Chapter 11: I'm A Wittle Yewwow Fish

Midterm is coming. And I also have another competition coming up this Sunday. :3

Disclaimer: I don't own HNKNA or any characters in it, they belong to Quinrose. I only own my characters and this story.

Remy had calmed down and Patrick was glad once again. She went to sleep a few minutes later after the riot and woke up when the time changed to afternoon. She said she felt sticky when she woke up and asked for the restroom. He happily showed her the way. He opened the door near his desk and took her down a rather dim-lighted and small hallway. There were three doors in that hallway, with one on the end, one on the right side, and one where they come from. He opened the door to the right and showed her a small but well-lighted bathroom with shower in it.

He said she could use the shower and she thanked him happily. As she did her things in the bathroom, Patrick asked her to stay in the bathroom until he came back. He thought she would need new clothes to put on when he washed her former dress. He couldn't just let her roam the infirmary wearing only a towel. She'll freeze. She replied a 'yes' and he went on his way. Locking all the doors before he left.

She was happily humming in the bathroom. After she did her activities, she tried loosening her bandage. She removed it with ease since her forehead didn't bleed anymore, and then threw the bandage into the wastebasket. She touched the area near the wound and grimaced. It still hurts. She wanted to see how she looked like with this wound, but the sink mirror is too high for her to reach. She only hoped this wound didn't make her forehead look so bad.

Then she walked to the shower and turned it on. She sighed happily as the water raining down on her. Her wound stung a bit when the water hit, but she tried bearing with it and took her time to clean herself. She spotted two plastic bottles in front of her, under the shower. She took both and looked at the label. A liquid soap and a shampoo.

'It must be Patrick's.' She thought.

She put the shampoo back and clicked the soap bottle open. She sniffed the scent. It smelled fresh fruity like and... Soap. She giggled. She poured it on her hand a little and put the bottle back. She started singing one of her favorite song.

"I'm a little yewwow fish in a deep bwue sea~ Won't somebody help me?" she sang.

She rubbed her hands and made bubbles appeared. "I'm a little yewwow fish in a deep bwue sea~ Won't somebody save me?"

She started applying the foam all over her body, cleaning herself while happily singing.

Patrick had asked one of Gowland's female workers to fetch him some clothes for Remy while he waited in front of the clothing store. The news about her spread fast like disease in the Amusement Park. But he's glad that nobody seemed to know she's a foreigner. The rumor he heard only that a cute role holder from other land came to visit Gowland. He scoffed at that.

The faceless woman came back with two shopping bags after twenty minutes.

"I'm sure she'll like it doc!" the faceless woman said, she was smiling happily.

"Really? What did you choose?" Patrick asked curiously. He peeked inside the bags.

"Yellow! I heard her hair is black, so I picked out the color that will make her stand out!" she exclaimed happily.

He smirked as he peeked the clothing she had chosen. 'I can't wait to see her in this.' He thought.

"Thanks. I'll bring this back. You can keep the change." He hurriedly ran back.

"You're welcome doc~" she waved her hands and smiled.

Patrick rounded a corner and dodged some faceless. He passed the food court, took a left, and he could already see the infirmary. He dived his right hand into his lab pocket to search for the keys while holding onto the bags with his left hand. When he finally got them, he thrust them into the key lock and clicked it. He opened the door after he shoved the keys back into his pocket.

He ran to the door beside his desk and could hear someone singing. He blinked and opened the door. He listened for a while before smiling. She's singing.

He tiptoed to the front of the bathroom door and put his right ear on the wood.

"It isn't such a big commotion~ All you need is magic potion~ And with a wiggle a swish! A spwash and a spwish! You're a fish!" he could hear her giggled. "Help me~" his smile widened.

'Oh she's so cute!' he thought. Then he knocked on the door. "Hemy~ You done?" he asked cheerfully.

She stopped singing and looked at the door. "Not yet! I haven't shampoo my hair!" she yelled back.

"Well I'll be waiting here then." Patrick said, leaning himself against the wall opposite the door.

"You don't mind me singing?!" she asked from the bathroom. She thought he wouldn't hear her if she didn't raise her voice.

"Nope! Keep singing!" he replied cheerfully.

"You won't get jealous~?" she grinned and turned off the shower.

He laughed. "I maybe bad at singing, but I don't get jealous if people sing better than me."

"Reeeaallly~" she took his shampoo bottle. "Can I use your shampoo?!"

