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Nightshift 33: M35, Clinic

Tamaki was still awed and touched that Ritsuka had set up the clinic for him. He... well, he'd stay alert and up and as focused as possible until Raine showed up. And anyone else. He remembered Kratos had said something about not being able to make it....

They really did need more healers and doctors. Maybe during the day he could hold classes in first aide or something, and anyone who wished to help could come. Yes, that was something he could focus his mind on. That was good.

He struggled out of bed, eyes still feeling hot and itchy from crying, and opened the door with another small smile directed at his roommate.

From the sound of the intercom, something was happening tonight. Maybe he should ask Ritsuka to stay after all.....

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"No, no questions," Hikaru replied a little tersely. He knew Raine by sight and by reputation, but he hadn't exactly interacted with her much during his lovely two week stay at Landel's. She was Tamaki's friend/mentor/whatever, not his. Even though M35 had replaced the Music Room and the Aid Society was the new Host Club, Hikaru didn't quite trust her yet.

He walked away from Ritsuka and started to move towards the door...avoiding Tamaki's gaze the whole time. Mori was a little harder to avoid because of his sheer size, so he just got a rueful look. "Actually, I think I'm going to go get Kaoru now. You want to come with, Ritsuka?" That way he wouldn't be out in the halls alone...and he'd have someone to talk to.

Tamaki was trying his best to stay calm and Mori nodded, letting the subject go for now. If he was given a reason or a name, he'd act, but until then, he'd let Tamaki deal with it as he saw fit. He and Mitsukuni had been hands off about the Haruhi thing as well, and while this wasn't exactly the same sort of circumstances, he wanted to let the Host deal with it as he saw fit.

A new person entered the room, a young woman claiming to be a healer. Mori quirked an eyebrow and stood back as she came in, letting her take center stage. If she was a healer (who said that anyway? Didn't she mean doctor?), then she was far more important to this Aide Society than he was.

Hikaru moved toward the door and shot him a puzzling look, to which Mori could only nod. He recognized that expression - Hikaru was giving up on the surface, but underneath he was still boiling mad and wary of this stranger. Mori stepped aside, figuring he could stay here and watch the others as long as Hikaru wasn't by himself. He wasn't sure how much a little kid like this Ritsuka could do, but then he knew not to judge entirely by appearance.

Tamaki was regaining control and Ritsuka felt a little more at ease. He felt horrible about it, but he never knew how to act around upset friends. He knew what he wanted when he was unhappy, but gauging normal reactions against his own was a bit of a stupid thing to do. He wasn't exactly going to win a Mr. Normal award for his coping mechanisms.

Raine walked in and Ritsuka perked up upon seeing her. He remembered this woman from the time she helped him and Miku and... Alfons. The thought of his now missing friend brought him crashing back down almost at once. He hoped Raine didn't ask about him...

Not that it seemed that would be an issue. Hikaru asked Ritsuka to go head out with him and Ritsuka nodded, sliding off the bed to grab his flashlight. Going out alone was suicide here and even if the two of them together weren't the most formidable duo in the halls, two heads were better than one. "I'll go with you."

Maybe they could look for Soubi along the way.

"Ah, Miss Raine." Tamaki nodded to the woman, wiping quickly away at the last of his leaking tears. "No, we were just discussing what we do here, that's all. Ah, this is Mori, he's from back home. We go to school together." He waved to the tall, quiet man.

"Miss Raine is an invaluable fixture of the Aide Club," he explained. "We're attempting to expand and gather more people and more space, to be able to handle the bulk of the institute." Which was difficult, but they were getting there.

And all of this provided him with distraction.

Raine walked over to the group, but her eyes were on Tamaki. "What happened?" Her voice was gentle, but he should know by now that she was very hard to dissuade. All she knew was that he'd seemed upset earlier that day, and he'd left M35 with someone she didn't know and didn't trust, and then he didn't come back--something that really worried her.

In retrospect, she suspected Kratos knew something; asking him would have been a lot easier than the upset child in front of her, but she needed to know. If someone had hurt him...

Good, Ritsuka was going to go with him. Hikaru gave the kid one of his first genuine grins all day and leaned against the doorframe. He was good enough at hiding his emotions that only someone who knew him well...like most of the people here...would be able to tell that there was anything wrong at all.

"Ready to go, squirt?"

[moving outside (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/393234.html).]

Watching as Hikaru left with the younger boy, Mori frowned a little. Hikaru was barely holding together. He was tempted to go after him, but he hadn't been called and he just sighed internally as he watched Hikaru go off. He'd have to speak with him later, just to be sure that the younger Host was alright. He'd been getting strange vibes from him since they first met and now those instincts were sounding the alarm bells louder than ever. Later. Right now, Tamaki was the priority.

Mori bowed like the gentlemen he was when he was introduced to Raine, but didn't say anything more. The woman seemed determined to focus on Tamaki and the one thing the blond didn't want to talk about. If Tamaki didn't seem like he wanted to say anything, Mori would step in, but until then...he couldn't do much more than wait. It was strange, taking this stance even here - there was a feeling of urgency here that he'd never sensed back at Ouran. Then again, the biggest problem they'd had back at Ouran was dealing with jealous clubs and what the next theme of the Host Club should be. This was life and life was never as simple as the school board would like them to think.

Poor Tamaki. The guy was getting it from all sides tonight. Everyone wanted to know what was up with him, and he'd likely be hearing that question a lot. Ritsuka hoped that explaining it over and over wouldn't wear on the guy. Looking up at Raine and Tamaki and the ever silent Mori, Ritsuka wondered just what he was doing mixed up with all these people.

Friends.

Right, friends. Not strangers - they were friends. He had to remember that. Pulling his camera out of his desk drawer, Ritsuka stuffed it into his pocket and turned to head out after Hikaru. He froze when he heard what the Host called him and bristled. "Don't call me that!" he snapped as he headed out after him.

[going here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/393234.html?thread=32815634#t32815634)]

Tamaki glanced at Raine and shrugged. "Nothing," he said, hoping she wouldn't push. He'd talked about it enough, and more than enough people knew already. He couldn't bear to have anyone else knowing!

"Just feeling a little bit homesick, I'm afraid!" he added, smiling sheepishly. Which, well, was true. He did miss when things were simple and he'd never killed anything and he'd never been....

In such awful situations.

Raine frowned; he couldn't possibly expect her to believe that. But, if he didn't want to talk about it... she hadn't known him long and didn't really have the right to force it out of him. Besides that, he had a lot of friends; maybe he was getting things taken care of on his own.

"All right," she said. "But if it's something I can help with, let me know. I won't stand for someone hurting one of my teammates." She was a force when she was angry, and when a child under her care was hurt or threatened--even Kratos generally got out of her way.

[Jumping down to help the new arrivals!]

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