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Lying on a stretcher, Hitori Gotou gazed up at the sky in agony, experiencing the worst physical pain of her life.
Kita Ikuyo stood a few meters away, sobbing uncontrollably.
The reason?
Was it because of an act of heroism like jumping in front of a car to save her precious friend and band mate Kita from being run over by a driver who ignored a red light?
'As if' Bocchi sarcastically thought to herself.
She had daydreamed about the glory and attention that would come with such an act of bravery. She imagined Kita telling everyone about her heroic act, and she would finally have the high school social life she had always wanted.
However, the reality of her injuries was far from heroic and more accurately described as "pathetic".
Barely conscious, Hitori Gotou struggled to recall what had happened. She remembered running away from someplace with teary eyes, not paying much attention to her surroundings, and suddenly finding herself in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
'That's true... If I had just-'
The excruciating pain made it impossible to think clearly, and she eventually passed out.
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The next thing she knew, she was opening her eyes to a white ceiling.
It was confusing to see that just a moment ago she was in an ambulance, and now she was in a hospital room.
Suddenly, she heard a voice say, "Good morning, sleepyhead.”
Looking around, she saw that she was lying on a hospital bed with her right arm in a cast. Her dad was sitting in a chair next to her.
There was a moment of silence as Hitori tried to process everything that had happened. All of her bottled-up emotions hit her at once, and she began to weep.
"I'm sorry," *sniffle* "I'm so sorry for always being like this."
Her dad bent over to hug her gently.
"You didn't do anything wrong, my Hitori. Accidents happen, and the doctor told me you'll be fine. We'll work hard for your recovery, and you'll be good as new in no time."
Bocchi looked at her injured limb once again, and then realized the implications of having a cast.
Bocchi realized that she wouldn't be able to play the guitar until her arm healed.
She had failed to live up to her promise to help Nijika achieve her dream, and she had ruined everything. She felt a sharp pang in her chest, worse than any pain she had ever felt before.
It was worse than the physical pain she had experienced when she was hit by the car, worse than the emotional pain of having no friends.
This was the pain of letting down her amazing friends and failing them miserably.
Hitori continued to sob and apologize for several more minutes while her dad held her tighter.
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Hitori's mom smiled softly and spoke up, "Your friends are coming to visit you today."
Hitori remained silent, her thoughts elsewhere.
"They actually wanted to come yesterday but visiting hours were over. You're lucky to have such wonderful friends who care about you."
Hitori nodded and gave a weak smile.
Michiyo looked at her daughter for a moment before speaking.
"Do you think your friends will be upset with you for getting injured and not being able to play in the band?" she asked, her tone gentle and concerned.
(?!)
"How do you know?!"
"I'm your mother, it’s my job to know how you feel"
"..."
"Hmm... I don't know... how am I supposed to face them now... I ruined everything with the band... they'd be better off finding another guitarist." she said, her voice trailing off.
"I understand how you feel, Hitori. But remember, true friends are there for you in good times and bad. They don't judge you based on your mistakes or shortcomings. They support you and lift you up when you need it the most," Michiyo said, placing a comforting hand on Hitori's shoulder.
Hitori nodded.
"The doctor said that you'll be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and you can take a few weeks off from school. That's great news, isn't it?"
"Do I have to skip school?"
"Well...he did mention that you need to wait at least a week for your ankle to recover and then you can decide if you want to go back to school, but..."
"In that case, I'd rather go back to school as soon as possible. I don't want to be a burden or cause any more trouble."
“I thought you'd be happy to have some time off from school since you always talk about dropping out, but I'm proud of you”
Hitori nodded slightly.
"Well, it's finally visit hours, your friend just sent me a message that they're here at the hospital; they'll stay with you for an hour and I'll use that time to go home and prepare some food for your dad who is at home taking care of Futari"
"Oh, yeah, he took a day off from work... so that you could stay with me at the hospital in shifts"
"That's right, well, they're in front of the door, I'll see you in an hour; and don't forget that your friends love you, ok?"
Someone knocked the door, Hitori's mom opened it and thanked Nijika and Ryo for coming to visit her daughter.
"Yo, Bocchi
"Bocchi-chan! We were sooooooo worried about you!"
"...I-I'm sorry f-for being a nuisance"
Nijika smacked Hitori on her forehead lightly.
"You're not a nuisance at all you dummy"
"Hey, we're glad you're fine, you could've easily kicked the bucket back there"
"You shut up!" Nijika smacked Ryo's head, this time putting a lot more strength into it.
