Haruka continued to run through the halls of the asylum until she was at the medical room.
"Ah, Ms. Suzushiro. What are you doing here?" The doctor wondered.
"Hey, doc. I need that stuff for Shizuru," Haruka said.
"Oh. I need to get it. It'll just take a minute."
Haruka silently huffed in frustration. "Fine. But please hurry up."
"Uh, don't worry, Shizuru. Haruka will be back with your medication......I hope," Natsuki muttered the last part hugging Shizuru and rocking back and fourth.
"A-Ara, ara. Natsuki cares about me shaking like this. I'm s-so happy, so h-happy," Shizuru said in a shaky voice, "Sorry for shaking like this, N-Natsuki. B-But this is what happens when I-I don't take my medication in the m-morning."
"It's okay, Shizuru. Just try and do something to keep your mind off of, well, this." Natsuki said.
"I can't draw anything because my hands are shaking to much to hold a paint brush and paint something," Shizuru told the dark blue brunette.
"Is this what happens all the time when you don't take you medication, Shizuru?"
"Th-That and a few other things."
".....Like what?" Natsuki wondered dreading the thought of her answer as Shizuru said nothing but yawned. "Uhh, Shizuru?....You okay?...Shiz-"
"Natsuki can't let me fall asleep," The honey brunette said to Natsuki burying her head in the green-eyed teens chest.
"E-Eh?"
"Natsuki can't let me fall asleep. I won't wake up and recognize Natsuki if I sleep."
"What are you talking about, Shizuru?"
"One of the personalities will try and attack you. They don't know you that well like I do."
"Wait. Are you saying if you fall asleep, one of your personalities will try and attack me out of fear?"
"Y-Yes. Yes, And I don't want Natsuki to get hurt because of me being insane."
"You are not insane, Shizuru. You just have a few problems you need to work out because of your parents," Natsuki said hugging Shizuru tightly, "People say a lot of people are crazy, but you don't see them in a place like this. I mean, hell, I'd rather be in a place like this instead of being in school all the time."
Shizuru lightly laughed. "Natsuki's always trying to get away from any adult figure trying to boss her around."
"Heh. Yeah. I'm a rebel," Natsuki said laying her chin on Shizuru's head, "I wonder where Haruka is with your tea, anyway?"
Haruka was running through the halls of the asylum with a cup of tea on her hands along with a bag of tea bags.
'Man, it took the doc long enough to find Bubuzuke's medication,' She thought trying not to spill the tea in her hands, 'I hope Shizuru's not attacking Natsuki or anything. It's bad enough this place isn't insured because of the fight Shizuru caused last year.'
Natsuki was trying do things to make Shizuru stay awake while waiting for Haruka with Shizuru's medication.
"Dammit, Haruka. Where are you?" Natsuki said loudly hearing the sound of someone running, making the brunette let go of Shizuru and open the door seeing Haruka running towards the door like a mad man. Or woman.
"Don't worry. I got Shizuru's medication right her-AH!!" Haruka was in the clear when she tripped on her own feet and fell flat on her face causing the tea cup in her hand to fall out of and fly into the air of Shizuru's cell.
Shizuru, whose eyes were closed and let out a loud yawn, felt the warm tea enter her mouth that made her fall on her back. Natsuki and Haruka saw this and ran to where Shizuru was, seeing her swallow the tea with a smile on her face with some of it running down the side of her mouth.
"Uh....safe?" Natsuki said like a baseball catcher in a game helping Shizuru stand up and wiping the leftover tea from her mouth, "How are you feeling now?"
"Ara, I feel better than this morning. Thank you, Haruka," Shizuru said still smiling.
"Ah, don't mention it. If doctor at his office knew where he last put it, I would have been her sooner though," Haruka said.
"Well, at least Shizuru took her medication this morning," Natsuki said.
"Oh! And here are some tea bags, too since I told him you were running low." Haruka hands Shizuru a full bag of different tea bags that had the medicine Shizuru needed for her many known conditions.
"Ookini, Haruka. You're becoming more reliable everyday." Shizuru said with another smile, "Before, you didn't even care about me or my condition until Natsuki came to check up on me everyday."
Haruka huffed in annoyance and looked away from the two girls with her arms folded across her chest. "Don't get cocky, Fujino. You were my friend first so, it's natural for someone like me to sorry about someone like you."
"You mean 'worry,' Haruka," Natsuki said.
"Whatever! You know what I mean!" Haruka said, "Shouldn't we be getting something to eat by now? I'm getting hungry."
"Now that you put it that way, you're right. I haven't eaten since last night with Shizuru," Natsuki said feeling her stomach growl in hunger, "I don't know how you can eat three meals a day and not feel your stomach twist in knots."
"You kinda get used to it. The food they have here is heavy enough for anyone's stomach, including mine, to keep you full until dinnertime," Haruka said as her, Natsuki, and Shizuru walked through the hallways to the cafeteria, "Some days, it's good. Others, bad. And on odd days, you'll see it move."
"Move?" Natsuki said.
