Another chapter of this...I'm honestly surprised how little happened this chapter yet how long it is. Basically if the bullet point has kurumois in the chapter description of what I'm supposed to write, very little plot wise probably happens that chapter.
I'll try to make the next one better.
Waiting was hard. He didn't trust nor rely on Fuyuki to do the job he told him to do. Kululu knew he had completely tricked him, but he didn't know if Fuyuki was charismatic enough to convince everyone else to escape – and convince them to let him go with him.
I suppose Mois will remind him and make sure I come along too. Secretly he was afraid that they'd forget about him, that they'd leave him and not break him out.
He needed to get Sai to want a life on the outside world. Then she'd be prepared to help break him out too, be useful in releasing him so he wouldn't need someone else to break his chains. It would be an easy enough task- she was also easy to trick.
Heck, the only one he hadn't tricked was Mois. Even if he had tried. She had just offered her help without him having to prod it out of her. That was just the sort of person she was.
I wonder why she'd go so far for me...Kululu wondered. She was betraying the rest of group A and willingly let Kululu manipulate them to escape, something not in their best interests, since if they were caught their time remaining would be at least doubled. They'd be monitored quite a lot more.
Even Mois herself had reasons for not leaving. She had mentioned quite a few times that she believed her cell phone was her lucifer spear and she couldn't live without it. But likely they would not be able to retrieve any items that had been taken from them and her comfort item would just have to be left at the Hinata House.
Why would she sacrifice the chance to get her cell phone back just for me? Kululu wondered. That didn't sound normal to him. The niceness.
Slowly he tried to process why someone would do something like this for him. In all his experiences people only did things for him if they wanted something, the female therapists that he had seduced wanted his love, people always wanted something for their own personal gain.
Mois had to be the same way. Ah. I finally get it! It was like a light had gone off in his head. All the sappy romance books, all the time she had spent with him looking at him. He hated to say it or even think it, but Mois was likely the same as those female therapists, desperate for companionship and in love with him.
Well, he didn't know if 'in love' was the right words. She didn't seem as pushy at the subject of entering a relationship with him. Maybe she just had a crush.
Oddly enough when Kululu thought of this fact, it didn't fill him with disgust. It didn't fill him with much of anything except for this weird knot in this stomach, like he liked the idea of her having a crush on him. Something about it...Was desirable.
I don't WANT it. What am I thinking about? That's weird. But I guess not as weird as her feelings for me. He felt himself smiling though. She had never been pushy despite her feelings. She might have thought he was some sort of prince charming to her, which was weird, but he could see her thinking since she read him fairy tales so much, but she was never over the top romantic to him. Just shy.
She was willing to help him despite the fact that he had no obligation to get together with her after this. Unless she thinks that when we're out of here we're going to have the whole fairy tale romance thing? Kululu realized. That did sound like something she'd truly believe. That they'd do that kissing thing, and pledging of some sort of feelings. After all he was probably princely in her mind.
Wait a minute. She's saving me. Does that make her the prince charming figure? Kululu didn't want to think of himself as a damsel in distress. But that was pretty much what he was.
He'd take what he could get. But the aspect of escape and a fairy tale reunion wasn't displeasing. It's probably because her stories had melted her brain. He knew they would do that eventually.
"So...You've been making progress, Kululu." Garuru was no longer his therapist, but it was still deemed more appropriate for him to feed Kululu and bath him than Sai. The Hinata House didn't want to make their patients too uncomfortable by having people of different sexes in awkward situations. And for that Kululu was thankful. At least they did one thing right.
"Ku, ku, ku. Sure have. I just so want to turn over a new leaf!" Kululu bragged and tried to lie.
Garuru didn't raise an eyebrow. He didn't look like he believed him. Kululu had tried this plenty of times before to escape. Pretending to be good.
The only thing different about it this time, was that Garuru did believe some aspects of it. After all Kululu was different. He was showing a lot more nervousness. "You've been showing a lot more...Interesting behaviors, like nervousness."
