"190...196..197...198...199...200!", Hiroya said in an almost shouting voice as he completed his last pushup.
Right now his his upper body was completely bare exposing his well defined muscles.
Standing up from the ground Hiroya felt his entire body tighten up giving him a feeling of strength and power.
This sensation.....
It was beautiful.
He felt as if he could jump higher, run faster and punch harder than ever before.
"That was amazing patient Hiroya!"
The sudden cheerful sound didn't startle Hiroya as he had already sensed someone's vague presence standing behind him while working out.
"Nurse? Here for another checkup?", Hiroya asked casually as he turned away from her and extended his hand to pickup his shirt.
But just then a white towel was presented before him.
Tilting his head in slight confusion, Hiroya looked at nurse Tachibana for a moment before taking the towel from her hand and wiping the sweat off of his body.
The entire time nurse Tachibana remained silent and appeared calm on the outside, on the inside however her heart was beating like crazy.
She really wanted to go ahead and get a feel of those muscles herself.
But knowing full well that her action may creep out the other person, She decided to control herself.
She didn't want to appear too desperate nor too aloof.
Damn it she really wanted to be hugged by those arms!
While Tachibana was busy controlling her inner self, Hiroya finished putting on his shirt under nurse Tachibana's disappointed gaze.
"Thanks for the towel."
"Please feel free to tell me if you need anything else....."
"Hm"
Hiroya nodded lightly then said.
"Nurse as you can see I feel like my body is feeling perfectly fine, so can you ask the doctor about discharging me early?"
Hearing Hiroya's words nurse Tachibana's face hardened.
"That's not good patient Tachibana! The injury to You're spine was very severe and should not be taken lightly like that!"
"But I feel fine though?", Hiroya said as he suddenly did a handstand while looking at her.
The corners of nurse Tachibana's mouth twitched as she said in a forceful tone.
"Patient Hiroya there can be hidden injuries left after the incident that you might not be able to feel for now....."
"Then let's call the doctor and ask for his advice------"
"Patient Hiroya!"
The sudden shouting voice startled Hiroya, he saw nurse Tachibana's face contrort turning to one of obvious anger which left him speechless.
"Please leave the professionals job to the professionals!"
"Alright alright calm down....", Hiroya said while scratching the side of his face.
This was the first time a girl outside of his family has ever shouted at him and for a reason he felt difficult to understand at that.
So his mind blanked out for a moment and he just ended up agreeing with her trying to calm her down.
"I hope patient Hiroya will follow experts advice and not make random judgements on his own....."
The more he listened to her the more Hiroya felt that he wasn't liking the sudden change in tone of her voice.
"Patient Hiroya should follow the doctor's treatment plan and not-------"
"Nurse Tachibana."
Hiroya stopped her with a frown on his face.
"What is it patient Hiroya? Are you still going to disagree-----"
"I hope you will not continue talking to me in that tone of voice, you're a nurse not my elder."
The sudden seriousness in Hiroya's voice startled Tachibana, looking at the frown on his face, a bad feeling arose from her heart.
'W-was I too forceful? But I can't allow him to leave so early!'
Calming down her racing mind Tachibana tried to quickly come up with something to mediate the situation.
"I apologise patient Hiroya but I was just trying to help you----"
"It's fine but I hope you will keep it in mind in the future."
The frustration in Tachibana's heart deepened Hearing Hiroya's calm voice.
She wanted to amend the situation but nothing came to her mind so she said in a small voice.
"Let me take you're temperature..."
While taking his temperature she didn't forget to push her assets against him.
She really wanted to get a feel for him during the process but in the end decided against it after sensing the atmosphere.
'Sigh I shouldn't have talked like that.....'
But just when Tachibana was about to leave.
"Hey nurse."
"Yes? patient Hiroya?"
She replied wondering if there was anything he needed help with, but his next words left her stunned.
"Are you trying to seduce me?"
Tachibana didn't know what to say.
Yes I was trying to seduce you! Would have been the truth of the matter, but no matter how you look at it she couldn't possibly say those words up front.
Because she will really appear to be a pervert if she did.
So she tried her best to calm down and ask.
"Why would you say that patient Hiroya?"
"Weren't you? Then why do you keep rubbing yourself against me?"