"OUCH, you're gonna get me hospitalized too" said Ryo with teary eyes.
Usually, Bocchi would smile to herself whenever she witnessed her two band mates' little bickering, but this time she could only look down.
"...I-I'm not f-fine... I can't p-play guitar like this... I-I ruined.. I-I" Hitori was doing her utmost to refrain from crying, without much success.
Her two friends looked at each other, understanding one another wordlessly, and the next moment, they moved to each side of the girl's bed and hugged her.
Hitori's attempts at stopping herself from crying proved futile as she began to weep. She thought of herself being unworthy of having such kind and considerate friends.
"Bocchi-chan, don't worry about this, we'll just take a break from band activities for some time"
"Plus, it's not like the rest of the band is just gonna laze around because you can't play, Nijika and Ikuyo will use this time to practice and improve, not me though, since I'm already perfect; you better catch up to them when you get better"
Nijika rolled her eyes with a smile on her face.
"By the way Bocchi-chan, Kita-chan came to see you too, it's just that they only allow two people to enter the room at the same time"
Hitori flinched when she heard about Kita.
"Ikuyo was crying like a baby for you, *sniff*, it's almost as if she doesn't care about me anymore"
"We decided to split the visit time between us, yesterday we had to stop Kita-chan from breaking into the hospital to see you mou~"
"I-is that so"
The two visitors spent the rest of their time having some small talk with Hitori to lift her spirits.
"Well, it's Iyuko's time to see you, we better not make her wait if we don't want her to break her way in to see you"
"You're probably right, Bocchi-chan, we're in this together OK?
"Y-yeah, thank you"
After saying goodbye, both girls made their ways out of the room.
Hitori waited tensely for her next visitor.
After some seconds that the injured girl perceived as minutes, Ikuyo opened the door and entered the room, all the while looking at the floor, she took a seat next to the bed and finally looked at her band mate in the eye, which prompted her to jolt.
"Hello, Hitori-chan"
"Ah, h-hi"
Kita paused for a split second, as if trying to sort her thoughts.
"Hitori-chan!"
"Y-y-y-yeah?!"
"I have something to tell you, could you please listen to me?"
The other girl nodded.
"First things first, I'm truly sorry for yesterday" the girl stood up and bowed.
“Ah, p-please don’t bow, i-it was my fault”
“You’re so kind Hitori-chan… but I *am* the one to blame, just like time at the school festival when I held the mic out to you” Kita showed a bitter expression.
“I tried to “help” you but all I always end up doing is hurting you”
“… Kita-san”
A tear went down Kita’s face, however she quickly dried it with her arm and looked at Hitori with resolve.
“But I won’t cry anymore, I already cried more than I had ever cried in my whole life yesterday. The mere thought of you dying because of me, or even suffering some irreversible damage… it terrified me… knowing that I could've killed you made me feel miserable, I wanted to see you so badly, but I couldn’t do it yesterday, so I had a lot of time to think… I understood that crying over my mistakes won’t solve anything, I could keep crying forever but that won’t heal your wounds, I thought of leaving the band and the school so that I wouldn’t hurt you anymore but… the idea of leaving the band… of not seeing *you* again… I couldn’t stand it… so, if keep crying or running away wasn’t a choice, I decided the only way to make up for everything I’ve done to you is to learn from my mistakes and never repeat them, I want to do everything I can to help you until you heal, your mom told me that you want to go to school while I was outside waiting to see you, I'll help you with everything you need at school, we sit next to each other after all, I’ll go with you wherever you want… it’s OK if you don’t want to go anywhere of course! … now that you can't use your right hand, I wanted to help you eat your lunch... I can cook but just a little, so I'll ask my mom to teach me how to make bentos for you! … sorry for rambling like this! I’m terrible at explaining things, and I thought so much about what to tell you…” Ikuyo held Hitori’s healthy hand and looked at her eyes.
“What I really want to tell you is that I’m truly sorry for everything, I want to do everything I can to make it up for you, if you can forgive me, that is”
“Kita-san” said Hitori, after having paid close attention to Kita’s words.
“I forgive you… but I have one contidition” Both Kita and Bocchi herself were surprised by the latter's unexpected resolve.
“Please... d-don’t say that you could've killed, what happened was mostly my fault ok? ... you’re a dear f-friend and I could never hate you… it's more like… thank you for not hating me”
“Hitori-chan” tears began running down through Kita's cheeks, however, she didn’t try to wipe them away this time, as she couldn’t bring herself to let go of Hitori’s hand.
