Life is confusing

Nonon turned the key and started the car. Pulling out of her parking spot she knew it would take her about fifteen minutes to get there if traffic was light. She turned onto the road and sighed in relief to see that the road, while full of cars, seemed to be very active. Checking the clock she saw that it was six twenty three. 

Thank goodness, as long as traffic doesn’t pile up, I should get there in time. Nonon wanted to go faster, but she knew that if she got caught speeding, she’d never make it in time. She felt her phone go off as she pulled up to a red light behind a few cars. Pulling it out she saw she got a text from Satsuki that was too long to display in the notification so Nonon double tapped it so it would go directly to the app. 

The light turned green as Nonon began reading it and she was surprised by what she read. [Hey Nonon, I need your help with some of the food, do you think you can get here.] Nonon started texting back as she crossed into the intersection. [Yeah, sure I’m actually on my way there, I wanted-.

That’s all Nonon had done before she heard lots of cars honking to her right, before she could fully look up she noticed her car’s interior getting brighter and brighter. Nonon felt herself jerk to her right feeling multiple small pricks of pain in her arm and shoulder. Then she felt herself smashing to the left into her door. Nonon felt the entire left side of her body hit and extreme pain in her left leg and arm before her head hit against her window, cracking it. 

Nonon felt something  wet running down her right arm and down the left side of her head. She looked at her arm and saw shards of glass sticking out of her arm. She heard her door open and looked over. A man was bent over slightly looking at her with a phone against his face. 

“Alright it’s a woman… she’s conscious, but she’s bleeding from the.. left side of her head…. Alright” The man lowered the phone to his chest. “Lady, can you hear me” Nonon nodded. 

“Okay, i’m on the phone with 119 right now, they need to know if you have any injuries” Nonon looked confused but the pain from her leg and shoulder came rushing to the front of her mind. 

“My leg, and my arm hurt a lot” The man nodded and said that into his phone. “Which side mam?” “My left side, and I have glass in my right arm.” The man relayed the information into his phone again. He spoke for a while, answering some questions. Nonon was still confused about what happened. 

“H-hey, sir” The man looked at Nonon. “H-hold on, the lady is trying to ask me something.” he said into his phone and lowered it again. “Yes, is there anything else hurt?’ Nonon shook her head. “No, but I was wondering if you could tell me what happened. One second i’m driving, the next you’re asking me questions and I'm hurting.” Nonon could see the man look confused for a second before he nodded. 

“O-okay, i guess you’re still pretty dazed after that. Um… you were in a car crash, a truck T Boned you after it ran a red.” Nonon’s eyes widened and she looked around for her phone. “What’s wrong, what are you looking for.” Nonon looked at the man. “My phone, I need to call someone… let her know i won’t make it…” 

The man looked shocked but looked around for a few seconds and found Nonon’s phone by her feet and gave it to her right hand before returning to his own phone. Nonon was a little upset at the fact that her phone’s screen was cracked. She unlocked her screen, which took her a bit longer using only her right hand. Then she went to her phone app and tapped the name she wanted to call and held her phone up to her ear. 

Her phone call was answered on the second ring. “Hello Nonon, you could have just texted me if you were coming or not.” Nonon gulped and paused for a second. “Ummm… Satsuki, I won’t be able to make it, I um,,, I got in a car crash.” There was a slight pause. “WHAT?!, ok umm… what hospital are they taking you too?” 

Nonon was a little surprised by the extreme worry in Satsuki’s voice. “What, no, you have a date tonight, don’t spoil it cau-” Satsuki’s voice cut her off. “That can be rescheduled for another time, now you tell me what hospital, I'll meet you there.” Nonon was shocked but saw flashing lights appear behind her. “Um… I don’t know, the ambulance only just got here…” Nonon saw a couple of people rolling a stretcher towards her car. “Where are you, they should take you to the closest hospital.” 

Before Nonon could look for street signs. Two men and the stretcher were suddenly by her car. “Hello mam, looks like you’ve been in a nasty crash, I’m just going to ask you a few questions before we load you onto this stretcher, is that alright?” Nonon nodded. “Yeah I can, but first, can you tell me what hospital you’re taking me too, my friend wants to meet me there.” 

The paramedic nodded. “Of course but I bet your friend has more questions, why don’t you give your phone to my partner and he’ll fill her in while I ask you these questions.” Nonon nodded and told Satsuki this and handed the phone to the paramedic who passed the phone to his partner who started talking while he prepared the stretcher. 

“Okay, now first let's get your name? Mine’s Haruto Saito.” Haruto asked as he carefully undid Nonon’s seat belt, needing to cut her loose since it had gotten jammed in the crash. “It’s Nonon Jakuzure.” Haruto nodded. “Alright, now, we were told over the radio that you felt a lot of pain in your left leg and your left arm, is that correct?” Nonon nodded and the man started gently pressing along her leg. 

