Me:…It's been a LONG time.
Gin: Why are you writing this NOW? IT'S MIDNIGHT AND YOU HAVE A PROJECT DUE TOMORROW!
Yuna: I hate to agree with the idiot, but he's right.
Gin: HEY!
Yuno: Dude, just shut. Up.
Me: I know, I know. But I got attacked by a Plot Bunny so…ANYWAY! Here's the chappy. ENJOY! xD
(3rd Person POV)
All was in a façade of calmness, with every single body in the room lined with watchful eyes and tense muscles, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice, worry pronounced from their very being.
Beep.
The world waited on baited breath for the dark haired young man on the medi-bed to open his eyes after a week of unconsciousness and sliding back and forth from the brink of death.
Beep.
None wished for this more that the members of the 1st Unit, who held the closest ties to the young man on the table.
Beep.
The young man was the venerable leader of the 1st Unit; young, but skilled and brave.
Beep.
He was a beacon of hope in these dark times.
Beep.
But there he lay, sleeping.
Beep.
If only he would wake!
Beep.
…
Beep.
…*twitch*
Beep.
…
Bee-
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Crash!
Cue blinking.
"…KATSU!"
"Wha?"
(Katsu's Mind POV)
Beep.
…Ugh, my head…
Beep.
…What the hell is that noise?
Beep.
Someone better turn it off soon.
Beep.
This THING is getting REALLY annoying.
Beep.
Oh.
Beep.
My.
Beep.
God.
Beep.
WHY WON'T IT STOP!?
Beep.
ARGH! DIE!
Bee-
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Crash!
Ah ha! Success! The evil thing has been van-
" KATSU!"
"Wha?"
(Ordinary Katsu POV)
I blink at the worried/angry faces of the people I've only seen in a video game.
And I am in awe.
'Damn, people here have WEIRD hair.'
'…Shit. Tsubaki doesn't look too happy and she is walking RIGHT AT ME!'
'Mommy.' Insert the face of a spineless coward crying a river.
"Inoriuta Katsu. What do you have to say for yourself?" Her eyebrow is raised, her lips are pursed, her high-heel encased foot tapping the floor, and her nails clicking against her clipboard.
She does not look pleased.
I gulp out of fear.
'You must answer carefully Katsu. Your answer will decide you fate. Don't do anything stupid!'
"…I-cough-!" I grimace; my throat is sore.
'Now that I think about it, everything is sore.'
"Here."
'Huh?'
"Huh?" My voice echoes my thoughts, but my face shows realization when I see a glass of water in front of me.
I give a grateful smile toward the one holding it, and find that it's Kanon, who gives me a ditsy smile back.
I take small, slooooooow sips, knowing that if I drink too fast I could choke.
Tsubaki is patient, and I'm grateful for that.
Everyone is quietly watching me.
It's unnerving, their quietness.
When I finish the glass, Tsubaki repeats her former question, but more calmly.
"Well, Inoriuta Katsu? What were you thinking going off on your own a mission of that difficulty? And what force on this planet overtook you when you made that stupid decision to jump in front of an Aragami attack when you were already in critical condition? Well?" She's back into her irritated self.
'My job just got harder.'
Sweat-dropping slightly, I answer hesitantly.
"I…don't know ma'am."
Her scowl suddenly turns fierce.
"You don't know? You. Don't. Know? Well I think you do know and that you are merely keeping information from me."
Her eyes are narrowed into slits, and I could swear that the air around her was on fire.
I gulp again, and before I know it my mouth is moving is on its own.
"I swear I don't know! I don't even know who you people are and how you know my name or where I bloody am!"
The silence is deafening, and I huddle away from them on the edge of my bed as far as I can go.
They are mainly unresponsive, all wearing varying looks of surprise on their face, all except on the one I can just TELL is Dr. Sakaki.
His long black coat with the pretty, gold, dangly things on it, and his glasses give him away.
His look is that of intrigue.
"Really? Fascinating." He muses, his face in that smiling fox-ish form.
"This is no time to be fascinated Sakaki!" Tsubaki snaps at him. "This is a serious problem! And you!" She turns back to me, making me flinch in fear.
"You're sure that you have no idea of where you are?" She's more careful, prodding with her questions with a more gentle voice. Her eyes are sad though, and expectant.
I shake my head, which had found its' way on top of my drawn up knee.
I'm so confused.
"If I may, I would like to perform a short test to see how far this…Amnesia goes. Would this be acceptable?" Dr. Sakaki asks Tsubaki, his voice quieter than it was before.
Everyone else is silent as Tsubaki ponders upon the best next course of action. She eventually sighs.
"No other way to go about it. Do it."
" Yes ma'am! Now," he says turning to me, "What is your favorite color?"
I think I can say with 100% accuracy that EVERYONE in the room blinked when he asked that.
Nevertheless, I answer anyway.
"Blue."
"I see, I see." Really? What is it that you see, oh great and wise gazer of the heavens?
Can you feel my feels? They're a mix of "Seriously?" and "Shut. Up. NOW."
"What's your favorite food?" He asks again, writing down the previous answer on a clipboard that seemed to manifest out of thin air.
Ignoring this breaking of the Law of the Universe, I continue answering the sometimes normal, sometimes asinine, questions of Dr. Sakaki.
After a while of answering the questions, Dr. Sakaki begins to hem and haw.
"Hmmmmmm."
