𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 :: 𝗋𝖺𝗒

𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾

(manga = jujutsu kaisen)

These were supposed to be the best years of your life, but unfortunately, it was spent by you laying in a hospital bed. The days you spent there were dull, you barely had anyone visiting you nor keeping you company. Your parents had always been working late until midnight and you had always been homeschooled; meaning no friends. There were hardly even any kids your age in your old neighborhood. You just spent your days laying in bed, doodling or writing occasionally.

That is until one radiant afternoon, some of the medics moved a patient's bed right next to yours with a curtain dividing you two; nonetheless, it didn't stop you from taking a peek after the medics left.

But while you were observing your new 'roommate' a nurse barged into the room to give you your daily meal and medications, as well as the other patients' daily needs. Before she left though, she encouraged you to be friends with him.

Though at hearing her message, you felt a little bit afraid rather than eased. You observed him again; he looked so elegant; even in sleeping form, you couldn't help but sense your cheeks were heating up. Would he be willing to be friends with someone like you? You huffed out some air and took your daily needs before drifting off to sleep.

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You unintentionally woke up in the middle of the night, it wasn't unusual for you since it has been happening for months. As you were rubbing your eyes, you couldn't help but immediately glance at the other side; only to panic when you realized he wasn't there. What if he was hurt? What if he ran away? What if- "Hey! Are you... high or something?" without realizing it, you've been spacing out for quite a while. 

You quickly snapped out of your dazed state and muttered some apologies while he shrugged it off and decided to sit on the edge of your hospital bed.

"My name's Ray by the way, and you are?"

"You.. want to know me?" you asked, nervously fiddling with the hem of your hospital gown. He looked at you with a 'duh' look before sighing, you quickly come in with your reflexes and stated your name in a fast manner "Sorry. I'm [ Name ]."

His eyes stared at the opened window, you didn't even notice how beautiful the night sky was until you followed his gaze and focused on the luminous moon "Since we're gonna be roommates for a long time, might as well get to know each other right?" he stated before his gorgeous forest-green eyes darted to you; offering a small yet sincere smile.

Out of nowhere, he sighed and cupped his cheek "Why do I always end up becoming friends with dorks?" you punched his arm playfully and quickly turned your head the other way in an 'annoyed' manner. He chuckled and put his arms up in defense "Kidding, kidding. I apologize, your majesty." you put down the annoyed expression and soon laughed along with him.

You can't even recall the last time you've had fun like this. It was like you two had known each other for a while; nonetheless, it was.. a pleasant and cozy feeling.

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It has been 2 weeks since Ray became your roommate at the hospital. The days were no longer dull and more so enjoyable.

As you and Ray were enjoying a nice chat the door burst open, revealing a ginger-haired girl and a white-haired boy "RAY!!" the girl screamed in excitement as she lunged towards Ray; hugging him in a tight manner "Emma you need to stop doing this." Ray scolded, shaking his head.

The white-haired boy suddenly walked over to you "Sorry, you might feel a bit surprised. I'm Norman and she's Emma." Norman introduced himself, offering you a handshake which you gladly accepted.

"By the way, no need to introduce yourself. Ray has talked about you to us these couple weeks." Hearing his statement, you couldn't help but feel the tip of your ears heating up 'He told his friends about me? That's..' your thoughts trailed off as you stared at Ray, quickly snapping out of your trance as you continued to talk with Norman.

As Ray was struggling to get out of Emma's embrace, he darted his attention to you and Norman conversating; what could you be discussing with Norman? He couldn't help but think about the things he told about you to them, so feeling nervous he shouted "Hey Norman! You better not be saying anything bad about me to them." Ray jabbed at Norman while Norman only chuckled at Ray's accusation "Relax Ray, I haven't told them a single bad thing about you."

"We're sorry for visiting so suddenly! We just wanted to ask when you're gonna be discharged and.. about your new friend." She emphasized the 'new friend' which you shrugged off until you realized Ray was glaring right at Emma.

"Well, the doctor hasn't said anything about discharging me from the hospital." Emma's smile turned downwards into a frown at hearing Ray's statement, and Norman could only pat her shoulder.

"What abou-----" "Alright it's time we take our leave, see you at our next visit Ray, good luck." Norman stated, grabbing Emma's hand, turning his body around, and running off; dragging Emma along with him "What was that about?" you asked, glancing at him while he only shrugged his shoulders.

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It has been 3 months since Emma and Norman visited, Ray told you that the doctor has planned for him to get discharged soon. You did feel a little anxious, you had just made a friend, and was he leaving you? But of course, if the doctors wanted to discharge him from the hospital, you couldn't do nor say anything since you have no saying in this. You dreaded the day where he's going to be discharged, would you still be friends with him? Would he visit you? What if he forgets about you? All those questions and "what ifs" lingered forever in your mind. 

Even though you had all these negative thoughts in your mind, you had decided to just enjoy the remaining time you had with him.

January, 04-01-50

You had been woken up by the sound of rustling, surprised to see the raven-haired boy dressed in formal attire "Ray what're you doing so dressed up?" you asked with a groggy voice when he jumped from surprise at hearing your voice and instantly turned around "[ Name ] I..." he paused. You stood up and walked over to him "You're leaving... aren't you?" his pupils widened in surprise.

"Look [ Name ], I promised you I'll stay by your side right? I'm keeping that promise you know." He turned around, grabbing something from his bag; which turned out to be a piece of paper. He gives it to you and tells you to carefully read it "I'm registered to take a test so I can enter the school you're going to?" you looked at him with tears covering your vision, you didn't pay attention to that and instantly locked him up in an embrace, which somehow he managed to catch you with his own set of arms.

"But, how?"

"I had asked one of the nurses for your parent's contact information and discussed this with them, and luckily they accepted my idea." You released your hold on him and stared directly into his eyes "Thank you, Ray." you said with a sincere tone, while he responded by taking you in his arms yet again.

author's note

It's almost 2022! I hope I'll be able to release the last few chapters, I am very grateful to have you all here in my journey <3