Somewhere To Sit

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Lynn is in his office for lunch, working on whatever he has to do when he hears a knock on the door. He turns his chair around to look at the door.
"Come in!" He calls out to whoever knocked. The door slowly opens as it reveals to be Banashi, her bright pink fringe covering her eye.
"Hey Lynn.." She was quiet, her voice slightly wavering, "Can I, like, hang out with you for the lunch period?" Lynn looks at her with a questioning look as she asks.
"I would love to let you, but you should be making friends with other students." He carefully declines, keeping a soft smile on his face. Banashi opens the door enough for her to step in, closing it behind her.
"Yeah, I would do that, but they're all either scared of me or trying to pick fights to protect the scared from me. I don't know what I did!" She sounds annoyed, but there's a hint of sadness in her tone. "Like I don't care to have friends anyway, but I'd rather people ignore me than fucking hate me!" She crosses her arms and leans against the door, looking around the room as she vents.
"Oh.. Well.." The school nurse finds himself lost on ideas, and so he sighs. "You can stay here then, I wouldn't want you getting hurt."
"I think they'd get more hurt than me, but yeah." Banashi walks to his desk and places her hands on the edge of it, leaning into her arms. Lynn turns back to his laptop and returns to work as Banashi silently watches over his shoulder.

"I'm fine to be seeing this right? I probably won't remember anything but like" Banashi asks after a few minutes. Lynn shrugs in response.
"I'll get you to look away if I need to look at something about a specific student, but at the moment I'm not doing anything that you're not allowed to see. Just don't go around telling people about my work or anything." Banashi snickers slightly, getting an eyebrow raise out of Lynn.
"You'd have an injured student in here before you'd have info leaked from me." She jokes, smiling. Lynn gives her a concerned look, but shakes it off. Something then seems to click in his mind as he looks up at the girl.
"Banashi, have you eaten anything today?" He asks, continuing, "I just noticed you didn't bring any food with you in here." Banashi waves her hand dismissively to him.
"I forgot to pack lunch and I would rather starve than be shoved around in a line for school food that isn't even worth it." She explains, then asks Lynn his own question. "Have you had food?"
"I have, yes. I pack my own too." The nurse starts, moving his chair back slightly to look at her easier. "But you should try to remember to pack yours, if you're not going to get it here. What do you tend to bring?"
"Ham and cheese wraps and maybe some fruit if I'm not in a rush." Banashi shrugs slightly as she speaks. Lynn nods, not responding further as he returns to his tasks. It's only a few more minutes before Banashi has to leave for class. She pats Lynn on the head as she walks past him and to the door. He just accepts it, smiling slightly at the gesture and adjusting his hair.

Banashi does this a few more times, about twice a week. They use the time to chat about random things, normally relating to either Banashi's school work or Lynn's nurse work.

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