Scintilla

20) Medication and Healing

There's a strange sensation on the back of your head, almost... cold? When it brushes against the pillow you feel it more prominently. It must have something to do with the brain haemorrhage... surgery?

Kiibo rushes back into the room, glass of water in hand. As he fumbles with it, you see drops of water splashing over the side and landing on the floor. You want to laugh but even breathing is hurting right now, so you don't.

"Here you go," Kiibo holds the water out to you, before it clicks that you only have one hand, and the tablets are in that hand.

You both stare at each other for a while, neither moving. Then he blinks.

"Uh, I can assist. You swallow the tablets and I will pour water into your mouth," He suggests, looking unsure of himself.

"Ok, fa-fank... fank you," you smile softly at him, placing one of the painkillers on top of your tongue.

Kiibo moves the glass to your lips, tipping it slightly. You move your head away and he takes the glass back. You swallow the tablet and repeat the action, Kiibo repeats his actions. You swallow the last tablet, make eye contact with Gonta and start laughing.

At least you swallowed the water before laughing, because that would've ended up in choking.

You clutch your stomach with your left arm, "Gosh that wash... st...sta...stange,"

It hurts to laugh but you just can't stop, tears escape your eyes as you continue to laugh. You finally calm down, wincing. You use your hand to wipe away the tears. A smile remains on your face as you sigh.

You tilt your gaze up, seeing both boys looking at you with wide eyes. Gonta is mirroring your expression with a large smile across his face. Kiibo, however, just has his mouth open in shock.

"Hm, never sheen me laugh beee...before?" You ask.

"No," Kiibo shakes his head, Gonta nods in agreement.

"Oh..." You trail off, Well, it's true, isn't it? You've never laughed in front of them.

"I should inform the rest of our classmates that you have woken up," Kiibo states, already walking out the door.

"Uh n-no! Wait!" You call out to him, reaching with your arm, "Can you... wait a wittle...little bit longer? I don't wheely-whee-really(!) feel like being ov'r...ovr'whelmnd just yet..." You look off to the side awkwardly, not liking how defenceless you are in this predicament.

Gonta turns to Kiibo with sympathetic eyes, imploring Kiibo to do as you say.

Kiibo wavers, "I suppose we can wait until the next change of shifts, it is only an hour away,"

You breathe out in relief. You don't want to deal with your worried classmates just yet. They'll fuss over you no end; you can't deal with that right now.

"San-sank..." you cringe, "Thank you,"

"You can't expect yourself to be talking completely normal right after what happened," Kiibo catches your mistake, "You likely have brain damage,"

Oh. Thanks. You can't stop the large smile spreading across your lips as you try to put on an angry expression.

"Brain damage? Is that an in...inshult?" You narrow your eyes at Kiibo, failing at hiding the smile.

He sputters, "I did not mean it that way!"

He points at you, looking thoroughly incensed but also concerned that he really did insult you. Gonta doesn't seem to understand what you're talking about, but he knows you mean everything in good humour, so his smile hasn't wavered.