Olivia, Lilian, Jessica and Anzu.

“Oh boy, he wasn’t kidding. You do look like crap.” Lilian points out before wincing at her own words. “Sorry.”

“No, it’s fine.” Anzu chuckles tiredly. “I do feel like crap, to be honest.”

The bags under her eyes are even more pronounced than the other day when David saw her. Her shoulders are slumped. There’s a glass of water on her desk along with an opened box of painkillers.

“Normally I’d tell you not to worry, but I think my head’s gonna split.” Anzu says with a light laugh that still makes her head hurt.

“Why don’t you take the day off?” Olivia asks, crossing her arms in annoyance directed entirely at the school. “Don’t tell me the headmistress didn’t let you?”

“I haven’t asked.” Anzu says with a weak smile. “Finding a substitute nurse for only one day would be impossible.”

“Ugh. See? This is what you get for being so responsible.” Olivia groans.

“Ahaha…” Anzu laughs weakly.

“Just sit down and tell us what needs to be done.” Jessica tells her. “The others told us to call them if we needed extra hands.”

“Well, for starters I need to clean up here.” Anzu says, looking around her office. “I haven’t been able to sweep in a whole week.”

“I can do that.” Jessica says.

“Then there’s the inventory. I need to check everything I have left and the things I need to order.”

“I do inventory at my mom’s store.” Lilian says. “Leave that to me. I’ll have it done in a jiffy.”

“And then there’s this.” Anzu looks with unabashed hate down at a stack of documents piled up on her desk.

“What are those?” Olivia asks.

“Remember those physical examination tests you have to submit at the beginning of each semester?”

The three girls nod.

“Well, these are all the ones that came in late. Over 60 of them.” Anzu groans, wincing as she feels a sharp pain in her head. “I need to check them and put them all in the respective student’s folder.” She looks back to a shelf full of folders marked with letters in alphabetical order.

“If you tell me what I’m looking for, I can do that.” Olivia says.

“If the student has any specific condition, like an allergy to something or asthma, it’ll be written in red. Write that down in an extra sheet before you put them on the folders.”

“Got it.”

With that, the three girls get to work, being supervised by the nurse. Jessica is careful when moving things to sweep around, which is a huge relief to Anzu. She was worried there could be an accident, like bumping into one of the shelves and breaking a few medicine bottles, but Jessica already took that into account. Lilian is working particularly fast. Enough that it almost makes Anzu think she’s rushing it to get it over with. But when she sees the blonde start counting the boxes of painkillers, narrow her eyes when she’s done, count again and then realize that the missing box is the one on her desk, Anzu knows she’s taking it seriously. Olivia works silently, but with laser-like focus. She’s working more slowly than Lilian, but that’s because she’s doing a double take on every document to make sure nothing important gets past her. After all, missing an important condition of a student could lead to a tragedy. Anzu’s still going to do a double check when she’s feeling better, but it’s reassuring to know Olivia is taking this seriously too. Actually, the girls are working so well it makes her wish they’d stay as her assistants for a while longer.

They don’t get the opportunity to talk with how busy they all are, but they’ve taken an incredible weight off of Anzu’s shoulders. She’ll have to treat the girls to a meal after midterms are done.