The War Against Monsters

A Conversation With A Nurse

Raijin slowly opened his eyes. He stared up at an unfamiliar ceiling. No, it wasn't unfamiliar. It was the school's nurse's office.

"Hey there, sleepyhead," a soft voice chirped from his side just as he had recognized where he was. He turned his head and saw a young woman sitting on a stool beside where he was laying with a warm smile aimed at him. She had long black hair and black eyes. She also had dark circles under her eyes. She was slim with medium sized boo-

Raijin shook his head to get those dirty thoughts out of his mind. When he did that, he instantly felt pain in his neck and let out a pained yelp.

"You shouldn't be moving your neck so much," Spoke the girl. She was still speaking softly. Raijin winced, his hand instinctively reaching up to gingerly massage his sore neck. "Sorry," he mumbled, feeling embarrassed by his own lapse in judgment. Raijin remembered that he was in a head lock before passing out.

"It's okay, just try to take it easy," she said, her voice gentle as she reached out to adjust the pillows behind Raijin's head, providing him with some much-needed support.

Raijin nodded gratefully, sinking back into the pillows with a sigh of relief. He shifted his gaze back to the nurse, studying her features more closely now that his mind wasn't clouded by inappropriate thoughts. Despite the dark circles under her eyes, she still exuded an aura of warmth and kindness.

"Thanks for patching me up," Raijin said, offering her a small smile in return.

The nurse returned his smile, her eyes crinkling at the corners. "It's all part of the job," she replied, her tone light and reassuring.

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"So, uh, what exactly happened to me?"

Raijin asked the question he had been dying to ask. This wasn't his first time in a head lock, but unlike the previous times, this time he was taken to the nurse's office by someone. The nurse's smile softened, and she leaned in slightly, as if to convey a sense of confidentiality. "Well, from what I gathered, there was a bit of a scuffle in the hallway," she began, her voice low and measured. "You got caught up in it and took a pretty hard hit."

"I didn't get hit, someone put me in a headlock," replied Raijin. "Ah, that makes sense. When the boy with white hair brought you into my office, you were foaming at the mouth"

"That's scary to know!"

Raijin's heart dropped when he learned that he was foaming at the mouth. How did that even happen? Since when did he start foaming when he was put in a head lock?

The nurse let out a small laugh at his reaction. Raijin looked at the nurse and asked, "You know, I've never seen you before in the office. Are you like a new nurse?"

The nurse's laughter faded, replaced by a thoughtful expression as she considered Raijin's questions. "Yes, I'm actually new here," she admitted, her tone tinged with a hint of nervousness. "I just started a week ago, so you probably haven't seen me around much."

Raijin nodded in understanding, his curiosity piqued by the nurse's revelation. "And, um, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?" he pressed gently, feeling a twinge of awkwardness at prying into her personal life.