"Okay that's a lie. Oh use it use it!"

She clicked the bottle cap open and sniffed. "It's grape!" she exclaimed. She poured it down on her hand before putting the bottle back. She rubbed it on her hair, carefully avoiding her wound and started singing again.

"I'm a little yewwow fish in a deep bwue sea~ Won't somebody help me? I'm a little yellow fiwsh in a deep bwue sea~ Won't somebody save me?" she sang again.

He laughed. Oh my she's too cute!

"Hey! I sing the notes right!" she said.

He grinned. "I don't even know notes can be sung."

"You said you're a doctor!"

"I am a doctor."

"You must know notes right?!" she giggled.

He frowned. "Yess... That's why I'm confused why you sing notes. Notes are written. Not sung."

"They're singing notes!" she yelled. He didn't know that? No wonder his singing was bad.

"What?" he asked.

"The way you made your voice high and low to sing good!"

He blinked. "Do I need to know that?"

"YES!" she yelled loudly. She turned on the shower.

He frowned again. "Why?"

"Your singing bad!" she laughed.

He grinned. "Then teach me!"

"A few notes, okay!" she turned off the shower and took the towel she hung on the sink. "I'm almost done!"

"Okay... Hey!" he called.

"What is it?!" she dried herself with the towel.

"Guess what my shampoo last month."

There was a pause, then a clicked was heard and the door opened slightly. Her head appeared.

"Shampoo?" she had a frown on her face. Why did he have to ask something so random?

He smiled cheekily, "Here's your clothes."

She took the bags and closed the door again. He heard another click and some rustlings.

"Apple?! No! Umm~ Mango!" she yelled.

He frowned and smiled at the same time, "You were following me?!"

"You told me to guess!"

"Well how did you get that right?"

He could hear some more rustlings. Talking to her was so much fun! He waited until she finished dressing. She didn't answer for a few minutes. Then he heard some clicks and the rustlings finally stopped.

"I can't put on the shoes!" she yelled.

"Did you finish with the outfit?" he asked.

There was a pause and then he heard laughing. It echoed through the walls and he could hear it clearly. He blinked his eyes several times and muffled his laugh. That was her laugh?! That was so cute!

"Yes! Coming out!" he heard her yelled.

He was trying to recover from his giggling fits when the bathroom door swayed open.

He examined her with that onyx eyes of his and found himself grinning happily. Oh he could die of cuteness overload right now and he's going to be perfectly okay with it. He silently thanked that faceless woman at the clothing shop. Her choice was great!

"How do I look?" she smiled.

He looked at her from head to toe. Her black shoulder-length hair was still a bit wet and let loose. She was wearing a white buttoned-up shirt with short puffy sleeves, a black thin bow, yellow sleeveless vest with blue diamond decorations, and yellow pumpkin shorts. She was holding a pair of short brown boots with dark brown laces undone.

"Here here! Come! Let's put those on first!" he walked back into the infirmary and she followed him.

They went to the couch. She sat on it and he put on the shoes for her. He tied the shoe laces with a bow knot and stood back. She tilted her head to the right a bit and put on a cute smile.

"How do I look?" she asked again.

He grinned. "You're so cute!" he exclaimed.

Her face rose, "Really?!"

He nodded his head furiously.

She put her hands on her cheeks and laughed happily. Patrick bit his lips as he couldn't stop smiling. She's just so cute that he wanted to hug her right then and there. But he didn't want to make her uncomfortable. So he just stood there in front of her while trying to contain his excitement.

She noticed him staring, "What's wrong doctor?"

He hummed and pouted. "Mmmm~ I wanna hug you~"

She laughed and opened her arms. "Huggies!"

The ape squealed and hugged her in a flash. She laughed as she hugged him by the couch, while he kneeled on the floor in front of her. He widely smiled.

"Oh I'm so happy!" Patrick exclaimed.

Remy laughed. "Me too!"

Patrick's happy because his patient had calmed down and currently looking bright. She's the most wonderful, kind, cute, pretty, clever, (the list goes on) little girl who is also very thoughtful he had never met before. Are foreigners this wonderful or it's just her? Patrick didn't want to think anymore. He's just so happy.

'It's so wonderful meeting her.' He thought.

While Remy, she's happy because she'll see Nightmare again soon and that she could get rid of the stickiness on her body that's been making her uncomfortable. Moreover, Patrick got a cute outfit for her to wear!

'It's so wonderful to be clean.' She thought.

