Blind Date!

[Lauren Clark]

I make drastic medical decisions,sometimes in a blink of an eye and would hardly budge from them.Yet when it came to a social pressuring from my co-workers,I flopped over like a dead fish to this Blind date.Lauren thought with the frame of being pitiful as it, a expression sank onto her form,spine adjusting to sit in her chair correctly,fingertips drum onto the ivory linen table. I shouldn't be doing that either,drumming my fingers, I mean.Lauren brought her palms to fold onto her lap,hidden by the run off linen marker for the table and smiled with her distractions of thoughts as it eased her somehow.

It never occurred to the doctor that she had infact been stood up until getting a small glimpse of the clock that lay on the far left wall of the restaurant,"Well that figures."She had to whisper a little off beat to her usual merry tone,the dating world of luck concerning her last relationship had spun that tone.Out of the blue it was a simple 'let's see other people'Instead of reflecting upon the sour apple of the past,Lauren reached for the menu and began to let her Cyan orbs drift carefully over the selections.

[Hatori, Sohma]

Hatori had been wandering the mall in search of the book store, he had one shipped here from another city. He was just about to enter when he noticed the doctor from earlier sitting all alone at a table. Like some sort of fate at work, his stomach growled. "Great, just great..." thought hatori as he decided he would head on over and say hello, he might as well since it looked like he would be heading that way now.

Hatori slowly made his way into the resturant, he really had no clue what he'd say but he might as well try something. "Hello, Lauren right?" asked Hatori as he finally made his way over to where she was sitting. "I recognized you from yesterday and figured I'd come say hello" he said as motioned to the empty seat. "Mind if I join you?"

[Lauren Clark]

Lauren wasn't picky as fingertips lift to pull the pages back of the charming menu,it was merely out of curiosity and felt slightly like reading a book.Turn a page and before you know it you become hooked to seek out different details,she was about to turn another page but a familiar voice interrupted her concentration.Cyan orbs pull from the designer paper lined menu and greeted the person before her,taking a second to think of a name and smiled when parting her lips."That's me and I believe your name is Hatori. Um,Hatori Sohma.Right?"Lauren blinked as he asked if she minded if he joined her and expressed a 'not at all' "Please do,you look like you could use a small bit of rest." She stole a side glance towards a shrubbery that appeared to restle and simply casted it as an imagination,even though it was quite loud,Lauren then added a small comment towards Hatori,"That's nice of you to come say hello.Thank you."

[Yuki Sohma]

Yuki had a look of grimace as he slumped on the cold floor behind a bush. Yes...a bush, Yuki had been pulled into a day of spying, and with one person he had inparticularily didn't want to be with...his brother Ayame. He glanced at his brother's direction watching him squirm, trying to find a better position to sit.

"Dear Brother, how can you just sit like that and not watch with me?" Ayame had whispered to him while peering through the leaves. Yuki just rolled his eyes and asked, "Why did you want me here..?" His voice trailed off slightly fearing the answer. "Brother! This will be your chance to see Hatori showing off his way of expressing a mans' romance!!!" Ayame nearly yelled before Yuki had to tackle him and close his mouth shut. Yuki peeked through the leaves to make sure that they weren't caught and sighed with relief as they weren't. "Dammit Ayame, keep your voice down if you don't want to get caught!" Yuki scolded in a whisper.

Ayame weakly smiled and nodded, "Yes, Yes, you're very right...ah! But at least I have more time to express my care as the older and wiser brother, to you Yuki!" He said as quietly as he could. Yuki grimaced and looked away with the thought, 'But you tricked me in telling me that Miss Honda and Kisa wanted to go shopping...' He grimaced even more as he realized how dumb he was since he knew that they both were possibly somewhere at home. Yuki placed a hand to his forehead shaking his head a bit and watched as his brother watch Hatori and Lauren like a little child. Yuki forced a small smile on his face as he watched his brother's gaze.

