Author's Notes :: Thank you everyone for reading! I'm glad you guys like it. Sorry this chapter took a little bit to come out, I've been having writers' block lately, and school and the like are getting in the way of my writing, y'know? Yes, this chapter is going to SUCK because of my writer's block, so, please, bear with me. :L Anyway, please! Read and Review for me, lovelies. 3
Mei was in the infirmary for the next week.
"Hold Still, Miss Kururugi." The school nurse, Medusa said calmly. Mei did as told as the older female did her daily check. "Well, you seem fine, Mei. You can leave tomorrow." Medusa smiled at Mei and motioned for her to lay back down. As the nurse went back to her work, the door leading out to the hall opened, and six heads popped inside. The six of them entered and sat around the small female.
"Riza, Zaku, Seiryn, Kid, Patty, Liz! What are you all doing here at the same time?" Mei made a face.
Hazaku and Seiryn pointed at Medusa.
"She told us to. Said that you were good to go, and you could leave. So, instead of letting her discharge you, we're kidnapping you." Seiryn said, smirking.
Medusa shot a glare at Seiryn. "Oh, no you don't. If she leaves before I discharge her, Miss Kururugi has suffered some severe damage to her Soul Wavelength. We don't want that damage to get worse because she's discharged too early, do we?" Seiryn and Hazaku, who were about to pick Mei up, stopped in their tracks and looked at each other, now unsure of whether to carry out their plan or not, Mei laughed at the two.
Kid shook his head at the other boys and picked up the clipboard hanging at the foot of Mei's bed, reading the document containing the information on her condition. "Mhmm...Mhmmm..Hmm?!" Kid stopped, put the clipboard down and took one of Mei's hands. "Why didn't you tell me your name was 'Meimitzu Kururugi'?" Kid asked the female, eyes sparkling.
"Um...well, everyone calls me 'Mei', so I figured it would have been better to tell you my nickname..." Mei was confused, when Kid's face clouded over. "No! Your first and last names both have Eight letters in them! Eight, perfectly symmetrical in every way! It's an even number, Either way you split it, horizontally or vertically, it's still symmetrical! Ah, how lovely! How could you hide such a beautiful, symmetrical name..." Kid continued to carry on about symmetry and how the number eight was superior to the number three.
"I told you he's a freak, Mei." Rizaki whispered to her friend, not amused.
"S-shutup, Rizaki...he'll hear you." Mei giggled. It was funny to see Kid get like this over the subject of symmetry. Rizaki, on the other hand, simply shook her head in disapproval.
"Well, I think I'm going to leave the seven of you alone so you can talk." Medusa smiled and exited the infirmary to her office.
Immediately, Seiryn, Rizaki, and Hazaku sat down next to Mei. Patty, Liz, and Kid sat on the other side of the bed. Kid squirmed. "Urrr....Is it okay is Doctor Medusa comes back in...? I'll go get her.." He got up, only to be pulled back down by Liz. "Nuh uh, Kid. Who cares if there's an odd number of people in the room? It's your fault for having two weapons." She scolded.
Kid was going to complain, but Liz had shot a warning look at him, then to Patty, who wasn't paying attention. "Oh...alright....I'll try to keep my mind off of it..."[1]
Mei looked at Kid, then the formation of people in the room.
"But Kid, it is symmetrical..! There are three people on one side of me, and three people on the other! With me in the middle, that makes it symmetrical, right?" She smiled. The female wanted Kid to relax just as much as the others did. The raven-haired male looked, and sure enough, Mei was right. "Aah, you're right, Meimitzu! Such a smart girl...but there are still seven people...." He pouted.
Everyone else ignored him.
"So, Mei. Are you sure you're going to be okay..?" Seiryn asked. He and Rizaki had the same looks on their faces. They were extremely worried about their friend. Mei smiled. "I'm okay, you two. Really. Oh, yeah! Kid, thank you."
Kid looked puzzled. "Hmm..? What for?" He asked. Mei looked at the foot of her bed. "You saved me, right? Thank you for that. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't be alive right now." She said, fiddling with her bed covers. "Oh, well, that's alright. If you were dead, then the light of your beauty would be extinguished, and we don't want that."
Mei's face grew hot. Beauty? How...nice of him...
"Your beautiful symmetrical name would be erased! I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something so beautiful were erased!" The male's eyes sparkled.
Everyone fell over. Was that all he cared about?
Seiryn walked around the bed and grabbed Kid by the collar. "Was that it? Symmetry? That's the only reason you saved Mei?! Just because of your little 'symmetry' tick? Mei's a human being, not a broken piece of furniture, damn it!" He growled.
"S-Seiryn! Kid didn't even know what my name really was then! I think it was a joke!" Mei whined. Seiryn, still upset, had already readied himself for a punch to Kid's face, lowered his fist, but his other hand was still held fast onto Kid's jacket collar.
"Um....Seiryn...? Could you let go of me? Who knows where your hands have been...?" Kid cringed ath the thought. Seiryn simply laughed and let go of the shorter male. "Heh. Wouldn't you like to know, Kid?" The male smiled devilishly and sat back down. Looking down at his suit, Kid's eyes watered. "Damn it! You bastard, Seiryn, you ruined the perfect symmetry of my clothes! Damn! Garbage! I'm trash! I should die..." Kid knelt on the floor next to Mei's bed, beating the floor with his fist in self-pity.
Liz knelt next to her now-depressed Meister, trying to comfort him, while Patty roared with laughter.
That's why you don't mess up Kid's clothes....
[/1] If you've watched...episode Twenty-One or Twenty-Two of Soul Eater, Patty makes a face and says "You better get your ass moving, Damn You." to get Kid moving. Essentially , Patty scares the crap outta Kid in order to get his mind off of Symmetry. Had to do it.