Sword Art Online V2: Reboot and Reactivate (alexia__ and ~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~, Mature?)

[alexia__]

Quickly his face snaps up at what Shinji had said. "No!" states Lance with an over excitement growing "I can't believe you did that, oh you're amazing" he says as he reaches for the boy and hugs hug tightly.

 

"Yes we can get whatever ice cream you want" he says as his eyes once again travel to the disc and then back at Shinji. Lance knew a thing or two about computers but these things were not something he could do to save his life. Looking at Shinji now felt like a dream. Quickly Lance placed the sweets in the fridge and hurried to were Shinji was, he reached for the boy and carried him in his arms walking up the stairs.

The kitchen light soon turned off seeing as the motion in the kitchen had stopt. Lance's room was dark but warm, completely contradicting the outside rucus of wind and cold temperatures.

"Let's sleep" he told the other boy as he was placed in the bed; soon he began to feel just how tired he was and sleeping with a soft and warm human was the best option in the moment.

 

Soon enought Shinji was wrapped up in Lance's arms "I hope I don't squish you too much, but I just want you so close is driving me crazy" he says remembering what he had told the older woman. Never had he admitted to loving someone in a romantic way, it was all too new. The blush, the suddenly bursts of passion, the desire to hug closely but he welcomed them all one by one trusting that Shinji would always be there to give more

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Shinji laughs, overcome with a fit of giggles as first Lance hugs him, excited about the program, and then finds himself being carried up the stairs, and into Lance's bedroom, and placed on the bed. "Oh Lance! You're too much." He giggles, using the same statement the other had made about him earlier. He was happy seeing the smile upon Lance's face, it suited him much better than the gloomy look he was sporting earlier that day.

 

"Alright. I didn't even change from pajamas today, so I'm ready for bed." He snuggles deeper under the covers, and closer to Lance, who was now laying next to him, and hugging his body close. He just answers Lance's statement with a soft giggle, rubbing his face against Lance's chest. "You're not squishing me, but I might be suffocated in the middle of the night."

 

Closing is eyes, he takes a deep breath, and let's it out slowly, calming himself down. "Well...good night, I love you... Time to go see Straw Bearie again and eat more ice cream..." he mutters softly, and like a light switching off, he was fast asleep, a smile on his lips, a faint pink blush on his cheeks. He was excited for tomorrow, and already had his stuff set out and ready in his room.

[alexia__]

The alarm was set for early 7:30, that way he could go for a run before school. Lance stayed awake watching Shiji before sleep took him too.

 

The morning was cold and some of the cars had ice growing on them. 'Is a good thing mine is in the garage' he told himself as he ran his way back from the neighborhood, now approaching his house, he removed the sweaters and scarf when he entered and quickly ran up the stairs.

"Wake up Shinji school, the new uniforms is in the left section of the closet" he told the boy who was curled into a small ball on the bed. Quickly he ran some water on himself to get the sweat of running off. Once he got out he smelled agin of soap and men's colonge.

 

A towel was wrapped around his waist but the rest was revealed allowing him to get goosebumps due to the lightly cold temperatures in the room.

"It's too cold this year" he told Shinji, where ever he was in the room. Lance , at the moment, was somewhat blind due to the fact that he was missing his glasses and contacts. Walking into the closet he grabbed boxers and the uniform. Soon he was dressed in a light dress colored pant with dark shoes, the shirt was a royal blue that went along with the white coat who had a large medical sign on the left. Additionally Lance wrapped a large winter coat over himself and a huge scarf. Then he reached for his glasses.

"Shinji where are you"

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Shinji, already awake and dressed in a white shirt, grey vest, black uniform pants, and black jacket, a green tie around his neck, wearing his new glasses, stood in the corner, snickering quietly at Lance, who had spoken to the pillow that he'd placed under he blankets, making it look like he was still asleep. Thing was, Shinji had waited for the moment that Lance went out to go on his daily run to pull this trick.

