His head was aching, his arms were aching, his breast was aching, in few words, every single part of his body was giving him so much pain.
Kayth was completely still staring at the "wonderful" ceiling of the infirmary spinning and fading, due to the absence of his glasses. Actually he didn't care about them at that moment. He was trying to remember what happened but his mind didn't cooperate. All was so confused and the pain didn't help
The nurse, noticing that the boy was awaken, approached him and said something about him staying at the infirmary for at least two hours. It was ok, he had no plans for the afternoon. His parents wouldn't have noticed his absence, they were going to work late.
He was about to fall asleep when he heard the infirmary's door opening and a familiar voice speaking to the nurse
"Good afternoon…What state is he in?"
"His injures are not so bad but he needs to rest for while. He's awake, you can stay but don't strain him"
He frowned and, after few seconds, his eyes widened remembering everything. Those damned bullies were harassing him, he was beaten up badly but one of his classmates tried to save him, but his memory after that faded.
"Yo! How are you feeling?" the brunette was approaching to his bed with a fake soft smile that hid his concern. Kayth tried to sit up on his bed but the pain and the dizziness forced him to lie down
"Don't overdo it" the fake smile faded from Yosuke's face. Now he was gazing Kayth with a puzzled expression
"Good…afternoon, Hanamura-san" muttered Kayth looking at him with a trembling but totally blank gaze
"I'm ok, thank you for your concern and…for helping me" added when the other took a seat on a free chair
"It's not a big deal…really, though glad to hear it, you were pretty beaten up" Yosuke shrugged and suddenly he became serious
"How long did it start?" Kayth sighed and took several seconds to answer at his classmate's question
"Since I've arrived here… their families' economy seems suffering a lot due to the highway project… I think their reactions are reasonable…" his eyes started to close, the absence of his glasses was accentuating the dizziness
"Reasonable? Are you kiddin' me right?" hissed Yosuke incredulous
"What is exactly your fault? Neither your parents are to blame. The project was accepted by the state and they are the ones who are in duty to carry it on" the anger started raising in brunette's voice. He couldn't just accept that the other accepted this damned injustice, probably because all the situation was extremely similar to the one that concerned him. He was him and Kayth was Kayth, that was simple to understand.
"You're so kind Hanamura-san…but it's ok. Really, I can endure this until they'll consider worthless harassing me" a light smile appeared on Kayth face. Yosuke covered his face with his hand and shook his head disappointed and a bit angry. That was useless because the other's eyes were shut
"First of all, call me Yosuke…and then, no it's not ok at all. I won't allow you to be bullied anymore. Neither my friends will, that's sure" the other was about to reply but the brunette continued "Have more consideration about yourself, if you are not going to do so…well I'll be forced to tell Morooka everything" a shiver run through the spine of the poor injured. Everything but not Morooka, he didn't want to deal with him more than necessary.
"Ok ok, I got it…but please don't tell to anyone what happened. I don't like to be surrounded by vigilantes"
"Sorry, I probably appear to you like someone who doesn't stay at his place…but it's because I was bullied for the same reasons… My dad is the manager of Junes and well, the local economy suffered a lot since we arrived here. I was victim of mischievous harassments, everyone badmouthing at my back and so on. What I want to tell you…is that I understand you… and accepting all these injustices will make you suffer and won't resolve the problem…" he glanced at Kayth's bruises that are visible and trembled thinking how many are covered by his clothes.
An awkward silence fell in the infirmary. Yosuke was a little embarrassed due to the fact that he had told to the other, that was almost a stranger, about his private problems. Probably Kayth hadn't given a fuck about that.
"I really appreciate your concern Hana…Yosuke and I'm really sorry if I offended you saying that was ok to let them keep harassing me. I didn't know that you faced it before, it was rude…sorry" he finally broke the silence, giving an answer that the brunette seemed to not like at all
"It's not the point…what I meant was…" started complaining Yosuke but Kayth rose weakly his right hand
"Yes, I've understood what you meant…You're so kind, really" Yosuke flushed and was lucky that the other wasn't able to see him. Very luck.
The nurse approached them and asked Yosuke to leave because she was going to do a check up and, above all, to let the other rest
"Ok I'm leaving Kayth…take care!" he smiled at him and leave as quick as possible before giving the nurse a reason to complain
"You've got a good friend" stated the nurse with a smile and Kayth opened, finally his eyes and his neutral facial expression turned into a smiling one
"Yeah"