Sousuke had always imagined that his future would hold something more… Interesting and fun, something that would make him happy and excited, bringing him to new twists and turns every day and being able to have the respect and affection from the people around him. He wanted to live up to expectations, be successful, get a hot wife, maybe even a dog, and live in a kick-ass mansion. He definitely didn't want to get stuck in some dead end job that made him want to snap and cut the throats of all his co-workers before blowing his brains out just so he didn't have to endure another prolonged shift of complete and utter boredom. Somehow though, Sousuke was never able to figure out what exactly he wanted as a career, he'd admit maybe it had something to do with the constant parties, sex, and alcohol poisoning during college, but still, after college he was left with a practically useless liberal arts degree. Sousuke had known he had to find a job and fast, he hated living at his parents' house, not only for the constant nagging but because of the fact that he found after a couple hopeless attempts that chicks did not; in fact, enjoy sex in his parents' basement…. And his parents definitely did not enjoy hearing said intercourse in the basement.

Sousuke started his job search only to find that he didn't have most of the qualifications most hiring places needed and any job he applied to would never even call him back for an interview. He searched for practically five months before becoming desperate.

Even in his desperation though, Sousuke never expected himself to even think about working for a mental hospital, yet here he was, standing in front of the building labeled 'Iwatobi Psychiatric hospital', all dressed up for his interview he scheduled about a week ago. This was the only place he could find that didn't require a degree for the job; he guessed this place was just as desperate for workers as he was for a job. Not that he was surprised, he doubted many sane people would want to spend their time around mentally ill patients, hell if Sousuke wasn't desperate he probably wouldn't have even tried this place.

Sousuke looked over the building, it seemed poorly attended to on the outside, somehow managing to look worse than the other businesses and buildings in Iwatobi. The grass was overgrown, with a couple dirt patches here and there, the bushes were obviously not tended to at all in the past couple years, and there were vines crawling up the brick building. Not to mention paint on it was starting to chip and reveal the brick blocks behind it in a way that did not make this place look nice, though Sousuke guessed it didn't have to… Not like the insane patients going here would mind sine he doubted they were let outside much. Sousuke let out a long drawn out sigh. 'Here goes nothing.' He thinks to himself as he starts to walk into the dull brick building. Part of him wished he'd immediately get turned down so he didn't have to work in the terrible conditions around crazy people and take the risk of working in a building that was seemingly falling apart, but another part of him knew that no matter how terrible, gross, and mind splitting this job could possibly be, he needed it.

When Sousuke entered the building he was actually surprised to see how well kept it was on the inside, it was a stark contrast of the outside. The walls were painted a nice calming tan, there were pictures of multiple people hung up, the furniture looked nice and clean, and all over the place looked pretty fancy. 'This may mean it's well paying.' Sousuke thinks greedily before he notices the front red head at the front desk. Sousuke walked up to the desk where a quite attractive nurse sat. He leaned against the desk and cleared his throat, giving his most charming smile when she looked to him, it was practically instinct now after all the flirting he had done, almost all thoughts about the interview leaving his mind for a moment.

"Hello there." Sousuke says and the girl blinks, her red hair which was in a ponytail swayed a bit as she looked up to him. Sousuke could've sworn he saw her eyes travel to his muscular arms, which were being shown off by the short sleeve button up he was wearing.

"Hi, may I help you with something?" She asks politely and Sousuke pauses at first, wondering what he came there for again before sighing, remembering the reason he came was not to flirt with the nurse.

"Yeah… I'm here for a job interview." The nurse seemed to perk up at this and quickly got up, grabbing some paperwork. Sousuke takes the time to look her over. She had pale skin, pink, sparkling eyes, and wore a white nurse's dress that went up to her knees and had a name tag on that read 'Matsuoka Gou'.

"Oh yes, Yamazaki Sousuke right?" She asks. Sousuke just nods in response as he watched her walk around the desk with a cheerful smile.

