked out the back entrance. Nurse Cake waited for the sound of a closing door and opened a drawer. She took out a small badge and walked to the right corner of the room, out of view of the security camera.
"Hey. Hey, you." She whispered at Gohan, "Come here." Gohan stood cautiously and walked over to the nurse. "You're Miss Videl's boyfriend or something, right?" Gohan's entire face shot bright red and he started to stammer out... something. "I'll take that as a yes. Here." The nurse handed Gohan a visitors pass and winked. "It's not fair to keep Miss Videl's brother waiting out here. You should go see your sister."
Gohan, still slightly red, nodded and put on the pass. He followed the nurse down the hallways and to Videl's room. He had been so worried, countless possibilities had run through his head while he was sitting in that plastic torture device but now he could disprove them... or reaffirm them. He gulped.
Videl played with the hem of the hospital blanket, to bored with TV to even surf anymore. A knock on the door was followed by a cheerful nurse. "Miss Satan, you have a visitor." Videl kept looking at the hem, the idea of talking to her father didn't excite her much. The visitor walked in and the nurse closed the door as she left, a smile on her face.
"Um, hey Videl."
The injured girl's head shot up at the voice and starred at Gohan. "Why... How... aren't only family members allowed to visit now?" Videl was shocked and she made no attempt the hide it.
Gohan laughed lightly and scratched the back of his head. "Well, I really wanted to see you, so the nurse gave me a pass and said to pretend I was your brother. I'll go if you want some time to yourself."
Videl waved her good arm and shook her head. "No, no! Please stay, I've had hours to myself." Gohan smiled meekly and sat down near Videl's bed. Several awkward minuets ticked by in silence. "So... you really wanted to see me you said?"
"Oh! Um, yeah." Gohan blush red and looked at the floor, "When I saw you last you looked so terrible... and then no one would tell how you were or anything like that... I was just really worried about you, ya know?" Videl's cheeks turned slightly pink and she looked away.
"You don't need to worry about me, Gohan. I'm the short buff chick who fights crime, remember? I'm the kind that punches first and asks questions later." Videl smirked at the wall; she had spent so many years building up her 'tough girl' front that she believed it herself. Sometimes, when you don't know how to act, you fall back on old habits - and those things die hard, so I hear.
Gohan placed a comforting hand on Videl's knee - startling the girl and drawing her attention - and said with the most conviction he could, "its okay Videl, I'm here for you. You don't have to pretend with me." Videl tried to hold it back. She tried to look away or laugh it off but inside a part of her couldn't take it anymore. The girl tried to smirk and laugh, tease Gohan for his misplaced concerns but the tears sliding down her cheek betrayed their keeper. The room was silent as the first few tears made their way to the hospital blanket but soon they grew in number and small gasping noises squeaked out of Videl's throat. Gohan stood up and gently guided his peers head to his chest and patted her back to comfort her.
"I- I was so," Videl sobbed out into Gohan's shirt. "I was scared. I was so scared Gohan! I knew she would get me - I didn't think I could stop her on my own." Gohan stroked Videl's hair, as Chichi had done for him when he was younger and Goku was gone.
"It's alright. Piza is going to go to jail for what she did to you... and your mother. You don't have to worry about her anymore." Gohan closed his eyes and held Videl loosely, afraid to injure her more. He couldn't help but feel responsible, on some level, for what happened. If he had figured out that Piza killed Maouko sooner, then he would have been there before Videl got hurt. The teen opened up his eyes again as a stern look took shape and violent ideas came to mind. "She'll never hurt you again; I'll make sure of it."
Videl turned her head up to look at Gohan, "Really?" Her face was so sad and innocent that every thought of revenge disappeared. Gohan thought back to the day he told Chichi that Goku had died and wouldn't be coming back; Chichi had the same expression, the one that just makes you want to hug the hurt away. The teen nodded and reached out to wipe Videl's cheek, but the raven-haired girl pulled back and looked down. "Gohan... I'm sorry."
Gohan was confused and took a step back. "For what? You haven't done anything wrong."
The girl looked at him with a half smile. "Yes I have. From day one I've given you nothing but grief and you-- you've done nothing to deserve that. I just... didn't trust you. All you've ever been is nice to me and I don't deserve that after everything I've put you through." Videl looked at her hand sadly. "You should hate me, think I'm evil for my behavior towards you, but you don't. Why?"
A knock came from the door, signaling to Gohan that time was up. The teen looked at the door, then Videl. Gohan took a step away from the bed, then quickly walked back and planted a soft kiss on top of Videl's head. "You aren't evil, don't ever think that." Gohan then exited the room and followed the nurse to the waiting room and handed the visitor pass over before leaving the hospital and heading home.
Nurse Meron jogged back to the nurse's station reeking of tobacco. "Hey, did that reporter finally give up?"
"What? Oh!" Nurse Cake closed the drawer of passes and smiled. "Yep, decided it was a waste of time and left. He knew he couldn't get in."
"That's good. Hey, go take Miss Videl her dinner."
"Eh? Me? Ah man." Nurse Cake went and did as she was told - being the rookie, she really had no say in the matter - but she brightened up the instant she walked into Videl's room and saw the girl's face.
Videl sat in bed, dumbfounded, with rose stained cheeks. 'Gohan... kissed me?'
end chap 7
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