Forbidden Lovers (MewGulf AU)

🌻Chapter 33

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By the time Michiru's condition finally settled down, it was around eight o'clock. Gulf and Yaya had accompanied her in the ambulance and waited out in the hallway as the doctor examined her.

"I'm sure she'd been pale like that all day. She was wearing a school uniform one size smaller than hers! It was so tight that it actually restricted her body's oxygen supply!" Yaya exclaimed.

"Why would anyone do that?" Gulf asked.

"Well, isn't it obvious?" Yaya looked up at Gulf and smiled. "She's a young girl, Gulf."

Today was Valentine's Day, a day of bttle for young girls. They wanted to appear as cute and slender as possible when they gave their crushes their chocolates.

"Oh, because of that, huh?" Gulf nodded absentmindedly. He figured it must be hard for girls who felt pressured to lose weight or appear thinner to look good for their crush.

"But I'm glad we were there," Yaya said with a sigh of relief. "Michiru Yoshinaga is an only child and her father is a single parent, and when we called him at work he said he wouldn't be able to leave yet."

"Really? Poor Michiru..." Gulf murmured.

"Watanabe is Michiru's homeroom teacher," Yaya continued, "but he's home, sick with the flu. We called him to tell him about her, and his wife had to stop him from coming here! She said, he'll cause even more trouble spreading his germs around in a hospital!"

Gulf laughed.

"I'll stay with her, Gulf, so why don't you go home?" Yaya offered.

"Shouldn't you be going home, Yaya?" Gulf countered. "Bright will be lonely."

Yaya laughed. "He knows I'm here at the hospital, so I don't think he'll be pouting."

"Is he coming here after his club activities are over?" Gulf asked.

"He didn't say so, but that's probably what he'll do," Yaya guessed.

"Don't say it like it's such a bad thing!" He laughed.

"Aren't you hungry Gulf?" Yaya inquired. "It's already eight o'clock."

"Not really " In all the commotion, he hadn't thought about food. He wasn't the kind of person who ate very much anyway. Sometime's he'd only have one meal a day. "Anyway, I don't have any plans tonight, and my apartment isn't that far away. I'll wait here until Michiru's dad gets here, so you can go Yaya."

"Really? Okay, then," she finally relented. "But I can't believe you don't have plans for Valentine's Day!"

"Really?" Gulf asked.

"What if someone's waiting by your apartment door right now?" Yaya surmised.

"Then that would be kinda scary," Gulf said bluntly.

Yaya laughed. "I guess you're right. Like a stalker."

Gulf looked at the bag of chocolates. He was thankful for all the chocolates, but it was getting kind of heavy. He held the bag out to Yaya. "Yaya, if Bright is really donating his chocolate, could you give him these too?"

"That's fine," Yaya said. "Are you sure there aren't any letters in there?"

"I'm sure." He had accepted the chocolates, but turned down any letters he was offered.

"Okay. Well then, I'll take these chocolates for you." Yaya said, accepting the bag.

"Thanks a lot," Gulf said with feeling.

"I only wish Bright was as grateful as you, Gulf." She giggled, and left with the paper bag in hand.

TBC