Asagao After

PBG 5: Saturday

Creeps may have wanted me out by Friday, but I stayed until Saturday. I would still go for weekly checkups, but my extra day with Creeps made it easier for me for leave without too much medication or special supervision.

After being 100% cleared to leave, I texted May...? Oh yeah, Mai, that I was out and she said she would be there in five minuets. She ended up being faster than expected and startled me as I was walking out into the chill morning air. She laughed when she saw me jump.

"Ooops! Sorry, but that was funny! Gosh, I've missed you, Hana. Ok, so here's the deal..." She spoke rapidly, dragging me across the manicured lawns and in between polished buildings glittering in their own grandeur. "Most of the Boots Boys are still sleeping, because even though it's eight-ish right now A.) it's Saturday and B.) boys sleep FOREVER, so I'm going to take you back to our room to get Hana's Memory Restoration Master Plan in action!"

It was a little overwhelming, but she was being so energetic it was hard to say anything about it to her. She led me into a building with walls plastered with pale pink. "Behold!" she said dramatically, gesturing with one hand and holding the arm with the other. "Primrose house." We made our way quickly up the stairs, an ordeal that was a little taxing considering I was laying in bed for the past week.

We stopped abruptly at a plain white door. Mai stopped for a moment, opening her mouth like she wanted to say something, then paused, clearly thinking better of it. Then she flung open the door. The fairy lights... and the posters above her bed...

I sat on the bottom bunk and clung Mr.Bunny to my chest, him I remembered fine. The dresser... the closet... I stood up and walked over to it. I opened the door gingerly, like I would break it if I pulled too hard. There was a poster on the back of the door with a wizard of some sort on it. I glanced back at Mai. Her hands were over her face, but her eyes were enough for me to tell how emotional and hopeful she was. She handed me what I assumed was my back pack and then sat in a chair off to the side and watched. I sat myself and the bag on my bed and opened a random book. Hyrulian politics... hm...

I flipped through more pages. Something seemed...

Like a flash of lightning, or a punch to the gut my realization came in a flash. "I REMEMBER LEARNING THIS!" I shouted, standing up with a jolt. Mai had a similar reaction. "Really?"

"Yes! All my school work, everything I've done in class, and our teacher... is... Miss Shizuka!"

Mai was getting excited. "And?!"

I stopped. "That's... that's it for right now."

Mai slumped in her chair. "These damn plot devices I swear..." She muttered.

"These what?"

"Nothing. Is there nothing else you can remember from looking through your bag?"

I looked at it again. The cover of something was peeking out at me that didn't look like a textbook.

The Princess Betrothed. Wait. There was something special about this book.

"Mai, this isn't my book is it?"

Her eyes grew with excitement once again. "No it's not! It's a library book that-"

"Satch recommended." I said, a confident smile blooming onto my face. Mai looked like I had just won the lottery for her, and seeing her like that...

"And later on," I said as tears began to reach our eyes. "You built me a pillow fort, because we're best friends."

Mai and I were both crying. "Hana!" Mai wailed. She came over to my bed and we sat together, hugging crying, just generally being collectively thankful that I remembered her. Something was definitely missing that I didn't remember about her, but I pushed it to the back of my brain. Whatever it was could wait.

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Mai and I had been talking for about an hour before her phone began to ring. She looked at the caller ID and laughed. "Who is it?" I asked. Mai just giggled and put a finger to her lips. then she answered the call and hit the speaker button. After she said hello to whoever it was I clued in. I quickly slapped my hands over my mouth so i wouldn't make noise. At first only panting and moving air could be heard on the other line. "OMG what do you want?" Mai shouted into her phone. There was a clattering noise followed by a loud bang and a swear. Mai and I laughed. Mai composed herself before the panting found it's way back to the phone, but I had to grab a pillow to laugh into to avoid blowing my cover.

"Mai, I just, huff, fell." A tired voice cut through the speakers. "I was, running and, geez I'm out of breath, Hana's gone." My eyes widened. It sounded like a voice I knew but...

"PBG relax ok?" Mai said in her best oh-no-I'm-so-concerned voice. "Just tell me what happened."

The sounds of breathing refused to calm themselves on the other line. "I peeked in the nurses office to check... wasn't there... I don't want to loose her again!"

I felt my face get red. Mai broke character and started laughing hysterically. "Peebs, she in our room. And she heard everything you just said. Silence filled the air. Mai snickered. "Wait... what?" was all PBG could muster.

"H-hi PBG." I giggled to the phone. More silence. The phone beeped as PBG hung up. Mai laughed so hard she fell off her bed. "Are you sure he's going to be ok, Mai?"

Mai grinned devilishly from the floor. "He gets embarrassed around you all the time. Was this the worst one in a while..? Yeah, but still. He's fine. I'm pretty sure..."

Mai sat up with a start. Her grin grew wider at an unsettling rate. "You know what, Hana? It's Saturday. We got plenty of time on our hands. We totally wrecked PBG's pride. You know what those things mean together?"

I shook my head. Mai stood up triumphantly. "It means, my dear, we have the means to make it up to him. Are you ready to remember your boyfriend?"