In Another Life

Crash out

As the dreamscape faded to black, Curly was back in the hospital ward, laying in bed as his arms were bandaged from the crash, along with a few bruises and wounds that were patched up. He groans from the anesthesia fading, looking around his ward as he was slightly confused at where he was, still shaking off the sleep

“ugh..my head…”

He sighs, sinking into the sheets more comfortably now as the dream still played in his head for a bit, but he didn’t see their faces properly. Only recognizing and remembering their voices as he looked around for a bit, the thought of his job filled his mind now, not his injury, he needed this job to make a living and now that he got in that crash, what was he to do? He didn’t even see the driver’s face nor their plate before he got hit, meaning he probably couldn’t get their insurance to cover this hospital trip.

“...man…”

But his silence and wallow was interrupted by the sound of his room doors opening, Anya stepping in and looking around before looking at him, smiling a bit to try and bring him ease

“Hello, Mister Curly, how are you feeling so far? Your arms sustained a few burns from the friction against the asphalt when you got hit by that truck…it's truly a miracle that you’re still alive”

He was a little surprised, but on top of that, he was a bit uneasy at how real Anya was. Anya. not the one from his dreams as he just tries to brush off the thought in his head, showing her a small friendly smile as he groans, trying to sit up

“I’m alright, thank you…uh, did you happen to have the information of the truck driver?”

“Hm…no, sorry, they didn’t send you to the hospital, it was a bystander that reported the incident”

He groans, now annoyed a little more, running his hands through his dirty blonde curly hair as he just tries to calm down

“Thank you, Doctor”

“Anytime, feel free to click the call button if anything else comes up”

Leaving him to his own after, Curly just decided to take this time to text his work and update them on his status in the hospital, on top of that, he was thinking of filing a police report for the hit and run, he wanted to find whichever bastard it was and have them pay.

And that bastard, back at the crash site earlier, abandoned his truck upon hitting curly, cursing at the unconscious curly on the ground, breeding out as he himself sustained minor injuries, except for his truck.

Hearing a car approaching, he ran back in the truck, grabbing the dash can from the top of the truck and ripping it off in a state of adrenaline, smashing it on the ground and destroying it as he took the chip from within and ran off with it, sweating and panicking, hands sweaty and face soaked in nothing but fear and guilt as he ran into an alley around the surrounding buildings

“Sh-shit shit! Fucking fuck! W..Why didn't he see my truck? F..fucking dipshit deserved it. Ah fuck what the fuck am I going to do now!? I can't fucking lose this job…fuccckk!”

He cursed, kicking an empty trashcan to the ground as he held his head, his name tag glistening on his uniform as he panicked like a maniac, having just ran from a crime scene he caused.

He couldn't go back, not to that godforsaken place, he was doing so well, struggling from catching scraps and yet barely getting by with his shitty apartment that looked like a junkie's rat nest.

His name on that tag, as clear as day, amidst everything that has happened, a name he was born with, a name he was cursed with.

Jimmy.

He sweats, now slumped over a wall in the alley as he runs his fingers through his hair in a sweaty mess, biting his fingernails.

“Fuck..s..Should I go back?..fuck..fucking shit! I..I killed a man.. ohhh fuck..I killed a man…”

The noise of the city, filling his mind and yet fading out, the only coherent thought in his head repeating to him, loud as day and as clear as glass.

‘Take responsibility.’

Notes:
Sorry for the delay of getting this chapter out! Busy with academy work ;0; future chapters will be a bit slow since it's assignment season, but I promise I haven't forgotten y'all!