#tearsandsyringes

           It had hit out of nowhere. No one had expected it, especially not Nidai. He'd            been taking his medication every morning to make sure that he was fine to            go for another twenty four hours, that he could sit down and work his hardest            to make sure that those he'd taken under his wing would get what they need            to do and strengthen themselves. He had been out on a lacrosse field when            it had happened-- one minute he was explaining to the team what he wanted            them to do, the next a searing pain was exploding behind his ribs and all            over his chest, making it hard to breathe. He had barely been able to wheeze            out the word ambulance before collapsing, out cold. 

           A heart attack. That's what the doctors kept saying, but Nidai was having a            hard time fully believing it. They told him that if the paramedics had gotten            there any later, he would have died. They kept telling him that he should            feel lucky to be alive, and he was. He was here-- still alive and kicking...            but he just couldn't wrap his head around why. What had he been doing            wrong? What could he have possibly done differently that day than he'd            been doing every other day of his life? It had been months since his last            complications, things had really been starting to look up. Maybe had had            gotten a little careless-- a little too into his job and it had been building up            into one big complication. 

           Nidai knew how this was going to go; he'd spent a good portion of his young            life in and out of hospitals, letting them run their tests, give him pills and            stick him with their needles. He hated it here-- the floors and walls so clean            and white that they were glowing, the smell of faux lemon and bleach. It was            enough to make him sick and bring back memories of his childhood spent            connected to an IV and stuck in a bed that was more familiar than his own            at home. 

           Things were supposed to have gotten better since then-- he'd surpassed the            age that the doctors said he was going to. And yet...here he was. Sure, he            was still laughing and grinning as the doctors and nurses spoke to him, but            on the inside he was turmoil. He wasn't useful in the hospital, he needed to            get back out to where his athletes needed him! To where his friends needed            him! 

           Ah....Friends....One person's face in particular flashes to his mind. Mikan.            His 'little sister'. Someone that he considered dearer to him than all else.            He could practically hear her voice in his head telling him that he'd better            stay right where he is and not push himself so hard or else he might suffer            from another attack or even worse. He knew that he was going to have to            stay and rest, let the doctors run their tests and give him pills as much as            he didn't want to. He was going to do it for her. 

           But he knew that he should probably let her know what had happened so            she didn't worry as much as he knew she would if he suddenly dropped            off the face of the Earth. So, as a nurse came to check on him, he asked            her if she had any idea where his cellphone had gone off to when they            had brought him in as he had a very important person to make contact            with. When she brought it to him, he opened up a new message (ever            the classy one, Nidai was, despite the fact his fingers were a little too            big for the screen. He just didn't want to hear her cry for him.) to send            to the Nurse. 

the angst….i missed it so much lmfao I missed you so much

I would say they had a wild ride from start to finish, but we lulled them into a false sense of security in the beginning and then suDDENLY ANGST

I was doing that earlier tbh, I cry. We put them through so much

There was something on her face? Really? The nurse could have sworn she’d taken extra care in washing her face that morning and hadn’t touched her face whilst working, so she should have been in the clear…but she trusted Reiyn so she stood perfectly still. 

Wait…that wasn’t what the nurse had expected to occur! A bright blush colored the nurse’s face and she was caught between enjoying the affection from Reiyn and hiding her face behind her hands in embarrassment. “R-Reiyn, I apologize, but…did you do that on p-purpose…?” She asked softly.

     { ❀ } – The surprised and flustered expression on the plum haired woman’s face was absolutely priceless. Reiyn had to refrain from giving her another smooch and ended her barrage on the poor nurse. She didn’t want Mikan to be annoyed with her.