AN: Thank you all again for the wonderful reviews! This is my first time getting so many on just one story! ^^ It's a good feeling to know that an idea one thought would be a total flop came out to be a success (so far, anyhow...)! Anyhow, if anyone is interested, I a sketch of Dr. Ri and one of Genrou. To them, just e-mail me at ChibiChichiri4@aol.com, and I'd be more than happy to scan them ^^.
DISCLAIMER: Santa's leaving my high and dry again this year, I see...
Genrou licked happily at his peach rum (1) ice cream cone why Dr. Ri sipped on a mocha flavored smoothie. The small ice cream shop wasn't crowded at all since almost everyone was either at school or work. It was comfortable out side. The sky was mostly clear and the temperature wasn't too hot or too cold. Dr. Ri glanced to Genrou, and couldn't help a smile as a thought came to him. "Would you like to sit at an out door table, no da?" Genrou looked up from his cone, blinking, but then smiled and nodded his head.
"Yeah, sure!"
Dr. Ri took a long sip of his smoothie and stirred it with the pink straw a bit before speaking. "How's the suspension going, no da?"
Genrou blushed a little, but then made a face. "It sucks royal ass... I've been bored out of my mind fer th' past three days." He was silent a moment and licked at his ice cream. "Thanks though. Fer bailin' me out like that. I thought that I was gonna get expelled fer sure."
Dr. Ri shook his head slightly. "It's was no problem, no da. I'm glad that I was able to help."
"Have ya heard anything 'bout Mark? Eh ... whether he's okay or not?"
"Yes," Dr. Ri replied with a nod. "He's doing all right, no da. Surprisingly, his injuries weren't as bad as everyone thought, na no da."
"Oh..." Genrou fell silent again and hung his head a bit, looking rather sheepish.
Dr. Ri eyed the teen a moment before setting his drink aside and folding his hands on the table top. "What exactly did happen, no da?"
The red-haired teen shifted a bit in his seat, watching a drip of ice cream leak from the pointed end of his sugar cone and spatter on the sidewalk. He sighed lightly and licked it a moment, collecting his thoughts, before answering. "I'm not too sure... I just remember gettin' really pissed of. An' I mean REALLY pissed. I started seein' red, and 'fore I knew it, I had th' fat bastard on th' ground, beatin' th' shit outta him."
"You saw red, no da?"
"Yeah. It was kinda weird. I ain't ever been that pissed off 'fore, ya know. Hell, I didn't even know what th' hell I was doin' until those deans pulled me off o' him..." Genrou looked wearily up at his doctor. "What do you think?"
Dr. Ri tilted his head a little to one side, absently picking up his drink and swirling the small amount of contents left around in the cup with one hand. "Well... The red that you seen was probably cause from the extreme anger you felt, no da. Sometimes when a person is pushed to beyond their limits, all his or hers common sense leaves them. This could explain why you didn't realize what you were doing at first, na no da. I suppose you could call it 'blind rage.'"
"Blind rage..." Genrou repeated. "So, what do I do fer it?"
"All one really can do it just try to keep their emotion's in check, no da." Dr. Ri took his turn at fidgeting in his seat and smiled to Genrou. "And that's where I come in, na no da. It's my job to help you in any way I can to make sure something like what happened three days ago doesn't again."
Genrou sighed a little and took a bite out of his sugar come that had become slightly soggy during their conversation. He couldn't get over the fact that Dr. Ri was so determined to help him. Perhaps it was just because of what happened to that one patient? Genrou furrowed his brows and studied the doctor intently for a long moment, watching as he swirled his drink again with the straw, his mahogany eyes fixed on his movements.
Dr. Ri blinked and looked up, feeling Genrou's gaze, and started slightly at the intense look that was in the teen's eyes. Genrou blushed slightly and quickly turned his attention back to his melting ice cream. Dr. Ri blinked again. Genrou was a real trip for him. Once he thought he had the young boy figured out, he was always proven very wrong. And that look... He had never seen that look from him before. Granted that he had only been seeing Genrou for about a month, but in just that short amount of time, the teen had managed to show him different lights in his career; challenging him in ways that no other patient had done before.
The silence that had formed between the two was broken when Genrou started to speak again. "Dr. Ri?"
"Yes, no da?" the doctor responded in a soft tone.
Genrou slowly turned his gaze back to Dr. Ri, a slight hint of a blush on his face. "Thanks."
"Thanks? For what, no da?"
"Fer bein' here like this ... like you are now. It's been o' long time since I've felt better after talkin' t' someone. Not even Kouji cheered me up like ya do."
Dr. Ri's eyes widen briefly in surprise. He hadn't been expecting to hear Genrou say something like that. For a moment, he couldn't find anything to say, feeling his own face grow warm with a slight blush. "You really don't have to thank me, no da. It's really my pleasure to work with you."
Genrou smiled a bit at that, then finished the last of his ice cream cone. "This was really nice. We should do somethin' like this again sometime."
Dr. Ri smiled back, nodding his head again. "I'd like that too, no da." He turned a moment to throw his now empty cup in the garbage can behind them. "I take it that you need to be getting home now?"
"Yeah," Genrou said in disappointment. "Regina don't like me t' be out when she comes in from work. 'Sides, I gotta get dinner started." The red head grinned at his doctor, his canine teeth peeking out from under his top lip. "Thought I'd do somethin' nice t'night an' try t' cook."
"Is that so, no da? Well, I'll be sure to have the fire department on stand by then, na no da."
Dr. Ri laughed softly and dodged the balled up napkin that Genrou tossed at him.