 

He giggles again, and moves to another part of the room, and when Lance finished getting dressed, tackles him from behind, jumping on to his back and clinging on like some kind of monkey, yelling out "Gotcha!" He begins laughing loudly, before letting go of Lance's shoulder, and dropping to the floor.

 

"So, how do I look?" He asks, moving so Lance could see him clearly. His own coat, scarf, gloves and and school bag were in the corner. Grinning widely, he tugs lightly at his jacket sleeve. His bangs were pinned back on one side with with a green and white clip, leaving one side of his bangs still hanging in his face. He reaches up and touches the clip, but says nothing.

 

"Anyways, let's go! I already made us lunches, too. Here." He holds out the bento, which had rice, steamed vegetables, salmon, a spring roll, and fruit bits. "I used the food from last night. And here." Handing Lance a small container, it held two cupcakes inside. There was also a thing of green tea, and a small box with chopsticks. "And please don't ask when I made them."

 

He places his own food in his bag, and tugs at Lance's hand, after pulling on his coat and other stuff. "Come on, come on!!" He giggles, it was obvious he was excited to get started in his college classes. There was a major reason why he wanted to attend that college, and it wasn't because of the courses. That played an important part, but there was a much bigger reason.

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Once he touched the floor he started laughing, he had finally understood why the bed was rounded "you sneaky bastard" he whispered through his smile.

Hurrying out of the house, after Shinji had dragged him out, he opened the garage and took out the car then they drove to the building.

 

"Its quite cold today, I'm not surprised if it stars to snow" he said to the boy as he parked.

The school looked glorious against the dark sky, its large crystal windows and buildings made it look superior and almost breath taking. They both exited the car and headed to the students building, there they got Shinji's classes and all the papers he needed.

 

"If there are any classes you don't like just come back here and they will change it for you" he told the boy as they walked out "Your last class of everyday will be Biochemistry, which will have me in it" said Lance with a slight accent. He showed the smaller boy around, just enough so he wouldn't get lost. The different buildings were all numbered so if you looked it could be found.

"Most of your classes will be in the 4th and 6th building, which are really close to each other...ah Shinji I have to go I'm sorry" he said as he checked his watch, seeing that he had a close 10 minutes to get to his class. Lance waved goodbye to Shinji after leaving him where the schedule had indicated.

 

The day continued on,cold and dark, every so often he could glance outside to check for snow. Lance changed from class to class and soon he found his anxiety slightly growing.

He was worried for Shinji.

 

Lance slightly cursed himself for thinking of his partner as a child, he knew that Shinji would find his way around but still he could not wait to see how everything was going for the other self.

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They arrive at the college, and Shinji gasps as he looks up at the building, his eyes twinkling with excitement. Heading inside, they get his schedule, and then Lance leads him around, showing him where things were, for the most part anyways. At first they didn't really run into anyone, everyone was already in the class rooms, getting ready for classes to start.

 

When they arrive at the door to his first class, which was a basic class he was required to take, he waves as Lance leaves. "I'll see you at lunch!"hen turns to the door, and tatakes a deep breath before going inside. As the day progressed, it didn't turn out quite as bad as he imagined, in fact, it went well. Soon, throughout the whole school the main topic was about the kid genius Shinji Yukaro, who had gotten top scores in the National testing for four years in a row.

 

As he sat through classes, he thinks of what Lance was doing, and smiles, before focusing on the lesson. Not surprisingly, he caught up easily, and could answer questions that were asked, even demonstrating how to solve an equation that many others had a hard time with. It was so much fun for Shinji, doing things he actually enjoyed, and not getting picked on for it. He did get teased a bit though, but it was all in good fun.

 

By lunch time, many were talking about him, and one particular topic catches his ear. A group of students were talking to each other, and he listens in on them. "Hey, wasn't Rai Yukaro Shinji's brother? I remember the guy would go on and on about his kid brother Shinji, and bragged about how he was going to be a game engineer when he grew up. Rai had so much confidence in that kid. It's a shame he's no longer around..."

