Chapter 4: Could it be?
Hihara just left and Kahoko was alone in the room, still sleeping peacefully. Soon after a couple of more minutes of mindless sleeping, the sound of raindrops on the window's glass guess caught the attention of Kahoko's ears and she twitched. She finally woke up from her deep and long sleep all thanks to the continued pitter-patter of the rain. "It's raining." She thought. Yes, it was raining again but his time, harder than last night. And this time, too, there was even thunder and lightning! The window glass already had a big white mist on it since the clinic was very cold. So I just snuggled up a bit on the thick sheets on the bed. She finally got up but just sat on the bed wherein there were little droplets of blood. As she just sat down there, figuring out what was going on, she felt a sudden taste of hell or in other words, heavy and great pain on her legs. It hurts a lot. She then discovers the damage on both her legs. A large bruise on the right and a much larger wound on the left, she guessed because of the large bloodstain on the bandage and on the clear, white sheets she was resting on, which was clearly, not so white anymore. She felt the burning pain inside of her that made her want to cry badly. But she didn't for she thought it was a childish thing to do. Kahoko never really cried a lot. Except when she really felt like it or she had to.
She was totally clueless of what happened to her and forgot everything that had happened. Of course, Kahoko was not able to witness or see Hihara's sweetness and kindness to her when he carefully cared for her wounds. What Hihara was unknown to her and remained a mystery. She wondered where the bandage came form but she was certain that it wasn't from the clinic. It didn't seem to her to be a bandage but nothing more than an ordinary piece of cloth. And that's just where she is wrong..
After a few observations, she finally came to a conclusion. That she was brought to some kind of school clinic or something by most probably, the guy who hit her. She thought that because the room certainly looked like a school clinic for there were only 5 beds. And it didn't look like there were going to be more bed outside. She scanned the room more, turned her head left and right, struggling to find out where she was and what was happening. Finally, something caught her eye that gave her a definite answer on where she was. Towels. Yes, it was the bright yellow colored towels that hanged form the corner that said where she was. The towels had a blue logo on it and in fine print, it said, "SEISOU". That made things pretty clear to her. She was brought to her school! Of course, she felt lucky. She wouldn't have to run all the way to her school again. She didn't know who brought her here but she thought that the person who hit her recognized her uniform and brought her here. Or maybe.. She crossed a thought that maybe the guy who hit her was from her school! She was eager to find out so she finally stood on her two, badly wounded legs that felt like something inside was burning. She walked towards the door as she felt the oozing pain inside her legs. She didn't give up because of her eagerness. And because of that determination, she was able to succeed in reaching the door. It had a large, green sign on top of it, which said, EXIT. She opened the door and walked over to the Nurse's Station to ask some question about her mystery savior while she just bore with the pain she was currently feeling. When she got there, she saw a nurse sitting on the computer roll-around chair while scanning through the Clinic's old folder and records. Kahoko thought that if she said anything, she would be disturbing the nurse in her work. For it seemed to me that the nurse was very busy. But then again, the nurse asked her before I even said anything. The nurse turned around with the roller chair and has quite a shock when she saw me standing in front of her desk looking as pale as ever. I knew it. I didn't look very healthy to other people. Considering that inside, I also felt terrible and I felt so dizzy it was as if my world was spinning `round and `round. It felt like I had a fever, but I didn't bother to check `cause I knew I didn't. No. I WOULDN'T. "Oh! Ms. Kahoko! You're awake! What're you doing standing up!? You should be resting!" exclaimed the nurse. I nodded in response to her statement-You're awake. I smiled at her and said, "Uhhh, yeah. I'm awake. No worries, I'm fine. Uhmm. If you don't mind me asking. But, who brought me here?" She put her finger below her chin as a sign that she was thinking. I was eager to find out but I didn't wan to rush her for she seemed busy enough for being a school nurse, caring for hundreds of students everyday and I didn't want to be a burden to her. So after a few second of some real, hard thinking, her answer saddened me. "I'm sorry, Ms. Kahoko. But he didn't leave his name I can describe him to you, if you want." 'Oh, yes please." I said, sighing. But then again, it would be pointless and useless since I knew nobody from this school. She thought again and blurted out a simple description, which I think maybe enough to know "HIM". "He was a very tall guy with green forest colored hair. He was wearing a gold uniform jacket.. or was it white? I really don't know. I'm guessing he's a third year student and a music student? I'm really sorry, Miss Kahoko-san. But that's all I know `cause I'm only new here. She explained. I gave her an understanding face. "Oh, no. I completely understand. I'm new here, too. I know how it feels. But hey, thanks a lot. I guarantee you it's a great help to me. Thanks again! See you later!" She smiled at me and said, "Oh wait! Before you leave and get to your class, go to the Central Office/ you'll be needing a permit from there so that your teacher can know why you're late and accept you in his or her class. The Central Office is just down the corridor to the left. Goodluck, Miss Kahoko-san!" :) I just nodded to let her know that I got all the things that she told me. I thanked her greatly for everything she's done and head out for the dreaded Central Office.
