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Prescription Lab #09-2023

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[lostfracturess]

remedies and reasons | ch. 03

pairing — professor geto x law student reader

summary — this wasn’t supposed to happen. not that miserable internship at the law firm you hated, not him becoming your doctor, and definitely not that drunken night at the bar. but he helped, and god, you needed a friend. and he did too. except it's never just friendship with him, is it? it could be perfect—messy, complicated, but perfect. if only his heart wasn’t already taken.

word count — 11.8 k

warnings — 18+ ONLY. contains explicit sexual content, age difference (10 years), doctor-patient relationship, smoking, alcohol use, mature themes, and depictions of illness. reader discretion is advised.

author's note — hey everyone! i'm back with a new chapter, and i know it's been a while. this time, we're diving back into suguru's head to explore his conflicting feelings. as always, this story is a spin-off of symptoms and causes, starting after chapter 12, but it can be read as a standalone. this chapter takes place during the events of chapter 14, where things were pretty intense, so get ready for suguru's perspective on those events, plus some extra bonding time with a certain law student.

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(note: r&r reader)

What a strange fucking day.

The coffee from the hospital cafeteria tasted like burnt rubber, leaving a bitter aftertaste that matched my state perfectly. Everything felt slightly out of sorts, like the world had shifted two inches to the left while I wasn't looking, and I was the only one who noticed.

I'd put on mismatched socks this morning, didn't notice until I was already at work. Stepped in a puddle that somehow soaked through my supposedly waterproof shoes. Small things, really. Inconsequential. But they piled up like evidence that I wasn't quite myself lately.

And on top of that, my mind kept drifting back to the sports bar, to easy laughter and surprisingly good conversation. To someone who actually managed to make me forget about work for a few hours. It was... nice. Different. Unsettling. Probably why I let things get carried away. 

What the hell had gotten into me?

I wasn't the type to hook up in bar bathrooms. I didn't do reckless. I was the responsible one, always cleaning up other people's messes — usually Satoru's. 

Yet here I was, distracted and unfocused because of a law student who somehow got under my skin without me even realizing it. Frustrating. That's what it was.

I stared at the ruined samples in front of me, the third batch I'd had to throw out this morning. A stupid beginner's mistake — mixing the reagents in the wrong order like some first-year med student. The solution had turned an ugly shade of red instead of the pale blue it was supposed to be, completely useless now.

I slammed the test tube rack down harder than necessary, making the glass containers rattle. A few drops of the failed experiment splashed onto my lab coat. Perfect. Just perfect.

I glanced at Satoru across the lab bench. He'd been staring at the same equation for twenty minutes now, his leg bouncing that infuriating rhythm that made me want to stab him with my pen. The same nervous energy that had been radiating off him all morning. Neither of us was really focused on work it seemed.

"You going to tell me what's wrong, or do I have to guess?" I finally asked, perhaps partly to distract myself from my own thoughts.

He blinked, as if just remembering I was there. "Nothing's wrong."

"Really? Because you've been glaring at that formula for like an hour."

"Maybe I just enjoy looking at my own handwriting. It's pretty, isn't it? Unlike yours."

"At least the nurses can read my prescriptions without three callbacks."

"That was one time." He spun in his chair to face me. "And the pharmacy figured it out eventually."

I need a cigarette.

No, I need several cigarettes.

I was about to retort when a soft knock echoed through the lab. We both turned toward the door, and suddenly all my annoyance vanished. It was her.

Standing there in the doorway, clutching a folder to her chest, looking almost nervous. Her eyes darted between Satoru and me, and I could see the moment she registered the awkwardness of the situation.

She was wearing a crisp blazer, her hair pulled back neatly — every inch the professional law intern. Maybe it was the confused sleep deprivation talking, but I swore I caught a hint of pink creeping across her cheeks when our eyes briefly met before she looked away.

"Oh," she said. "I didn't expect to find you both here."

Satoru straightened up, his demeanor shifting instantly to doctor mode. "Everything okay? Is it your medication?"

"No, no," she quickly assured him. "Actually, I'm here about the... um, the legal consultation from the other day?" She held up the folder. "Mr. Higurama asked me to get both your signatures on these forms."

"More paperwork?" Satoru groaned theatrically. "They really love their forms at that firm, don't they? I bet they have forms for their forms."

She laughed — not the bold, uninhibited laugh from the bar, but something smaller, more contained. Professional. It was strange seeing her like this, all sharp edges and formal wear, when just days ago we'd been trading stories over beer and darts.

"Well," she said, stepping fully into the lab, "we do love forms, yes." Her eyes landed on the mess of failed experiments on our benches, the chaos of scribbles on the whiteboard. I just now realized how utterly chaotic the whole lab was. "Bad time?"

"No," I said, maybe too quickly. "Just a rough morning in the lab."

"Rough morning?" Satoru raised an eyebrow. "This is the first time I've seen him mess up this experiment since university. Usually he's annoyingly perfect."

I shot him a look that promised murder. Or at least severe bodily harm.

She glanced between us, a hint of unease, her fingers tightening on the folder as she took a small step back. "Should I come back later? When there's less...chaos?"

"No, it's fine," I said, reaching for the folder. Our fingers brushed as she handed it over, and I found myself wondering if she was still thinking about that night too. Probably not. She was just here doing her job.

I opened the folder, scanning the documents inside. More forms about professional conduct and boundaries. The irony wasn't lost on me.

"These need both our signatures?" I asked.

She nodded. "Mr. Higurama was very specific about that."

I grabbed a pen and signed where indicated, then passed the folder to Satoru. As he signed, I caught her stifling a yawn.

"Long night?" I asked.

"Just law student things," she replied with a tired smile. "Coffee and case studies until 3 AM."

"Sounds familiar," I said, thinking of my own sleepless night, though for very different reasons. "Though I prefer my all-nighters with better coffee than whatever they serve at that firm."

"Our coffee is not that bad actually—"

Before she could finish, Satoru thrust the folder at her. "Here," he said. "All signed and ready to go back to the fun police." He glanced at his phone, then suddenly stood up. "Speaking of which, I need to go. Got a... thing."

A thing? I raised an eyebrow at him, but he was already halfway to the door. "Don't mess up any more experiments, Suguru," he called over his shoulder, and then he was gone, leaving us alone in the now quiet space.

She stood there, folder clutched to her chest, looking unsure. "Is Dr. Gojo okay? He seems a bit on edge."

"Not more than usual, I guess."

"So that failed experiment over there?" She gestured past me with her finger.

I glanced at my failed experiment, which had now turned an alarming shade of green that definitely wasn't in any textbook I'd ever read. Either I'd just discovered a new chemical compound, or I was about to violate several safety protocols. Possibly both.

"Observant. They teach you that in law school?"

"No, that's just natural talent," she said, some of that bar night ease creeping back into her voice. "Though I have to say, watching things change color isn't usually part of my job description."

"Consider it a bonus lesson in chemistry." Before I could overthink it, I heard myself asking, "Have you had lunch yet?"

She hesitated, shifting the folder in her arms. "I should probably get these back to Mr. Higurama—" Just then, the folder slipped from her grasp, papers scattering across the lab floor. "Oh god," she muttered, immediately dropping to her knees to gather them.

In her haste to collect the papers, she bumped into the lab bench. The rack of test tubes rattled precariously. I lunged forward, managing to catch the rack just as it started to tip, but not before one of the tubes spilled its contents onto the counter.

"I'm so sorry!" She scrambled to her feet, papers clutched messily to her chest, her cheeks now bright red. "I swear I wasn't trying to sabotage your experiments. Though they were already ruined anyway—not that that makes it better! I just meant—"

I watched her frantically trying to collect the papers, a small smile tugging at my lips despite the chaos. "I'll pay," I offered, cutting off her rambling. "Besides, we should probably get going, that failed experiment's probably going to turn purple next and who knows what happens then."

She paused mid-reach for another paper, looking up at me with wide eyes. "Are you threatening me with your failed experiment to get me to have lunch with you?"

"Is it working?"

She glanced at the door where Satoru had disappeared, then back at me, fidgeting with the crumpled papers in her arms. "You know what? Yeah. If you really want to—I mean, after I almost destroyed your lab—"

"Well, you're certainly making my morning more interesting."

She tried to smooth out the crumpled papers, only managing to wrinkle them more. "Oh, I mean—Is that a good thing? Because I can't tell if you're complimenting me or—"

"Come on, Attorney, let's get you away from any breakable objects," I said, already shrugging off my lab coat and heading for the door. "I know a good place and trust me after that, you'll never defend that law firm sludge again."

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(note: r&r reader)

The café was tucked away in a narrow alley, the kind of place you'd walk right past unless you knew what you were looking for. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of freshly ground coffee beans and something sweet baking in the back.

She looked around, taking in the worn leather chairs and mismatched mugs, the walls lined with old medical textbooks and vintage anatomy charts. "So this is where all the doctors hide out?"

"Best kept secret in the hospital district," I said, leading her to a small table by the window. "Though I'm pretty sure I'm violating some sacred code by bringing a lawyer here."

The owner, an elderly man who'd been serving coffee to sleep-deprived medical staff for longer than I'd been alive, brought over two cups without us having to order. The coffee was served in glass cups, the dark liquid nearly black, with a perfect crema on top.

"What is this?" she asked, leaning forward to inspect the cup.

"Just trust me."

She raised an eyebrow. "The last time a doctor told me to 'just trust them,' I ended up with a prescription that made me sleep for sixteen hours straight."

"Satoru's work, I assume?"

"Maybe."

I watched as she lifted the cup, inhaling. Her eyes widened slightly. "Oh."

"Try it," I said, finding myself oddly invested in her reaction.

She took a careful sip, and I couldn't help but smile as her expression changed — surprise, then joy, then something close to awe.

"Holy shit," she whispered, staring at the cup like it held the secrets of the universe.

"Better than the law firm sludge?"

"Okay, fine, you win." She took another sip, closing her eyes. "What is this?"

"Family secret, apparently. The owner won't tell anyone, not even me." I picked up my own cup. "Though I have my theories."

"Care to share?"

"Doctor-patient confidentiality."

She kicked me lightly under the table. "I'm not your patient."

"No," I agreed, the words carrying more weight than I'd intended. "You're not."

She looked away, suddenly very interested in the anatomy chart on the wall, a slight flush creeping up her neck. I caught myself enjoying her reaction more than I probably should.

"You know," I said, breaking the silence, "you still haven't shown me your paintings."

Her eyes snapped back to mine. "What?"

"At the bar, you promised to show me your work someday." I took another sip of coffee. "Unless that was just the alcohol talking."

"I did not promise anything," she protested, but her fingers fidgeted with the handle of her cup. "And I don't really show my work to people."

I leaned back in my chair, studying her. "Not even to doctors who hold your hand during MRI scans?"

"Especially not to doctors who do such unethical things, Dr. Geto." But there was a smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

"I seem to recall you saying my hands were very good or something."

Her cheeks flushed pink, and she fumbled with her coffee cup, nearly sending it sloshing over the rim. "I did not say that."

"No? Must have been another patient then."

"Can we please pretend I never said anything about your hands?" She shifted in her seat, clearly flustered. "Or anything else that happened that day?"

"Show me your paintings and I might consider selective amnesia."

"Are you actually blackmailing me with my own embarrassing moments?" She leaned forward slightly. "I should sue you for violation of doctor-patient confidentiality."

"Please don't. I have enough lawyers breathing down my neck as it is."

"Oh, I know." Her lips twitched into a smile. "Your case files take up an entire cabinet at the firm."

"Now who's the unethical one?" I couldn't help but smile. "Pretty sure those files are supposed to be confidential."

"See the positive." The corner of her mouth quirked up, and she propped her chin on her hand. Her sleeve slid down slightly. "I can help you. Though my rates are quite steep—one painting viewing equals one legal consultation."

"Brutal negotiation tactics. They're teaching you well at that firm."

She bit her lip, fighting back a grin. The gesture was distracting in a way I didn't want to examine too closely. Then, she wrapped her hands around her cup, leaning forward slightly. "Speaking of teaching, how's that research project going?"

I groaned, running a hand through my hair. "Can we not? I'd rather hear about your law stuff."

"Oh god no," she groaned in return, slumping back in her chair. "Let's not talk about that either."

"That bad, huh?"

"You have no idea. Just endless stacks of papers and Chad being... well, Chad."

"Chad?" I raised an eyebrow.

"This awful intern who thinks he owns the place because his dad's some stupid partner. Like, today he tried to take credit for my research on the Yamamoto case, which, by the way, I spent three nights working on. And then he had the nerve to correct my citations in front of everyone, except he was wrong. He was completely wrong, and everyone knew it, but nobody said anything because, you know, his dad and everything—" 

She stopped abruptly, her eyes widening as if just realizing she'd been rambling again. Her hands fluttered nervously around her coffee cup. "Sorry, I'm talking too much, aren't I?"

"No," I said, surprising myself with how much I meant it. "I like hearing you talk."

Her eyes met mine, startled. "You do?"

"Yeah. It's... refreshing, I mean hearing about anything that's not related to someone's blood and lab work." I traced the rim of my cup with my finger. "Is this Chad giving you trouble? Because I could always stop by the firm, maybe have a word with him."

She let out a startled laugh, then immediately looked embarrassed by how loud it was. A few other people glanced our way, making her shrink slightly in her seat.

"What, are you offering to intimidate him for me?"

"I can be quite intimidating when I want to be."

"That's a weird thing to say about oneself."

"You say way more weird things." I glanced at my watch and couldn't help but sigh. "Speaking of intimidating, I've got a class of overconfident med students waiting."

"Oh." She looked up. "Right, of course."

I should leave it at that. Get up, go back to work, stop whatever this is before it gets complicated. I have enough on my plate with the research, with Satoru acting weird, with everything else. The last thing I need is to get involved with—

My hand brushed against the crumpled paper in my coat pocket. That flyer some art student had thrust into my hands this morning at the campus entrance, just like they did to everyone else rushing past. 

"Actually, there's this art exhibition next weekend at the city gallery."

What the hell am I doing?

She blinked at me, her coffee cup frozen halfway to her mouth. "Are you... are you asking me to go to an art exhibition?"

This is stupid. I don't even like art exhibitions. They're crowded and pretentious, and I have better things to do with my weekend. Like work. Or sleep. Or literally anything else. I'm really not quite myself lately.

"I mean, if you want to. I don't understand much about art, but—" I rubbed the back of my neck. "If you show me what to look for, I'm sure I'll like it."

