Anime Hospital, episode 6 (1/9) [FanFic]

[Joseph Morreale]

Anime Hospital

Episode six:

Just B-ko's

"Otakus!" Toni grumbled. "This time they've gone too far!"
"Hm?" Heather said as she approached the front desk. She had a few
files to deliver to various doctors, but if there was somethig interesting to
talk about, she saw no reason not to stand around for a bit. After all, Mike
was at the far end of the north wing, so there was no danger of him catching
her
milling around. "What about otakus?"
Toni gave the nurse an annoyed look when she leaned on the desk with
an elbow. "We have to endure C-ko for a while, and it's all their fault!" She
exteded a hand toward the waiting room, where dozens, possible hundreds of
fans were milling about as though they were lost souls. "Look at them, acting
as though it were the end of the world and never once thinking that if they
hadn't been so stupid it never would have happened in the first place!"
While Heather was usually bored with any news that had anything to do
with othakus, Toni had succeeded in grabbing her interest.
"What do you mean? What did they do?" she asked, leaning closer.
Toni's face twisted into an expression of disgust. She could have
really gone for a jelly donut right then, but with so many people hanging
around, she couldn't risk it. She'd have to wait for her lunch break before
she could enjoy her favorite treat. "Those idots went and devoted an annual
holiday to her. She cooked up so much food that she made herself sick tasting
it all to see if she got it all right. It's just like I've always said, 'The
only place stupidity and persisence lands you is in the hospital.'"
Heather looked at the huge croud of otakus, moaning and crying over
their ill idol. "They gave her a holiday all her own?" she asked. "What'd they
call it?"
Toni winced and grumbled something. "You sure you want to know?"
Heather considered that. "Ah, go ahead and hit me with it."
"C-ko de Mayo."
It was Heather's turn to wince. "You were right. I
didn't want to know."
Toni gave one more glare in the otaku's direction.
"Bloody, stupid men with nothing better to do with their time than drool over
animated characters..." she mumbled half to herself.
"The ladies can be just as bad," Heather reminded her.
"No surprise hearing that from you."
"Can I help it if I'm fashionable?" Heather said
defensively. "Besides, remember when Kurama and Hiei were both sick at the
same time?"
Toni looked at the dreamy-eyed expression on Heather's face and said,
"How could I forget that nightmare? As I recall,you managed to to give sponge
baths to both of them."
Heather giggled and looked at the sour expression on Toni's face. "So?
What's wrong with that?"
"You didn't use a sponge."