The water shot into the air from the small spout hidden with the marbled ceramic, creating a marvellous umbrella of liquid, that trickled and flowed down the various tiers and layers of the centrepiece, giving the area a classy and welcoming aura.

He, however, didn't notice this.

He was too wrapped up in his own affairs, even though he was sitting on the bench that was connected to the fountain.

He didn't even notice the people that walked by and looked over at him, their gazes lingering for longer than would be socially acceptable, meaning they were technically staring.

But he didn't notice. He was leaning forward some, his hands on his temples, as he muttered and mumbled to himself, as though talking to someone.

But nobody else was there.

"...stop staring at him." a female told the male she was with, as they walked past, and away from, him.

"If he's going to be crazy, then he deserves to be stared at." the male responded.

"Gerard!" the female snapped back in a whisper.

"They have medication for that." he retorted. "If he doesn't take it, then he suffers the consequences... mental, physical, AND social."

The male, Gerard, jumped when the woman suddenly spoke to them.

"Ah!" he exclaimed.

"What? What's there to say? He speaks to invisible boogeymen and mumbles nonsense to himself." he told her... before the female smacked him upside the head.

"Hey! What the hell, Dianna!?" he exclaimed.

"Shush." Dianna said sternly.

"His name's Levi." she then told the woman. "He spends most of his time alone, though he does seem to have a friend. Just one, at least..." she went on.

"...that's real..." Gerard muttered, which net a glare from Dianna.

"Most of the time, he keeps to himself, seeming to be talking to... people... around him, when he's alone." she told the woman further.

"From what I've heard, he was clinically diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He was given medication for it, but seeing as he still seems to suffer, it's been assumed that he doesn't take it." she added with a small sigh.

Gerard looked ready to say something, but stopped and just looked off to the side.

"She's probably off getting something to drink for him." Dianna told her.

"Or she's still in class." she went on.

"They have quite different schedules, I believe." she added, before pausing.

"...aren't you Doctor Fyrane?" she then asked.

"I read you were scheduled to be a guest speaker here today." she commented.

This caused Gerard to rise to attention once more, and looked panicked.

"Yes, Gerard, you made an ass of yourself in front of one of your idols." Dianna told him.

Gerard froze for a moment when she asked her question, and Dianna chuckled.

"He is." she told her.

"D-Dianna...!" Gerard stammered.

"Advanced Practical Chemistry." Dianna told the woman.

"I believe that's.... two periods from now." she then added.

The boy seemed to not notice her at all. At least, not at first. He was bust muttering and mumbling to himself... but she could tell that he seemed to be having a conversation.

Or an argument. And not with himself.

However, when she rattled the container, and spoke to him, he suddenly jumped, clearly on edge.

"Huh!?" he exclaimed.

"O-oh..." he said, accepting the container and shaking out a couple of the contents within.

"Sorry..." he apologised.

"I forgot to brush my teeth this morning." he said quietly.

Levi was silent for a moment, before he looked at Kiah.

"....mm?" he mumbled.

"These can... do that?" he asked.

She just smirked again, and with a light nod, she sold him. He took the two that he had in his hand, and downed them quickly, before pausing a moment.

He then leaned forward returning to his usual position, but was quiet now.

He remained like that for close to 3 and a half minutes, before she saw a very slight change in his eyes. They went from quivering and shaking, as well as shrunken pupils, to a moment of calming realization.

And she knew what that meant.

Levi looked over towards her, and nodded.

"Y... yeah." he said.

"I do." he told her.

"The voices... they... they're quiet now." he told her further.

"But... but how?" he then asked her.

"How did... what... what ARE these?" he asked, looking at the container again.

"....mana?" Levi asked.

"Mana as in... like... magic-mana?" he asked her further, before shaking his head.

"If you need blood, come on." he then told her.

"Let's go to the nurse's office." he said. "Should have all we need." he went on.

"...been poked and prodded and worse in the past. Losing a little blood is nothing." he then reasoned, as he stood up. "And if this can help me, then I'll give you all of my blood."

As they started to walk, Levi was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Class?" he asked.

"Are you... a professor here?" he asked her.

"Or... a student?" he asked further.

"You don't seem familiar to me... and I've pretty much seen all the people here." he commented.

"Yeah, I... kind of have a photographic memory." he then admitted.

"....oh!" Levi exclaimed.

"That's cool." he said, before wincing slightly.

"Nngh." he groaned.

"Now that they've shut up, I've realized something." he told her.

".....I have a headache." he mumbled.

"Guess I was usually... distracted... whenever I had one."