Hitomi's Physical

Today I told Haruhi that I would be camping out in the classroom while everyone else enjoyed their tea party outside. I would mainly be looking at the cherry blossoms. They were so beautiful this time of year. They were my mom's favorite. She would always pick one and stick it behind my ear. She said it was so pretty how it stuck out on my straight black hair. I wondered if she could see how beautiful they were. I smiled. She would probably still be sticking the flowers in my hair if she was still here. My eyes wandered from the trees down to the path. Everyone was leaving. I grabbed my bag and started to head outside.

No one was there when I got outside. I walked to one of the cherry blossom trees. I looked around to make sure no one saw me. I picked one of the flowers and stuck it in my ear. Then I picked a small branch with lots of cherry blossoms on it. As I walked away I spaced out. I bumped into someone.

"Ow." I mumbled. I fell flat on my back. I looked up and saw Kyoya. He stood there with his arm extended. I swatted it away. I got up, brushed off my dress, and started to walk away when he stopped me.

"I believe that you dropped this." Kyoya said. He held out the cherry blossom branch, but not a single flower remained. I took the branch and turned my back away from him. I felt a single tear slide down my cheek. I looked down at the branch. It was such a stupid thing to cry over. I was going to bring it to my mom's grave. I felt more tears roll down my face. I took the branch and crumpled it up. I threw it on the ground and started to jog away, wiping away the tears.

When I walked in the door Misaki reminded me about the physical tomorrow. The physical! I knew I forgot something. Oh well. I'm sure I'll be fine, even though I hate doctors. Ever since my mom died I've hated doctors. They could even help my mom's little sickness. I'll be fine it's just a little physical. I went upstairs to work on the rest of my homework

The next day at school I met up with Haruhi. I wondered what she was going to do about the physical. If everyone found out that she was a girl who knows what would happen. I don't care what anyone else would think I'd still hang out with her. She's the first person at this school that I can be myself with.

We talked a little bit on our way to the physical. Hikaru and Kaoru met up with us. They seemed perfectly fine. Well of course they did. They weren't the ones who hated doctors. As we walked through the doors two rows of doctors and nurses greeted us. An older nurse greeted me and took me to go and measure my height.

When the nurse was finished and older doctor came over and greeted me.

"Mrs. Tashime, I'll be your doctor for the physical," The doctor said ", please follow me."

We went behind one of the curtains. He started to weigh me.

"I remember doing this for your mom," he laughed ", I don't think that there was a day when she wasn't smiling."

"You were the doctor for my mom's physical?"

"Yeah. I'm afraid that I'm just that old. But I must be doing something right if they keep inviting me back." He laughed again. I smiled. I couldn't blame them. He was really nice. Just like my mom he always had a smile on his face. He seemed like he could make anyone laugh.

"I don't blame them." I laughed.

"Do you like it here?" He asked. He sounded so serious.

"Huh?"

"Do you like it here? Sure there aren't the greatest kids here, but I feel like it's a great place to learn." He said. I nodded my head.

"Just full of a lot of memories. Some are wonderful. Some I just want to leave behind." I said. I bit my lip.

"I think your mom would be happy to see you doing so well. I know that it must be hard but just remember it can only get better," He said ", and on that note, you're doing fine. But eat more your too skinny."

"You sound just like my grandmother." He and I both laughed.

"I'll try and come back next year. This conversation isn't over." He said.

"Thank you for everything." I smiled. When I walked out I saw Haruhi leave the room. I started to follow her when Hikaru and Kaoru stopped me.

"Where do you think you're going?" They both asked at the same time. Damn it.

"I'm going to catch up with Haruhi." I said.

"Haruhi is going to his physical." I grabbed them both by their collars and dragged them out into the hall so no one could hear us.

"Listen we both know about Haruhi's little secret. I accidentally walked in when she was changing. I promised Haruhi that I wouldn't tell anyone but you two already know. I think it's safe if I go catch up with her." I whispered trying not to let anyone else hear.

"The boss isn't going to be too happy about this." Hikaru said.

"Oh well." Kaoru said. They let me go.

When I walked in there was a strange man he walked behind the curtain. The host club ran past me. Tamaki kicked the man. I just stood there with my eyes wide open. The man told them why he was here. He was just trying to find his daughter. Kyoya and Tamaki helped out the man. Tamaki gave him a map showing all of the schools.

When the man left Haruhi asked us all to leave so she could finish her physical. I left right away. I forgot that I left my bag back in the physical room. When I got there it wasn't there. I stopped one of the nurses.

"Did you see a bag here?" I asked.

"Oh yes, a student with black hair and glasses picked it up." The nurse replied. Kyoya. I thanked her and walked out. He's probably back at the host club now. I hurried down to the host club to go get my bag.

I opened the door. Instead of finding Kyoya there I found my bag lying on one of the tables. On top of it was a cherry blossom branch with tons of little flowers on it.