"I don't know. It must be something the people in the cafeteria are putting in," Haruka said with her arms still folded, "I think they're using nuclear chemicals to make the food move."
"Ara, is that why you don't eat some of the food, Haruka?" Shizuru asked with a smile on her face. Natsuki turned around to see that Shizuru is back to normal.
"That, and because some of the food looks horrible. So, I don't eat it. You don't either, Shizuru," Haruka said.
"True. But it is for other reasons," Shizuru said sill smiling.
"And what may those be?" Natsuki wondered.
"The first reason is since Natsuki decided to bring me food from her house last month, it tasted so good, that I didn't want to eat anything else, but Natsuki's home made food," Shizuru said as Natsuki blushed at the comment the honey-haired teen gave her.
"And the other reasons, Bubuzuke?" Haruka wondered a little bit interested in the answer.
"It's because of Natsuki's cooking, And I want more of it," Shizuru said hugging Natsuki by her arm making the brunette's face turn even redder.
"I'd yell at you right now, but It's still too early for that. Let's just get something to eat," Natsuki said holding her stomach as it angrily growled at her.
(((( The Cafeteria ))))
Lucky for Natsuki, Shizuru, and Haruka, the cafeteria had something decent today. Scrambled eggs with bacon with a choice of pancakes or waffles.
Natsuki and her friends were eating peacefully while Haruka was talking about random things that were at the top of her head. Natsuki and Shizuru were listening and laughing during Haruka's random rants about things she was thinking of.
After breakfast, the three decided to hang out for the rest of the day. Natsuki was going back to school, but she decided to stay here with her friends Haruka and Shizuru. And plus, after what happened this morning, Natsuki wants to make sure Shizuru was okay.
That same day, Shizuru, Haruka, and Natsuki went outside and practiced for the games that were coming up in another month. And when practice was over, Haruka was lying on the ground covered in dirt, mud, and scratches from the other people tackling her.
"Wow, Haruka. You got your ass handed to you today," Natsuki half laughed as Shizuru giggled with her.
"Shut-up. It's the other team's fault for being do tough," Haruka said as Natsuki and Shizuru helped her up, "Let's just go in and take a shower."
"You guys have showers here?" Natsuki wondered.
"Yes," Shizuru said, "Some of them are separate from the regular shower rooms."
"And what showers are we going to, if I may ask?"
"A separate one away from the other people in the cell. Haruka joins me just to talk to me when she's feeling upset or is about to fight someone," Shizuru said smiling as the three of them walked inside of the asylum.
"Yeah. It helps me clear my mind when I'm tired of hearing assholes harrasp me because of hanging out with Bubuzuke and Natsuki all day," Haruka said.
"It's 'harass', Haruka," Natsuki corrected her.
"Whatever!"
"If Natsuki wants, she can take a shower with us," Shizuru said.
"If that's what you want, Shizuru, then sure. I don't mind," Natsuki said with a shrug.
"That way, I can wash Natsuki with soap all over her body."
"Shizuru!"
At the showers, Shizuru, Haruka, and Natsuki were washing themselves. Shizuru asked if Natsuki could wash her hair who said 'yes' as Haruka sighed at Natsuki's will power.
"Geez, Natsuki. You have no will power when you're around Bubuzuke," The blonde said lightly laughing.
"Demarinasai (be quiet), Haruka! That's not true!" Natsuki said whose face turned red as she began to wash Shizuru's honey-colored hair.
"Ara, ara, Natsuki has such gentle hands," Shizuru said as Natsuki's face turned redder feeling the crimson eyed teen lean against the brunette's naked body, "And has the most softest body and chest."
"D-Dammit, woman! Don't lean on me like that when I'm washing your hair!" Natsuki exclaimed, "Or say such things!"
Haruka saw this and stifled back a laugh who rinsed her hair off from the soap suds. She just sat there and watched the entertainment of the two women arguing with her hands behind her head enjoying this, along with the comforting warmth of the shower.
"Ikezu, Natsuki. Why is she so mean to me?" Shizuru pouted as Natsuki poured water over Shizuru's head. Spitting water out of her mouth, Shizuru finished what she was saying, "This is the first time Natsuki's in a shower like this?"
"Well, sort of. I'm usually a private person when it comes to taking a shower or a bath. But when I met Mai and her friends, not anymore," Natsuki explained.
"What happened?" Haruka wondered interested to hear this herself.
"When I was sick one day, Mai was getting Mikoto ready for bed. When suddenly, Mikoto came and tackled me to the bathroom and hid under the water. Then Mai came in and tried to get Mikoto out of the bathroom,"Natsuki explained.
"Then what happened?"
"I grabbed Mikoto when Mai couldn't because Mikoto was still being in the bathtub and threw her out along with Mai."
"Ara, ara, Natsuki. Mikoto has not right to touch you the way she did underwater. Only I'm allowed to," Shizuru said.
"Dammit, Shizuru! Why must you tease me like this?!" Natsuki angrily exclaimed.
"Because it's fun. Natsuki's adorable when she's angry. And cute."