"Alright, let me bring you to my boss' office." Gou says and starts to lead Sousuke off. The two walked down a long hallway which led to a staircase, they went by multiple empty rooms on the way there and Sousuke wondered what they were for. Only a couple rooms were actually occupied, they looked like bedrooms, all personalized different ways. Sousuke was sure it couldn't be the patients' rooms though since there were no patients here and the rooms weren't watched over. The two went up the staircase, there was a closed door to the left and in front of them was a door that was heavily locked and secured. Sousuke could only guess that behind that door was where the patients stayed.

Gou opened the door to the left and walked inside, motioning for Sousuke to follow. When he entered and looked around he realized the green, earth tone room was the office, there were multiple book cases, most of them held psychiatry and medical books, a couch rested on one side of the room, most likely where the patients sat or laid when they had a therapy session, and then in the middle was a large desk. A young man was there, asleep at the desk, he had messy olive hair and tanned skin, wearing a white button up shirt with his sleeves rolled up, a loose green tie, and brown pants. He had on glasses right now that were half on his face, which was just resting in between the pages of a book. On the desk were multiple different stacks of paper and folders, all had different names written messily on them. Gou makes a small squeak and quickly goes over to the desk. She shakes the man lightly.

"Makoto" She says a bit harshly as she shakes him. The man shifts a bit as he starts to wake up. He lifts his head up and blinks, taking off his glasses and making a small chuckle as he sits up straight. And damn he wasn't bad looking.

"Were you up all night with your patient again?" Gou asks almost in a scolding way. Makoto just rubs the back of his neck and chuckles still.

"Sorry Kou, I guess I shouldn't keep doing these all-nighters with him should I?" He asks. Sousuke rolled his eyes as his presence was undetected by the young man; he just listened despite not really knowing what they were talking about. He guessed that this man was probably just an assistant. He looked too young to be the owner. Too young and too happy, he doubted someone this cheerful ran the depressing lot of crazy people, it would just take too much of a toll on them.

"Makoto, Sosuke is here for the interview." Sousuke could hear Gou say quietly to the man. Makoto blinked and looked over at Sousuke before looking back over to Gou as he fixed up his shirt and hair.

"Oh, thank you… Um you can go back to the desk; I can take it from here." Makoto says, the kindness never leaving his voice, and Gou just nods before walking out and closing the door behind her.

"Thanks Gou." Sousuke says, being polite so if he does end up working here he could have maybe get a hook up. The nurse quickly turns around and glares at Sousuke with her pink eyes.

"It's Kou!" The nurse says with a huff before she walks out. Sousuke watched as she left, maybe or maybe not checking out her ass, even if he couldn't get with her he could still look. He then turned back to Makoto who was now standing up. He was a lot taller than he seemed at first… Actually just as tall as Sousuke, but he still didn't seem too old. Makoto gave a warm smile and held out his hand.

"I'm sorry about all that, I've been having late night therapy sessions with one of my patients, he hasn't been able to sleep much lately… Enough about that though, I'm Dr. Tachibana Makoto." He says with a warm laugh and Sousuke blinks.

"You don't have to apologize, but wait… You're a doctor?" He asks to which Makoto just blinks.

"Well, yeah, I have to be in order to run this place."

"I didn't think you were the owner!" Sousuke accidently spits out and immediately regrets it. 'Great, haven't even started the interview and I disrespected the boss.' Sousuke mentally curses himself but pauses when he just hears laughter from the other man.

"I actually get that more often than you'd think." Makoto says and Sousuke just can't help but asking.

"How old are you?" Makoto really must've been asked this a bunch, he seemed used to this question and didn't look offended at all by the disbelief in Sousuke's voice. Sousuke probably should be thankful for the kindness, any other boss and he'd already have been kicked out.

"I'm twenty six." Makoto says and Sousuke's eyes widen.

"You're younger than me…!" He says, he was twenty eight years old. He didn't really expect the interview to end up like this, being shown up by a twenty six year old. Sousuke had done nothing and this guy had already got his doctorate and owned his own hospital. Makoto just laughs a bit and Sousuke finally comes to his senses and bows down to apologize for this whole misunderstanding, hoping that way he'd at least have a chance for this job.