Hitori was also unable to stop herself from crying and in a moment the two girls were sobbing, but theirs were not tears of sorrow, they were tears of happiness.
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As visiting hours came to an end, Hitori's spirits had been lifted after being able to talk things out with her friends.
After the accident, Hitori was left with a broken arm, a sprained ankle, and multiple bruises and scratches all over her body. Fortunately, the doctor informed her that she was lucky to have avoided hitting her head or spine, and that the car had been traveling at a relatively slow speed.
While the bruises and scratches were minor injuries, her sprained ankle was also not considered serious and only required one week of rest to heal. However, the biggest concern was her broken arm, which would require 2-3 months to heal properly. During this time, Hitori would need to avoid activities that could put stress on her arm, including running, jumping, and of course, playing guitar.
With a difficult road to recovery ahead of her, Hitori was released from the hospital.
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"Hitori-chan"
'W-what?!'
For some reason, Kita was wearing a maid outfit and had cat ears and and a tail.
"I'm going to take care of you, Hitori-chan"
"Kita-san?! What is happening?!"
Cat girl maid Kita kneeled before her and held Hitori's hand in front of her as she stared at it, she was flushing profusely.
(...!!!)
All of sudden, she introduced two of the fingers into her mouth and started licking them.
"Kita-san?!, w-w-wha-"
The kneeling girl ignored all protests and continued her endeavor with zeal. She desperately licked every nook and cranny of the other girl's fingers.
By the time she was eventually done with her venture she looked up, panting, and her face almost the same color as her hair.
"I love you, Hitori-chan"
'What's going on?!
The cat girl snuggled her face against Hitori's chest in a cat-like show of affection. She then got up and placed her hands on top of Hitori's shoulders. She closed the distance between their faces with a pleading look and then, proceeded to lick her cheek like a cat would do to its master.
The introverted girl instinctively pulled her head back in an attempt to scape from Kita's attack, action that was proved fruitless, as Kita just closed the distance again in an instant.
The red haired girl resumed her offensive by licking the forehead, then the nose and then she gazed at her master's lips with desire.
'N-no way! Is she gonna k-k-kiss me?!'
Kita got dangerously close the the girl's face. Hitori could only shut her eyes.
'KITA-SAN, MY HEART IS NOT READY'
(...)
'Huh?'
The introverted girl was lying on her bed as she just woke from her sleep.
When she finally understood the situation, her face was red with embarrassment and she covered herself with her blanket.
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'Why did I have a dream like that?!'
If it wasn't for her current limitations, she would be rolling around on her futon.
'Am I a pervert? Was I a pervert all along?! But I've never seen Kita-san that way! Well, it's true that she is cute and popular and talented and cute, ehhh, did I say "cute" twice? Anyway, Kita-san is everything I ever wanted to be so what I feel must obviously just be admiration! Yeah, that's right... nothing more than that... Plus, nobody controls what they dream! It's perfectly normal to have a crazy dream every once in a while, right?'
Hitori decided to check her phone in order to distract herself from her wandering thoughts.
She had more message alerts than usual, as several of her acquaintances wished her a fast recovery.
There was activity in the Kessoku Band group chat, all band members sent their good wishes to Hitori in their own way, reminding her to take it easy until her ankle healed, everyone promised to visit her on the weekend when the senpais would be available.
There was however one chat that stood up, Kita had sent her a direct message.
/Good morning (sun emoji) Hitori-chan <3<3. How are you feeling today? The truth is that I have another question for you (smiling face), would it be ok if I went to your house after school? I would like to see you^^/
'As always, Kita-san uses a lot of emojis, (she's so cute)... ?! What am I thinking?! Anyway, I already read her message so I have to respond... Kita-san feels guilty for the accident even though it was completely my fault, so if I tell her that I don't want her to come she might think I'm mad at her, even though I could never! Plus, I don't really have anything to do, now that I can't practice guitar.'
/I'm fine, thank you for asking, and sure, I'd be glad if you came/
'Was this too bland? Should I send emojis too? But which ones? There are so many of them... Huh? The message was marked as read immediately, doesn't that mean that she was looking at our conversation when I sent it?'
/Thank you! (smiling face), I can't wait to see you<3/
'Well, it must've been a coincidence, there's no way that the social butterfly, Kita-san would be staring at our conversation waiting for me to respond'
/(Thumps up)/
'Is just sending a thump up ok? I guess it counts as an emoji, right?'
