Snippet #2492456

"You're going to be alright, Rise. Just get some rest, okay?"
"Y-Yeah... Thank you, Arata. You seem so nice."
Arata stretched after leaving the hospital room. It was another hard day at work. One of the nurses called in sick so he had to work overtime. He usually wasn't here by this hour but he was glad he was.
'Anything's better than being at home with that monster.'
Arata frowned as he thought of his father. No doubt he was going to be drunk at that point. He didn't want to go home, at least not yet. He decided to roam around the hospital for a bit, thinking about the patients he treated.
'Alexa Flarea and Ataro Hatsuyuki... They were accompanied by Ayano Kujikawa...'
He had briefly heard of all three. They were each known for their depressing atmosphere from what he had heard. Ayano was the diligent type but she never seemed to care. Ataro came to class so very little and he had a tense aura to him. Alexa seemed schizophrenic and people never know that much about her.
'I wonder how the three of them even met... Maybe Annabel came with them as well?'
It was no secret that Arata had a bit of a crush on Annabel. Well, at least in the hospital staff. They would encourage him, tell him to ask her to go out with him, but he would always ignore them, content with just staying in the background.
'I'll never amount to enough to go out with her anyway.'
Arata eventually came out of his self loathing when he noticed Ayano and an unfamiliar orange haired girl leave the room Alexa and Ataro were in. He walked over to Ayano.
"Are you two planning on going home? At this hour, it's probably not safe. Here, I'll walk with you."
Arata was never one to take no for an answer so he walked alongside the two girls.
"My name is Arata Natari by the way."
He smiled warmly.
"It's probably none of my concern but why were you hanging out with Ataro and Alexa anyway, Ayano?"
He was a curious boy and looked at Ayano questioningly.