No One's Perfect (A Zodiac Story)

Fun Time?

Scorpio

As we walked down the drab gray and white hallways, we passed other groups of kids that looked equally bored and depressed as us. I mean, who could blame them? It's a mental hospital, for christs' sake. 

 We finally stopped in front of a door, but since I wasn't paying attention I knocked into kid in front of me. She went crashing into the ground. I think her name was... Aries?

"What the hell?!" She yelled, getting up. She turned to face me, a glare on her face. I just shrugged. I've seen scarier on the streets. 

"You were in my way." I said nonchalantly. Aries let out a growl and pulled her fist back in a punch. Before she could make contact though, a hand grabbed her wrist. 

"What are you guys doing?" Ophiuchus voice asked. 

"This brat knocked me to the ground and didn't even apologize." Aries said, turning to face him. 

"She was in my way." I shrugged. Ophiuchus frowned. 

"Now, I think both of you are at fault here. Scorpio, you should apologize. Aries, that was a bit of an overreaction there."

I shrugged and extended a hand. "Sorry," I offered halfheartedly. Aries narrowed her eyes and stared at me for a few seconds, then took it slowly. Ophiuchus turned around and went to the front of the line again. 

I gave Aries a devious smirk, then squeezed her hand. Hard. I could tell I took her by surprise, because her eyes widened and she clenched her teeth. However, I was not expecting when she squeezed back. 

We had a staring contest for a few moments, before a brown haired guy- I think his name was Leo?- brushed past us, not before giving us a smirk. 

"C'mon, lovebirds. Everyone else is in the room already."

Aries whirled around, fixing him with a glare. "What the hell?!"

But he had already gone in. Aries turned back to me, loosening her grip. "I'll get you next time, brat." She growled, turning to go inside. 

I just shrugged and followed her.

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Gemini

I walked into the room, looking around. It was a comfy, spacious room, with beanbag chairs along the wall, a large pile of board games and cards in one corner, and a round, plushy carpet in the middle. There was even a speaker in the back.

Not bad, Corvus said. Just go sleep or something on those beanbags. Man, they look really comfy. 

No, Gena interjected. Make some friends or something. I don't want to see you lonely. 

"Shush," I whispered to both of them. "He's explaining stuff."

The brown haired girl with glasses looked over at me, but didn't say anything. 

"-so this is where you guys can have some fun, relax a bit, and get to know each other. This is a calming, relaxation period, so I don't want to see lots of running around or fighting, okay? I'll even put on some music." Ophiuchus said with a smile, going over to the radio. A few pushes later, the quiet sound of slow jazz filled the room. 

"Now, have some fun!" He said, motioning us all to the games and beanbags. I took a step forwards, and looked around. Everyone else seemed to be doing the same. 

Finally, a blonde haired girl went to the beanbags, grabbing one and pulling it over to the board games. I think her name was Sagittarius?

"Anyone want to play Monopoly?" She offered with a smile. I looked around. A couple of people shrugged, and went over. Namely the dreamy looking boy, the girl who looked like she got no sleep, the tall shifty-eyed boy, the really skinny girl, and the hyper guy. 

The other nine of us glanced at each other, and shuffled over slowly to the beanbags. I took one, and pulled it over closer to the carpet. I didn't really care that I was alone, I had Corvus to keep me company. 

You got that right, buddy. But you should join them. Capitalism, amirite?

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Pisces

Monopoly was fun. I was losing currently, but that didn't really bother me. I was just glad to see everyone acting sort of happy. 

When I first came here, the first thing I noticed was how sad everyone looked here. They were so broken down, lonely, and just plain depressed. That's why, I tried to talk to my roommate when I first saw him. 

He was a nice guy named Pyxis. Apparently, he was diagnosed with bipolar ll. His manic and depressive phases weren't that severe as to be classified as bipolar l, but still enough for him to get into this hospital.

"Pisces! It's your turn!" Someone yelled. I looked up, everyone was staring at me. 

"Oh, sorry." I said, blushing. "I wasn't paying attention." I took the dice and rolled a seven. I moved the dog piece forwards, which landed me on...

Illinois Avenue. Part of the red set, currently all owned by Aquarius. Also had two houses on it.

"Three hundred dollars. Pay up, Pis." 

I sighed, handing her the last of my only $500 bill. I only had 2 $100s, so that wouldn't work. She handed me 2 $100 dollar bills back. 

The game went on, with Pyxis, my roommate, winning in the end. It was a long game though. 

"Ok guys, recreation is over. Next is therapy."

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