'Ahhh! I completely forgot! Now that I'm like this I won't be able to put any decorations for Kita-san! What do I do?! ... I guess I have to do my best to at least hide all these copies of that picture we took together'
Her ankle sprain made it a hard and tedious process to hide all the compromising pictures in her closet as she had difficulty walking but she eventually managed to do so; the rest of the day passed quietly, Hitori spent it by scrolling through her phone, watching some music covers on YouTube and taking some naps in between.
At 5 pm, Ikuyo rang the Gotou household's doorbell.
"Kita-chan, welcome"
"Good afternoon, I came to visit Hitori-chan"
Hitori's parents let her in with a warm welcoming.
Futari ran all the way to the entrance when she saw Kita and hugged her.
"Futari, don't bother your sister's friend" her mom upbraided her.
"Ahhh? But I want Kita-chan to play with me!"
"Sorry Futari-chan, we can play the next time I come, ok?"
"You promise?"
"Yup!"
"Ok!"
Futari went back to play by herself. After that, Naoki approached Kita.
"Kita-chan, thank you for your visit back at the hospital, she was so depressed before you came, after talking with you guys, she was much better, thank you from the bottom of my heart for being friends with my daughter"
"Thank you, but Hitori-chan is the one who has given me so much more than I could ever hope to repay"
"I'm so glad my Hitori has such good friends" The father of the Gotou family struggled to hold back his tears.
Michiyo, ushered her to her daughter's room and went back to the living room.
Kita inhaled and exhaled, and proceeded to knock on the door.
"Gaaah, c-come in"
A thump was heard on the other side of the door, she quickly rushed in and found Hitori lying flat on the floor, she had tripped when she instinctively tried to open the door for Kita.
"Oh my god, are you ok?!"
Kita helped her friend get up, as she did it, Hitori got to catch a glimpse of the other girl's cleavage.
'?!?!?!'
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"Ah, yeah! I'm f-fine, sorry"
'I'm so sorry Kita-san, I swear it wasn't intentional!'
Ikuyo helped her sit back down and sat next to her too.
A moment of silence followed.
Kita decided that she had to be the one to break the ice.
"So, Hitori-chan, how are you feeling now that you've finally left the hospital"
"Hmm, fine... I think? I'm having some trouble doing... certain things, so my mom has been helping me a lot"
Kita looked down for a bit as her head was assailed by thoughts of guilt.
"Is there anything I could help you with right now?"
“I-I think I’m fine”
“Well, Hitori-chan, I took some notes for you from today’s class, if you want, we can study them together for a bit so you don’t feel lost when you come back to school next week… but naturally, it’s ok if you just want to rest”
“Ah, no no, I’ve been doing nothing all day anyway… so that’s a pretty good idea… t-thanks Kita-san”
“Great! Then let’s start!” her eyes were sparkling.
Kita sat next to Bocchi and began to eagerly explain her notes to her for some time. It seemed to Hitori that she had paid all of her attention to the class, based on her profound comprehension of the problems at hand.
‘Wow, Kita-san smells so good… wait wait, Kita-san had been kind enough to take notes especially for me and has come to teach me personally! I have to concentrate’
“And this is how you solve this problem; do you think I explained it well? I can barely understand it myself so I’m not confident in my ability to teach it to some else”
‘Ah, yeah, I think I can do it now’
“Ahh, Kita-san smells sooo good”
Ikuyo froze on the spot, her face getting increasingly flushed.
“…I’m glad to hear that, I put on my favorite perfume because I was going to see you” Kita said as she was fidgeting a little and looking down.
‘Eh?’
‘AHHHHH!’
Hitori realized her mistake, she had exchanged the sentence she wanted to say with the one that she thought. Her face too, became red in embarrassment as she uttered her attempt of an apology.
“Ah, s-s-sorry for saying something weird! W-well, I do think your scent is super, super good! B-but I shouldn’t have said it out loud! I mean… I-I-I shouldn’t be smelling you like a creep in the first place… I mean… I’m sorry”
“You can smell me as much as you want Hitori-chan”
‘Huh?’
“I mean, I’m happy that you like my perfume, and I caused you a lot of trouble, so it’s ok if you want to do it” Kita’s eyes looked like spirals and her blushing had become so deep that her face looked almost the same color as her hair.
‘HUH?!’
“B-b-but are you sure?!”