[Hatori, Sohma]

"Not a problem" said Hatori in an even tone as he sat down and looked across the table at her. She had nice eyes. "So how has your day been so far?" asked Hatori, making conversation wasn't exactly the easiest but he figured he'd give it a shot. "I heard about your latest patient, the lego kid" said Hatori with a smirk as he casually picked up the menu and flipped through it's pages. As the waiter came over, Hatori placed his order. "Go ahead and get anything, my treat" said Hatori as he placed his order on the table and folded his hands together.

It was nice to get away from his study, away from treating Akito or the other Sohma's for once. Hatori sighed slightly as he relaxed in his seat and let his gaze wander about to all the people.

[Lauren Clark]

"It's been one interesting adventure after another."Lauren muttered while casting a blink to her eyelids,throat ushering a sigh.She tried to cover up her previous comment,just encase it was heard as a new comment scurried in,"I- well.Guess I can't really complain,it's been ok."Just when Lauren felt like she awkwardly recovered,the story about the 'lego kid' popped in and hanged her forehead in shame for a brief moment.Lifting her forehead up a small ways,Lauren's cyan stare fell upon Hatori's face, and closed her eyelids and commented."So you heard about the Lego kid?I don't know if I should be flattered that I'm kinda famous or just embarrassed for awhile."Ears perked to the shuffling of a waiter arriving at their table,which caused Lauren to open her eyelids and glance at the menu as Hatori ordered for himself.He then noted that her meal would be his treat,she couldn't let him do that.

Then again she didn't feel like getting into a debate argument and kindly accepted the polite offer."Thank you."Lauren replied and glanced upon the waiter as she gave her order before handing him the menu,"Ah.Speaking of the lego kid,I should thank you again.I had almost forgot about my bag underneath my table."Lauren started to lean over and carefully grab the tiny squared shopping bag to set it on top of her lap,"I tried everything I could think of to calm him down.In the end,I found out he likes birds."She pulled the little gray wooden bird with faded crimson wheels and a rope gently tied around it's neck,that you could probably lug anywhere you wanted to sit on the table,"It' cute isn't it?I found it next to a bookstore I frequent."

Something dawned on the doctor when casting a brow to wriggle and tilted her forehead,"Ah. I was rude.I forgot to ask how your day went today Hatori."Fingertips reach to place the little toy back inside of the bag and then sifted it to settle on top of her lap and awaited to see if he would say anything on the subject.Again,something caught her attention to glimpse over at the bush and shook her forehead when casting it to an imagination and she too began to look over the many guests wafting in and out of the restaurant.

[Hatori, Sohma]

Hatori smiled as she went on about her day, it was good to hear someone talking to him besides the others in his family. They could be quite the eccentric crowd, which wasn't always so bad but it wasn;t always fun and games either. As she thanked him for the meal Hatori nodded, making a small grunt. "It was my pleasure" he said as he looked Lauren over slowly, stopping at her blue eyes for a bit before moving on. Hatori smiled slightly at the mention of the lego kid, it was still funny he had managed that.

Upon seeing the bird Hatori nodded, "It is excellently made it seems. Very interesting" said Hatori as he admired her conviction, her dedication to her work. She seemed like the kind of person that would go to any length to make the ones who trusted her happy, even if it was out of her way. Hatori laughed gently and smiled. "Well so far it has been a decent day. I have just returned from checking up on Shigure, decided to come find a book and here I am" said Hatori as he folded his hands and placed them on the table. "So what brings you here?"

[Lauren Clark]

"Hopefully it will keep him from fiddling with more unique Lego adventures."Lauren whispered as Hatori commented upon the little gray wooden bird's structure,blinking solely upon hearing him laugh.She began to think for a moment,Perhaps I said something or did something stupid-silly?Or ah maybe..well you can laugh for no reason.Maybe that was it?After Lauren dragged herself from a world of thinking,there was a feeling of it didn't matter why he had laughed or smiled.As Hatori seemed not to be able to do it much,least from a hidden feeling she was getting.Ears perk as he spoke about his day being decent and smiled for at least it was pleasant,the smile quickly fading at the mention of Shigure."I kind of feel guilty about Shigure,your friend."Chuckling a little out of place,more or less to her own nerves and continued to speak."I did threaten him with a needle,er possibly a series of shot's rather.Missing the veins on purpose."

