74 Doctors Office (2/2)

”That's quite brave of you,” the school doctor nodded. ”You rarely see someone who would do such a thing anymore.”

I took in the complement in silence as the doctor applied local anesthesia to my left hand and began running a needle through my skin and stitching up the wound. My left hand didn't feel anymore pain due to the anesthesia, and to be honest, having the wound stitched up didn't bring any additional pain as well. The only feeling I felt was something weaving in and out of my skin as well as the existence of the stitches themselves in my hand. It was an odd feeling.

”All done,” the doctor said after finishing her work. ”You can rest here until the anesthesia wears off,” she said as she got up from her seat. ”Let me go and prescribe you some painkillers.” She then walked away from us, but before she returned to her desk, she made sure to pull the curtains around the bed in order to offer us privacy.

”That was pretty reckless of you,” Luna sighed after hearing that the doctor had returned to her desk and was writing down prescriptions for me.

”It had to be done,” I apologized as I stared at my left hand.

”But,” she said with a smile on her face. Her voice made me redirect my attention from my hand back to her. ”That's pretty admirable of you to do that,” she finished.

I stared at her beautiful face as she said that. I could feel my face becoming warmer as blood rushed to it, causing me to blush. In addition, I could feel my heart pumping faster and faster in my chest.

She smiled in an amused manner after seeing my blushing face. Then, she sat down on the bed next to me in order to rest her legs and sighed. She seemed to be quite tired from helping me to the doctor's office for her countenance expressed fatigue and her breathing was somewhat deeper than usual.

”You seem kinda tired,” I mentioned to her.

”You think so?” she said in a joking manner. ”Don't you know how heavy you are?”

”I'm sorry,” I apologized.

”It's fine,” she said, smiling and looking up at the ceiling.

Then, we sat in silence as I waited for the anesthesia to wear off and for my body to rest up. I was still somewhat dizzy, but it wasn't as bad as before now. However, my body still felt pretty weak. That didn't bother me though. For some reason, my attention wasn't focused on the weakness of my body. Instead, I felt calm... A strange warmth seemed to have permeated my body, spreading throughout every single part of my body. It was a weird yet pleasant feeling.

A strange sense of drowsiness slowly emerged, causing my eyelids to become quite heavy. It was difficult keeping them open as well as sitting up straight. I felt extremely lightheaded, almost as if my brain couldn't think. However, it wasn't a bad feeling at all. No. Rather, it was a pleasant, and extremely calming feel. It was like I was floating on top of a warm ocean under the moon.

Then, before I realized, my head was resting on Luna's shoulder. When I did notice though, I had the intent of moving my head and apologizing. However, a strange thought from the back of my mind prevented me from doing so. A few more minutes, it would tell me, and I would agree. Resting like this for a few more minutes wouldn't hurt.

Then, I would close my eyes, but never truly entering into a state of slumber. Rather, it was something that's in between sleeping and being awake. I felt as if my brain was empty due to the great warmth that seemed to melt my consciousness away. This feeling is quite nostalgic, kinda like a child sleeping peacefully in the arms of his parent, knowing that he has nothing to worry about.

This warmth that had permeated my body and soothed every single fatigued muscle within me persisted. When I had noticed it, I discovered that the warmth seemed to have stemmed from the girl that I had rested my head on. It would appear that it was the warmth of her body that had caused this tranquilizing effect on me and had ascended me to the only heaven in the world of the living.

My eyes slowly opened slightly as I kept my head on her shoulder. She was right there. Luna was right there next to me. This effect she had on me was quite strange, but I liked it. It's such a calming feeling that she brought to me, and her warmth seemed to be able to slowly permeate the barriers that I had set up around my heart until her warmth warmed my lonely heart.

Being here next to her, it was like sleeping in a peaceful night with the illumination provided by the full moon overhead protecting me from all harm. That was when I noticed how much I enjoyed the presence of the moon.