Monster Slayer

Stave Three

Aron sat on the roof of the building, mumbling to himself. He was too busy dealing with his thoughts to go to class, so he sat on the roof. He mumbled, "Well now what..? I don't even.."
Aron chewed the inside of his lip and thought to himself, could this be the feeling my friend was talking about? Love? It fits the way she described it.. And if so...what do I do with it?
Aron thought harder on the subject, should I tell him? No.. That isn't right. She said that most don't believe in love at first sight... He'll think me creepy, won't he? Maybe..I should make him love me, too, somehow...
The tall boy stood up and began to head down the stairway, continuing to think to himself. Too thought up in his own thoughts, he continued to walk without paying attention, and slipped on the second to last step, falling on his face.
Frightened, the boy who was walking by stopped and looked down at him, "A-Are you okay? Aron..?"
"Eh?" Aron asked, looking up at him, "Oh, hello Satoshi.. What are you doing?"
"I-I was just heading to the restroom.. A-Are you okay?" Satoshi repeated as he gazed worriedly down on Aron.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Aron spoke as he rubbed his slightly bloody forehead in pain. "Ah..yeah, I'm okay. Just thought I'd, eh.. Drop in on you!"
Quickly he stood up, laughing off the pain in embarrassment.
The shorter boy froze at the sight of the blood. Just seeing blood made his heart race and his face grow pale. His lips quivered as he lowered his head. He grabbed Aron's hand, now walking in an urgent and panicked fashion, "L-Let me get you to the.. the n-nurse.."
Being pulled along, Arons's smile went away, and was replaced with a slight worry, ​​​​​​"H-Hey... I'm really okay, just a little bump on the head. Nothing a tissue or something can't fix." His fingers wrapped around his hand, enjoying the feeling. Besides, that nurse most likely won't help me anyways. She doesn't like me at all...
"I-It's alright.." he replied with a monotone tone in his voice. He continued walking, "I j-just need to.. to, uhm, get you t-to the nurse.."
Gosh dangit, Satoshi thought to himself, his lips quivering between his normal frown and a smile, this is too damn hard.. I can't keep this in for too long.. I must try my hardest to remain calm, for he may think of me as completely strange.. I don't want to lose my only friend..
"...?" He stopped talking, feeling Satoshi wasn't really hearing what he was saying. Holding onto his hand tighter, he hoped the nurse would at the very least give him a bandage and some water to clean his face up. He thought to himself, biting his lip, maybe the poor boy just has a thing about blood...
"I'm s-sorry if I'm..uh, a-acting weird.." he tried to hold in his laugher the best he could. Shut up, shut up, shut up, he thought, stop telling me to laugh, stupid conscience.. I c-can't..
A small giggle slipped out from his lips, and he quickly placed his free hand over his mouth. "S-Sorry.."
His mouth gently formed an o, "Are you.. trying not to laugh at my fall, Satoshi? It's really okay if you do..it was kind of funny, I guess." Though, if it were any other person laughing at that, he'd have punched them already.
"I-It isn't that," Satoshi stuttered, "J-Just don't mind me, okay? We need to get you to the-"
​He finally stopped walking with him, clinging to his hand. "Hey, if the blood's getting to you, the bathroom's closer. Really...I can clean it off real quick, and you don't have to look at it for any longer."
Satoshi stumbled a bit as he stopped walking, not expecting Aron to stop. He looked back at Aron, "N-No, it's fine, really.." he said, "I j-just want you to feel better, ok-" a laugh interrupted his speech.
After a minute or so, he looked up at Aron with a depressed look on his face, "S-See, like I said earlier.. L-Looks can be decieving.."
Frowning more, he tugged lightly on Satoshi's arm, "Yeah...Yeah, you should take that to heart with me, too. Just stay right here for a moment, okay?" He said, realizing exactly what's happening now. Aron bit his lip once more as he thought to himself, he definitely has a thing about blood...just not the thing I thought of first...
"I'll be right back, and I'll be fine. Promise." He sped a little ways down the hall, turning into the bathroom, leaving him there for only a moment.
Satoshi called out softly from the hallway an apology, but it was inaudible to Aron now that he was washing his face. Through the water, he called back softly, also inaudible to the other, "I'm sorry I didn't realize exactly what you meant before.."