Find Your Own Way Out

Nariko listened to the lecture and sighed inaudibly, just taking it. There was no point in arguing. She didn't want to upset this person. She didn't want Dani to do what her mother and so many other students here at done to her. "Ok..." she said meekly.

At the mention of best friend, though, Nariko's ears perked up and she looked surprised. "Best friend?" she questioned quietly, wondering if she had misunderstood.

Nariko listened as Dani went on and on with the abbreviations. She blinked, not understanding. Her powers had developed when she was still just a little, little girl, and once that happened, not many people wanted to be around her. Plus, with therapy and what not, people thought she was crazy.

When never having a best friend was finally mentioned, the winged girl slowly nodded her head. "Never..." she told quietly. "A few friends... acquaintances... but... a best friend... never..." She looked away, slightly ashamed of herself.

Nariko instantly froze when she was hugged. It felt nice to be hugged, but at the same time... she was so afraid Dani was going to grab her wings and hurt her. Four years of abuse with a childhood of lies was more than enough to make one as shy and fearful as Nariko was.

"Ok..." she said quietly, slowly getting off of the heater and standing on the floor. She wasn't very tall — only about five feet. "So I guess... to the hospital wing?"

Once at the open doors of the hospital wing, Nariko hesitated slightly. She swallowed, looking at Dani fearfully. "I... I'm not so sure about this..." the seventeen-year-old admitted. "I mean... the wings are completely broken... it might be a waste of time..."

Nariko wasn't so sure. The hugging and the touching didn't help her at all... she was so very unsure. What if the doctors here turned out to hurt her even more?

The nurse looked at Nariko's wings. It would be hard, but she would try. She helped the bleeding teenager up onto one of the tables and put on a pair of gloves, giving her a pain killer and beginning to work on her wings.

Nariko whimpered and shook slightly, since the pain killer hadn't kicked in yet. She looked to Dani, fear in her eyes. Her bangs had brushed aside a bit and her black, blind eye was finally visible.

Hopefully she wouldn't be thought of as a freak.