Makoto sighed and looked at the room that was now evidently his. There were two beds in the room, separated by a few feet of space and two end tables, a small lamp on top of each. The walls were a soft blue while the floor and bedding was white. It also seemed that whoever his roommate was, he didn't have many belongings. In fact, it seemed all he had was a sketchbook and a… Was that a stuffed porpoise? What even…

Makoto moved to close the door, but found something behind it. Or rather, someone. A boy with his knees pulled up to his chest and tucked under his chin. He had dark brown hair that messily came down just past his ears. He looked somewhat scared to Makoto, with the way that he hugged his legs like that.

Makoto crouched down next to him, put on a reassuring smile, and asked, "Are you alright?"

The boy looked at him, finally showing his face. Makoto's breath caught in his throat. Those were his eyes. No doubt, Makoto could never forget that sea foam green color they held. And it wasn't just his eyes. They had exactly the same face.

"Haruka…" Makoto mumbled, "Is that you?"

The boy pulled in on himself more, his eyebrows knit together, but it was obvious that he was trying to hide the glow in them. Makoto recognized that glow. He had looked the same before, when he first saw Makoto as well. So why did he get it again? That didn't make sense, that's not how this worked in the world. You do not get this eureka moment twice with the same person, or even twice in the same lifetime for that matter. "Who are you?" He asked in a quiet voice.

Oh, how Makoto missed hearing that voice. How he missed watching those lips move, form words, make sounds. It was absolutely wonderful.

"It's me, Makoto Tachibana! Don't you remember? We met on a train about a year ago." Makoto could feel tears forming in his eyes. After so long he was finally close to Haruka, again!

Haruka's gaze dropped to the floor. "I'm sorry. I don't really remember anything before waking up here a while ago."

Oh. He lost his memory. That must be why he had his eureka moment a second time like that.

"Well then." Makoto stood up, and held out his hand. "Hello, my name is Makoto Tachibana. It's nice to meet you, Haruka Nanase."

"Haruka… Nanase?" He cocked his head to the side.

"Yeah! That's your name… Isn't it?" A bad feeling formed in his stomach. Did Haruka really lie to him and give him the wrong name? … But why would he do that? After all, they had their moment before they introduced each other, so…

The boy shrugged. "I don't know. They call me Haruna Manami, but that's a girls name. I think they're lying. So maybe I am Haruka Nanase. But that's a girls name, too... I don't know…" Makoto sighed, feeling relieved. Not that Haruka had forgotten everything, but he didn't even want to think about what it would mean if Haruka did tell him the wrong name.

Finally Haruka took the hand that was extended out to him. His forehead came about eye level for Makoto and his cheeks looked more hollowed out than Makoto remembered. His rather bony hands shook, so he tightly crossed his arms over his chest.

"How long have you been here?" Makoto asked, taking a seat on the bed without the porpoise on it.

Haruka sat on his bed as well. "I'm not sure." He replied, "Maybe about a week? That's all I can remember."

"Why are you here?"

He paused, refusing to look at Makoto. "I don't know. What about you?"

"Why am I here?" Makoto clarified. "Well… Why do you think I'm here?"

"Uhm, I-I don't know…" Haruka stuttered, biting his lower lip, "Are you s-sad?"

"Nope. Well, not really. Try again."

He paused again, unsure what to say. "Are there aliens that are after you, trying to take your skin and use it as their own so that they can do things while pretending to be you?"

Makoto blinked a few times. "W-what? No! Where did you even come up with that?!"

"... I don't know… I just feel like that was a thing once."

Makoto couldn't help but chuckle. Just as he was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.

"Excuse me." A woman with short brown hair poked her head in, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's time for dinner, so if you'd just follow me to the cafeteria, please." Silently Haruka stood up, eyes glued to the floor, and headed for the door. Makoto thought he looked scared, and it worried him. He'd have to ask about it later.

Makoto followed Haruka into the growing lunch line. It seemed they were serving some kind of casserole. It didn't look too appetizing, but Makoto got a serving anyway. Haruka grabbed an apple from near the beginning of the line and then immediately turned around without grabbing a tray or drink or anything else. It made Makoto wonder if he wasn't feeling well or something.

After grabbing a carton of milk, Makoto scanned the room for Haruka. He was sitting way in the back. As Makoto approached him, he stiffened up, but relaxed when he saw who it was.

"Are you feeling okay?" Makoto asked, taking a seat across from him.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?" Haruka answered.

"Is that really all you're going to eat?"

"Yeah. I'm not really hungry. Please don't make a big deal about it."

Makoto gave him a questioning look as he took his first bite and slowly began to chew, almost looking as if it was painful to do so. "Alright." He said, "Just curio-"

"Excuse me, Manami-kun," The same nurse lady that brought them there came up to the table, "but you need to eat more than just an apple, and I'm sure you know that. So if you'd please get in line and get something more."

Haruka shot her a glare. "Why?"

Her gaze hardened as well, "You know exactly why, Manami. Now go."

They continued to have a staring contest, leaving Makoto to look between the two, until finally Haruka stood up with a huff.

"Fine." He said, spitefully, and then walked away, Makoto watching him go. His hands were shaking, but Makoto wasn't sure if it was from anger or not.