That sounded so lame. Why am I even doing this?

"You mean that?" she asked. "Because you don't have to pretend to be interested in art just because I—"

"I want to," I cut her off. "Besides, maybe you can explain to me why people pay millions for paintings of soup cans."

She laughed, that genuine, unguarded sound from the bar, and I was glad I hadn't thrown the flyer away. "Those are Warhol, and they're actually a commentary on mass production and consumer culture in—" She stopped herself, cheeks flushing. "And I'm doing it again."

"Saturday at 6?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said softly. "Saturday at 6 sounds good."

As I stood to leave, the absurdity of the situation hit me. Here I was, voluntarily signing up for an afternoon of art appreciation. What was wrong with me? 

The closest thing to art in my apartment is that anatomy poster Satoru got me as a joke last Christmas. If he ever found out about this, I'd never hear the end of it. But somehow, I couldn't bring myself to care.

It wasn't until I was back in my office at the university, staring at a stack of research papers, that I realized something strange — I hadn't smoked since morning. My usual lunchtime cigarette break had come and gone without me even noticing. 

My pack sat untouched in my coat pocket. I pulled it out now, turning it over in my hands, and somehow I found myself oddly looking forward to learning about soup cans.

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(note: s&c reader)

The lecture went fine. It always did.

Talk about neurons, synapses, action potentials. Watch sleepy med students pretend to take notes while secretly checking their phones. Answer the same questions I'd answered a hundred times before. Rinse and repeat.

Now, hours later, I was back in the lab. The chaos from this morning had been methodically cleaned away. New solutions mixed, properly this time. Everything in its place, color-coded and labeled with my precise handwriting.

The lab was quiet at this hour. Just the soft hum of equipment and the occasional footsteps in the hallway outside. It was peaceful, in its own way. Or maybe just lonely.

I checked my watch — 5:47 PM. I should probably head home, but then what? Watch some mindless TV show? Read another research paper? Order takeout that would sit in my fridge until it went bad? God, when did my life become this predictable?

The solution in front of me turned the correct shade of blue this time. Finally. I made a note in my lab book, but my mind wandered. About Satoru's strange behavior. About her. About how she looked at Satoru like he hung the moon and stars just for her.

I pushed away from the bench so forcefully my chair squeaked against the floor. My hands were already reaching for my cigarettes before I made it to the window. The night air was cool against my face as I lit up, inhaling deeply.

This was exactly what I didn't need to think about. Not now. Not ever. Focus on the research. On the failed experiments. On anything else but the ache that threatened to consume me whenever I let my mind wander in her direction.

The cigarette burned down too quickly. I lit another one immediately. What kind of person fell for their best friend's girlfriend? What kind of friend was I to even—

No. Stop that train of thought right there.

The smoke curled up into the night sky, hoping it would carry with it all the things I couldn't let myself feel. All the words I couldn't say. All the moments I'd had to watch them together, pretending my heart wasn't being torn to shreds. I'm pathetic.

I exhaled another cloud of smoke into the night air. Maybe that was why I asked about the art exhibition. God knew I could use the distraction. From the research, from Satoru, from her.

And she — there was something in her eyes. That familiar look of someone drowning in circumstances they couldn't control. She needed a break too, probably more than she admitted. Maybe this Chad was partly responsible. Speaking of Chad—

I tapped my cigarette against the windowsill. It wouldn't be hard to figure out his real name. Law firms kept records of their interns, and with his father being a partner. One quick search in the hospital database and I could probably find something interesting in his medical history. Everyone had secrets. Maybe something embarrassing. Something that would make him think twice about—

What the hell am I thinking? I stubbed out my cigarette, leaving a black smear. Great. Now I'm contemplating abusing my position to dig up dirt on some spoiled law intern. Real professional, Suguru. Really living up to that ethical conduct seminar.

Though the thought of his smug face when he tried to take credit for her work—

No. Absolutely not. I'm better than that.

I lit another cigarette, trying to ignore how satisfying the idea was. I leaned back in my chair, staring at the ceiling. Saturday at 6.

At least that was something to look forward to. Something normal. Well, as normal as anything could be when you were a neurosurgeon voluntarily going to an art exhibition with a law student who was also your patient, technically. What did people even wear to art exhibitions?

My pen tapped against the lab book as my phone buzzed.

[2:34 PM] s&c reader: Need any help in the lab today? I can come in if you want.

[2:35 PM] Me: Just boring prep work left. Take the day off.

Three dots appeared, then disappeared. Then appeared again.

[2:37 PM] s&c reader: You sure? I can help with the prep too.

[2:37 PM] Me: Rest. Doctor's orders.

[2:40 PM] s&c reader: I hate when you say that.

I found myself smiling at my phone, picturing her frustrated face as she typed that. She was probably pouting right now, hunched over her textbooks in the library, annoyed that I'd pulled rank. That stubborn set of her jaw when she tried not to admit defeat. Just like him.

The smile faded as quickly as it had come. I immediately set my phone down and took a deep breath. I should be thinking about the research. About tumor markers and treatment protocols. Not about my student who was probably still in the library despite my orders to rest.

No. Not about her at all.

I glanced at my phone again, fighting the urge to text her back. Focus, I told myself. Work. Don't do anything stupid. God, this day really couldn't get any more fucking frustrating. 

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The lab was quiet.

I'd been at this for hours, my eyes straining in the bright light of the laminar flow hood, my back aching from hunching over the bench. The familiar chemical smell of ethanol lingered in my nostrils from the endless rounds of sterilizing equipment. 

I straightened up, rolling my shoulders in a futile attempt to ease the knots. A glance at the clock told me it was late, far later than I'd intended to stay. 

The steady hum of the cell incubator behind me had become white noise hours ago, punctuated only by the occasional click of the temperature regulator. I was exhausted, ready to call it a night. But I couldn't leave, not yet.

There was still work to be done, still samples to process. The micropipette tips rattled in their box as I reached for another one, the sound sharp in the empty lab. My stomach rumbled in response. 

I sighed, tugging the elastic from my hair and running my fingers through the dark strands before twisting them back into a loose knot. A few pieces escaped, falling around my face as I looked over to the window, staring out at the darkening sky. 

The sun had already dipped below the horizon, the last streaks of orange fading into deep purple. The campus was quiet, most of the other staff and students long gone for the day.

My stomach growled again, reminding me that I hadn't eaten since lunch as I returned to work. I weighed my options—power through these last samples and face my empty fridge at home, or brave the vending machine downstairs for stale coffee and a questionable sandwich—

Then I heard the door open behind me. I didn't turn, couldn't turn, my hands still buried in the fragile work, the pipette cool in my gloved fingers. But then I heard her voice, and my heart stopped.

"Suguru?"

God, how I wanted to turn to her, to drink in the sight of her. But I couldn't, not yet.

"Hey," I replied, my gaze still fixed on the vials before me. "Didn't expect you here today. Sorry, the fun part's already over." I completed the transfer, then turned to face her, a easy smile on my lips. But the smile died as soon as I saw her face.

I didn't respond immediately, too startled by her appearance. Even in the dim light, it was impossible to miss.

She looked small, fragile in a way I had never seen before. Her eyes were red and swollen, her cheeks pale. She had been crying, that much was clear. She hugged herself tightly, as if she was trying to physically hold the pieces of herself together. 

Seeing her like that, so broken, tore at something deep inside me, something I hated, something fierce and aching.

"What happened?" 

The question was inevitable. But I already knew. There was only one thing, one person, that could make my pretty girl cry.

Her eyes were fixed on the floor, but I could see the tears welling up, threatening to spill over. "Can we work on something?" she finally asked, her voice small. "Please."

I hesitated, torn between the need to comfort her and the knowledge that it wasn't my place. "Do you want to talk about it?" I offered, even though I knew the answer before she even shook her head.

"No," she choked out. "I can't. I need—I need to focus on something else. Anything else. Or I think I'll fall apart."

I understood that feeling all too well. The need to lose yourself in work, to bury yourself in the familiar of the lab until the rest of the world faded away. But I hated that she felt it too, hated that he had driven her to this point. Hated him, with a fury that burned white-hot in my veins.

And the worst part was that I knew there was more, more that he was hiding from her. More lies, more secrets, more ways he was hurting her without her even knowing. And it made me want to scream, to rage, to tear him apart with my bare hands for daring to hurt her like this.

But I couldn't. All I could do was be here for her, in whatever way she needed me. 

"Please, Suguru." Her voice was pleading, desperate. "Can we just work?"

I hesitated for a moment longer, my gaze lingering on her face, taking in the vulnerability etched there. The urge to pull her into my arms, to hold her until the pain faded away, was almost overwhelming. But I knew I couldn't cross that line, not now, not like this.

Finally, I nodded and peeled off my gloves, setting them aside. I reached for her, gently undoing the tight knot of her crossed arms. Her hands were like ice in mine, trembling and fragile. I took one hand in both of mine, wishing I could take away her pain.

"What do you want to work on?" I asked softly, my thumb tracing soothing circles on the back of her hand.

"The nanoparticles," she said, her voice a little steadier. "We still need to narrow down the potential materials and targeting ligands, right?"

"Yeah," I said, forcing a smile. "Anything you want."

Anything for you. 

The words echoed in my mind, a bitter reminder of the truth I could never speak aloud. I loved her, had loved her for longer than I cared to admit, but she was with Satoru. And no matter how much it hurt to see her like this, to know that he was the one who had caused her pain, I couldn't let my own feelings get in the way.

So I pushed them down, buried them deep, and focused on the work. On being the friend she needed, the partner she could rely on. Even if it meant ignoring the part of me that screamed for something more. Even if it meant watching her break, again and again, and being powerless to stop it.

We worked in silence for a while, the familiar routine of the lab providing distraction. For her. For me. She focused intently on the task at hand, her brow furrowed as she carefully prepared the samples. Like everything she did, with unwavering precicion.

I watched her out of the corner of my eye, my heart aching at the tension in her shoulders, the tightness around her eyes. 

Time seemed to slip away as we lost ourselves in the work, the outside world fading away. I caught myself stealing glances at her, watching how her hair fell forward when she leaned over the samples. Every little gesture a knife to my heart. 

These moments were the hardest — seeing her so close, yet having to maintain this careful distance. Watching her push herself to exhaustion, knowing I couldn't hold her, couldn't comfort her the way I desperately wanted to.

I averted my gaze and glanced at the clock, just now realizing how late it had gotten.

"Hey," I said softly, breaking the silence. "It's nearly midnight. We should probably call it a day."

She looked up, blinking as if coming out of a trance. "Oh, no I have to finsish this first." She looked over to me and my stern gaze must have silenced her objections.

I hesitated for a moment, then reached out and touched her arm gently, ignoring the way my skin burned at the contact. "Come on. I want to show you something."

She followed reluctantly as I led her to the far corner of the lab, where our old microscope sat — the one we rarely used anymore since getting the newer models. I pulled out a worn slide from the cabinet.

"Remember this?" I asked, setting up the microscope. "From your first week here?"

She leaned in to look, and I had to force myself to step back. "Oh god, my first attempt at cell staining. It's horrible."

"Actually," I said, adjusting the focus, "look at this part here." I pointed to a small cluster of cells. "See how you managed to isolate that specific population? Most students take months to get that kind of precision. You did it on your first try."

She was quiet for a moment, studying the slide. A look I adored so much. And for a moment, the pain and hurt seemed to fade away. 

"You've got instincts that can't be taught," I continued. "That's why you're going to crack this nanoparticle puzzle too."

"You really think so?"

"I know so." I pulled out another slide. "Here, look at your work from last month. See how far you've come?"

She studied it for a moment, then shook her head. "It's still not perfect, the staining could be cleaner, the resolution better. I should be doing better by now."

"You're being too hard on yourself." Always chasing perfection, just like him. "You can't expect to master everything in a few months. Even Satoru took years to—" I caught myself, watching her shoulders tense at his name. Wrong thing to say. "What I mean is, you're already exceeding everyone's expectations. Except maybe your own."

She fell quiet, turning back to the microscope. I watched as she adjusted the focus. Finally, she straightened up from the microscope, turning to face me, and there it was — that spark in her eyes I'd grown to love, the one that made my heart stutter every time.

"We should try adjusting the polymer composition," she said suddenly. "Maybe if we modified the surface charge—"

I smiled, relief flooding through me at seeing that spark return. "Whatever you want to try. I'm right here with you. But tomorrow, okay? After a bit of sleep."

"Thank you," she said softly, leaning back in her chair and stretching her arms above her head. A small yawn escaped her. "Sorry for taking up so much of your time. You must have been here for hours."

"No, not at all," I lied, watching as she rolled her shoulders to work out the stiffness. In truth, I'd been at the lab since dawn, but she didn't need to know that.

I swallowed hard, my heart suddenly racing. "You know I'm always here for you. No matter what."

We remained silent for a moment, the weight of everything unsaid crowded in my throat — how much I cared, how seeing her hurt made me want to tear the world apart, how every smile she gave me was torture.

"Come on," I said finally, breaking the spell before I could do something stupid. "Let's get out of here. I think we both need some sleep."

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Cold autumn air burned in my lungs as I pushed myself harder, feet pounding against the leaf-strewn path. A thick blanket of mist hung low between the trees on my usual morning run, though nothing about this morning felt usual.

I hadn't slept. How could I?

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face. The way she looked so small, so broken. The tears she tried to hide. The trembling in her hands as we worked. The memory of those words made me stumble, my running shoes skidding on wet leaves, made my chest tight with something painful.

I picked up my pace, as if I could somehow outrun the guilt of my own thoughts. Because every time I saw her like this, a treacherous part of me whispered, I would never make you cry. I would never give you reason to doubt yourself. I would cherish every brilliant, imperfect moment.

Damn it.

I'm a terrible friend. To both of them.

The park was almost empty at this hour — just a few other early risers and their dogs. A jogger passed, giving me a brief nod. It was my routine, something that usually helped clear my head, but not today. Not when I couldn't stop thinking about how she looked last night, working herself to escape whatever he'd done this time.

What kind of man watches the woman he loves hurt like this and does nothing? Someone so passionate, so full of life, slowly dimming because he can't get his shit together—

Stop it. Stop thinking about her like that.

I stopped abruptly, hands on my knees, breathing hard. A cloud of vapor formed with each exhale, disappearing into the cold morning air. My t-shirt was soaked with sweat despite the chill.

