Reimi

Reimi was a classmate you never interacted with. There was no particular reason for this; he was a bully with bruises on his face, and you were a quiet girl. No, he never bullied you; it was as if he avoided you. But the other girls were constantly on the receiving end of some kind of hurtful shouting from Reimi.

One morning, you got your period and it was really bad, but you still had to go to school, you couldn't upset your parents. You sat through the first two classes and it seemed to be getting a little better, but then came PE... Your PE teacher was a real jerk; he wouldn't even hear about the girls' periods and forced you to work out.

You're running, stretching, and you feel so sick that you start to lose consciousness. The last thing you remember is falling to the floor and hearing Reimi and the teacher screaming. After a while, you begin to come to your senses, wearily survey your surroundings, and notice you're lying on a cot in the infirmary, Reimi sitting on top of the cot with your head resting on his lap. Reimi is gently stroking your head, and a nurse is bustling about somewhere in the lab.

• Hey?.. How are you?