"I'm sorry Doctor Tachibana." He says and Makoto's laughter dies down.

"Hey don't worry about it, and you can just call me Makoto it's fine." Makoto says warmly and goes back to his desk. He motioned for Sousuke to sit down in one of the seats in front of the desk. Once Sousuke does Makoto's face turns serious as he looks through his computer.

"So your resume says that you don't have any other job experience." Makoto says and Sousuke shifts a bit in his seat.

"No, I haven't… Will that be an issue…?" He asks a bit nervously. He wasn't really used to interviews and didn't know what he should expect.

"I don't think it will… Just this is going to be a pretty difficult first job for you…." Makoto replies as he seems to be thinking to himself.

"What exactly would I be doing?" Sousuke asks since the online application didn't really say much on what possible positions he could have here.

"You'd be helping out some of the other workers with the patients, cleaning, helping the kitchen, and helping me with therapy sessions when I need you to… You'd basically just be trying to make sure everything's alright and in order." Makoto tells him and Sousuke makes a tiny nod, hoping his face doesn't look too overwhelmed. It wasn't as bad as it could be… But still this seemed like a lot of work and hearing the list of things he'd be doing just made him feel even lazier.

"Let me warn you though, working at a place like this isn't for everyone… You have to be able to understand the patients, be understanding, control yourself, and be able to know when to be gentle or stern." Makoto says and watches Sousuke's reaction. Sousuke didn't flinch at that; he already knew most of what was said were things he'd have to come to terms with when he applied. Sure, he'd have to work at it a bit, but he would be able to deal with all of that.

"Alright… I think I know how we're going to find out of this job is right for you." Makoto says, a warm smile grazing his lips again. Sousuke felt like it was almost contagious. Makoto seemed like the type who just always had a warm glow about him. The olive haired man got up from his seat and got a key card out, Sousuke just watched in silence unsure what he should say.

"So I'm going to bring you on a tour around the patient's quarters, you'll get to meet them and see how things work here, then if you really want to you can work here." Sousuke blinks, a bit of doubt running through his mind as he stood up.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" He asks, part of him really didn't want his afternoon to be spent with crazies. Makoto goes to leave his room and gives Sousuke a reassuring smile.

"Yeah, you should know what it's like around here before you accept the job. Really, don't worry about it; they usually don't cause a lot of trouble. But if you still want this job after the tour and hearing how things work then I'll be happy to give it to you." Makoto says and leaves the room. Sousuke follows close behind, not really wanting to be alone here.

"I hate that we have to lock the door this much… The patients here really are pretty well behaved… These locks just make them feel like they're trapped and unwelcome, but protocol makes us do this." Makoto says filling up the silence as he stood in front of the locked door leading to the patient ward. Sousuke could already tell this guy was talkative, but didn't mind it too much; Makoto seemed easy to talk to.

"Is there anything I should know before we go in there?" Sousuke asks his facial expression a bit nervous.

"Just, try not to be so nervous around them. If the patients see you scared then they won't ever trust you." Makoto says as he swipes the card and unlocks the door. Sousuke just makes a small nod and sighs. 'Wow, wait to be a tough guy… Why am I even so scared anyways? They won't be that bad… I just need to suck it up and be a man. These patients can't do anything to me!' Sousuke thinks to himself. When they enter Sousuke looks around, the walls were still painted tan though there were no pictures, probably so there weren't any issues with glass. The room they were in was the common area, there was a couch and a couple chairs in front of a TV, chess tables were on the other side of the room with a shelf of other games, and book shelves stood against the wall. It seemed the patients had multiple different things to keep them entertained. Makoto walks over to a small desk where a silver haired man sat; he had a cart with medication by him.

"Sousuke, this is Aiichiro. He handles all the patients' medicine here." Makoto says and turns to Aiichiro, the silver haired boy shifted a bit, seeming a bit shy with the presence of Sousuke. The boy looked to Makoto then back to his files, practically ignoring Sousuke now, though it seemed more from shyness than being mean.

