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::Wishing for a Laugh::
The days flew by faster than I thought, everyday was normal…excluding that fact that I was in the loony bin full of mentally-challenged individuals. I was happy with my group, Tenten was fun to be with, Naruto and Lee were both funny and comical and Sasuke-san…he was mysterious, like a code I wanted to crack. What lies beneath his mask? Well it was my mission to find out.
So here I was today, in front of Sakura's lawn, dressed in a loose, white, long-sleeved blouse that reached my hips and dark blue pants underneath it and white sandals. My long indigo hair was in a messy bun instead of its normal look. Beside me was Ino, dressed in a white sleeveless shirt and a blue, see-through flowy tank over it. Black tight pants, a pair of sandals and her normal hairdo finished her look.
All was quiet and peaceful…that was until…
"FOREHEAD GIRL!!! HURRY UP!!!" Ino screamed, almost bursting my eardrums, she never ceased to amaze me with how loud she could scream. Last year she nearly caused a state of panic all over the school when she accidentally walked through a spider web and screamed so…so…so very loudly.
Just when I thought it was over, an equally loud voice shrieked, "YEAH! YEAH! YEEESH!" Sakura shouted from her bedroom window, which was on the second floor.
"Finally!" Ino shouted, throwing her hands up to the heavens, melodramatic as usual.
"No time for your acting attempts Ino-pig, we need to go or we'll be late!" Sakura shouted, she wore a mint green shirt, jeans and green converses. I giggled at Sakura's comment but was soon cut off as Sakura pulled me and a seething Ino into her car.
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Sakura waved at us as she was escorted to the medical wing of the asylum, I silently wished her good luck and followed Ino to where she was assigned. I quietly listened to the scraping noise our shoes made when they rubbed against the tan bristles of the carpeted floor but my peace was suddenly broken when Ino spoke up, "This is it!" she looked at the map in her hands and then at the door to make sure. She smiled at me and entered the room, I waited for the door to close and then turned the other way, my room was at the other side of the building so I hastily ran there, seeing that most people were inside the rooms. I should have paid more attention to where I was going instead of looking at the floor. Before my brain could process anything, I was already toppling backwards. My hands, by reflex, immediately reached out for anything to grab but it only found air and after several seconds, I was sitting on the floor, looking up at the person who I bumped into...and I immediately regretted it.
Crimson eyes bore a hole into my skull. There, standing in front of me was a girl, a year or so older than me. She had shocking red hair, one side neatly combed but the other side was unkempt. She had black-rimmed glasses on her nose and she wore the clothes the asylum required all their patients to wear. I stood up quickly and bowed, "S-sorry!" I stammered, keeping my face hidden. The redhead scoffed and brushed passed me, "Tch...watch where you're going next time!". I straightened myself and glanced back at the girl, then I realized that she was very thin; she looked like she could easily be blown away by a gust of wind. I also noticed that her hair was the same shade as Sakura's seatmate in our school, Gaara. Gaara was a quiet kid, mysterious and face void of any emotion. I couldn't help but think that Gaara would fit in perfectly here in GLA. Come to think of it, there were rumors that he was sent to an asylum once because he got of control and nearly killed his father. I was broken out of my deep thoughts when I caught sight of the round clock on the wall, it suddenly dawned on to me that I should be meeting with Sasuke and the others now. I inwardly slapped myself and continued to run through the empty halls.
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"You're late."
I stared at the words that were neatly written on a piece of paper that was on my seat. I felt heat on my face and knew that I was already blushing like a tomato. "S-sorry for being late, I was walking my friend Ino to her..." Hinata trailed off when she noticed the blank look Sasuke gave her. "Errr...r-right. Uum, we're going outside today. There's a small park right beside GLA r-right?", of course I knew there was a small park, it was in the map the intern gave. It was small but large enouth to roam around in, it was also owned by GLa so some patients can have some time outside, with supervision of course. Though there were several patients who weren't allowed to go out, heck, some weren't even allowed to have any human contact. Simply because they were dangerous, too "crazy". Naruto, Lee, Tenten and Sasuke probably belonged to the patients with somewhat mild cases.
Naruto was so bright and comical that you would think that he was a normal person. Then there was Tenten, she seemed like any other girl, she could easily become friends with Sakura and Ino. Lee and Sasuke were the weirder of the four. Lee was too hyper but he could mingle with others. Sasuke on the other hand, was couldn't or didn't want to talk. They still wondered if he had a real disorder or not but he was the worst of the four. He was antisocial, had a superiority complex and showed no emotion. I haven't seen the other sides of Naruto and Tenten though, what was Naruto's split personality like? What was Tenten like when she plays with fire? I doubt that I'd be able to see it, much less cure it. Assistants weren't assigned to cure their charges, they were assigned to make their charges happy. But I had a strong urge to help Sasuke though, I wanted to hear his voice, I wanted to see emotion...I wanted to see him laugh.
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I can't believe it! I finally managed to find sometime to write! Hallelujah! Hahaha. I'm so sorry for not updating, or showing my presence, for a long time. School and personal issues are keeping my busy ): I'll try to finish this story as fast as I can. And start on the sequel for TPO. *wink*