Kululu tried to keep his heart rate steady and keep calm. Crap! Do they know that I found out about the lobotomy? That I'm scared for it? "Oh? Whatever do you mean? I wouldn't be scared of anything except your body odor-" Kululu clamped his mouth shut. It was so hard not to be a jerk! It just came natural to him and he always slipped up like this.
Garuru looked irritated. But he tried to keep his voice calm. "I didn't say you were scared. I said you were nervous. What does a cute girl scare you or something?"
"Yes." Kululu said almost instantly.
Garuru was taken aback. "I guess you did mention that you didn't like Mois coming to visit." He wasn't going to let her stop though as long as Kululu was uncomfortable.
Ah. So they're just talking about my nervousness around Mois. Thank god. Kululu was relieved. That was one fear he was okay with having, even if it was weird.
"You've been changing ever since she came. I mean it took a while-" Garuru continued.
That's because I've been acting, idiot! And it's because of Sai's therapy, not Mois. That's what you're supposed to believe at least! Kululu thought angrily to himself.
"But you have been changing, to...A little happier? I mean I guess it's normal, I just didn't think people like you could develop feelings. Have you ever even had a crush before or is this completely new?" Garuru ran his fingers through his hair, "Crap patients aren't supposed to be developing relationships like this with each other. Maybe I shouldn't have let her visit."
"Whoa, hold up now. You think I have a crush on Mois or something?" Kululu was shocked by that accusation. That was completely wrong! Sure, he hadn't had a crush before but if he had he would have probably known what it was like. It couldn't be that hard to decipher. "Ku, ku, ku! That's a riot! I mean she's obviously the one who likes me, not the other way around."
Garuru stopped cleaning him to look at him for a moment completely confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well, she reads those sappy romance books to me every day! And then she keeps looking at me and smiling and saying how much she cares for our friendship. It's pretty obvious that she's into me." Kululu knew he shouldn't really be letting Garuru into his personal life, but he would rather throw Angol Mois under the bus than himself. And he didn't really mind Garuru knowing she had a crush on him.
Garuru just looked puzzled. All of those reasons sounded like Kululu was just reading too much into it. "You do know that one of the key symptoms of having a crush is reading into your crushes behavior as romantic, right? I mean from what you just told me it sounds like you want her to like you and so you're giving her reasons to..."
Kululu frowned. He didn't want Garuru to think this. "You're not my therapist anymore. You don't have to analyze my behavior." At least Garuru wasn't suspecting the evil Kululu was coming up with to escape. His head was wrapping around his relationship with Mois.
"Okay...Sure..." Garuru felt like he was changing the subject. He was weirded out, but he felt almost sorry for Kululu in a way since he had heard Mois talk about Keroro on the floor below. "Just, I suppose if you want to talk about girls, man to man..."
"EW! Stop big brothering me! Don't you have your own brother to lecture about girls?" Kululu gagged.
"He won't listen to me." Garuru revealed his real problem. "But you're right. It's not my job to help you develop real feelings."
Kululu was glad he was spared the awkward conversation. He had no idea that Garuru just meant that he was passing it off to Kululu's real therapist, Sai Uru.
Kululu hadn't given it much of a passing thought, what Sai would think of his friendship with Mois. She'd probably support it wanting her 'boyfriend' to have more friends and girls she could talk to.
He doubted, since Mois had a crush on him and all, that she'd like his relationship and use of Sai at all. It was something he never ever hoped to tell her about. It could just remain in the 'not important' secret bin.
Still Sai walked into his room in an angry huff. "Kululu! You traitor!"
Uh-oh. Crap. Did she find out about my escape plan? Kululu was freaking out eternally. Was all that seducing of Sai for nothing? He still needed her. "W-what, my darling?" He tried to be romantic. Sappy words like darling were something unnecessary and dumb, but he'd use them to get people's trust.
