january 9 ~ monday ~ before school
A few students walked past the gates that had the characters forming Gakuin High inscribed on it. Shuichi stood just off campus, dreading the day ahead of him. It was his first day back to school since the end of second term. It was his first day out of the house since leaving the hospital after the accident. Shuichi had been attacked when attempting to carry out his business duties. His eye was not salvageable. The glass shard had punctured the eye, causing irrevocable damage. He would never be able to see out of it again. An eyepatch covered the injured eye and the stitches found just under the eye that had repaired the eye socket. They were to be removed by the end of the week.
His other eye was in better shape before the incident. His father saw to it that he was given laser surgery to repair his vision. After all, he wouldn’t be able to wear his glasses with an eye patch. Shuichi had been thrown into a fit of giggles when he opened his eye after the surgery, able to see more clearly than he had ever been able to before out of the eye.
The worst part of it all was that his ability to handle business was being questioned. He knew from the moment the situation went wrong that it would hurt his reputation. His father seemed to be concerned at first, but once his son was sitting in the recovery bed in the hospital, he didn’t waste time to interrogate Shuichi, asking him how he let this happen, how he expected to take over the Ichigo business if he couldn’t take care of the trash, how he could have brought embarrassment to the family. He was to be suspended from family work. When it is decided that he was capable of handling work again, he would be given baby assignments and Wakashi would be his shadow at every job.
He tugged at the bottom of his coat out of habit. He was not looking forward to the school day. If it had been his choice, he would have gone back to homeschooling.
His other eye was in better shape before the incident. His father saw to it that he was given laser surgery to repair his vision. After all, he wouldn’t be able to wear his glasses with an eye patch. Shuichi had been thrown into a fit of giggles when he opened his eye after the surgery, able to see more clearly than he had ever been able to before out of the eye.
The worst part of it all was that his ability to handle business was being questioned. He knew from the moment the situation went wrong that it would hurt his reputation. His father seemed to be concerned at first, but once his son was sitting in the recovery bed in the hospital, he didn’t waste time to interrogate Shuichi, asking him how he let this happen, how he expected to take over the Ichigo business if he couldn’t take care of the trash, how he could have brought embarrassment to the family. He was to be suspended from family work. When it is decided that he was capable of handling work again, he would be given baby assignments and Wakashi would be his shadow at every job.
He tugged at the bottom of his coat out of habit. He was not looking forward to the school day. If it had been his choice, he would have gone back to homeschooling.