Face The Music (A Saimatsu Story)

The Nurse

A/N: I don't know when this'll be out, but I'm sorry for not updating a lot. I'm trying :,) And I'm also sorry for my poor-ass writing skill, especially on conflict. Enjoy the chapter queens, kings, and non-binary royalty ✨👑✨!

-Kaede Akamatsu's POV-

My eyes blink open to an unfamiliar setting. I was in a room with light blue painted walls and some sterile white beds with white curtains dividing them. A girl with chopped bangs and dark, almost brown, purple hair and a pink dress walks over to me.

"H-hello! I'm Mikan Tsumiki! It's nice that you're up..." the girl said, a shy smile crossing her face. She couldn't be more than a year older than me.

"Is... is this your office?" I ask her, surprised that they let a teenager work at a school.

"Oh, no no no. I'm sorry for the confusion, I help the nurse out in my free time. You see, I'm the Ultimate Nurse, so I help out the adult nurse here," she says, "However, there was someone who stayed here. The afternoons are talent development time, but I'm guessing he wanted to make sure you were okay." A boy, she had said... Was it Kaito, that purple haired boy from the book store? I looked across the room to the chairs and saw, not Kaito, but the blue haired boy in black I met at the book store, Kaito's friend! What was his name... Shuichi? I get up, but a sharp jolt of pain goes through my foot and I have to sit back down. 

"Ah, yeah... you're lucky it's not as bad as it could've been. Somehow, your toe got fractured? In any case, if we take proper care of it, it should be back in 4-6 weeks! However, your leg DID get bruised pretty badly, as well..." Mikan tells me. It probably feels a lot worse than it is... I wish I could be playing the piano, but no, I have to sit here until Shuichi wakes up (apparently he'd fallen asleep??). I'd never want to leave him behind, he's my friend! Luckily, I only have to wait fifteen minutes. He jolts awake with a start, gazing in my direction. When he sees I'm up, he comes and walks over to me.

"Hey... you feeling better?" he asked, placing a hand on my arm.

"Yeah, I am. Thanks for helping me!" I say brightly. Then I look down at my arm and feel my face start to heat up. "But umm... can you please move your hand?" 

"Oh my goodness I am so sorry it won't happen again I swear-" he says, taking a jump back, face bright red. 

"Heehee, it's fine!" I say, a smile returning to my face. He helps me up and, since the school day is almost over (I was out for THAT long?), we just walk around the school for a bit. He gives me a bit of a tour, since I never got a proper one. We go past the gym, the talent development rooms, the classrooms, and more! He blushes a lot... Eventually we just sit on the bench in the garden and talk about random things until his friends, Maki and Kaito make their way over to us. 

"Hey, how's the new girl?" Kaito asked, coming to sit next to us. 

"Yeah, how are you feeling, Kaede?" Maki asks, a somewhat neutral expression on her face, as always. 

"I'm- ow- fine," I say, a strained smile crossing my face. 

"...Alright," Maki said, unconvinced. Eager to get off of the subject, I say the next thing that comes to my head:

"Hey, does anybody want to head over to the park? It would be nice to get to know you guys a bit more!"

"Umm... sure!" Kaito says, smiling.

"I'll go, too," Shuichi says, a soft smile appearing. 

"I guess I have no choice, then. But you seem sane, unlike these idiots, so it'd be my pleasure," Maki says smiling, and altogether showing the most emotion I've seen from her yet. 

"Well then, it looks like we're off to the park!"

A/N: Woohoo some park time yaaaaaaay! We got in some Maki, some Kaito and quite a bit of quality time with Shuichi and Kaede! I hope she gets better soon lmao- and I promise the Saimatsu will happen soon. Tomorrow/the day after I'm gonna try to publish a birthday oneshot for our lovely princess angel queen goddess Kaede Akamatsu, because it's gonna be her birthday! It won't have anything to do with this plot, but I'm a sucker for non-despair AUs so yeah. Ily as always and here's a hug: ✨🫂✨