Alice closed the front door of the Clock Tower with some difficulties. She had returned from Clover a few minutes ago and immediately stepped back out because Julius ran out of parts. She left for Clover in the evening, spent almost one time change on the road, and two time changes in the tower (because Nightmare insisted she stayed and talked with her for while), and one more time change on the road. So that makes her left the Clock Tower for four time changes. No wonder Julius was annoyed when she came back.

It's night now, and she had just arrived (again) at the Clock Tower, bringing some parts Julius had asked. She hoisted the bag up in her hands and walked up the stairs. When she finally reached his work room, she fumbled with door and entered.

"Ju-Julius... It's heavy." She said.

Julius immediately walked to her and took the bag from her. "Sorry. I should have reduced the quantity."

Alice wiped the sweat on her forehead. "It's alright. It's my fault I came back late."

Julius walked to his desk. "Still."

"I said it's alright. Do you want some coffee?" Alice asked.

He set the bag down on his desk and took all of the parts out. "Yes please."

"Alright." Then she went to the kitchen.

After the coffee's done, Alice took the mug to Julius. She entered the room again and put the mug on his desk.

"Thank you." Julius said. He took the mug as Alice went to sit at the table. "Gowland stopped by."

"Really?" she asked.

"Yes. He invited you to his place. The girl you're looking for is there." He sipped his coffee.

Alice smiled. "It's true then." She sighed happily. "I'm glad she's there."

"Who told you?"

"Nightmare."

Julius didn't comment on that. He sipped his coffee then looked at her. "Is it true? She's a foreigner?"

Alice looked at him. "Nightmare and Gray said so. Even Pierce said so. But I'll be convinced if I see her myself."

"How did the mouse know?"

"They slept together and he listened to her heart." Alice shrugged.

The mortician frowned. The story didn't match. Gowland told him that the girl was alone. She fainted and is currently recovering in the infirmary.

"Gowland said she was alone."

"Well she was, after Pierce lost her in the woods."

Julius sighed. Stupid mouse.

"He said he was trying to lose someone. And that someone was trying to hurt them." she frowned.

He sipped his coffee.

"And what did Nightmare said about the girl?" he glanced at Alice.

Alice looked at him again, "The hole opened by itself and the girl fell into it."

He was silent after that.

"Aah I'm tired! Let me rest for a while Julius." She crossed her arms under her chin.

Julius put his mug down. "Go ahead."

Alice laid her head down on her hands and closed her eyes.

Julius took his wrench and started working again. His mind clouded with the things about the new foreigner. He couldn't help but averted his mind towards the caterpillar and the white rabbit. They must be the one behind all of this. It can't be anyone else. They're also the closest to these kinds of things, so if they said they're innocent, that's a big fat lie.

What were they thinking? Taking another foreigner in when Alice's game still on. Julius couldn't think of any sane reason for them to do rash things like this. He just had to ask them himself.

"Do you know her?" Alice suddenly asked.

Julius glanced at her. Knowing perfectly who she was asking about, he answered, "No."

Alice raised her head and looked at him. "But you look like you knew something before I left."

Julius took a moment before answering, "It's her eyes. You mentioned pink eyes."

She looked up for a few seconds, like she was remembering something, before she looked at him again. "Yes, I did. What about it?"

He tinkered again, "Pink eyes are very rare in Wonderland. I felt familiar when you mentioned her eyes. I thought it was a role holder I knew."

"Oh... There is a role holder with pink eyes? Who?" she asked, suddenly became curious.

"There was. She's dead now." He pulled his drawer and searched for some tools.

She frowned. "Hmph. Is she from here? Umm... Country of Hearts?"

"No." He answered. He took out a smaller wrench and closed the drawer. "She was from Diamond."

Alice looked at him, "Diamond... Where's that?"

He took some nuts and worked again, "Far."

"How far?"

"So far."

She huffed, "You're not going to tell me anything more than that, are you?"

Julius took a second to look at her and continued working without saying anything.

Alice shook her head at his respond.

Just then the door opened and revealed Ace in his bloody cape and a bag in hand.

"Hey Julius! I got you some!" He wiggled the bag. Then he spotted Alice. "Oh hey Alice!" he greeted her cheerfully as usual.

As often as she countered Ace like this, Alice was still a bit uncomfortable. She gave a wave, "Hi Ace."

Ace walked to Julius and put the bag on his desk. Julius opened the bag and took out some bloody clocks. The clockmaker then continued his work in silence.

