(I missed a bit, I apologize)<br/><br/>Kanashii sighed, her eyes darting over the handouts and binders, the notebooks and textbooks all arranged neatly before her.<br/>Homework. Work to do when at home.<br/>But what if the person in question didn't really have a home? Were they still meant to do the work?<br/>And what if they're home didn't really feel like a home at all? Wouldn't it just be more schoolwork then? Or would said person have to be at school for it to be considered such.<br/>Kanashii shook her head, pushing the thoughts away. She was reading too deep into these things as always, best to just accept it and move on.<br/>Her fingers and mind worked in tandem, filling out each sheet with ease and intelligence. Her homework was through before she'd even really begun.<br/>With a content sigh, she gazed over it, checking it for errors.<br/><em>You're so smart...</em><br/>Kanashii paused and glanced at her bag where Rue-kun sat propped against it.<br/>"Thankyou." She replied kindly and turned back to the papers.<br/><em>The smartest of the dolls, Ka-chan.</em><br/>She tensed then and looked back to Rue-kun, angrily spouting, "Don't call me that! It's not true!"<br/><em>What? You don't like being a smart doll, Ka-chan?</em><br/>"I'm not a doll!"<br/>Yes you are. You've never been anything else but a doll. Look in the mirror Ka-chan. See your reflection, you're just like us. You've always been just like us. Daddy could never love you if you weren't.<br/>Kanashii stood then, shaking her head, her slender hands pressing against her ears as if to block the words out though they rang true just the same.<br/>As she stood, she moved, her eyes catching sight of the mirror set on the wall.<br/>In the reflection, she was there, her skin like porcelain, her eyes like marbles, her lips but a painted on smile. She was a doll.<br/>"STOP! I'M NOT A DOLL!" She screamed and her vision faltered, blurred, the room grew black for a moment, then lit again and became clear.<br/>Her image in the mirror was normal. She was normal.<br/>"What's happening to me?" She whimpered and stumbled out into the hallway of the dorms, landing on her knees, shaking her head and fighting tears.<br/>"I'm not a doll!" She whispered to herself, willing it to be true.<br/>