Changed Me ( Rewritten)

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            " Luckily, there's no serious issues. However, Nat's neck is very inflamed. An extreme amount of pressure was constricting his throat and it happened for awhile. While it was happening, blood stopped flowing in and out of his brain. If you were to black out, you could have suffered brain damage " the doctor says, making his widen.

" From the way it was described to me and what I have seen when examining Nat. He was incredibly lucky. The pressure around his neck stopped at just the right time before any serious injuries could have happened " the doctor says. He looks down at his hands, that are now shaking as he listens to the doctor.

" How can we help his neck not be inflamed and is there anything else we should know " his mother asks the doctor. " For his neck being inflamed, rest is the main way to help. But I will prescribe some medication that should help. As for what else there is " the doctor says before looking down at the clipboard he's holding.

" You should know that Nat will easily be out of breath for the rest of today. While his body will be really weak for the next couple of days as his body recovers " the doctor says. " Alright, can you write this all out. So that I can hand it to the officers in charge of the case we have open " his mother asks.

" Of course. I'll go do that while the nurse cleans and bandages Nat's neck " the doctor says. He doesn't look up when the doctor leaves the room. He hardly even looks up while the nurse is bandaging his neck. He's to absorbed in what the doctor had said. If Aek were to keep strangling him for a few seconds longer, he would have passed out. He could of suffered brain damage.

He begins to cry as he finally starts to process everything. Aek had strangled him. Not only that, Aek had used him as a shield against the police. Even before that, Aek still had hurt him and terrified him. Touching him as well.

" Nat " NuNew gently calls his name, pulling him from his thoughts. " What's going through your head " NuNew then continues. He looks up towards NuNew once the nurse is finished bandaging his neck and removing the oxygen mask. " I-I " he stutters before shaking his head. " N-No, he " he says quietly.

He has no idea where to start. He's not even sure if he wants to talk about what happened. He knows that he will have to tell the officers, he doesn't want to say everything twice. It'll be to hard for him. " Nat " he hears a familiar voice call his name.

Looking up he sees the female officer that carried him to the nurses office. Making him realize, he will have to talk about it now. " This will be hard. So take your time. But I need you to tell me exactly what happened today. So that we can make the case bigger " the officer asks, walking up to the hospital bed with a notebook.

He looks back down at his hands that are still shaking from everything that's happened. " P'Max and P'Poppy both walked me to class. They asked if I would be ok. It was my only class that was not with any of them. I thought that I'd be " he pauses, starting to cry more.

            Max walks over to him, grabbing onto his hand, gently squeezing it. " When I entered my art classroom. I went to the seat that I normally sit at and began to set up my supplies that I needed for class " he says before forcing himself to take a painful deep breath.

            " Then my teacher said he had to switch one of his students to my class because the other one was so full. He told everyone to meet A-Aek " he says. Max gently squeezes his hand, giving him comfort to continue talking.

            " I knew. I just knew it was him. But I couldn't see him. I looked everywhere in the classroom. U-Until " he pauses as he remembers how he felt the moment he found Aek sitting down right next to him. " Until I looked at the seat directly next to me. I-It was like he appeared out of no where. I-I don't know how long he was there for " he says.