Understanding II: School Daze (Bleach Fanfic)

Headache

After lunch, Toshiro found his mind going so numb, that a headache encroached upon him, making it so that it was hard to even doodle on the piece of paper that he happened to have in front of him. He wanted the school day to end, but in truth things just kept getting harder to handle.

He glanced over at Karin, who was fully occupied with taking notes from the teacher's lesson. A glance over at Yuzu had the same result, she was busy and actually enjoying herself. Then, his mind glanced over towards the girl who had asked him to eat with him, only to find the girl staring at him. For some reason, he felt a seriously creepy feeling from her her actions.

Finally, he glanced forward and raised his hand, as he couldn't take anymore. The teacher startled, surprised that a new student was raising his hand. "Hitsugaya-kun?"

"Can I go to the nurses office?" the boy asked, the corner of his mouth twisted up do to a nausea that hit him.

There was a period of silence, but then she nodded her head and the boy got up and headed towards where he figured the nurses office to be, only to suddenly realize that he honestly didn't know for sure if the nurses office was towards the teachers office area. He still headed that way, when he heard a voice from behind him.

He turned around to see the female that had asked him to eat with her. "I reminded the teacher that you were new, so I asked if I could show you to where the nurses office is."

For some reason she fluttered her eyes at him, making his nausea worse. He then glanced towards the teacher lounge. "It is by where the teachers meet, right?"

"Well, yes." The girl stated, still fluttering her eyes at him.

"Then I can go and find it myself." Toshiro stated, heading towards the office, only to have the girl suddenly grab his arm.

"My name is Nabara Yami." The girl tried fluttering her eyes again.

At that, Hitsugaya let out a deep sigh. "Look. I have a really bad headache. I would rather you leave me alone." When she pouted at him, he then added an additional word. "Please."

At that, she turned and left, rather miffed off that she had been turned away. He then walked down the hallway, until he got to the door with a sign above it that indicated that was where he needed to be. He knocked on the door and then entered. A woman suddenly spun around in the chair, smiling at Toshiro. "I take it you aren't feeling well."

"I have a headache." The boy stated, glancing over to where she indicated. He then sat down on the bed, while she shuffled around. She pulled out a thermometer and stuck it into his mouth. "I don't have a fever. I just have a headache."

At that, she simply smiled. "I still need to double check. I can't give you anything for your headache."

"I just need some quiet." The boy muttered, as she held up her hand, indicating that he should not speak so that the thermometer could do his work.

She then removed the thermometer. "You are a little warm."

"Don't have a fever." Toshiro protested. He then spoke quietly. "I just need some quiet. Please."

The woman turned and wrote down some notes. She then got up and pulled the curtain around the bed and the young shinigami lay down. About half an hour later, the nurse came back and peeked in. "How are you doing?"

"A little better. I don't want to go back to class though." The boy stated.

The woman nodded, and then tilted her head towards another spot. "The person who is taking care of you would like to speak with you."

At that, Toshiro got up, wondering what kind of lecture he would be getting from his former Taicho. Letting out a deep sigh, he got up and then stepped over to the phone. "Isshin-san, sir?"

"How are you doing Toshiro?" The man stated over the phone.

Hitsugaya simply hung the silence there, nervous about telling the man he had managed to get out of classes a second day in a row. He then muttered into the phone. "My head hurts. I'm not lying to you."

"I know you're not." Isshin then spoke up. "The nurse gave me your temperature."

"I don't have a fever, sir." Toshiro muttered. "When my head stops hurting, I'll be going back to class, I promise."

A laugh came from the other side of the phone call. "Toshiro... you do have a fever. I explained to the nurse that your temperature runs a few degrees lower then with other kids. Why don't you come on home?"

"I'm not sick though." Another laugh came on the other side of the phone. "I don't have a cough. I don't fill nauseous..." At that, the boy paused. "No, I do feel sick to my stomach, but I think that is because of the head ache."

"I think so to." Isshin stated, a shuffling sound coming through. "I think you are stressed out, and your body is reacting to it. You aren't used to this kind of situation." At that, there came another surprise. "I'm giving you permission to come on home. Do you think you can find your way without one of the girls?"

"I can find my way I think." Toshiro blinked a couple of times. "I am not in trouble?"

"No." The man chuckled.

"I don't get it." The boy sighed

"I imagine that I don't." Isshin stated firmly. "I told the nurse to have Karin and Yuzu bring your stuff home. When you get back here, I want you to go upstairs and lie down. I want you to relax. Ichigo has some classical music. Put that into the CD player, and close your eyes. You should hopefully feel better."

"Yes sir." Toshiro handed the phone back to the nurse, who simply hung it up. He then got up and headed out the door and began to head home. He arrived at the house and let himself in through the front door. He headed up stairs, and heard some music already coming from Ichigo's room.

"Kurosaki-san?" At that, the boy opened the door, only to find that the older boy hadn't come home from school yet. A trey with a snack on it and something cold to drink was on the desk though, and Hitsugaya found himself beginning to smile. "Isshin-san... one thing he is good at is making sure people are taken care of."