MineGeorgi: Hello there! Glad you're still with me! I'd like to apologise for the lack of updates recently. I've had a fortnight of exams but now that they're over I should be updating again at my usual pace. And to make up for it, I'm going to accelerate the story into action within the next two chapters. Enjoy! xXx

P.S. Just in case it's not clear, when Satoshi is writing his list of notes, the words in brackets are words he's crossed out. I don't know how to get the 'strikethrough' effect so if anyone could tell me I'd be very grateful! Sorry, the brackets are the best I could come up with as a substitute!

Saturday

11:00am

Daisuke should be here soon. I'm nervous again. I'm not used to being nervous.

Pfft. You're only nervous 'cuz you know you'll muck something up. Just accept that this is going to be a disaster and get on with it!

Where did the encouragement go? I thought you were supposed to be helping me!

Encouragement? What is the meaning of this new and peculiar word?

Shut up. Some moral support would be nice, considering the situation.

Moral support? Watson, I think we've encountered a strange new language. One in which we are expected to be 'nice' and 'civil'. Those are evil words that should be banished altogether from all languages!

Watson?

From Sherlock Holmes. Any literate person knows that!

Yes, except I haven't read many English novels recently. And I honestly think you are losing your mind, if I read your previous paragraph correctly.

Ah, but wouldn't it be your mind going ga-ga then? Seeing as how I'm essentially just your thoughts . . . this must mean you're going crackers!

Sure. Fine. Whatever.

Do I sense some exasperation?

No. Why would I be exasperated, with you of all things?

Oo, sarcasm now.

Shut up. I need to clean the kitchen.

3:00pm

Things seem to be going well. Daisuke arrived a few hours ago with cooking supplies and a book of recipes for me to attempt. He was rather late because he'd had to run an errand for his mother first, but that's alright. I used the extra time to finish cleaning the kitchen and before then I'd never realised just how much junk it was full of. And how little cupboard-space I had to cram it all into.

This resulted in both of us being showered with pots and pans when Daisuke opened a cupboard door to find a dish for the rice. In everything you do, you just keep failing to surprise me, Satoshi. A sensible person would hide the useless crap in their grandma's slippers or something.

Really? And you just keep failing to make sense, Or you're just going nuts! but that isn't the point. I told Daisuke I'm writing notes at the moment, so that is what I am going to do.

Hey! We've had this conversation! I'm a diary, not a notebook!

If I can multi-task then so can you.

1) Always make sure potatoes are cooked right the way through. Use fork to pierce. If hard, (do not) continue cooking.

2) Rice should (look) not look mushy after cooking. If it is then probably (not) been cooked for too long.

3) An oven should be heated for (half an hour) (twenty) (ten) a few minutes before cooking.

4) You're really not good at this, are you?

Shut up. I'm trying.

Oh, do carry on. It's actually quite entertaining reading your struggle to take notes on cooking.

I'm going to use a different notebook.

4:00pm

For the most part, everything is fine at the Oh, come back have we?

What now?

Oh, don't worry about it. After all, I'm not good enough to be used for taking notes!

But you said I'm just a diary. I'm not allowed to be anything other than that. So go on, leave me!

Stop being childish. This is important.

How so?

Well, as I said, things are mostly fine at the moment, if you don't count my atrocious attempt at a sponge cake How bad was it?

Daisuke said it looked like a very small, yellow hippo. But he was laughing while he said it, and even gave me a brief hug, so I don't feel that bad.

You could get a lot of money for that. I bet a lot of people would pay good money to see a hippo imitating cake.

Look, that's not what this is about. I think I might have to ask Daisuke to leave in a minute Why?

I'm getting there! Krad's been progressively becoming worse all afternoon and god, the pain is terrible and I'm worried he might get out because what if I can't stop him and what if Daisuke gets hurt and Calm down. Take a breath. You can handle this, you have done before.

But this is so much worse than normal So tell the kid and he'll leave.

But if I tell him he'll think it's his fault and I don't want to worry him because it feels like there's something else already troubling him and I don't want to add to it and I just

A/N

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I've actually nearly finished the next chapter but . . . I think I'll wait a while before putting it up! Yes, I can be evil. Enjoy the suspense while it lasts!