Exploring [Aiko]

[Sabrina]

It was already past bedtime and this girl can't even sleep a wink. Her hair has gotten pretty messy and she kept on tossing and turning in bed. She can't believe it, why can't she sleep? Looking at her own watch, she finally found out that it was already twelve o' clock. She closed her hazel eyes tightly, trying not to think of anything so that she can sleep but to no avail. This was the last straw, she needs to take a walk around! This girl jerked up in bed and pushed the covers away from her and they fell on the floor. She opened her closet and has no idea on what to wear. Maybe she will just wear her own pink pajamas and for the footwear, she will wear her own pink slippers. At least those are not bunny slippers. She doesn't care of what she will wear and besides, it's already midnight. Nobody will see her wearing her own night attire. She slipped both of her feet into the two slippers and busted the door open and then, closed it gently afterwards.

Sabrina looked around the hallway, no one is here. The coast is clear, she just doesn't want to be seen by anyone right at this time. She ran out of the dormitory hallway. Finally, she was outside, the trees rustling in the wind and then, silence. She stopped in the middle of the place. The lamps flickered on and off, the chirping of the crickets can still be heard. She just can't hear people talking, she can't see a single person here. She was the only one who is here, standing in the middle of the Academy campus. Exploring around will be so cool. She flashed a wide grin and started to rub her hands together and was thinking that it would be fun. She can't see anyone in sight so, it means she will be the only one who will be exploring the place. Too bad, no one is with her to have some fun.

Nevermind, she will just go alone and that's final. She climbed up a tree and was standing on its largest branch, she could see the view of the place where there were stores and restaurants and remembered that she met a crimson-haired girl and a boy in that place. Wonder what's the place called? That place is so wonderful, how she wished that someone is with her now to at least share her own thoughts to her/him. It's okay if she talks to a boy now. Talking to boys is her secret fear and she needs to overcome it. For her, it's just that boys are sometimes ambiguous, mean, etc. Maybe not all boys are like that, she needs to overcome her fear at this place and at this year.

OOC: My apologies if its crappy for you.

[Hanako Aiko]

OOC: Mine ish the crappy one ._.;;

"Tabidachi no kurosuu road~"

A small, melodic voice sung from below. Her voice resonated with the wind, and then faded away. The rest of the melody was hummed in a broken English lyrics as footsteps thumping on the grass grew louder.

"Yonde-iru..." She sung again. Another set of footsteps then stepped to the grass from the concrete.

"Aiko-chan, you seemed so happy tonight." Another voice spoke, this time, it belongs to an older woman. If the girl on the tree would look down, she would find a girl, aged fourteen, with long indigo hair tied in a pony-tail and dressed in a thick lavender sweater and a pair of jogging pants, walking towards the tree with a woman with short black hair, dressed in skimpy black clothes under a white lab gown. They were none other than Aiko, the girl that not many in the Academy had seen and her personal nurse [and Doctor], Allona.

"Anou ne...atashi..." Aiko turned around cheerfully to face her nurse. She gave her a shy look together with a blushing smile. "Nande mou." She chuckled, and then continued walking.

"Hmm...this isn't about the boy I saved you from last time? My little Aiko's in love, eh?" The woman remarked, pausing in the exact spot below the girl up the tree. The wind then rushed towards the direction of the Town.

"EHHH!? Chigau desu yo!" Aiko argued, getting redder.

[Sabrina]

Then, she heard a female's voice, maybe that girl is singing? Where is the girl? She looked down to the ground then, she shrieked. Is she afraid of heights? The tree was pretty tall and pretty large. Perhaps this tree is already old, maybe it stayed here for tons of years. Sabrina took a deep breath and was trying to be brave, she needs to climb down or maybe she will just jump down right away but, if her choice is to jump down, she has to make sure that she will land safely on the ground. To be sure, she just have to climb down. Wait, she can see an unfamiliar girl below accompanied by a woman. What are they doing here at this time? Man, people in this Academy are so adventurous or maybe not? She climbed down carefully from the tree and her slippers finally touched the ground. Taking a deep breath, she walked closer to the two people and smiled at them.

