Chapter 47: – Concern
"Let's go to the infirmary now, Ben."
Julian stood next to him, ready to escort him. Nathan soon followed, from the other side. Still reluctant to go, Benjamin protested.
"No need, this is nothing, it will be gone in a swift..."
However, he was interrupted by Nathan.
"Ben?"
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
Benjamin smiled wryly. It seed that it was his loss this ti. The two boys asked the rest of the class to tell the teacher for the next class that they went to the infirmary and the three of them headed there. Julian knocked on the door and entered. The infirmary was empty except for Sasha, who was seated at her desk and turned in their direction when she heard them coming in. She looked surprised when she recognized Benjamin and shocked when she saw the wounds on his arm.
"Ah! What happened to your arm, dear?"
Benjamin tried to answer but Nathan was faster.
"A girl did that to him, Miss. Could you please treat him so that it doesn't leave a mark afterward?"
"A girl you say? Who is that? Why would she do that to him? Did she get punished? That sort of treatnt toward a boy is definitely not acceptable!"
Sasha was getting agitated, pushing Benjamin to intervene.
"We took care of everything already, Miss. You don't need to worry."
Nathan and Julian looked at him with reproving eyes but didn't contradict him. On the other hand, it seed that being called 'Miss' by Benjamin cald the upset nurse, who frowned for a few seconds before starting to treat him quickly. Funnily enough, it was the first ti for him to witness her doing her job the way she was supposed to. She disinfected the wounds and put so cream on them before bandaging him, with fast and precise movents, full of experience. It was a small treatnt but one could still notice that she knew what she was doing, as well as her competency. No more than a few minutes later, she was done and Benjamin thanked her.
"Thank you very much, Miss. That was very quick and neat."
"You are welco, dear. You should take care of yourself more. And be careful about girls, I can't believe soone would do this to you. Teenager girls are so impulsive."
"Yes, Miss. I will be careful."
Benjamin smiled sweetly and Sasha couldn't help smiling back a little, despite still being sowhat upset. The three boys bid goodbye to the nurse and left the infirmary, after thanking her one last ti. Once they were out of the door, Benjamin said to his two friends.
"Oh wait for a second, I have sothing more to tell the nurse."
They nodded and he went back in, closing the door. Sasha was surprised to see him co back and started to open her mouth to ask him a question, but, before she could vocalize anything, he plugged it with a deep tongue kiss. Her eyes widened but she rapidly accepted his affection, returning his kiss with passion. A few seconds later, Benjamin separated from her and whispered in her ear.
"I am grateful for the treatnt. I will thank you a lot the next ti we et."
She blushed a bit but her expression showed that she was already looking forward to it. He gave her one last peck and left the infirmary again, joining Nathan and Julian to go back to his class. The first period in the afternoon had already started and the teacher, aware that they went to the infirmary, allowed them to attend the class without any trouble. His classmates seed to have cald down a bit and the rest of the classes continued normally.
When the last period ended, Benjamin prepared himself to go back ho when he saw Nova waiting for him at his classroom door. He excused himself to his friends before going to her. She saw his bandaged arm and frowned but only let out a simple sentence.
"Co with ."
Benjamin, who already had a bad day, sighed ntally but nodded anyway. She quickly led him around the corridors and buildings, before eventually reaching a room in an isolated part of the school. She opened it and asked him to co inside, followed by locking it. It seed that she wanted to talk without being disturbed. She turned toward him, looked at his arm, and told him.
"I heard soone hurt you. Are you alright, Ben?"
He wasn't sure how she could have heard about it so fast but smiled with reassurance and answered her.
"You don't need to worry, it's just a scratch. They made a big deal out of nothing."
His nonchalant attitude didn't please her, though, and she shouted.
"It's not nothing! Tell what happened exactly and who did that to you!"
Her shouting didn't help his mood, which was already quite low, but he forced himself to respond, believing that she was only worried about him.
"Don't shout. It's nothing big, a girl confessed to , and..."
"What!? I hope you rejected her!"
Benjamin frowned at the interruption and replied.
"I did."
Nova, completely ignoring his mood, let out a sigh of satisfaction and said.
"That's good."
That was the final straw for Benjamin. He was naturally kind but the combination of the events of the day and his nagging and oblivious sister finally managed to annoy him. He asked, in a low tone containing his irritation.
"That's "good"? What is "good" about it, exactly?"
At long last, Nova noticed her mistake and his exasperation. She was startled and answered, more prudently.
"That's... Because all the girls your age are perverts. You can't trust them. They're only after your body!"
"Really now? You said girls my age, aning older ones are better? Then, until when should I wait if I want to date soone?"
"It's way too early for you to date anyone! You have to wait until you are older, much older!"
"How much older?"
"At least... five, no, ten years. Yes, that's right. Ten years is good."
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