I still had my mind on the idea of Toshiro being nice to me just because I look like his best friend. So having him carry me all the way back home didn't feel as charming as it should've. Even though, I know I can demand an answer to his kindness, I decided not to.
"Hey your being surprisingly quiet, what's wrong?" he asked, not glancing towards me. "...nothing, I'm just tired" I said quietly. "Alright, were here" he said stopping in front of the little house.
"Thank you, bye" I quickly got off and bowed and started walking fast towards my home. "Bye" I heard soundly, before I felt his presence was gone. I walked inside to my home and as usual the kids ran up to hug me.
"What's wrong with your arm?" sayu asked taking note of it. "Oh nothing" I said quickly covering it. "Did you give him back his robe?" they asked. "Yeah, he has it" I smiled, but inside I felt real bad. Once they all fell asleep, I did the same.
The next morning I woke up and left for work while they were all still asleep. I reached the restaurant safely. When I got there, the first person I saw was Tomo. "Hey Nanami" he smiled. "Hey Tomo" I smiled back.
"How are you?" he asked as he washed the dishes. "I-I great!" I let out a cheesy smile. "Well come on, help me out with these" he smiled and made room for me. "Okay" I laughed an rushed over to his side.
Immediately I started washing with him. But then water got into my wound and I felt a sting. I slouched in pain, Tomo noticed. "What happened to your arm?" he asked, worry in his voice. "Nothing, just got into a small accident" I said.
"An accident" he said, having doubt in his voice. "Yes" I said trying to assure him. "And just how did this accident happen?" he said lifting a brow at me. "Um...I cut myself by accident" I said almost all too slowly.
"You cut yourself?" he said seriously doubting it now. "Yeah...when I was chopping some food, I accidently cut myself" I said feeling stupid. "Ah-ha" he said almost mockingly.
"Mind if I stop by?" I heard a familiar voice speak behind us. I turned around. "Rangiku!" I said shocked. "That's my name" she giggled. "What are you doing here?" I asked confused by why she'd be here.
"I came to see how your wound is" she smiled. "My wound?"I repeated stupidly. "Yeah, the Captain asked me to check if your were feeling better, he said you weren't so hot yesterday" she giggled.
"He asked to check on me?" I said more shockingly. I felt a blush creep up my cheeks. "Yeah so let me see it" she said and walked over to me. "There's really no need to" I said quite embarrassed. "Well if your that embarrassed" she said noticing right away, and took me to a table where Tomo wouldn't see.
"Thank you" I said with a small smile. She pulled down the bandages to reveal my sequence of knife cuts. "What the heck happened?" she asked quite shocked at how many there were. "Well I got mixed up into some sort of negotiation between some lunatics" I said trying to sum it up.
"Oh and Tomo doesn't know this so if he asks you, please don't tell him the truth" I said not wanting him to worry. "Then what do you want me to say?" she asked, respecting my request. "Tell him I cut myself" I said.
"Alright" she said pulling my bandages back up. "Well I have to go and tell him your fine" she said getting up. "Okay bye Rangiku" I said with a small smile. "Oh and I know he wouldn't like me to do this, but I want to invite you to a little get together the squad is going to do" she smiled.
"A get together?" I asked. "Yeah, you have to come" she said loudly. "Okay, but when is it?" I asked curious. "Tonight, don't worry I'll come to get you!" she yelled as she left.
