kukui literally jumps in fright.
the exit of the pokémon center is just one single step away, and yet the professor freezes completely, unable to move for the longest moments as mrs. joy snaps with that scolding. his whole body stiffens so violently to amplify all the pain in his body, tearing a small moan of ache out of his throat. oh tapu koko, what now? what should he do, what should he do…?!
« i… i r-really don’ need it, haha-! » he begins, with a voice so tense to actually hurt his throat. he turns once again, waving a hand like nothing at all has happened, forcing a smile on the lips as he attempts to back away and out of the door. « really, i-i’m just… tired! sleepy. i– i’ll jus’, get to bed and– »
– and then, suddenly, his legs give up.
one of them, the one that was beaten the worst, just stops working. the knee bends without him wanting it, the other leg can’t keep the weight of the whole body by itself, and the moment after kukui finds himself on the ground. so much out of the blue to not understand, at first, what has just happened. the professor blinks, focusing the floor after a few moments, and his gaze becomes of dizzy confusion.
« … o-oh… » he murmurs, unsure to even what he should say, at this point, to justify himself. « that’s… i…– h-how cl-clumsy o’ me, i… don’… »
Magnolia gasped loudly as soon as the poor guy fell down, instinctively standing up and rushing towards him, while the Nurse simply sighed loudly.
A way like another to tell him ‘i told you so’, without really saying it - obviously knowing she was going to repeat the same scene in a matter of days.
“Is this normal?” the Kantonian muttered, a little worried, just to recieve a little shrug by the Nurse.
‘By now, it kinda is.’ she sighs once again, ready to walk to Kukui to at least pull him up, just to notice that Magnolia was already taking care of that, giving her a thumbs up.
“Don’t worry, I’m a doctor too.” she assured poor miss Joy, who was about to complain about it too... at least until she was called in to check on a particularly problematic Pokèmon “I’ll think about him!”
‘...don’t make him run away.’ the Nurse pointed at the professor, recieving a quick military salute before rushing to the emergency rooms.
Letting Magnolia sigh, this time.
Yeah, sure, let’s pull up a man, like, twice your size. This can just go well.
“All right, buddy. Can you move your legs, or...?”
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