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L O C A T I O N : hospital
4:23 pm
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the constant beeping in my ear caused me to scrunch up my nose in distaste. "kota?" i heard and i looked over at the voice, eyes opening just a little. "doctor! she's awake!" i groaned and coughed just a little. "why is it so cold in here," i managed to get out before looking at armin. he pushed my hair back and frowned. "because your body temperature was too high. we had to bring it down by exposing you to the cold." i realized that i didn't have a cover over me and my legs were out.

"what happened?"

"you passed out from a hot flash," a doctor came in suddenly and i grabbed armin's hand for comfort. "we tested you and it seems like your blood pressure is extremely high. anything stressing you out lately?" i scoffed. "too much actually." i answered and he nodded. "we also found traces of opioids in your system." i furrowed my eyebrows.

"huh?" armin let a sound of confusion first. "as in like the drug? how'd that get into her body?" he asked. "have you been in any pain recently?" the doctor questioned as he looked over my records. emotionally yes. physically no.

"no, i tend to keep myself pretty healthy physically wise." i explained and he nodded once more. "do you know of anyone who takes this drug?" i sat up slightly, "no one i know does those kinds of hard drugs. i don't even know how that could have gotten into my system. all i had today was a coffee."

armin looked at me before looking at the doctor, "does that mean someone could have drugged her?" my eyes widened and i tensed from that statement. "possibly, we could get the police involved if that's what you want." armin nodded quickly, "i want this investigated. this has never happened before and i want an answer as to why it happened now." everything was happening so fast and before i knew it, the monitor went off again; signaling that my blood pressure was rising.

"calm down, ms. smith." the doctor told me and armin kissed my temple. "i didn't mean to scare you, love." he laid me back and held my hand. "are we really gonna investigate it? is it really that big of a deal?" i whispered. "it could be someone who wants to hurt you. i don't want to pass up this opportunity then have someone try again." he whispered back. "who though? i get that i have enemies but..."

"possibly annie?"

"there is no way. i didn't see her at all at the coffee shop. gia and i would have recognized her if we did. plus she's not even in the US. she's with gio in italy." i explained and armin looked over at the doctor, sending him a nod before looking at me. "i have a feeling she has something to do with this."

i bit my lip and tried to calm myself before my heart monitor went back up. "do our friends know i'm here?"

"yeah they are out in the waiting room minus jasmine and connie. we didn't tell them. they think we're all out somewhere." i nodded and laid back to close my eyes. "kota?" i reopened my eyes to see armin with tears in his eyes and i felt my heart stop. "armin, are you crying? don't cry." i panicked because i haven't seen armin cry in a while. "come here," i moved over and patted the bed next to me. he climbed into bed and i wrapped my arms around him, kissing his forehead softly. "you scared me. i didn't want to lose you." he cried, squeezing me tight and i ran my fingers through his hair.

i had nothing to say. i mean it's not my fault that someone probably drugged me but i felt bad that this had led to armin becoming scared. more scared then me. i simply held him, trying my best not to cry in the process as we laid in this hospital bed together.
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