 

Shinji turns around and walks away, smiling, touching the pin in his hair. While distracted, he accidentally bumps into someone, and falls over, landing hard on his butt. "I'm so sorry!!" He exclaims, looking up to see a young woman with long straight brown hair, that reached the middle of her back, wearing a white sweater, a khaki skirt, and black stockings, a white lab coat over her clothes. "Oh, don't worry. Here..."

 

She kneels down, and helps him pick up his things. "You're Shinji Yukaro, aren't you?" He nods. "I thought so. You look like your brother, Rai-san. Especially the clip. Is that his?" He nods again. "Yeah...did you know him?" They stand up straight, and she smiles more. "Yeah, I was an underclassman to him. He helped me in my studies." "Oh, I see...who are you?" The girl blinks, then flushes up. "Oh! Where are my manners? I'm Chidori Seikito."

 

Shinji smiles. "Nice to meet you, Seikito-sempai." Chidori blushes. "Oh, no, just call Chidori, please, okay Shinji-kun?" His eyes grow wide, but he smiles. "O...okay...um, I wish I could chat, but, I gotta find someone...it was nice meeting you Chidori-san!" He waves, and heads off, looking for Lance so they could eat lunch together, and talk about what had happened so far.

[alexia__]

The science studies room was much different than the rest of the school. It was composed of five floors and a large water plants on the top. The first floor was for basic classes that all students were required, but only special access was given to the other floors which was occupied by the top medical students. He classes there were often quiet and a pin drop could be heard fall. Another difference as the fact that it was always kept at 50 degrees in all rooms.

 

Lance found himself on the fourth floor that day, his mind had finally found a way to settle once the teacher had inflicted work on him. Now he stood infront of a class presenting his research paper and ideas. One thing he enjoyed about this class was the fact that all students were very studious in the aspect of medicine and half of them were Lances closest friends. The board projected a large picture of a heart and different cases of the same disease.

 

"What can we conclude here?" asked a girl at the far end of the class. Quickly he begun his discussion which quickly tied to all aspects from history to a small mathematics. From the corner of his eye, Lance could see the teacher slightly smiling at the precentasion.

'You're just getting old' he internally teased the older professor.

 

Minutes before Lance was done a call was made to the classroom asking him to head down to the second floor. Giving an apologetic shrug to the professor he headed out, taking the elevator to the room he'd been call in. The large lab that he had been called to specified in blood and dna studies but his eyes widened when he saw the mess that stood infront of him.

"What is all this!" He asked slightly agitated

 

"Sorry Lance" answered a smaller girl from the corne

"Yuuki!"

"I know" she quickly stated "all the blood feel because it was so high up"

 

The girl was a new student Lance was co-working with for her best interest. Their project concluded different trials with the blood, which was now all over the floor.

 

"We can't use this now" says Lance.

Quickly he heads over to her and helps her get up from the floor, covering his white lab coat in blood in the process "what a mess"

The floor, an a large portion in Lance's chest was now red "I'll return I'll get a cleaning cart" he told Yuuki before exiting the room.

 

A few rooms down before turning the last left Lance came face to face with a flushed Shinji and he quickly froze.

"H-hey what are you doing here" he asked digging his blood covered hands into his coat pockets macking them leak red.

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Looking around, he tries to figure out where Lance was, but after a short while, Lance found him instead. At first Shinji just stares at the red spots on Lance's lab coat, his voice lost in his throat. He hears the question that was asked of him, but for a moment he couldn't say anything.

 

Shaking his head, he looks to Lance's face, his eyes blank for a moment. "Huh?" Shifting the bag on his shoulder, he then realizes what he was asked. "Oh! Um, I was looking for you. Remember.... we were supposed to eat lunch together..." he blushes, and scuffles his feet. "B-but...if you're still busy that's fine...I-I'll go eat by myself..."

