Ken smiles at Ami, Hazel's smiling at him from behind the cameras. No one other than the camera crew, Ami, and them know that she's there. Ami's asking him about his performance. And even with a broken arm, Ken is the ever charming man he's always been. When he's talking, he glances at what everyone thinks is the camera, but they don't know that he's staring right at Hazel when he gives credit to his team, and his family. Ami looks like she's plainly trying to not smile harder.
Once the interview is over, he's quick to bid goodbye to Ami and strides right over to Hazel. He holds out his right hand. Intertwines their fingers when she reaches out too. And gently, tugs her up. From the outside, from the first layer, Hazel looks practically unscathed, but her entire torso is wrapped, bandaged, and she's walking slower now. She smiles at Ami, who nods at them.
Hazel doesn't even realise that Ken has linked their arms until she's pressed into his side and she turns her head to look at him, and she's practically breathing down his neck. He smiles at her, grins even. She looks away.
"You didn't get the cast wet, right?" she asks. This morning, she let him go to the bathroom alone because she did her own bandages and usually he does them, so if she doesn't let him, he won't let her. Apparently that was the deal they made. She can't even recall it well enough. She's so used to taking care of him.
Although Ken isn't playing, Hazel's at every game, and she's cheering on the rookie.
After the games, she drives them back now, refuses to let Ken drive one-handed, and she misses his hand on her thigh, but with his plastered arm, it isn't possible, at the moment. But he makes up for it, in the way that he wraps his arm around her shoulder and pulls her close when she's cooking. Or when they're sitting on the couch, or when they're watching Mr. Sato plays with Emi.
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