'Gah! What is it you crazy scientist! SPILL! You're killing me here!'
"What is it Sakaki?" Tsubaki, I love you.
"It seems to a hybrid form of both Anterograde and Retrograde Amnesia, seeing as although he remembers parts of his earlier memories and some of his more recent memories, he does not remember most things, people, or places. Or his age for that matter."
"Now wait just a sec," I cut in, confused, "I know how old I am, I'm fourteen!"
"And that's where you're wrong!" chirps Sakaki, "You're not fourteen, you're seventeen!"
Cue Mental Shutdown.
'I'm WHAT!?'
"I'm WHAT!?" My face right now must be priceless, since Dr. Sakaki looks even more amused than before.
"That's right, seventeen! Which means that you're missing a few years off of your memory. Which is peculiar, since you can recall some things that didn't happen too long ago. Not to worry though, I hear that most people recover their memories as times goes by and as they interact with more things."
'Oh, okay…Wait.'
"Most people?" I ask, not sure if I heard right.
Apparently I had, since the good doctor is now grimacing.
Damn, now everyone's going to be depressed about me.
"Yes, well, unfortunately, about 15% of the people who get this sort of amnesia end up not recovering their memories, or at the very least, do not recover some of their memories."
The silence that appears again is heavy.
Words cannot describe the amount of guilt I feel for these people, of whom I seem to have inadvertently robbed of a precious, esteemed comrade.
By being in a stupid car crash while I was playing Gods Eater Burst.
Such a good game.
After a small amount of time of thinking heavy thoughts, Tsubaki pulls through with her professionalism.
"Alright, now that everyone has been ascertained of Katsu's health, you are all dismissed. That's an order." And so the people went, giving a little wave and throwing a sad, worried smile my way.
However, one person lingered.
It was Soma.
And Tsubaki must have known something, because gave him a small nod, and then pulled Sakaki out with her.
The door slid closed behind them, leaving just the two of us in the room together.
'Oh dear God, the awkwardness! THE AWKWARDNESS!'
He speaks suddenly.
"Katsu."
I startle.
"U-uh, y-yes!?"
I stammer and begin staring at him with large eyes, wide with anxiety.
He walks closer to me.
I can just FEEL my insides churning. I'd be hurling if I had anything in me to hurl up.
He's right in front of me now. Gah, what do I do? What do I do, what do I do, whatdoIdo, whatdoIdo, wha-
"Katsu, look at me."
Unthinkingly, I obey, and find my heart stuck in my throat.
He's just SO CLOSE.
As in the 'if-I-try-to-talk-our-lips-will-touch' sort of close.
Did I ever mention how pretty his eyes were? They're SUCH a pretty shade of blue. But they're so sad right now.
"Katsu, don't you remember me?" He grips my chin with his hand, lifting it up toward his face.
OHMYGODHE'S TOUCHINGME~! *inner fangirl squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~!*
"Come on, you should know my name. Say it."
OhmigodHISVOICE!
THOSE WORDS!
KYAAA!
My heart just skipped a beat. *swoons*
"Please, Katsu. Say my name. Remember me."
Did his voice just crack?
Oh. Oh, Soma. Please don't cry. It's too sad if you cry.
Dammit, guess I can pretend to at the very least remember him to an extent...
(Soma POV)
Dammit, if Katsu doesn't answer me soon I'll-
"Soma."
I snap my head towards him, having turned it away when he just stared at me with that glaze in his eyes. He's looking straight at me now though, and his eyes are clear, if a bit hesitant looking.
"What did you say?" My voice is hoarse, and dammit but I'm about to cry.
"Soma." He said it again, more confidently, more like his old self.
He remembers my name.
He remembers my name!
"Yeah," I say, tears falling and smile tugging at my lips, "Yeah. My name's Soma. Don't go forgetting it, you hear?"
"Yeah," he says back, "Yeah, I hear ya loud and clear, Soma." And then he wipes away the tears that are falling from my eyes, gentleness underling his every action.
It's strange to realize that he doesn't remember everyone at all, but all his actions are the same.
But he's already starting to remember people, if remembering my name was to say anything.
That idiot better hurry up and get all his memories back.
I miss him.
Me: Now wasn't that just adorable?
Gin: Soma is REALLY out of character though.
Me:…Yuno, Yuna.
Twins: HAI HIKA-SAN!?
Me: Tell me, I did put in the warning in the first chapter of possible OOCness for characters, no?
Twins: HAI HIKA-SAN!
Me: Thought so. Gin.
Gin: HAI HIKA-SAMA!?
Me: Say something stupid again. I dare you.
Gin: *sweats profusely*
Me: Ara, ara? Are you disobeying me, Gin-kun? –insert sadistic smile!-
Gin: NO HIKA-SAMA! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME HIKA-SAMA! I'LL BE GOOD HIKA-SAMA! I LIKE PANCAKES HIKA-SAMA! I'M SORRY HIKA-SAMA!
Me: Gin.
Gin: HAI HIKA-SAMA!
Me: Shut. Up.
Gin: HAI-
Me: I SAID SHUT THE F*** UP!
Gin:…
Me:…Good boy. YUNA! YUNO!
Twins: *startle* H-HAI!?
Me: Credits.
Twins: TO ALL READERS! THANK YOU FOR READING THIS CHAPTER! PLEASE REVIEW! ARIGATOU-GOZAIMASUDESU!
Me: Ciao!