Sincerely, Me [Kindaichi Yuutarou] | ✔

Get Up

One week. It'd been one week since Shino's collapse on the school's tracks and she had yet to return. Kindaichi dribbled the ball three times before tossing it in the air and attempting to copy Oikawa's jump serve. It was clumsy, and the ball flew to the side, but Watari dashed to the right to receive it anyway.

"Maa, what a pain," Oikawa muttered to the side, tentatively stretching his legs. He winced when he felt a pang on his knee, but it wasn't anything he hadn't felt before.

"Overworking yourself again, I see," Iwaizumi observed, though he sounded far too detached to be accusing; far too far away. "At least put on your knee brace."

"Ah, I left it at home, haha..." Oikawa winked at him and stuck out his tongue, causing Iwaizumi to roll his eyes. The brunet looked around the gym, his gaze pained when he watched Yahaba wander to where Shino usually stood next to the coaches to collect a bottle of water from her. Yahaba paused in his tracks, as if realizing that no, Iwasaki Shino was not there and he'd have to fetch his own damn water before awkwardly shuffling back into position.

"Team meeting," Oikawa decided, sounding unusually grave.

Iwaizumi gave him a quick nod, and the practice session was paused.

xXx

LINE: CLASS 1-5

[Kagawa]: Has anyone heard from Iwasaki-chan yet? I'm getting really worried

[Ishida]: I heard that she was in hospital but I don't know which one

[Miyuki]: I saw the ambulance take her away during clean-up duty, I think

[Kurokawa]: It's been a week, guys... she's probably recovering from whatever that struck her down, no biggie

[Kurokawa]: I bet she's reading our messages and laughing at us right now

[Kagawa]: Ehhh? I've never seen Iwasaki-chan laugh before, I don't think she would do that, haha

[Hiiragi]: Why don't we ask Kunimi-san and Kindaichi-san? They're closest to her.

[Miyuki]: Good idea! Kunimi-san, Kindaichi-san, are you reading this? If you know what happened to Iwasaki-chan, please tell us. Everyone is worried and has been posting non-stop about her.

[Ishida]: Yeah, nothing bad happened, right?

[Kurokawa]: She's helped all of us so much. I know she's a bit closed-off sometimes, but we're all concerned about her so please respond. Sincerely, all of 1-5.

[Kagawa]: ^ What she said

[Kunimi]: We don't know.

[Suzuki]: I know what hospital she's staying at! It's the local one closest to school; I know because I followed the ambulance to find out where she was staying so I would know where to send the cake I'm going to make her.

[Kindaichi]: Seriously?! Where?! She hasn't been responding to messages from either of us.

[Kurokawa]: They don't allow cake in the hospital

[Suzuki]: Oh, darn. Anyway, I can't recall what it was called; just look it up using maps and location

[Ishida]: Why don't we send her a get-well card?

[Miyuki]: Great idea! We should pass it around the class during break time so everyone gets to sign it

[Kagawa]: I'm down ^ make sure the design is cute

xXx

A pair of deft hands repeatedly solved a rainbow puzzle cube; the owner of those hands had her brow furrowed slightly in shallow concentration. Her gaze was completely blank as she clicked the cubes back into their original place.