FireCacodemon: Trauma Center belongs to Atlus.

Chapter 1

Angie watched as Derek finished off the last bit of paperwork for the day. While Angie had finished her paper work a good thirty minutes before Derek had, it gave her the time to sneak glances at the surgeon she worked with. The two had stood against GUILT and won the war against Delphi. Since the arrival of Kyriaki, Angie had watched Derek grow more confident in his skills as a surgeon just like Angie felt she had grown to be a more confident nurse. The two were inseparable and from seeing their patients make a full recovery and received their gratitude, they were both changing the world one patient at a time. Angie had thought back to when they had just met each other, how goofy and childish Derek had been back then when he wasn't taking his job seriously…she couldn't say that now. Derek took his job seriously to the point where Tyler had joked about putting Derek's picture next to the word 'hope' in the dictionary. What drew Angie to sneak peeks at Derek wasn't the fact he was handsome (it played a part) but it was his personality. He always put his patients, friends and family first before himself. That was something that Angie admired and respected. When he collapsed from using the Healing Touch for the first time…his first concern were his patients…when he became infected with GUILT and awoke after the operation, he apologised for being careless (which wasn't the case, GUILT was highly infectious) and then later apologised to Angie once more for making her worry. She felt that was rather touching and made him pay for a meal out which he happily did for her. She wanted to make Derek hurry up and finish the paperwork but at the same time, she didn't want the chance to watch Derek without him noticing, his attention was too drawn on the paperwork. A further thirty minutes passed before Derek slammed the pen down on the table and let out a happy sigh.

"Finished, doctor?" Angie asked.

"Finally! Why does paperwork have to take so long?" Derek asked her as he removed his glasses and gently rubbed his eyes. "If only paperwork was as easy as operations…"

"Even the operations where complications arise?" Angie questioned Derek.

"I'd happily do one of Victor's stupid puzzles than fill in the paperwork…"

"If that's the case, then I'll let Victor kn-"

"Don't tell him that!" Derek interrupted Angie which caused Angie to laugh.

"I wasn't going to, you're fine~" She couldn't stop laughing as she saw and heard Derek breath a happy sigh of relief. "Anyway, I'm ready to go and head off home."

"That I can agree with."

Derek and Angie were currently living together. It was strange that the two of them were living together but after talking about it to each other they both agreed that it was going to be easier living together than going to each other's homes to pick each other up before heading to work. While Derek could easily drive to work, and Angie take the bus to Derek's home to then drive to work…it was just easier if they just had one mode of transport. Derek refused to drive to work just based on the simple fact that it was healthier to walk, and walking was open to more conversation. He wouldn't need to focus on the road and what Angie was talking about. Apparently, men couldn't multitask, something Derek didn't believe. Thankfully they had both found a home which was within walking distance of Caduceus which made the two of them happier.

The home that the two of them shared was a large sized house. The ground floor had the living room, front room, kitchen and they could go outside into the garden. Upstairs, they had three bedrooms, a bathroom which held the shower, bath and toilet inside as well as a study or quiet room. Derek and Angie both had their own rooms and a guest room if they had guests that wanted to stay over for the night or visit for an extended period of time. So far, the only person who's stayed in the guest's bedroom has been Tyler when he was too lazy to return home. Just thinking about returning home put Derek and Angie in a better mood after they placed the completed files in the completed filing cabinet and left their office. Saying their good byes to the staff, Derek felt satisfied pushing open the doors and stepping outside…only to be hit with fresh air.

"Well…what do ya know, even the stars are shining tonight." Derek commented as he looked up at the night sky.

"One of the charms of winter, I guess?"

"Not a fan of the cold?"

"It's more the cold doesn't agree with me rather than me not agreeing with the cold," Angie spoke as she plopped on her winter hat before doing her wrapping the scarf around her neck to keep that warm too. Derek nodded, his winter clothing was still at home.

