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Well you don't give 'em a chance to git to know you, hon. Not everything goes right on yo' first day somewhere. Hell, when I first came to America, my English was so bad I needed 2 translators just to say, "where's the bathroom?" Stay a while, hon. The folks are friendly and helpful, if you give 'em a chance to talk to ya. Don't git nothin if ya don't say nothin', you know? She gave her a welcoming hug as she said that. She then said in her most natural English possible, "People can be very friendly if you give them a chance to know the real you. So they look funny at you now, so what? Does that mean you have to automatically give up? The answer should be no, my dear, and you know it. Koiyuki and I care about everyone that stays under this roof, no matter how "weird" they may be. Is that not why you came here? To make new friends and start life anew?"

*stops what she was doing, tears running down her face more, she looked at Ai, and tried not to cry anymore* Well...I'd sure as hell hate to go back to makin' pizzas for a livin'.....*puts the clothes she had in her hands back into the closet and sits on her bed, thinking*

Chiku was walking back from Alex's room when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw something. Vyce, and Seori, the first two people she met, in the same bed, together, in Vyce's room. Her eyes opened wide in shock.

Why are they together already? Why the first people I meet, abandoning me again? Why am I the only one left out, again? Why are they doing this? I hate this. Hate it. Hate them. She was Rose, only a shocked, bordering-on-crying Rose. It makes me want to kill, to cut them open and rip out heir ribs, lungs, everything She was Satsuki again, and she was crying, wishing she was stronger, wishes she wasn't so selfish, and trying so hard not to be. She collapsed onto her knees. No, no, no! That's not what I want! I want to be with them. I want them to be here. She was Chiku, who wiped away her tears and tried to get up. She was Satsuki again, almost crying. She didn't see Seori walk out of the room, didn't hear her whispered plea.

She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder, and heard a voice asking, "Are you okay?"

Chiku looked up at Ai, giving a forced smile. "No, I'm fine." She walked back to her room and got dressed.

She noticed the time, and walked over and picked up her bag with her clarinets in it. She leaned out the window and tossed the bag onto the roof, and then climbed up. She spent some time just looking at everything she could see, feeling the wind blow in her gentle hair. She barely even noticed when she started singing in her pure, sweet, soothing voice. ((The voice I wish I could have))

"'Tis a gift to be simple,
'tis a gift to be free..."

*looks at her and smiles, she then stood upand began to unpack her things, putting them back into the spots they were before*

Seori looked up, surprised to see Koiyuki kindly looking down on her. Her cheeks flushed with embarassment.

" Oh, nothing, sorry," she stood up wiping her stained cheeks. " I've had a case of insomnia for about a month, and the lack of sleep tends to erk my nerves after awhile. I think I might go get some fresh air."

She thanked Koiyuki for checking on her and started heading for the staircase that led to the roof. She remembered earlier that day that Vyce and Chiku were going to go up there, so the memory just led her feet up each step.

Seori took a deep breath of the cool night air, waking her mind and senses, but not her body. Glancing around for a place to sit, she heard a sweet, resonating voice singing under the moonlight. It was Chiku, and by the look in her eyes and face, it was the one that Seori was friends with. She crept quietly behind her, and gently sat down to listen to her sad, yet beautiful song.

((Don't take it the wrong way, Seori, it's just that our characters just met, you know. I don't want him to get laid before I do, so I'm a bit jealous, you know? xp ))


Vyce felt strange. Like he had moved or, more likely, the bed had moved. He noticed that he was alone. Her scent was still there, but Seori was nowhere to be found. He went out for a walk around the hall, only to find Ai walking around. For a second, he was surprised at how attractive Ai really was. Since he did not know her, he didn't spend much time with her, and the little time spent with her was during hectic situations. He didn't know much about her.

Hey, Ai. - He said, groggy look in his face. - what are you doing up? Do you know where Seori is? have you seen her? Maybe she went back to her room. What about Chiku?

He was worried about them both. He pulled up his pajamas, which were about to fall off, and thought about Chiku's change.