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This is a PRP between Juno Tsing and Flo Mizuno

Where: Nurse's office
What's happening: Flo is covering nurse duty for Drew. Guess who's on the list of people who need a check up emotion_awesome

((Nah, that's what I said. xD))

Was it just Juno's luck or what? He had been trying to find reasons or excuses to bump into the lovely Dr. Flo besides passing her in the halls or around campus when lo-and-behold... An opportunity presented itself.

Granted of course... He was the one that sent Drew that mysterious list of bizarro ingredients for a very old Tasean medicine that he insisted would help Drew in the future. Ah sweet innocent Drew... No match for Juno's persuasiveness, especially when he had an incentive or reason to be. Not even just that, he'd managed to squeeze in his check-up to be the very last in order to have more time to spend without interruptions from little bratty rookies.

How had he even found himself to have this budding crush on the doctor...? Well he wasn't quite sure. All he knew was that when he saw her in her white lab coat, with her glasses fixed on with that stern look on her face and her hair up in that loose bun... His heart went a flutter! There was just something very intriguing about her to him.

Plus the fact he'd had a terrible break up only just a few months ago... He needed someone new to keep his mind off things.

There was a particularly energetic bounce to his step as Juno walked down the hall toward the nurse's office. He wasn't sure what he was going to do yet exactly, but he was definitely going to try and charm the older woman. He peered around the corner of the open office door to find Dr. Flo rummaging for some files.

He whistled a little tune.
"Hiya." He threw into the room, still leaning against the frame of the door with a smile. "I'm here for my check-up Miss...?" They'd never formally met before, so... It was best to pretend he didn't know her name, right?

"Doctor, Florence Mizuno. You must be Mr Tsing,"

Burn. She was so cold and callous. But that didn't deter Juno whatsoever. It only made a giant cat-ish grin appear on his face.

"Doctor, you can call me Juno. If you like." He said sweetly, as he slid over and into the patient's chair.

"Take a seat, I'll be with you shortly,"

"Okay!"

He was like an antsy little kid looking forward to that lollipop at the end of every doctor's visit, only the lollipop he was hoping for was more so a possible date with the Doctor. He was on the edge of his seat, with both hands propped up on his knees staring at Flo. Though his shades hid his eyes, there was a happy glow emanating from him. It seemed like he was so thrilled just to be this close to her for longer than a few seconds.

"How have you been feeling lately?"
"Did you feel sick or nauseous any time within the last two weeks?"

"Hmmm." He thought, tilting his head a bit. "Mostly normal." He said with a smile.

"Though sometimes I've got a bit of a cough." Juno wasn't the type to complain about injuries or illness, and he didn't think much of it, but he figured it was something to say in order to get Dr. Flo to be a little more hands on. The cough however only started a few months ago after... That particularly bad battle with Blue Rose. He hadn't gotten it checked, since he was the type to avoid doctor visits at every possible turn unless it was absolutely mandatory. This visit had been the only voluntary visit he'd ever opted for in his life.

Juno's sparkling smile faltered slightly as the doctor pursed her lips and looked at him sternly. It was just a cough. It was no big deal.

"It's probably nothing." He said reassuring her, though he wasn't quite sure why he was trying to. She'd asked if there was anything out of the ordinary.

"How long has the cough been going on... Juno? Any idea what the cause might be?"

"Maybe two months." He said with a shrug. "It started after this one fight I had, though I'm not sure how a thorn whip could cause a cough." He laughed a little. Honestly, it didn't make any real sense. Unless Blue Rose's whip was poisonous or had something in the thorns. But he'd never really heard of stories about that before, so he found it unlikely. Then again... She'd been awfully smug about something during their battle that day. And he'd been too inflated at the time to realize there was something fishy about it.

"Hm." He pushed his lip out thoughtfully and rubbed his cheek. What if there was something wrong with him? And what? Now he was curious. "Do you think there's something wrong with me, Doctor?" He asked innocently with a tilt of his head.

"No... not likely," she finished penning down her notes and straightened up to look at the man sitting across her, completely missing the sweetness in the other man's tone, "but just to stay on the safe side, did you get any wounds from the thorn whip? I'll need to take a look at them."

Juno was finding it difficult to charm this woman at all. She was impervious, and was clearly set on simply doing her job. She didn't notice his attempts at winning her affection.

A slight roadblock. But that was merely the challenge that Juno so loved. His brief worry over his health fading away.

"Yes of course Doctor." He said with a smile, removing his dark grey jacket and tossing it on the back of his seat and proceeding to stand in order to take off his white tank. He sat back down as he also tossed his tank onto the back of his chair.

