Time - 8:19 pm
My dear friend, I…am able to sit up now! It was a struggle to do it the first time, but I am able to do it with much more ease over time which is good; and when I did do it, I realised that I am wearing a blue coloured t-shirt and slacks, I don’t want to be bedridden any longer, it’s so boring… I am also able to slowly move my hands up and down but opening and closing my fingers…is difficult. I am afraid of standing too…feels like I would just fall if I tried to on my own given my legs feel quite numb.
But I have an inkling that…something is strange…I know you must think so too, at first I thought I was out cold for maybe a day or two, perhaps a week at max but for me to be this inept in moving, I must’ve been out of it for at least…more than two or three weeks…
This is odd even for someone like Mama, to make food that ended up so bad that it caused this situation is very odd…however then again, it may have been the result of just a badly done experiment. But…where is Mama…how is she not here yet…and Sis didn’t even come today…
“Ms Eina… Where is Mama…? Is she busy?”
I softly ask the nurse who’s sitting on the bed, taking care of me who I’ve gotten along well with today. She gave me a few tablets and medicine syrups (tablets are fine but WHY DO MEDICINE SYRUPS EXIST UGH!). Apparently there’s no other person on duty for a while other than her as there’s no other patients, so she has a lot of time. So once she’s done with her work, it gives us a lot of time to talk about various things such as her likes and dislikes, I talked about the same too. Right now she’s the one who’s also feeding me food with a fork. It’s just…fruit salad (which I don’t mind, I don’t necessarily like or dislike fruits other than apples I guess, I like those, others however get a neutral score but even then, I don’t really feel anything about the taste right now)
“Erm, how would I know about that?” She said, feeding me a piece of apple with the fork. I guess that’s true as well…she’s just a nurse after all. Looking around the room, I am a bit annoyed by the fact that there is a clock attached on the wall but no calendar around, “GIven what you said about your condition’s improvement so far, I think we can start rehab from tomorrow”
“Huh really?”
“Of course, it’s for the best that we start it as soon as possible, I’ll go wash these now and bring your tablets, wait a moment” She said and stood up.
…
“Sorry for the wait, here, have these tablets, think you can eat them by yourself?” She said, handing the pills to me with one hand and a cup of water in the other.
It was her who fed me those today but she wants me to do it myself now…I bring my hands up, one to grab each of the items and both of the palms are shivering, my dear imaginary friend, I know that I’ve said this probably more than twenty times now but what on earth did Mama feed me that I am in this condition…I have the pills in my left hand and…tightly gripping the cup of water by its handle, I hope I don’t drop it or else it’ll break and Ms Eina will have to do more work because of me…
“gulp gulp”
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I did it! And gave the cup back as well (nearly dropped it as I was giving it away, my heart dropped for a moment there…)
clap! clap!
“Well done! I am proud of you” She said while clapping…
“It’s not a big deal…there’s no need to clap”
“...No, it most definitely is a big deal”
“Eh?”
“It’s important to praise anyone who’s working hard and you just did your best too, didn’t you? So, you do deserve it, I am proud of you”
…She’s patting my head again…I’ll admit it, it makes me happy…
“Now then, it’s time to sleep, I’ll be-”
“Wait!”
“Huh? What happened?”
“E-erm…I…can you tell me…a bedtime story to sleep…?”
She’s closely looking at me…maybe I asked for something a little too much…
“Could it be, you are afraid to sleep by yourself?”
! She figured it out instantly…? (I nod my head slowly)
“Ahaha, don’t worry, I am not leaving, what I was about to say was that I’ll be around if you need me, just press the button beside the lamp that’s next to your bed on the small table drawer”
“Oh…I see…I haven’t ever slept completely alone by myself, no I mean, I do sleep alone in my own room. It’s just, this place is new to me and way too big compared to my room…so…”
I said, glancing around, this room must be about five to six times the size of my room…perhaps even more than that, it’s very spacious and that makes me uncomfortable…
“I too was like that when I was small so I understand, hmm…(She looks lost in thought…) perhaps I’ll sleep alongside you”
“E-erm, is that fine…? Won’t that cause trouble?”
“It’s alright, as I said, I intended on staying here either way, all I am doing is sleeping on the bed that’s next to yours, shouldn’t be any issue. Now then, let’s sleep” She said and pulled the small rope that’s attached to the lamp, turning it on that’s next to her bed (not the one that’s in between our beds) then switched off the main lights, “This should be fine right? (I nod and slowly lie down in the bed again)”
It’s a little eerie given the lamp is only illuminating a small part of the room, shedding yellowish light and the rest of it is still dark but there’s the light from the moon too that’s entering in through the open windows which are behind the pod so it’s not too dark.
“Sorry to have you do this…”
I say, her presence here makes me a lot calmer but I am still a little angry… Mama didn’t come at all today nor did Sis…
“It’s fine, I am sorry though, I am not a really good story teller so I can’t really tell one ahaha…” She said as she laid on the bed and turned herself to my side.
“That’s no issue! I am happy that you are here at all…the story was just a way to ask you to stay…”
I said (She’s looking closely again…).
“Good girl, I like your honesty, don’t ever change that part of yourself” She has that warm smile again…“Good night, may you have a good sleep”
“Good night…”
I said and closed my eyes. Dear friend, today I made a new friend, good night to you too.