This isn't my business. I've told myself this a hundred times. Their relationship, their problems — none of it concerns me. I'm just her professor. Her research partner. Just his friend. But friends don't let friends destroy the people they claim to love.

And I can't keep pretending I don't see what's happening. Can't keep watching her slowly break apart while he—

Before I knew what I was doing, I was heading back to my car. To hell with my day off. To hell with staying out of it. I've watched this play out for too long, kept my mouth shut for too long. Sorry, Satoru. But we need to talk.

I stormed through the university hallways, my footsteps thundering off the walls, still in my damp training clothes that clung uncomfortably to my skin. The lab door was ahead, and through the window I could see him.

Satoru was sitting in his chair, staring blankly at the whiteboard where incoherent scribbles were scattered, just like yesterday.

In two strides, I crossed the room and grabbed the back of his chair, spinning it around to face me. He looked awful — pale, unshaven, his hair a mess. The sharp scent of coffee couldn't mask something else on his breath. His eyes were bloodshot. I didn't care.

"What the hell did you say to her?" I snapped.

Satoru didn't even seem surprised by my presence. "Wow, that's a pretty broad question, don't you think?"

"Cut the bullshit, Satoru. You know exactly what I'm talking about."

He glanced up then, one eyebrow arched, that infuriatingly casual look I'd seen a thousand times before. "Damn, Suguru. Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?"

Something snapped inside me. Before I could think better of it, I was there, hands gripping the arms of his chair, caging him in. Close enough to see the muscle working in his jaw. "I'm gonna ask you this one time and one time only. What happened between you two?"

"Wow, you're really close." He glanced pointedly at the narrow space between us, but I caught the way his fingers tightened on the armrest. "We had a disagreement, that's all," he added, his tone dismissive.

"A disagreement?" The laugh that escaped me was harsh. I pushed away from his chair, turning so I wouldn't have to look at him. My hand scraped roughly across my face, trying my best not to take a hit on him. "She was in tears, Satoru. She could barely get the words out."

He didn't answer. Just straightened up, brushed imaginary dirt from his lab coat. Then he was on his feet, moving past me to the whiteboard as if I wasn't even there. As if we weren't having this conversation.

He picked up a marker, adding to the chaos of scribbles already there — equations that went nowhere, diagrams that made no sense.

"God, would you just—" I ran a hand through my hair in frustration. "You can't just ignore this, Satoru."

His knuckles went white around the marker. For a second, I thought he might actually turn around and hit me.

"How long are you gonna keep doing this to her?" I pressed. "Until she breaks completely?"

"You think I'm not aware of that," he muttered, still facing the board.

"Then fucking stop. If you can't treat her right, just let her go."

That got him. He spun around, eyes hard. "Oh, you'd love that, wouldn't you?"

I blinked, taken aback. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Satoru laughed, but there was no humor in it. "Come on, Suguru. Don't act like you haven't been waiting for this. Waiting for your chance."

"That's not—" The words stuck in my throat. "This isn't about me."

"No?" He took a step closer. "Then what is it about? Why do you care so much?"

"Because she deserves better than this. And you know it."

"Better? You mean like you?" His lips curled into something cruel. "Too bad she's not yours to care about, huh? Even though you think you'd be so much better for her than me." He tilted his head, eyes cold. "Funny, isn't it? She doesn't want you, even knowing how bad I am for her. What does that say about you?"

The words hit like a physical blow, each word a serrated edge twisting in my gut. It took everything in me not to grab him by the throat. "You're being a dick."

"And you're being a lying piece of shit. When were you gonna tell me?" His voice dropped dangerously low. "About how you feel about her?"

"This isn't about me," I repeated through gritted teeth. "This is about what you're doing to her."

"You don't know anything about us."

I stepped closer, close enough to see the shadows under his eyes. "What happens when she finds out the truth, huh? When you're passed out in some hospital bed? That how you want her to learn about it?"

Something flickered in his eyes — pain, maybe guilt — but it was gone in an instant.

"Stay out of it," he said, his voice cold. "Just... stay out of it."

He turned back to the board. I watched him, this man I'd known my whole life, suddenly feeling like a stranger.

"What happened to you?" I asked quietly.

He didn't turn around. "Yeah," he said, his voice heavy. "Guess we'd all like to know, wouldn't we?"

I watched him scribble new, illogical equations on the whiteboard, this stranger wearing my best friend's face, and for a moment I saw echoes of who we used to be.

Late nights in the university library, surrounded by towers of medical textbooks. Satoru falling asleep on his notes, drooling on diagrams of the nervous system while I threw paper balls at his head to wake him up. The way we'd quiz each other until sunrise, high on caffeine and the shared dream of becoming surgeons.

Our residency years, which were nothing but brutal and endless. Sleeping in on-call rooms, stealing each other's coffee, covering for each other when we were dead on our feet. Learning to navigate the maze of hospital politics together. 

The rush of our first successful surgeries, the crushing weight of our first losses.

Even when things got bad, when the pressure started getting to him, when the pills became more than just a way to stay focused during exam season, he never shut me out completely. He'd show up at my door at 3 AM, shaking and sweating, and I'd let him in without a word. We'd sit in silence until the sun came up, until he could breathe again.

I was there through all of it. The interventions, the relapses, the promises to get clean. The nights when he'd call me, voice slurred, talking about how he didn't know how to go on. I'd talk him down, drive across town to pick him up from whatever hole he'd crawled into. 

We were brothers in everything but blood.

But now—

Now he stood there, shoulders rigid, adding meaningless equations to an already chaotic board. The gap between us felt wider than the few feet of lab floor. When did that happen? When did we stop being able to tell each other everything?

Was it when she came into our lives? When he fell in love with her? When I—

No. It was before that. The distance had been growing for a while, so gradually I hardly noticed. Like watching someone drift away on an outgoing tide, too slow to notice until they're already too far to reach.

The marker squeaked against the whiteboard. The sound grated on my nerves, like everything about him did these days. His secrets, his dismissive attitude, the way he kept everyone at arm's length while slowly self-destructing.

"Do you remember," I found myself saying, "that night in our second year of residency? When that kid crashed on my table?"

His hand stilled on the board.

"I was a mess afterward. Convinced I'd missed something, that it was my fault. You came to my place and we sat on the floor until morning, going over every detail of the surgery until I finally believed that I couldn't have saved him."

He didn't turn around, but I saw his shoulders tense.

"What happened to us, Satoru?"

The marker dropped from his hand, clattering against the metal tray. The sound echoed in the quiet lab.

"I don't know" he said finally, his voice barely above a whisper, "I'm tired of it all."

We stood there, two people who had once finished each other's sentences, now unable to find the right words. Silence stretched, thick and suffocating, filled with twenty years of shared history that suddenly felt meaningless.

I wanted to grab him, shake him, make him see what he was doing to himself. To her. To us. But I stayed where I was, the distance between us feeling more insuperable by the second. 

This strange, hollow feeling in my chest — was this what growing apart felt like? This gradual realization that the person standing before me, had become someone I didn't recognize?

But the details were still there—the slight crook in his nose from that basketball accident in high school with him, laughing it off even as blood dripped onto his jersey—the white line across his knuckles from that fight behind the gym, my own fists aching as I pulled him away—the small scar above his eyebrow from when we tried to climb that tree in sixth grade, both of us sworn to secrecy, telling our parents we fell off our bikes. 

Every mark told a story I could recite in my sleep, yet somehow, they all added up to someone I didn't know anymore. Like looking at a familiar photograph that had been subtly altered — all the pieces were there, but the picture was wrong.

My best friend, my brother, the person who knew me better than anyone — when did he become such a stranger? When did our comfortable silences turn into this suffocating void? 

The thought sat like lead in my stomach, bitter and cold, as I realized that sometimes knowing every scar on someone's skin doesn't mean you know what's beneath it anymore.

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Days blurred together in a haze of surgeries and lectures. 

I went through the motions, my hands steady as ever in the operating room, my voice clear during presentations. To anyone watching, I was the picture of professional composure. But inside? I don't know.

I thought I was doing a decent job of holding it together until one of my students approached me after a practically grueling morning lecture. The young man clutched a stack of papers, a sheen of sweat glistening on his forehead.

"Dr. Geto, about my thesis proposal—"

I cut him off with a wave of my hand, not even looking up from gathering my materials. "Email me to request thesis mentorship. I'll review your proposal and get back to you."

"Oh... you're, ehm, already my thesis advisor. We had an appointment scheduled for today."

I froze, finally looking at the student—really looking at him. Recognition dawned slowly, followed by a wave of shame. Takada Jun, one of my most promising students. We'd met twice a month since the semester began. Damn it.

"You're right," I said. "Sorry, can we reschedule?"

I was better than this. More professional than this. But lately, everything felt like it was slipping through my fingers.

The research lab was closed for the week—a "cooling off period," Yaga had called it. I knew what it really meant. We were all too volatile, too raw from recent events to work together effectively. So I went home early, something I never did.

My apartment felt emptier than usual, the silence pressing in from all sides. I tried reading, but the words swam before my eyes. I attempted to eat, but everything tasted like ash. Even my usual evening cigarette was bitter and harsh in my lungs.

My thoughts kept drifting to Satoru, wondering what he was doing, not if he was using, only what cocktail of pills he'd chosen this time. The math was easy enough—one to stay awake, two to fall asleep, three to numb the edges, repeat as needed. I'd seen it too many times before.

I crushed out my cigarette, watching the ember die. I reached for another only to find an empty pack. Figured. I should go buy more, knew I'd need them if I let myself think about her, about them. But I didn't want to leave the apartment, couldn't put on real clothes.

My only glimpse of light was the art exhibition on Saturday. The thought of it made something in my chest loosen, just slightly. I pulled out my phone, staring at our last exchange of messages before typing out a new one.

[6:45 PM] Me: Should I pick you up for the exhibition?

Her response came quickly.

[6:47 PM] Attorney: Let's meet there. I might be running late from a study group.

[6:47 PM] Me: Sounds good.

I hesitated, then added.

[6:48 PM] Me: Looking forward to it.

[6:49 PM] Attorney: Me too :)

A small smile tugged at my lips. For a brief, ridiculous moment, I wondered if I should bring flowers. The thought made me pause, my hand reaching automatically for my cigarettes before remembering the empty pack. What the hell was I doing?

This was wrong on so many levels.  She was my patient. Well, technically Satoru's patient. And young—god, she was so young. And I was... what? A mess of a man carrying a torch for someone I could never have, trying to fill that void with someone else? I was not sure.

My mind kept drifting back to that night at the bar. The way she felt pressed against me in that dimly lit bathroom, her skin warm under my touch. The soft sounds she made when I slipped my fingers inside her—God, I shouldn't be thinking about this.

This was getting pathetic. Still. Saturday couldn't come fast enough.

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I was late. Damn it, I was so late.

The emergency surgery had gone longer than expected—a complex arteriovenous malformation that refused to behave. By the time I closed, my hands were cramping and my neck was stiff from hours of hunching over the microscope. But the patient would live, and that's what mattered.

Still, as I rushed through the hospital parking lot, yanking off my scrub cap and shoving it in my pocket, I couldn't help but check my watch again. Two hours late. Shit. I'd texted her updates throughout, but still. Two hours.

The art exhibition was being held in some converted warehouse space downtown. Even from outside, I could see the warm light spilling onto the street through the large windows, hear the soft sound of voices and clinking glasses. I paused at the entrance, trying to catch my breath and compose myself.

That's when I spotted it—a small splash of red on my shirt sleeve, barely visible but unmistakably blood. Perfect. Because showing up late wasn't bad enough, I had to show up looking like I'd just walked off a crime scene.

I quickly shrugged my jacket back on, tugging the sleeves down to cover the stain. It would have to do.

She was standing alone near a large abstract painting, wine glass in hand, studying the canvas. Even in a room full of people, she seemed somehow apart from it all. The sight of her there all by herself felt like fingers wrapping around my heart.

"I am so, so sorry," I said as I approached, placing my hand on her lower back.

She turned, and the smile that lit up her face made my stomach flip. How could she look at me like that when I'd kept her waiting for two hours?

"Hey, you made it!" She didn't sound angry at all. If anything, she seemed genuinely happy to see me. It only made the guilt weigh heavier in my chest.

"I'm really sorry," I repeated, because apparently that's all I could say. "The surgery took longer than expected. There were complications and—"

"Did you save them?"

I blinked, caught off guard by the directness of her question. "Yes."

"Then stop apologizing." She took a sip of her wine, her eyes twinkling. "Besides, fashionably late is totally in right now."

"Two hours isn't fashionably late, it's just rude."

"It's your job," she said simply. "Saving lives tends to take priority over art exhibitions."

I watched her for a second longer, unsure how to react. "Have you been here alone this whole time?"

"Yeah, but it's fine," she said, waving off my concern. "I've actually had time to explore everything properly. Plus, the wine is decent."

Guilt twisted in my stomach. I pictured her wandering these halls alone, checking her phone for my updates, making awkward small talk with strangers. For two hours.

"I really am—"

"If you apologize one more time, I swear I’ll spill this wine on your jacket. And you know me—I don’t need much of an excuse to be clumsy." Before I could respond, her eyes narrowed, focusing on something near my collar. "Is that?"

I followed her gaze to where my jacket had shifted, revealing the telltale red stain. Damn it. I quickly tried to adjust my jacket, but she caught my arm, stopping me.

"Sorry," I muttered. "I'm a mess. I should have gone home to change first, but I didn't want to be any later than I already was."

"Hey," she said, leaning in conspiratorially, "if anyone asks, we'll just tell them it's paint. I mean, we are at an art exhibition. Who's going to look too closely?"

Despite myself, I laughed. "You'd make a terrible witness in court, you know that?"

"Good thing I'm going to be a lawyer then, not a witness." She grinned. "Come on, I want to show you my favorite pieces. And maybe we can find you a painting with enough red in it to stand near. You know, for cover."

I let her lead me through the gallery, and I found myself placing my hand on the small of her back. It was an unconscious gesture, one I immediately second-guessed, but she leaned into the touch slightly. So I let my hand stay where it was.

"You're not still feeling guilty about being late, are you?" she asked suddenly, glancing up at me.

"Maybe a little."

She rolled her eyes. "Well, stop it. Although—" She pretended to think for a moment. "You could make it up to me by buying me another glass of wine."

"Done," I said immediately. "Although maybe I shouldn't be encouraging drinking."

"Oh, now you're being a doctor again?"

"Force of habit."

She laughed, the sound warm and genuine, wrapping around me like summer rain. Dangerous, how easily I could get used to that sound. She led me further through the gallery, linking her arm through mine, chattering away about everything and nothing. 

