Asylum

A Thorn On His Side

"It's been a few days now... is he still not stopping?"

Rio asked the girl beside her as they gave their report to Dr. Koro

"There are no signs of stopping or even a decrease in his activity ever since he started. Although he has done this before, it was never this extreme nor did it take this long!"

Okuda yelled with a slightly worried tone as she showed the other occupants of the room the pictures of his injured fingers.

"But why is he doing this? Is it really because there's a new person taking care of the ward?"

It was a simple question that Kayano asked yet noone seemed to have an answer for it

And the room fell silent

"He might know him.."

Everyone turned their heads towards Dr. Koro whose eyes were hidden behind his dark and curly hair.

"What... do you mean?"

It was Rio who asked the question, knowing what he was thinking but doesn't accept it.

The blonde girl went towards the man's desk before slamming her hands on it

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!"

Dr. Koro remained silent before letting out a troubled sigh

"Him and Nagisa might already know each other"

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"Nagi"

The bluenette in question hummed before looking up at Karma

"Your parents..."

Nagisa hummed again while petting Karma's hair. The bluenette was currently his lap pillow so this is all he could do at the moment

"I wanna hear stories about you and your parents going on adventures!"

Nagisa giggled at this. There are times when Karma would act like a mature adult to an innocent child. The bluenette had thoughts that his behaviour was due to being in this glass room for so long or perhaps it stemmed from even before he was taken here.

"Sure! I remember when dad used to take me to... huh,,, wait, dad used to take me to a nice sushi shop. Did he? Was it mom? No mom took me to some other store. Huh? How come I forgot...."

Karma stared at Nagisa as if what he was saying was completely normal.

It's completely normal to forget about past memories

Karma was confused as to why Nagisa seemed to struggle while remembering his parents.

If it's just his parents then forgetting them is also normal. So why does he look as if he's trying to solve a very complicated puzzle?

Karma tilted his head to get a good view of Nagisa's face, the sudden movement caught the bluenette's attention making him look Karma in the eye

"Did Nagisa's parents disappear too?"

The question threw Nagisa off

They did
They didn't

Nagisa doesn't know the answer to that question

He didn't really think about his family that much. The last clear memory he remembers was his time living in a dormatory as a high school student.

Were they the ones that payed the rent every month?