"Haruka was sitting out here by the door for a while… It looked like he was waiting for you…" Aiichiro says quietly to Makoto, Sousuke could tell he was soft spoken. Makoto rubs the back of his neck.

"I thought he was asleep…" Makoto says with a tiny sigh. Sousuke just stayed quiet as he listened to the two, he guessed they were talking about a patient.

"He woke up a couple hours… He keeps saying his medicine doesn't let him sleep long…" Aiichiro responds fidgeting a bit. Makoto runs a hand through his hair.

"Alright, we'll have to switch his medicine later… I'm giving Sousuke a tour so I'll go check on Haru on the way… Do you know where he went?" Sousuke wasn't sure if he should be looking forward to being taken to this seemingly troublesome patient, but didn't speak his mind, knowing if he did so he wouldn't get this job.

"He just went to his room a couple minutes ago… I um… I actually think he heard Kou-Chan bring Sousuke-Chan to your office and he… didn't seem pleased…" Aiichiro says nervously. Sousuke tenses slightly and blinks when Makoto just chuckles. 'How is this funny?!' Sousuke thought crossly.

"That sounds like Haru. Maybe I shouldn't have Sousuke meet him yet..." Makoto says trailing off and then shrugs.

"I'll see what Haruka's attitude is like later. I better get on with the tour though; I don't want to keep boring Sousuke. I'll see you later Ai." Makoto says turning to Sousuke who blinks and stands up straighter, he had zoned out a bit during the conversation. Makoto smiles then motions for Sousuke to follow him as he walks into the common area and looks around.

"We don't have many patients here… We actually are getting our fourth tomorrow… But it allows us to give more attention to them and their needs. Each patient here has a worker to look after them too. I mean, we all look after the patients but the patients become closer to some workers, so that worker usually is in charge of making sure they feel alright. For example, I'm in charge of the patient, Haruka, you've been hearing about most of the morning. Haruka is one of the more picky patients though… I'm one of the only ones he really puts up with…" Makoto says and laughs, rubbing the back of his neck.

"So wait will I be in charge of a patient?" Sousuke asks with a bit of doubt. He wasn't sure if he could take care of a patient and be responsible for them just yet. Or ever actually. He knew he wasn't that responsible.

"No, definitely not at first at least, only if a patient starts to show more attachment and improvement around you." Makoto says and then perks up when he sees someone sit up at the couch in the common area. He walks over to where a blonde teenager sat. He was wearing a pink t-shirt on with a penguin on and shorts.

"Hello Nagisa how's your show?" Makoto asks warmly. Nagisa doesn't say anything, and instead he leans up against the couch and gives a wide smile and then laughs.

"I'll take that as it's good." Makoto says and laughs before turning back to Sousuke.

"Nagisa has bipolar disorder as well as Kleine- Levin Syndrome. Sometimes he has 'episodes' where he basically gets really moody, sleeps and eats a bunch, and acts kind of like a child… Kou watches over him most of the time though." Makoto says, Nagisa pouts and leans over the couch.

"I don't act like a child!" He says his voice chipper though. Makoto just laughs.

"If you say so, Nagisa." The olive haired man ruffles Nagisa's wavy blonde hair as he just pouts.

"I'm nooooot." Nagisa whines knowing that Makoto was teasing him. Sousuke was a bit surprised, he expected something different… He expected Nagisa to act crazier, not like a hyperactive teen.

"Say that to all the stuffed animals in your room." A voice says and they all look over. Sousuke practically froze seeing the patient, he had red hair and pink eyes like Kou's, he was muscular and lean, he had a handsome face and something about how he looked just took Sousuke's breath away. The man walked closer and Sousuke had to force himself to look away from the captivating man, the last thing he wanted to do was come off as creepy.

"Rinrin, you're so meeaaan." Nagisa whines. Sousuke blinks, making mental note of the man's name.

"Don't call me that." The red head says with a huff, Sousuke noticed the sharp teeth he had; it reminded Sousuke of a shark. Nagisa just pouted and the red head's eyes wandered over to Makoto and Sousuke. Makoto perked up noticing the man's questioning gaze.