It was fascinating how much she knew—not just about the art itself, but about the whole scene. She'd point to a painting and launch into stories about the artist's infamous feuds with gallery owners, or how someone's entire series was inspired by a bad breakup with another artist three rooms over. 

She knew every bit of gossip, every drama. Which curator was sleeping with which artist, which pieces were painted during mental breakdowns, which collections were secretly commentary on messy divorces. She made the plain white walls of the gallery come alive with her stories.

"Oh, and that guy over there?" She nodded discretely towards a man in an expensive-looking suit. "He's actually—"

I caught myself staring at her again, watching the way her eyes lit up as she spoke, the subtle changes in her expression as she moved from one story to the next. The way she'd lower her voice when sharing particularly bits of details, leaning closer to me like we were sharing secrets.

It was strange. I never knew that art was so... fun. Her excitement was contagious, and I found myself being pulled into her world without resistance.

"You're not even looking at the painting anymore," she accused, catching me staring at her instead of the canvas she was discussing.

"Sorry," I said, trying to focus on the painting she'd been discussing. "You were saying something about the use of negative space?"

She launched back into her explanation, describing techniques and influences I barely understood. But there was something captivating about her, the way she could find something fascinating in every piece, even the ones she claimed to hate.

I couldn't help myself. I had to ask.

"Why law?"

She blinked, caught off guard by the sudden change in topic. "What?"

"You're clearly passionate about art. You know all these techniques, all this history. Why aren't you studying art instead of law?"

Her smile faltered slightly. "We've had this conversation before, remember? Stability, good career, making my parents proud—"

"But that's what your parents want. What do you want?"

She was quiet for a moment, her fingers playing with the stem of her wine glass. When she finally spoke, her voice was soft, almost resigned. "It's not that simple."

"It could be."

She looked up at me then, something flashing in her eyes that might have been anger. "Says the successful neurosurgeon who followed his passion."

"That's different—"

"Is it?" She took a sip of wine and pulled her arm away from mine, the loss of contact unexpectedly cruel. "You chose medicine because you loved it, right? Because you couldn't imagine doing anything else?"

I thought about Satoru, about following his lead into neurosurgery, about all the complicated reasons behind my choices. "It's... not that simple either."

"Exactly." She gave me a knowing look. "Life rarely is."

We stood there in silence for a moment, both lost in thought. Around us, the gallery filled with the white noise of clinking glasses and polite laughter.

"I'm sorry," I began. "I shouldn't have said that."

She shook her head, loose strands of hair catching the light. "No, it's... you're not wrong to ask. It's just complicated." She paused, staring into her wine glass. My parents worked so hard to put me through school. Dad worked double shifts at the factory, Mom cleaned houses on weekends. They saved every penny they could."

"They were so proud when I got into law school," she continued, her voice softer now. "You should have seen their faces. Dad actually cried—I'd never seen him cry before. They threw this little party in our apartment, invited all the neighbors. Mom made this huge spread of food even though I know they couldn't really afford it."

She smiled at the memory, but there was something bittersweet in it. "They see law school as this—this ticket to a better life, you know? This chance for their daughter to have everything they couldn't give themselves. How could I tell them I'd rather spend my days covered in paint?"

"They sound like good parents."

"The best," she agreed. "That's why it's so hard. Every time I think about changing paths, I remember how much they've sacrificed. The hours they worked, the things they went without. Dad's still picking up extra shifts to help with my expenses, even though I tell him not to."

She turned to look at a nearby painting, but I could tell she wasn't really seeing it. "Sometimes I calculate how much they've invested in my education, down to the last yen. It feels like a responsibility, you know." A pause. "So I'm—acting. Playing dress-up in these fancy suits, pretending to care about corporate law and international trade agreements. But it's okay."

Her story settled like lead in my stomach. Here I was, someone who'd never had to watch his parents sacrifice anything, presuming to give advice about following dreams. And suddenly, I felt almost ashamed of my own privilege. 

I grew up never wanting for anything. My parents had well-paying jobs and valued education above all else. Private tutors, college prep courses, academic summer programs—they spared no expense in paving my path to success.

When I decided to go into medicine, my biggest concern had been whether I was doing it for myself or just following Satoru's lead. Not whether I could afford it. Not whether it would drain my family's savings.

I'd never had to work during university. Never had to count pennies for textbooks. Never had to weigh the cost of pursuing my dreams against my family's needs. The academic world had been my playground, every door already half-open. I feel so dump.

Sure, medical school had been demanding. The long hours of study, the grueling residency, the constant pressure to excel—but I'd never had to wonder if I could afford to chase my passion. Never had to choose between my dreams and my family's financial stability.

I lived in a nice apartment, drove a decent car, could afford my vices without a second thought. And here she was, brilliant and passionate, having to bury her dreams because she couldn't bear to waste her parents' years of hard work.

Looking at her now, in this gallery surrounded by art she understood so deeply, I could see the weight of those unrealized dreams in the way she held herself. In how her eyes lingered on each painting a bit too long, like she was trying to capture a piece of what could have been.

"I hope you get to paint someday," I said finally, the words feeling inadequate. "The way you want to. Not just alone in your apartment, but really paint. Show your work. Be the artist you clearly are inside."

She looked up at me, surprise flickering across her face. Then her gaze dropped to her wine glass, her fingers tightening around the stem. A strand of hair fell forward, and she pushed it back with unsure fingers.

"I mean it," I continued, resisting the urge to brush that stubborn strand of hair back myself. "Besides, who says you can't have both? Practice law until you're stable enough to pursue art. Or find a way to combine them—art law is a thing, isn't it?"

"You're awfully supportive, for someone who barely knows me," she said quietly, the words half-muffled by her wine glass.

"Is that such a bad thing?"

She shook her head, blinking rapidly. "No, I just... I'm not used to people understanding. Everyone else just talks about being practical, about growing up and facing reality. Like art is somehow childish."

The last words came out bitter, and without thinking, I reached out to touch her chin, tilting her face up to meet my gaze. Her skin was warm under my fingers, and I could feel her pulse flutter at the contact.

"Art isn't childish," I said firmly. "Neither is wanting to pursue something that you're passionate about. That's actually pretty brave."

Something shifted in her expression then, a softness I hadn't seen before. We stood there for a moment, her eyes locked with mine. That's when I finally realized I was still cupping her chin, my thumb absently brushing against her skin. I quickly dropped my hand.

"I really want to see them." The words slipped out before I could stop them. "Your paintings, I mean." 

It felt too intimate, too presumptuous. Like I was asking to see more than just her art, but something deeper, more personal. But she just smiled, a real smile this time, reaching up to tuck that persistent strand of hair behind her ear.

"Okay," she said. "If you promise not to judge too harshly."

"I already know they're great," I said softly, surprising myself with how much I meant it. "I don't know much about art, but I know they're great because you painted them." Then my phone buzzed in my pocket. My heart nearly stopped when I saw the caller ID.

I took an instinctive step back from her. "I'm sorry, I need to take this," I said, already bringing the phone to my ear. "Hello?"

There was silence on the other end, just soft breathing that I knew too well. Then, "Suguru?"

Something in her voice made my chest tighten. She sounded—lost. Different from her usual self. Gone was that fierce confidence, that spark that made her so much like Satoru. Instead, she sounded small, fragile.

"Hey," I said softly. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, I just—" A pause. "I don't even know why I'm calling."

Someone laughed loudly behind me. She must have heard it through the phone because she hesitated. "Sorry, are you out somewheret? I don't want to—"

"No, no," I said quickly, probably too quickly. "It's fine. Really. Talk to me. What's going on?"

I was painfully aware of the her standing nearby, pretending to study a painting while obviously trying not to listen. I caught her eye briefly, gesturing that I needed a moment. She nodded, with an understanding in her eyes that somehow made it worse.

I quickly made my way to the entrance where the coats hung, seeking somewhere quieter. She was quiet for so long I thought she might have hung up. Then, in a small voice that didn't sound like her at all, "Is he okay?"

I didn't need to ask who she meant.

"He's okay," I said, even though I wasn't really convincing either of us. "You know Satoru. He's managing."

A soft laugh, maybe a sob. "That could mean anything with him."

"No, really. He's okay," I lied. "I'm keeping an eye on him."

A pause then, "I'm being stupid, aren't I?"

"No," I said. "You're not being stupid. You're in love." The words hurt to say, but they were true. "That's never stupid."

Another shaky breath. "I shouldn't have called. You're out, and I'm here just—"

"Hey, do you need me?" I cut in. "I can bring you something. Coffee? Food? Those terrible convenience store onigiri you pretend not to like?"

That got a real laugh, albeit a watery one. "No, I'm... I'm actually at Maki's. She dragged me out. Said I needed to stop rotting in my apartment."

"Good. That's... that's good." I ran a hand through my hair, not quite believing her. I knew her too well by now, knew she was probably curled up alone in her apartment, just as I knew she knew I was lying about Satoru being okay. Strange, how we'd both gotten so comfortable with these little deceptions. "But the offer stands. Anytime."

"Thank you, Suguru." Her voice was softer now.

"Yeah," was all I could manage. I closed my eyes, pressing the phone harder against my ear as if I could somehow keep her there longer.  Each second of silence felt like another chance to say something, anything, to make this right. But what could I say? That I was sorry? That I missed her? That I thought about her every damn day?

"I should let you get back," she said. "To wherever you are. Sorry for—"

"Don't apologize. Not to me. Never to me."

I took a deep breath, briefly pulling the phone away from my ear because I couldn't trust my voice not to say what I desperately wanted to. Don't go. Stay on the line. Let me fix this. But I had no right to ask that of her. Not anymore. Maybe never did.

After we hung up, I stood there in the gallery's entrance, frozen. Around me, couples laughed and gathered their coats, heading out into the night. The door kept opening and closing, letting in bursts of cold air inside, reminding me I needed to move, needed to go back.

When I finally made my way back to her, she was studying the same stormy seascape from earlier. She didn't turn around immediately, giving me a moment to compose myself. Maybe it was some sort of kindness on her part.

She didn't ask about the call. Didn't question my sudden disappearance or the tension I knew was in every fiber of my being. Instead, she just glanced at me with a small smile that somehow made everything both better and worse, and said, "I think we've seen everything. Should we head out?"

The relief nearly knocked me sideways. "You sure? There's still the upper floor—"

"Please," she said. "I've been here for hours. I could probably give tours at this point."

I watched her gather her things, struck by how carefully she was moving around the weight of what had just happened. Like she understood something about me that I hadn't expected her to grasp. 

"You're awfully understanding, you know that?"

She looked up at me. "Something we have in common, it seems."

We walked to the exit in silence. I helped her into her coat, her fingers brushing mine as she adjusted her collar. Outside, the night air was sharp with the bite of early autumn. She pulled her coat tighter around herself.

"I can call you a taxi," I offered.

"Actually," she said, "I think I'll walk." She looked up at the sky, where a few stubborn stars managed to shine through Tokyo's light pollution. "It's not far, and it's a nice night."

"Not a chance," I said, already pulling out my phone. "It's late."

"I'm a big girl, you know. I can handle myself."

"I'm sure you can," I replied, already dialing the taxi company. "But humor your doctor, will you?"

She rolled her eyes but didn't protest further. While we waited for the taxi, she stood close enough that I could smell her perfume, something light and floral, while I tried to ignore the guilt for leaving the exhibition early, guilt for being late, guilt for enjoying myself despite everything else.

"Thank you," I said suddenly. "For tonight."

"No problem, doc," she said with a warm smile. "Next time, maybe we can finish looking at the art."

"Next time," I echoed, like a promise I wasn't sure I should be making. The taxi pulled up, its yellow light cutting through the darkness. I opened the door for her. 

She turned before getting in, looking back over her shoulder. "Oh, and Suguru?" The use of my first name sent an unexpected shiver down my spine. "Don't overthink everything tonight, okay?"

I watched the taxi disappear into the flow of traffic, its red taillights blending with all the other lights of the city. Only then did I pull out my cigarettes, lighting one with slightly shaking hands. The night felt colder without her presence.

I took a long drag, watching the smoke disappear into the night air, then started walking in the opposite direction, no real destination in mind, just a vague hope that if I walked long enough, the conflicting feelings churning inside me might fade away. 

The city lights blurred around me, and somewhere in the distance, I could hear the last trains of the night rumbling through their stations.

Next time, she'd said. 

God help me, but I was already looking forward to it.

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author's note — hello again! i hope you enjoyed this chapter from suguru's pov. i'm sorry for the lack of updates lately, university life and low motivation can be a real challenge. but i'd love to hear your thoughts, so feel free to leave a comment or send in a message. i love to read them <3

& i hope his pov didn’t break your heart too much, especially with his and satoru’s spiraling friendship. also, this chapter ties back to ch 14 of symptoms and causes, for those who are following along.

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New born doctor in Rohini

5 Tips to Increase Breast Milk

The need to breastfeed your new born baby is emphasised over and again. But sometimes, in spite of correct guidance and knowledge of the fact that breast milk is best for the baby, the mother is helpless. That’s because she is unable to produce enough milk to satiate the hunger of the baby.

Dr. Neha Bansal, a paediatrician and new born-specialist considers this to be a very common problem and mostly can be dealt with some easy tips. The 5 tips she suggests personally are the following:

Nurse Frequently

Nursing your baby frequently is completely normal but is not preferred by some women thinking that they might overfeed. But that’s not true. Breast milk is easy to digest and you can give it at intervals of every 1.5 to 2hrs.

A good Diet

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Include food in your diet that’s known to facilitate milk production. It includes oatmeal, selective fresh fruits and vegetables, and other natural spices.

Nurse both sides

Keep changing sides so that both breasts produce good amount of milk.

Latch properly

The position in which you feed your baby does matter. Get in touch with your gynaecologist or new-born specialist to figure out the best way.

Don’t skip feeding

If you replace formula milk with your breast milk, your glands will get the signal that breast milk is no more required. So, don’t skip feeding.

Sometimes the above method wouldn’t work but that doesn’t mean that you give up on breast feeding. Consult your doctor to come up with the possible solution. Do not try hormonal or other medicines without prescription; it can be fatal to both mother and baby.

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You Can Get Rid of an Ulcer if Caught Early

Peptic ulcers can be found in the lining of the stomach or in the duodenum, the upper part of the intestines.

If you were to test an ulcer in the lab you would find chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and pepsin.

