"Hey, Akane." Haruhi spoke first. "What were you doing in the infirmary in the first place?"

"Oh, um... I got a piece of glass wedged into my skin." I show the bandages.

"Are you serious?!" Hikaru exclaims.

"We are so sorry! We were acting like idiots..." Haruhi says with guilt.

"No no no! It's fine, really!" I wave my hands, despite the pain. "Kaoru extracted the glass for me. He's treating it again tonight..." I trail off.

"Hm? D'you say something...?" Kaoru yawns and rubs his eyes like a little kid, reminding me of Chirou when he was younger.

"You two are a thing." Tamaki states so simply, you could've knocked me over.

"Eh? Really?" Haruhi says in alarm.

"Oh Haruhi, you're soo behind." Hikaru puts his elbow on Haruhi's shoulder.

"W-what?! Seriously?" Haruhi sighs, but then frowns. "It hasn't been a week since you guys even--"

"Hush Haruhi! It's beautiful! Long story, but beautiful!" Hikaru says in appraise.

"Oh, give me a break." Haruhi shrugs him off, then faces me and Kaoru which we were just sitting there, watching the conversation fly.

"Well, whatever. Congrats you two."

"

Kaoru rubs my uninjured arm, trying to soothe me from the glass extraction a few minutes ago.

"Are you really okay?" He asks softly.

"Yeah, I'm fine." My voice trembles. "Don't worry about it." I look down at the yellow silk of my uniform.

"It's a good thing the uniforms here are long sleeved. I'm sure people wouldn't want to see this." I say, trying to forget those horrible few minutes.

"Yeah..." I feel Kaoru's eyes on me. He grips my arm tighter and I felt a bit of pressure on the bandages I wore. I look up to see Kaoru kissing them.

"Kaoru..." He looks up at me and without a word, pressed his lips against mine into a warm kiss.

When Kaoru pulled away, he laid me down on the infirmary bed, then laid on the other side.

"After school, I'll swing by your place to treat it again. Okay?" He wraps his arms around me. I turn so I face him, lucky that my hurt arm wasn't sandwiched between me and the mattress.

"That's fine." I breathe. And soon, I dozed off in his embrace.