"Think we'll see a shooting star?" Derek asked her.

"If we did, what would you wish for?"

"Hmm…on a childish note, it'll be to get better at puzzles, so you can't use them as a punishment for not finishing my paperwork." Angie couldn't help but let out a giggle. Angie had lost count on how many times she gave Derek, a simple puzzle to do and it took him thirty minutes or more just to get started.

"And if it was more serious?"

"I guess that'll be to help more patients around the world. It was rather nice traveling the world while treating different patients of diseases not common in America."

"I rather enjoyed that too…Well, we're not getting anywhere by standing outside Caduceus, are we? Come on, let's go~" Angie slipped on a pair of pink gloves before taking Derek's hand and started to head home. Angie had a point, they weren't going to get home if they just stood outside of Caduceus. Smiling to himself, he followed Angie home.

Trauma Center – Shooting Star Wish – Chapter 1

Upon arriving at home, Derek drew the key out from his pocket and unlocked the front door, pushing open the door, a warm air welcomed them back home. Angie smiled before she looked at Derek. "You put the heating on, didn't you?" she asked him.

"Wouldn't want to come home to a cold house, would we?" Derek shot her a smile as he took his coat off and got ready to hang it up on a peg. Angie walked inside with Derek following her shortly after and he closed the door behind him. Trapping the warm air inside while keeping the cool air outside. Hanging their coats up, the two of them walked into the living room and both jumped onto the sofa and immediately pulled the leavers on the sides of the sofa and were happy to let their feet rest on the footrests that came springing out. "Feels nice to put my feet up~" Derek chirped happily.

"You got that right," Angie smiled as she kicked her shoes off. They landed on the floor with a thump sound. Derek watched her before he copied her, kicking his own shoes off which landed with a soft thud on the carpet. A yawn soon escaped from Derek's mouth as he found himself getting comfortable.

"I swear I can fall asleep here without any food in my stomach."

"Want to just order in?" Angie asked as she looked over to Derek.

"Pizza sounds great, I'll o-"

"My suggestion, my treat~" She smiled as she reached for her mobile and dialled their favourite pizza take-out.

Trauma Center – Shooting Star Wish – Chapter 1

Angie glanced over to Derek and felt herself smile. On the other end of the sofa was the star surgeon of Caduceus, his glasses were slipping off his face, but his eyes were closed, and his breathing was rather steady. He had fallen asleep on the sofa, gently resting his head in his hand which was supported by his arm. Derek's mouth was open slightly with his chest rising as he breathed. Angie struggled to take her eyes off him. He looked so peaceful, like he wasn't a world-renowned surgeon and rather just a simple surgeon who's had a long shift. She hadn't noticed that Derek had put the footrest down but maybe that was because she had taken a small nap on the sofa as well. Gently lowering her feet down, she heard the clunk of the footrest locking back into the mechanism in the sofa. Sliding off the seat she was comfortable in, Angie rose to her feet and walked over to Derek and gently shook him awake.

"Derek, it's time to wake up," she shook him a little harder before Derek groaned as he started to wake up.

"Huh…?" His eyes slowly opened and looked directly into Angie's emerald green eyes. He stretched on the sofa before he relaxed once more. "Right…bed…"

"Alright, I'll go do my wash and teeth first before you can go down."

"Providing I don't fall asleep again." Angie laughed at that. It was very possible that Derek would just fall asleep once more while she was gone, but she headed out the room anyway and towards the bathroom. Glancing out the window, she noticed the stars once more, twinkling in the night sky.

"Derek gets on with children so well…Well, Derek really is a big kid when I think about it. Sometimes, I just wish he was a child…" Angie sighed to herself, tearing her eyes off the stars, she continued to walk down the hallway towards the bathroom. Outside, a shooting star appeared for a brief moment before it vanished once more.

FireCacodemon: And that's the end of the chapter. Thank you for reading and I'll be back again in the next chapter~