If the ulcer is found in the upper part of the intestines it is called a duodenal ulcer, and if it is found in the stomach the term gastric ulcer is given.

Symptoms of Stomach Ulcers

People who are suffering with ulcers often complain about a pain in their abdomen that is gnawing or burning.

It often sticks around for a few days or weeks at a time. After eating, it might start to become painful and is often times worse when a meal is skipped.

An empty stomach seems to be a trigger for this dull achy pain. If you are suffering with a peptic ulcer you might notice that you are losing weight, purging, are not usually hungry of feel pain while you are eating.

The most affected are men between the ages of thirty and fifty. Women, who are middle aged and older, can also get them.

Diagnosing Stomach Ulcers

When you go to the doctor they will take a close look at your symptoms and medical history.

Some of the tests you might expect include breath test, blood work or a tissue test. X-rays are also common if more information needs to be gathered.

An endoscopy is often done to really find out some details. An endoscopy is a procedure where a small camera is used to view the intestines and stomach from the inside.

Causes of Stomach Ulcers

There are several things that can lead to this common medical condition. Smoking, Helicobacter pylori bacterium, alcohol abuse and NSAIDS (such as aspirin and ibuprofen) are common causes of peptic ulcers.

People who have a family full of blood type O are more likely to develop ulcers than others. Physical stress, emotional stress and surgery also make it more likely one will appear.

There are a lot of different medications out there and they work really well, for the most part. If you have an ulcer, then it can be gotten rid of, though it may take a really long time.

Make sure you are aware of the side effects before trying a prescription for your doctor. They might be worse than the ulcer, itself!

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Your First Colonoscopy! What to Expect

Whee! Time for a Tube Up Your Tuchus!

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By Crabby McSlacker So, some perspective here: for people with serious illnesses who've been through hardcore, painful, debilitating, invasive medical procedures? A colonoscopy is probably child's play. (Although let's be clear, that's just an expression. If your child actually plays this way? We need to talk). But for most people, there's at least a little trepidation. And for many, if statistics are to be believed, that fear is significant enough to skip the procedure entirely! Well sure, it could save your life and all, but really? Do you have to? There are actually some alternative colon cancer screening methods. But since I didn't get to use one of them myself, discussion of these will be brief, and possibly a little bitter. I've had a couple of  colonoscopies now. (And an additional bowel prep due to my hysterectomy.) My second colonoscopy was just a few days ago and the memories are still fresh. So I'm thinking it's time to share some info and observations and tips?  This is after all, a health blog, although with recent posts on tattoos and winter travel, it's easy to miss that part. Here's the thing: for some people the whole colonoscopy thing is a breeze. For a very few unlucky folks: it's horrible. For most people I know, myself included: the procedure and the prep are somewhere in the middle. Decidedly unpleasant but not intolerable. But being a whiner myself, I get tired of all those public-spirited accounts of the colonoscopy process that make it sound entirely innocuous in order to get you to go ahead and get yours. I'm not going to lie to you just to make sure you go do it. You need to and you will be really glad you did it! But it's not exactly fun. Here's at least one chronic complainer's take on what's involved. And for those of you who have already joined this exclusive club? I'll be curious if your experience was similar or if there are all kinds of different colonoscopy experiences. Warning: due to mature and disgusting subject matter, reader discretion is advised.

Why You Should Suck it Up and Get a Colonoscopy (or Other Screening Test)

According to the NIH, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. This blows me away, considering how slow-growing and preventable colon cancer generally is.  And while overall rates are going down because of better screening, rates in people under 50 are going up. Environmental toxins? Diet? Bad karma? Who knows, but it means that screening, and even early screening, are more important than ever.

What Are Some Alternatives to Colonoscopy to Screen for Colon Cancer?

Home Stool-Testing Options: These include FIT (fecal immunochemical test) and Colorguard. There are pretty obvious upsides to not having to prep your bowels, get doped up with sedatives, and have a stranger ram a scope up your butt to see what lurks inside. But the downsides include less accuracy, and a need for more frequent testing. Do you want to send in a smear of your poop to a lab every year? (Or, in the case of the pricier ColorGuard test, every three years?) On the other hand, if you are at low risk and would otherwise skip screening entirely, these are definitely worth looking into. Sigmoidoscopy: These are in many ways similar to a colonoscopy. You still have to do bowel prep, and there's a scope involved, but the doctors' don't look at nearly as much once they're up in there. This may mean less sedation is needed, but you have to wonder: what's the point of going through all that if they're only going to look at the left half of your colon? Virtual Colonoscopy: This alternative does not generally require sedation; an x-ray technician obtains images of your colon from outside your body, not from inside. Sounds great, right? But virtual colonoscopies still involve bowel prep, plus you have to swallow a contrast agent. You will still have a tube inserted where the sun don't shine, but not nearly as far up. It's there to inflate your bowels so they can get a better look. Fun times, right? There are others possibilities in the works too, stay tuned! Like camera pills and, even more exciting, blood tests for cancer that detect cancers in early stages anywhere in your body.

When it's Time for Your Colonoscopy

1. Carefully Pick Your Provider or Facility This may not be an option depending on your insurance or geography, but if it is... there does seem to be a difference in various facilities in terms both of expertise and patient-coddling. Some clinics are brusque and factory-like, others are extremely solicitous and try to make the experience as tolerable as possible. Ask friends who've been through it, talk to doctors, read reviews if you can find any. If you are high-maintenance like Crabby is, you will appreciate having expert doctors and kind nurses and assistants to hold your hand, listen to your concerns (however misguided or hysterical), and get reassurance that you that will indeed survive relatively unscathed. 2. Don't Blow Off  the Instructions, Read 'Em When You Get  'Em If you are freaked out about the whole thing, you may attempt to pretend it isn't happening. Totally understandable! Yet if in order to maintain this illusion you  avoid the literature you've been given? You will run into trouble. Sorry, you can't wait til the last minute to deal with the details, or you'll have to reschedule and probably pay a hefty cancellation fee. Some of the prep starts a week in advance, with certain foods (mainly nuts and seeds), medications, and supplements you need to avoid. Then a few days out there are even more prohibitions. There is also a prescription you'll have to fill, and lead-time can be essential on this one. My first bowel prep they RAN OUT of the Rx I wanted and I had to drink twice as much of an old-school kind because that was all they had. Also, while there are "generic" prep instructions like I'm giving here, each practitioner has their own take on it, so read what THEY send, don't rely on The Google. So steel yourself, make yourself read the damn thing when they send it, then mark your calendar or send yourself a reminder or whatever on the first date when you're supposed to start doing things differently.

Colonoscopy Prep

Part 1: The Part Where You Starve Yourself OK, technically you won't be starving. The "clear liquid" diet you have to be on the day before you go in will actually let you drink and eat a days worth of calories in the form of Seven Up and chicken broth and jello. (But not red or purple jello). A clear liquid diet is no fun. You can have coffee or tea (yay!) but can't put any milk in it. You will feel cranky and deprived no matter how much of that stuff you have. But here is an important tip: Get a few calories, even if they're stupid, pointless, ridiculous calories. If you are trying to lose weight or are otherwise mindful of calories or carbs, this may seem like an excellent opportunity to bank a lot of missed meals. You can't eat normal food anyway. And really, is Seven-Up any more satisfying than club soda or iced tea or a diet drink? Why not just have a no-sugar beverage instead? Nothing you're going to have under the "clear liquids" category, whether caloric or not, resembles actual food. So why not just hydrate and skip the sugar? Well, a little of this caloric deprivation is fine, especially if you are used to fasting. You will probably have a pretty low-cal day just because of the "no fun" aspect. But I discovered something interesting: Even though I occasionally do some intermittent fasting , and I'm totally used to functioning normally without calories for a day? Total fasting can be a really bad idea before a colonoscopy because you need a reasonably strong stomach for disgusting nature of the upcoming bowel prep. The combo of the laxative regimen below, combined with low blood sugar from fasting was, for me, pretty much a disaster, even though I was very conscientious about hydrating. So my advice: get at least half a days calories in you, even if they're of necessity mostly sugar. Part 2: Choke Down the Most Disgusting Fluid You Will Ever Consume in Your Life

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There seem to be many variations in formulas. I've tried three: the first was the hilariously named GoLytely. Yep, I think that's pronounced "Go Lightly." Could anything be further from the truth? Don't kid yourself: you will not be "going lightly." I've also had "HalfLytely," which is a version of GoLytely that requires a smaller volume of fluid and, as I recall, some pills. Neither of these taste totally horrible, not that they're pleasant. But the texture is icky and the grossness factor builds exponentially as you force yourself to drink more and more of the liquid.  Of the two I'd go with the Half version. My third, and least favorite, was SuPrep. It required the least amount of dilution and the overall volume was the smallest. But the taste was horrific. The grapey faux-fruit overlay did not conceal the essential bitter, metallic and salty grossness it. It was a two step process, and for reasons I will bore you with below I would never, ever, ever, ever do that again. Part 3: Station Yourself Near the Toilet and Pray for Mercy (Sensitive readers: you may want to skip these next paragraphs). Again, the first two times were not so bad with the GoLytely variants. More fluid was involved in the ingestion process, so the clean-out was not painful, just extremely thorough. Sort of amazing and amusing really. But it was all over the day before the procedure, and I slept just fine the night before. This time, the SuPrep was a nightmare.  I took the first dose, as instructed, at 5 p.m. the night before my procedure, but it only worked little by little. By bedtime I was exhausted but I was terrified to sleep because it was still wreaking havoc on my innards, and I was petrified I'd soil the bed. (I managed not to, thank god). But I had to get up repeatedly during the night, and as of 5 a.m. the next morning, I was still running to the john from the first dose. And I still had one more dose to come. I briefly considered doing a swan dive out the third floor window instead, but then the whole torture of the first half of the prep would have been wasted and I don't know if 3 floors would even be fatal. The second dose made me feel so nauseated that I threw it all up an hour later, and I feared that my whole procedure would be cancelled because I still wasn't entirely, um, "cleansed." I was still using the restroom minutes before the procedure.

What Happens During Your Colonoscopy?

Sedation: You change into a hospital gown (I was allowed to keep my socks and bra on) and they stick you with an IV in your arm or on the back of your hand. Or in my case, they stick you and stick you and stick you and stick you. My veins are shy that way, initially defeating even the most veteran of nurses, but eventually they always manage to get in. At this point, patient accounts vary. Most people get conscious sedation, which is supposed to relax you, ease discomfort, and induce amnesia.  A few people are so resistant to the drugs they remember the whole thing, and some of these people report more than mild discomfort.  Yet I've read that most people don't experience much distress at all. But see the catch here? Personal accounts of an entirely painless procedure are inherently unreliable. Most patients have no clue because they don't remember!  And I suspect there's something of a health industry conspiracy to maintain the illusion that because you don't remember pain, there wasn't any. My first colonoscopy I definitely felt a sharp poke at the first bend and yelped. No memories after that. The second time? The last thing I remember was the request to roll over on my side. So I don't remember them snaking a tube up my colon but I'm confident they did. In fact, procedures were undertaken each time involving hot snares. I can't imagine I enjoyed these, but I was pretty doped up, so it's possible I didn't feel 'em much.  No way to know, right? Which creeps me out more than a little. Another tip:  tell the staff before they sedate you if you've had bad experiences in the past with nausea and vomiting following anesthesia. I have, so they added anti-nausea medication to the IV, and hallelujah, it worked! Not barfy at all afterwards.

After Your Colonoscopy

You have to have someone there to take you home, and don't make any big plans afterwards. My first time we'd scheduled dinner with friends and I was practically face down in my plate of tacos and we had to leave early to get me back to bed. Many people feel only a little groggy and are fairly functional afterwards. I am so NOT one of those people. I become a zombified lump of useless humanity with limited ability to speak or move, though my wife claims I am quite adorable in this state. All I can do is sleep. Possibly this is because the staff know a high-maintenance whiner when they see one coming and they dope me up accordingly. This time I was even more out of it than before, and it became quickly apparent when I tried to leave that I needed a wheelchair to get to the car. Once home, my patient wife got me to bed and I went straight to sleep in my clothes and slept all afternoon. I woke up for a couple hours, ate, and went back to bed and slept like a dead person through the whole night. But the next morning... It was over and I felt great. I was Queen of the World! This is a cool thing about a colonoscopy.  You survive it, and it's like a rite of passage. Even more than that stupid AARP card you get in the mail, your post-colonoscopy status qualifies for full membership in the Sensible and Responsible Middle-Aged Person Club. And let's stop apologizing for that, ok? We Responsible Middle-Aged People rock and we are setting ourselves up to be healthy, vital, and Bad-Ass Old People. We should all have wild tribal post-colonoscopy ceremonies or something a few days after the procedure. What do you say, maybe we do some jello tequila shooters and play our old Rolling Stone albums at full volume and sing and dance and howl at the moon? Well, as long as moonrise is early enough than we can be in bed by nine p.m.

What If They Find Something?

This will be the subject for a future post, since I'm one of those people who Has Things to Find. I'm still awaiting pathology results, but I can say this much: Don't panic! It's the people who have these things and don't know about them who are in trouble, not you. I'm thinking maybe I'll follow up later with a post about polyps, diverticulosis and hemorrhoids since I am lucky enough to host these. I'm sure all you readers can't wait to read about these and all the other fascinating aspects of colon health that we could discuss! Or, um, maybe not. Do you dread your first colonoscopy or have you already survived it? Any other medical procedures or tests that strike fear in your heart? Your First Colonoscopy! What to Expect posted first on http://ift.tt/2kDxLY4

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Medicare: Observation vs Admitted

Knowing if you are admitted to the hospital or if you are under observation could be the difference of a few thousand in savings. One would assume if you are receiving treatment or have been in a hospital for a few days that you would be admitted. However, there have been incidences of patients being under observation for more than 10 days!

Always ask what your status is.

Without a Medicare Supplement plan, your status can affect what you pay for various services such as X-rays, prescription medications, and lab tests during your stay. However, even with a Medicare Supplement plan your status will affect what Medicare will cover after your stay.

Should I be worried if my status is “observation”?

It is typical for patients to initially be in observation (aka an outpatient) prior to being admitted (aka an inpatient). As the name suggests, observation is a period of time where the doctor can provide services and determine if you should be discharged or admitted. As a Medicare recipient, you should only be in observation for 24-48 hours as recommended by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is also required that you receive a Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) within 36 hours of being in observation for 24 hours.

Always ask if Medicare will cover your skilled nursing facility stay.