"I got this one here," he pointed at the one around his right bicep, lifting his arm out and tracing it with his finger. "And also this long one." He traced his longest scar across from the mid-spinal area of his back all the way up over his left shoulder down to where it stopped, right by his heart. An especially large jagged-cut scar splatter where it ended.

"And then there's two around my ankles, but those are less fatal-looking." He said cheerfully, looking up again at Flo. His demeanor would make one think that such scars were an everyday occurrence, he didn't seem to think they were terrible in the least even though by the sight of them they were slightly jarring simply due to their length.

They were vicious reminders for Juno, but in front of the woman he was growing quite fond of those emotions didn't show at all. In fact, it was easier for him to ignore them because he was enjoying the company of the doctor.

Juno was used to taking light of whatever injuries he accumulated, it was in his nature. He didn't want people to worry about him. But he could tell in the doctor's face that she was holding back one good gasp or two from seeing the giant gash in his shoulder. He had to admit it was rather gruesome up close, though his sisters had done a good patch job. He imagined that it would be far worse if he hadn't had their help.

But then again... Perhaps a visit to an actual hospital may have been better. Oh well.

"I know, it doesn't look good. But I promise you, I'm feeling fine." He reassured Flo with another smile. She was hesitant to respond from what he could tell. A part of him worried that perhaps this was hurting his chances to ask her out on a date. A pity date was the last thing he needed, but she didn't seem the type for that. Either way, he was hopeful for something out of this visit.

"I see."

"I hope you're not feeling bad for me." He added lightheartedly. "Scars and injuries come with the hero-business." He reminded her with a chuckle.

"If you don't mind telling me, which ones were inflicted by Blue Rose?"

"Mmm..." He thoughtfully rubbed his chin with a finger. "All of them." He said with a shrug and a grin. He had been extremely stupid that day, he was sure Doctor Flo would figure this fact out from that simple bit of information. Sigh. He just shot his chances, didn't he? She's going to think he's another stupid doofy arrogant hero. Maybe Hack was right, it was better not to chase this woman.

But he couldn't help it.

"I... yes I know, but they're usually not THAT extensive,"
"Just, try to be more careful next time alright..."

Juno felt a little warm and fuzzy inside at Doctor Flo's nice words. Even if she thought he was a complete idiot, that was okay. Despite her tsk-ing, Juno felt marvelous now. And his worries were out the window about his silly little cough.

A shiver went down his spine as her fingers touched his chest. It wasn't particularly a blush effect, but just that if it were possible Juno was glowing even more than he had been on first entering the office. He was grinning so wide, like a little boy who'd just gotten his most impossible wish granted.

But when Flo straightened up and Juno tried to tone his glowing happiness down a little. If he was successful or not was questionable. Though it seemed she was not very good at reading him anyway, so if it showed he didn't care.

"Well, there doesn't seem to be a problem."
"If the cough still persists you should look for Drew, but if there's nothing else that'll be all." She looked up at Juno with a small smile. "I apologize it took a little longer than usual. You're free to go now."

And just like that, in one quick instant, Juno's happy bubble had been popped. It was the fastest check-up he'd ever been to, granted he hadn't been to many. But still. His smile slowly turned into a sad dejected frown on having to leave this lovely lady's presence. But how could he possibly spend more time with her? Nothing came to mind.
"Oh, not at all..."

He bit his lip. "... Are you busy... Now...?" Was his meek inquiry.

"Well, I still need to arrange all the medical files in order. But why...?"

Think Juno think. There had to be some way for him to stick around longer, right? But was she figuring it out? That he was interested? He didn't want to be too forward.

He had to play it cool.... Right? RIGHT?
"Uh... Would you like some help with it?" He asked reproachfully, which a small smile. He had to find the right balance in his emotions, first he was happy then dejected. There had to be some middle ground or she'd read him like a book.

Unless she already had. In which case, he would have already failed. But. Things seemed okay. She looked confused or something.

"You know, for a moment I thought... never mind,"

Juno internally panicked for a second. So she figured it out, but she was doubting it. Which was good he supposed. That meant he wasn't completely obvious, or at least not obvious enough to her. If Hack were there, he'd be laughing his butt off at how much fail he was doing. The woman couldn't even catch a hint, even with how childish Juno was acting surprisingly enough.

Juno figured it would be better not to let his curious nose sniff out what she was going to say. So instead...
"I hope... I'm not weirding you out? You must think I'm an idiot." Juno laughed and slid a hand through his hair, ruffling it a little before putting it at his side. And at that moment he realized he ought to put his shirt back on, but thought better of it for now as he watched Flo intently for a reply. He was nervous as to what she might say.

If she really did think of him as an idiot, he wasn't quite sure how he could change that impression. He was sure being flashy and show off-y would never attract a woman like her. But didn't they say that opposites attract? Maybe he was too hopeful.