Followed by Kagami, Hyuga walked straight to the first room in the hallway, to the white door on te left. The door looked really strong. Breaking it wouldn't be easy. It had just a little window on it, and the glass of it was probably bullet proof.
That is necessary in a place like this. You never know what could be happening.
"Good morning, Midorima-kun" Hyuga greeted with no warmth in the tone of his voice. The long male with green hair was sitting on his little bed, holding a little teddy in his arms, squeezing it tightly against his chest. He slowly raised his gaze to the duo who had just walked in. With taped fingers of his left hand he tried to place his glasses better on his nose.
The male - who seemed to be called Midorima - was so long that for a few seconds Kagami was sure that the bed was too short for him.
"Who's the guy with you?" he asked with his low voice. The way he said it, the cold tone would have been able to freeze someone to death. Kagami's lips froze together, and he therefor was not able to say a thing.
"He's new in here. I'm just showing places to Kagami-kun. I really hope you can get along well" he started speaking while walking in the middle of Midorimas room, starting to collect the books laying all around the floor.
Taiga couldn't help but stare at the green haired male as their eyes met. Green eyes stared right back at him from behind his clear glasses, examining every inch of his body perfectly.
"You," he started, asking for the new nurse's attention. "What's your sign?"
Kagami raised his eyebrows slightly confused, but he actually didn't doubt his question for even a second. While you worked with patients like him, you came across some strange questions once in a while, you couldn't avoid that.
"Me? I'm Leo" he answered in no time. Midorima's gaze seemed to get even more intense as he still examined the redhead's appearance. It was like his mind was filled with thousands of thoughts he tried to get a grip of.
"Interesting," his still so freezing voice said. "Leo and Cancer are neighbors in the zodiac and typically get along well as friends and colleagues," he suddenly started speaking of zodiac signs like he read it straight from some book. He had no pauses, he didn't stop for even a tenth of a second to collect words he should say. "So I do think I'm fine with you coming here," he added, finally turning his gaze away.
With Kagami not being able to stay anything, Hyuga finally straightened his back. "Remember that the breakfast is in 35 minutes. You should brush your teeth and change your clothes before coming to the cafeteria," he said before walking past the other, back to the hallway. Redhead glanced at the guy still sitting on his bed over his shoulder before turning his back completely to him.
"Try to avoid Aomine as much as you can! He's Virgo, as your compatibility with him is low!" his deep voice reached Taigas ears as they walked away, but he did nothing to react on his words.
...So that guy is into zodiacs, huh?
Hyuga kept silent.
So did the new nurse, as they walked towards the next room, the next white door on the right.
The person in this room was still sleeping. Lights were turned off before the doctor in white coat turned them on, waking up the guy under the blankets. All Taiga was able to see was a purple hair coming from under the sheets. He squirmed, clearly not being very amused because of being waken up this early - the clock on the wall told that it was just 6:25 AM.
"Wake up, Murasakibara," Hyuga raised his voice to force the one back to the reality from his dreams. "The breakfast is in 35 minutes. You can't get anything if you haven't gotten yourself ready before that."
His words really have an effect on him.
Murasakibara slowly sat up, letting the blanket just fall off from his body. Small eyes looked at the floor as long hair hung in front of his face, hiding the most of his facial characteristics. "...What is for breakfast today...?" he muttered, his speaking being just as slow and tired as his movements.
"There's different kind of breads, and some cheese, cucumber and meat to put on top of them" Hyuga doctor told after looking quickly at one of his documents. He did have everything important written on them, and so knew literally everything that mattered right now.
The male stood up, head hanging low, purple strands still hiding the most of his face. He didn't look at Kagami even once. He just walked past him without paying any attention to him. "...I'm gonna eat at least ten slices... I'm so hungry I could kill..." he mumbled, pure sleepiness in his voice. Taiga couldn't tell if he even was awake or if he was still asleep in some state. The redhead took a step to his left, let the male who was clearly longer than him, probably over 200 cm tall walk straight past him.
...Jesus that man is surely strong as hell.
Hyuga stood on his place for a few seconds before waving his right hand gently, hinting with his gestures that they should continue their little tour.
Fifteen steps and they stood at the next door, the second door on the left. The inhabitant of this room had already gotten himself out of the bed. The bed was made and everything was on their places. It was so clean.
"Hey, Kise-kun. Stop that!" Hyuga commanded immediately, walking straight inside. There was no warmth in his voice. His tone was so tight and pressuring it could kill. As Taiga leaned in better, he saw how the doctor walked to a blonde guy with really, like really slender body who was laying on the floor, still wearing his pajamas. He was doing abdominal crunches, but Hyuga clearly didn't like the idea.
The patient - Kise - didn't protest at all. He let the older man help him back up, pale lips pressed tightly together.
Taiga was able to see every each of the blonde's bones that were showing right under his skin. He was so thin he looked like one of those children in Africa, like he hadn't had any food in years. The redhead swallowed silently, keeping his face straight. The way he looked wasn't very pleasing.
Hyuga's aggressive movements and way he wrenched the other made him feel like the male was about to break like a porcelain doll.
Kise brushed through his yellowish hair with his bony fingers for a few seconds before he raised his golden eyes to the nurse standing at the doorway. A happy smile took over his whole face in seconds.
"You seem to be new here, huh?" he asked with his bright tone. Kagami nodded gently as the young male started to take little steps towards him, ignoring the doctor in his white coat completely. He straightened his right hand, asking for a handshake with his hand.