* And all credit to Genrou's favorite ice cream flavor goes to "lichan", who wrote an adorable fan fic on what the seishi would taste like if they were ice cream. ^^ ::applauds and passes out cookies::
DISCLAIMER: Santa's leaving my high and dry again this year, I see...
Genrou licked happily at his peach rum (1) ice cream cone why Dr. Ri sipped on a mocha flavored smoothie. The small ice cream shop wasn't crowded at all since almost everyone was either at school or work. It was comfortable out side. The sky was mostly clear and the temperature wasn't too hot or too cold. Dr. Ri glanced to Genrou, and couldn't help a smile as a thought came to him. "Would you like to sit at an out door table, no da?" Genrou looked up from his cone, blinking, but then smiled and nodded his head.
"Yeah, sure!"
Dr. Ri took a long sip of his smoothie and stirred it with the pink straw a bit before speaking. "How's the suspension going, no da?"
Genrou blushed a little, but then made a face. "It sucks royal ass... I've been bored out of my mind fer th' past three days." He was silent a moment and licked at his ice cream. "Thanks though. Fer bailin' me out like that. I thought that I was gonna get expelled fer sure."
Dr. Ri shook his head slightly. "It's was no problem, no da. I'm glad that I was able to help."
"Have ya heard anything 'bout Mark? Eh ... whether he's okay or not?"
"Yes," Dr. Ri replied with a nod. "He's doing all right, no da. Surprisingly, his injuries weren't as bad as everyone thought, na no da."
"Oh..." Genrou fell silent again and hung his head a bit, looking rather sheepish.
Dr. Ri eyed the teen a moment before setting his drink aside and folding his hands on the table top. "What exactly did happen, no da?"
The red-haired teen shifted a bit in his seat, watching a drip of ice cream leak from the pointed end of his sugar cone and spatter on the sidewalk. He sighed lightly and licked it a moment, collecting his thoughts, before answering. "I'm not too sure... I just remember gettin' really pissed of. An' I mean REALLY pissed. I started seein' red, and 'fore I knew it, I had th' fat bastard on th' ground, beatin' th' shit outta him."
"You saw red, no da?"
"Yeah. It was kinda weird. I ain't ever been that pissed off 'fore, ya know. Hell, I didn't even know what th' hell I was doin' until those deans pulled me off o' him..." Genrou looked wearily up at his doctor. "What do you think?"
Dr. Ri tilted his head a little to one side, absently picking up his drink and swirling the small amount of contents left around in the cup with one hand. "Well... The red that you seen was probably cause from the extreme anger you felt, no da. Sometimes when a person is pushed to beyond their limits, all his or hers common sense leaves them. This could explain why you didn't realize what you were doing at first, na no da. I suppose you could call it 'blind rage.'"
"Blind rage..." Genrou repeated. "So, what do I do fer it?"
"All one really can do it just try to keep their emotion's in check, no da." Dr. Ri took his turn at fidgeting in his seat and smiled to Genrou. "And that's where I come in, na no da. It's my job to help you in any way I can to make sure something like what happened three days ago doesn't again."
Genrou sighed a little and took a bite out of his sugar come that had become slightly soggy during their conversation. He couldn't get over the fact that Dr. Ri was so determined to help him. Perhaps it was just because of what happened to that one patient? Genrou furrowed his brows and studied the doctor intently for a long moment, watching as he swirled his drink again with the straw, his mahogany eyes fixed on his movements.
Dr. Ri blinked and looked up, feeling Genrou's gaze, and started slightly at the intense look that was in the teen's eyes. Genrou blushed slightly and quickly turned his attention back to his melting ice cream. Dr. Ri blinked again. Genrou was a real trip for him. Once he thought he had the young boy figured out, he was always proven very wrong. And that look... He had never seen that look from him before. Granted that he had only been seeing Genrou for about a month, but in just that short amount of time, the teen had managed to show him different lights in his career; challenging him in ways that no other patient had done before.
The silence that had formed between the two was broken when Genrou started to speak again. "Dr. Ri?"
"Yes, no da?" the doctor responded in a soft tone.
Genrou slowly turned his gaze back to Dr. Ri, a slight hint of a blush on his face. "Thanks."
"Thanks? For what, no da?"
"Fer bein' here like this ... like you are now. It's been o' long time since I've felt better after talkin' t' someone. Not even Kouji cheered me up like ya do."
Dr. Ri's eyes widen briefly in surprise. He hadn't been expecting to hear Genrou say something like that. For a moment, he couldn't find anything to say, feeling his own face grow warm with a slight blush. "You really don't have to thank me, no da. It's really my pleasure to work with you."
Genrou smiled a bit at that, then finished the last of his ice cream cone. "This was really nice. We should do somethin' like this again sometime."
Dr. Ri smiled back, nodding his head again. "I'd like that too, no da." He turned a moment to throw his now empty cup in the garbage can behind them. "I take it that you need to be getting home now?"
"Yeah," Genrou said in disappointment. "Regina don't like me t' be out when she comes in from work. 'Sides, I gotta get dinner started." The red head grinned at his doctor, his canine teeth peeking out from under his top lip. "Thought I'd do somethin' nice t'night an' try t' cook."
"Is that so, no da? Well, I'll be sure to have the fire department on stand by then, na no da."
Dr. Ri laughed softly and dodged the balled up napkin that Genrou tossed at him.
* And all credit to Genrou's favorite ice cream flavor goes to "lichan", who wrote an adorable fan fic on what the seishi would taste like if they were ice cream. ^^ ::applauds and passes out cookies::