"Konbanwa."

She greeted, that is the Japanese of "Good Evening". Speaking in Japanese is fun but, she has to speak in English so, people can understand on what she is saying rather than just speaking in some foul languages but, maybe these people knew how to speak Japanese or not? She stared at the girl, the one who has a long indigo hair tied in a pony-tail and dressed in a thick lavender sweater and a pair of jogging pants. Then, she shifted her gaze to the other person, it's a woman with a short black hair, dressed in skimpy black clothes under a white lab gown. Great outfits in her opinion, she is only wearing her own night attire, she is not a stylish type of girl anyway. Maybe these people are both considerate or benign but, she was hoping that she will meet people who have gracious hearts.

Anyway, she was waiting for them to greet her back or maybe they will just reply. What will they say?

[Hanako Aiko]

OOC: Late reply, school sucks >_>;; ANYWHO~
[Aiko, Allona]. I'm still getting used to RPing with them @_@;;

"Pffsh. You can't hide anything from me, Aiko-chan. I've taken care of you since you're a little baby-waby. Don't forget, I majored in Psychology too, and based on what I have studied, your reaction is a self-defense mechanism." Allona boasted, taking a rim of cigarettes from her lab gown's pocket and lighting a stick. She then tucked it between her lips and continued teasing her patient. "And even if I didn't, my common sense would tell me that you are really guilty of my accusation because you're blushing." She placed her hand on her waist.

"AHH! MOU!" Aiko shouted, growing redder. She planned to run away since she was really really embarrassed, but before she can even take the first step, a girl landed on the ground and greeted them.

"Konbanwa."

"KYAHH!" Aiko stumbled in surprise and fell backwards, hitting her bottom on the ground.

"Huh?" Allona eyed the girl, taking reluctant steps towards Aiko and stopping a feet away from the girl. "What're you doing out here in this time of night?" The woman asked in a monotonous voice, cigarette still tuck between her lips.

"It hurts..." Aiko whinned, nursing her butt.

"Clumsy." Allona rolled her eyes and then turned to the other girl. "Well? Answer?"

[Sabrina]

Well, she can't hear anything in their conversation but, the girl was kinda surprised and saw her stumbling backwards to the ground. "Are you ok, Miss?", she demanded as she bent down and reached out her right hand to the girl. Nothing, Sabrina just wanted to help someone especially when she has a good mood. Even that woman asked her what is she doing here at this time of night. Sabrina shifted her gaze to the woman but, Sabrina was still remaining in her current position. "Just exploring around because I can't sleep.", she answered honestly. Even the two of them are still awake. "How about you two? What are you two doing here at this time of night, may I ask?", she asked back but, in a polite manner.

OOC: Sorry for a short post.

[Hanako Aiko]

"How about you two? What are you two doing here at this time of night, may I ask?"

Aiko was about to take the girl's hand when he heard what she said. The two exchanged glances and then turned their head back to the girl.

"Eh? Etou..."

"There's a funny story to that, actually." Allona cut off what Aiko was about to say while Aiko, on the other hand, just giggled while taking the girl's hand. Allona decided to be careful of leaking information about Aiko's illness or she may be in danger. Or then again, she may be not. the more people aware of Aiko's fragileness, the more they would tend to be concerned about her.

"You see..." She took the cigarette stick from her mouth and exhaled smoke. Feeling the sensation of warmth coming out of her body, she just decided to let Aiko explain herself.

"Meh, you tell her, Aiko."

"Ore?" Aiko pointed to herself, and then turned to the girl. "Umm...it's...like...well, I'm not allowed to go out during mornings, so..." She laughed happily, hoping that the girl wouldn't ask anymore questions about her.