"Garuru told me..." Sai got all teary eyed, "That you've been seeing another girl! And that you're in love with her! I thought you wanted me. That you loved me." She teared up and looked at Kululu. "Or was I...The other girl and you were just trying to get her attention!"
Kululu couldn't believe how petty adults were getting jealous over a teenager. Mois was in his age range, unlike Sai!
"Garuru was mistaken." He didn't even feel the need to panic, or be seductive. "I told him how Mois has a crush on me, and he assumed I liked her back. She means nothing to me. You're the only one in my eyes." Kululu reassured.
Sai sniffled but smiled. "Mois? You mean from group A? She has a crush on you? My boyfriend?"
"Don't get in a fight with her for my sake. It could get you fired." Kululu reminded. "But yeah, she does have a crush on me. Garuru I suppose wanted you to talk to me about romantic relationships, but well, we both know that we've already talked and that you're teaching me."
Sai frowned. "But I don't want another girl going after my boyfriend! I suppose I'll just have to let our relationship become public..."
Kululu smiled to himself. This was the perfect time to lay his trap. "No, baby. You'd get in trouble. After all I'm not on the outside world. We'd never truly be together unless I was able to be free and provide for you."
Sai's eyes twinkled. "But you can't. You're dangerous."
"But I'm not anymore. You changed me, remember? But it makes me think that the only way we could become public if I was on the outside. Mois can't know that I'm taken until then." Kululu pointed out.
Sai frowned. "You'd...Provide for me on the outside?"
"I know I don't have much, but Sai...I love you. I wish I had my hands because if I did I would give you a ring. I want to spend the rest of my life with you-" Kululu drawled.
"I will marry you!" Sai squealed. "But how can we get you cured and on the outside so we can start having children together?"
"It's very simple, really." Kululu finally said, "You have to get me out of here. Only then can we run off together and be happy."
Sai looked slightly afraid at the premise of doing something illegal.
"It's all right!" Kululu prodded her, "I have a plan that will allow us to have friends so we're all together. And then there's a friend I have on the outside that will give us fake identities." He lied. "You can put it out of your mind and not help directly. All you have to do is do what I say."
Sai looked a bit frightened. "...Okay..." she finally agreed.
Kululu grinned. "It's a good plan too! It'll help you do better at your job. I want my girlfriend to be happy after all."
Sai looked at him her eyes full of trust. She nodded. How silly was she to think he liked Angol Mois? He was going to marry her!
"I'll arrange for Mois to not have those group meetings with you though while we wait for you to be free and for us to have a life together." Sai told him, "I can't have another girl thinking she'll be with you."
Kululu tried not to look annoyed. "But Sai. I need friends to communicate with!"
"Well then who would you like as a replacement?"
"Fuyuki." Kululu said quickly. Then he could at least communicate his commands to someone. Still he was disappointed that Mois would be separated from him for a time.
Shouldn't have let Sai know about her. Crap. Kululu thought to himself.
At least everything else Sai related was running smoothly.
Fuyuki sat in front of his group members, chewing on his lip. How should he word this? How should he prod them into wanting to escape- to leave.
"Do you guys ever...Want to go outside again? To the outside world?" Fuyuki asked.
"Sure we do." Keroro shrugged, "Doesn't everyone?"
"Then why don't you?" Fuyuki asked. "Why don't we just leave?" His voice was barely a whisper. He knew what he was suggestion- escape. Yet he doubted any of his brainwashed friends would want it.
Koyuki jumped up first. "I would love to leave! I've been trying to break out for the last year, with my kites and my climbing, but the security is top notch!"
"Lady Koyuki." Dororo's hand slinked over under the table and the watchful eyes of the therapists to her hand. Only small moments of hand holding were the moments they could steal. They hadn't ever had anything more, even not a hug even though they constantly looked like they wanted to hug. "I don't want you to leave." Dororo said rather selfishly. "Without you here, I'd be truly alone."
Koyuki smiled. She was okay with Dororo being selfish. He rarely was so.
