Part of a student's nightmares, are mind blowing examinations. Violet went through hell again, of preparing for quarterly exams, "Don't push yourself too much, Violet. Don't you think you're quite torturing yourself? " Parker said
"Madam, you're getting skinnier you know. " Mrs. Lockwood added
"You guys... I'm perfectly fine! I'm still having enough sleep and I'm just not wearing lose clothing, the both of you are overreacting! " stuff like these, often happen to a student at home, on examination preparation days.
On the day of exams, Scarlett reviews like crazy, that even on the way she reads her book. She kept on walking unaware of certain things around her.
Peter happened to be walking on her way towards the coffeeshop, and they collided on each other. Scarlett ignored him and only said, "Sorry... " without even looking at him. Peter don't seem to mind.
Scarlett's focused on reading, and went crossing the street still not minding about anything. Luckily, the green light is on for pedestrians, and there wasn't a single vehicle to he seen.
But a while later, a biker, went speeding on the road ignoring the stoplight, and he was about to hit Scarlett! She only noticed when the bike was just about a meter away from her. In the blink of an eye, a shadow went past through, and pushed her aside.
The man was hit instead of her who harmlessly fell down, and sent both him and the biker flying a few yards away. Scarlett was shocked and took time to recover.
When she realized, Peter had pushed her and was lying on the ground holding his arm, "Oi, mister! Are you alright?! Did you hurt your arm?! " she said in alarm
"I'm fine... I just... Just be careful next time, ok? " Peter replied, trying to look fine
"I'm sorry, but I should be going. I'm late for class! "
"Go... "
Just before she turned, the biker held her arm tightly, "Hey, miss! Don't you dare run away without paying for what you've done?! " though he only got minor scratches, unlike Peter who hurt his arm badly.
"B-But... The green light is on and you-"
"So, it's me who's at fault now huh?! How about this; you'll hang out with me the entire day, and I'll let you off the hook? "
"What?! No! I'm late for class, let go! " she screamed as the fat guy, placed his arm at her shoulder. No one was around to help her.
"Hey, fatass! Let go of her! " Peter ordered from behind them. He was holding his busted arm
"Oh, playing the hero now huh? Saving the damsel in distress? " he mocked
"I will not repeat myself, let go of her... "
"Tryin' to be strong? Let's see what you've got against this! " then he launched a bone-breaking uppercut at Peter who seemed helpless at the situation.
"Hey, don't! " Scarlett screamed
As the man's big fist was about to hit its target, Peter used his left arm to block it and launched a punch with all his might, enough to tear off Scarlett's limbs
Thanks to his chubby face, it blocked most of the damage, but he fell and couldn't get back up because of his huge body, "Let's go... Run! " Scarlett said as she took Peter's hand
As they turned at a corner, Peter hailed a cab, "H University... Hit the gas! " then he checked Scarlett if she got any injuries
"I'm fine mister... " then Peter was finally able breath a sigh of relief, but his arm was still hurting badly, "Anyways, mister... Thank you! "
"One more 'mister' out of you, I'll have you pay the fare... "
"I'm sorry... I don't know your name...! "
"Sigh... call me Scott. "
"Oh, thank you, Scott! "
"Hey, young man. Are you alright? " the cab driver noticed Peter was still clutching his arm, and he has scratches on his right cheek
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Don't mind me. "
Half an hour later, they reached H University and Peter paid the cab. He was feeling a little drowsy when they entered the main gate, but he endured. When they reached the main entrance, he sent Scarlett off, "I'll be leaving then. Be careful of yourself next time, ok? "
"Yes, I promise! " then as she was walking, she started fantasizing about Peter again, "So handsome and kind! "
Peter managed to walked back towards the main gate, despite being drowsy to hell. When he checked his arm, it turned red from blood! It was bleeding heavilly from a huge cut, maybe from the accident from before. Some people noticed his trail of blood, and asked him, "Hey, mister! Are you alright?! "
As they asked him those questions, his eyes turned dark, and fell unconscious on the ground, "This kid! I knew he wasn't alright! Bring him inside, quick! " it was the cab driver, Peter and Scarlett just rode. He stayed and kept an eye on Peter.
"Scarlett, have you prepared yourself? " Volet asked. But Scarlett ignored her and kept on daydreaming, "It's that prince of yours again, is it? "
"Oh, Violet... He is my prince! Guess what? Just now, he saved me from being ran over by a speeding bike! He wasn't even bruised or scratched from the fall, and he fought the stupid biker who tried to bring me along with him! And he sent me here and even paid the cab! Violet, he's the one! " Scarlett was head over heals on Peter
"Exam is on going, yet that prince of yours is still on your mind! Bet you didn't even know his name, and if you know, I'm sure that paper of yours will be filled with his name! " Violet scolded
"His name is Scott! "
"Your paper will be filled with 'Scott' instead of answers of the questions, I swear! "
"Wilson, where's your brother? He should be here by now. It's unusual for him to be this late...! " the owner asked Otto
"I don't know ma'am. When I left, he just finished showering, so he should be here just a few minutes after I did. I wonder where's he right now? " Peter was still nowhere to be found the entire day at the coffeeshop.
