damned_institute | Day 44: Women's Showers (2nd Shift)

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Day 44: Women's Showers (2nd Shift)

The sting of the water on Momo's wounds reminded her exactly where each and every burn was. Between that and the clear plastic wrapping the nurse placed around the long cut up her arm to her shoulder, she decided as little time in the actual spray would be wise. Sitting on a stool out of the direct stream, she went about scrubbing the grit and grime.

It almost felt weird to be alive with her throat intact, but Momo was not about to wish it was otherwise. In the past, maybe, but she remembered who she was and could not allow herself to become what she had been prior to her encounter with the undead knight. Wincing a bit with the pain of washing, she turned her thoughts to her upcoming meeting with Shikamaru. Or rather, she tried to. She still had to see Hitsugaya once she finished her shower.

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"I was supposed to meet up with someone, but he never showed up. Worse, I'm still not sure where the clinic is; at this rate, I might just start waiting in the chapel for people." All right, she'd need someone to escort her there, but it was better than wasting her magic by not using it.

Once she'd rinsed out her hair, she slicked it back--she couldn't do much else with it at the moment, and she liked being able to see--and blinked at Sheena. Why was the ninja's body language suddenly indicating shame? "Is something wrong?"

The ninja's bangs were obscuring her face, preventing Raine from figuring out that Sheena's attention was focused on the curves beyond the half-elf. It took far longer than it should have for her to notice that Raine had asked her a question.

"Uh... no."

Turning a bit away from Raine, Sheena tilted her head back into the stream, bringing her hands up to smooth the hair out of her face. She arched her back just a bit and then stretched her arms up. For a short period of time, the exsphere set into the ninja's torso was visible. Not that Sheena noticed. She stole another quick glance at the youkai.

Oh yeah, Raine had been talking about the clinic. And the chapel. She should respond to that. "Why aren't you just setting up your own? It's been a while since there's been a central spot," Sheena said, clearly a little distracted even though she was trying to hide it as she got some shampoo and started on her hair.

"I'd still prefer not to do anything so drastic just yet. Anything I do set up will be temporary, unless Tamaki... vanishes," Raine murmured. She was really worried about the kid; his boyfriend should know something, though. At least, she hoped so.

She was also wondering about Sheena; what was distracting her all of a sudden? Though, admittedly, there didn't have to be any sort of trigger for the girl's mind to go wandering off. She wasn't quite as bad as Lloyd, but sometimes she got close.

If only Sheena was a frigid bitch capable of shutting her urges off. Kind of like Raine, the ninja thought. Then she wouldn't be distracted by the sexy youkai.

On second thought... HELL NO.

"Then set up something temporary and let everyone know. By the way, you owe Forte a healing today," she added on, shooting Raine a glare since the half-elf had just admitted that she'd done nothing with her night and could have healed the poor robot last night.

Raine glared. "I never said I would. I'm sorry that I could have and didn't, but there are nights when the little magic I have still isn't enough and I prefer to err on the side of caution here." Yes, she had healed friends on request before (as well as without asking, on occasion) but those were people who needed it because they were going out and doing things. She didn't know Forte, and unless a healing was the only way to avoid a near-certain trip to the medical wing, he could heal on his own.

If there was a lull in the usual... excitement for a few nights, and he still needed it, she might. But for now, he'd live.

"He's in a wheelchair, Raine," the ninja spat back, all but forgetting about Yukari in the rush of anger. "You better heal him tonight. You have no idea how being stuck in that chair, completely unable to do anything is going to start driving him insane."

She tore her angry eyes away from Raine to wash the suds from her hair. "He's a lot like me. I understand how he feels..."

She sighed. "I'll look at him, but if he's too badly off, I won't even be able to help him much. And there are multiple reasons he might be too injured to walk; First Aid doesn't always do much for pain." It wasn't a promise to heal him, just that she would see if she could really do anything.

She would have asked a question that pointedly turned the tables on Sheena, but she wasn't in the mood to get accused of being a heartless bitch.

"He's in M109," Sheena replied. "He just needs to be able to get up and do something. I'm not asking you to make him shiny and new."

If Sheena had any inclining that Raine had been contemplating asking the ninja certain questions, she gave no indication of it.

"If you see him and then decide not to, I'll let it go. I'll be pissed, but I'll let it go. Just make sure to tell him why if you choose not to."

Raine pointed out, "The problem is, since healing does help so much and so quickly, he may decide he's better off than he is and try to do something long before he should. Especially since he's inexperienced with having a human body and overly used to instant repairs."

It was stereotyping, yes, but she also figured that would be fairly typical for a teenage boy anyway. She especially didn't want to heal him only to see him hurt himself even worse.

"I think since he was hurt so badly we thought he was dead for a few days, he's taking things a bit more serious than he did before," Sheena replied. "Plus, I'm not the only slightly protective friend he has. He's got a couple that are much older and more experienced than him."

The ninja shrugged. "Look, Raine, if you continue on with the 'what ifs' you might as well stop being a healer. You know you can't live like that."

Raine gave her a Look. "I'm explaining my logic, not making excuses. I will look at him; I'm not expecting any major events tonight, but that doesn't preclude seeing two or more people that need to be healed."

Especially considering what she had to look forward to, it was going to be a long day... not that they ever weren't.

Now that Raine had fully agreed to see Forte, with a sound of understanding, Sheena returned to something far more interesting - the youkai.

Silently, her eyes trailed down the youkai's body as the ninja tried to finish her own hair. She was distracted, so anything else Raine may have said to her went completely unheard. I wonder if Yukari chose that spot on purpose...

Raine wasn't surprised when Sheena's focus promptly wandered off, but it looked like something specific had her attention; she turned to follow her friend's gaze and saw Yukari. Judging from Sheena's expression, if they had fought they'd gotten over it.

Actually... it looked as if any tension between them might not be the result of fighting. Raine raised her eyebrows slightly, remembering some questions on romance; was this the object of Sheena's (apparently reluctant) affection?

Of course, she chose that spot on purpose. That damn youkai never does anything without a reason. That reason is usually to entertain herself, but...

Sheena tore her eyes away from Yukari so she could fully wash the suds from her hair. Once done, her eyes found the blonde again.

She's so... pretty. Like perfect or something. Sheena bit her bottom lip and finally looked away. Can't let her corner me tonight.

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