Hiroya said while pointing at Tachibana's chest.
"That! Patient Hiroya is overthinking!", Tachibana replied in a hurry while covering her chest with her hand.
'Damn this guy is too honest!', She shouted in her mind.
"Then why did you yesterday...", The end of Hiroya's sentence trailed off as he looked down at her bottom remembering the scene from yesterday.
Nurse Tachibana's face turned red as she grabbed the end of her skirt and pulled it down to her knees.
Then a weird moment of silence appeared between the two of them.
After some time nurse Tachibana muttered in a small voice.
"Anyway you are mistaken patient Hiroya....."
"Perhaps it was a mistake in my judgement.", Hiroya also stopped, no longer pursuing the matter.
"Then I will take my leave.....",Tachibana quickly turned around, She really wanted to leave the room as fast as possible.
"Nurse."
"Y-Yes? Patient Hiroya?"
"Wanna exchange numbers?", Hiroya asked while pulling out his phone.
"Ah you want to exchange contact.....? Wait! Yes! I mean yes here you go! My number is XXXXX---- No wait give me the phone i'll type it myself!"
With a fire burning in her eyes Tachibana quickly snatched the phone from Hiroya's hand and started entering her number in a hurry.
'And she said she weren't trying to seduce me.....', The corners of Hiroya's mouth twitched as he looked at nurse Tachibana's sudden change in action.
"Here you go!", Tachibana said while handing him back the phone.
Seeing Hiroya take back his phone nurse Tachibana hesitated for a second before making up her mind and saying.
"That.....I'm actually free this weekend...."
Tachibana's hand holding her skirt tightened as she waited in anticipation for Hiroya's reply.
"This weekend? I don't think it will be possible....."
Light in Tachibana's eyes dimmed after hearing his words.
'Was it too sudden after all? But didn't they say strike while the iron is hot?...'
"...After all I am still stick in here aren't I?", Hiroya said in a voice full of meaning.
Understandingthe hidden meaning behind his words, nurse Tachibana furrowed her brows.
Having checked his condition herself, she knew that this guy was as fit as he can be meaning there was absolutely no need for the hospital to keep him here except for charging his family extra money.
By just informing the doctor in advance Hiroya will definitely be released from the hospital.
It's just that....
'Was this his actual motive? Was he acting all along to accomplish his goal?'
She couldn't help but feel a little distrussed.
After all the time they have met was way too little for them to even understand a little bit about each other's character.
'But it's not like I can keep him here forever either, the doctor will eventually come to take a look himself and if he were to leave the ward himself then it will be even faster.....'
With her head filled with complicated thoughts, nurse Tachibana said in a low voice.
"Alright patient Hiroya, I will inform the doctor....."
Tachibana suddenly closed the distance between them and looked straight in Hiroya's eyes.
"But you must make sure to take me out this weekend!"
It was a little test from her, although it didn't mean much but she couldn't help herself from doing so.
"Western or Chinese?", Hiroya replied calmly staring g straight into her eyes.
Listening to his confident reply without any hesitation achibana's eyes turned into a smile.
"I prefer Japanese...."
She got on her toes and whispered in a feminine voice.
"I will dress up nicely so come prepared ok?...."
Seeing her teasing him, Hiroya moved his head and whispered right beside her ear.
"I like purple."
Tachibana's face turned beat red.
His straightforwardness.....
Was like a drug.
And she couldn't help but be attracted to it.
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After nurse Tachibana left, Hiroya lied down on the bed and wondered.
'Was I always so proactive?'
After 20 years of being a bachlor the amount of time he had an actual conversation with a gender of the opposite sex xan be counted on two hands.
But when he was talking to nurse Tachibana, everything seem to flow so.....naturally.
'Did the boost in physical strength increase my self esteem? Or is this the true me?'
Such existancial questions kept attacking his brain.
But although he didn't have a concrete answer to these questions, there was one thing he was certain of.
"Damn that nice rounded ass...."
That purple underwear holding together those two perfectly aligned smooth white hips.
He couldn't forget about them.
Plus nurse Tachibana is quite...good looking...scratch that she's actually beautiful.
And a girl like that was trying to win his affection?
Did she have some bad intension? Perhaps! But he can't help but want to take a sip from that poison!