Ami walked into the hospital, urgently needing to speak to her mother. She walked into her mother's office and saw that she was busy talking to two men. She wondered if she should leave, or wait until her mother was finished with her business to speak with her. She leaned against the door, deciding to wait it out.
“Thank you again, Dr. Mizuno,” the shorter man said. “We will enjoy working here.”
The men stood and walked past Ami. The shorter one had jet black hair and deep green eyes reminiscent of Setsuna's hair. He wore a pair of large black glasses, white lab coat, white shirt, long black necktie, black pants and black dress shoes. He looked curiously at Ami for a second and then just kept walking. The other, who was 5 inches taller than his companion, had walked by so fast she couldn't really see what he was wearing, but she did notice he had deep brown hair and blue eyes.
Ami turned to her mother. “Who were they?”
“They're two new doctors that are working here for a while. They're from the United States. Maybe you could stop over here later this evening and get properly introduced.”
“I would like that.”
“Well then, what did you want to talk to me about?”
Ami talked to her mother, telling her in the necessary amount of detail what was so important that she practically interrupted her important meeting.
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Herbert watched Dan collapse onto their hotel room bed and sat next to him. “That is quite a nice hospital, I'm going to enjoy working there.”
“When you say working, what do you mean?”
Herbert smiled to avoid answering Dan's question, actually knowing that they both knew the answer. And he also knew how Dan would react. And that would make the sleeping arrangements awkward seeing as there is no couch, he thought. “Did you see the look on the receptionist's face when we checked in?”
“The one that seemed to say 'I wasn't really expecting two men'? Yeah, I did.”
“That's one thing I greatly enjoy about being with you. It's so much seeing the freaked out looks on peoples' faces when we go out in public together.” He slipped his shoes off and lay next to Dan. “Did you see that girl that came into Dr. Mizuno's office as we were about to leave? She looked an awful lot like her.”
“You're right. I think she did mention something about having a daughter...or I saw a photo of her with a kid.”
“I believe I saw that photo too.” Oh Dan, discussing the private life of our new colleague is not what I want to do right now. “We'll have to go back to work in a few hours. Is there anything you'd like to do before then?”
“I don't know. What do you have in mind?”
Herbert smiled devilishly at Dan.
“Herbert, are you sure...?”
“Yes, besides, I've wanted to ever since we arrived here. What harm could it do?” He stood up and grabbed the “Do Not Disturb” sign from the table. He went outside the room and hung the sign on the doorknob. He went back in the room and jumped into bed where Dan was waiting patiently.
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Mimette sat at her desk when the phone rang. She picked it up, knowing who it was almost right away. “Professor. Yes. I've found a person with a pure heart. He puts all his effort into saving people's lives, and he's started working at the hospital for the next few days. I'll send you the info right away.” She hung up. 'Time to get to work', she told herself. 'It's a shame you have to die, you're so cute.' She sighed as she looked at the adorable man on her computer screen. The name displayed above the pictures was Daniel Cain.
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Herbert followed Dan out of their room, not forgetting to bring the room keys. He walked next to Dan as they exited the hotel, smiling all the way, not giving into the temptation to hold Dan's hand. Dan couldn't help but smile back.
“That was so...amazing,” Dan said.
“Was it something you could say was just what the doctor ordered?” Herbert asked.
“Yeah.”
“And it will help me not be all over you when we're at the hospital. You don't know how much I wanted to be all over you when we first got to the hospital.”
“Same here. And it was much more difficult for me to repress all of that.”
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Ami sat with her friends at the Hikawa Shrine in their high school entrance exam study group. “My mother is working with two new doctors from the United States at the hospital. They're coming back later, about now, and she said I was welcome to come be properly introduced to them at this point,” she told them. “Would you like to come with me?”
“Yes!” Usagi said, cheerfully. 'You just want to get out of studying.'
“It sounds fun,” Rei said.
“Maybe one of them will remind me of my old senpai,” Makoto added.
