Written for Usagi and Mamoru: A Love Like No Other. Link can be found on my bio page.
11. Past (470 words)
Darien opened his eyes and slowly sat up. Glancing around, he noticed that he was in a hospital room. I'm in the hospital? He thought. How did I get here? The last thing he could remember was lying face down on the ground at the amusement park before passing out.
Darien looked up when he heard the door opening and a teenage girl walked in. "Hi, I'm Serena," she said. "A hospital volunteer."
Why does this feel so familiar? The blonde girl (Serenity, his mind whispered) walked closer and placed both of her hands on his as she knelt beside the bed.
A young boy sat on top of his hospital bed, a bandage wrapped around his head. He had his knees pulled to his chest and was resting his chin on them, staring at the sheets. He looked up through his dark hair as a girl younger than himself tripped into his room and fell to the floor.
He continued to stare at her as she immediately leapt back to her feet. When she noticed him she literally bounced to the side of the bed, her blonde ponytails bobbing up and down as she moved. "Hi there!" she chirped. She frowned slightly as she saw the expression on his face. "You look sad. Why are you sad?" Before giving him a chance to answer she reached up and plucked a flower from the flower chain she was wearing as a crown. She handed it to the boy and said, "I hope you feel better. I have to go now cause my mummy just had a baby and now I have a little brother and so my daddy's probably looking for me cause he brought me here to see them. Bye-bye!"
The girl grinned at him once more then, with a little wave over her shoulder, skipped to the door, stumbling again as she left the room.
Darien mentally shook away the memory and focused on the teenager next to him who was still holding his hand. "You had a really bad accident," she said. "I hope you're feeling better."
"Yeah thanks," Darien replied. He smiled slightly as he glanced at the unique way she was wearing her hair. There were two perfectly round buns sitting on top of her head which led to two long ponytails. "You know Serena, no offence, but you've got the funniest hair. Looks like a pair of meatballs."
"Meatballs? Here I come in to cheer you up and you say my hair looks like meatballs?" Serena stood up with her hands turned to fists on her hips and glared at Darien. She huffed as she turned around and stalked out of the room.
Darien tilted his head and had a small smile on his face as he watched her leave. Well, that was… interesting.