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💣MAVROS💣

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Incessant beeping awakened my subconscious, making me wonder what happened. I opened my eyes to see what I thought was a hospital. I rubbed my eyes and shook my head to clear the dizziness. But a vibrating pain had me gripping my head to hold it in place. With my other hand, I flung away, and the heart monitor clipped to my finger.

"UGHHH. My head." After the pain stopped, I opened my eyes and scanned the room.

We're in a hospital room. What are we doin-. How did we get here?

I kept one hand on my head and used the other to slide myself forward. The pulsing pain returned, but I successfully sat myself up. I scanned the side table, looking for a call button to get someone in here. I pressed a few random buttons until a few minutes later, a male nurse entered.

"Great, you're awake. I'm Cain, how are we doing?"

"Yeah. My head fuckin' hurts. Can I get some meds or some shit?"

"I'm sorry to hear that. However, your medication is connected to your IV."

"Okay. Ugh..how'd I get here?"

"You took a blow to the right side of your head. A samaritan came across you on the side of the road near the airport."

Airport? VERITY.

"Ugh, the female passenger with me, is she alright?"

"I'm sorry, but you were alone at the scene. From the angle you were hit and found..the passenger with you is the culprit."

The fuck? Why would Ver hit me?

"That doesn't sound right. Ve-ugh she would never hurt me."

"I'm sorry. I'm just the messenger."

"Were any of my family called?"

"Yes, your parents, however, they stated they were on an out-of-state trip. Your next contact was Jesse, I believe? That was half an hour ago, so he should arrive any time."

"Alright, thank you."

"You're welcome. Do you need anything before I make my next round?"

"No." I shook my head and physically stopped myself.

"Alright, but if you change your mind, just press the button."

"Thanks."

"Oh, when can I be discharged?"

"Possibly after your other emergency contact arrives."

Cain nodded and quietly slipped out the door. I turned to the IV and repeatedly pressed the connected button. Frustratingly, it didn't seem to increase the pain meds at all. To distract myself I grabbed my phone to doom scroll on TikTok. About five minutes of feed my room door swung open to reveal Jess, Rad, and Dav.

"The hell are you two doing here with Jess?" I sternly greeted them as I held my head.

"We were about to leave when Jess got the call."

"How could we leave after hearing you're in the hospital?"

"I'm fine. Now that you see I ain't dead yet, go to your posts."

"Alright, alright. Geesh, fuck me for showing some concern."

"That hit to your head certainly didn't make you any fuckin' nicer."

Rad and Dav complained before quickly leaving.

"Fuck Mav, did someone stuff a snake up your ass?" Jess sighed as he placed a chair at the side of my bed.

I simply showed him the finger, before pressing the alert button to summon the nurse.

"They say you only need to pre-." Jess started but tapered off at my glare.

I continued to press the button while holding Jess's disapproving stare. After two minutes the same male nurse rushed in.

"Oh, thank God. I thought you had an emergency." He huffed as he rested his hands on his knees.

"No, no emergency, just impatience. I apologize on his behalf, though he owes you the apology." Jess smiled kindly at the guy as he gave me the side eye.

"Sorry, for the rush. I just don't like hospitals." I gritted out at first but gradually lowered my tone.

"Hehe, it's alright-?"

"I'm Jesse, his longtime friend, and designated monster parent."

"Nice to meet you, I'm nurse Cain. I understand him, though. I want to leave, and I only work here." Cain and Jess laughed as he removed the needle from the IV. He put a cotton ball in my hand and positioned it over the puncture mark. He let go and grabbed a Band-Aid from one of his pockets. After bandaging me, he stepped back and placed his hands in his pants pockets.

"You're all set. You can get dressed now. Mr. Monster Parent you can follow me to take care of your kid's paperwork." Cain winked as he chuckled and Jess followed him.

After they left I grabbed the backpack Jess had brought me and entered the bathroom. I looked in the mirror to assess my head injury. On the right side of my head was a wide white bandage taped in my hair. I gently maneuvered my hair to try to cover some of the bandage. As I didn't want to appear foolish to my patchies and family.

Ehh, ma will still call you an idiot. That or say it's fitting.

I grumbled to myself and splashed water on my face to cool myself down. After drying my face I took off the gown and got dressed. After I put my socks and shoes on, I exited and found Jess waiting for me. I handed him the backpack and in exchange, he gave me my paperwork.

"Can we go now? I'm ready to blow this popsicle stand."

"Yes, but I'm driving." Jess swung the keys in front of me.

"Whatever, monSTer pARent." I grumbled as I left first.

It took about fifteen to twenty minutes of navigating the hospital to reach Jess's Cooper. We got in with silence making this a threesome. Our little party only lasted twenty minutes, before Jess spoke.

"Are you hungry?"

"I'll eat when we get home."

"Do you want me to fill out this prescription?"

"No, we've got a functional medicine cabinet at home."

"You still feeling the affects of that snake that was up your ass?"

"Cain said that I wasn't in a collision."

"Ugh huh."

"So what exactly happened?"

"I think it's better to wait to till you can physically see the evidence." Jess proposed as he avoided eye contact.

How strange...

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