“Yeah… if it’s Hitori-chan”
The urge to comply with Kita’s invitation fought with her own sense of reason in an epic tug of war in her mind. After an exceptional struggle, the former came out victorious.
Hitori got closer to Kita and started to sniff her neck.
‘How can someone smell this good?’
Kita had closed her eyes, resolved to not back down on her words.
Hitori continued to enjoy Kita’s marvelous fragrance for the following moments as she had lost her notion of time and her heartbeat had gone wild.
At some point, her nose had slowly gravitated downwards to Kita’s shoulder, Hitori was so absorted in the wonderful aroma that she didn’t realize when she unconsciously buried her face in the other girl’s armpit.
“Hyaa!”
Bocchi finally snapped out of it and separated herself in record time.
“I-I’m so sorry!”
“Ah, don’t worry Hitori-chan, I was just surprised, that’s all.”
Both girls avoided eye contact as they stared at the floor in embarrassment.
Thankfully, a knock interrupted the awkward moment.
“Ah, come in mom”
“Oh, thank you for studying with Hitori, Kita-chan; we were about to have dinner, we’d be happy if you could join us”
“Of course! thank you for your hospitality”
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Dinner at the Gotou household that day was very lively, Hitori’s parents as well as Futari engaged in some convesations with their guest, Kita, conversations which Hitori characteristically found impossible to join.
Before long, Ikuyo looked at her band mate and noticed that she was having trouble to eat as had lost the ability to use her right hand.
“Hitori-chan, do you mind if I feed you?”
*Cough*
The pink haired girl had to drink a glass of water before she could compose herself.
“You’re so sweet, Kita-chan, I told her that I could help her but she insisted on eating by herself” Said the mother.
“Ah, d-don’t worry Kita-san, I-I can eat by myself just fine!”
“Ah, Ok” Kita looked disappointed at the refusal.
‘AHHH! What do I do?! I don’t want to make Kita-san sad! I know she wants to help me, and honestly, it’s difficult to eat like this. Hmmmmm’
“S-sorry, could you p-please help me?” muttered Hitori, almost inaudibly.
“Of course!” replied Kita, her mood having clearly improved.
Hitori’s mom watched her daughter being fed by her classmate with a light smile on her face, whereas Naoki, in his usual expressiveness, was once again containing tears of happiness that her daughter had such a good friend.
“Kita-chan and onee-chan look like lovers!”
The two girls in question blushed profusely as the impertinent kid’ mom asked her where she heard that word.
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After dinner, Futari insisted that Kita should watch a movie together with their family, complaining that her sister was keeping her all to herself. The extroverted girl decided to comply in order to not make the little girl sad, consequently, the Gotou family watched a movie alongside their guest.
“Oh my, it’s this late already? I completely forgot that you had to travel for 2 hours to get here Kita-chan, a young lady like you shouldn’t be out this late.”
“Oh, please don’t worry about it”
“You should stay with us Kita-chan!”
“Thank you Futari, but I don’t want to be a bother for your family”
“It’s not a bother at all, we’d feel bad for sending you back this late, since it’s our fault for making you watch a movie with us, so why don’t you call your mom so I can ask her if you can stay again?” Hitori’s mom insisted.
Kita was hesitating to take on the offer when she looked at her friend.
“Hmm… I’d be happy if you… stayed with us again Kita-san”
After hearing that, all doubt dissipated in Kita’s mind and she proceeded to call her family to ask permission to sleep at her friend’s house; it wasn’t a difficult task to convince their parents, since Kita had already stayed over at Hitori’s house before.
“Kita-chan, you can take a bath first, I’ll lend you some clothes that Hitori never wears; Hitori, I have some chores to do so I’ll help you with your bath when I’m done”
“I can help Hitori-chan, if that’s ok with her”
“Oh my, that would be really helpful Kita-chan”
Both the Michiyo and Ikuyo looked at the injured girl.
“Ah, thankyouverymuch” she uttered. Her mind, in complete disarray.
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It was decided that Kita would be the first to take a bath, she would then assist her friend. Hitori found herself alone in her room, waiting for Kita to finish her bath.
‘What am I gonna do?! Kita-san will be back before long, and then, and then… she’s gonna help me take a bath!! I’m not ready for this! It’s true that I have trouble to get dressed and reach some places so mom has been helping me, but, that’s different! Kita-san, she’s so cute, and she’s going to see me na-… well, it’s true that we’re both girls so, it shouldn’t be a problem but, after what happened when we were studying I’m not ready to be exposed like this! I don’t have a way out though… I already agreed, so if I back down now, Kita-san will be sad and I don’t want that… What do I do?!’