[Sabrina]

Sabrina stood up straightly as the girl said that she can't go out during mornings. She became astonished, her eyes slightly grew wide and her dark blue eyes changed into an even lighter color of blue. Not allowed? Why is that? Sabrina wanted to ask the girl why but, she doesn't want to be talkative, especially too much. To avoid that, she needs to seal her mouth shut and instead of asking something else about that topic, she replied instead accompanied by a sweet smile and also accompanied with a sweet voice, "Hai! I understand perfectly already.", she made a slight nod and was thinking that she should not ask about the question she had currently hidden inside her brain right now. Well, she just wanted to ask why that girl isn't allowed to go out during daytime but, it is just none of her business anyway. Thus, she wanted to know this girl's name and this woman's name who was smoking there, guess that woman is smoking. Wait, this girl's name is Aiko. Sabrina just heard that woman saying, 'Meh, you tell her, Aiko.' so, the girl's name is specifically Aiko or maybe it was just a nickname? Right now, she is not too familiar by this woman, who is she?

"May I know who you are, Miss?"

She asked as she whipped her face to the woman this time but, Sabrina's body was still facing at the girl's. Silence passed by her for a while and her face became emotionless, her hands were on the sides of her body and her raven, black hair was dancing around her face with the rustling of the wind. She shook her head and glanced back at the girl as she asked hurriedly, "Wait, wait for a while. Are you an old student here in this Academy?", she was starting to place both of her hands on the Aiko's shoulders as gently as she can and Sabrina's eyes were already gleaming, hoping that this girl was an old student. Sabrina, the new student needs to know more about this place. How uncool if she keeps on stopping into places that are not familiar to her but, she doesn't have to complain that she always gets lost in front of all of the people. After all, it is a normal experience, it's not?

[Hanako Aiko]

Oh good, she understands. Aiko sort of felt better and relieved hearing that from the girl. She gave her a nod of assurance, and then accidentally read her name spelled by blue letters floating above her forehead. Donovan Sabrina. Her name is Donovan Sabrina. Argh, she hates her alice. I must apologize later, she mentally noted.

"May I know who you are, Miss?"

"Ah, sou." Aiko snapped back to reality. "Atashi no namae wa Hanako Aiko desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimazu~" She introduced herself in the most friendly tune, accompanied by a smile and a finger placed on her cheek. Allona rolled her eyes, saving another adoring chuckle just inside her. Her Aiko-chan becomes really cute when she tries hard on doing stuff she isn't used to.

And then to Aiko's surprise, Sabrina grabbed her shoulders and then started blurting out questions about her being an old student. She began to feel confused on why the girl would act that way, so she closed her eyes and turned her head away from the girl.

"Gaahh, Allona-sensei...!" Aiko tried to get the girl's grip away from her, but ended up falling on the ground. Again.

"Bahh." Allona remarked, stepping into the scene. She dropped the cigarette on the ground and then stepped on it to turn the fire off, then Picked Aiko up from her armpits.

"Sorry 'bout that little girl." She addressed Sabrina, trying to get Aiko to stand. "She's not used to dealing with...umm...other people. Hope you excuse it."

"Mmm..." Aiko apologizingly nodded. "Gomen ne..."

"And yes, she IS an old student here." Allona answered the question for Aiko.

[Sabrina]

To her surprise, the girl fell on the ground after she yelled at the woman's name. Allona-sensei?, Sabrina mentally thought as she finally smiled, she finally knew a little part in the woman's identity but, Sabrina snapped out of the useless thoughts. Somehow, she heard the girl introducing herself a while ago. The name was Aiko. Yes, she knew that already. She almost gasped but, hasn't gasped yet just when that woman helped the poor girl up. Why is Aiko scared? Why is she kinda afraid of Sabrina? Maybe her dark blue eyes scared the girl? Her thoughts has been interrupted once again as she heard the woman apologized about Aiko not being used to deal with other people. Good, now Sabrina had understood the reason why. Now, she won't be asking about the questions she had a while ago since, all of them had already been answered. Even Aiko has apologized in a "Japanese" manner. Gomen ne means sorry, huh? If Sabrina is not used in speaking Japanese, she would ask Aiko about its meaning.

