Feels Like the First Time

Chapter Twenty-Two - Recovery

"Thank you for your help, Kyoya." I mumbled to the man leaning against the wall opposite me. The small room was empty apart from him and I; Haruhi had gone to tell the guys what had happened when they arrived and Takashi had gone to get me a drink.

"It was at the request of Mori and Haruhi." He shrugged, pushing his glasses up his nose.

"Still, you didn't have to do that, so thank you." I continued, feeling extremely embarrassed about the whole situation. Kyoya turned his head to observe me from the corner of his eye, I could feel his analysing gaze attempting to bore its way into my soul.

"So what is going on between you two?" He asked me. I knew he was starting to test me, to see how I would respond to 'who' he was talking about, to see how I really felt about him. I respected this about Kyoya, his curiosity for people and what made them tick. I smiled slightly at him, steeling myself to tell him the truth.

"I don't know, if I'm honest." I said after a moment of thinking.

"Well, that's anticlimactic." He mumbled with a raised brow. I couldn't help but laugh at his blunt response and I saw a quick flash of a smile shoot across his face.

"We've spent a bit of time together and I think we get along well but we haven't really spoke about it so I don't know." I clarified as I continued to chuckle at his earlier statement.

"How much time have you spent together?" He asked.

"Exactly 15 hours, 33 minutes and 42 seconds." I said and paused to see his reaction before laughing as he gave me a droll look. "I don't know. We've seen each other a few times and spent a day together."

"The day?" He asked and I nodded. "And the night?" He continued making me glare at him slightly as I nodded in reply. He smirked at me, knowing exactly what we were both talking about.

"Is that all it is?" He asked after a moment. I shrugged in response as I registered my nerves had kicked up a notch at his question. "Is that all you want it to be?" I looked up at him at this, his look seemed softer now as if he cared about my answer. I shook my head making him smile slightly.

There was a knock on the door, Kyoya called out and the doctor walked back in with a warm smile, taking his seat again in front of me.

"It looks like your wrist is broken and we can see some torn tissue in the x-ray but we'll have to wait for the MRI to find the extent of the damage. For the time being we'll give you a temporary cast and some medication for the pain then you'll have to come back for the MRI and based on that we'll give you a more permanent cast." The doctor said with a gentle smile and I just nodded, trying to keep up with the unfamiliar Japanese words. He pulled over a small table, digging through a draw to find the items he needed before moving my hand gently in position so that he could start to put the cast on.

Takashi came back carrying a bottle of water not long after after the doctor started. He smiled at me softly, taking the lid off the bottle before handing it to me making me smile at him gratefully. I turned to see Kyoya carefully observing us with a slight smirk so I stuck my tongue out at him making him frown before turning away.

"All finished. We'll get in touch with you to let you know when your MRI and permanent casting will be. Here is a prescription for pain medication. Make sure you read the instructions carefully. Other than that, you can go." The doctor informed me, handing me the prescription. I nodded and thanked him as I got up, leaving the room with Kyoya and Takashi following. A hand was placed on the small of my back and I turned to see Takashi looking down at me as he led us through the halls.

"Hannah-chan!" I heard a familiar voice exclaim and saw a I bullet of blond shoot towards we so I quickly lifted my arms up, out of his way. I hugged him back, careful to not scrape him with my rough plaster cast. I could hear him mumbling apologies through his tears.