p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" It was a typical day and I was coming home from school. I don't recall much else but I do recall waking up in a hospital, with Ryuuko shaking me and Sats looking bewildered. The doctors said I would recover but that, odds are, I would require some physical therapy and that my healing process would be a long one. Sats was upset and Ryuuko, well, she didn't know, as some things just don't click, especially how life changed in a large way since Shiro passed away, however, she did know that I won't "go away"./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I was told my injured were caused by an accident and that, for a little while, I wouldn't be able to walk. After a few weeks, I was sent home and some things went on for a while as if nothing has changed but I knew they had. Temporarily, I had to drop out of regular school and continue my studies at home, however, with me being home, I was often left in charge of Ryuuko for whenever she wasn't in school (Mrs. Mankanshoku isn't available, otherwise)./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Neither of us really minded but our baby sister really did like poking at my injured and mangled leg. Again, as noted before, she didn't grasp as to exactly how much life had changed, just that things were different and that I was at home, now, more available to her than ever. I would say she was lucky not to know or understand as the implications could upset her./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"While she poked it, I never anticipated her asking about it, asking, "T'at?" I told her that I got hurt was all and that's why my leg was wrapped up and looked the way it does. She tilted her head and then went to look at her legs before shaking her head, saying, "Not." I told her that her legs were different than mine but how hers ended up that way was because of stuff she had zero control. Either way, she was confused but accepted my explanations regardless./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I guess Sats could give her a better one, as she pointed to my leg and then hers, before asking the question she asked before. Her answer was simple but suffice and Ryuuko accepted it as true. To elaborate, Satsuki just simply stated, "Sometimes people get hurt and they stay that way for a while. Nui got hurt and she'll stay like that for a while." Of course, while she accepted it as thus, Ryuuko had no concept of time or, rather, she had no concept of how long "awhile" could be./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"True to what Satsuki said, I was stuck like that for a while. According to a doctor, my leg was healing and I would have physical so I won't require surgery, however, life would never be the same again, as I would be stuck with a limp. Ryuuko didn't grasp this, then again, she hasn't walked on two legs, so, if there was something wrong with one of them, she'd resort to her arms and other leg to move and get around. I envied her for that, as her naiveness protected her, allowing her to get used something life altering, then again, her life was altered long before it began. Of course, it wasn't her fault as to why she's so innocent, after all, a bum leg isn't much to her because she's never dealt with one and neither has she seen someone with a bum leg./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" However, I didn't know she had a different way of looking at it. I would find this out when she decided that whatever schoolwork I was doing wasn't as important as she was, so, she decided to take matters into her own hands by swiping it when I was using the bathroom, leaving me to return with it gone. She hid it and wasn't keen on telling me, the which she stated, with a defiant, "emNo!"/em when I told her to tell me. I asked her if I had to find it, to which she clearly didn't say "No" to, leaving me to conclude that she wasn't going to cooperate nor help me find my schoolwork./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I was clueless as to where she would hide it, at first figuring there weren't too many possibilities, then I remembered what happened with Satsuki's socks and the fact that she was satisfied with herself. We found one sock but we didn't find the other, leaving us to wonder as to how she'd manage to find places in which to hide them in a short amount of time, as our backs were only turned for a short moment. Short moment or not, time was not a figment to Ryuuko and, if she wants to do something, she'll do it, a second to an hour be damned./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"I was searching until Satsuki got home, in which case, she was confused but then figured it out. "I suppose Ryuuko was wanting attention?" she asked, glancing up at the ceiling, to which I told her, "It seems." She then told me she would leave me to my devices, while Ryuuko was making the closest thing we could equate with a smirk. I asked her if she was happy, to which she let out something of a laugh. I had to wonder if she was sitting on it but I would be proven when wrong when she moved, revealing that she wasn't sitting on it. She was sitting on something but my homework wasn't it./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Mangled leg be damned, I still searched, while she watched, making something of an amused giggle. She was enjoying this and she made it no secret. She would watch me search desperately for my homework and never reveal where she'd hidden it. Now that I think of it, she probably doesn't remember where she's hidden my assignment, regardless, she's enjoying the result. I would be at this for hours while Ryuuko watched, until Satsuki called my name./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"I went to see what she wanted and, surprise, surprise. My homework was in her hand. She told me that she had found it while putting something away. Without looking at her, I could tell Ryuuko was making her impression of a shit-eating grin. I would suppose she's had her fun./p