"Oh um, this is Sousuke." Makoto introduces. The man looked to Sousuke, and for a moment Sousuke wondered if he was being checked out or sized up.

"He's the one getting a job here?" The red headed man asks. Makoto rubs the back of his neck.

"Well maybe, if he wants to after the tour." The olive haired man said. The man nods and holds out his hand to Sousuke.

"I'm Rin… And 'cause I know that you'll find out even if I don't tell you, there's no point in hiding it. I have multiple personality disorder." Rin says and Sousuke blinks, he seemed so normal now; it's weird to think that they were mentally unstable. Sousuke notices Rin's hand still out and quickly goes to shake it so he didn't offend Rin. His hand was soft. Sousuke made a mental note of that.

"Oh well um… Hi." Sousuke said and Rin let go of his hand, way too early in Sousuke's opinion. The two just fell into silence a moment, practically ignoring Makoto and Nagisa as they just looked at each other, but then Makoto spoke up.

"Come on, I should show you the rest of the building." Makoto says to Sousuke, who blinks, snapping out of the daze, and then makes a small nod. Makoto gives a small wave to Rin and Nagisa before leading Sousuke off and into a hallway.

"Aiichiro has been trying to care for Rin… But he can't really handle it all that much anymore… His condition has been fine just Rin himself has gotten more difficult…" Makoto says and Sousuke blinks.

"He seemed fine earlier… Actually him and Nagisa both seemed pretty normal." Makoto sighs and rubs the back of his neck.

"Yeah, they seem that way most of the time… but there will be triggers that just set them off… And sometimes they'll be stuck just not being themselves for months…" The olive haired man said, for the first time not seeming cheerful and happy. 'He seems to really care about his patients…' After a couple moments Makoto turns back to his cheerful self.

"I mean, it doesn't stop me from wanting to help them." Makoto says and Sousuke only nods. He looks around to where Makoto led him and sees different rooms and a couple bathrooms. One room was pink and inside had different stuffed animals, assuming what Rin said before was right, Sousuke guessed it was Nagisa's room. Another room had red walls and some exercise equipment, Sousuke wasn't sure if this belonged to Rin or not. There was another room with the door closed so he couldn't see in it, though he was guessing this belonged to the popular Haruka who was seemingly the topic of the day in the psychiatric ward. The last room was empty, with plain walls and just a bed in it.

"We let our patients have the option to design their room however they want… It makes them happy and it's easier for them to live here. We also give this option to all the staff with their rooms." Makoto says snapping Sousuke out of his thoughts.

"Wait, staff rooms?" Sousuke asks raising a brow. 'Were those the rooms I saw on the way up here?'

"Oh, yeah, I should've mentioned that earlier… All the staff lives here… It's just easier so that when needed, they can help with any issues going on. They're right downstairs; you probably went by them with Kou." Makoto says. Sousuke blinks.

"You're offering me a job and a place to stay?" Sousuke asks. 'Could this deal get any better?' He asks himself, a smile grazing his lips. Makoto laughs.

"Well you're making it sound like this is a dream job or something…" He says letting his laughter die down.

"Compared to living in your parents' basement with no job, this is a dream job." Sousuke just replies.

"True… Come on, I still have to show you the cafeteria." Makoto says and leads Sousuke up another flight of stairs. When they got up Sousuke was surprised to see a nice dining area and a large kitchen.

"Can this place get any better?" Sousuke asks and Makoto rubs the back of his neck.

"I don't think it can… but it's not that great… I mean, considering what we deal with here…" Makoto says but Sousuke just shakes his head. He was just diving right in, not thinking twice about this deal.

"A job that's high paying and gives me a place to live, how can I say no?" Sousuke asks. Makoto blinks and rubs the back of his neck.

"I think you should meet Haruka before you make your decision." He says causing Sousuke to pause. 'Is Haruka that bad?'

"What does he have?" Sousuke asks as he follows Makoto downstairs and back to the common area.