“Let me know when I get to the worst spot.” As he got to around the top of her leg, a little before the knee. Nonon winced hard and took a deep breath. “Alright, I’m going to do the same with your shoulder.” Nonon let out a breath and nodded again. This time the instant he touched the middle of her forearm she practically whimpered in an attempt to not scream in pain. 

“Sorry about that, alright, looks like both are broken. Are you feeling woozy at all, sleepy maybe?” Nonon took a second to recover before shaking her head. “Alright, last question, I saw your arm had glass in your arm. Does it feel like it’s cutting deep anywhere?” Nonon put her focus on her arm and while she felt pain, it didn’t feel like they had cut any deeper than through her skin. “No, but it kinda hurts” 

Haruto nodded and looked at his partner who handed the phone back and nodded his head to the car and said something Nonon didn’t understand. Haruto held the phone out to Nonon. “Your friend wants to talk to you before you hang the phone up.” Nonon nodded and put the phone up to her ear and let Satsuki know she was there. 

“Ok, well, they said that I won’t get to see you for a while, but I want you to know that I'm calling everyone else. Everyone should be at the hospital by the time they allow visitors.” Nonon smiled. “Okay, and i’m sorry you had to cancel your date tonight.” She heard Satsuki laugh. “My date wasn’t anything without you anyway, I’ll see you at the hospital.” Nonon didn’t have time to ask what Satsuki meant before she hung up. 

Nonon’s time in the hospital was active. First they removed the glass from her arm. Then after they wrapped her arm up, they took her to get a CAT scan to make sure there was no damage to her brain from when she hit it. Then she was taken to get an X-ray taken so they knew the extent of the damage to her leg and shoulder. They also needed to make sure there weren't any other broken bones that had gone unnoticed. 

Nonon was lucky, her leg was a closed fracture and would only need a cast. Her arm however, was a comminuted fracture and would need surgery. She was sitting in a hospital bed with her arm in a sling. She had to be careful not to move her leg around because it wasn’t in it’s cast yet. The doctors were gonna have the cast put on during the surgery for her arm. 

Nonon was watching the T.V in the corner when she saw the door open in the corner of her eye and she turned to look. Her Nurse walked in. “You have a few people who want to see you, is that okay?” Nonon nodded and the nurse stepped back out of the door and soon after the door opened fully and everyone stepped into the room. Satsuki was first in, followed by the monkey, the dog, and lastly the toad. 

Nonon noticed the lack of the the delinquent and the underachiever with the group. “Hey everyone, well, almost everyone, where are the other two?” Nonon looked to Ira since he had been dating Mako for three months now. She was surprised to hear Satsuki’s voice answer her question. “We didn’t think Mako’s high energy nature would be good to bring here since we were sure you might have broken something and Ryuko stayed behind to keep her company.” Nonon nodded and looked at her arm and leg. “Well you guessed correctly, broken arm and leg.”

“We were told we wouldn’t have long to visit, since you were going to have a surgery?” Uzu was the one to ask this question. “Yeah, my arm’s going to need surgery before they cast it, plus they’re going to cast my leg during the surgery.” Uzu nodded and smiled. “I call being first to sign your cast.” Nonon rolled her eyes. “So long as you don’t draw anything inappropriate on them.” She wasn’t surprised to see him chuckle. 

“What were all of the injuries you suffered during your car wreck, if I may ask Jakuzure?” Of course Ira was the one to ask her that one. “Ummm… If I remember correctly, I got a bunch of cuts from glass all over my upper right arm and my shoulder. I got a pretty decent cut on my head when I hit it on my window. They said I was lucky I didn’t have a concussion. A lot of bruises. My leg was a closed fracture. Finally, my arm was a comminuted fracture. Ira nodded and held out a small card. “From Mako” was all he said. 

Nonon read it and chuckled. “Tell her I said thanks big guy.” Ira just nodded. Inumuta walked over to her and handed her a small shopping bag. “What’s this?” Nonon asked as she reached into the bag. “It’s a phone charger, I’m not sure if you need it right now, but i’m sure you will after your surgery.” Nonon reached over to the small table by her bed and grabbed her phone. “Actually, If you wouldn’t mind, could you charge it while i’m in surgery?” Inumuta nodded and took it and the bag with the charger still in it from her hands. 

Nonon turned to look at Satsuki. She’d been silent beside being the first one into her room. Satsuki smiled at her. “How are you feeling?” Nonon shrugged. “I’m alright actually, a little shaken up still, I didn’t even know what had happened until someone told me.” Nonon laughed a little. “But other than that, i’m alright, I just want to get this whole thing dealt with so I can go home.” 

