Makoto slowly opened his eyes. He felt quite disoriented and his head hurt. He attempted to move, but his muscles felt too heavy

"Mako-chan!" Nagisa, who he didn't even realize was there, exclaimed, "Are you okay?!"

"Hnnn… Head. Hurts." He grumbled.

"Do you remember what happened?" That was Rei's voice. So evidently he was here, too.

"Haruka… I found… Haruka."

There was a pause. "Mako-chan, there was no one there."

Makoto's eye twitched in annoyance. How could they say that? Haruka was right there and they were still denying it?! Makoto felt like lashing out at them, let them know how wrong they were and how cruel of them it was to continue to insist something like that… But all that was in the past and so he knew lashing out would only make it worse.

"Uhm, also, Mako-chan…" Nagisa said after some period of time, "There's something important I have to let you know. We-'

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Rei interjected, "He just woke up. Maybe we should wait to tell him."

So now they're hiding stuff from him? Wonderful.

"Just tell me." Makoto said, trying hard not to sound too irritated, "I'm sure it's fine. I can handle whatever it is."

Nagisa sighed, " Rei and I admitted you to a mental hospital."

Makoto wasn't sure what to say. They did what? But why? There was no reason for that! He wasn't crazy! He knew that for a fact, and surely they didn't actually think he was, either, right?

But evidently they did…

"You really think I'm crazy…" Makoto stated.

"It's not that." Rei said, "We don't think you're crazy. You just need help. Help that we can't give you."

"... When"

"Sometime tomorrow."

"So soon? It's already been decided?"

"We're sorry, Mako-chan, but we had to. You have to go."

"No, it's alright. I get it… I'm sorry for causing so many problems for you guys." Because he knew that's what he did. Here he was spending all his time searching for someone they didn't even know when he had two great people who cared for him right there in front of him. Not to mention he'd snap at them whenever they'd say anything about Haruka. There were just worried about him, and he knew that, but… He couldn't help but reacting in such ways.

"I'm sure it will be fun." Nagisa said, trying to cheer him up.

"Yeah!" Rei joined in, "I sure it won't be that bad."

"You'll get to meet some new people and experience new things. It'll be great!"

"Yeah… Real great." Makoto said sarcastically, "I'm sure I'll just absolutely love it."

"Here is the cafeteria. You will eat here three times a day. Someone will likely escort you here and back each time, unless the doc says you're able to be on your own." A nice looking nurse lady gave Makoto a tour of the hospital where he would be staying for a while. Her black hair was tied up in a bun and red lips moved little as she spoke. "Here is the common area. You'll probably be spending most of your stay here." She waved her arm towards the room, then continued walking down the hallway, not giving Makoto much of a chance to actually get a look at it.

"And here-" She said, opening a door near the end of the hallway, "is your room. If you brought any belongings, some will be delivered here sometime this afternoon. You must be-"

"What do you mean some of my belongings?" Makoto rudely interrupted, "They're mine. Why don't I get to have all of them right now?"

"Because. We need to determine what you can and cannot have. This is a hospital, certain things just aren't allowed." She simply explained.

"Oh. I see." Truth be told, he didn't actually care about this rule, as he did not bring anything with him.

"Your roommate should be here right now. I wonder where he is…"

"Wait. My roommate?"

"Yes. Unless under certain circumstances, a patient must have a roommate. Maybe he's in the common area and I didn't notice him. Anyway, it's almost time for dinner. Go ahead and make yourself comfortable here while you wait." The nurse said, then quickly turned and left.

Makoto sighed. Already he could tell that he was not going to have the best of times here.

A/N: So here is where the story really starts, I guess.

I do not have any personal experiences of what it's like in a mental hospital so all of my knowledge on them is from research. Therefore, I will apologize now if there is anything wrong with the one in this story.

EDIT: If there are any characters that you would like to see in this story, let me know and I can try to fit them in!