Marine Academy
Part 2
Chapter 12
"And do you often…eat?"
It had been three long weeks. Three extremely long weeks since Murphy had started her internship in the emergency service of the Grand Hospital of Marineford. Working shifts day and night.
And three long weeks that this "big crazy guy", as Emma nicknamed him, stayed around her day and night, following her in the corridors of the hospital, inviting himself to her meal breaks. It was as if he had no work to do. He had not made any inappropriate gesture but constantly invited her to go for a drink, never leaving her for a second.
The young woman was already particularly worn out from her internship, which required her to have great adaptability, adequate reactions and solid knowledge in many fields (infection, trauma, hematology, psychiatry, even dermatology...).
So having this tall, dark-haired man following her like a shadow and who bothered her more than anything else in her work was exhausting. But because of his rank as a colonel and because of the exhaustion that radiated throughout her body, the blonde had put herself on "autopilot mode" and no longer even answered Kuzan, hearing from time to time a faint echo in the nothingness of her thoughts.
They were both installed in one of the small private gardens of the hospital. In fact, she had settled in so she could have lunch in silence after her night shift. Sheidn't had the strength to go back to her room, preferring to take a little nap in the on-call room (where Kuzan had invited himself), then enjoy a good shower to wake up her tired body (where Kuzan had tried to invite himself but Murphy had chased him away) and relaxed in the small garden with a meal that she had managed to steal from the cafeteria to take advantage of the silence in order to erase the last hours from her subconscious (here again Kuzan had invited himself and had not stopped talking to her despite her muteness).
The nurses in the department had warned her that he was known as the white wolf in the emergency service. He chased all the nurses between 18 and 30 years old with a minimum of curves. One of the nurses, a magnificent woman with very generous breasts, had put up with the soldier for six months until she gave in and reported him to headquarters. Of little consequence to Kuzan, who was simply taken on a mission at sea for the next five months.
"I know a really nice restaurant in the area..." Kuzan continued as he was lying on the grass, watching the young woman eat her meal.
"Murphy! We have a patient who is coming back from a mission and who demands to be seen by the intern only!" A young nurse interrupted him as she burst into the garden, disturbing the calm.
The intern grumbled. "I'm not here anymore, my shift is over, Hyuna is the intern until tonight, she can see him, but he has to be patient."
"I'm sorry Murphy, but he only wants to be seen by you... He's a colonel, it's going to be complicated to get him out..." The nurse whispered as she watched the blonde massage her head.
Kuzan listened silently the exchange, taken aback when there was mention of another colonel than him. Usually, he was the only high-ranking officer who stayed here (only to chase after pretty girls). The others soldiers fled this place like the plague.
The young woman stood up, sighing loudly. Her end-of-internship evaluation had to be perfect, and meeting the demands of the high-ranking officers was unfortunately one of her obligations, especially at Marineford.
The blonde re-entered the cold corridors of the emergency service, followed closely by Kuzan.
"I bet it's congestive irradiation of the capillary bronchi..." Mumbled the man who, by following the blonde all day, had discovered a passion for medicine, limiting himself to simply saying technical words in an anarchic sense without head or tail, simply to make himself seem intelligent.
Murphy felt her last limits break the moment the man opened his mouth again. She angrily grabbed a huge binder stored at the entrance of a box and threw it with all her strength at Kuzan's face who, surprised, did not manage to dodge it entirely.
"OUT!" The blonde ordered as pieces of ice began to cover the ground. The soldier did not even have time to answer that the blonde rushed into the box, slamming the door in his face.
"Good evening Colonel, how can I..." She began mechanically as she entered the box, freezing when she saw the soldier sitting silently on one of the chairs in the box, waiting patiently.
"Saka?" the young woman asked incredulously. A torrent of emotions invaded her.
"Are you hurt? Do you need something? Sit on the stretcher immediately." The blonde continued, hastily putting on non-sterile gloves and looking around the room for the scope.
Sakazuki stood up quietly, walked towards her and gently grabbed her wrists so that she would stop moving around. He kissed her gently on the lips, their eyes finally meeting. The blonde felt all stress leave her body when the man's warmth enveloped her and she understood that he was fine.
"I just wanted to see you when I got back. I thought you were still on duty." Sakazuki explained slowly. He felt the young woman release her wrists to collapse into his arms, resting her head against his warm chest.
"Saka, I'm so happy to see you, you can't even imagine." She sighed as her hands gently caressed the colonel's muscular back. They hadn't seen each other since she arrived in Marineford. She had learned after her first night there that his crew had gone to sea in pursuit of some pirate. However, he had been able to call her now that he was a colonel. They had exchanged for many nights, but it never replaced the feeling of being in the man's arms.
"I haven't stopped for a single second since these three weeks. I dream of a nice hot bath and sleeping for two years." She whispered, more to herself, intertwining her fingers in the man's one.
"Good program... We can do it right away if you want." The young woman nodded and followed Sakazuki as he left the box. They still left some distance between them, not wanting to show any sign of affection in public, especially at their workplace.
As they left the corridors, Sakazuki glared at Kuzan who had left on the intern's orders.
"Leave it, he escaped from psychiatry this morning..." The blonde said with a sigh.
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"Are you free next weekend?" Sakazuki asked absently as he gently caressed the blonde's naked body, leaving a few traces of soap in the process.
"Yes, it's finally my weekend off. Do you have anything planned?" asked the young woman while delicately brushing her wet hair.
Sakazui had taken her to his house as soon as they had left the emergency service of the Grand Hospital. As a colonel, he had been entitled to a house alone, with a nice little chamber, a small functional kitchen and above all a huge bathroom.
The blonde went into the hot bath she had been dreaming of for days, letting him slide in behind her. So they had started the evening quietly by caressing each other in the bath, simply enjoying each other's presence for the moment.
"I have a rank ceremony. They want to make me a rear admiral. There will be a buffet and everything."
The blonde winced at the hearing of the new rank and the allusion to food.
"Already? But it's only been a month since you arrived? I'm going to end up believing that you're sleeping with the Admiral in Chief Saka!" The blonde's laughter echoed in the room.
"I promise I'll be there" she said, taking her back off the man's chest, turning in the bathtub to face him, her bare and soaked chest under the gaze of the man who did not hesitate to admire the spectacle.
She leaned towards him, putting her lips into the man's neck, letting her chest crush against his chest. The soldier embraced her, running his hands inside the blonde's thighs, searching for her lips greedily.
They finally kissed, with force, the need to feel the other one after weeks of absence and distance became more urgent. Their legs were tangled in the bathtub, letting the blonde feel the man's growing desire as she moved gently against his thigh. The man understood the invitation very quickly and easily moved the blonde's body so that she was perfectly aligned. He entered her, excitement radiating through his body again as he heard the blonde moan with each of his movements, putting her head back to try to breathe, allowing the man's tongue to come and play with her breast. Their moans echoed in the bathroom for long minutes. The reunion could finally begin.