Chapter 13 ~ I know you

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Other students along with Jerry and Trisha swarmed Arloh as he carried Rei's limp body on his back, the horde followed making noise and having random discourse, some concerned and some just wanting to know what the drama to talk about today was going to be. As they got to the school nurse's office Jerry rushed to get the door for Arloh and Trisha helped him support Rei's head from bashing the doorframe, "please miss Maya,you have to help her immediately!!!, we think she is not breathing" Arloh said as soon as he entered the little clinic of a room with Rei still unconscious on his back. "What? Oh dear!!" the nurse exclaimed as she was just about to take a rest and was caught off guard by what would he the first serious emergency they've had on school grounds in a while. The rather small statured woman hurried over and asked them to place the girl on one of the beds carefully."someone call the hospital just in case" miss Maya added as she carefully adjusted Rei's body to a proper position on the bed,she checked for a pulse and if the patient was breathing,she hummed looked side to side as the students just stood at the doorway watching and muttering random words. "She is breathing fine ..." She announced to the students are the door and then continued with her stethoscope she picked up from the table and listened for a heartbeat, ".... everything seems fine,but she is quite cold... I think she needs some rest, I'll watch her till the ambulance gets here" she listed as she got a clean blanket from the shelves and covered up Rei's body with it. Trisha heaved a heavy sigh of relief along with most of everyone else In the crowd but if anyone listened a few dissappointed moans could be heard. "That's a relief ,because when it first happened I was sure she wasn't breathing" Jerry said and swooped his hair back with his hands. "I'm sure your friend was just exhausted guys I will watch her and she should be fine before the day is over, you guys can go now so she gets rest okay?" Maya assured the students, smiling as she led out Arloh who was still in the room watching Rei.

Everyone left murmuring and gossiping as they went to their classes, Arloh hesitated at the door to the infirmary a bit, then finally decided it was okay to leave.

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Chara was in the classroom waiting for the class to start,but she wondered where most of the class had gone. As she looked around for the others ,she locked eyes with Bel who was busy 'peacocking' to a couple of girls. The two scoffed and looked away immediately they noticed each other "look at her dumb face" Chara muttered to herself and started to bite on the head of her pencil rather agressively.

*She definitely just said I have a stupid face*, Bel thought to herself, frowned,and went back to chatting with her 'friends'. Arloh along with the other students walked into the class,Chara searched the crowd for Rei but didn't see her . *Maybe I was too harsh on him? He just wanted to befriend Bel* she thought and looked at Bel again ,*no befriending Bel is befriending the devil , he'll get over it* she concluded and went back to scribbling in a notepad she had on her desk. Arloh wondered why Chara of all people seemed pretty relaxed about what happened to Rei, weren't they best friends? Or did she just not know what happened,he thought maybe he should tell her but that thought was interrupted as miss Sunny walked in. "Alright you little sh......" She mumbled as she walked in then paused paused a bit and forced a smile at the students "...rays of sunshine" she added and slammed a large book on the desk. "Let's check the attendance for today" she said then started calling out names of students in the class with each one answering with either a 'here' or 'present'. "Remi and or Rei, whichever one it is" she called out and squinted in slight confusion , this case of two students filling in for each other made no sense to her. Sunny waited for a response and got none. " I guess they're both absent, not even one of them could show up and learn?" She complained as she adjusted her glasses tiredly without looking up. " She is not absent miss sunny ,she's just at the infirmary she should be back before the end of the day" Arloh said, raising his hand. Chara turned her head so sharply to face Arloh it looked like she snapped her own neck. "Infirmary? !!! Why?!!" She asked ,almost jumping out her seat. "Settle down miss Chara the kid is not dead..." Sunny said , dragging her voice "..or is she?" She added and looked at Arloh with a poker face. "Uhhh no? ..no she's not dead" Arloh replied,wondering if he should be concerned miss sunny asked that and expected an answer that confirmed it. "Good then settle down Chara and let me finish my job you can go mourn your friend at lunch break" miss sunny said and yawned rather loudly. "She's not dead ....miss sunny" Arloh remarked and shook his head , "whatever" sunny said then went back to calling the names.

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As soon as it was lunch break Chara bolted out the class and headed straight for the school clinic,at the entrance to the infirmary she almost ran directly into Trisha and Jerry who were also coming to check on Rei, "oh you guys are here" she commented and twisted the door handle which seemed to randomly be stuck to piss her off . "Yeah we came to check on Rei" Jerry said as he gestured to Chara to let him ,and with one attempt opened the door . The three went in and Chara was rather surprised to see someone else there ,standing and leaning on the wall and scrolling on his phone next to Rei ,who was still unconscious on the bed. "Arloh? What are you doing here?" Chara asked ,rather confused."since when are you this close with Rei?" she asked again as she could swear when she left the class he was still there, how did he get here before her?."yeah..." Trisha said scratching her head ,"... You never cared about anyone in this school enough that you'd take time out of your day and watch them get better" she added , "what's the catch?" Arloh sighed and stood straight "can't I be worried about a classmate?" The door opened with a creak and the group turned to see who it was,it was Miss Maya dragging a heavy bag with her, she saw the small crowd in the room and immediately started heaving, to show them how heavy the bag was. "Ah you guys don't worry it's not that heavy I ca-" she started her prepared 'its fine' speech,before noticing none of the students actually offered to help her and we're just staring at her blankly "-oh" . Her face turned red and she straightened up,"why are you all here anyways,is this the new hangout spot huh?" she quizzed them still feeling a bit bitter about none of them offering to help. "We are here to check on our friend" Trisha said and somehow managed to bite her own tongue "ow!" .