“They could be cute,” chimed in Minako.
“Well then, let's go.”
The girls stood and made their way to the hospital. On the way, they ran into Chibi Usa and Mamoru. They were more than willing to join the group at the hospital.
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Mimette made her way into the hospital. She asked kindly where the doctors from the United States were working and went there. 'I can't wait to meet you, Dr. Cain,' she thought. 'You're so cute, but it'll be such a shame when you have to die.' She sauntered into the room cutely, only to find others were already in there, speaking with Dr. Cain and his friend. 'I think I'll wait a little. Ooh, Dr. Cain's friend is also cute, but he's not the one I'm after.'
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“I am Ami Mizuno. It's a pleasure to meet you,” Ami bowed to the American doctors. “Who are you?”
“They are cute,” Minako muttered to the others.
Herbert bowed, urging Dan to do the same. “I am Herbert West. This is Dan Cain.”
“Where in the United States are you from?” the girl asked.
“Arkham, Massachusetts. It's near Boston.”
“I'm going to Harvard in a couple of years as an exchange student,” explained the only man in Ms. Mizuno's group of friends.
“Interesting,” Herbert said, very convincingly feigning his interest.
“Oh, I forgot to let my friends introduce themselves,” Ms. Mizuno said, a little red in the face.
“I'm Usagi Tsukino,” said a short girl with blond hair in long pigtails and buns and blue eyes.
“I'm Chibi Usa,” said a young pink haired girl with red eyes. 'Is that a natural hair pigmentation?' “And yes, my hair color is natural.” 'Well, that answers my question.'
“I'm Rei Hino,” said a girl with black hair and purple eyes. “It's nice to meet you.”
“I'm Mamoru Chiba,” the man said.
“Mamo-chan is my boyfriend,” Ms. Tsukino said, clinging to Mr. Chiba's arm.
“Try not to think about the age difference, it'll be easier for you not to,” Mr. Chiba said. 'And I was just about to say something about that...'
“I'm Makoto Kino,” said a girl barely shorter than Herbert himself with brown hair and green eyes.
“And I'm Minako Aino,” said a girl with long golden hair and bright blue eyes. “Are either of you free later?” 'Are you...hitting on us?'
Herbert looked up when he heard Dan stuttering in an incoherent manner. “Dan, what's wrong?”
“Minako reminds me of...” 'Oh...'
“Meg, am I right?”
“Yes.” 'Poor Dan...'
“Come here.” He put his arms around Dan in a comforting hug. “It's okay.”
“Thanks.”
“Who's Meg?” Ms. Tsukino asked.
“Dan's fiancée,” Herbert said. “She died over eight months ago.”
“I'm sorry for your loss, Cain-san,” Ms. Tsukino said.
“Thanks, Usagi.”
Herbert began to walk out of the room and felt Dan's hand on his arm. “Yes?”
“Thanks for comforting me back there. You don't know how much it meant to me.”
“What was I supposed to do? Let you be miserable. I wouldn't want you to feel that way.”
“Herbert, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
“Later...”
“Alright.”
“I will be back shortly. I can trust those girls to keep you company.” He stepped into the hall, hoping he could make a clean entry into the morgue without even a suspicious glance from anyone, reagent will hidden in his coat pocket.
A young lady with orange hair walked past him into the room. He heard her flirting with Dan and stayed close. 'I couldn't possibly leave...not while that hussy is getting in between us.'
“I'm sorry,” Dan said. “I can't...I'm in a relationship right now.”
“If that's the way it has to be then that's just fine! Come out, Daimon!”
“U-Isha!”
Herbert peeked into the room and saw a woman in doctor's clothing approach Dan and attempt to kiss him. He could barely struggle and had a delicate white, 8 pointed crystal sucked out of his mouth. His eyes went blank and he fell to the floor.
'No...no...' “Dan!” Herbert ran into the room as the girls went out, dropping to his knees next to Dan. 'Where are they going?'
