Kissed By Reality (A Kise Ryouta X Reader Fan fiction)

Chapter 10 - |Not So| First Kiss

Recap: At about the fourth week of him being hospitalized you suddenly got a message from Kise that made you worried;

I'm going in for surgery again. My knee isn't healing right. I'll be going in the day after tomorrow. It's expected to take four hours.
I would like you to be there if you can.

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That next day was agonizingly slow. You had to take that make-up exam you had been studying for with Kise. And because of that you weren't able to see Kise the day before he went back into surgery. Not to mention you barely had time to look at your phone for a moment. Texting him was out of the question. You felt horrible the whole day because you were so worried for him. You were lucky enough to have been able to focus on the make-up exam. Even more lucky to have passed with a good score.

Things like those made you want to see him even more. You wanted to tell him all of the good things that happened thanks to him. You wanted to forget that he was in the hospital with a knee that needed to be operated on. You wanted him to get better so he could play the sport he had come to love. You needed him to be better so you could stop worrying non-stop about him, and so that the girls of your school would stop being so gloomy. The whole mood of the school had changed since Kise was hospitalized. And you didn't like it.

"I don't know if I can handle this Haru!" You said once you got back home to your cozy couch and loving little brother.

"I'm sure you can, [Name]." He says as he sets a small bag of sweets on your lap.

"Huh? What's this?" You look at the bag curiously.

"Kei's family own's a candy store. They heard about Kise and how you're really close. Kei sent these for you."

"Aw! How sweet of him." You pull out one of the candies in the bag and pop it in your mouth.

To your surprise, it was [favorite flavor] flavored. You sat there and toyed with the lozenge in your mouth. It comforted you as well as made you even more sad. The Kise you remembered from the meadow loved eating candies with you. He would love these ones. You curl up as you fished around inside the bag, not looking for anything in particular. You were going to see Kise tomorrow. And as worried as you are perhaps if you made a small little gift basket for him. It would distract you and kill time.

You found a small basket as you were going through your things to find your crafts box and suddenly remembered something you had forgotten. The basket was part of something Kise had gotten you for your birthday once. He had found a pink and yellow ribbon and tied it in a bow to the basket. The basket was about the size of a pineapple, was a light brown, and was decorated with pink and yellow. He had had the same sheepish grin then that he had when he gave you the phone charm. It was things like those that made you think, maybe, he was to precious for this world.

You smile fondly at the basket that sat in your palm. Surely if you gave him a gift with this basket it would make him smile just like you did. You find your crafts box and get busy. If the basket didn't make him smile, your present would.

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After you finished the basket you set it to the side and finally felt like you weren't so worried. It was just his knee they were operating on, not his heart or brain. He would be fine, right?