If you are under observation and will need to go to a nursing home for rehabilitation or a similar facility, Medicare will not pay. However, if you are admitted for 3 or more days Medicare will cover a stay.

So how do you become “admitted”?

A doctor must write an order to have you admitted and the order must be processed by the hospital to officially change your status. This a complex medical decision and there is no specific formula to guarantee you will be admitted. However, below are some suggestions when trying to change your status to admitted.

If you are still in the hospital:

Ask the doctor to admit you.

If the doctor or the hospital insist on an observation status, ask for written documentation stating why they determined that status. This will especially be useful if you need to make an appeal once you are discharged.

Inform the doctor or hospital that you want your status changed because the care is “medically necessary” and an “inpatient hospital level of care.”

If you are no longer in the hospital:

You might be able to make an appeal. However, winning these cases is becoming increasingly difficult. It will help to have your doctor from your stay aid in the appeal.

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The Top 5 Testosterone Boosters of 2017

It’s no secret, men start to lose “it” as they age.

“Nah, I still got it,” you tell yourself, until you realize how much more energy and drive you had ten years ago.

It is not uncommon for men, as they age into their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, start to regularly taking testosterone boosters for their everyday lives, helping them feel more energized, motivated, and aware.

If taken as directed, testosterone boosters can be an effective and discrete “revive” supplement for men who feel like they’re losing stamina and youth.

How do testosterone boosters work and are they really worth it?

We’ll cover this, along with the benefits and possible side effects of taking a testosterone boosting supplement.

Before we get there, we’ve ranked the best testosterone boosters of 2017, according to price, product quality, and customer reviews.

So what’s the #1 rated testosterone booster on the market?

1- Superior Labs Test Worx

Lowest price on Amazon

Superior Labs has the superior testosterone booster in their space: Test Worx.

Test Worx is kinda like the big brother to all the little guys on the market trying to keep up.

Using  biologically active EuryPeptide technology, Test Worx has made a name for themselves as one of the highest rated testosterone boosters ever to hit the market.

You pay a premium price, but you get premium ingredients (supposedly).

Here are the official ingredients:

Vitamin B3 as Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 as P-5-P, Vitamin B12 as Methylcobalamin, Zinc as Zinc Citrate, Tribulus Terrestris ( Standardized to 20% Saponins), Maca Root, Nettle Root, Eurycoma Longifolia Extract ( Lj100)( Standardized to 40% Saponins and 22% Eurypeptides), L-Arginine. Natural Rice Powder, Plant Cellulose (Vegetable Capsule).

Recommended dosage instructions for Test Worx are as follows:

��As a dietary supplement to take 2 TestWORx® capsules in the morning on an empty stomach. Cycle 5 days on, two days off. Take 1 week off in between bottles.”

If you experience adverse side effects such as nausea or an upset stomach, Test Worx can be taken with a meal rather than on an empty stomach.

60 capsules total in the bottle (6-week supply).

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2- Nugenix

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Made by one of the most widely recognized brands in the supplement industry (GNC) Nugenix is a potent testosterone booster that gained serious popularity with a few late night TV infomercials.

Nugenix offers a unique blend of testosterone fuel based on three important ingredients – a proprietary blend of Testofen, L-Citrulline Malate and Tribulus Terrestris.

Here are the full ingredients:

Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 2.00 mg 100% Vitamin B-12 (as Methylcobalamin) 50.00 mcg 833% Zinc (as Zinc Chelate) 5.00 mg 33% Nugenix® Free Testosterone Complex 2103.00 mg L-Citrulline Malate Testofen® Fenugreek Seed Extract (50% Fenuside) Tribulus (fruit).

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules daily with water on an empty stomach.

30 total servings in the bottle.

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3- Blue Star Nutraceuticals STATUS

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Blue Star Nutraceuticals offers one of the most premium testosterone boosters on the market, offered at a premium price.

If you’re thinking about starting out with a light dosage testosterone booster for the first time, STATUS is probably not the product you’re looking for.

This one is potent and effective.

This particular testosterone booster contains mainly Zinc, Magneisum, and Vitamin B6, along with a few other extracts like KSM-66 ashwagandha, longjack extract 100:1, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane, trigonella foenum-graecum seed, fumaric acid, panax notoginseng, BioPerine black pepper, astragalus membraneceus root, sodium R-Lipoate, and succinic acid.

Specifically, 30 mg of Zinc when combined with 450 mg of Magnesium, supports testosterone production through the increase in luteinizing hormone (LH) at the pituitary gland. The addition of Vitamin B6 increases the bioavailability of Zinc and Magnesium to help increase free testosterone levels.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules of STATUS in the morning, with or without food.

30 servings per container.

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4- TESTRO-X

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TESTRO-X is one of the more underrated testosterone boosters on the market.

Their special formula is broken up into three sections, a micronutrient activation blend, a stress reduction blend, and the LH surge blend.

Micronutrient activation blend: Zinc Gluconate (15mg), Magnesium Citrate (150mg), and Boron Citrate (10mg).

Stress reduction blend: KSM-66 Organic Ashwagandha (400mg) and Forskohlii Root Extract (250mg).

LH surge blend: Inositol (200mg), L-theanine (100mg), and L-glycine (200mg).

Recommended dosage instruction: Take 3 capsules after dinner (the ashwagandha helps for a good nights rest). Take capsules every day on weekdays, but take weekends off for a micro cycle.

30 servings per container.

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5- Prime Labs PRIME TEST

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Prime Labs offers one of the more affordable testosterone boosters on the market with a unique 9 main ingredient blend.

They have quite the exotic blend for how inexpensive this supplement is, per serving.

Here are the official ingredients:

Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate) 33.28mg Testosterone Blend 1484mg Horny Goat Weed (leaf) Tongkat Ali Extract 100:1 (root) Saw Palmetto Extract (fruit) Orchic Substance Wild Yam Extract (root) Sarsaparilla (root) Nettle Extract (root) Boron (as Boron Amino Acid Chelate) Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose and Stearic Acid.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 2 capsules per day, in the morning or evening.

30 servings per container.

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What are testosterone boosters?

Testosterone is a hormone that is required for the growth and development of the male sex organs, along with the maintenance of other secondary male characteristics like chest and facial hair.

Testosterone boosters are simply supplements that contain natural ingredients that help you create more of this hormone and improve the production process to make it more efficient. A lot of the most common ingredients are just plants and herbal extracts.

While prescription testosterone boosters are only available to men who have unusually low levels of testosterone due to certain medical conditions, there are a number of legal non-prescription supplements on the market that can help boost testosterone levels in your body. [1]

How do testosterone boosters work?

Testosterone boosters contain ingredients that help your body produce more testosterone in a more efficient manner.

One common ingredient, D-Aspartic Acid or D-AA, is a naturally occurring amino acid that helps to convert cholesterol into testosterone. It also improves the communication between the brain and the testes, which helps to improve testosterone production.

Another common ingredient is tribulus terrestris, known to help increase muscle mass and performance in the bedroom, if you know what I mean. [2]

What are the benefits of testosterone boosters?

There are many possible benefits to taking a testosterone booster, but the most common ones are generally listed as these:

more energy and stamina

increased muscle mass and bone strength

better facial hair

increased sex drive and libido

better mood regulation

improved verbal memory and thinking ability

While none of these benefits are necessarily guaranteed,  most of the top testosterone boosters help your body to naturally produce a hormone that generally improves your body in these areas. [3]

What are the side effects of testosterone boosters?

The most well-known side effect of testosterone boosters is the possible increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.

It is important to note that in 2014, the FDA released a statement requiring all prescription testosterone boosters to disclose the possible risks on their labeling [2].

Continued in the FDA statement, “FDA has become aware that testosterone is being used extensively in attempts to relieve symptoms in men who have low testosterone for no apparent reason other than aging. The benefits and safety of this use have not been established.”

Other side effects, which are very rare, include:

sleep apnea

acne flares

enlarged breasts

testicular shrinkage [4]

The bottom line is to make sure that you are only taking your testosterone booster as directed and never exceed the recommended dosage unless specifically instructed to by a doctor.

Recap

Testosterone boosters aren’t for everyone. But if you’ve read this far, chances are, you’ve experienced some signs of low testosterone, and that’s perfectly normal.

The good news is, testosterone boosters are still legal to buy online and you have options when it comes to choosing the best one.

If you know you want to try a testosterone booster but you’re unsure which one to go with, you might want to check out our rankings at the top of the page. We’ve narrowed it down to the top five highest rated testosterone boosters in the industry.

More Supplement Rankings

Best Greens

Best Sleeping Aids

Best Calcium

Best Beef Protein

Best Colon Cleanse

Best Raspberry Ketones

Best Garcinia Cambogia

Best Nitric Oxide

Best Taurine

Best Pre-Workout

Best Creatine

Best Joint Support

Best Multivitamins for Women

Best Multivitamins for Men

Best Meal Replacement Shake

Best Nootropics

Best Probiotic

Best Prenatal Vitamins

Best Fish Oil

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The Top 5 Testosterone Boosters of 2017

It’s no secret, men start to lose “it” as they age.

“Nah, I still got it,” you tell yourself, until you realize how much more energy and drive you had ten years ago.

It is not uncommon for men, as they age into their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, start to regularly taking testosterone boosters for their everyday lives, helping them feel more energized, motivated, and aware.

If taken as directed, testosterone boosters can be an effective and discrete “revive” supplement for men who feel like they’re losing stamina and youth.

How do testosterone boosters work and are they really worth it?

We’ll cover this, along with the benefits and possible side effects of taking a testosterone boosting supplement.

Before we get there, we’ve ranked the best testosterone boosters of 2017, according to price, product quality, and customer reviews.

So what’s the #1 rated testosterone booster on the market?

1- Superior Labs Test Worx

Lowest price on Amazon

Superior Labs has the superior testosterone booster in their space: Test Worx.

Test Worx is kinda like the big brother to all the little guys on the market trying to keep up.

Using  biologically active EuryPeptide technology, Test Worx has made a name for themselves as one of the highest rated testosterone boosters ever to hit the market.

You pay a premium price, but you get premium ingredients (supposedly).

Here are the official ingredients:

Vitamin B3 as Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 as P-5-P, Vitamin B12 as Methylcobalamin, Zinc as Zinc Citrate, Tribulus Terrestris ( Standardized to 20% Saponins), Maca Root, Nettle Root, Eurycoma Longifolia Extract ( Lj100)( Standardized to 40% Saponins and 22% Eurypeptides), L-Arginine. Natural Rice Powder, Plant Cellulose (Vegetable Capsule).

Recommended dosage instructions for Test Worx are as follows:

“As a dietary supplement to take 2 TestWORx® capsules in the morning on an empty stomach. Cycle 5 days on, two days off. Take 1 week off in between bottles.”

If you experience adverse side effects such as nausea or an upset stomach, Test Worx can be taken with a meal rather than on an empty stomach.

60 capsules total in the bottle (6-week supply).

Buy Test Worx on Amazon

—

2- Nugenix

Lowest price on Amazon

Made by one of the most widely recognized brands in the supplement industry (GNC) Nugenix is a potent testosterone booster that gained serious popularity with a few late night TV infomercials.

Nugenix offers a unique blend of testosterone fuel based on three important ingredients – a proprietary blend of Testofen, L-Citrulline Malate and Tribulus Terrestris.

Here are the full ingredients:

Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 2.00 mg 100% Vitamin B-12 (as Methylcobalamin) 50.00 mcg 833% Zinc (as Zinc Chelate) 5.00 mg 33% Nugenix® Free Testosterone Complex 2103.00 mg L-Citrulline Malate Testofen® Fenugreek Seed Extract (50% Fenuside) Tribulus (fruit).

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules daily with water on an empty stomach.

30 total servings in the bottle.

Buy Nugenix on Amazon

—

3- Blue Star Nutraceuticals STATUS

Lowest price on Amazon

Blue Star Nutraceuticals offers one of the most premium testosterone boosters on the market, offered at a premium price.

If you’re thinking about starting out with a light dosage testosterone booster for the first time, STATUS is probably not the product you’re looking for.

This one is potent and effective.

This particular testosterone booster contains mainly Zinc, Magneisum, and Vitamin B6, along with a few other extracts like KSM-66 ashwagandha, longjack extract 100:1, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane, trigonella foenum-graecum seed, fumaric acid, panax notoginseng, BioPerine black pepper, astragalus membraneceus root, sodium R-Lipoate, and succinic acid.

Specifically, 30 mg of Zinc when combined with 450 mg of Magnesium, supports testosterone production through the increase in luteinizing hormone (LH) at the pituitary gland. The addition of Vitamin B6 increases the bioavailability of Zinc and Magnesium to help increase free testosterone levels.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules of STATUS in the morning, with or without food.

30 servings per container.

Buy STATUS on Amazon

—

4- TESTRO-X

Lowest price on Amazon

TESTRO-X is one of the more underrated testosterone boosters on the market.

Their special formula is broken up into three sections, a micronutrient activation blend, a stress reduction blend, and the LH surge blend.

Micronutrient activation blend: Zinc Gluconate (15mg), Magnesium Citrate (150mg), and Boron Citrate (10mg).

Stress reduction blend: KSM-66 Organic Ashwagandha (400mg) and Forskohlii Root Extract (250mg).

LH surge blend: Inositol (200mg), L-theanine (100mg), and L-glycine (200mg).

Recommended dosage instruction: Take 3 capsules after dinner (the ashwagandha helps for a good nights rest). Take capsules every day on weekdays, but take weekends off for a micro cycle.

30 servings per container.

Buy TESTRO-X on Amazon

—

5- Prime Labs PRIME TEST

Lowest price on Amazon

Prime Labs offers one of the more affordable testosterone boosters on the market with a unique 9 main ingredient blend.

They have quite the exotic blend for how inexpensive this supplement is, per serving.

Here are the official ingredients:

Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate) 33.28mg Testosterone Blend 1484mg Horny Goat Weed (leaf) Tongkat Ali Extract 100:1 (root) Saw Palmetto Extract (fruit) Orchic Substance Wild Yam Extract (root) Sarsaparilla (root) Nettle Extract (root) Boron (as Boron Amino Acid Chelate) Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose and Stearic Acid.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 2 capsules per day, in the morning or evening.

30 servings per container.

Buy PRIME TEST on Amazon

—

What are testosterone boosters?

Testosterone is a hormone that is required for the growth and development of the male sex organs, along with the maintenance of other secondary male characteristics like chest and facial hair.

