70 3.27- A Stroll in The Park... In A WheelChair (1/2)
Monday, 22nd of January 1996
It is already time to close the funds for the crowd-funding activity that had been going on for almost a week. I looked at the balance of the funds in the bank account and it has passed an amount of more than 15 million yen. I had decided to skip school today and headed straight to the bank to close its account.
But first I have to fulfil my obligation to meet with Akira in the hospital. She had just finished breakfast of oatmeals with chia seeds and was sitting propped up in her bed. I peeked through and knocked on her door and she told me to come in.
She looked up with rosy cheeks and bowed slightly at me from her bedside. I was wondering to myself if Akira would like to take a walk around the hospital grounds rather than spending her time in bed all the time.
”Can I really do that? Do you think the nurses will allow me to leave and take a walk outside?”
”Sure... Why not, Akira... I'd arrange for a wheelchair to wheel you around. At least a bout of fresh air would bring you some good. You had been breathing in this uncirculated air in this room for months.... Give me a second while I talk to the nurses outside...”
After discussing health matter for bringing patients out from their beds to the streets, they finally let me have a wheelchair and assist Akira out of bed. Since she had spent months lying down and not moving her limbs at all, they felt kind of useless and wobbly jelly-like after being immobilised for long.
I princess-carried Akira out from her bed and she sheepishly had to slide her arms around my neck and shoulder to support herself while my hand supported her back and one arm under her legs. I gently carried her out from bed and placed her on the wheelchair. The nurses who saw me doing for Akira all let out a deep, low and audible sigh of wishful thinking.
I told them to call me if there's any need arises as I slowly wheeled her out for the first time in months since her accident. She shielded her eyes from the morning sun's rays.
”Akira, it's good to sunbathe in the morning before 9 am, you know. It is full of Vitamin C. But after 9 am its vitamin D...”
”How come there's a change in vitamin C to D? What's the difference...?”
”Oh... Vitamin D after 9 am means you could get Dark from it like the fishermen from Hokkaido... Hahaha...”
I laughed out loud and she too let out a shy laugh which she covered the mouth with her hand. From a single look, she is overcome with the cuteness of a middle school girl.
As I wheeled Akira out of the hospital compound in her wheelchair, she saw a group of students walking by. ”Shiro, aren't you supposed to go to school today? You are in your school uniform, right? But why are you not heading to school?” Akira asked with a worried look on her face.
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”Sure, Akira... In a while but more. Furthermore, it's a Monday so the start of school would be much slower than normal days... Besides we have other projects that need to be done by today... Time is running out.”
I said nonchalantly at her as I wheeled her out in the sunshine. A student in Asahigaoka school uniform waved at me and approached us.” Is this place alright?” the unnamed student asked and I said just get on with it. He then took a green backdrop cloth and placed it behind on a wall. Then I wheeled Akira in front of the cloth and asked Akira to smile and the unnamed student took a photo of her. Next was my turn. I paid ¥5000 and a piece of crumpled paper to the unnamed student and specifically told him that I'd be waiting in front of Yaskawa-kun in an hours time.
The unnamed student unfurled the cloth from the wall and folded it. He pocketed the money and left while nodding in agreement. He soon left in a huff.
”What was that all about?” Akira asked as I wheeled her towards Ozone Station that was about 15 minutes time.