[ During the process, Rei could have heard whispers going around the nurses, saying things like:
"Nowell-kun is here again?
"He looks much worse than last time."
"It must be some miracle or dumb luck that's keeping him alive at this rate."
Since, well. Hospitals usually go through "the patient is dead" process right away, so the fact that Terry is on this bed right now, despite a hole in his chest with a crushed vital organ, means that they somehow think he has a chance to be alive. The hole has been more or less stitched up, but he's still bleeding out of it, so they need to change his bandages every few hours. Thankfully, his lifespan hasn't reached its limit, because, well, an incident happened during his blood transfusion and he ended up drinking some of the blood that accidentally spilled out of a packet. Thanks, clumsy nurse.
It's the afternoon. Children are coming out of school to play, and you can hear all sorts of chatter through the open window on the third floor room. The cat family is under the bed, minding their own business--a mother cat with her four kittens.
It takes a while, but Terry slowly opens his eyes. The first thing he feels his pain. Colossal pain. Everything hurts, but he does his best to stay still and only move his eyes around.
He sees Rei.
...
He's not sure what to do, so he doesn't announce his conscious state. He doesn't pretend to go back to sleep though, and keeps his eyes open. Though he wishes someone can come in and knock him out again because the pain is unbearable...
But the only other thing on his mind is that he's glad Rei is safe. Or at least, that's what he thinks, since she's here and not lying down on a hospital bed like he is. ]
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"Nowell-kun is here again?
"He looks much worse than last time."
"It must be some miracle or dumb luck that's keeping him alive at this rate."
Since, well. Hospitals usually go through "the patient is dead" process right away, so the fact that Terry is on this bed right now, despite a hole in his chest with a crushed vital organ, means that they somehow think he has a chance to be alive. The hole has been more or less stitched up, but he's still bleeding out of it, so they need to change his bandages every few hours. Thankfully, his lifespan hasn't reached its limit, because, well, an incident happened during his blood transfusion and he ended up drinking some of the blood that accidentally spilled out of a packet. Thanks, clumsy nurse.
It's the afternoon. Children are coming out of school to play, and you can hear all sorts of chatter through the open window on the third floor room. The cat family is under the bed, minding their own business--a mother cat with her four kittens.
It takes a while, but Terry slowly opens his eyes. The first thing he feels his pain. Colossal pain. Everything hurts, but he does his best to stay still and only move his eyes around.
He sees Rei.
...
He's not sure what to do, so he doesn't announce his conscious state. He doesn't pretend to go back to sleep though, and keeps his eyes open. Though he wishes someone can come in and knock him out again because the pain is unbearable...
But the only other thing on his mind is that he's glad Rei is safe. Or at least, that's what he thinks, since she's here and not lying down on a hospital bed like he is. ]