The day ended, Violet and Scarlett managed to answer the exams correctly, "Ah, Violet let's go to the coffeeshop before going home. " the real reason was she just wanted to see Peter.
When they reached the coffeeshop, Peter was nowhere to be seen, "I get it. You just wanted to see him? " Violet teased
"So what? " she said. But the guy she was looking for was nowhere to be seen, "Huh? Where could he be? " she looked and looked and looked, but she wasn't successful.
"Let's go home. You already finished three cups of cappuccino! " Violet said
"Sigh... Ok... " she was sad, that she didn't get to see her man. As usual, Parker fetched Violet outside the coffeeshop, and she was left alone. As she was about to leave, she thought of waiting until the coffeeshop closes, still thinking if seeing him.
While waiting, two classmates passes by and saw her, "Scarlett! Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with your boyfriend right now? "
Scarlett suddenly turned red, "Huh?! I-I don't have one! "
"Oh, just admit it, he even sent you to school this morning, didn't he? " they teased
"N-No! H-He's just a friend! What're you talking about?! "
"All that aside, your boyfriend's in the hospital right now. How could you not know? "
"Huh?! "
"Just after he sent you, we saw him holding his arm, bleeding nonstop. Jeez, that creeped us out! Then he collapsed. He must've lost a lot of blood. "
Scarlett recalled what happened to them before going to school. Peter did seemed to hit something sharp on the bike, and cut his arm, but who would've thought it was that severe!
"Scarlett, what happened to him? He-" as she was about to add something, Scarlett ran towards the nearest hospital to their campus, " Excuse me, was a waiter from the coffeeshop beside H University was sent here? Please, I need to see him now! " she asked the hospital staff.
"Yes ma'am, there is. He did lost a lot of blood from his wound, and he nearly dislocated his arm. Do you know what happened to him? " a nurse asked
"He saved me, and he got hit by a speeding bike... But I didn't noticed that he got such huge wound... " she said sadly
Then the nurse led her to a room where the man that saved her before was laying on a bed. His face was pale, and his skin was nearly white from the loss of blood, "Like a said earlier, he lost a lot of blood. Luckily there was an old man who gave some of his to the patient. " she showed her a blood bag attached to a drip attached to Peter.
"Where's he right now? " Scarlett asked
"The old man left a soon as we finished collecting his blood. " the nurse replied
"Oh, I never get to thank him... "
"I'll be leaving him to you then... Oh, anyways, are you his girlfriend? "
"W-W-What?! N-No! I'm just a friend of his! "
"Oh, I see... " the nurse calmly said, not noticing her reaction
After the nurse left, the room was quiet. What's left is Scarlett and the unconscious Peter. She saw his pale face as she sat down beside him. His breathing was stable, yet he was still discolored. Nothing did she know, her eyes started to shed tears, "Thank you... Thank you... "
Late at night, Otto finally found out Peter was sent to the hospital and went straight there after work. He asked around about where is Peter and he was pointed towards a certain room.
When he entered, he finds a lovely crimson-haired little kitten sleeping beside his brother. He was very confused but even though, he didn't dare to wake her up. Scarlett woke up upon hearing rustles around her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Otto, "You are...? " he asked
"Oh! I am... I am uh... I am just a freind! Just a freind! " she repeated over and over. She must've thought Otto was thinking she was his girlfriend... Again
"Am I looking at an alive record player? " he thought, "If so, then you may leave now. It's getting late, I'll be watching over him now. Anyways, I am Ot- Wilson I mean! " he nearly slipped
"I am Scarlett Devonshire... " she said. Then after introducing herself, she bid. As she was about to leave, Otto suddenly spoke, "Anyways, this is all of a sudden. Do you know what happened to him? " he asked
Scarlett then told him how Peter placed himself at risk for her. As she was telling him, she couldn't help but cry, "I'm sorry! If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't... He wouldn't... " Scarlett can't continue anymore.
"It's alright, it's alright. Anyone would do the same if they're at the situation. " but deep inside, Otto was more than just confused, "Way back during the war, he doesn't care for the entire world but ripping off his enemies' heads with bare hands, let alone some girl that was about to get ran over?! " he thought
As soon as Scarlett left, the unconscious man laying on the bed, suddenly sat. It made Otto jump in fright and losing all of his color, "Jeez Müller! You're gonna give me a heart attack! "
"If you're thinking, why'd I saved the girl from before? I don't know either. Maybe my body moved on it's own? "
"Moved on it's own my ass! Does that include giving her a free ride on a cab, and sending her to school?! " Peter was silent
"Scarlett! Your late! Where have you been? "
"I'm fine dad, I just sent a freind to the hospital. " she said yawning
"Huh? " them her father noticed a scratch on her knee, "Scarlett! Where did you get that? Did you fell? Did you hurt yourself? " her father really cared for her, that he freaked out seeing a small scratch on her. In fact, he was a former soldier. Seeing wounds especially on Scarlett, easily alarms him, "Be careful will ya?! "