Another Time, Another Kiss - Chapter 13

Irie Naoki was back in his office even when it was his day off.

Throughout all these years, the little office was his shelter, ironically it was also a place where those painful memories kept intruding his mind.

" What is your dream?"

" My dream is simple...If Irie-kun were to become a boss, I would be your secretary."

" If irie-kun were to become a doctor, I would be your nurse."

"Baka."

Naoki muttered softly as his eyes fixed blankly to the plain looking piece of cement above him. "Be my nurse indeed..."

A bitter chuckle was heard and the man had no realization of his already wet and swollen eyes.

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" Please take these urine samples to the laboratory for testing." Doctor Uchiyama instructed after passing a tray of urine samples to Michi.

" Hai!" Michi took the tray and proceeded towards the door but was stopped by the doctor.

"My record here says that there should be another trainee. Am I right?" Michi gasped for she thought Kotoko had arrived earlier than her since she didn't manage to catch Kotoko in their room during the morning.

" Err…" Michi was speechless, not knowing whether it was appropriate to cover up for Kotoko.

BANG!

Without any warning, the door had flew open and hit Michi right from behind.

"Urghh!" Michi groaned in disgust with the realisation that her uniform was drenched with the urine samples inside the test tubes.

"Gomen nasai! I didn't know that you were behind the door." Kotoko quickly apologized and tried to dry Michi's uniform with her handkerchief.

I knew it! Pairing up with her would bring nothing good but trouble.

Michi shook her head, feeling totally defeated by her miserable fate. "Stop it. You are only making it worse!" Michi complained.

"GOMEN NASAI! HONTOUNI GOMEN NASAI!" Kotoko apologized out loud.

The two ladies were getting so caught up with their 'urine disaster' that they were totally disregarding the presence of Doctor Uchiyama, who stood numbly behind his desk for he too, was shock by Kotoko's sudden entrance.

"Err hem…I suppose you are the other trainee nurse?" Doctor Uchiyama asked after finding back his voice.

"Hai! I am Aihara Kotoko." Kotoko quickly stood upand made a ninety degree bow.

"Why are you late?"

"Err…I was in the wrong room just now and not realizing it until they were going to the operating room..." Kotoko stuttered out her explanation.

"Expected." Michi muttered under her breath but quickly held on to it again when the urine strench on her uniform got stronger.

"Hmm…that's a lame but interesting excuse. Good try." Doctor Uchiyama commented, not aware of the high probability of this incident if the person happened to be the infamous Aihara Kotoko.

"But.." Kotoko wanted to explain further but was intercepted by the doctor. "I shall let you off this time, but if you are late again tomorrow, it will be reflected in your report. Do I get myself clear?"

"Hai!"

That was the first conversation between Aihara Kotoko and Uchiyama Takashi.

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Naoki's eyes fluttered open after a knock was heard on his door.

"Come in."

"Konbanwa." A nurse greeted after entering the office. "You have a fax from the Osaka Hospital." The blushed nurse quickly informed before passing the piece of paper to Naoki.

"Anything else?" Naoki asked when he realised that the nurse had no intention of exiting the premise.

"Er...no." The nurse decided to swallow her dinner invitation for she noted a streak of impatience in his tone. As soon as the nurse was out of the office, Naoki started reading the content.

"Uchiyama Kyoko?" Naoki frowned hard as he recited out a familar name from the patient column.

.....To be continued.