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Insanity's Light chapter Three~*~
"Good morning Dr. Aino!" said a cheerful voice from the door, handing me a steaming cup of coffee. Thank god.
I smiled and nodded my response, taking a long whiff of the coffee. No doubt I would need all the caffeine I could get today.
I would be talking to the patients today as a therapy technique.
Sitting at my desk I pushed the intercom button and told the nurse to start bringing in the patients. My first patient suffered from Bipolar, currently getting over the mania stage. Her name was Maria.
She sat down and smiled at me, waiting for me to say something.
"Hello Maria, how are you this morning?" I asked pleasantly, taking a seat in front of her, resting my clipboard on my knees.
"I'm doing well," She replied airily, "A bit tired mind you, but well enough."
"Are you not sleeping well?'
"Oh no, I sleep just fine."
I nodded, making a quick note to check up on that.
"Dr. Aino?"
"Yes?" I replied, looking up for my clipboard.
"What's your name?"
"Minako, Aino Minako." I said without hesitation.
"How lovely." Maria said, "You remind me of my daughter."
"You have a daughter?" I asked curiously.
"Yes. such a dear thing. She's turning twelve next week. Her name is Lily." Maria answered with a far off look in her eyes.
"Do you see her often?" I ventured to ask.
"Oh. well. sometimes." Maria answered, "She's busy with school you understand."
"Of course." I nodded.
For the next hour I asked Maria many questions, many of which were about the mania stage of her bipolar. Thanks to her medication though, it had passed quickly and uneventfully.
After she left, the nurse walked in.
"Hello." I muttered, still writing things down.
"Dr. Aino, I was wondering if I could sit in on the next few sessions?" She asked nervously.
At first I was reluctant to say yes, but ended up giving in, "Not at all." I said, motioning for her to sit down as another patient was brought in.
The next patient was none other than Helen.
To my surprise, I found the nurse to be quite handy to have around. She knew many things about each of the patients, and was more than willing to tell me about them.
As time progressed, I came to know my patients much better. But even that could not suppress my curiosity about Duo Maxwell. He came last on the list, sauntered in like he was king of the world, and plopped down on the chair.
The nurse, who I had found out was named Claire, quickly began explaining a bit more about him. Most of it I already knew.
Some thing I found quite relieving in Claire's explanation of Duo was that she, as well as many others, had a special interest in Duo. Unfortunately as the explanation continued, I found out her interest was merely focused on attraction.
". Mr. Maxwell also likes telling us how he's a Gundam pilot, isn't that right Duo?"
My attention flickered momentarily to Duo. I wasn't very interested in this statement; I had heard it too many times by my other patients to really pay too much heed to it.
Duo simply nodded, he too didn't seem very interested in the statement.
"Thank you Claire." I said quickly, before she had a chance to begin talking again, "Shall we start?"
"Oh yes." Claire said inclining her head towards Duo.
"Now then Mr. Maxwell, why don't you tell us about yourself?" I asked, lowering my clipboard.
"Well." He began, "I quite enjoyably reside here. in this wonderful. place."
While Claire looked annoyed at his response, I nodded and motioned for him to go on.
"My wonderful friends brought me here." he continued.
"Your friends?" I interrupted, "What about your family?"
"I don't have one." Duo said simply.
"No mother? Or father?"
"No." He replied carelessly, "I've never known my parents."
"Interesting," I muttered, "Are you close with your friends?"
"You could say that."
"Do they visit you often?" Minako persisted.
"Often enough." Duo said with a shrug, "Does it matter?"
Claire was giving me a hard look, but I ignored her, "It may." I replied, but chose to move on.
"Did you have any working jobs at all during your life?"
"I had many jobs." Duo replied.
"Could you name a few?"
"Well.." Duo said thoughtfully, "A mechanic, pilot, and I did a bit of church business."
While he was talking I stared straight into his eyes. He stared back, though his talking did not cease. It was as though he was saying one thing and thinking another.
As I watched him though, I began to get the feeling that I was standing naked in front of him. His eyes wandered freely over my body, but it was when he looked my in the eye that disturbed me the most.
"Mr. Maxwell, do you have a wife?" I asked suddenly, remembering Helen.
The look on his face made he regret asking, "No." He said, "Interested?"
"Just wondering."
"I'm sure." He said, leaning forward, "But you have a husband no doubt, someone as pretty as you could hardly not." I began to reply but he interrupted, "Or better yet, a boyfriend who isn't ready to commit. Does that make you sad Minako?"
I froze. My body felt as though it had been dipped in ice. The way he read me scared me more than anything, yet there was also an addiction to see him again. He had also called me by my real name. For that reason alone a shiver ran through my body.
"Duo!" Claire snapped, "Behave yourself! Can't you see your upsetting the doctor?"
That was what I needed to pull me back into reality. I felt like smacking Claire. He was not upsetting me, he just startled me, and she didn't need to tell him that either!
Duo grinned cheekily, in his dark manner and cocked his head to the side, "Hit a nerve didn't I?"
"Hardly." I replied dryly, "We're talking about you Mr. Maxwell, not me."
"And what if I want to know a bit about my doctor?"
I shrugged, "My personal life is not the issue."
"Does he keep you warm at night?"
I almost choked at his words, "E-excuse me?"
Duo shot me a cheeky grin, "I said, does he keep you warm at night?"
"Duo!" Claire almost shrieked, "Please just ignore him Dr. Aino, he gets like this some times."
I would not be intimidated by my patients. Shrugging casually, I replied, "Is there a reason for this question?"
"You don't seem very happy. Does he not please you?"
"I would ask that you leave my sex life out of this." I said, trying not to let it out that he had ruffled my feathers.
Duo shrugged, "If things don't work out, I'll show you how a real ma---"
"That is quite enough!" Claire snapped.
"Mr. Maxwell, do you know the reason you were brought here?" I said to change the subject.
"Sure," He snickered, "Because I have Bipolar disease."
I nodded and turned to Claire, "Do you mind giving us a moment?"
Claire blinked in surprise, but left nonetheless.
After the door had clicked shut, I turned to Duo.
"Want some alone time, is that it?" Duo grinned suggestively.
"No," I said dully, "I have a question."
"And that would be?"
My eyes hardened considerable, "Do you really have Bipolar?"
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Hey guys! Ack, im home sick today so I decided to take the time to write another chapter! Grr I hate colds!
Anyways.
Review Responses:
Regina del fuoco di amore - Thanks so much! That was what I was going for in this, I really wanted to make something that seemed real! Thanks for the review!
Jewels14 - Lol thanks, and thanks for the review!
angelicmayuka - lol I noticed that. I'm glad you like Minako and Duo's characters in this! Thanks for the review!
Vega03 - Thanks, I'm glad its interesting you! Thanks for the review!
SVZ - I never even noticed that until you pointed it out lol. I'm glad your feeling better! I know what you mean about getting lazy about those kind of things. I have problems with 'I' every time I write out a review im so used to word automatically changing the small I to a capital I. well, you get it. Lol Thanks for your review!
Tenshi-Hotaru - lol I'm a pretty odd person, to be honest I never just sit down and write one story straight. I usually have at least three stories going at once which is why I usually update them all at once. Anyways can you guess the other movie that inspired this story? Lol it's pretty tough, anyways thanks for the review!
datajana - lol Minako is a miracle worker. 6-7 years is a long time, I almost feel bad for putting him in there for so long, lol Thanks for the review!
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Thanks for the reviews! Sorry this chapter was so short!
~Ceso