Mike Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Chapter Three: I'll see you at Breakfast then!

When Mike cracked open an eye as the light from the sun shone in through the large window to his left, he sort of expected to see Chester's sleeping form on the bed across from him. He was disappointed to find that the young man had already left and apparently had his bed made up. Mike smiled at this, finding Chester's neatness find of cute.

Suddenly he started pondering what exactly what was wrong with the man. Did he have emotional problems? Being in this place, that was almost a given. But somehow Mike felt there was more to it.

Just as the Asian had decided to get up from the bed, Chester entered the room with nothing but a towel that desperately clung to his hips. Mike's brightened expression made the other man's skin redden.

"Hi Mike," Chester greeting him meekly, hurrying to his bed and ducking behind it as he removed his towel and quickly began to put on his underwear. Mike's eyes unabashedly stared at the bit of skin he got to see. His mind began to wonder a bit when he noticed deep, long scars along the other man's shoulder, four consecutive lines, way too neat to have been an accident. It didn't mar the blond's beautiful skin though. Chester began to blush harder as he felt Mike's stares. The hairs on the back of the blond's neck stood up as he heard the Asian's footsteps approach him.

"What happened?" Mike asked softly, his eyes glancing over to the healed cuts on the man's shoulder.

"Huh?" Chester said, trying to act stupid, but he knew what the man was asking.

"That." Mike said, pointing at the scars. "What is that all about?"

Chester stared at the other man wide-eyed. Never really feeling comfortable with talking about his problems. He opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. The blond lowered his head as he decided it was best to not say anything at all. Mike accepted this and stepped back.

"Well, I'm gonna go take my shower. Be back in ten," Mike said lightheartedly, stepping back over to his bed to fetch random toiletries. Chester sighed in relief and silently thanked Mike for not taking the situation deeper. He brought a shaking hand to the scars on this shoulder and lightly grazed his fingertips on the skin there. His fingers felt the slight dips on his skin where the scars were. Suddenly those scars seemed to have been reopened. Thick tears fell down his cheek as he cursed himself for his own weak nature.

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Mike patted Joe roughly on the shoulder, saying, "Hey Joe! How you feelin' this morning?"

"I'm fine Mike--real fine," Joe replied, smiling a mile a minute. Mike smiled back at the other man.

"That's real good. Let's make sure you keep that up for the rest of the day."

"I will Mike. I will!" Joe replied once again.

The two men walked into the shower room where there were currently three other men showering. Brad, Dave and someone else Mike hadn't met yet.

"Hey Mike. Sleep well your first night?" Dave asked him, smiling as he rubbed a bar of soap on his chest.

Mike hesitated a bit, still remembering why the other man was in this mental hospital; however he realized he had no right to judge someone else so he answered the other man.

"Yeah. It was pretty good actually. These beds here beat the ones in prison."

"Hmm? You've been to prison?" Brad asked him, eyeing the Asian suspiciously. Mike began to grin slyly as he entered a stall and turned on the shower head. He tensed briefly as the cold water hit his face.

"Yeah. I've been a couple times." he managed to say as he frantically reached for the nob to turn it toward the red H.


"What for?" Dave asked.

After a couple moments, the water finally got hot. That's when Mike decided to answer Dave's question.

"Well. I sort of beat this guy up real bad. Almost killed the bastard."

"Almost killed him? So you're the violent type then?" Brad asked him, still giving him that cautious stare. The brown haired man was seriously beginning to irritate Mike, so the Asian decided to change the subject.

"Who the hell is that?" Mike asked, nodding toward a tall man that used the shower head across the room from everyone else. The leggy man slowly wiped himself with a towel, idly staring off into the distance. He definitely didn't seem all there.

"Who?" Dave asked, turning his head in the direction of Mike's gaze. "Oh that's Rob."

Brad scrunched up his eyebrows, not appreciating his question going unanswered.

"Hey Mike. I asked you question!" Brad said, reaching over to tap him on the shoulder. Mike once again ignored the other man.

"Hey Rob! Why you showering way over there? Don't want anyone to see your tiny dick?" Mike asked loudly, laughing as he did so.

Dave burst out laughing, shaking his head, "Nah Mike. That dude is deaf, dumb and stupid. He can't hear a damn thing we're sayin'"

Mike pursed his lips, shutting the shower head off and reaching for his towel. He was suddenly annoyed by the fact that there wasn't at least one person in the building that seemed normal. Perhaps that was the reason why it was called Notting Hill State [i]Mental Hospital[/i]. Mike chuckled a bit at his situation.

"Hey man! I don't like being ignored!" Brad said, reaching over and roughly grabbing Mike's shoulder. Without really thinking Mike turned around and slapped the other man aside the head.

"I swear to go man! Obviously I didn't feel like answering your God damned question, you God damned idiot!" Mike yelled, looking away from Brad's surprised expression. The Asian shook his head as he realized suddenly that his time here in this looney bin might be harder than he thought.

Mike made his way back to the room, noticing a few nurses aiding men to a room where they were probably given baths. He was slightly disappointed when he reached the room only to find that Chester had left. As the Asian dried himself off he started thinking about the other man.

"He sure is a looker," Mike mumbled to himself as he began to dry off his legs exposing his bare behind to none other than Nurse Fletcher who stood in the doorway. Mike failed to notice her presence until the sound of her clearing her throat caught his attention.

"Oh! Hey Mrs. Fletcher, didn't notice you there," Mike said unashamed. "How can Mike Shinoda help you today?"

Mrs. Fletcher's eyes fluttered as she held back her disgust. "You can start by covering yourself Mr. Shinoda."

"Oh...oh alright," Mike said, his voice laced with a humorous tone. He slyly smiled as he wrapped the slightly damp towel around his waist and outstretching his arms in an 'Are you happy now?' sort of way.

She nodded before saying, "Seeing as you are a new ward here, I felt it wise to inform you on how things are ran around here." She started, Mike rolling his eyes and sitting down on the bed. "Breakfast will start any moment now--after breakfast, medication time will begin. You'll then have the opportunity to participate in our daily recess. Non restrictive patients are allowed to take the bus for visits to the park or anywhere we have planned for them. That doesn't apply to you of course as you are indeed a restricted patient."

Mike rolled his eyes once again, sighing heavily.

"Once everyone is back from recess, our daily sessions usually begin, as you have already seen."

"Thank you for all of this wonderfully helpful information. I deeply appreciate it," Mike said, his voice so awfully sarcastic it made Mrs. Fletcher's top lip twitch.

"You're quite welcome Mr. Shinoda."

"Well, I guess I'll see you at breakfast then!" Mike said with mock enthusiasm.

"Indeed."

She gave him a peculiar stare before taking a look around the room and then walking out.

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A/N: I deeply apologize for such a short update. Moreover, I apologize for the long wait. I've just entered my first week of college at Eastern Michigan University so the weeks leading up to my first day were pretty hectic so I had no time to update really.

Also, with this update, which had been done for awhile, I had decided to take another route with the story so I had to rewrite quite a bit. Again I apologize for such an awfully short update. This should actually be more of a chapter 3a and the next update would be chapter 3b.

If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, please do! :D