Me, Myself, and Everyone Else

Detention

(detention)

Janitor: Well, what do we have here? *raises eyebrow* You two don't look like troublemakers to me.

Silica: Hmph! Not at all! *folds arms*

Tidami: It's the stupid boys!

Janitor: Look, I understand that you girls have had a hard time here, so I don't blame you for what happened. Anyways, let's get to detention shall we?

Tidami: What do you do in detention? What happens?

Janitor: Well, you help the person that you were assigned to do their job. Anyways, what are your names?

Silica: Silica.

Janitor: And you? Don't be shy. *chuckles*

Tidami: I'm Tidami *whispering to Silica* Did you get their names? The boys that helped us?

Silica: *whispering to Tidami* No, couldn't care less! *blushes*

Janitor: *sternly* What are ya'll whispering about?

Tidami: Nothing! *blushes*

Janitor: *smiles, and crinkles near his face show* Just teasing! *chuckles, ruffles Tidami's hair* Well, let's get started. *hands Tidami dustpan, Silica a broom* Clean this hall. *walks away*

Tidami: So, why are you so mean? Not in a mean way. Why don't you let people help you?

Silica: What?? *blushes* I have no idea what you're talking about! *sits on floor, arms crossed*

Tidami: Well, when they came to help us, you really liked it, but then you didn't. What happened?

Silica: Stop that! You don't even know me that well ya big Know-it-All. *suddenly panicked, looks at Tidami, relaxes when she sees she didn't take it personally*

Tidami: oh, uh, s-sorry. Ok. I've never seen you sad? Aren't you ever sad?

Silica: What? You calling me unemotional now?

Tidami: I know you have some, but just don't show them. Why do you have to hide your emotions?

Silica: *face crimson* I don't hide my feelings!!!!! What do you care anyways?

Tidami: Because I want you to be my friend, and I want to help you too. Why won't you tell me? Who would I tell? I don't have anyone to tell.

Silica:There's nothing to tell! *blushes*

Tidami: Well, what happened before you came to our orphanage?

Silica: *bluntly* My mother was an orange, and my father was a cantaloupe. We all danced happily in the orange-cantaloupe fields.

Tidami: Oh yeah? *giggles* well then what did the not orange Silica do? What happened to her?

Silica: Mix-bred fruits were illegal in the new country, so they chucked her into an orphanage.

Tidami: Oh, then how did you get all your bruises?

Silica: I don't want to talk about it!!!

Tidami: O-Ok. We don't have to talk about it. But, is that the reason that you hide your feelings?

Silica: Good god Tidami! You sure are a really nosy person!

Tidami: Ok, sorry. Well, let's get started.

Silica: *stares at broom like it's a foreign object* Uhhh.... What do I do with this....

Tidami: oh...I know *shivers slightly from the long hours she spent sweeping, just to get her parents not to yell at her* You just move it on the floor to move the dirt into a pile. It keeps the floors clean.

Silica: Oh... Now I feel stupid. I mostly did outside work. Like, mowing the lawn, gardening, etc. *thinks about first time she tried to mow lawn, father hit her because she couldn't push it*

Tidami: uh...yea...*janitor walks back and sees that they haven't done any work*

Janitor: So, show me what you've done.

Silica: Uhhhhhhhh...

Janitor: You haven't done anything??

Silica: *points to teeny-tiny spot where Tidami showed her how to, Tidami facepalms in background*

Janitor: Okay, well, stop messing around and get some work done! I'll check back in an hour. *leaves*

Tidami: Uh, ok, let's get to work then *goes silent, girls work hard for twenty mins, floors all swept*

Silica: Phew! Finally done. Let's go tell Mr. Janitor.

Tidami: Ok, let's go. Maybe he'll let us off early.

Janitor: Wow, you girls did a good job! I have one last thing for you to do. Here. *hands two mops, goes back to shining trophies*

Silica: Umm, same motion as broom?

Tidami: Basically, yea.

Silica: *blushes* Okay. *girls mop, done in half hour*

Tidami: Ok, done. Let's go home, we won't get dinner now anyways.

Silica: Yea... Oh well. *grins mischieviously* we could steal some from the kitchen.

Tidami: *blushes* But w-won't we get yelled at?!

Silica: *sees that Tidami is too scared* Nvrmind. Well, you go on ahead, I have to uhh, converse with the janitor...

Tidami: ok, I'll meet you in the bedroom

(Later, in the dorm)

Silica: *walks in with food* Here. *chucks bread and apple*

Tidami: Where did you get these? *looks at food in surprise*

Silica: Would you believe me if I said the janitor gave it to me? *grins*

Tidami: Really?! Thats so nice of hi- you stole it, didn't you?

Silica: Yup *munch*

Tidami: O-Ok, well if you want, you can have some of mine, you look really hungry.

Silica: U-uh, no, I'm just tired! You eat it. *blush*

Tidami: Uh, ok, thanks so much!