 

From how he appeared, it seemed as if Lance was actually still doing some things, so he smiles softly, and shifts his bag again. Then reaches up and pushes his glasses up on his nose. "Well...I'll see ya...if you do end up finished soon...I'll be in the library..." He turns to walks away, feeling a bit embarrassed now.

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"N-no no no! wait Shinji" Lance quickly moved to block the boy's way but not to touch him due to the stains "Please don't leave, just wait he for a second, please don't move from here."

 

Quickly Lance moved back to the blood covered laboratory. "Yuuki clean it with my coat" he said as he removed the large lab coat ad tossed it at the girl

 

"I'm leaving sorry, something came up" he says as he cleans the blood from his hands and exits the room. Now Lance quite nervous, he usually never ate lunch in school, let alone with anyone in general.

 

"I-i'm back" he says almost shyly at Shinji "I'm sorry for making you wait are you okay?" he asks seeing that the boy looked somewhat disturbed.

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When Lance moves to block him, he nearly jumps out of his skin, jumping slightly, and steps back. "H-huh? O-okay..." He stares at the blood stains on the lab coat, a blank look forming on his face again, his mind clearly going somewhere else entirely different than the school around them.

 

He doesn't even notice when Lance leaves him standing there, his hands at his sides, his arms hanging limply. That red color had made something within him shift, switching a trigger that should never be flipped. It made his stomach lurch, and his head hurt slightly, and goosebumps formed on his skin.

 

Shinji nearly screams as Lance shows up again, and jumps again, his heart pounding in his chest when Lance speaks to him. For a moment he just stares at Lance, still lost in thought, but then blinks repeatedly. "W-what? Oh, yeah....I'm fine. Let's go..." Shifting the bag again, he shuffles forward, moving past Lance, and heading to somewhere quiet so they could eat their lunches.

 

Arriving at their destination, he pulls out his food, but even as the bento lay open on his lap, his chopsticks in his hand,he does not move to out anything in his mouth. Instead he stares into space, his expression blank, his eyes almost having a glazed look to them.

[alexia__]

Lance stares at Shinji as he spaces out during the entire lunch, before he even realizes it the time for both of them was up and they had barely spared a word between the two. Obviously something was wrong with Shinji, but Lance lacked the hand to reach out and ask. He had before, and obviously it was ignored for a reason. Now he was more conscious about his depressed lover.

'What's wrong' he asked the other in his head, as his eye browns frowned together to form a hurt look. Lance walked Shinji to the building where the rest of his classes were, he was reluctant to letting the boy go; Shinji's face and features appeared to be in another place completely.

 

Reaching for his shoulders Lance pulled the smaller figure in for a hug and tightly squeezed but not enough to hurt. He could smell the sweetness of the boy's shampoo

"Everything it okay, yeah?" he said "you will be fine, tell me your problems and I will take away everything that troubles your mind"

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He'd barely touched his lunch, and before he knew it, he was being led down the hall to his next class. His feet shuffle as he walks, dragging slightly, he wasn't even paying attention to where he was going. They stop in front of the door to the classroom, and Shinji was just about to go inside when he was stopped by Lance.

 

His eyes widening as he was pulled into a tight hug, all he could think of was the blood that had been staining the other's clothes. And in his mind, it was still there, getting all over him and he begins to panic. Shinji could hear the words said to him, but did not comprehend them at all. His heart beat becoming erratic, his breathing quick and shallow.

 

For a moment he just remains there, in Lance's embrace. Then, he snaps. "No...get it off..." Pushing away from Lance, he begins to flip out, running his hands over his body, as if trying to get something off of him, while staring widely, his eyes seeing something only he could, the expression wild and crazed. All the while he did this, he talks to himself, his voice getting louder and louder, becoming more frantic and paranoid.

