Her Shooting Star

Chapter 1: Kashiwagi Yuki

Yuki came in rushing to the emergency room of the hospital upon hearing that her sister fell off the stairs.

"Excuse me, is there a patient named Kashiwagi Nanami that has been admitted here?" Yuki asked when she reached the nurses station. "Just a second ma'am." The nurse said as she checked on their records.

Just as she was waiting for the nurse as she checked their records, Yuki tried calling her friend, Sashihara Rino, who brought her sister to the hospital. "Sasshi, please pick up." Yuki said nervously.

"Yuki?" Yuki looked back to see the person who just called her. "Sasshi!" She said as soon as she recognized her. "Where's my sister? What happened? How come that she fell down the stairs?"

"Whoa whoa, Yuki! Relax! Stop bombarding me with questions! Calm down okay?" Sashihara said while raising her hand which made Yuki glare at her. "How can I calm down when I know that something happened to my sister? You know if something happens to her I-" Yuki said angrily but she was stopped by her friend who then pointed to the nurse who's in charge in the nurses station.

"Sorry." Yuki said to the nurse who looks really annoyed by now. The nurse cleared her throat and then she said, "Patient Kashiwagi Nanami has already been transferred to the general ward. You can visit her now as she just finished her medical examination."

"Thank you." Yuki said as she bowed her head in apology to the nurse before following her friend to the general ward.

The two of them arrived and Yuki found her sister sitting by the bed with bandage on her left arm. Yuki immediately ran towards her and hugged her tight. "Nanami!"

"O-Onee-chan? Is that you?" Nanami asked as she touched her-starting from her arm up to her face - trying to recognize her. "Yes it's me. Your sister is finally here." Yuki said as move back so that she can check on her. "Are you hurt somewhere? Sasshi said that you fell from the stairs. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. The doctor said that I do not have any other injury except for my broken arm. What about you? You should be at work by now. You didn't have to come here to the hospital." Nanami said.

"Idiot! Do you think I can concentrate on my work knowing that my sister got hurt? Do you know how worried I was?!" She said as she lightly hit her on her right arm.

"I'm sorry." Nanami said. "I was just trying to get something to the kitchen and I forgot my cane. I wasn't able to calculate the steps of the stairs so I lose my balance." She continued.

Yuki sighed and then she hugged her sister once again. "It's alright. I'm not angry at you. I'm just worried. I thought something terrible happened to you."

Then the thought of her conversation earlier with Matsumura crossed her mind. "Listen, Kashiwagi Yuki. I am the one who has given you this job so you can't say no to me. Otherwise I'm going to go after your sister and we both know that you don't want that."

"I won't let anything bad happen to you." Yuki said as she gently stroke her sister's hair. "I'll do anything to protect you."