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Chapter Twenty Three - Happy Ending

Chapter Twenty Three – Happy Ending

“Kunimitsu, you should focus on studying. If you don’t pass these final exams you’ll have to repeat your final year. I don’t want that to happen.” Miyako said. It had been the same subject of their conversation for the past week. He spent as long as he could in the hospital with her and though she appreciated the company she didn’t want him to leave off studying.

“I’m getting enough study in.” Tezuka replied. He held up the book he was currently reading. “This is our text for Literature – I’m studying right now.”

She pursed her lips disbelievingly. “I’ll let you off this time.”

“Oh, and by the way – .”

“Hoi hoi~!”

“The team is visiting today.”

Miyako smiled warmly as the team filed into the room, Eiji and Fuji leading the way with a gift bag in hand. They hadn’t visited her yet, under Tezuka’s orders to let her rest and recover enough to survive such a visit.

“We bring you recovering gifts~!” Eiji announced, carrying the bag – and as a result dragged Fuji along – to her bedside and placing it down in her lap.

The team created an uneven wall around her bed, Sakuno and Echizen to her other side – a bunch of assorted flowers in hand – with Tezuka.

“There’s no Inui Juice in there, is there?”

Inui looked away dejectedly. “They took it out.”

Miyako took this moment when he wasn’t looking to whisper to Eiji and Fuji. “Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.” Eiji replied.

“It was rather nice actually.” Fuji mused.

Eiji and Miyako looked at him questioningly.

“Okay…” She muttered as she opened the bag and took a look inside. She laughed at the first thing she saw. “You guys know me that well already?” She asked, pulling out the three packets of strawberry flavoured Mochi.

“Mochi makes everything better~.” Eiji said.

Miyako placed them to the side and then pulled out the next item. She looked at the closed box confusedly and then carefully opened it. It was a bento box filled with a traditionally made meal. “Taka-san?” She asked, looking up at the nervous senpai.

Taka-san scratched the back of his neck. “I know that hospital food can be rather dull – I thought that maybe you would like something fresh.”

Miyako smiled. “Thanks Taka-san.” She said and placed it with the Mochi to eat later.

A few minutes later she’d pulled out every item from the bag: a cute stationary set, a ‘Get Well’ plush toy of a Unicorn and a coloured in drawing that Kaiya had insisted go into the gift as well.

Sakuno placed the vase of flowers she and Echizen had bought on the bedside table with the fresh vase of dark pink roses and then noticed a notebook sitting there. “Hey, where did you find this?” She asked.

Miyako looked over and noticed that Sakuno had spotted the leather bound book Tezuka and Kaiya had gotten her. “Kunimitsu and Kaiya gave it to me.” She replied. “But that was months ago now.”

“That was after that match, that made Miyako-chan sick, wasn’t it?” Fuji asked.

“How did you know?” Miyako asked.

“Oh, I just do.” Fuji replied sneakily.

“Mou, that’s scary, Fujiko.” Eiji muttered.