"Oh my goodness,are you alright?" Jerry asked her as Chara was focused on the sleeping Rei while Arloh wondered how that had even happened ."are you alright Trisha?" Arloh asked,leaning over a bit to see if she was fine. "Yesh amm okhay" Trisha mumbled unclear words holding her hand over her mouth."Miss Maya,do you have anything we can use to stop swelling?" Jerry asked .

"Oh I can help alright..." Maya struggled to make the words as she was now struggling to get the heavy bag onto the desk, ".....if I don't get crushed I can help" she added as her arms starter to quiver and she almost fell backwards with the bag, they finally realized she needed help and all rushed over to help the woman lift the weight.

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"You kids can't hangout here okay? I have work to do here, go away, your friend will come back when she wakes up" Maya complained as she finally got the heavy bag unto the desk with help from Arloh and Jerry ,"what's in that bag anyway miss Maya?" Jerry asked , completely ignoring what she just said . "Hey!!!" Maya exclaimed stiffling her hands at the sides of her small frame, "are you guys listening to me at all I said you can't hangout here" . "She's waking up!" Chara who was still standing next to Rei the whole time announced in excitement as Rei finally started to stir.

The small group , including Maya crowded around Remi immediately, "how are you feeling?" Miss Maya asked Rei as the girl sat up in the bed. "Uggh where am I this time?" Rei asked feeling groggy as she tried to grasp her surrounding. "You lost consciousness all of a sudden" Trisha said,tip toeing and peeking out from behind the crowd of the others who were all in front of her. "I did?" Rei asked confused,"Oh Arloh!!..hello!!" She suddenly sprung to life as soon as she noticed Arloh standing in the room,almost jumping out of the bed, Arloh felt a bit confused by her enthusiasm as she had been cold to him earlier so he simply nodded at her.

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Chara watching was confused by this interaction *why was Remi so excited to see Arloh?* . "I know we had a little fight but you don't have to go out of your way to snob me like this" she immediately commented ,scratching her head. Rei turned to face Chara,looking clueless. "Hmm? What do you mean?" . Chara let out a forced chuckle "ahh this kid, what do I mean?,fine you can talk to Bel, it's your life anyways, but you don't have to start ignoring me and acting like you're friends with Arloh, you hate this guy".

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"No I don't ,Arloh is my best friend..." Rei said beaming a contagious smile, "...right Arloh?!!" She turned to ask him, catching him off guard. "What? Huh..whuh..?" He scrambled his words not expecting to have to say anything in the middle of friends arguing. "Arloh aren't you my friend?" She asked further, wiating for a response while Chara stared in disbelief of Rei's pettiness. "Ummm yes sure, I guess" Arloh said ,still confused about her sudden change of attitude...and then it hit him, it was similar to last time when he helped her out with Reubens boys. "Um are you having another of those episodes? Do you remember anything about yourself?" He asked with a concerned look. "What's going on here, why are you two acting like youre that close or something " Chara complained to zero response from Rei who was focused on Arloh. This made her annoyed, Remi could be a jerk sometimes but going this far to be petty over and argument when she was trying to show concern for his health, what was he thinking.

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"I remember, I remember being at your house last time ...and now I'm here, why am I here??" Rei said to Arloh and followed up with a question, another character trait he noticed similar to that night. "Well like we said, you lost consciousness in the halls so we brought you here" he explained and observed her facial expressions for anything that could help him understand what was going on. "Hmmm I don't remember that" she replied biting her lower lip, "oh well, let's go " she jumped out of the bed making everyone move back ,Trisha almost falling over , she latched onto Arlohs left arm and then tiptoed to whisper in his ear "I don't know if I like these strange people watching me, are they your friends?" She asked eyeing Chara, Trisha ,jerry and miss Maya.

"Uh no they are YOUR friends, not the nurse though, she's just middle aged" Arloh responded ,trying to pry her off his arm.

"Middle aged?" Maya asked in disbelief, before sighing and leaving the room to go back to her work.

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"Rei do you not remember me or are you just very good at acting right now?" Chara asked, now starting to get upset with her friend.

"Well...." Rei started with a nervous chuckle, scratching her head "...who are you?".

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The room stayed silent for a few seconds,what was this about?.

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