Coughing,her eyebrow ceased from wriggling and felt calm to the confession when adding a final say so,"I felt I couldn't help myself,he started to question my doctoring skills after all. Rather pervertedly I might add." Fingertips reach to grasp her glass of water and had a few sips,pulling the glass away she spoke,"Still I feel as if I should bring him some sort of peace offering.I think maybe I was somehow rude."Lauren placed her glass down to express a forgetful look to the question of why she was here and sighed,"It's rather well nothing short of embarrassing as to why I'm here.I was forced to go on a Blind Date by my co-workers and in the end I was stood up.For some reason?"

[Hatori, Sohma]

Hatori laughed at her story about Shigure and the needle. He had done this before as well when he was angry with Shigure. The waiter came and placed the food on the table. "Well it seems with both have the same sense of humor then." said Hatori with a laugh as he picked up his silverware and began eating. As soon as Lauren explained her reasons for being here alone however Haotri frowned a bit. "Well that is dishonorable of them..." he said with a shrug of his shoulders, he didn't really know what else to say about the situation.

[Lauren Clark]

Whenever the waiter had placed the selection of food upon their ivory linen table,Lauren expressed her thanks in terms of a gentle smile.Fingertips reached to unravel her napkin of silverware as the waiter kindly bowed and took leave to report back into the center kitchen.Arriving elsewhere among other tables before someone else covered a new shift,Lauren blinked as Hatori spoke about her few co-workers being dishonorable."Probably so."She briefly responded until getting a sip of water and placed the glass ontop of a slightly worn coaster with the restaurants emblem engraved onto it.

"I'm not particularly mad or upset.I guess I was accidentally gullible."She confessed after taking a few silent sips of her beef stew soup and placed the spoon off to the side."We all have our own dishonorable moments.At times,I think?"Fingertips reached for her fork and knife to have a sampling of her steak with onion dressing and it was absolutely delicious.Something then occured to the doctor,Hatori had previously stated his reasons for being here and she was curious about something."What kind of book did you order?"

[Hatori, Sohma]

Hatori smiled, he knew that eventually he would be asked what sort of book it was. If it was for Shigure anyone would know just what sort of book it might be. Hatori finsihed chewing his food and took a sip of water. "It is a book full of medical research journals. I have a paticular interest in a certain type of illness at the moemnt and am doing some research" said Hatori. He really had run out of things to say so he went back to eating his meal. Hatori looked up at Lauren and shifted uncomfortably, he felt like he should find something more entertaining to say but he just didn't know what. "So tell me about yourself Lauren..." began Hatori, he figured this would start some sort of conversation.

[Lauren Clark]

Upon hearing just what sort of book Hatori had ordered,Lauren softly bowed her forehead to signal her understanding in the matter."I hope everything turns out alright."Commenting just briefly when allowing a small sip of beef stew to greet her lips,fingertips gently cast the spoon to the side and blinked.Ears perked to Hatori's question and thought for a moment.It's always easier to ask another person to 'tell' something about themselves,then it is to answer the same question if asked.Lauren simply prayed that she didn't confess in the terms of something random or to ramble onward about herself as a palm greeted her forehead.Posture quickly began a uncomfortable type of semi-slouching motion as she spoke,"Well.I like to read.I don't think a lot of people like to read anymore.Kinda a shame,really.It's supposed to pull you into a fantasy realm."Soon the slouchy posture and palm that latched onto her forehead vanished,the doctor had thought of something to cast away rambling insecurity.

Lauren then began to unveil a little more about herself,"I guess you could say that right now,I'm my life's work.Meaning I enjoy healing people as a doctor and listening to my patient's stories."Fingertips reached for a glass of water and held a tiny sip before going on,"Most I've seen of doctors,I think don't even do that now.They just patch you up and out you go or worry about how they're going to get paid at the end of the day."Lauren's face held a blank semi-awkward hue until wriggling an eyebrow,"Eh..I ranted?I'm so very sorry. I tried to get over the awkward feeling upon being asked to tell something about myself." Having another sip of water,she tried not to slouch once more,"So I thought about my position as a doctor.So-erm.What about yourself Hatori?"