New drabble
Kaito sighed as he made his way towards the nurse’s office, resisting the urge to drag his feet. Yep, it was that time of year again. Time to be poked prodded, analyzed, and examined, all for the sake of determining one’s health. Oh, he understood why it was important. That didn’t mean he had to like it though. He sighed again.
It wasn’t such an unusual thing, the magician supposed, to dislike doctors. But he doubted most people had the same reasons he did. Usually, passing for human was easy, easier now than it had been for many of his ancestors. His Mother’s people had forgotten much as the years passed. Days like this though, the raven hanyou had to put a bit more effort into it.
Soon enough, Kaito found himself right outside the office door. He knocked, slipping inside when the nurse called for him to enter. The teenager smiled at her brightly, poker face slipping effortlessly into place. There was no need to make this hard on both of them.
The nurse smiled in return. “Ah Kuroba-kun,” she greeted cheerfully, opening his file. “We’ll just take a moment to update your paperwork. Are you still seeing Doctor Shinrin?” she asked.
Kaito nodded. Of course he was. Shinrin-sensei was actually an elf. He had been the Kuroba family physician for almost one hundred years. It was useful for when medical records needed to be altered. A few more questions and it was time to begin.
“If you could take off your shoes and stand against the wall.” The nurse peered at the ruler, flattening Kaito’s hair to get a more accurate reading. “Five feet, six inches,” she murmured to herself. “Now the scale.”
The magician moved over, waiting patiently while the numbers spun. After a few seconds it settled on 125 pounds, a perfectly respectable weight for someone his size. Of course, she didn’t know that Kaito was carrying an extra thirty pounds of lead underneath his clothing.
It was necessary if the raven hanyou wanted to avoid awkward questions. His bones weren’t quite hollow the way a bird’s were, but they did not follow the human structure either. Kaito wasn’t nearly as heavy as he looked.
Next the nurse had him back up to a line, which had been taped onto the floor, for the purpose of the vision test. “Please read the smallest line you can Kuroba-kun,” she requested.
In all honesty, Kaito could read all the lines. But he also knew ordinary people didn’t see that well. He picked out the line that indicated 20/20 vision. “D, E, F, P, O, T, E, C,” he recited.
“Now cover your right eye.”
The magician did so, repeating the sequence of letters before switching sides and doing it again. He smirked at the young woman. “I can see,” he proclaimed dramatically. “It’s a miracle.”
The nurse laughed, though she tried to hide it. This teenager really was a handful. She found herself pitying his teachers. Quickly the young woman stuck a thermometer into Kaito’s mouth before retreating to the other side of the room to compose herself.
After a few minutes, Kaito looked at the thermometer cross-eyed. It was difficult to read at this angle, but not impossible. 102.3 degrees Fahrenheit, inwardly the hybrid grimaced. That was well within his normal range, but he had the feeling the nurse wouldn’t see it that way.
Carefully the magician reached out with his power, lowering the temperature one point at a time by pulling the mercury backwards. Telekinesis on this scale wasn’t easy. The first time he had tried it he had nearly broken the thermometer. He managed just in time.
The nurse pulled it out of his mouth. “98.7,” she wrote that down on the chart. “All right then,” she said. “You are done with this part. The psychological tests are being held in the gym this year.”
Kaito nodded and bowed as he left the room. His hair hiding the grimace that flicked across his face. Ah yes, the joy of inkblots. Last time he had made the mistake of saying one of them looked like the Celtic rune to ward off evil spirits.
The tester had given him an odd look before noting something in his file. This time though, the magician was prepared. Just as long as no one found out he had read several psychology texts in preparation for the examination he would be fine.
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Hope you liked it
I hated those tests when I was little
They always seemed like such a waste of time
It wasn’t such an unusual thing, the magician supposed, to dislike doctors. But he doubted most people had the same reasons he did. Usually, passing for human was easy, easier now than it had been for many of his ancestors. His Mother’s people had forgotten much as the years passed. Days like this though, the raven hanyou had to put a bit more effort into it.
Soon enough, Kaito found himself right outside the office door. He knocked, slipping inside when the nurse called for him to enter. The teenager smiled at her brightly, poker face slipping effortlessly into place. There was no need to make this hard on both of them.
The nurse smiled in return. “Ah Kuroba-kun,” she greeted cheerfully, opening his file. “We’ll just take a moment to update your paperwork. Are you still seeing Doctor Shinrin?” she asked.
Kaito nodded. Of course he was. Shinrin-sensei was actually an elf. He had been the Kuroba family physician for almost one hundred years. It was useful for when medical records needed to be altered. A few more questions and it was time to begin.
“If you could take off your shoes and stand against the wall.” The nurse peered at the ruler, flattening Kaito’s hair to get a more accurate reading. “Five feet, six inches,” she murmured to herself. “Now the scale.”
The magician moved over, waiting patiently while the numbers spun. After a few seconds it settled on 125 pounds, a perfectly respectable weight for someone his size. Of course, she didn’t know that Kaito was carrying an extra thirty pounds of lead underneath his clothing.
It was necessary if the raven hanyou wanted to avoid awkward questions. His bones weren’t quite hollow the way a bird’s were, but they did not follow the human structure either. Kaito wasn’t nearly as heavy as he looked.
Next the nurse had him back up to a line, which had been taped onto the floor, for the purpose of the vision test. “Please read the smallest line you can Kuroba-kun,” she requested.
In all honesty, Kaito could read all the lines. But he also knew ordinary people didn’t see that well. He picked out the line that indicated 20/20 vision. “D, E, F, P, O, T, E, C,” he recited.
“Now cover your right eye.”
The magician did so, repeating the sequence of letters before switching sides and doing it again. He smirked at the young woman. “I can see,” he proclaimed dramatically. “It’s a miracle.”
The nurse laughed, though she tried to hide it. This teenager really was a handful. She found herself pitying his teachers. Quickly the young woman stuck a thermometer into Kaito’s mouth before retreating to the other side of the room to compose herself.
After a few minutes, Kaito looked at the thermometer cross-eyed. It was difficult to read at this angle, but not impossible. 102.3 degrees Fahrenheit, inwardly the hybrid grimaced. That was well within his normal range, but he had the feeling the nurse wouldn’t see it that way.
Carefully the magician reached out with his power, lowering the temperature one point at a time by pulling the mercury backwards. Telekinesis on this scale wasn’t easy. The first time he had tried it he had nearly broken the thermometer. He managed just in time.
The nurse pulled it out of his mouth. “98.7,” she wrote that down on the chart. “All right then,” she said. “You are done with this part. The psychological tests are being held in the gym this year.”
Kaito nodded and bowed as he left the room. His hair hiding the grimace that flicked across his face. Ah yes, the joy of inkblots. Last time he had made the mistake of saying one of them looked like the Celtic rune to ward off evil spirits.
The tester had given him an odd look before noting something in his file. This time though, the magician was prepared. Just as long as no one found out he had read several psychology texts in preparation for the examination he would be fine.
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Hope you liked it
I hated those tests when I was little
They always seemed like such a waste of time