It had been almost 45 minutes. Makoto had long since finished his casserole and was waiting for Haruka to finish his own. The nurse lady never left the table, apparently to make sure that Haruka actually ate his food, as she stated after Haruka angrily asked why she wasn't leaving them alone. At first Makoto was angry with her for doing that, but it made him think. Maybe that's what Haruka was in there for. Maybe he had an eating disorder.

When he was finally finished, the lady escorted them back to the common area and then left to attend to something else.

Finally Makoto was able to get a look at the actual set-up of the place. In the middle of the room was a couch, just a shade or so darker than the walls. It faced a small t.v. that was currently playing some black and white show that Makoto didn't recognize. There were a few tables set up with a few chairs and people playing board games on them.

"Do you want to play something with me?" Haruka asked.

"Sure. What do you have in mind?"

"Life?"

"Alright."

And so they spent the next hour or so playing the game of life. Other patients would randomly join and leave the game, but whatever. Haruka was basically about to win when suddenly a female patient, who was already being loud and disruptive, suddenly threw the monopoly board across the room and began shouting about how everyone but her was a filthy liar and a cheater. Two nurses had to come in to try and calm her down, but that only made her kick and scream even more. Eventually a third and fourth nurse came in and had to sedate her.

It was very frightful to watch. Makoto never thought that people could get so violently upset about just a game of monopoly like that. She was even ready attack everyone in the room, as it seemed, and would have, if it were not for the nurses stopping her.

And then it was finally 10 o'clock and everyone was ushered back into their rooms.

"You don't have any stuff." Haruka stated once he saw that there was nothing waiting on Makoto's bed.

"Yeah. I was in the hospital before I came here, so I didn't have anything with me." Makoto replied, plopping down on his basically empty bed. Haruka sat down on his as well, taking that porpoise thing and setting it down on his lap.

Haruka gave him a worried look, "Why?"

Makoto shrugged, "I wanted to swim with you."

He paused, "With… Me?"

"Yeah! I know you don't remember, but you were swimming and I jumped in so that I could swim with you."

"But… When was this, again?"

Makoto thought for a moment, "I don't know, definitely more than a week or so ago."

Haruka averted his gaze and bit his lip, unsure what to say. "So… Is that why you're here?"

"Basically." He waited a moment, debating on whether or not he should ask this question, or if it was something off limits. "Hey, Haruka? Are you sure you don't know why you're here?"

"I don't. Why?"

"Well… Today at lunch you just seemed like… Scared to eat or something, so-"

"You think I have an eating disorder?" He stated more than asked.

"I-I don't know, maybe?"

"Well, that's my answer as well." He said, standing up.

"Where are you going? I thought we weren't allowed to leave our rooms."

"We're not. I'm just changing into something I can sleep in."

"Oh. You wouldn't happen to have anything I could wear? I mean, since I don't have anything of my own." The idea was rather pleasant to Makoto. After all, don't girlfriends usually wear their boyfriend's clothes and stuff like that?

Haruka paused. "I don't really have much, either. Would you rather sleep in my sweatshirt?"

"No. It's alright. Thanks."

Haruka nodded and pulled of his sweatshirt and then his pants.

Instantly Makoto noticed was just how bony his limbs were. They looked… Unnatural… Almost like a skeleton, just with a bit of meat.

Surprisingly, that was the first thing that Makoto noticed. Then his eyes moved on to something else. He saw red. Many, so many lines of faded red everywhere. Not only were they on his arms and thighs, but his stomach as well. Some short, some long. Some thin and shallow, some thick and deep. Some looked like they were a bit infected even. For a split second Makoto thought maybe they were just scratches, but once he realized how bad some were and how many, he realized that there was no way they were just accidental scratches.

The more he looked, the more he saw some actually formed words. 'IDIOT'. 'FAT'. 'ATTENTION SEEKER'. 'WORTHLESS'. 'FAGGOT'. Makoto wasn't sure what to think of them all. Why would someone, presumably himself, do that to him? Why those words in particular?

Haruka cleared his throat. Makoto shook himself out of his trance. He sighed and sat back down on the bed, now wearing just boxers and a black t-shirt with 'Eine halbe wahrheit ist oft eine große lüge' printed on it. Makoto had no idea what it actually said, but he knew it was German.

An awkward silence grew between them.

Makoto honestly didn't want to ask, but he knew he had to ask, "Where did you get those?"

Haruka tensed, then frowned at him. He stared for a moment before saying, "I don't know…"

"Oh. Right."

"... Apparently I did it myself… Or so they say. I have no way of knowing if that is true or not. For all I know they could have done it to me…" He sighed, "But I don't really believe that, either."

Makoto wasn't sure what to say. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." he figured would have to do.

"It's okay." Haruka laid down, facing away from Makoto.

Makoto laid down as well.

Maybe there were a few reasons as to why Haruka was there… He hoped that he could talk to him about it soon.


A/N: I hope this chapter was worth waiting like six weeks for! Really sorry about that, though. Got a bit overwhelmed with school starting up again and my Mother is getting married in two days now and on top of that I'm sick and just... Yeah, a lot going on.

I edited this in to the last chapter, so a lot of you probably didn't see it, but if there is a character you would like to see in this story that isn't already let me know. You can even give me ideas on their part in it or an illness you would like to see, if you'd like. (However, for the characters introduced in the new season I could write them if you really want, but cannot guarantee how well I would be able to write them, not having known them for too long.)

I'm really curious to hear what you guys have to think of this chapter, so please let me know!