Chapter 3

"Would you like to go home and change first? You are still in those hospital clothes." said Brianna with a soft smile.

"Oh ****! Umm yes please, I'll be right back ok?" I say as I stumble a bit blindly back to my apartment.

The sound of her cute giggle fills my head with flouting butterflies. 'Damn she's so hot and sweet!'

Quickly I change out of the hospital clothes and put on a nice pair of black pants, an orange shirt, and my bright red sweater. Rushing over to my shoes, I slide on my hard wood floor, stabbing my pinky toe into my table.

"****! UUUUGGGGHHHHAHAHA!" Grabbing at my foot I hold it tightly. Hoping around in pain for a few seconds. Grunting as I put my black Van's on, I grab my keys, lock the door and go next door to Brianna's apartment.

'Ok Madachi, you got this bro! Play it cool, try not to **** this up and make her happy'

As I go to knock the door opens and she runs her face into my chest.

"Oops! Hehehe, s-sorry! I forgot to grab the mail, so please come in and have a seat. I will be right back." she said quietly while blushing.

"O-oh it's ok! You go do that and I'll have the tea poured by the time you get back ok?" blushing back to her as her own cute giggle and blush is contagious.

"Alright thank you so much!" she said running down the stairs and disappearing.

Walking inside I'm hit with a lot of bright pink walls, decorated with a lot of anime figures. Her purple couch sits against the left wall under three shelves, the opposite wall has a 60 inch television mounted to the wall with a floor to ceiling book case on both sides, to my surprise, full of books. The sound of the tea pot ready, I walk into her kitchen and remove it. Her tea glasses she has set out next to the stove are white Chinese porcelain.

"Jeez those must have been expensive!"

Pouring the water into the cups, I take the plates they rest upon and walk to the living room again.

"Ok I'm back handsome!" her sweet velvety voice melts me like butter as she walks to me, tossing the mail to the counter.

"Welcome home! Here have your tea." I say as I hand her one of the cups and plates.

"Why thank you!" she says with such a bright smile it makes the room feel and seem brighter somehow.

"You really love anime, don't you?" I ask taking a sip of my green tea.

"Hehe y-yeah I do." the flustered look on her face is seen quickly as she looks away to hide a bit.

"It's alright! I love anime too. So you could say we are two weebs in a pod." making her try to feel a bit more comfortable about herself.

The soft and adorable 'Yay' she replies with makes me smile. We sit on the couch and sip at the tea slowly.

For hours we talk about our favorite animes, how we thought they should have ended or what we wanted changed from them.  By the time I have ran out of shows I begin to make jokes, some really good while others are just plain, downright horrible. Just trying anything and everything to make her smile, to distract her from her horrible day. However even my jokes run out and it falls silent for a few minutes. It's both awkward and uncomfortable for us, so I decide I'll tell her about my past few days. Leaving out the part of having a special thing inside of me and the two dead bodies. The look on her face contorts from worry, concern, and a quick glance of excitement as I tell it.

"... And now I'm here. These past 5 days feel like a dream. I swear. People beating my *** up to being kidnapped! I swear I'm going to need a therapist after this week is over." I finish with a faint, disappointed half smile.

"It's alright! I believe you are strong and caring! I mean yes you say you aren't strong but then how did you get here? We each are strong in our own ways, but together we are stronger. Each one person filling the hole of an other." she says comfortingly.

Looking up to her. "But what holes do I fill with people, hmm? I mean Doc saved me and God only knows who else was apart of it, so I think you are wrong." I say with a small shrug.

"You fill the hole of loneliness. You don't make me feel less than a human being and you've made me laugh and smile for hours! Yes some of your jokes are bad but still they managed to make me smile and feel special! You didn't make me feel like a slut like most guys do." she said playfully hitting my arm.

I take her words in for a few minutes as I think hard. Wondering if that's the case. Trying to find the answer in the past with my own friends and family. Seeing if it's not just the fact that they had no one better to go to, to quell their loneliness with.

"You know what? You're right! I do fill that void in people. Even if it is a fake relationship. I know all I should do now! I will get that therapist and then I'll get new friends!" I say with a new found conviction. The hope of having a new and better life seems more like the truth than me having this fucking dumb gear in my body.

"Good! That sounds like a good plan! I hope it works for you." she says with a bright and happy smile.

"Yeah it does." I respond with as I yawn. "I think I should go home and get some sleep, but everything will be ok. You can come next door when you want and I'll be happy to give you company." I yawn out again as I walk to the kitchen and set my dishes in the sink.

"Alright, have a good night and I'll see you around, handsome~." she says with a smile. The play on the word of handsome rings in my head as I nod and go to my own apartment. I changed to shorts and an old t-shirt and fall asleep happy.

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