[ Francel isn't the first fellow student Zephirin has accompanied to the nurse's office — second-years themselves at the time, Guerrique once broke a baseball bat, accidentally swinging it down against the ground, and needed splinters extracted from his fingers — and Zephirin himself has been here before, dizzy on that bed. Perhaps, though he sees countless students come and go, Mr. Whitecape remembers enough of them to consider the pair in his office safely left alone until Francel wakes, only pointing out the water cooler in one corner before busying himself behind his desk, rather than watching the two boys closely.
The room, hardly the size to be called an infirmary, is blessedly cool and quiet. Waiting, Zephirin sits in a chair by the wall, between the bed and a window, and sips from a plastic cup filled with water. His eyes rest on Francel, who seems small and delicate as he lies there, silent and still.
When the younger boy's fingers shift upon the mattress beneath him, Zephirin's spine straightens; setting his cup down, exchanging it for another on the shelf beside the chair, he stands from his seat to approach. ]
Mr. Whitecape's office. Let me tell him that you're awake.
[ He doubts that he needs to — the man can hear them — and instead of stepping away, he proffers the cup of water in one hand, holding out his other hand in case Francel has trouble sitting up on his own. ]
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The room, hardly the size to be called an infirmary, is blessedly cool and quiet. Waiting, Zephirin sits in a chair by the wall, between the bed and a window, and sips from a plastic cup filled with water. His eyes rest on Francel, who seems small and delicate as he lies there, silent and still.
When the younger boy's fingers shift upon the mattress beneath him, Zephirin's spine straightens; setting his cup down, exchanging it for another on the shelf beside the chair, he stands from his seat to approach. ]
Mr. Whitecape's office. Let me tell him that you're awake.
[ He doubts that he needs to — the man can hear them — and instead of stepping away, he proffers the cup of water in one hand, holding out his other hand in case Francel has trouble sitting up on his own. ]