Imperfect Romance: One-shot Series

The New Manager

Ai hummed a happy tune as she walked down the hall on her way to the freshman floor to give Sawamura one of the mangas that he lent her. She was happy because she couldn't wait to talk to him about this new volume since it was so juicy and she couldn't talk about it with her boyfriend.

'I wonder what he thinks about it.' Ai thought without really paying attention to her surroundings as she went down the staircase. 'He better not like-'

"AHHH."

"AHHH" Ai screamed and heard someone else screamed as she bumped into someone.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" She asked as she gripped the railing to prevent herself from falling down the stairs and then looked down to see who it was. "Oh my God Umemoto-san are you okay?! Ai alarmingly asked as she noticed that it was the pigtailed manager.

The manger groaned in pain as she rubbed her head that she hit against the railing. "Yes, just a little bit in pain but I'm fine." She answered.

"I'm so so so sorry." Ai apologized profusely as she went down to her help up.

"Don't worry Yukimura-san, I know that it was an accident," Sachiko offered her a small smile while she took her hand. "Owww." She yelled out in pain as she got to her feet with Ai's help.

"What's wrong?" Ai asked with concern.

"My left foot hurts." She complained.

"You probably sprained it. C'mon, I will help you to go to the infirmary." Ai offered as Sachiko put an arm around her shoulder to prop herself up as they went down the stairs to get to the infirmary and on their way they found the other second year manager Yui.

"What happened Sachi? Why are you limping?" The girl with the pixie cut asked as she gasped.

"We bumped into each other when I was going up the stairs and I fell so we are going to see the nurse." Sachiko responded while frowning in pain.

"And she hurt her foot too." Ai added with guilt coating her tone.

Yui widened her eyes in surprise. "I'll go with you guys."

*Time skip*

"Unfortunately you did sprained your foot," The old school nurse confirmed. "So you have to rest for two weeks."

"Oh no." Ai whispered in despair as the guilt was eating her up.

The other two managers also looked deflated as they looked down.

"So I'm not going to be able to complete my managerial duties." Sachiko said disappointed.

"Don't worry. Haruno and I are going to manage for the next two weeks." Yui tried to reassure her friend as she stood right next to her.

Ai felt another deep stab at her heart. Why why why wasn't she paying attention as she was walking? This never happened to her before. She was not a clumsy person at all.

"But Yui that's way too much work for only two people and you know that Haruno is very clumsy." Sachiko pointed out still feeling disappointed over the situation.

The other manager fell in silence knowing that Sachiko had a point that she couldn't get argue with.

"Too bad Takako-senpai has retired already." Yui sighed in defeat.

'That's it!' Ai thought as she got an idea. "Guys?" She called out.

"Yes?" They both turned to her.

"Why don't I help you and Yoshikawa-san out while Umemoto-san is on bedrest?" She suggested with a hopeful tone.

The managers looked at each other warily not quite sure that was a good idea.