Celestial Moon Chapter 8

This place…it's…the old ward… There was a nurse smiling at me, she seemed rather new.

"Why am I here?"

I asked, dazed.

"You need to be here. This is the mental patients' section of the hospital."

M-mental patients?! I'm no patient! I'm a doctor that works here!

"What the hell?! I don't need to be here. What I need to be doing is getting back to work, I'm gonna be fired…and…and…"

"Calm down Ms. Delano, the Chief has given you days off to recover from your illness…"

"What the hell do I have?! I'm just fine! There's nothing wrong with me!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk…"

Evidently, she was starting to get impatient. So was I. I'm just fine. For serious. She took out a chart, and read it off.

"Sociopath…Bipolar depression…Multiple personality disorder…Post-traumatic stress disorder…"

"Where the hell are you getting this list from?"

"Several doctors and therapists diagnosed you today."

"Well, I'm out of here. If you'll excuse me, I'm late for…everything."

"No! Wait! You're my first patient!"

I thought she had a new face. She tugged at my arm desperately to keep me in the old ward, but I still made an effort to trudge away from her. Eh, the nurse gave up eventually. That is, when Ruby belly button raped her.


I had to go up to Joshua's school this time to pick him up. Makes me sad because I'm a lazy faggot. But I at least filled the small curiosity of getting to know the type of people he hangs out around. They look like stoners…or skaters. Hell, what's the difference?

I'm extremely short…like…taller than Joshua, actually. But not by much. Moreso by a head. He usually looks up a little to look at my face, but today, he looked more…straight. Bluntly, towards my chest. Maybe his neck hurts or something? Nonetheless, it still kinda makes me self conscious.

"You're going with me to work today."

"Okay. Why were you bleeding so much yesterday, anyways?"

"Let's just call that one of those 'it seemed like a good idea at the time' moments."

"You mean like a blonde moment."

"IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME."

Ironically, the song changed to one of the metal songs on this band's album. Joshua seemed awful scared. We stopped talking the rest of the ride.


"Luna!"

Alpha cried as I entered the building. I took two bucks out of my wallet and gave it to Joshua.

"Get me and you something nice from the vending machine."

He nodded and ran off down the hall.

"Yeah, Alpha?"

"Where were you for two days?"

"Asleep."

"You were in a coma?"

"Kinda, yeah."

"Then why is there a bruise from an IV on your wrist?"

I looked at the bruise on my wrist. Dammit, I forgot about those.

"They thought my condition was more serious than it really was. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

I saw Joshua come over with a Rice Krispie Treat and a bag of salted Veggie Straws. They seriously added those? I love those things! Joshua handed me my bag of Veggie Straws and I turned to walk off to who knows where, but he groped me. I screamed, and Kanie and Ruby just happened to be there too. They laughed their asses off at my misery. Ruby strutted over and gave Joshua a high five.

"Isn't it fun?"

She asked. Joshua nodded happily.

"God dammit, Ruby!"

I yelled. I heard footsteps and saw Gabe come over. Ugh, finally. A sense of authority for this little adorable faggot.

"What the hell is going on?"

He asked, sort of demandingly. The halls were still echoed with Kanie's laugh.

"Hey, dad! Squish Lu's chest with me! It's fun!"

Joshua greeted, then squeezed me twice. I screamed more, it could probably be heard by everyone in the hospital.

"Hey, stop that Joshua!"

Gabe pulled Joshua's hands off my chest.

"You're not supposed to touch a woman's chest like that!"

"But it's fun~ Ruby does it too!"

Joshua whined. Ruby was cackling so hard it was almost as scary as my laugh.

"Just because you do it, doesn't mean you should make everyone else do it!"

Gabe scolded at Ruby. Doctor Who walked by and intruded the scene.

"What's going on?"

He asked with his usual, rather quiet voice.

"Ruby's teaching children how to grope me!"

I cried. Then Ruby groped me.

"Seriously, try it. I insist."

Ruby took Doctor Who's hand and placed it on my chest. I screamed even louder than before.

"Gah!"

Doctor Who backed away quickly.

"Hey, what the hell is going on here?"

The Ugly Barnacle's voice ultimately stopped all of the noise. The laughter, arguing, screaming, everything. It's like the room ultimately paused.

"Ruby, Kanie, Clyde, Gabe, back to work. Lu, back to the old ward."

"But I don't have to go! There's nothing wrong with me!"

"Just go."

"…No."

I'm such a brat.

"Fine, that's a week's pay down the drain. Don't forget your herpes patient in a couple hours."

I couldn't help but stifle a giggle.

"It isn't funny. Just prep for surgery."


Oh, come on. Herpes for me has always been a joke. The patient itself wasn't that difficult to operate on, anyways. I talked to them after the operation, and he seemed like a pretty cool guy.

Gabe took Joshua home today so I had sort of a free day. I mostly used it to find new auditions and practice my acting skills though. I danced around the loft reciting poems with the windows open and a long, sheer dress. It's the only dress I have, really. The night was rather windy, so it flowed awful well. Kanie made it home much longer after me. I didn't really notice her coming in until she began to clap.

"Nice bra."

She mocked. I began to pull up my dress.

"Why do you practice this so much? You're more obsessed with it than you were with Gabe."

"I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I just decided to start now."

"…You're such a dork. Look on the bright side, today's events showed you have nice boobs."

Kanie seemed a little uneasy.

"Is there something wrong? What? Is it about Ruby making Doctor Who touch my boob?"

"No...What?!"

"The dude with the red eyes."

I heard how much she hated it when people referred to him as a prisoner.

"Oh, right. CRon. No."

"…CRon?"

"CR-S01…? Kyon…? Neither had names."

"Oh, Clever McWitty."

"Indeed, it'd be clever."

Kanie was sucking the remains of her bubble tea out of her plastic cup.

"What the hell is so special about that stuff to you, anyways?"

"It's only the best drink EVUR."

"I'll try it, if you share some of your's."

"No. My bubble tea. It's delicious."

"Weren't you sharing it one time with Doctor Who?"

"How'd you know about that?"

"I hear things. I know you like him, anyways. I'm not telling anyone because everyone knows. Besides, what do I care?"

"…You suck."

"I know. In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been on my usual spiff lately."

"Aw~ You miss Gabe, don't you~"

Kanie started to wrap her arms around my neck. How I hate being touched…

"Please let go of me so I can harvest my yellow currants in peace."

"Nooooo."

"Okay, I'll do this the mean way. Get off of me you fat piece of shit Asian faggot, I hope you go and die. Your sweater is extremely itchy, go find a nail salon for a better job or something."

I over annunciated everything and added no emotion....Like I was Will Ferrell or some guy from The Office. Kanie shoved me onto the floor.

"Don't treat me like I'm not human!"

She yelled angrily at me. I would get my own place by now, but what money did I have?

"Dude, I was just joking. Don't take it so seriously."

"What the hell did I do to you anyways? Why do you have to be so bitchy?!"

I rolled my eyes. The housekeeper came by and tried to calm Kanie down.

"I'm sorry, sheesh."

I knew words weren't gonna do any good. I don't know how to show sympathy. Seemed like a case of wrong time wrong place for my choice of words. I sighed and lulled myself to sleep.