Aug 12, 2008 03:22
The intercom came on, and as it did, it seemed to carry a little more interference than usual for a daytime announcement, a little more static. While the patients might have thought for a moment that once again the elusive woman on the radio had hacked into the Head Doctor's system, the man himself soon proved that theory faulty as he laughed over
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seiya,
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tony stark,
toboe,
homura,
kenshin,
nami,
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Seeing how he had gotten there so quickly, the boy wasn't surprised to see that Zuko wasn't around yet. He wondered if they were going to have a quiet, awkward dinner together yet again, but tried not to worry too much about it. Sometimes, people just didn't click. Sora just wasn't used to that happening to him.
The sight of salmon, mashed potatoes, peas, and a tasty dessert took his mind off of that, though. Sora fell into the chair at his desk and quickly started eating, wanting to have some time to digest afterward before he started roaming the halls.
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Someone who was definitely not Zuko.
This had happened to him before, of course. Zuko hadn't been his first roommate, and Sora was starting to wonder just how many he was going to go through. He frowned at the notion, though. It wasn't like he wanted them to disappear one after the other. It just happened, while he remained there time after time ( ... )
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"I'm Yamada Hanatarou," the healer replied, giving a sort of bow in a belated attempt to be polite. "I-it's, ah, nice to meet you. Sora." He edged farther into the room, glancing from the desk where his newly-acquired roommate had been sitting toward the other, with its untouched food tray. Presumably that was supposed to be his, then?
Hanatarou moved over and set his hand on the back of that chair, sneaking a glance at Sora to make sure he wasn't going to object before he tried to actually sit down. "I'm kind of. Um. New."
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"But it's nice to meet you, too, Yamada! I've been here for a while, so let me know if you've got any questions you still need answering." And Yamada might have a lot of them, depending on when he had woken up. It really didn't seem fair when new patients had to wake up during the fourth shift or something like that. Then again, waking up at night was even worse!
Realizing that he still had a good portion of his meal to finish, Sora kept eating. He hoped that Yamada had managed to make plans for the night already. Otherwise, he might be better off staying in the room. Sora would have offered to take him along, but a group of four usually didn't work out too well.
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The healer offered a timidly friendly smile as he lowered himself into the chair, then turned his attention to the tray on the desk. He examined his dinner curiously, a little more cheerful now that he was relatively certain he'd be able to eat the entire thing this time. Sora seemed like a nice person, even though he was probably disappointed in his new roommate. He'd probably wanted someone interesting or important.
The food wasn't what the shinigami was used to, but it smelled nice enough, and when he started eating Hanatarou realized just how hungry he was after hardly eating anything all day. And there was ice cream, too, so he'd better eat quickly before it melted.
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It was good to hear that Hanatarou had some friends here, and Sora sent his new roommate a quick, encouraging smile. "It's always good to have friends around in this place. Well, it's not good that they're here, but it would be kind of hard being stuck here without anyone that you knew from home around, I think." It had been like that for Sora for a while, but now it seemed like there were almost too many familiar faces around, and some that he didn't particularly want to see.
"So, did you already make plans for tonight?" he asked, wanting to be sure that Hanatarou had something in mind, since wandering around aimlessly could only lead to trouble.
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(He took a moment to wonder if it would be better to be here by himself or be here with only Ichimaru Gin, shuddered, and quickly distracted himself by mentally reciting the steps of making shinten. La la la, not thinking about that.)
"Oh...yes!" Hanatarou recalled himself to the present with a slight shake of his head and smiled at Sora, a little less timidly this time. "Hitsugaya-taichou gave me an assignment for tonight."
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"Hitsugaya?" Sora asked once he had finished with his bite of food. "So you're friends with him? Cool! I'm a member of the Arts and Crafts club, so I know him and Renji and... well, a lot of the others!" He probably hadn't met all the members, but he had gotten to know quite a few, so it was exciting to have someone who was included in that group as a roommate. Hopefully this meant they would get along!
Not that he had really wanted a new roommate, and he wasn't glad that Zuko was gone (hopefully just gone, and not the alternative), but Sora knew he had to make the best out of every situation.
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Not that he would say he was "friends" with the captain, no, so the healer was quick to correct that. "Hitsugaya-taichou is the captain of one of the other divisions back home, I...didn't really know him that well, personally." Fortunately, too, if he was always as cranky as he'd been earlier today.
"But you know Abarai-san and the other shinigami?" Hanatarou leaned forward a little, glancing around as though he somehow thought someone else might be listening to their conversation. "Can you, um, tell me...what do 'Arts and Crafts' have to do with anything?" It had puzzled him since the captain mentioned it earlier, but he hadn't exactly dared ask.
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"Rukia-san is very nice," he continued, thoughtfully licking a bit of chocolate off the spoon. "She even helped me out earlier." Not only had she not seemed entirely displeased to see him, she'd even braved Ichimaru-san to try to rescue him. Rukia-san always had been amazingly kind. "And I guess it's good Ichigo-san isn't here, but it would have been nice to see him again."
Hanatarou nodded slowly at Sora's explanation of the club name, feeling slightly relieved. "Oh. That does make sense. It just seemed. Um. Odd." And a little undignified, especially for a club run by Hitsugaya-taichou.
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"But yeah, Rukia seems really nice from the few times I've worked with her," he agreed. She had been a particular help during the night when Kairi had lost herself to the darkness. Sora didn't like thinking back on it, but it had been a relief to have someone else there, even if the whole thing had been rather private. As Kairi's roommate, he got the feeling that the two were close, so it wasn't too bad that she had been there. "She's roommates with a close friend of mine," he added, now that he had thought of it.
Sora laughed at Hanatarou's reaction to the name, but it was in a light-hearted way. "Yeah, it is kind of strange, but it works! I dunno, I'm pretty used to it since I've been calling it that for a while."
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The minor mess was tidied up with the ease of long practice as Hanatarou continued. "That's why I helped Ichigo-san, because I wanted to help her." Pause. "W-well, after the whole thing with the sword and the being taken hostage, but, um." He'd just needed a push to get going, really.
When Sora laughed the shinigami ducked his head a little, mildly abashed. "The clubs all seem to have such strange names. I, ah, didn't want to ask someone who'd be offended." Fortunately, it appeared that he'd guessed right when it came to his roommate - he seemed to understand, even if it amused him. "How long have you been here?"
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The answer to his question, though, did surprise the shinigami. Hanatarou froze in place for a second with one hand poised over his tray, then blinked and remembered to let go of the crumpled napkin he was holding. "Three weeks? Here?" His voice squeaked just a little as dismay flooded over his expression. People had been here for weeks and not just days?
"B-but...there's a captain and a couple of vice-captains and Ichigo-san was here and this place is still standing after all that time?" All right, so maybe they were having the same problems with their powers that he was, but still, they weren't just little 4th Division healers. How was this even possible? He'd thought it had been maybe a couple of days or so, maybe they'd just ( ... )
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