My Joy, My Love

Chapter 5

 I woke up again looking at a white ceiling. I slowly sat up only to see what appears to be a doctor and nurse talking. I guess I wasn't at school anymore which I guess I could have found out by the different environment. I slowly reached towards my nose only to realize I was wearing an oxygen mask. I was tempted to pull it off but I thought that'd be a bad idea. The bed creaked as I moved making the Doctor and Nurse notice me. She said one last thing to the doctor and he left. The nurse looked at me and slowly walked closer to me. "Good morning Mr. Komaeda, are you okay? Are you in any pain?" The nurse asked. When she said this I noticed that the pain in my nose was less painful. "No, I'm fine,"  I said looking at her. She just nodded. "Well, we performed a few quick x-rays and found that your nose was broken.  The arch in your nose is cracked to the left. We'll have to do a simple surgery to correct it. There isn't anything to worry about and it'll only take an hour or two. " The nurse explained. I just nodded along to whatever she said."Though it seems that your nose had been broken for quite some time telling from the color. And the boy who brought you in said the only time they noticed something was wrong was when you fell. But a fall like that could not do this kind of damage." She said looking at me and expecting an answer. I looked away from her gaze and stared at the floor. She seemed to notice and sighed. "The doctor will perform the surgery a little later in the afternoon, giving you some time to rest a bit. If you need me please press the red button next to you. Lunch will be brought to you soon." She said then left the room leaving me alone in my thoughts. I laid down and looked at the ceiling feeling the gas from the oxygen mask fill my lungs. It obviously wasn't just oxygen. Most likely some sort of painkiller. I felt calm. I tried to think about what happened before I came here. I could kind of remember Ms.Yukizome's lesson but it's very hazy. It's hard to remember that without thinking about what happened during lunch. When Hinata called me over to "eat lunch with him". I can tell he obviously turned in to one of them and intends to bully me when I get back to school. I'm guessing he took me to the hospital because he was scared to get caught. There were too many witnesses to have taken me back and beat me like they probably planned. I tried to take a deep breath of the gas making my head fuzzier and making it harder to remember things.

 I didn't really want to think about them or what would happen to me once I got to school. As I slowly closed my eyes there was a quiet knock on the door before a nurse peeked her head through. "Mr. Komaeda, you have someone who wishes to see you. Can he come in?" She asked seeming to not be really caring about anything. A guest? Well, it's not a family member that's for sure, they'd never come see me. Could it be one of them? Would they really come all the way over here, to a hospital to hurt me? I shook my head both as a reply to the nurse and a poor attempt to get the thoughts out of my head. "No, I don't really want to see anyone," I said kind of hoping she understood that it wasn't safe for me if anyone came in here. She seemed to nod and leave. I stared at the ceiling again not feeling as tired from the scare I just got. I wish they had put my book bag in here so I could read or do homework. I looked at a TV that was in the room. It seemed to be pointed to the doctor chair and not the bed so it'd be a little hard to see but it's fine I suppose. I looked at the table beside me and picked up the remote and turned the TV on. It seems to be some sort of Soap Oprea. It was in a different language so I didn't really understand it but it seemed interesting. I decided to watch it knowing that hospitals didn't have many good channels to watch. In the end, I accidentally became invested in the show. The woman in it seems to have been in a bad relationship but will follow the person anyway. I was mentally screaming at her about obvious things. I guess I was more invested then I thought. It seemed to be getting to the good part when the nurse came in and said the doctor was ready to perform the surgery. She walked in and turned off the TV. (Just when it was at the best part) and helped me on to a wheelchair, though I didn't really need it. She put the gas tank that was attached to me on the wheelchair and wheeled me to the surgery room. I was helped onto another bed and she gave me a different gas mask and the gas I breathed in felt different as well. I started to feel very fuzzy much faster and heard a nurse yelling at another about the gas I was breathing in beforehand before I blacked out.

I woke up later feeling tired and sore. My body wouldn't move no matter have hard I tried. I opened my eyes and I was back in the regular hospital room and the TV was turned back on. The show was on again but much louder then I left it. I tried to blink myself awake but I was too tired. In the end, I fell back into a calm, hazy dream.