Testosterone boosters are simply supplements that contain natural ingredients that help you create more of this hormone and improve the production process to make it more efficient. A lot of the most common ingredients are just plants and herbal extracts.

While prescription testosterone boosters are only available to men who have unusually low levels of testosterone due to certain medical conditions, there are a number of legal non-prescription supplements on the market that can help boost testosterone levels in your body. [1]

How do testosterone boosters work?

Testosterone boosters contain ingredients that help your body produce more testosterone in a more efficient manner.

One common ingredient, D-Aspartic Acid or D-AA, is a naturally occurring amino acid that helps to convert cholesterol into testosterone. It also improves the communication between the brain and the testes, which helps to improve testosterone production.

Another common ingredient is tribulus terrestris, known to help increase muscle mass and performance in the bedroom, if you know what I mean. [2]

What are the benefits of testosterone boosters?

There are many possible benefits to taking a testosterone booster, but the most common ones are generally listed as these:

more energy and stamina

increased muscle mass and bone strength

better facial hair

increased sex drive and libido

better mood regulation

improved verbal memory and thinking ability

While none of these benefits are necessarily guaranteed,  most of the top testosterone boosters help your body to naturally produce a hormone that generally improves your body in these areas. [3]

What are the side effects of testosterone boosters?

The most well-known side effect of testosterone boosters is the possible increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.

It is important to note that in 2014, the FDA released a statement requiring all prescription testosterone boosters to disclose the possible risks on their labeling [2].

Continued in the FDA statement, “FDA has become aware that testosterone is being used extensively in attempts to relieve symptoms in men who have low testosterone for no apparent reason other than aging. The benefits and safety of this use have not been established.”

Other side effects, which are very rare, include:

sleep apnea

acne flares

enlarged breasts

testicular shrinkage [4]

The bottom line is to make sure that you are only taking your testosterone booster as directed and never exceed the recommended dosage unless specifically instructed to by a doctor.

Recap

Testosterone boosters aren’t for everyone. But if you’ve read this far, chances are, you’ve experienced some signs of low testosterone, and that’s perfectly normal.

The good news is, testosterone boosters are still legal to buy online and you have options when it comes to choosing the best one.

If you know you want to try a testosterone booster but you’re unsure which one to go with, you might want to check out our rankings at the top of the page. We’ve narrowed it down to the top five highest rated testosterone boosters in the industry.

More Supplement Rankings

Best Greens

Best Sleeping Aids

Best Calcium

Best Beef Protein

Best Colon Cleanse

Best Raspberry Ketones

Best Garcinia Cambogia

Best Nitric Oxide

Best Taurine

Best Pre-Workout

Best Creatine

Best Joint Support

Best Multivitamins for Women

Best Multivitamins for Men

Best Meal Replacement Shake

Best Nootropics

Best Probiotic

Best Prenatal Vitamins

Best Fish Oil

(see more)

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The Top 5 Testosterone Boosters of 2017

It’s no secret, men start to lose “it” as they age.

“Nah, I still got it,” you tell yourself, until you realize how much more energy and drive you had ten years ago.

It is not uncommon for men, as they age into their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, start to regularly taking testosterone boosters for their everyday lives, helping them feel more energized, motivated, and aware.

If taken as directed, testosterone boosters can be an effective and discrete “revive” supplement for men who feel like they’re losing stamina and youth.

How do testosterone boosters work and are they really worth it?

We’ll cover this, along with the benefits and possible side effects of taking a testosterone boosting supplement.

Before we get there, we’ve ranked the best testosterone boosters of 2017, according to price, product quality, and customer reviews.

So what’s the #1 rated testosterone booster on the market?

1- Superior Labs Test Worx

Lowest price on Amazon

Superior Labs has the superior testosterone booster in their space: Test Worx.

Test Worx is kinda like the big brother to all the little guys on the market trying to keep up.

Using  biologically active EuryPeptide technology, Test Worx has made a name for themselves as one of the highest rated testosterone boosters ever to hit the market.

You pay a premium price, but you get premium ingredients (supposedly).

Here are the official ingredients:

Vitamin B3 as Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 as P-5-P, Vitamin B12 as Methylcobalamin, Zinc as Zinc Citrate, Tribulus Terrestris ( Standardized to 20% Saponins), Maca Root, Nettle Root, Eurycoma Longifolia Extract ( Lj100)( Standardized to 40% Saponins and 22% Eurypeptides), L-Arginine. Natural Rice Powder, Plant Cellulose (Vegetable Capsule).

Recommended dosage instructions for Test Worx are as follows:

“As a dietary supplement to take 2 TestWORx® capsules in the morning on an empty stomach. Cycle 5 days on, two days off. Take 1 week off in between bottles.”

If you experience adverse side effects such as nausea or an upset stomach, Test Worx can be taken with a meal rather than on an empty stomach.

60 capsules total in the bottle (6-week supply).

Buy Test Worx on Amazon

—

2- Nugenix

Lowest price on Amazon

Made by one of the most widely recognized brands in the supplement industry (GNC) Nugenix is a potent testosterone booster that gained serious popularity with a few late night TV infomercials.

Nugenix offers a unique blend of testosterone fuel based on three important ingredients – a proprietary blend of Testofen, L-Citrulline Malate and Tribulus Terrestris.

Here are the full ingredients:

Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 2.00 mg 100% Vitamin B-12 (as Methylcobalamin) 50.00 mcg 833% Zinc (as Zinc Chelate) 5.00 mg 33% Nugenix® Free Testosterone Complex 2103.00 mg L-Citrulline Malate Testofen® Fenugreek Seed Extract (50% Fenuside) Tribulus (fruit).

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules daily with water on an empty stomach.

30 total servings in the bottle.

Buy Nugenix on Amazon

—

3- Blue Star Nutraceuticals STATUS

Lowest price on Amazon

Blue Star Nutraceuticals offers one of the most premium testosterone boosters on the market, offered at a premium price.

If you’re thinking about starting out with a light dosage testosterone booster for the first time, STATUS is probably not the product you’re looking for.

This one is potent and effective.

This particular testosterone booster contains mainly Zinc, Magneisum, and Vitamin B6, along with a few other extracts like KSM-66 ashwagandha, longjack extract 100:1, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane, trigonella foenum-graecum seed, fumaric acid, panax notoginseng, BioPerine black pepper, astragalus membraneceus root, sodium R-Lipoate, and succinic acid.

Specifically, 30 mg of Zinc when combined with 450 mg of Magnesium, supports testosterone production through the increase in luteinizing hormone (LH) at the pituitary gland. The addition of Vitamin B6 increases the bioavailability of Zinc and Magnesium to help increase free testosterone levels.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules of STATUS in the morning, with or without food.

30 servings per container.

Buy STATUS on Amazon

—

4- TESTRO-X

Lowest price on Amazon

TESTRO-X is one of the more underrated testosterone boosters on the market.

Their special formula is broken up into three sections, a micronutrient activation blend, a stress reduction blend, and the LH surge blend.

Micronutrient activation blend: Zinc Gluconate (15mg), Magnesium Citrate (150mg), and Boron Citrate (10mg).

Stress reduction blend: KSM-66 Organic Ashwagandha (400mg) and Forskohlii Root Extract (250mg).

LH surge blend: Inositol (200mg), L-theanine (100mg), and L-glycine (200mg).

Recommended dosage instruction: Take 3 capsules after dinner (the ashwagandha helps for a good nights rest). Take capsules every day on weekdays, but take weekends off for a micro cycle.

30 servings per container.

Buy TESTRO-X on Amazon

—

5- Prime Labs PRIME TEST

Lowest price on Amazon

Prime Labs offers one of the more affordable testosterone boosters on the market with a unique 9 main ingredient blend.

They have quite the exotic blend for how inexpensive this supplement is, per serving.

Here are the official ingredients:

Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate) 33.28mg Testosterone Blend 1484mg Horny Goat Weed (leaf) Tongkat Ali Extract 100:1 (root) Saw Palmetto Extract (fruit) Orchic Substance Wild Yam Extract (root) Sarsaparilla (root) Nettle Extract (root) Boron (as Boron Amino Acid Chelate) Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose and Stearic Acid.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 2 capsules per day, in the morning or evening.

30 servings per container.

Buy PRIME TEST on Amazon

—

What are testosterone boosters?

Testosterone is a hormone that is required for the growth and development of the male sex organs, along with the maintenance of other secondary male characteristics like chest and facial hair.

Testosterone boosters are simply supplements that contain natural ingredients that help you create more of this hormone and improve the production process to make it more efficient. A lot of the most common ingredients are just plants and herbal extracts.

While prescription testosterone boosters are only available to men who have unusually low levels of testosterone due to certain medical conditions, there are a number of legal non-prescription supplements on the market that can help boost testosterone levels in your body. [1]

How do testosterone boosters work?

Testosterone boosters contain ingredients that help your body produce more testosterone in a more efficient manner.

One common ingredient, D-Aspartic Acid or D-AA, is a naturally occurring amino acid that helps to convert cholesterol into testosterone. It also improves the communication between the brain and the testes, which helps to improve testosterone production.

Another common ingredient is tribulus terrestris, known to help increase muscle mass and performance in the bedroom, if you know what I mean. [2]

What are the benefits of testosterone boosters?

There are many possible benefits to taking a testosterone booster, but the most common ones are generally listed as these:

more energy and stamina

increased muscle mass and bone strength

better facial hair

increased sex drive and libido

better mood regulation

improved verbal memory and thinking ability

While none of these benefits are necessarily guaranteed,  most of the top testosterone boosters help your body to naturally produce a hormone that generally improves your body in these areas. [3]

What are the side effects of testosterone boosters?

The most well-known side effect of testosterone boosters is the possible increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.

It is important to note that in 2014, the FDA released a statement requiring all prescription testosterone boosters to disclose the possible risks on their labeling [2].

Continued in the FDA statement, “FDA has become aware that testosterone is being used extensively in attempts to relieve symptoms in men who have low testosterone for no apparent reason other than aging. The benefits and safety of this use have not been established.”

Other side effects, which are very rare, include:

sleep apnea

acne flares

enlarged breasts

testicular shrinkage [4]

The bottom line is to make sure that you are only taking your testosterone booster as directed and never exceed the recommended dosage unless specifically instructed to by a doctor.

Recap

Testosterone boosters aren’t for everyone. But if you’ve read this far, chances are, you’ve experienced some signs of low testosterone, and that’s perfectly normal.

The good news is, testosterone boosters are still legal to buy online and you have options when it comes to choosing the best one.

If you know you want to try a testosterone booster but you’re unsure which one to go with, you might want to check out our rankings at the top of the page. We’ve narrowed it down to the top five highest rated testosterone boosters in the industry.

More Supplement Rankings

Best Greens

Best Sleeping Aids

Best Calcium

Best Beef Protein

Best Colon Cleanse

Best Raspberry Ketones

Best Garcinia Cambogia

Best Nitric Oxide

Best Taurine

Best Pre-Workout

Best Creatine

Best Joint Support

Best Multivitamins for Women

Best Multivitamins for Men

Best Meal Replacement Shake

Best Nootropics

Best Probiotic

Best Prenatal Vitamins

Best Fish Oil

(see more)

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The Top 5 Testosterone Boosters of 2017

It’s no secret, men start to lose “it” as they age.

“Nah, I still got it,” you tell yourself, until you realize how much more energy and drive you had ten years ago.

It is not uncommon for men, as they age into their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, start to regularly taking testosterone boosters for their everyday lives, helping them feel more energized, motivated, and aware.

If taken as directed, testosterone boosters can be an effective and discrete “revive” supplement for men who feel like they’re losing stamina and youth.

How do testosterone boosters work and are they really worth it?

We’ll cover this, along with the benefits and possible side effects of taking a testosterone boosting supplement.

Before we get there, we’ve ranked the best testosterone boosters of 2017, according to price, product quality, and customer reviews.

So what’s the #1 rated testosterone booster on the market?

1- Superior Labs Test Worx

Lowest price on Amazon

Superior Labs has the superior testosterone booster in their space: Test Worx.

Test Worx is kinda like the big brother to all the little guys on the market trying to keep up.

Using  biologically active EuryPeptide technology, Test Worx has made a name for themselves as one of the highest rated testosterone boosters ever to hit the market.

You pay a premium price, but you get premium ingredients (supposedly).

Here are the official ingredients:

Vitamin B3 as Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 as P-5-P, Vitamin B12 as Methylcobalamin, Zinc as Zinc Citrate, Tribulus Terrestris ( Standardized to 20% Saponins), Maca Root, Nettle Root, Eurycoma Longifolia Extract ( Lj100)( Standardized to 40% Saponins and 22% Eurypeptides), L-Arginine. Natural Rice Powder, Plant Cellulose (Vegetable Capsule).

Recommended dosage instructions for Test Worx are as follows:

“As a dietary supplement to take 2 TestWORx® capsules in the morning on an empty stomach. Cycle 5 days on, two days off. Take 1 week off in between bottles.”

If you experience adverse side effects such as nausea or an upset stomach, Test Worx can be taken with a meal rather than on an empty stomach.

60 capsules total in the bottle (6-week supply).

Buy Test Worx on Amazon

—

2- Nugenix

Lowest price on Amazon

Made by one of the most widely recognized brands in the supplement industry (GNC) Nugenix is a potent testosterone booster that gained serious popularity with a few late night TV infomercials.

Nugenix offers a unique blend of testosterone fuel based on three important ingredients – a proprietary blend of Testofen, L-Citrulline Malate and Tribulus Terrestris.

Here are the full ingredients:

Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 2.00 mg 100% Vitamin B-12 (as Methylcobalamin) 50.00 mcg 833% Zinc (as Zinc Chelate) 5.00 mg 33% Nugenix® Free Testosterone Complex 2103.00 mg L-Citrulline Malate Testofen® Fenugreek Seed Extract (50% Fenuside) Tribulus (fruit).

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules daily with water on an empty stomach.

30 total servings in the bottle.

Buy Nugenix on Amazon

—

3- Blue Star Nutraceuticals STATUS

Lowest price on Amazon

Blue Star Nutraceuticals offers one of the most premium testosterone boosters on the market, offered at a premium price.

If you’re thinking about starting out with a light dosage testosterone booster for the first time, STATUS is probably not the product you’re looking for.

This one is potent and effective.