 

"Get it off...get it off! Oh God, why is it on me?! Why won't it come off?! It's not coming off! Get it off, get it off, get it off! GET IT OFF OF ME!!!" His hands were literally tearing away at his clothes and skin, trying to wipe away some invisible substance in his mind that he was seeing on his body, trying to bat away some unseen person. "No, no, no!! Stop, stop it! Quit it, get it off! It hurts, it hurts! Don't hurt me! Stop hurting me!! Stop it! STOOOP!!!!" Tears were now sliding down his cheeks, he was in his own world.

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It was a good thing many people didn't go by that hall way during lunch, and it was exceptional now that this was happening. By the way Shinji's pupil were dilated Lance could tell he was in a state of shock.

It pained him to see this, quickly he reached for the others wrist trying to calm him down. In shock, close contact would reduce the freaking out of a person but in Shinji's mind it was something in him that ha caused it.

'Was it the blood?' He asked himself "Shinji" he called softly "Shinji? Can you hear me close your eyes" repeated Lance even lower now as if forcing the other to try and look for his voice

"Shinji there is nothing there" he said a bit more forceful now

"Look, really look there is nothing. Wake up" all while doing this Lance kept his hands to his side only being close enough that it took a full extended arm and more to reach the boy. He wanted to hug him tell him everything was fine. But for once Lance realized that it was not and from then on he would be what they had agreed from the start.

 

"Shinji? do you see anything?" this question came as a statement.

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He could hear everything Lance said, but to him, it would have better fallen on deaf ears. And yet, he responds. Closing his eyes, he listens to the words. In his mind's eye, blood covered his hands, on his clothes, his face, the floor they were standing on. It was everywhere, and he couldn't get it off of himself, or out of his head. He continued to make repeated washing motions, scrubbing his hands together.

 

"I never was asleep. For this nightmare, I was always awake..."

 

Then, when the question was asked of him, he pauses, staring at his hands, trembling. "Blood...I killed him. I see blood. Everywhere. They beat me....they beat me and hit me and made me bleed. I killed him, and they punished me..." He slowly rubs his hands together. "Get it off of me...make the pain go away...blood...don't you see it? Blood on my hands. Blood on their hands. Red everywhere..."

 

He looks up at Lance, raising his hands to eye level, showing him his palms. "See? It's his blood. And mine." He stares at Lance, his eyes seeing, but at the same time, not seeing. "They hit me...and cut me...they tried to kill me..."

 

Then, as suddenly as it began, it ends. He blinks, and gets a confused look on his face. A frown forms. "Um...what just happened?"

[alexia__]

It hurt to admit it, admit that your loved one needed help, admit that the one you had come to love could easily become someone you had never met.

 

Speechless but unsurprised Lance stared at Shinji's small flushed face, his lips were red now and the tip of his nose a bit flushed from the cold winter air.

"nothing" he managed to say without stuttering or showing his true internal monologue.

 

The wind blew a bit harder now and Lance moved his own hands into his pockets, reluctant to touching the boy across from him. 'I have not played my part' he told himself as his eyes dragged to the floor. Taking two steps Lance closed the distance between the two and kissed the boy's forehead. His hands still in his pocket.

"we need to talk when we get home, but for now everything is fine" slightly Lance gave Shinji a small bump on the side to shake him from his thoughts.

 

"run to class now"

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"Um...okay..." He smiles as his forehead was kissed, and waves as he turns to go into the building, and heads to his class. It went well enough, as well as the other classes. It was all fun, as if that moment outside with Lance had never happened at all.

 

The last class he was to go to was one he shared with Lance, and he blushes a bit as he made his way to the classroom. Going inside, he shyly walks over to him, wandering what the other wanted to talk to him about later. He'd been oblivious to the way Lance had talked to him, the change in the way he'd been looked at.

 

Tapping Lance on the arm, as the other was distracted he waits to be noticed, before speaking up. "H-hi Lance." Shuffling as he stood there, he felt nervous, a tiny smile on his lips. His eyes flick around the room, taking in the sight, and seeing all the other students already there. Feeling a little scared, he steps a bit closer to Lance. This classroom weren't like the others he'd been in, but smelt of a lab, or a hospital room.

 

(Sorry it's short. Brain fart.)

