The Number Project

As Nox sat at his desk he took a long, deep breath.

"For their sake..." He whispered, slowly raising his head.

As he walked down the halls his mind raced, his heart pounding.

"Seems this is the room..." He said, staring at the room number.

Just as he raised a hand to knock on the door, the door opened.

"Oh!" A man cried.

"You're here." The man smiled.

Nox stared blankly for a second.

"Y-you were expecting me...?"

"A-ah well...Mr. Claudius said you were coming."

Nox narrowed his eyes.

"I see..." He sighed.

"Does she know?"

"Eh?"

"Is she expecting a visitor?"

"Oh, uh...no I didn't say anything." The man rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Thank you very much doctor, I'll take it from here." He said.

"You'll be assigned a new patient within the next few days." He smiled, as the door closed.

Nox took a deep breath as he entered the room.

A girl sitting on the table slowly lifted her head. She then quickly looked down.

Nox stood there for a moment.

"H-hello!" He smiled, slowly walking towards the girl.

"Eh...?" The girl kept her head down.

"No need to be alarmed now..." Nox smiled.

"Oh dear..." He frowned.

The girl lifted her head once more. Her eyes were completely covered by her hair.

"W-what...?" The girl whispered.

"Well it's just...we're going to have to cut off your dead ends." He chuckled.

"I thought we weren't allowed to get our hair cut." She frowned.

"Oh?" Nox frowned, biting his lip.

"Well you see..."

"If I'm getting my hair cut does that mean..." Her lip quivered as she began to tremble.

"Am I about to die?"