"I'm not adorable and I'm certainly not cute, Shizuru! So stop thinking those bizarre thoughts already!"
Then Shizuru covered her face and began to cry. "Natsuki doesn't like it when I call her adorable or cute. Natsuki must hate me!"
"Ahh, no! I don't hate you, Shizuru! You can call me whatever you want. Just don't cry!" Natsuki said flawling her arms in panick.
"Really? I can call Natsuki anything I want?" Shizuru sniffled still covering her face with her slender fingers.
"Yes, yes. Just please stop crying."
"Okay," Shizuru said with a smile on her face yet again.
'Grr. Why do I always fall for that trick?' Natsuki angrily thought to herself as Shizuru stood up and sat next to Natsuki making the brunette turn around and felt Shizuru's arms wrap around her bare waist, "Sh-Shizuru?"
"Natsuki isn't going to leave me when your hours are up, are you?" Shizuru sadly said leaning her head against Natsuki's back.
Natsuki lightly smiled at Shizuru's question. When she first started doing community service at the asylum, she thought that when the months of her servie were over, she would leave and never come back. But now, Natsuki's reconsidering that and just keep coming to the Fuka Asylum until the doctors think Shizuru and Haruka are sane enough to leave and go back into society.
"No. I'm not gonna leave you, Shizuru. You're my friend. And friends stick together no matter where they are.........even though they are in an asylum," Natsuki said making Shizuru laugh and hug the emerald-eyed teen tighter, "You guys are my friends. I wouldn't just stop coming to see you guys because my hours are up."
"Ara, Natsuki is so sweet. She'll keep seeing Haruka and I even if her hours are up," Shizuru said with a cat like smile making Natsuki lightly blush.
"Well, yeah. Like I said: Haruka and you are my friends," Natsuki managed to say without stuttering.
"Aw, ain't that sweat?" Haruka said still watching the two girls hug.
"It's sweet, Haruka, and shut-up!"
An hour went by as Natsuki, Haruka, and Shizuru got out of the shower and changed into their clothes as Natsuki got on her motorcycle and rode off after saying goodbye to Haruka and Shizuru.
That same night, Natsuki was at her apartment watching TV as she heard her phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Oh, the dead lives."
"Nao. What do you want? I just came back from hanging out with Shizuru and Haruka and I'm really tired."
"Mai wants me to tell you that you have a lot of homework to do when you see her tomorrow."
"Okay. That's all?"
"That, and why are you hanging out with Shizuru and Haruka more than us. We've been your friends longer than those two psychos."
"Hey. They're not psychos. They just have a few problems they need to work out. And the people at the asylum are helping them get through it so," Natsuki said.
Nao half laughed. "Yeah, I bet. They must be screwed up if they need help in a mental institution. I have an uncle how went to one of them places and he's still there."
"I thought the reason he went there was because of his medium I.Q. from the car accident and financial problems," Natsuki assumed.
"That, too! But that's besides the point. But my point is how long are you gonna hang out with those two?" Nao replied.
"Look, Nao. If you want to hang out with me, then why don't you just come with me on Family Day with Mai and the others?"
"......Family Day? What the hell is Family Day?"
"Something that's being held at the Fuka Asylum. Family members of the cellmates are elegable to be there to see them," Natsuki explained.
"But why are you going with there? I mean, you don't have a family member who's in the Fuka Asylum."
"I'm going in to see Shizuru, dumbass! I'm her family!" Natsuki exclaimed over the phone.
"Oh......Wait....What?! What about us?" Nao yelled.
"Must I remind you about coming with me to Family Day with Mai and the others at the Fuka Asylum," Natsuki implied annoyed flipping through channel to channel on her TV.
"Well, sorry for being forgetful! But I can come with you on Family Day?" Nao wondered taking a look at her pet spider.
"For the last time, Nao, yes. If you want, that is, since Shizuru is my new friend, after all."
"Ya damn right I'm coming! And so is Mai and the others!" Nao said standing up while making a dramatic pose with her phone free fist in the air, "I'll see you then!"
"I'll be back to school tomorrow."
"....Then.......I'll see you tomorrow!" Nao hangs up the phone making Natsuki shrug and hang up her phone and watch TV again.
'I wonder who Shizuru will react when Nao and the others come and see Shizuru,' Natsuki thought
Nao picked the phone again and began calling a few people.
"Hello, Mai? It's Nao. Check this out........"
Okame
Shizuru: (jumping up and down) I saw Natsuki naked! I saw Natsuki naked! I saw Natsuki naked!
Natsuki: And that will be the only time you'll see me naked.
Shizuru: (pouts while giving Natsuki the puppy dog look)
Natsuki: Alright. I'll allow you to see me naked more than once.
Shizuru: Yay!
Natsuki: Hey, where's Inyunaruto365?
Shizuru: I believe she's at her father's house for the weekend.
Natsuki: Oh.
Shizuru: And since we're the only two here.
Natsuki: No, wait. Please. Stop. Nooooo!! (Natsuki being dragged into a closet)
Shizuru: Fufufufu.