Ace pulled another chair and sat in front of Alice, "So how was it? I heard you went to Clover again."

She glanced at him, her chin still on her arms, "Nothing interesting. How about you?" Alice asked. Wanting to drop the subject she and Julius talked about. "And put away your cape first will you?" she added with a frown.

Ace laughed. "Still can't get used to it?" He then smiled. "I met the mouse today."

Alice's eyebrows rose, "Pierce? What's he doing?"

"On an errand. I never knew his job includes babysitting." Ace said.

"Babysitting?" Julius repeated.

Ace looked at Julius. "Yup. He was carrying a little girl."

Alice blinked. She kind of had that feeling; that the one who was chasing Pierce and made him left the little girl in the forest, was Ace. Pierce didn't say anything about 'who' it is that chased him, but Alice just had a feeling. She glanced at Julius and when their eyes locked, it felt like there's a telepathic connection established briefly in their mind—sharing the same assumption. They looked at Ace after a few moments of silence.

"Why are you two so quiet?" Ace asked.

Julius put down his wrench, "Ace."

The knight glanced at him.

He looked up at him and parted his lips again, "Was the girl wearing a black dress and had a bandage on her head?"

Ace blinked. "Hm? How did you know that? Did you meet them too?"

Julius and Alice sighed. Bingo.

"Why did you chase them?" Julius asked.

"They were acting suspicious. I thought they were hiding a clock."

Alice then massaged her temple. "That girl was injured, Ace. Pierce was taking her back to Clover to get the wound treated."

Ace looked at them both and his usual smile added with a small frown. "Then why did they need to be so secretive about it?"

Julius thought for a while. He didn't want to tell Ace this, but it's better to tell him than leaving him in the dark. Who knows what the knight might do if he find out.

"Because the girl is an outsider. She heals much slower than us." Julius answered him. A hard expression on his face.

Ace looked surprised. "What? Two foreigners?"

Alice looked at Julius abruptly while Julius sighed. No going back now.

"Yes. So next time please—" Alice was cut.

"Then that means..." Ace cut in. "Since I didn't get to kill Alice, I'll kill her." Ace said, that smile still on his face.

Alice slammed her hand down on the table. "No. You. Don't. I won't let you kill her. Get that thought out of your mind."

Ace whistled. "You look scary. I didn't know foreigners are protective to each other."

Alice shot him a look. "Don't."

Ace gave a smile. "I will decide this time Alice. And you don't get a say in this one."

Julius looked at Ace with a disapproving look. "Ace."

But the knight ignored the clockmaker and continued.

"Don't worry. I won't kill her soon. I want to meet her though." Ace leaned back in his chair. His usual expression still intact.

Alice swallowed her saliva. "Please Ace. She's just a little girl."

"Don't worry." The knight brightly smiled. "I won't kill or hurt her the next time I saw her. I mean it."

Julius shook his head as Alice sighed. At least that one is trustable.

"Alright. I'll take your word." Alice said after many considerations.

The Knight of Hearts's smile widened, "So~ Where is she now?" Ace asked.

"Amusement Park. I'll be meeting her in a few time changes." Alice answered. She still needed to make up to Julius for being late.

"Ahh~ I'll visit when my jobs are done." The knight said, standing up.

This worried Alice. She stood and looked at him. "Why don't you go with me?"

Ace glanced at her. Then he smiled. "Don't worry. I won't go back on my words."

She bit her lips.

Julius watched the two of them and noticed Alice's behavior. He could feel she still didn't trust Ace completely. Everyone knew Ace could do anything he wants and is the most unpredictable at times. But he knew his friend. He's still a sworn knight and a man.

"It's alright. You can trust him on this one." Julius finally said.

She glanced at Julius for a second before turning to Ace. And then she sighed. She didn't have much choice.

"Alright." She said.

Ace smiled cheerfully. "Well. I'm going back. Call me again whenever~" He walked to the door.

Alice took a seat again. "Try not to get lost too much again."

"Ace." Julius called.

Ace opened the door and turned to Julius. "Hm?"

Julius paused for a second. "When you did see her, try not to draw your sword at her."

Alice immediately joined, "Yes. She might freak out more than me so don't swing your sword in front of her."

Ace blinked several times before laughing. "Well a bit late for that."

"What do you mean?"

"I swung at her already." He said cheerfully.

Alice wanted to slap his face.