Lydia blinked a few times to make sure that the person before her eyes wasn't a hallucination.
"Nick?"
The young man she called out had a broad and friendly smile… to be more precise, the kind of smile that would attract the girls he wanted to advance.
Lydia got to her feet and began to adjust her expression so the young man wouldn't notice her sadness.
"What are you doing here?" Nick already knew why Lydia was in this hospital, but he decided to pretend he didn't know when he realized Lydia was trying to be cheerful.
"I could ask you the same thing," he answered in his usual friendly tone. "Are you sick? Does your sister know about it?"
Nick chuckled, amused to see the girl's pair of brown eyes watching him from head to toe.
"You're worried about me?"