"Dude, I'm here. Your childhood friend!" Keroro reminded, "Giroro would visit every so often too so he's your childhood friend too."
Apparently that wasn't something Garuru knew. Giroro's Mom and Giroro had never visited him- only Keroro and Dororo apparently. Sure sucked for him.
"Yeah, but you always stole my toys and bullied me." Dororo scrunched up his nose. "You always exploited me. You're the worst. You're no friend of mine."
"You could say, an ex?"
"Uhhhh, yeah Mois...You could say that..." Keroro looked very awkward at that wording. He and Dororo avoided eye contact for a moment as Dororo looked angry and Keroro looked extremely awkward.
"And Giroro wasn't there for me either! He didn't stop you from bullying me! He just wanted to do his own thing and always have sleep overs at my house instead of the other way around! He was using me." Dororo frowned.
"You have got to stop being so petty. There are bigger problems than your own." Giroro hissed angry that Dororo was mad at him. "I didn't even have a house in your country."
"Oh...Oh yeah...Sorry, it's just so easy to be bitter all the time. That's why the drugs are so nice. It's nice to be happy and free!" Dororo smiled.
"Anyway guys..." Fuyuki tried to get back on subject, "Have you ever maybe entertained a dream about..." he went to a whisper again, "Escaping? I mean having a happy life on the outside?"
It was weird to see Fuyuki talk like this. It was almost scheming. Even Momoka was rather weirded out and confused by his change in tone.
"No, never. I like it here." Dororo responded. "This place exploits me about as much as the outside world. And it's better to be complaint. Maybe someday I'll get better, but there's no rush to healing. It has to be natural." He gave a hippies word.
Giroro nodded. "I hate to agree with him, since he thinks I'm such a terrible friend or something." He shot Dororo a glare, "But I agree. There's no rush to healing, it has to be natural. And I want to heal. To do that I have to be here, so I can get out the normal way." Giroro was confident he could. He needed to. For Natsumi's sake.
Fuyuki frowned. But they'll never let you out! They'll never let you heal! It's never going to happen. "Sarge? Momoka?" he asked hopefully.
"My lawyers are trying to get me out of this place." Momoka admitted. "It's an uphill legal battle. Leaving and saying 'frick this I'm out of here I'm Mistress Momoka!'" She got a bit loud at that part.
Fuyuki was surprised.
"Wouldn't be the greatest idea. It might hurt my chances in the legal battle. But I suppose for the right reasons I could see myself making an irrational decision like that." Momoka rubbed her cheek.
"The right reasons? Like your parents attention or something?" Tamama asked.
Momoka glared at him. It was true that her parents weren't around much in her early childhood and didn't even visit her in the hospital, but she knew they cared. They were just too busy traveling the world for their various jobs. They didn't know how much help she needed. "No. I meant for Fuyuki." She rolled her eyes.
Fuyuki blushed.
"Because the me in Fuyuki's stories is always doing that." Momoka reminded.
They all giggled. They didn't know if Momoka would actually do something like that, now that they thought about it. That did sound like her. But Fuyuki very clearly had more of a crush on her than she did of him. At least from what they saw.
"Well I like it here too! It has Momocchi and Keroro after all!" Tamama hugged both of their arms. "So I would never leave."
Fuyuki frowned. That was a lot of people against the idea of escape. He'd put Momoka down as a maybe.
"I would leave. I should be gone already after all." Keroro decided. "I guess I'd just go where every one else goes. That sounds like me." Keroro nodded.
"I think escape would be a great thing to do." Angol Mois clapped, playing along. Nobody really listened to her.
Fuyuki felt glum. He'd have to figure out a way to get all of his friends to want to leave.
He didn't know why but every moment staying in there longer than possible felt unsettling.
I need to somehow make Taruru be mentioned before they escape. I've been forgetting about him and I'd feel bad if the story ends and I never mention the three other members of the Garuru platoon. I need a complete platoon.
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