Chapter 162 (1/2)
Volume 2
Chapter 141
「Yes. There seems to be no problem. You can put your clothes back on.」
After sticking a stethoscope to me a number of times, the doctor hangs it over his neck.
「It does not look like your physical condition has deteriorated and there are no signs of a cold. I am relieved, it’s quite chilly lately.」
「Emm, Ahaha… I am sorry.」
After showing a stiff smile in reaction to the doctor’s sarcastic remark, I sincerely bow my head. Deeply without any reservation.
Yesterday, after I snuck out from the hospital we received a phone call from there right after I got home.
It seems that after a nurse came to check on me and realized that I was gone, the hospital turned into a huge uproar.
After not finding me in the immediate surroundings, they called home right away.
『Sorry for bothering you, did he come home by any chance?』
A voice asked in such panicking and high pitched tone that I was tempted to end the call right there out of sheer awkwardness.
Well, since it obviously would not solve anything, I honestly told them about my escape, then immediately went back to the hospital and earnestly apologized.
Actually, it was quite late already and I was considering that I might as well return to the hospital tomorrow morning, but the whole mood of the situation did not permit it.
It’s that, when adults get seriously angry, it’s quite scary.
「Please, really, really, really!! Make it the last time. For just two days, please don’t do that again. 」
「Yes… I have thoughtfully reflected on my behavior, I am sorry.」
「…If you reflected on it then I won’t say anything anymore. Please refrain from thoughtless actions, I’m not trying to frighten you but when they carried you here, you were in a really bad condition. It won’t be strange at all for an after-effect of such heavy injuries to remain. So please stay in bed and rest.」
「…I will stay in bed and seriously reflect on my attitude」
Aah, really, I can’t take it anymore.
I once again bowed my head to doctor Maeno as he left the room.
「Haa, …Aaahh, two more days in the hospital. That’s depressing.」
Grabbing my knees, I roll around on the bed.
Unless I fool around like this at least when I am alone, I felt like I would be crushed by various factors.
Until I got back to the hospital, I talked with Mai for a bit.
It seems that on the same day as I disappeared, the car with father and mother fell from the cliff by the coast-lands and they died. The car broke through the guardrail and sunk into the storming sea, our parent’s bodies weren’t discovered.
Granny and aunt had disappeared as well and still hadn’t come back.
Looks like Mai was living off the money from our parents inheritance and life insurance, so it seems she had no problems on that account. Since our family had no contacts with relatives, it all went without notorious fights over inheritance, which is a good thing.
No, that was the only good thing in all that that was related to my little sister.
「………」
Without a thing to do after becoming alone, I am starting to feel pressured by thoughts about the future.
Without the parent’s concern that I took for granted, can I support my little sister?
Were Mai to know of this she will likely say something along the lines of…
『Mai will care for you like a little piglet. You little sister will praise your cuteness and will keep you for life』.
…It would be one thing if it was in reverse, but I can’t allow my little sister to provide for me.
「I have to get a grip.」
To get some time alone, I even coerced Mai into going back to school instead of staying by my side.
I should get my thoughts in order now, while I have a chance.
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「Kaito!!」
「Fua, Fuaai?! I’m not sleeping, I am not!!」
With a rattling sound, the door had opened and the voice calling my name made me reflectively raise up, interrupting my nap.
After the examination was over, I really had nothing to do. To put it bluntly, I was dying from boredom and since I already had the record of offense, they won’t even trust me to take a walk around the hospital.
Doctors and nurses were giving me stares that were saying『He isn’t going to run away? Isn’t he?』. So out of concern for own mental health, I had no choice but to confine myself to my room.
Since then, I was killing time watching a rebroadcast of a soap-opera without much interest, but now all of my sleepiness was blown away.
「Yuuto, Yuuto is that you? Hey, come on, what are you crying for? You are ruining your handsome face… To think that even such face of yours would look handsome, what kind of cheat is that you bastard?」
「Ka, Kaito, ha, ahahahah, it’s really, really you, Kaito.」
The one who stood there was unmistakably my close friend Kanazaki Yuuto.
Still as handsome as always, he still looked good even on the verge of crying.
「Damn, who else do I look like-kuagh?!」
「You idiot, where have you been until now!!」
「Y, you, you think it’s okay to hit a hospitalized person?!」
I raise an objection after being caught off guard and getting hit with a fist in a completely relaxed abdomen.
「Shuddap, can you imagine how I felt this whole year? Of course, I will hit you!」
「Gah?! Hey, You, Guh.」
When I tried to stand up from the bed, a lariat-like move was performed on me which then, was turned into a chokehold.
「Mai-chan was hella worried as well. Even though you are such a siscon, what are you even doing.」