"Schizophrenia…" Makoto says with a sigh. Sousuke notices that the door that had previously been closed was open now and he could make out blue walls, he wondered if that was Haruka's room. It would make sense. Makoto stopped and Sousuke looked to him a moment. The olive haired man had his calm green eyes fixated on something, when Sousuke looked to see what it was he learned it was actually someone. He was sitting down in the window sill with a sketchbook in hand, raven hair was swept across his pale face and Sousuke could see he had ocean blue eyes. He wore a blue sweatshirt and tan capris. Sousuke could only guess this was Haruka. He was practically frozen in place though, when the ocean blue eyes looked over at the two and gave an icy glare.

"Haru…" Makoto says but Haruka seems to ignore him, getting up with his sketchbook and going to walk by the two. 'What the hell is the nerve with this guy?! He won't even give me a fucking chance!' Sousuke lets out an angry huff and turns around going to grab Haruka's wrist.

"Wait..!" Makoto starts off but it was too late, Sousuke grabbed Haruka's wrist, causing the raven haired teen to freeze in place.

"Hey, what's the issue here? I know I'm new but-" Sousuke was cut off when a fist met his face causing him to stumble back. Haruka had punched Sousuke and now was backing up away from him shaking. Anger boiled in Sousuke but he tried not to react, knowing it would jeopardize his chance at the job… It didn't mean he couldn't imagine strangling this kid in his head.

"Haru, are you okay?" Makoto asks as he goes over to the raven haired teen and hugged him. Sousuke sits up and blinks. 'What the fuck?! Is he okay? He hit me; you should be asking if I'm okay!' Sousuke was about to snap before a hand was placed on his shoulder. Sousuke looked up to see Rin looking down at him.

"Haruka doesn't like to be touched… He gets violent when he is…" Rin says and Sousuke looks back to Makoto who was worrying over Haruka still.

"He doesn't mind Makoto though…" Sousuke mumbles, causing Rin to let out a sigh, it sounded a bit sad.

"Makoto's different; he always has been for Haruka…" Rin says looking away. Sousuke huffs.

"But Haruka hit me, why's Makoto helping him?" Rin rolls his eyes at this question.

"Makoto's a selfless person, he worries about everyone, but he always puts us patients first. He believes Haruka is as much of a victim as you." The red head says and then helps Sousuke up. Sousuke once again was able to feel the spark as he held Rin's soft hand. Makoto looks over to the two after a moment, he didn't seem to have been listening to their conversation, only have been paying attention to Haruka.

"Rin, can you bring Sousuke to the medical room and get him some ice for where he was hit? I'll be with you guys in a moment…" Makoto says and after Rin nods he starts to bring Haruka to his room.

"Follow me…" Rin says as he leads Sousuke off. Sousuke just was paying attention to the fact they were still holding hands. When they walked into a white room Rin lets go and starts looking through cabinets. Sousuke just sits down, feeling a bit dizzy. 'For such a wimpy looking kid he sure packed a punch…' Sousuke is snapped out of his thoughts when a cloth holding ice was pressed to his eye where he was punched. He let out a soft sigh at the relief he felt with that.

"Must suck for Makoto, being stuck taking care of Haruka…" Sousuke says trying to start a conversation. Rin leans against the wall and sighs.

"No, he's happy about it… Makoto cares a lot about Haruka; they've known each other for a while." Rin says, Sousuke realizes that Rin didn't seem too happy to talk about this so he just decided to drop it. Makoto came into the room after a bit, with an apologetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry about that… I should've told you that Haruka can't be touched…" Makoto says and then sighs.

"I guess you won't want to work here now, huh…?" The olive haired man asks. Sousuke blinks a bit unsure at first what to say. He could feel Rin staring at him right now, and when Sousuke looked Rin's pink eyes were practically asking 'What are you going to do?'

Sousuke was pissed about what Haruka did, sure. He knew he had no experience with mental patients or working at a place like this, and he wasn't the most responsible… But still, he knew that if he worked here he would be taught what to do. He could learn what to do. Hell, this job paid well and supplied a place to live, and there were some pretty attractive people here… Sousuke knew that despite any conflict, he couldn't say no to this opportunity.

"I'll do it… I'll work here."