A Day at the Hospital ~Utsuro~

[strangevisitor]

Do people really EAT this much?! Utsuro stared in disbelief at his lunch tray. The half-bowl of chili ramen the other day had been daunting enough, but this....this..

"Yo, Tsuto-kun!"

The knock had somehow escaped his notice, withdrawn in his thoughts as he had been. Being spoken to, however, snapped the boy right to attention sharply, hesitantly held eating utensils dropping to the tray.

"Remember me?" The female figure in the doorway grinned.

"A..Akane-sama..y-yes." AUGH! They're everywhere!!Can't we get a moment's peace from these people?! Ignoring the internal ranting, he cleared his throat quietly, recovering what little composure he possessed.

"What brings you here?"

[Tensei Kaori]

"You do, of course!" Akane replied happily, stepping into the room and pulling up a chair. "And it's Akane-san. Akane-san, remember? Although," she added with a thoughtful expression, "you may as well start calling me Akane-sensei if you want, since...

"Well. That brings us back to my reason for being here," she continued with a wink. "I'm here to have lunch with you! The higherups and I thought it'd be a good idea for me to go ahead and get to know you a little better.... since you're gonna be in my class soon and all."

[strangevisitor]

SENSEI?! Oh for crying out loud! They've got us under surveillance, I swear! Well...if Ichi-san didn't cause so much trouble..

"Akane-sensei.." Utsuro nodded, a soft smile on his face. There had been teachers before her, of course. The unlucky Tsutomegi boy had been expelled from half a dozen academies at least thanks to his unruly partner, but he couldn't recall a one where the instructor had actually taken the time out to have lunch with him.

"Thank you...I don't...really know what to say. This is all still a bit surreal. I hope I'm not keeping you from something more important."