This particular testosterone booster contains mainly Zinc, Magneisum, and Vitamin B6, along with a few other extracts like KSM-66 ashwagandha, longjack extract 100:1, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane, trigonella foenum-graecum seed, fumaric acid, panax notoginseng, BioPerine black pepper, astragalus membraneceus root, sodium R-Lipoate, and succinic acid.

Specifically, 30 mg of Zinc when combined with 450 mg of Magnesium, supports testosterone production through the increase in luteinizing hormone (LH) at the pituitary gland. The addition of Vitamin B6 increases the bioavailability of Zinc and Magnesium to help increase free testosterone levels.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 3 capsules of STATUS in the morning, with or without food.

30 servings per container.

Buy STATUS on Amazon

—

4- TESTRO-X

Lowest price on Amazon

TESTRO-X is one of the more underrated testosterone boosters on the market.

Their special formula is broken up into three sections, a micronutrient activation blend, a stress reduction blend, and the LH surge blend.

Micronutrient activation blend: Zinc Gluconate (15mg), Magnesium Citrate (150mg), and Boron Citrate (10mg).

Stress reduction blend: KSM-66 Organic Ashwagandha (400mg) and Forskohlii Root Extract (250mg).

LH surge blend: Inositol (200mg), L-theanine (100mg), and L-glycine (200mg).

Recommended dosage instruction: Take 3 capsules after dinner (the ashwagandha helps for a good nights rest). Take capsules every day on weekdays, but take weekends off for a micro cycle.

30 servings per container.

Buy TESTRO-X on Amazon

—

5- Prime Labs PRIME TEST

Lowest price on Amazon

Prime Labs offers one of the more affordable testosterone boosters on the market with a unique 9 main ingredient blend.

They have quite the exotic blend for how inexpensive this supplement is, per serving.

Here are the official ingredients:

Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate) 33.28mg Testosterone Blend 1484mg Horny Goat Weed (leaf) Tongkat Ali Extract 100:1 (root) Saw Palmetto Extract (fruit) Orchic Substance Wild Yam Extract (root) Sarsaparilla (root) Nettle Extract (root) Boron (as Boron Amino Acid Chelate) Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose and Stearic Acid.

Recommended dosage instructions: Take 2 capsules per day, in the morning or evening.

30 servings per container.

Buy PRIME TEST on Amazon

—

What are testosterone boosters?

Testosterone is a hormone that is required for the growth and development of the male sex organs, along with the maintenance of other secondary male characteristics like chest and facial hair.

Testosterone boosters are simply supplements that contain natural ingredients that help you create more of this hormone and improve the production process to make it more efficient. A lot of the most common ingredients are just plants and herbal extracts.

While prescription testosterone boosters are only available to men who have unusually low levels of testosterone due to certain medical conditions, there are a number of legal non-prescription supplements on the market that can help boost testosterone levels in your body. [1]

How do testosterone boosters work?

Testosterone boosters contain ingredients that help your body produce more testosterone in a more efficient manner.

One common ingredient, D-Aspartic Acid or D-AA, is a naturally occurring amino acid that helps to convert cholesterol into testosterone. It also improves the communication between the brain and the testes, which helps to improve testosterone production.

Another common ingredient is tribulus terrestris, known to help increase muscle mass and performance in the bedroom, if you know what I mean. [2]

What are the benefits of testosterone boosters?

There are many possible benefits to taking a testosterone booster, but the most common ones are generally listed as these:

more energy and stamina

increased muscle mass and bone strength

better facial hair

increased sex drive and libido

better mood regulation

improved verbal memory and thinking ability

While none of these benefits are necessarily guaranteed,  most of the top testosterone boosters help your body to naturally produce a hormone that generally improves your body in these areas. [3]

What are the side effects of testosterone boosters?

The most well-known side effect of testosterone boosters is the possible increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.

It is important to note that in 2014, the FDA released a statement requiring all prescription testosterone boosters to disclose the possible risks on their labeling [2].

Continued in the FDA statement, “FDA has become aware that testosterone is being used extensively in attempts to relieve symptoms in men who have low testosterone for no apparent reason other than aging. The benefits and safety of this use have not been established.”

Other side effects, which are very rare, include:

sleep apnea

acne flares

enlarged breasts

testicular shrinkage [4]

The bottom line is to make sure that you are only taking your testosterone booster as directed and never exceed the recommended dosage unless specifically instructed to by a doctor.

Recap

Testosterone boosters aren’t for everyone. But if you’ve read this far, chances are, you’ve experienced some signs of low testosterone, and that’s perfectly normal.

The good news is, testosterone boosters are still legal to buy online and you have options when it comes to choosing the best one.

If you know you want to try a testosterone booster but you’re unsure which one to go with, you might want to check out our rankings at the top of the page. We’ve narrowed it down to the top five highest rated testosterone boosters in the industry.

More Supplement Rankings

Best Greens

Best Sleeping Aids

Best Calcium

Best Beef Protein

Best Colon Cleanse

Best Raspberry Ketones

Best Garcinia Cambogia

Best Nitric Oxide

Best Taurine

Best Pre-Workout

Best Creatine

Best Joint Support

Best Multivitamins for Women

Best Multivitamins for Men

Best Meal Replacement Shake

Best Nootropics

Best Probiotic

Best Prenatal Vitamins

Best Fish Oil

(see more)

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Design Fiction: Designing for the Future

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ACUPUNCTURE SHOES

 Acupuncture shoes: motive power and relaxed:

  The premiere of acupuncture shoes is in 2127 FIFA World Cup (Figure1).

Figure1: 2017 FIFA World Cup poster

These acupuncture shoes (Figure2) can increase athletes’ potential power beyond human limitations. With the shoes, the sport displays unimagined spectacle. Athletes jump into the air to grab a football. Also, the shoes increase running speed and foot power. With the shoes, athletes are like warrior Spartan, who gain supernatural energy.

Figure2: Acupuncture shoes

The laser acupuncture shoes concept derives from Chinese medicine. People’s feet are viewed as a mirror connected to their body, and acupuncture and massage can control and enhance the body’s energy through medical points of the feet (Figure3).

  Figure3: Medical Points on Feet

Shoes’ controlling device. It contains a functional menu and power information (Figure4).

An acupuncture laser system adjusts exact points based on an individual’s feet and lower leg’s shape. Then the laser system controls target acupuncture points and adjusts shoes’ size (Figure5).

A Laser system controls athletes’ muscles and nerves of the feet and lower leg through acupuncture points, which expands muscle power tenfold. This power allows athlete jump to 30 meters in height and make 300 kilometers penalty shots.

A device can provide massage for wearers when they take a break (Figure6). Also, it has buffer function when wearers jump down from 30 meters in height.

  Figure4: C ontrolling Device    Figure5: Acupuncture laser system    Figure6: Massage Device

  Projector monitor. It can show the wearer’s statistics about kilometers, speed per hour, heartbeat, vital capacity and progress (Figure7).

Battery device. The shoes are powered by the wearer’s movement (Figure8).

Figure7: Projector monitor            Figure8: Battery

  Warning

The maximum use time is 100 minutes. After using Acupuncture shoe, users may feel slightly sore, especially in the feet. This is a normal phenomenon.

At present, there is no medical evidence proving that the laser-acupuncture shoe system damages people’s muscles, blood vessels or nerves when it intensifies the physical body’s abilities to jump, etc.

    EXTEND-A-LEG

Our exclusive formula allows users to extend the use of their joints, muscles and skin surfaces. Made for athletes the Extend-a-leg allow users to both extend muscles and joints but rotate 360 degrees. Our formula comes in low (1 hour), medium (3 hours), and intense (8 hour) time interval needs. Once applied it only takes seconds for the serum to begin to work. Our timelines are so precise our serum works to the second.

Through research and our elite labs Extend-a – leg is the safest and most effective topical sports cream on the market. Extend-a-Leg can be used for any on field, on court, or on grid sport.

Our newly designed spray bottle and nozzle allows for precise application

* WARNING: 18+ spray direct onto specified skin. Do not :

use hand.

if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding

if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement

if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances

if you have chickenpox, shingles, measles, or tuberculosis (TB), or have had a positive TB skin test or a recent vaccination

if you have had a skin infection, thinning of the skin (atrophy), or a certain type of severe acne

if you accidentally apply Extend-a-Leg please call our 1-800-XTD-ALEG or use our reversal cream (available online or from most major retailers)

    HOOK

As beautiful weather of summer 2117 approaches everybody is excited to get outside and play Barbara Ball. Whether you are a newbie, a seasoned athlete or a professional we have something for you. This season we have new and exciting attachments for Hook.

  Getting your hook is easy. Make an appointment with your General Practitioner (GP) and get your plug in for your hook. It is an easy painless non-invasive procedure. Your GP will apply a a topical cream that multiplies cells that can then be moulded into a port for Hook to attach. Your cells communicate with the cerebellum for muscle movement. To maneuver, change tips, the hook is as simple as moving your arms or legs. Hook easily attaches and detaches for games, as simple as clip and twist. We have sourced ethical smart metals and plastics for our hook and attachments.

  We regularly update the hook and hook attachments for cutting edge on the sports. This year we have added magnetic bearings for 360 movements when attaching to the grid.  We have updated our pointed attachment to be more accessible and engage at 3 times the speed. As always the standard claw attachment is available to with 6 specialized organic skin suction cups.

  Hook can accommodate both high end professional athletes and the everyday athlete. We have models for all shapes and sizes. Our catalog offers a variety of tips that are interchangeable on the field with the press of a button. Users can have up to 6 tips at any given time. From our pointed pivoting tip to our hooked.

  BARBARA BALL

Barbara Ball is played in two teams of 10 on field players and a goalie on each end of the field. The aim of the game is to to get the spike (ball) in the cup (net) at the opposing end of the block, between the grid and the field,  for points. Players are to do anything possible to stop the other team from achieving this. The team with the most points at the end of the 6, 20 min scrums is the winner of the game.

The gird references the magnetically charged grid above the players and the field refers to the grassed ground area. The block is the entire playing area.

To pass the spike you must only pass by throwing the ball when Hook is attached to the upper grid. The spike must be kicked when on the field.

  There is a Chad (machine learning robot) behind each cup to count points and enforce rules.

The Chad siren indicates the beginning and end of a scrum.

  If the spike enters the cup from a pass on the grid 5 points are earned

If the spike enters the sup from the field 2 points are earned

If there is penalty, players are allowed to attempt points from the grid or the field.

  All spikes must be between 28cm and 30cm in length (approximately 11-13 inches).

Most full-size spikes weigh between 383 and 440 grams (approximately 13.5-15.5 ounces)

For more rules and regulations please contact your local Barbara Ball Union.

    INVISIBLE ARMOUR

Hundreds of doctors have determined that the most common sport injuries are knee injuries, shin splits, fractured femurs, and tibia/fibula fractures. The Invisible Armour pant introduces a new comfortable method for protecting athletes from leg fractures or injuries. The Invisible Armour pant looks and feels like a regular jogging/practice tight, however, they preform like A-grade protective sports padding/equipment. The Invisible Armour pant aims to reduce the possibility of fracturing bones by 80% with its micro-smart, metal technology. In incidences like falls, collisions or hits, the Invisible Armour pant initiates a shell-like state around the area of impact in order to create a thin, but strong barrier between the pressure of impact and the leg.

  The micro-smart metal thread is weaved with odourless and waterproof cotton materials. This micro-smart metal thread expands and hardens, creating a shell-like state, instantly when impact is applied. Therefore, this allows the athlete to stay protected throughout and over their entire leg. Vulnerable and sensitive areas such as the knee, thigh and calf contain and additional area of padding as these have been identified as the most common areas for leg injuries to occur. The micro-metal smart threading will remain in its shell-like state until the pressure of impact is removed.

  The Invisible Armour pant is suited for all sports but is especially useful in sports where equipment such as sticks, balls or running is included. Despite the micro-smart metal thread which hardens and expands, The Invisible Armour pant aims to provide comfort and flexibility in order to help athletes maximize on their performance. In addition to this, the odourless and waterproof cotton that is weaved with the micro-smart metal ensures that athletes remain fresh throughout their activities.

  PRACTICE PANT

The Practice Pant is redefining how athletes train, practice, and monitor their muscle health. They enable athletes to monitor their muscles status through LED technology which emits a coloured glow over different areas of the muscles in the legs. The colourization of the glow indicates whether the muscles is in a relaxed, mildly tense, or stressed state. With this real-time feedback, athletes can make cautious decisions to ensure that potential strains do not occur on sensitive or over-worked muscles within the legs. The Practice Pants also includes a cooling technology which is activated over muscles areas that are detected as strained, swollen or pulled. The area of which the injured muscles has been detected will begin to cool automatically in order to prevent further damage and to promote muscle relaxation and pain relief.

  The inside layer of The Practice Pant is embedded with thousands of tiny smart sensors which are responsible for indicating the status of an athletes muscles. These tiny smart-sensors have the capabilities of reading through muscles as thick as 10mm and there are approximately 300 sensors within a 2cm x 2cm surface area. This ensures that The Practice Pant is providing the most accurate results in terms of muscle health and the exact areas of relaxed, mildly tense, or stressed muscles.

  Micro LED fibres are woven with an odorless and waterproof cotton material to ensure maximum comfort. The state-of-art mirco LED fibres emit a colourized glow based on the information extracted from the tiny, smart-sensors. The tiny smart-sensors transmit information to the LED micro fibres simply though touch, and the layering of these materials guarantees that these two fabric layers will remain in constant contact.

  When the tiny smart-sensors detect a sprained or injured muscle, they will automatically active a cooling feature. Only the area of the sprained and/or injured muscle will receive cooling treatment. The cooling abilities are initiated by the micro-metal particles embedded with the tiny smart sensors.

  Colour Indication and Meaning

  Green – Muscles are in a good and healthy state. No strain or tension has been detected, and muscles are within a state of relaxation.

  Teal – A mild tension has been indicated within the muscle. The probability of a sprain is low. However, it is important to note that the area of the muscle is being activated and used.

  Orange – A stressed muscle has been indicated. The muscle is at risk of sprain or injury. The athlete should proceed with caution and it is recommended to see a doctor regarding the stressed and sensitive muscle.

  Red – A strained and/or injured muscle is indicated. Cooling will begin within 5 minutes. The athlete is recommended to sit comfortability with their legs elevated above knee level during the cooling process. The athlete is recommended to visit a doctor ASAP regarding the sprained muscle.

  Blue – Cooling is in progress. Cooling lasts 30 minutes. After cooling, the LED glow will begin to turn pink in order to indicate a sprained but already cooled/treated area.

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