Yours to Hold (An OHSHC fanfic) [Completed]

Chapter Twelve

When I regained consciousness, I noticed three things.

The first was that my wrist hurt to the point where I was certain I wasn’t going to be able to do anything with that hand until I visited the doctor.

Second, the room had gotten really, really loud.

Finally, I wasn’t on the ground anymore.

As I slowly blinked open my eyes, I attempted to see the face above me, despite the glaring ceiling lights making it difficult. It only took me a moment to realize that it should have been obvious right away who was carrying me.

“Mori..”

He glanced down at me. By then my eyes had adjusted to having the lights directly behind his head, and I could see that his expression change in the smallest degree. With it being him, however, it was impossible for me to guess what he was thinking. A slight change for Mori still made his expression seem as stoic as before.

“You’re awake,” he replied.

I nodded as he stopped walking. Instantly we were surrounded by our teammates.

“Are you okay?”

“What happened?”

“Senpai, are you okay?”

I grimaced, and I was relieved when Mori took a step back.

“Give her space,” he said in explanation.

“Can you put me down…?” I mumbled in the seconds of silence that followed.

Mori turned his eyes back to me and his lips twisted down, once again it was the smallest of movements.

“Please?” I added.

He shook his head and I frowned in response.

“He’s right, Morioka-senpai,” Ayumu said, leaning into my line-of-sight. “You passed out, you should be careful.”

“Then just sit me down on the bench,” I grumbled. “I’d be fine.”

“The referees just told me they have something set up in the nurse’s office,” Fujii commented, completely ignoring my suggestion. “You should take her there. I’ll deal with things here.”

Mori nodded and started walking again.

“I’ll come, too!” Ayumu announced and I could hear him running to catch up with us.

“I’m fine,” I said loudly, for once not bothering to hide my glare. It was bad enough I’d passed out, what would happen if my Uncle heard that I’d actually had to be carried out of the room? “I can walk. It just hurt was all.”

Although, when he heard that it was Mori who carried me, he might not be irritated.

It didn’t matter. I could handle myself just fine.

“You just got hit on your hand, didn’t you?” Ayumu asked when Mori didn’t say a word. “How could that hurt enough to make you pass out? You don’t seem the type to not be able to handle a tap on the hand, Senpai.”

Why did he have to be observant? Wasn’t he supposed to be airheaded?

“It was the shock-” I began.

“She was already hurt.”

The monotone words couldn’t have annoyed me anymore if they’d actually had some sort of emotion behind them. He didn’t have to tell Ayumu that!

“What?” Ayumu demanded, I could hear the shock in his voice. “Where?”

“Put me down!”