Prince Yuki

Chapter 4:

Yuki walked along the corridors with a smile on his face, the memories of yesterday still oh so fresh in his mind. The way she looked last night wasn't a detail he would like to ignore or even forget for that matter. She was so…dark. But in an attract—was he just about to think 'in an attractive way'? Where did that come from?

"Yuki-sempai!" a high pitched voice called to him, dragging him from his thoughts. He turned curiously to the bearer, a bit annoyed that he was disturbed but let it pass. It was a junior, probably Haru's and Momiji's classmate. She had dark brown hair that reached her shoulders, wide brown eyes and stood a head shorter than him. She took out a pen and notebook and looked up at him eagerly.

"Yuki-sempai, is Dr. Souma, Hatori really your cousin?" she asked with a blush.

Yuki raised a brow, how did they know about him? "Uhm—hai. Why do you ask?"

The junior smiled and blushed shyly, "Ano…I'm supposed to make an article about him for the school paper."

"For the school paper?"

The girl looked surprised, "Oh, you don't know? He just became our school doctor!"

"WHAT!" Yuki's reaction was so unexpected that the girl took a step back at the irritated looking prince. Seeing the girl's face, Yuki collected his calm and smiled, "Gomen. Please excuse me." And with that, he left the girl and walked briskly and as fast as he could to the clinic.

Hatori was peacefully reading his papers when suddenly, the door slammed open! He turned to it, thinking it was Kyou but was slightly surprised to see that it was Yuki. He looked very…irate.

"What are you doing here?" Yuki struggled to calm himself.

Hatori simply looked on calmly and stood to rearrange the medicines in the cabinet. "Akito thought it was best for me to be here with all of you. He didn't believe in the school nurse's capabilities so he wanted me to replace her."

"I'll repeat my question, Hatori, and this time, give me the correct answer; what are you doing here?" Yuki coldly said. He had fully collected his calm but that didn't mean the malice inside him was gone. At the very mention of Akito, his blood both runs cold and boils!

Hatori stopped and looked back at him, thinking if he should or should not. He turned back to his work, "We heard about a disturbing rumor, Yuki."

"And what might that be?" Yuki asked, looking warily at the dragon.

Hatori turned to him again, this time fully. His piercing eyes battled with him as he said, "Hanajima, Saki."

When Hatori uttered her name, Yuki felt a shiver down his spine and fear crawling into his whole being. "W-What about her?" he asked, keeping his shaking hands out of Hatori's sight.

Hatori turned to the window to peer outside, and to his mild surprise, there sat the object of their newest conflict, along with Tohru and her other friend. "I came by yesterday to inspect the relationship between the two of you."

"We don't have a relationship." Yuki defended.

"Yes, I know. But Akito wanted to make sure." Said Hatori, looking down at the young lady, inspecting her dark features. She didn't seem the type to attract many men. And she was the complete opposite of Tohru. So why would Yuki have an interest in her?

"Please." Yuki unexpectedly said in a whisper, shocking Hatori to the point where his eyes widened in surprise. "She doesn't know anything, I promise you. Please…don't do anything to her."

Hatori regained his composure, "We will see what Akito's decision is." Tohru laughed gaily, the blonde laughed with her too. Hanajima just smiled like a ghost. He cocked his head to the side, she wasn't ugly but she wasn't that beautiful either. But what was beauty anyway? It was only a point of view.

Hanajima walked along the halls along with Uotani. Uo was talking about this new game that she wanted to play and Hanajima was only half listening. Suddenly, he felt an all too familiar aura, Yuki. She looked to the side where there was a half opened door. She stopped, staring at the light that seeped through to the halls. Why was Yuki in the clinic?

"Hanajima?" Uo asked, curious. "What's wrong?"

"A strange wave," she said, acknowledging another detail that didn't fee like Yuki. "Is coming from that room."

Uo looked at the sign on the door, "The clinic?" when Arisa looked down to the door, she saw that Hana was already opening the door, which was not how Hana usually worked. It was such a strange sight that it took Arisa a moment to have it registered in her mind. "Ah—Hana don't—"

But she was too late. Hana had already opened the door, revealing a man by the window. He looked like the doctor. He turned to them, taken by surprise.

Seeing that they were caught, Arisa laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck. "Oh—ehehehehe…sorry, Doctor. We just thought—"

"Dragon." Hatori turned sharply to her, alerted instantly. Hanajima pointed to the calendar on the wall beside her and said, "This is in the year of the dragon." She explained. Hatori relaxed but kept himself aware of this strange girl.

"Hai, it is late. I will replace it soon."

"You will replace it? So…" Arisa asked, "You're our new doctor from now on?"

"Hai."

Arisa started to laugh knowingly and he raised a brow at that. "You will have many female patients this year." Hanajima said blankly as always.

"Female Patients?" Hatori asked.

"Sorry, but in this school, women are more…assertive." Arisa explained. "Just look at Prince Yuki!" she added.

"Oh yes, Yuki, my cousin. How has he been lately?" he deliberately asked, looking down at Hanajima for any reactions. But there was none.

"You were there last night with him, weren't you?" Hanajima asked matter of factly.

Hatori quickly thought of an excuse, "Yes but he doesn't tell me much."

"I see." Hanajima replied plainly.

"Well, he's been good. His grades are stable, his social life is still in tact." Arisa said.

"I see." Hatori said.

"Thank you for your time, Dr. Souma." Hanajima bowed politely and Arisa did the same.

"Your welcome. Come anytime." Hatori invited as the girls walked out of his rather small office. Hanajima slowly and calmly closed the door, giving him one last look at her before she left. It was then that Hatori concluded, her eyes were empty.

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