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p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I was told my injured were caused by an accident and that, for a little while, I wouldn't be able to walk. After a few weeks, I was sent home and some things went on for a while as if nothing has changed but I knew they had. Temporarily, I had to drop out of regular school and continue my studies at home, however, with me being home, I was often left in charge of Ryuuko for whenever she wasn't in school (Mrs. Mankanshoku isn't available, otherwise)./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Neither of us really minded but our baby sister really did like poking at my injured and mangled leg. Again, as noted before, she didn't grasp as to exactly how much life had changed, just that things were different and that I was at home, now, more available to her than ever. I would say she was lucky not to know or understand as the implications could upset her./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"While she poked it, I never anticipated her asking about it, asking, "T'at?" I told her that I got hurt was all and that's why my leg was wrapped up and looked the way it does. She tilted her head and then went to look at her legs before shaking her head, saying, "Not." I told her that her legs were different than mine but how hers ended up that way was because of stuff she had zero control. Either way, she was confused but accepted my explanations regardless./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I guess Sats could give her a better one, as she pointed to my leg and then hers, before asking the question she asked before. Her answer was simple but suffice and Ryuuko accepted it as true. To elaborate, Satsuki just simply stated, "Sometimes people get hurt and they stay that way for a while. Nui got hurt and she'll stay like that for a while." Of course, while she accepted it as thus, Ryuuko had no concept of time or, rather, she had no concept of how long "awhile" could be./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"True to what Satsuki said, I was stuck like that for a while. According to a doctor, my leg was healing and I would have physical so I won't require surgery, however, life would never be the same again, as I would be stuck with a limp. Ryuuko didn't grasp this, then again, she hasn't walked on two legs, so, if there was something wrong with one of them, she'd resort to her arms and other leg to move and get around. I envied her for that, as her naiveness protected her, allowing her to get used something life altering, then again, her life was altered long before it began. Of course, it wasn't her fault as to why she's so innocent, after all, a bum leg isn't much to her because she's never dealt with one and neither has she seen someone with a bum leg./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" However, I didn't know she had a different way of looking at it. I would find this out when she decided that whatever schoolwork I was doing wasn't as important as she was, so, she decided to take matters into her own hands by swiping it when I was using the bathroom, leaving me to return with it gone. She hid it and wasn't keen on telling me, the which she stated, with a defiant, "emNo!"/em when I told her to tell me. I asked her if I had to find it, to which she clearly didn't say "No" to, leaving me to conclude that she wasn't going to cooperate nor help me find my schoolwork./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" I was clueless as to where she would hide it, at first figuring there weren't too many possibilities, then I remembered what happened with Satsuki's socks and the fact that she was satisfied with herself. We found one sock but we didn't find the other, leaving us to wonder as to how she'd manage to find places in which to hide them in a short amount of time, as our backs were only turned for a short moment. Short moment or not, time was not a figment to Ryuuko and, if she wants to do something, she'll do it, a second to an hour be damned./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"I was searching until Satsuki got home, in which case, she was confused but then figured it out. "I suppose Ryuuko was wanting attention?" she asked, glancing up at the ceiling, to which I told her, "It seems." She then told me she would leave me to my devices, while Ryuuko was making the closest thing we could equate with a smirk. I asked her if she was happy, to which she let out something of a laugh. I had to wonder if she was sitting on it but I would be proven when wrong when she moved, revealing that she wasn't sitting on it. She was sitting on something but my homework wasn't it./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Mangled leg be damned, I still searched, while she watched, making something of an amused giggle. She was enjoying this and she made it no secret. She would watch me search desperately for my homework and never reveal where she'd hidden it. Now that I think of it, she probably doesn't remember where she's hidden my assignment, regardless, she's enjoying the result. I would be at this for hours while Ryuuko watched, until Satsuki called my name./p
p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"I went to see what she wanted and, surprise, surprise. My homework was in her hand. She told me that she had found it while putting something away. Without looking at her, I could tell Ryuuko was making her impression of a shit-eating grin. I would suppose she's had her fun./p
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