April 11th 2015
Present time
Akiko Asakura: Warakuma High – After School
“Go to the school nurse he says…the old man is such a worrywart.”
She just had to get caught by her grandfather while on her way out of school. The old man had noticed the bruises on her face and hands. Well she did get beat up pretty badly in the morning which was why she was a little late to school. He had practically dragged her to his janitor office which stunk of his cleaning supplies. Akiko was already irritated by her grandfather’s continued dumb questions and the smell of the room was not helping things. At times, she just wished she could just whack the old man out cold but that would only complicate things and make things worst afterwards.
So she reluctantly told him so he could just let her go to the only place she felt she could be at peace.
Flashback
Akiko Asakura: On the Way to School – Early Morning
She had woken up late but unlike most students, Akiko did not rush to school. Even if she had ran, there was a possibility she would not be on time so she took her time to walk. The streets of Warakuma was bustling with people rushing to work, school and wherever they had to be for the majority of the day. Looking at the variety of shops nearby, Akiko wondered if her stupid excuse for parents had already started opening the shop for business.
From what she overheard from their dinner conversations with each other, the business seem to be doing just fine. Her presence was always ignored when she was at the dining table with her parents so she started taking her food to her room to eat alone. Scratch that, she was non-existent in her own household now. Her clothes if left in the laundry basket would be left untouched while her parents’ clothes would be removed. Her mother would cook for only two forcing Akiko to cook for herself. When Akiko was in the kitchen, her mother would try to pretend not to see her and would acknowledge Akiko if she had no choice.
Akiko was a little surprised that people had not linked her with the couple in charge of the new shop in town. Well, she did not care enough to find out. Akiko did not realize a teenage boy was in front of her while she was lost in thought. She not accidentally push the boy who for some reason fell down headfirst on the ground quite comically. Akiko raised an eyebrow and decided to just walk away as she found what transpired to be a weird and idiotic.
Of course, such an act would cause the victim to become furious. The boy got up and put his hand on Akiko’s shoulder to get her attention. Akiko turned her head to glance at the boy. The boy demanded an apology which Akiko swiftly gave but it sounded insincere to the boy who insisted on her apologizing again. This made Akiko snap and she slowly turned her body to face him. Then without warning, Akiko punched him in the face and the boy fell on the ground butt first this time.
“Oh for the love of….”
Akiko realized she had just attracted a crowd of people and saw boys in the same uniform as the one she just punched running to the scene. Instead of getting scared, Akiko felt her blood boil and adrenaline pumped. She quickly ran to a more secluded spot so she could enjoy her morning ‘exercise’.
Back to Present time
Akiko Asakura: Warakuma High – After School
After telling her story, the old man berated Akiko on being such a reckless fool and resorting to force. Furthermore, he lectured her as she was definitely in the wrong. Akiko just pretended to listen to her grandfather’s nagging before he finally released her since he had work to do. However, he ordered Akiko to at least visit the nurse’s office before she leave school.
Akiko Asakura: Warakuma High – In front of nurse’s office
Akiko walked the hallways of the school till she reached the nurse’s office. She had often visit the office since her transfer to Warakuma but the nurse was always not in. Thus, Akiko always helped herself to some painkillers in stock for her pain due to bruises, headache and vice versa. So far, nobody had actually complained about the lack of painkillers in the office so Akiko just continued taking them on her own since the nurse was always absent when she came. She had hoped the case to be the same now.
However, it would seem there were already a few people in the office and the nurse seemed to be in. Akiko grumbled and considered just leaving and coming back another day. However, her grandfather would probably find out the following day if she had heeded his instruction or not. Akiko sighed and opened the door of the office. She tried to at least be as polite as she could be since she needed the nurse to give her treat her.
“Excuse me. I’m here to-…”
Akiko silently cursed to herself multiple times she saw that the nurse was a man and the first word to describe him which came to Akiko was ‘disturbing’. Furthermore, he seemed to be treating another student…in a ‘disturbing’ way. There was another student, a girl, looking on. Realizing its bad to just stand and stare, she continued.
“I would like some painkillers…and maybe a bandage or two?”
It was so hard for Akiko to be polite…it had been too long.