As I walked down the corridor, I thought to myself, "Hey! At least, I made a new friend! My very first friend here.. Is a nurse!" I thought a lot of funny things because of myself having a nurse as a first friend in school. You never know, she might become my bestfriend in time! I giggled to myself despite the pain that I was still feeling from my accident. I thought these things to distract me from the burning pain I felt on my legs. Walking was really hard for me at this time. That guy who hit me will have a good beating from me I'll show him! Oh, just he waits! As I thought of the thing such as how I'm going to rip the guy to shreds, how I should burn him and how I'll beat the heck out of that guy, I didn't quite notice that I finally made it to the Central Office. I can see someone was inside, too. I can see for the Office door has a big, glass window with a red print-on that said "CENTRAL OFFICE" The guy inside, I thought was probably late. Because I saw him catch his breath like there's no tomorrow. And for some weird reason, I feel like I know the guy. He was tall and green hair. I wanted to find out so I opened the door as gently as any human can possibly do. But guess what? The door hinges was probably centuries old! It made a lot of squeaking and creaking noises that somewhat echoed in the room. Operation get in without being noticed—FAILED! But then again, the noises caught the attention of Mr. Tall and green haired. He turned around and.. OH MY GOSH! What the potato!? It was Hihara-senpai! I froze in the sight of meeting an old friend. I gave him a surprised, yet relieved look. I was totally speechless. "H-H-Hino-chan!" he hesitated. "Hihara-senpai! You're here!" I said as I gave him a big grin. "Uhh, yeah. I was late so I was sent here by sensei to get a permission slip. How `bout you, why're you here?" He didn't look as pleased as me for suddenly bumping again to each other like the other day (Literally) which quite saddened me. I ignored the expressions and said, "Well, I just got out of the clinic. I don't remember clearly what happened to me but one thing's for sure. I was hit by some guy wit a bike while on my way to school. And I still have no idea who it was! But the nurse gave me an idea of who that guy might be. The nurse described him for me. But--." I was stopped by Hihara who spoke, "Hey, listen Hino-chan. I've gotta get going. You see I'm already late and all." H was hiding something, maybe? I don't know. His face and reactions showed it. He was pretty much guilty-faced when he said that. I wonder why. I bought his excuse of being already late so I said, Hey. It's totally okay. I understand. Well, see you around then?" He nodded and waved goodbye to me. He turned around and there it was. EVIDENCE. Hihara's shirt was ripped! I don't know. I was quite confused `cause I know Hihara-senpai won't lie to me. Guilty-faced? Hmmm. Come to think of it. Tall, green haired, gold uniform jacket. OH NO! Could it be!? Naw. No way. As I continued this denial, I watched him as he slowly walks away, head down low, down the corridor with the thought, "I wonder if it IS the guy. And if he is, then why not tell me?" I felt horrible than never.
