The Witch's Other Worldly Lover

I'm better?!?

When I regain consciousness the woman is no longer in the room. The wooden cup is refilled and lying on a bedstand next to me. My body feels better than it has been in weeks. While of course not completely better, as my entire body aches, my head feels strangely clear instead of stuffy which is how it felt since I got sick.

I also seem to be able to actually move around without any dizziness. How long was I asleep for? Through the window I can see that it's night. I hesitate to drink the water because I've realized the possibility of drugs. Maybe that's why I fell asleep so easily last time.

I slid my feet over the edge of the bed and wait a little to see if I can hear anyone moving about. I think I'm safe as I don't hear anything so I get down from the bed. I go over to the window but I see a flower garden outside and some faint lights coming from the right. But than something odd caught my eye. My reflection... At first glance it seems right but on closer inspection it's all wrong...

My hair is the same brown color it was previously but my eyes are almost the same color of that woman. They're a little murkier of a green than her eyes. A small mole that I never had is under my right eye. And above all I look too young. This is not my face. My breath starts to hitch and I rub my eyes hard.

When I open my eyes I still see those murky green eyes reflected at me. I dig my fingernails into my palms but I can clearly feel the pain. This is not a dream. Maybe it's a lucid dream right? Maybe while my brain was dying it decided to throw me into a imaginary world so it feels like I'm living longer. Maybe I... I aready died and my soul was flung into this girl's body like an Isekai story... But I didn't meet truck-kun, I don't think?

This isn't really the time for jokes but that did seem to make my heart calm down. This is my current reality and I don't think it would be possible to surgically remove my brain and place it in a girls body. There would have to be some strong rejection and my brain wouldn't be able to control this body as it would have an entirely different structure. And why did I recover from whatever I had so quickly?

Oh, maybe that really was this girl's mother earlier... What happened to this girl? What happened to me? Will I suddenly snap back to my own body or will I live in this body until I die... Possibly for the second time. Anyway this is my reality now so I must live on. It is probably for the best not to move around so much as my body aches whenever I move it and I don't need to immediately escape.

I walk back and sit on the bed. I gaze at the cup of water to the side of me. I guess I probably don't have to worry about it being drugged if that wam is actually my mother. I drink it down and I realize it has the taste of well water instead of city pipe water. I don't know what I should do so I just bundle myself with the blanket and try not to think about how I overtook this girl's body. After what seemed like ages I finally drift off once more.