one fire burns out another's burning.
One pain is lessened by another's anguish
(romeo Juliet, Williams Shakespeare)
His eyes fluttered open and first thing to come in his view was the white ceiling of the hospital room. Anti septic and medicines smells entered his nose. Hushed whispered could be heard by him. He tried to sit up but ended up hissing in pain as pain shot up from his right arm. After a bit of wrestling he was able to stand up despite the pipes attached to him and the band in his left arm. He drew the curtains with his right arm only to met with an empty bed where his sister was supposed to be. Panic rose in his heart and he stepped outside the the curtains to stop a nurse passing by. He stopped her.
"where is the patient that was beside me" he asked the nurse in white uniform.
