Urgh…Nrghhh…

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YAAAHHH! WH-Where am I!?

Oh! Mikan, you’re awake! That’s a relief…

K-Kanata? Wh-What are you doing here? What happened?

Oh! Well…about that…

Kanata! I got the medicine you wanted…

Oh! Mikan’s awake…that’s good…

Seiko too? Wha-What’s going on?

Well, Ibuki came up here to see you and found you collapsed on the floor.

She came to get me and then…

Kanata asked me to make you some medicine for when you woke up…

Oh! Th-Thank you very mu-

WAIT! What about all my patients I was taking care of!?

Well um…while you were unconscious…Kanata took care of all of them…

Yeah, it seemed you collapsed from over-exerting yourself…

You know, as a nurse, you should be more careful…

I-I see…!

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*sob* hic *sob*…

Wh-Why are you crying!?

I-It’s just…I feel so inferior to you Kanata…You’re a much better nurse than I could ever be…

W-Well technically I’m a surgeon…not a nurse…

I don’t think that matters with what she’s saying…

I-I’m truly happy that you two don’t hate me…and care enough for me to take care of me when I’m downed…

But I f-feel upset th-that I can’t take care of people as good as you!

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Mikan, can I ask you something?

Y-Y-YES!

S-Sorry…yes…

Why did you decide to become a nurse?

Why did I…? Well…um…

When I was younger, I-I tended to my own w-w-wounds all the time…So I j-just got better at it…

Th-Then I got into nursing, th-thinking I c-could make people rely on me…

Rely on you?

I-I wasn’t treated very nicely when I was young…so I figured if I became a nurse, p-people wouldn’t reject me…o-or hate me…

I…I sort of understand how that feels…

Ok, I’m really beginning to get concerned for you two…

But I think I understand now Mikan…You’re upset because you don’t have anyone to take care of, right? That I took away all your patients?

Y-Yes! That’s it! I’m not angry or j-jealous or anything l-l-like that! It’s j-just…

Y-you’re flawless Kanata…I feel like such a failure…please don’t hate me…

I-I kind of see where Mikan is coming from…there’s no doubt you’re the most talented of the three of us…

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Th-There’s no way that’s true…

Huh!?

Huh?

Hey…Have either of you ever lost a patient?

Well…N-No…

M-Me neither…H-Have you?

Yes…many times…and…

Every time…it…it hurts…

I wish I had the power to save everyone…but more people in my care have died than I’m willing to count…

So…still think I’m perfect? That I’m flawless?

Urgh…Kanata…

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Yeah…everytime it happens, I shut myself off from the world for a few days. I’m unable to face anyone but…

I’ve learnt something from those experiences.

You cant live life weighed down by your past. All those mistakes are what I used to help me grow and develop as a surgeon.

People’s lives are valuable things…but…

It’s also too short. If you waste it being miserable, it’ll be over before you know it.

Mikan. I don’t exactly know what happened to you in your life, but listen.

Don’t live your life weighed down by your past. Instead, live in the moment and think about the future! ok?

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Hehehe…o-ok…

That goes for you too Seiko.

M-Me?

I know you usually cover your mouth with that mask but…figuratively speaking, I’ve never seen you without a worried or paranoid expression.

Learn to smile a little, and you’ll enjoy your life that much more, ok?

He…hehehehe…o-ok!





Kanata Inori and DRA are by LINUJ

Seiko Kimura sprites by @bastart13​