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Location: Anywhere in chapters 6 and 7. Dedicated to: Rose, 'cause she's the one who wanted to know about the CD player.

Chapter 06: Curiosity Killed the Cat...

The day had been harsh to Thia. After panicking about the first test of the year and then being buried under homework, all the girl wanted to do was relax with a glass of iced tea, a nice novel, and her CD player.

Well, I have my novel. And my CD player's in my trunk... I wonder what'd happen if I used it in here.

Curiosity killed the cat. Curiosity also blew up Thia's CD player.

Well, it wasn't exactly an explosion in the literal sense of the word. But she did come running out of the dormitory, hands burned and screaming bloody murder.

"What's the matter?" Kurama asked, jumping out of his chair. He was outwardly calm, but still alarmed at her furious shrieks.

"G'dammit, WHY?!" she begged to know, and opened her hands to reveal a smoking plastic object the color of cherries.

"What happened to-?"

"SUICHI, WILL YOU JUST GET MY CD OUT OF THE DAMN PLAYER?!" Thia shouted at the top of her lungs, and shoved the thing into his hands. It was still quite hot to the touch.

Kurama sweat-dropped.

Still, he pried the machine open and handed the slightly damaged disk to Thia, who sighed in relief and put it in a pocket.

"All right, then. What happened was that I wanted to see what would happen if I used the CD player in here. And the moment it started, it began to give off sparks and then it went totally haywire, the batteries virtually turned to acid, and the thing overheated. And now my hands really hurt. Ow, that was such a stupid thing to do... Sometimes I really wonder if I was born without common sense or if I lost it over the years." Thia studied the burnt skin on the palms of her hands and was apparently clenching her jaw, trying not to gag or flinch.

"Really stupid," she said, but half-way through she seemed to lose her voice and blinked away tears of PAIN.

Kurama sighed and led her out the common room door, presumably to the hospital wing. However, he only moved to one of the less populated hallways, then took one of her hands in his own and began to heal it.

"Su-"

"Don't say it. Just answer this question: Why is music so important to you that you'd risk not only your CD player, but yourself?" Kurama questioned in a low voice.

"Because it helps me to cope."

"With?"

"Feelings and problems. It centers my emotions so that I can concentrate on other things," was Thia's response.

"So you hum during battle for concentration."

"Yeah." And then, "Why didn't you just take me to the infirmary?" she asked.

"I don't know," replied Kurama, a slightly surprised look gracing his features.

Thia flashed him a smile.

Author's Notes: Bobby: Warning! r.i.p. seems like she's a little high on something right now... proceed with caution.

Well, there's the humor and there's the sweet stuff. (heh-heh) It also explains why Thia hums when she fights. Interesting? Yes? No? Tell me if you review, please!!! I'm giving out Mr. Boom-Booms to anyone who does!

Oh, and anyone who wants to tell me to read JoIsBishMyoga's The Best Defense... HA! I already read it- right before I started the sequel to YSUtS a few weeks back!!! That's why it's been in my C2 ever since its creation (the C2's not the story's). But if anyone sees any other really good YYHHP fanfics, please be sure to tell me! (Or join the darn C2... your choice!)

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Shadow Fox777—I would tell you where I got all this stuff... if I knew! Thanks so much for your review!

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Princess Krystal01—Yusuke can be reeeeally stupid, can't he? ::dives at cookies:: MWAHAHA! SUGAR! MINE! Bobby: I'm going to kill whoever gave her caffeine.

Rose—Thanks! Yusuke's mind works in extremely mysterious ways, no? Hee! You gave me one reeeally frightening idea for the sequel! ::evil laughter::

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