Despite the way he looked, this one seemed to act like a normal person.
"I'm Ryota Kise. You can call me Ryota, if you want to" he said with his smile widening by every second. His gaze wandered to Taiga's name plate on his chest before he made an eye connection again. "Taiga Kagami, huh? I hope you'll have fun here" he smirked.
Before Kagami was able to answer anything, Hyuga pulled Ryota back to him, forcing him to look at himself. "The breakfast is in 30 minutes, Kise-kun The nurse will come to watch that you eat everything that's given to you. After it, we'll check your weight."
Kise's smile finally disappeared. He clearly didn't enjoy when it came to eating or his weight. "...Whatever..."he just gave a silent, a bit depressed answer before turning his back.
As Hyuga walked back to the hallway, young male gave the new nurse a little smile as he sat on his bed. Taiga finally managed to smile back at him before following his lead.
"I hope you'll have fun here." His words sounded like a sarcastic joke.
They left him alone and continued their journey.
Next door on the right.
It was nearly closed, but Hyuga gently opened it with his hand.
Kagami followed him inside the room, where a slender boy, whose appearance reminded him of a teenage boy. He raised his blue eyes to the duo as they walked in.
"Good morning, Kuroko-kun. How are you today?" he asked, just glancing at the youngster behind his glasses before rushing to the clothes that were just laying on the floor. This doctor didn't like when the rooms were a mess.
Silence.
They didn't get any kind of an answer.
"This guy here is Kagami Taiga. He'll be working in here from now on. I hope you get along well," he explained to the bluenette, being unusually talkative.
No answer.
Kuroko just stared at them for tens of seconds, before lowering his gaze. He pulled his sleeves with his fingers better on his hands, clearly hiding scarves.
Kagami heard once again how the breakfast would be in less than a half of an hour, and how the patient should brush his hair and teeth before showing up.
And then they walked out again.
Kagami had no time to image any visions of what probably could have been the matter with Kuroko, what could have been his problem and why he was not willing or able to talk before they were standing at another door.
A male, approximately almost the same size as Kagami was with slightly tanned skin was sitting on his bed, reading for some pointless tabloid. His sluggish position told that he didn't enjoy his time here and would rather be anywhere else.
He slowly raised his gaze to the duo, pure irritationspreading immediately all over his face. He put down the tabloid he was holding and slowly sneaked closer to the edge of his bed. Sharp eyes examined the redhead's appearance thoroughly.
"Huh?" he snorted silently. "What is that guy doing here? Does he need help with his eyebrows, huh?" he stroke him immediately with his words. Kagami raised his eyebrows slightly in enterprise, before letting a slight tone of irritation shine through his eyes.
His split eyebrows weren't something everyone had. It wasn't very pleasing to hear a mention of them from someone who he had met just a few seconds ago.
"Watch your mouth, Aomine" Hyuga commanded immediately with his freezing voice. "He's Kagami Taiga, and will be working here from now on. I'm showing him around," he explained. "You'd better get along well."
Before turning his back, Hyuga once again mentioned the breakfast. Aomine just growled silently for an answer before pressing his back again against the cold, white wall. He couldn't get his eyes off the new nurse anymore. And so couldn't Taiga.
Sometimes you just were able to tell within a minute if you'd ever get along with someone.
He was able to tell that they never would.
"The next patient is the last one for now," the doctor muttered before entering the room.
As Kagami stepped in, he saw how a short male with fuchsia red hair was buttoning his white blouse. In enterprise he raised his gaze to him. His eyes matched with his hair as he gave them a slight smile.
"Good morning, Hyuga-san" he greeted them politely. The first impression this male gave to him confused the redhead. He was polite, and he just couldn't get any kind of weird vibes of him.
He walked closer to them after he had finished his buttoning.
"Who is this guy?" he asked with his soft voice, leaning his head a bit backwards to look up at him. Their difference in height was notable. "New here?"
Hyuga nodded, answered before Kagami managed. Once again he heard how the guy in his white coat explained how he was showing him around, how he would work here from now and how he should be getting ready for the breakfast.
The redhead - who the most likely was called Akashi - smiled at him, not turning his gaze away for even a second.
"Nice to meet you, Kagami Taiga" he said, looking straight into his soul with his eyes. Kagami felt a bit uncomfortable, not actually knowing what he should be saying or doing.
Hyuga resolved his problem for him, turning on his heels again. "Come drink with some coffee with me, Kagami" he requested before walking away.
Taiga didn't doubt his request for even a second before following him.
At the end of the hallway they had just been walking, was a spacious hall full of activities. There was a TV, a shelf full of books, a few tables and a lot of board games. There were three soft sofas, and materials for drawing and painting, if someone wanted to be artistic.
A slim door lead to a small balcony. The door was locked up so no one would have any possibilities of running away. You had to always have someone with you if you wanted some fresh air.
No belts, shoelaces, drawstrings on hoodies or sweatpants, nothing with violent images. No Manson T-shirts or gang colors, no razors, no anything else that's sharp. The list of what the visitors couldn't bring with them was long, and written on a paper on the wall.
This place was a bit more comfortable than Kagami was expecting for. It had a slight warmth of home in it, with some lacks, of course.
He was excited about this all.
The patients seemed to be interesting, every each of them. He wanted to know more about them, and help them with their issues. The time he would spend here would be different from everything else he had ever experienced.
"Are you coming or not?" Hyuga distracted him from his thoughts, already opening the door that lead to the small cafeteria with his keys.
"Ah-! I'm coming!"