I wrote a short story :)
For Halloween storytime No2 Bounty by @whity00
“Himari, let’s play doctor.”
I pleaded with her in the sweetest, most affectionate voice I could manage.
“U-Um… I don’t know about that…”
Himari waved her hands in protest, her face turning red all the way to the tips of her ears.
But I wasn’t about to give up.
“It’s acting practice! Just acting! And besides, it’s Halloween today, right? If you’re going to show up in front of everyone dressed as a nurse at tonight’s party, don’t you think you should get a little practice beforehand?”
I begged her once more, putting my whole heart into it.
In the end, she gave me a look that seemed to say, 'I guess I really don’t have a choice', and reluctantly accepted the nurse outfit I had prepared in advance.
While she changed, my heart pounded so hard that I found myself turning toward the window for no particular reason.
A little while later—
Nurse Himari made her entrance.
Strands of hair peeked out from beneath her white cap, her cheeks were tinged with pink, and she gave me a shy smile as she looked my way.
She was so unbearably cute that I could feel my own face growing hot.
“Now then, how are you feeling, patient?”
Himari picked up a clipboard and approached me.
Playing my part as the 'patient', I gave her only a brief answer.
Then she began rummaging around on the table, searching for something.
What she held in her hand was… a syringe.
“Don’t worry. This will only take a moment.”
Her reassuring voice came with a gentle smile.
She rolled up the sleeve of my left arm and brought the slightly cold toy syringe toward my skin.
Even though I knew it wouldn’t hurt, my heart was pounding for some reason.
'It’s fine. It’s just a toy… Just a toy…'
Poke—
Thud—
“OW! That hurts!”
I opened my eyes.
Instead of Himari, all I saw was a familiar ceiling.
Wait… Was this my room? My bed?
“What the… Was it all a dream?!”
I muttered blankly as I sat up. The room was quiet, and the faint moonlight of Halloween night filtered in through the window.
'…Right. As if something like that could ever happen in real life.'
With a relieved sigh, I absentmindedly rubbed my left arm.
Then my fingertips brushed against something.
A small, round bandage was stuck to my arm.
It was orange, with an adorable little jack-o’-lantern face printed on it.
“…Huh?”
I stared at the bandage for a long moment.
'When did I put this on?'
It was right where the syringe had touched me in my dream. But it could have been nothing more than a coincidence. After all, it was Halloween. Having a bandage like this on my arm wasn’t all that strange.
…At least, that was what I decided to tell myself.
Just then—
Knock, knock.
Two light taps sounded against my bedroom door.
“Are you awake?”
It was Himari’s voice.
I quietly slipped my bandaged arm under the blanket.
“Yeah… Just woke up.”
“Good. We’re all done getting ready for the Halloween party. Oh, and by the way, I brought the costume you asked me to get, too.”
After a brief silence, I slowly turned toward the door.
Standing just outside, looking in through the slightly open doorway, was Himari…
Dressed as a nurse.
In the exact same outfit she had worn in my 'dream.'
'Huh? Wait, that’s weird…'
“…Hold on. Then that whole thing earlier… the game of doctor…”
“Hm? Playing doctor? What are you talking about?”
From the other side of the door came a soft giggle from Himari.
Then, in a voice that sounded just a little more mischievous than usual, she called out:
“Hurry up and come out. The fun hasn’t even started yet, you know?”
The End.
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