My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Camp Dining

"Ishi got bit by a snake!?" Otoya asked with a concerned look on his face. This fact didn't stop him from stuffing his face as they were gathered around a small dinner table for the camp counselors. "That's horrible, how come no one told me about it until now?" Since he had been hanging around Ishi's dad, the boy was a little bit out of the loop when it came to events.

Though he was surprised that being with the boy's father didn't mean that they'd be informed of such an incident. "And I see Youna also got hurt." She had her right hand wrapped up after they had stopped the bleeding.

"I'm fine now though." She replied, lightly touching the wound. "It's nothing compared to what happened to Ishi."

"Yeah..." Rinse followed up, her face turned down in front of her meal. "It only happened because of me..."

"Sheesh, you're all talking like I'm dead or something." Another voice entered the cabin as the front door opened up. In came Ishi, looking as he always did except for having some bandages wrapped around his right hand.

"Eh!?" They were all in shock seeing him here and not sent to the hospital.

"What? But you got bit by a snake." Ryugi asked in awe of his presence.

"Yeah, a nonvenomous one." He answered. It was incredibly lucky that the snake that crawled into her shirt and bit his hand was simply a Japanese four-lined ratsnake. While they were of a fair size, that species held no venom in their fangs. "It's a good thing me throwing it knocked the snake out. So when one of the adults came to give me aid, they were able to determine that I was going to be safe."

"You really are one lucky boy." Otoya shook his head in relief. "All right then, let's dig in." He said, despite already having his fair share.

"You really don't sound that concerned." Chinae scolded him. "Isn't he supposed to be your best friend?"

"But he's fine?" He replied with a bewildering response.

"He's right." Ishi agreed with his friend. "My life's not in danger, so there's no point in worrying over me anymore." Once he put the nail on that coffin, he quickly scanned the room for one specific person. "Are you all right, Youna?"

"I'm-" Before she was able to finish her response, he sat down besides her to examine the girl's wounded hand. Not caring for what space there was, Ishi chose to sit by her as they ate around the table, much to the displeasure of the rest of the girls. Meanwhile, she was flustered by his sudden movement towards her. "I'm... Fine."

"It doesn't sound like you are." He waited impatiently for her answer.

"I'm fine, really." She couldn't maintain eye contact as she showed off her injury. "My hand hurts a little, but they told me it'll heal without stitches.

"That's good to hear." He said as he observed her wrapped up hand.

"Oh hey, we both got hurt on the same hand." She took note of his wrappings that were also covering his right hand. "I guess we can be injured buddies." Immediately, in her head, she regretting saying something so embarrassing. Mentally, the girl beat herself up over being so cheesy with him.

"I guess so." He didn't pay mind to how silly it sounded. At the moment, the boy was only concerned that she got injured on his watch. "Will you be able to eat with that hand?"

"Like I said, it only hurts a little bit. So I should be good."

"Sheesh. You know she's, like, an adult?" Ryugi was getting a little tired of this display. "Class rep's 18 now, so I don't think she needs someone taking care of her."