Sitting in the cafeteria, on a wooden chair Kagami slowly brought a white mug with some steaming coffee in it to his lips. He let the strong taste of deep black coffee take over his whole mouth. The liquid's hotness burned his mouth, and he had little problems at swallowing it all.
He followed from aside how Hyuga was standing a bit further away from him, pouring also some coffee for himself. He soon walked to the table, to sit on the other side of it, face to the redhead.
Taiga put a little note on how cute Junpei's mug was. Its base was deep red, but it had a picture of him and (probably) his girlfriend on it. It was taken in some amusement park, and they were enjoying balls of ice cream when that picture was suddenly taken.
As the doctor coughed silently, he also burning his mouth because of the coffee, Kagami was able to return back to reality. He raised his gaze to Hyuga's eyes, putting his mug back on the table. He'd let it cool a bit before even trying to enjoy it again.
"What do you think about this place?" he asked silently with his burned, numb tongue, he also putting his drink away from his hands.
"...It all seems so interesting," Kagami answered after three seconds of thinking. "I'm sure that this will be way more exciting than those years I spent as sale's clerk to get some money for the stuff I needed," he continued, making the other to sneer silently.
"I'm sure about that," he smiled quickly. "But before running off to your job, I think you'd better know something about our patients," the dark haired male added, now with a pure polite tone in his voice, face gone straight.
Taiga let his face nod a bit, leaning his body tighter against the back of his chair.
It'd be important so he could regulate the way he acted due to the issues of each inpatient.
"Let's start with Shintaro Midorima," he started his explanation. "He has schizophrenia," and in just a few words he had told him the most important thing.
"He has been here already for years. And during that time, his symptoms have become worse. Of course, he has better times when he's feeling really great and it seems like there're no problems with him at all. But some days he is literally afraid of everything," he told, looking straight at the other.
"He sees and hears things. To keep the situation calm, get him to tell you what he's being through. And play along. It might be a little shock if someone just said you about your reality that 'it's not true. You're imagining it all.'" Kagami nodded once in a while to tell that he was trying to let it all stick in his brains.
"About Ryota Kise, he has anorexia nervosa." the doctor continued with another patient's story.
"There're no other issues with him, but his avoiding of food. You have to keep your eye on him and make sure he'll enjoy his meal. And if you find him doing any kind of exercise, tell him to stop. Sometimes he might have some attacks of panic if he's having a bad day and is not amused of the way he looks. Be there for him, try to calm him down," Junpei said with the same straight, emotionless face.
"Aomine Daiki," he continued with another name. He didn't want to keep any of his explanations too long.
"His life has been very far from a normal one. When his parents threw him out, he started seeking for safe feeling and pleasure from drugs. When he ran out of money, he started to film porn of his gang friends and sold those tapes to anyone who wanted to buy them. Slowly his videos became more and more sick, violent, not easy to watch. When all that blood and pain weren't enough for him, he picked up three children and filmed something of them," he told, keeping his gaze locked on the table.
"He went to jail, but after some time got out of there. But it didn't make him a better person. Yes, he left children alone. No, he didn't give up on drugs. He became really violent," Hyuga muttered.
"There's no single diagnosis for him. He's just... We can not let him out there. You're lucky for being that tall and strong. I bet you can take him down if something happens."
Kagami listened for doctor's story with his eyes calm and curious.
"Kuroko Tetsuya," Junpei kept on listing names Taiga had heard for the first time just some time ago. Kept telling more about the stories behind those names.
"He's depressed. Really depressed and a threat to himself. After his father died, his mother just ran away and left him alone with his old grandmother. Day by day he got more and more depressed and slowly started cutting. When he realized that he had planned every each detail of his suicide, he forced himself to seek for help. And he came here. We've done our best to help him, but some patient's don't like him very much. And being in such a critical state, their deeds haven't done good for him. In just two weeks, he stopped talking. During the last seven months, he hasn't said anything," the male told.
"And Akashi Seijuro," another name.
"It seemed like he was having a good day today. But he suffers from dissociative identity disorder," Hyuga said. "He had a hard childhood. Experiencing so many awful things made him create another personality. Akashi you met today is really polite, calm and gentle. But the other Akashi is really different from him. He sees himself absolute and wants to be on top of everything, is not pleased as long as he can not rule everything. His personality can switch from that kind Akashi to that insane Akashi in just a few seconds if he feels threatened. So be careful. You often have to lock him up to his room for a while. It sometimes makes him calm down. But sometimes there just doesn't seem to be an end for it. It really is one true challenge," he continued with his straight face.
"Atsushi Murasakibara," finally the last name.
"He's actually pretty harmless one. He's autistic. Sometimes he can get angry if his surroundings are a pure mess, if he can't get food quick or much enough, or if there's too much noise. And when a guy with that size gets angry, you know that the results can be bad," Junpei explained, and Kagami just kept nodding gently.
"We took him in because a friend of his works here as a doctor, and he asked for it. There's no one who would come here to see him, so he saw it would be the best if at least he would be here for him," the dark haired male added.
Taiga finally raised the coffee mug on the table to his lips. The dark liquid had finally cooled down a bit. It was drinkable. Not too hot, but not too cold. Just the perfect temperature for his burned mouth.
"Thank you for telling me about them. I'll do my best to handle every each of them the best way" he said, lowering his gaze to the table for a few seconds.
Another doctor who was a friend of that purple haired giant? Who was that? For how long have they known each other?
That doctor would probably know more about every inpatient here. Maybe he could ask him about them all, could ask all the questions he had on his mind and that way get to know everyone a bit better.
He was afraid of asking those questions from the male right in front of him, was afraid of being seen as a complete idiot.
A silent sound made him raise his red eyes.
"Good morning, Himuro," Junpei greeted, turning slightly on his chair towards the door. "We were just talking about you!" he gave the other male a quick smile.
A slender male with dark hair walked in, only one eye showing. The color of his coat and cool hair highlighted his pale, beautiful face. He let a silent laughter escape from his mouth. "About me? I'm not sure if I want to know more," he smiled while heading to the coffee maker.
Kagami tilted his head slightly towards his other shoulder, still keeping quiet, not being able to say anything.
The guy who had just entered to room reminded him of someone. Someone he had known since they were young. Someone he hadn't met in years.
Everything was just the same. Even his name.
"...Tatsuya?" he was finally able to speak out after getting himself together. Hearing his name made the dark haired guy turn around, confusion in his eyes.
"Taiga?" he responded.
A moment of silence made both of their hearts skip a beat.
Kagami slowly stood up and took a few steps towards the other. With every step he took a little smile took over his lips more and more. Tatsuya's calm but confused expression didn't change even a bit.
"Well, Well, Taiga... What a surprise to find you here," he finally said with his lips curving up slightly. He couldn't get his eyes off him anymore.
"What are you even doing here?" the redhead asked, not knowing what he should think or feel about finding his childhood friend here.
The question made him laugh quickly.
"I'm working here, you see?" Tatsuya smiled.
For a few seconds, Kagami couldn't think clear. But after a while his smile evolved to a wide, really happy grin. "I'm really looking forward to work with you," he said immediately, walking closer to his friend.
"I hope we can still get along well, Tatsuya!"