"That was a pretty bad fall, but you will be fine Chie. There's nothing I can't cure!" said the "cool" looking nurse while striking a pose…?
"You should stay here until the bell rings though, you still need to heal missy."
"Th-thank you Mis-"
Chie is interrupted by sounds of birds chirping.
"Oh sorry, it's my phone, I can't let any notification go by unseen. Someone can always be in need of medical assistance!" says the nurse and starts staring very intensively at the phone. The case she has around it is surprisingly cute compared to her outfit of sunglasses indoors and a black jacket that acts like a cloak over her lab coat.
"Well, everything ended up okay Chie!"
"I-I guess it did." She says with a feeling of relief from the bed she is resting at.
"I should get going, I need to tell the teacher that you are A-Okay before she gets to-"
"You! Student whose name I don't know!" yells the nurse.
"Ye-Yes sir! I mean, Miss!" Wait, why does she have a traveling backpack stuffed with medical equipment now? She was just looking at her phone a minute ago, how fast is she!?
"You will be watching her now, make sure she doesn't leave before the bell rings!"
"I must leave now to save a life, and I can't have another nurse office escapee." says the nurse while leaving, striking a cool pose before the doors closes in front of her.
After this, we heard her running down the hallway.
That happened a little too fast… Guess I'm on guard duty now.
I grabbed one of the chairs and sat next to Chie's nursing bed.
"Chie, Hey Chie."
"Hmm?"
"Don't you think it's funny that the nurse wears sunglasses inside and acts so cool around others?"
"I like her, despite her appearance, she is super kind. It's a bit scary sometimes but still very kind."
"She kind of reminds me of the barbarian from Phoenix Quest, scary appearance but kind heart, you know?"
"That is so true! They have almost the same aura!" She continues with sparks in her eyes "Do you remember the scene where the phoenix warrior first meets the barbarian, how they felt indifferent towards each other?"
"Yeah, and then they had to put their differences aside to help someone running from a monster and after that they grew respect for one another!"
"They began to have a friendly rivalry before the barbarian officially joined the team, then in the nex-" Chie suddenly stops and has a very surprised face.
"Chie? Is something wrong? Is your wound hurting? I can go find the nurse if you need!"
"Oh. No, no." She says looking down a bit "It's just that… It has been a long time since I talked like this with someone."
"Hmm?"
"I used to talk with a lot of people with no problem, but ever since I was transferred to this school two years ago, everything began to feel so distant…"
"I slowly became more and more anxious of people around me, feeling like they were judging me for not talking too much."
"But talking to you makes me feel anxious at all now, I wish I could talk to anyone like this…"
"You know Chie, I guess we are not too different after all.
"Huh?"
"We are in the same boat traversing wavy waters!"
"Oh, right, you were transferred here this year."
Some weird noises began to come from the windows. Something is happening outside, so I got up to look. It was the nurse discussing with someone.
"I'm here Mr. Principal, what's the medical emergencyyy."
"Right on time Miss. Oshare, you see, I called you here to assist our janitor! He's at the top of those stairs but he has a fear of heights."
"He has a what?"
"Fear of heights! He's very much afraid up there. You seemed like the most fearless staff member, so could you help him overcome his fear?"
"WHY HIRE A JANITOR THAT HAS A FEAR OF HEIGHTS IN THE FIRST PLACE!?"
"He had such a passionate speech about janitoring on his job int-"
What in the world is happening there…
"Is everything okay there? I heard Miss Nurse scream…"
"Oh uh… The Principal is being scolded by the nurse…?"
"I-I see…" Says Chie, lowering her head.
Chie still looks a little bit down. Oh I know the perfect plan! Hastily, I hopped back to my seat.
"Hey Chie, can I be your friend? Maybe working together will help overcome your social anxiety!"
Chie had a very surprised face from the thing I said.
"Of course, you can be my friend!"
"Hehe, name's Seiko, glad to be friends with you!"
The noises from outside became louder again and I ran back to check it out.
"Fine, fine, fine. I'll help him out!"
"Thank you Miss. Oshare, good luck!"
"Alright, pipsqueak!"
"Ye-ye-yes!"
"Take a deep breath, I'm here to help you overcome that fear of yours. One step at a time, come down here!"
I turned back and Chie had a very curious face, wondering about the outside.
"Everything will be A-Okay now." I said while giving a big smile, she smiled back at me.
The very first friend I made in this school, maybe things will look up from now and on!