✔️ Body and Mind

Fatal injury

Few days passed and Yuzuru was slightly sad that Anya never messaged him. He didn't have her number but even if he did, he wasn't sure what he would actually do. It was only two weeks since Rachel broke up with him and even though he was realizing he likes Anya, he knew it would seem inappropriate. Yuzuru also didn't want her to think that he is just one of those guys who date a new girl every week.

But he anyway started to get off the bus one stop earlier and walking home, hoping to at least randomly run into her.

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As he was one night walking home again through the park, he noticed a girl all in black, sitting on one of the benches and almost matching with the dark night surrounding her. She had her right foot outstretched in front of her and was staring at it transfixed.

He came over to her and bent over to get himself into her field of vision.

-Anya?

-Oh, Yuzu!!

She seemed relieved to see somebody she knew and he noticed her eyes were slightly puffy as if she was just recently crying. He sat next to her and put his arm over her shoulders. She was visibly startled by that move but didn't shake his arm off.

-Are you okay?

-I think I sprained my ankle....

-Oh, what happened?

-I was walking.

-You sprained your ankle while....walking?

-Yeah! And stop smiling! It actually hurts! I just stepped on a stone and the foot just twisted under me.

-Alright alright. I won't laugh....But luckily you are talking to a Master of Sprained ankles. And I can assure you, that it's not a fatal injury.

He grabbed her hand to help her get up but once he felt her freezing fingers he asked in shock.

-How long have you been sitting here like this?!!

-On the bench? Half an hour I think....before that around 10 minutes on the ground, crying.

-Can you really not walk? It can't be that bad to freeze here for half an hour?!

-I used that time trying to assess the situation...

-And to what conclusion did you come?

-That it hurts. I didn't manage to get beyond that part of the assessment.

Yuzuru shook his head in disbelief but smiling. He knew his pain tolerance was way higher than for most people, but he also couldn't believe hers is so low.

-Alright, we need to get you to a warm place and I will have a look at that fatal injury of yours.

He hooked her arm over his neck and shoulders and wrapped his arm around her waist, helping her to get up and letting her jump on one leg with his support.

-We are going the wrong way.

-We are not. I am definitely not planning to get anywhere near Rachel ever again and also my place is better equipped for taking care of injuries. Plus we are much closer to my place anyway.

She didn't say anything to that and kept slowly jumping next to him. They were moving extremely slow like that and after a while, Yuzuru gave up and let go of her. He moved in front of her and squatted down, pointing at his back.

-C'mon, jump up.

-To carry me on your back?

-Yes, it's gonna be much faster.