Darkest Days

8, Who is NextGen?

(Specters Pov)

I woke up in a room that looked close to a wooden cabin but quickly realised that it was my dojo's hospital... I got up and looked out the window behind me, it was dead of night. Only crickets could be heard... then I heard my door swing open so I turned around frantically, started only to see Maki. Her face had a light tint of pink on it... is she blushing? Why..?

"Well...hello there.." I say quietly. Leaning against the wall behind me.

"I thought you would take way longer, thank goodness your up.." she replied quietly, rather sounding worried.

"How long was I out for?" I asked...

"Two days..." she mumbled with tears in her eyes... and then she came to hug me.

It felt quite relaxing being so close to her...and then I hugged her back pulling her closer to me. I was so close to her I could feel her heartbeat, it was really fast...

"Are you stressed about something?" I asked her quietly...

"K-kinda..." she sighed...

"Tell me anything you want, I won't tell a soul..." I told her reassuring her..
Her face turned bright red for a second and then she said..

"I was so scared for you... I thought you were going to be out for days..."

I blurted out laughing... I was laughing because not only was this normal for me but I was sick and tired of it, and finally someone actually cares for me... although I did laugh, I really wanted to just let myself go.. but I knew the time wasn't now...

"C'mon, you don't have to worry so much for me all the time, Maki; it's normal..." I said smiling...

Then she smiled a little... at least she wasn't so sad about it... then I let go of her and pulled away from the hug. After a few seconds I heard a knocking...

I opened the door and a boy stood before me...his face quite familiar...

"Yo, I just walked up in here to check if you're good; turns out you were..." He spoke quite quickly.

"Hey, whats your name?" I asked him.

"You can call me NextGen or Gen either one works bro..." He replied rather casually and his tone seemed more lightened than when I first saw him.

"Huh...NextGen..? That..sounds like a username. What's your real name?" I asked him, this time quite firmly.

"Dude, I legit told you! I'm--..." Then he stopped in his tracks and then he whispered to me...

"My real name's called Hem but I don't use it since I'm wanted in like a lot of countries.. so please use my username, ok?" He sighed, slightly smiling...

"Alright then Gen..." I replied quietly with a smile and we then shook hands.

So now I met two new people in my life..NextGen and Maki who were both very different but I knew they were also both great people...