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Seeing Shinji there made the class blur around him, his mind only focusing on the smaller figure in front of him making the worry from before consume him and create a small lump on the back of his throat. Lance noticed that people were beginning to stare. Of course that was to no surprise, Lance was not exactly unfriendly but he could not stand to work with anyone else on projects; Yuuki being a slight exception for now. Before he could answer back to Shinji the teacher walks in

"Take a seat behind a lab desk and get ready for today" he screams grabbing everyones attention.

 

"We will be performing a partner lab today. Lance you're alone as usual" he says his eyes landing on the younger boy.

 

"Ah sensei I will actually have a partner today" he answered back.

 

The face that emerged from the older man was one of those that reflected 'I just saw a miracle and I can't believe it'. Half of the class turned around and stared at Lance, some even whispering remarks. From the corner of his eye he could see Yuuki fidgetting in her chair.

 

"Seriously Lance!" she states as he eyes are dragged back to her note book a slight anger tone emerging from her statement.

 

"W-well then who is the student" answered the professor as he eyes Shinji

"The new student, Shinji" he answered back.

 

It must have been a greater shot to everyone than he had expected. He wasn't exactly a genius but his talent in mathematics and sciences excelled and many time others had wanted to pair up with him for interest or a better grade. Although he knew, that with Shinji this would not be the case.

 

"A-Alright moving on!" he said "Change to the lab coats on the back and read the instruction packet that has been set in front of each desk. Word of warning be careful with the acids we will use today"

 

As the class made their way to the back room to collect the coats Yuuki gave a glare to Lance and then slightly laugh.

"You're fucking unbelievable" she whispered as she neared him

"So vulgar" he answered back sarcastically

"psss" was her answer before she threw him two coat and grabbed her own

 

"You suck Lance"

 

 

hehe don't worry

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Shinji jumps when the professor yells, almost giving him a heart attack. He hears a few snickers, but for the most part no one outright laughed at him. He was relieved for that, as he let's out a breath, running his hand down the side of his face. That had been unexpected, for sure. What else he didn't expect was the way people reacted to when Lance said that Shinji was to be his lab partner, even the professor had a look of surprise.

 

He glances around, a look of confusion on his face, a small frown on his lips. Though he doesn't ask anything, as the professor had spoken up again, giving them instructions. A lab on his first day, huh? This was sure to turn out quite interesting, that was for certain. Pushing up his glasses on his nose, he watched as students began to move around the classroom, doing as they had been told.

 

He stares at the girl who was talking to Lance, his eyes wide, especially when he heard her cussing at him. What was her problem? Tilting his head, he moves even closer to Lance, as if her attitude was a dangerous monster, about to attack him and eat hs soul or heart or maybe his brains. Reaching out, he tugs Lance's shirt, trying to get his attention.

 

"Lance...who is that?" Mumbling this, so the girl couldn't hear him, or he thought she couldn't anyways. As he asked this, he reaches for one of the lab coats in Lance's hands, not once taking his eyes off the female. He was eying her like she was on the verge of going nuts, and when she looked at him, he pulls back so he was behind Lance, out if her line of vision, and pulls the lab coat on.

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After hearing Shinji's question Lance slightly laughs but tried to not show it. His head tilts slightly so he was whispering at Shinji.

 

"She's this sophomore that skipped a couple of grades for being completely rich. But I give it to her, she's really smart and completely crazy yes. Oh and" he ads "I'm stuck with her for a small lab in Biomedical class"

 

The instructions were simple make the acid stronger using the aspects that had been discussed in class for the passed week. A closed test tube had been given to every group and all the other elements as well. A piece of flat metal stood proudly in the middle of the table ready to be tested on. A stove was on the left and a display of other elements was in a small test tube rack to the right of the table. Who ever made a hole through the metal got the A everyone else would get B's.

 

"Each of the tubes has a name sticker on the side" said Lance to Shinji "care to see which one will react with the acid the best?" he offered to the boy.