"It's okay, I understand and don't apologize, Aiko-chan. I am sorry.", she assured the two of them with a nervous smile. For a while, Allona answered the question for Aiko. Aiko was an old student here. Ok, Sabrina made up her mind, she doesn't want to ask the girl to tour around with her anymore or maybe things will get worse maybe, it is not a prediction, it is just a maybe. Who knows what will happen sooner or later? "I see. Well, I was just asking. Sorry about what happened earlier.", she said with that nervous smile again. "May I know your Alice, Aiko-chan? It is ok if you don't tell it.", she interrogated. She loves to call the girl "Aiko-chan" instead of just calling her "Aiko" and Sabrina loves to be called "Sabrina-san" but, her name isn't Japanese, anyway.

So, some people call her "Sabby-chan" which is so annoying and everytime that nickname rings through her ears, she will think that the name kinda sounds childish.

[Hanako Aiko]

"Iiee, you don't need to apologize." Aiko shook her head, finally regaining balance, but her hands were still holding onto her Allona-sensei's lab gown. She was kind of struggling on her words too, if the girl would notice.

"May I know your Alice, Aiko-chan? It is ok if you don't tell it."

"Eh? My alice?" Aiko spoke. She was kind of moved to hear someone call her "Aiko-chan" besides her family and doctor so it made her happy. Is this a possibility that she would finally have a friend who is a girl? It's worth to try. "It's umm...Name Reading...Sabrina-san." She answered with a smile. Of course the girl would have figured out how she came to know her name since she told her alice. She just hoped that she wouldn't get offended somehow.

Allona, meanwhile, was caught inside deep thoughts. She looked at Aiko sympathetically, wondering about her situation. A while ago, her Aiko-chan was being her lovely and energetic self, even blushing upon the thought of her premature love interest, and now, she falls down and is having a hard time regaining balance. She knew that her illness, Xeroderma Pigmentosum, would someday devour and take her, but she also knows that it wouldn't happen until stage three. She knows that Aiko's pass the age span of stage one and two, but she had not undergone the latter where skin cancers would develop on her body. Had her she surpassed stage two? Or is she skipping that and jumping directly to stage three where Neurological abnormalities would occur? It's impossible. What is happening? This is definitely serious. She needs to take further studies on the disease. And if this happened to be a special case of XP, she needs to document it for future of the next XP carriers.

Yeah, document it...and probably turn it to a thesis...

...but that would also mean using Aiko as a controlled variable. Tsk. This sucks. Allona felt so f*cked up. Why the hell is she thinking of experimenting on her dear little Aiko when the thing she needs to do right now is saving her? This is why she never wanted to love anyone. She's better of alone, having nothing, and no one to lose.

[Sabrina]

Name Reading Alice? A lovely Alice, one of her favorites! Maybe that is why Aiko already knew what Sabrina's name is. "Love the Alice, Aiko-chan!", she cheerfully said as she clapped her two, small hands in amazement. Wanna know why it is certainly amazing for her? It is because she won't have to waste her own saliva by asking about what the person's name is. "Aiko-chan, do you have a single friend in here?", she finally pondered. She was just wondering if this girl has any friends or acquaintances here since she said that she will only stay awake in the evening, especially too late in the evening. Everyone will be asleep and yet, will somebody will be adventurous enough to meet Aiko late at night? In a split second, she was getting inquisitive. She has to keep the question hidden deep inside her and if she spills the question out, what will happen? What if their reason was entirely private?

"Well, will you be roaming around in the Academy tomorrow night?", she spat out calmly, her eyes still continued to beam. It is a question which means that a "Yes" or a "No" answer will suffice out from Aiko's mouth, or not? For tomorrow, she will have have nothing to do. Usually, she walks around the Academy just like her very own exercise, it is just like her assigned daily routine for Physical Education in school. Even in Central Town, she doesn't have enough rabbits to buy expensive things and stuff. Well, at least a hundred rabbits will be sufficient enough, or not? It's just that it is entirely hard to be a new student especially when making new friends.