"Weather or Not" "Makoto, though I do appreciate you coming to the hospital with me, I hope you don't realize that I require it of you. You should be out having fun like other teenagers. Appreciate your freedom now." Setsuna smiled adoringly at the young girl beside her, silently encouraging her. Kicking a pebble down the sidewalk, Makoto looked towards a group of teenagers passing on the other side of the street. 'It must have been them who gave the thought to Setsuna.' She took a deep breath, preparing her answer carefully, so that her guardian could understand and wouldn't bother her about it anymore. "I'm not a normal kid Meioh-san. Perhaps I was never meant to be," stealing another glance at the teens, she continued, "and besides, the older folks in the hospital get a kick out of me. I like listening to their stories and they like telling them to me." Setsuna nodded, feeling that Makoto was putting her foot down about this. Even though it was only the young girls third visit to the hospital, she'd already made many friends; not only with the older men and women, but the kids as well. Makoto knew her way around people like Setsuna knew sewing... and that was saying a lot! The guardian had noted that ever since the chestnut haired girl came to live with her, she'd had an uncanny sense of everyone she met or even just passed by on the street. Setsuna was good at people watching, predicting others moods and being able to anticipate others actions before they even knew. But, she conceded, was nowhere near what Makoto Kino was. 'And at such a young age...' "It's going to rain." Magenta eyes widened slightly, shaken from deep thought. Looking up, Setsuna took in the partly cloudy, but sunny skies. "Not to disagree with you, Makoto, but the sky appears to tell otherwise," replied the older woman. Makoto closed her eyes and appeared to sniff the air with her ears. She allowed the atmosphere to envelop her for a moment and then opened her eyes slowly again, bringing them to rest on her guardian. Smirking, the teen countered, "We'll see." --------------------------------------------- The inside of the hospital was in a far less cheery disposition than the outside. Doctors and nurses were in frenzy, running in all directions at once it seemed. Makoto gave Setsuna a questioning glance and the dark haired woman could only shrug in response. After making their way to the elevator, Setsuna found a nurse and began to quietly converse about the affair of the hospital. Meanwhile, the tall teen stood waiting patiently for the elevator to make it to their floor. "You're Kino Makoto, aren't you?" Without turning her eyes from the numbers atop the elevator doors, Makoto replied sternly, "I am." The young girl seemed to be taken aback by the response and took a few moments of evening her breathing before going on. "We go to the same school. You're in my advanced science class." "Science hmm? That class is full of," as Makoto talked, she turned to face the young girl beside her, and paused a moment, before continuing, "... idiots." "Oh." The blue haired girl looked shyly to the floor at a loss for words. Makoto took the moment to take in the sight before her. Neatly cropped blue hair, held back by a barrette, lay neatly across the other girls head, shaping to the curves and falling almost perfectly behind and in front of her ears. Though the taller girl could not see her face, she did see a pair of rimless glasses threatening to fall off the other girl's nose. Her clothes were also neatly pressed; a white button-up, long-sleeved shirt and a navy blue skirt that fell just past her knees. Down her smooth legs, Makoto could see a pair of humble and yet pristinely white sneakers, the laces flawlessly tied up. She looks just the opposite of me... Looking up finally, the shorter girl spoke, "I... I just wanted to introduce myself. You're still new at the school and I thought you might not know many people yet. My name is Mizuno Ami." "I know who you are." Makoto answered quickly. Just after she'd said that, Makoto regretted it. Baby blue eyes looked slightly hurt and looked down again. Makoto stared into those eyes for what seemed like an eternity during that second in time. She didn't know why she was feeling bad for being so rude with the girl, as she was like this with everyone. 'She's different.' The tall girl stopped staring at her short companion and looked to the left, in order to hide the shock from the thought that passed through her brain. Ami didn't appear to notice this, or if she did, overlooked it. The shy genius raised her eyes again, nodded and took another deep breath before speaking again. "You're visiting the patients again, I see." Green eyes turned back to blue quickly, "Yes. Your mom works in the ER doesn't she?" Makoto was doing anything to kill off the odd pauses the two were experiencing. She didn't know why, but she felt slightly uncomfortable around the other girl. It wasn't a bad feeling though, this was something else, something she'd definitely not felt before. Nodding, Ami smiled softly, happy that Makoto didn't snap at her again. "Makoto, our elevator is here, let's get going." Makoto looked to see her guardian standing in the doorway of the elevator and saw several people glaring at her. Snorting out of annoyance, she turned back to the small girl, "I guess I'll see you around." "It was nice talking to you, Kino-san." Ami turned and bowed gracefully to Setsuna. "Nice seeing you Meioh-san." The guardian smiled kindly and nodded her head at the blue haired girl, "Say hello to your mother for me Ami-Chan." "Will do." Makoto entered the elevator, glaring at the people giving her dirty looks for holding them up. As she turned, she stared back out through the closing doors at this ‘Mizuno Ami'. Once again, blue eyes met with emerald and Makoto couldn't turn away until the doors were shut.
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