 

He already knew which combination would work the quickest, but it would be fun to see what the effects of the inexperienced Shinji would be.

'Was he inexperienced?' Lance asked himself

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"Oh...okay... " He mutters, finally looking away from her as they began their lab. For some reason she scared him...

 

Shinji stares at the tubes for a moment before pulling out a notebook and a pencil, turns to a blank page, and begins to write. His hand flew across the page, writing equation after equation, formulas, components, everything he'd need to in order to solve this. The whole page was soon covered with Shinji's hand writing, and at the very bottom in the corner, an answer was circled.

 

Making sure all his safety stuff was on, he reaches forward and proceeds to choose a tube ,a look of concentration on his face, his eyebrows scrunched lightly, and combines it with the acid, and pours it in the metal, the moment it touched, a hole began eating it's way through the metal. He tilts his head to the side, watching it disintegrate, a satisfied smile on his lips.

 

It had taken him less than ten minutes to figure it out, and he turns to grin at Lance. "So...how was that?" He stands there, waiting for a reaction from Lance, hoping he'd done the right thing.

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Slightly smirking Lance looks at Shinji's work and back at the metal

"Ehh not half bad" he states before his left hand goes up.

 

"Sensei we're done!" says Lance to the older man who sat on his large desk surrounded by books. Looking up he gives Lance an irritated and rises from his chair. Dragging his feet he makes his way to their lab table. The man picks up the metal with lab clips and examines the piece.

 

"Oh for crying out loud you cloud at least not show off, both of you" he then turned around and began walking to his desk with a smirk. Lance could see it from the side he then too smirked; the whole on the metal was far superior than what was asked for which gave him hope for Shinji.

 

"He's pleased, good job Shinji" stated Lance as he messed up the boy's hair.

 

 

 

Lance and Shinji took the A and a piece of metal with a hole as a souvenir. The wind outside the building was twice as stronger as before, sending chills down Lance's spine. The day was gray and cloudy which surprised him as to why it was not snowing yet. Yawning Lance stares at the smaller figure walking next to him and remembering what awaited him when they got home.

'A psychological appointment was not how I wanted to end the day' he told himself as he shrugged his shoulders. The drive home was far too short, or maybe it was just Lance's imagination. The door to the house was opened and a warmth welcomed Lance.

 

"Shinji" he said "change and meet me in my office soon, the upstairs one" he then disappeared into the semi-darkness of the house

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Pleased he'd gotten it right, he enjoyed the rest if the time he had quietly. After they left, he was still giddy from pleasing the professor on his first day. It made him excited for the days to come, the classes that were to follow this one. Shifting his bag on his shoulder, he follows Lance to the car, shivering slightly from the cold, but doesn't think too much on it. He knew it wouldn't snow until much later in the month.

 

The ride home for Shinji was quiet, but enjoyable, all too obviously oblivious to what was to come when they got home. He was too busy reliving his first day at college, though was confused about the gap in his memory, between meeting Lance for lunch and arriving to his classes after. For some reason, there was nothing, all he had was a blank stretch of black, as if someone had erased his mind for that time frame.

 

They arrive home, and Shinji bounces inside, saying okay over his shoulder as he goes up to his room, setting his bag down, and changing from his college clothes to his regular clothes. An oversized sweater and baggy jeans, with a pair of thick, fuzzy socks. He takes the pin from his hair and sets it on his dresser, before leaving his room.

 

Going to the upstairs office, he opens the door and steps inside. "What did you need? You wanted to talk about something?" He still had a smile on his face, his cheeks lightly pink from his excitement of the day. Shinji was curious as to what Lance wanted to talk to him about.

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Quietly Lance walked up to his room, changed and headed to the office. His nerves were wrecking him, he did not know how exactly to approach the subject to come with Shinji. Many question began to rise in his own head. Was he aware of it? What had exactly happened? Any other ways to activate it?

 

The idea saddened and worried him, but Lance knew he had to be strong "This is exhausting" he murmured as Shinji stepped in.