“Understandable, what did happen?” Satsuki’s voice and face held slight concern. “Well, the guy who told me what happened said that I got T-Boned by a truck that ran a red light.” Nonon had to take a deep breath to keep her anger down. Her plans had been ruined by this idiot. “Was he drunk or something.?” Satsuki’s voice held its own anger as well as curiosity. “I don’t know, I haven't heard anything else about it.” 

Satsuki looked at you and sighed. “At least you’re okay, that’s what matters, not some idiot.” Nonon just nodded. Satsuki looked at the other three. “I know you haven’t seen her that long, but I’d like to talk to Nonon… privately for a minute, so can you...” Satsuki didn’t even need to finish her sentence before the other three in unison said “Of course Lady Satsuki” and left the room. 

Satsuki laughed a little and looked back to Nonon. “I could have sworn i’ve told all of you you didn’t have to call me that years ago” Nonon laughed as well. “Some habits die hard I guess.” Satsuki nodded. “I guess so.” Satsuki’s face seemed to change from happy to serious in less than a second. 

“Um… Nonon about my date that was supposed to happen tonight.” Nonon turned her head away. “I’m sorry about that again…” Satsuki shook her head rapidly but before she could say anything, the door opened and her surgeon and a couple of nurses walked in. “Time for your surgery Ms. Jakuzure.” Nonon looked at Satsuki. “We’ll talk after okay, but remember I’m not mad at you, it wasn’t your fault.” Nonon nodded and the nurses helped her into a wheelchair as Satsuki walked out of the room. 

Nonon woke up slowly and the first thing that hit her mind was that her throat felt really dry. Opening her eyes and looked around to see if anyone was in her room. The first thing she noticed was that it was very dark in her room. She tried to sit up but failed with a grunt. She saw movement to her left and saw a figure appear over her. 

“Nonon, are you awake?” Satsuki asked. “Yes, I was hoping I could get something to drink, my throat is dry.” Nonon saw Satsuki move away from her and winced a little as a small light came on above her. Satsuki appeared again shortly with a small styrofoam cup with a lid and straw on it. “Do you want me to adjust your bed?” Nonon only nodded and she soon felt the to[ part of the bed start moving upward until she was in a position that was like she was sitting in a chair. 

“Here it’s water, I would give you something else but that’s what they gave you to drink.” Nonon grabbed it in her right hand and almost dropped it. Satsuki caught it and helped her drink. When she was done, Nonon couldn’t help the blush from appearing on her cheeks. “Hey there’s no need to be embarrassed, You’ve only just woken up from surgery, your arm might need a minute before it’s fully awake.” Satsuki said as she set the cup on a small table beside the bed. 

“What time is it?” Nonon couldn’t see a clock anywhere in the room. Satsuki grabbed her phone from her pocket. “It's almost two in the morning.” Nonon’s eyes widened. “What are you doing here at this time, you should go home. Get some sleep,” Satsuki rolled her eyes. “They told me you’d be a little weak when you woke up, so I decided to stay in case you needed something and you couldn’t press the nurse call button.” Nonon sighed. 

“Well I’ll be fine now. Go home, I’ve already troubled you enough.” Satsuki set her hand on top of Nonon’s which caused Nonon to blush again. “I’m not going anywhere until you get out of here, and you’re not going to convince me otherwise,” Nonon looked away, trying to will the blush away. Satsuki used her other hand to make Nonon look at her. 

“Why are you going through all this for me?” Nonon couldn’t contain the confusion, nor the sadness from her voice. “Why wouldn’t I?” Satsuki looked into Nonon’s eyes and her eyes held care and something Nonon couldn’t identify. “I don’t deserve this… you have better things to do… like try and reschedule your date with that woman…” Nonon tried to look away again but Satsuki stopped her. 

“Nonon… you deserve my time more than anyone.” Nonon looked at her in disbelief. “What… but your date…. I don’t deserve your attention more than her…” Satsuki rolled her eyes. “Nonon, there are no other women that are prominent in my life besides Ryuko, Mako, and you.” Nonon looked confused. “But then who was your date?” Satsuki laughed. “Ryuko is my sister and Mako is dating Ira, you do the math.”

Nonon’s eyes widened and looked away. “But why would you ever want me to be your date…” The tears were unstoppable as they fell down Nonon’s face. “Do you remember that day, a year after graduation...when I came over to your apartment after by emotional breakdown?” Nonon nodded. “Ever since that day, I’ve had these feelings for you, I didn’t know what they were for a while but ever since I figured it out, i’ve been trying to tell you how I feel.” 

“Satsuki… I need you to tell me exactly what you mean…. before I get my hopes up.” Nonon still wasn’t looking at Satsuki. Satsuki slowly turned Nonon’s head to face her. She leaned forward, closed her eyes, and was happy to feel Nonon meet her half way.