Friends...

[sand_tanuki]

Friends. We are...friends.

Uzumaki just left. I feel strange.

This afternoon, Shuukaku tried to take over again. It was during a meeting with Uzumaki. We ate at a cafe, with me originally paying for his meal in exchange for a lesson on 'charming ladies'.

He was loud and he smiled a lot. We are almost the same height. There were scars on his cheeks-

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[foxy_crooner]

You know I can see this damn thing, right?

[sand_tanuki]

Yes. Is there something wrong?

[foxy_crooner]

. . .

Pfft, na! Nothing at all, man. It wasn't a kick to the face or noth'n. It wasn't too bad hanging out with you either- But you're going to have to explain this Shuukaku business to me sometime soon. Shit was wierd, Gaara. All out of nowhere like that.

[sand_tanuki]

?

I didn't mind your company. But you changed the subject we were talking about.

Aa. Shukaku is something inside me. Or you might say, someone. There's something wrong with my mind and the doctors say that it manifests whenever Shukaku takes over my body.

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[foxy_crooner]

Woah. You got your own little scifi in your head, huh? Is that what those pills are for? To keep this Shuukaku in check? If a person is what you want to call it...

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[sand_tanuki]

...You could call it that.

The pills balance my dopamine and serotonin levels. I've always had low levels of these neurotransmitters, even as a child. It is believed that this causes schizophrenia.

Shuukaku tries to get out when I am physically or emotionally weak. But he speaks even when I'm not, though we never hold conversations.

That time in the cafe...he was trying to make me unconscious.

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[foxy_crooner]

... Never woulda figured. You get the same psycho minute when you've been worked too hard. I just figured-...

So. You still have to buy me a meal. I'm thinking you could meet me at Ichiraku's tomorrow? Bring your plastic 'cause it's gonna be a busy night!

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[sand_tanuki]

You did not answer my questions completely. But I'll pay for your meal... for being my friend.

But I don't understand why I have to bring a plastic bag.

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[foxy_crooner]

Not right now.

And stop it with that! You don't gotta do shit for me just 'cause I'm your friend! But a free meal is a free meal and I can put away the noodles so you'll need-

...

Plastic. Card. Credit card, Gaara. Sheesh...

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[sand_tanuki]

Fine. Ichiraku's is the ramen bar just outside the campus, isn't it?

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[foxy_crooner]

Aa~ Don't be late or I'll start without you!