"Yes I did" said lance as he headed to the door and closed it, and then led Shinji to the large coach on the room. A chair was placed in front of the boy and Lance sat there, at eye level, holding a notebook.

 

"Let us begin session one" he said as he proceeded to writing this "I am your doctor now Shinji, please do keep that in mind as we proceed through this"

 

The page in the notebook was slipped. "I will ask you some questions and then you will answer" his voice low and gentle "It is simple as your doctor is normal to keep track of your psychological status" he mentioned to Shinji just in case he was freaking out internally or was getting the wrong idea out of the situation.

 

"Please think about how your day was. The new people around you and the attitude you developed about it. Also keep in mind any out of the ordinary things that might had happened" states Lance as he continued to quickly write everything.

 

"How do you like the new environment Shinji?" was Lance's first question. It was soon followed by

 

"Is there any reason for you to regret the changes?" he didn't want to approach the true question that had made him proceed to this session, but he was afraid of the answer himself.

 

"Is there any connection what so every in your new life to your past? this can include any object, other than clothing or electronics."

 

"How have your dreams been lately?"

 

Lance's theory was that Shinji's sudden snap had been caused by a quick reminder of his past. It was obviously related to blood, which made Lance realized to not bring the red substance anywhere near the boy anytime soon.

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A confused expression forms on his face as he was led to sit on a couch, watching as Lance sat on a chair across from him. He becomes even more confused as Lance begins to talk to him as if he were nothing more than a client at his office, making him feel berated and hurt. But he doesn't let it show, instead, he pulls a plain look. Responding to each question simply.

 

"Okay."

 

He waits for the first question, and answers with a non expressive voice.

 

"I like it. It's better for me." The next question was answered with an eye twitch, then: "Not at all. No reason whatsoever to regret it. In fact, I'm glad I'm no longer where I was." Third question made him squint a little in confusion again. "Connection? Um...I guess...you being a doctor, indirectly connects you with hospitals, which therein connects that to my past...I went there a lot, especially after my brother died in a hospital bed...Right next to where I was..." This last but he murmurs softly to himself. In fact, he'd been sent to the hospital quite a few times after the incident, from "accidents" at home, countless times.

 

"My dreams? I...don't know...um...lately I don't remember my dreams..." He looks at Lance, the plain look gone from his face. "Why are we doing this." He was feeling rather reluctant to talk, feeling like something was wrong. Wrong...

 

"That reminds me...did something happen today? For some reason my mind is blank from lunch...I can't recall anything at all. It's just empty. But when I try really hard to remember, and push my memory, all I see is the color red, and get the sudden urge to go wash my hands or put bandages on myself..."

 

Staring at Lance more, he waits.

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Taking a deep breath Lance finishes writing even what Shinji had just said.

 

Memory loss. he writes in rather large letters at the bottom of the page. He then looks up.

"Yes actually which is why I'm proceeding with this. No hard feelings Shinji, I mean it" he said with half a smirk "this is business my business as a doctor to protect and take care of those I love, which is why I entered this profession. And when those I love are in need, at least medical, I try to fix it. Which is why, you, the thing I love is here now in the office I had wished to never bring you to as a patient" he states feeling rather flushed too, for his words had literaly been a confession.

 

"You snapped today" he says with the only words to describe it "what I mean, in better terms, is that a block that had been unconsciously raised in your head went down today due to a trigger. This block is created as a sign of protection against the person without them knowing. My theory is that you did it to lessen the pain of your lost" he murmured softly.

 

Lance continued trying to not waver his voice and keep his hands to himself "It was rather small, today. But I worried terribly, and I want to help you p-plus by what you just said I can guess what triggered it" says Lance "I'm sorry Shinji"

 

Apologies were not getting him anywhere, but Lances guilt for triggering it was eating him alive. He should've know Shinji would've reacted that way towards blood but he had been so surprised to see the boy there. "Really I can help I promise"