Yours to Hold (An OHSHC fanfic) [Completed]

Chapter Thirteen

I think what might have been the hardest part of all of this was getting ready for school on Monday. Not only did I have to figure out how to manage to get that dress on with one hand, but I had to do it and still make it look perfect as Uncle expected it to be. That was followed by having to locate wherever I’d tossed the bottle of pain-pills the night before and managing to get the cap off without spilling them.

Needless to say, I had a bad feeling it was going to be an extremely long day.

By the time I’d managed to escape Uncle’s annoyed gaze and arrive at school I was already so tired of everything that the surprised looks I received from my classmates didn’t even bother me. I actually might not have noticed them if it wasn’t for one little problem.

“I was so scared when you fainted,” Chie gushed the moment I sat down. “I mean, you were perfectly fine one moment and then you were down the next! Ayumu-kun explained everything and I couldn’t believe it! You fought with a broken wrist? How bra-”

I laid my cast over one ear and my other hand over the other as I dropped my head on my desk. There wasn’t a single part of me that even considered putting on the friendly act today. I just wanted to get through class then club hours as quickly as possible.

“-Nao-chan, are you listening?”

I raised my just enough to give her a look that should have answered any questions she might have. Much to my surprise, Chie laughed.

“You’re in a bad mood today,” she observed. “Does it still hurt or something?”

By this point she’d attracted the attention of the majority of our classmates that had already arrived. Splendid.

“No, I’m on wonderful drugs,” I informed her. “Now, please leave me alone before you somehow manage to create a headache that the drugs can’t fix.”

She actually laughed again.

What was amusing about that?

“You’re a bit mean when you’re in a bad mood,” she continued. It seemed my words had had no effect. “Or is it because of the pills? What sort of pills did they give you? My imouto broke her leg once and started talking about seeing rainbows after they got some sort of pain reliever in her system-”

By that point I began to tune her out again, dropping my head back to my desk and closing my eyes. Perhaps if I ignored her long enough class would start and then she’d have to be silent. My initial impression after learning that Ayumu had a crush on her was right, they’d be perfect for each other. Both of them loved to talk.

“-o~ Nao~ Nao-chan~”

I suddenly realized there was a voice talking to me that didn’t make me wish for earplugs. Raising my head for the second time, I offered Honey a tired smile. He returned it with a bright one and plopped himself down in the desk next to mine. Furrowing my brow, I glanced around the classroom in an effort to figure out where the person that normally sat there was at.

“Honey…” I began slowly as I spotted the person in the front of the room. “You don’t sit there, do you?”

“Now I do,” he replied cheerily. “Nao-chan needs someone to watch out for her so I volunteered.”

What?

Mori took the seat on the other side of Honey, causing a frown to work it’s way onto Honey’s face. He suddenly hopped up from his desk and picked up the bag that Mori had started to sit on top of it.

“Takeshi~ I changed my mind,” Honey announced. “You’re sitting here, I want to sit there.”

Mori and I simply looked at him.