FireCacodemon: Welcome back to another chapter of Shooting Star Wish.

Derek: Trauma Center belongs to Atlus.

Chapter 3

"Hey…?" Derek asked her after some time had passed. Angie looked up at him and smiled gently. There wasn't any reason to intimidate something out of Derek's control.

"Something wrong, Derek?"

"I…" Angie watched as Derek shuffled awkwardly on the spot. Angie could only guess what Derek wanted but she waited for Derek to try and say what he wanted. "I need to go to the bathroom…" Derek spoke awkwardly.

"Then let's go," Angie got up from her seat and watched as Derek did the same. Derek slid off his chair and walked over to Angie, Angie just moved the chair back and got up. She headed for the door with Derek following behind her. Angie opened the door and looked out to see if the coast was clear. Satisfied that it was, she opened the door wider and left the office. Derek followed quickly as Angie nearly powerwalked towards the restrooms, but Derek was struggling to keep up with her. Derek was jogging behind Angie. When they reached the restroom, Angie waited outside while Derek walked inside and went on with his business. "This is so weird…" Angie admitted.

"You haven't seen Derek around, have you?" Tyler's voice appeared next to her. Angie jumped slightly but managed to hide it rather well.

"Well…I…erm…no?" Angie said quickly.

"So, you do~" Tyler smiled, placing his arm around her shoulders and pulling her close.

"I can't tell you."

"Why?" Tyler asked with a smirk on his face. Angie looked away from him, trying to discourage him from doing anything. She had a feeling that it was going to fail but there wasn't any harm in trying, right?

"Don't you have work?" Angie asked him.

"Yeah, but don't you have work to do rather than standing outside the toilets?" Tyler asked her back. He did have a point and that irritated Angie knowing that he did have a point. 'I just hope that Derek doesn't come out now...' Angie thought to herself. She wasn't so lucky. Derek slowly came out from the bathroom, looking rather pleased with himself before he looked up and saw Tyler standing next to Angie. Time felt like it had stopped as two sets of eyes locked onto Derek and one set of eyes locked onto Tyler and Angie. Someone was asking silently for someone else to start a conversation. Derek felt like he needed to say something...so he caved first.

"I'm sorry..." Derek apologised, starting to feel like this was all his fault.

"What~? Okay, this is cool!" Tyler shouted as he left Angie's side and walked straight to Derek, but Angie was quicker. She reached Derek and scooped him up to prevent Tyler from doing so. Derek looked between the two confused before his mind clicked to what Angie wanted rather than what Tyler wanted. Angie wasn't going to let Tyler hold him...such a mother hen Angie was, it made Derek smile though. It meant he was closer to Angie. He could practically feel her body heat radiating off her, it was comforting to feel the warmth from his best friend. If anything, Angie's warmth made Derek want to wrap himself up in it and never let it go.

"You're really warm, I like it~" Derek spoke softly, in a quiet voice but it was loud enough for Angie to hear it. She smiled before she looked down at her surgeon. She could see him slowly close his eyes as if he was ready to fall asleep in her arms.

"You look like you need a nap…and those crocodile tears before?" Angie asked.

"Broke the ice…didn't it?" Derek asked her with an innocent smile on his face. Angie smiled down at him before Derek started to yawn. "Silly childish body…" Derek whined. Angie chuckled at that response.

"Well, I'll have to ask if I can borrow a couple of blankets to keep you warm, wrap you up nice and warm so you can get some rest." Derek nodded, a nap sounded like a promising idea now.

"Wonder when this'll pass over and I go back to normal…?" Derek asked. Angie simply shrugged. Secretly, she didn't want this to end so soon…Angie was enjoying this.

"I don't know…hopefully soon but not too soon."

"What makes you say that?" Derek asked her curiously.

"Sorry, I'm enjoying you being a child…" Angie admitted sheepishly. "Is that selfish?"

"Buy me chocolate and we're even~" He gave Angie a big smile as they entered Derek's office once more. Angie gently placed Derek down at his chair.

"I'll be right back," Angie smiles as Derek nodded slowly. Angie carefully shut the door and headed down to get some spare blankets, enough to make a pillow for Derek and blankets to keep him warm. Upon retrieving them, she walked back to Derek's office and was relieved to see that he was just awake. Angie walked over to the desk and places the blankets down. Taking one blanket and laying it out on the floor so he'll have a semi-warm 'mat' to sleep on. She used two blankets and made Derek a pillow for him to rest his head on before she heard the chair move. She turned her attention towards the chair and noticed that Derek had grabbed the last blanket and moved over to the make-shift bed. He took his little shoes off and placed them nearby before he crawled onto the bed and slipped his glasses off, hanging them to Angie, before using the spare blanket and covered himself with it, slowly drifting off to sleep.

Trauma Center - Shooting Star Wish – Chapter 3

Tyler had waited impatiently for Angie to leave Derek's office. He wanted to make sure that Derek was alright but with the way that Angie was with Derek, he wasn't allowed to get close to him and it flat out irritated him. Derek was his best friend and he could see him whenever he wanted to. Once Angie was far away and performing her tasks as a nurse, Tyler entered Derek's office and saw the small surgeon fast asleep on the floor. Tyler felt himself smiling, it reminded him of when they were sharing an apartment, so they were closer to Med school. Often Tyler had witnessed Derek fast asleep in the bed as Tyler was the typical person who went out for drinks on a Friday and enjoyed himself while Derek was the typical 'bookworm' and always seed to have a book on him. It showed determination, Tyler admitted to himself but seeing Derek's innocent face while he was fast asleep...Tyler's 'big brother' instinct took over. "I'll protect you too. I'll prove to Angie that I'm not a bad influence," Tyler swore to himself that he would protect Derek too.

Trauma Center – Shooting Star Wish – Chapter 3

Derek felt something drip onto him. He forced his eyes open and found that he wasn't in Caduceus anymore, no, he found that he was in Delphi's marine base. Adam was looming over him with a sick, twisted grin on his face.

"Welcome subject one. You have the pleasure of being the host of my first creation." His voice dripped of venom, but it did it's job of making Derek feel paralysed with fear. Derek tried to force his body to move yet it didn't. His body had locked up under Adam's lifeless eyes. Derek caught a glimpse of something in Adam's hand. He already knew what it was...a syringe that contained a complete Kyriaki strain inside. Derek was going to be the host.

"Dude, wake up!"

"Wha...?" Derek squeaked through the fear.

"Derek! Wake up!" The voice came through clearer. Adam plunged the needle into Derek's leg.

Derek jolted awake.

FireCacodemon: Another chapter come and gone, well, we'll see you next chapter~