Hitori’s chaotic thoughts were cut in by Kita, who had just finished taking her bath and was wearing a cute pajama belonging to her friend, who had never worn it in her life.
“Are you ready Hitori-chan?”
*Gulp*
“Y-yeah”
They both entered the bathroom, Ikuyo proceeded to assist the other girl to get undressed and put a plastic protection on her cast, she was well aware of the possibility of Hitori feeling nervous for being seen by her band mate so she was very tactful and did her best to not stare at her. This however, did little to assuage the girls’ embarrassment as both of them were blushing intensely when Kita started washing her back.
“Let’s get this done quickly, ok?”
“Ah, y-yeah”
Something that the red head had noticed immediately were the scratches and bruises all over Hitori’s body as she carefully washed her back, she was reminded of all the pain that she had to go through.
“Does it hurt Hitori-chan?”
“Ah, no… it doesn’t”
As Kita continued her task with caution, she became aware of the fact that the other girl had shut her eyes, probably in an attempt to deal with her embarrassment.
Immediately afterwards, and completely unconsciously, as if her brain had defied her own will and given the order to her body that this opportunity couldn’t be wasted, Kita’s sight was redirected to the mirror in front of them, where she contemplated Hitori’s body.
Although a bit blurry because of the steamy atmosphere, she could still appreciate fairly well the body belonging to the girl in front of her, even as wounded as it was, Kita couldn’t avoid thinking of that Hitori was beautiful. She was feeling horrible for taking advantage of the situation like this, still, her brain wouldn’t budge and authorize the order to look in any other direction.
After some seconds, Bocchi opened her eyes again and her eyes met with Kita’s through the mirror. Both girls promptly turned their heads in different directions.
“I’m sorry Hitori-chan” said Kita while looking down.
“D-d-don’t be”
Kita finalized her duty and let Hitori wash the parts of her body that she could with her only healthy arm. After that, the pink-haired girl was to enter the bathtub while resting the immobilized arm on one side of it.
She waited in front of the bath to help her friend get dressed, still feeling guilty for making the girl she was supposed to take care of, uncomfortable. When it was eventually time for her to help her get dressed, neither girl talked and both did their best to not look at the other.
Before the two of them could go back to the room, they would have to wash their teeth. Kita noticed that Hitori was having trouble to wash her own teeth with her left hand.
“Do you want me to help you” Kita wanted to make up for her earlier mistake.
“Ahh?” Hitori looked confused and nodded without really having understood well what she had agreed to.
Kita delicately took Hitori’s toothbrush from her hand and introduced it into her mouth, her movements were slow and soft, even so, the other girl’s breath became increasingly ragged until she couldn’t stop herself from letting out a moan.
(…)
Both of their faces became as red as Kita’s hair once again.
The two of them were back on the introverted girl’s room, they were each lying on their own futon and it had been several minutes since the lights had gone off but neither could fall asleep.
“Hitori-chan, are you awake?” The redhead whispered
“Oh, yeah”
“You know… I’m truly sorry for today, it’s my fault that you’re injured like this in the first place, and I was supposed to help you but I only ended up causing you even more trouble”
“T-that’s not true Kita-san... I’m really glad that you came… I was feeling lonely, and Nijika-chan and Ryo-san won’t come to visit until the weekend, so… I-I’m really thankful… for the notes, and for your help; also… we had promised… that you wouldn’t blame yourself fo-…”
‘She must’ve fallen asleep’ Kita thought
“You’re right, Hitori-chan; good night”
Ikuyo smiled to herself, for some reason her heart was throbbing uncontrollably, she was thankful to have met the kindest girl in the world, the day hadn0t gone as she had expected but she would do all in her power to help her take her guitar again so that everyone else could listen to her beautiful music.
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The next day, Bocchi woke up late and noticed that Kita had already left.
‘It’s true, I live 2 hours away from school, so she had to leave very early… I’m sorry Kita-san’
Like any normal teenager in the modern world, the first thing she did after waking up was to check her phone, today there weren’t as many messages as yesterday, just one.
/Good morning Hitori-chan! I had to leave early for school but I didn’t want to wake you up (Pray emoji). By the way, the teacher asked me about you and I told him that we studied together, he was really glad that you were taking your studies seriously even now that you can’t come to school (100 emoji), he asked me to bring you my notes for the rest of the week, is that ok?/
‘Will I be able to survive for the rest of this week?!’