*Whoosh*
In the dark of the midnight, a cool wind was blowing in a street where no people can be found. The wind made the leaves of the trees fluttered which made an Eerie sound.
* Step * * Step *
When the sound of foot steps started echoing in that street, suggesting someone's presence in that lonely road. A young man was walking under the street lights with his focus on the cell phone instead of the road. He was walking with one hand in his pocket while the other carrying the cell phone scrolling down on the screen. He seems to be reading some novel in his cell phone.
Behind the young man, at a distance, an opened convenience store can be seen, suggesting that he came from there. Which is true, as he works as a full time counter worker in that Convenience store.
Usually his shift ends in the evening of 5 o'clock but today because of one of the worker being sick he had to take on that person's job. During work he is not allowed to use his cell phone because of which he wasn't able to read the latest chapter of the current online novel that he was following. The night was too Eerie for him to focus on the road because of which he chose to focus on the novel's chapter to not get too nervous and afraid while going back his home.
He would really like to ask someone to get him to his home but unfortunately all the people he knew are already asleep plus his home is not that far from the convenience store. He is also embarrassed to ask for anyone's help because there might be people who will think he is some spineless guy for asking for their help just because he is scared of the dark, but man, This kind of midnight walk is not really just scary but nerve wrecking for him. He is not use to this kind of thing. He usually sleeps before midnight and now only the cool wind and the novel's chapter is what is keeping him calm.
As he got out from that small street to the main road while making sure that no vehicle was coming in his way, he sigh in relief because that small street seems too Eerie with the sound of the leaves fluttering with the wind. As he made sure that no vehicle was passing the road, he started walking again while his focus still being on the chapter he was reading in his cell phone before. But when he was going to pass the middle of the main road, he suddenly heard the screeching sound of tires and the next second, he found himself above the ground with his cell phone losing from the grips of his hand and flying away.
At that moment everything started to move very slowly for him. He look at the cell phone flying away from his hand and then he look at the thing which made him thrown into the air. It was actually a big truck which usually carries a container filled with goods. He found that all the lights of truck were out, making it totally invisible in this dark night. He thought in confusion.
' Why the lights of this truck are OFF?'
And that become his last thought because he died in mid air, as the amount of injury his body sustained with that single collision had totally broke his spine and other bones of the body. Even his Heart was pierced by his own rib cage's broken bones and his skull was totally destroyed.
When his body finally hit the road he was already a corpse. The corpse of the young man, who once work as a full time worker in some convenience store for living and had hobby of reading web novels on his cells phone, died just like that.
.....
At another place, another young man was having deep sleep on the bed of some hospital room. The outside was still dark, suggesting that it was still night outside.
Suddenly the young man who was sleeping with relaxed expression, wake up with the expression of fear on his face. He started to take big breaths of air like he was feeling suffocated. He look around his surrounding frantically to see where he was and when found he seems to be in some hospital room, he sigh in relief.
He started to get little relaxed and started looking around the room to only find an IV pole near his bed. Seeing this he got confused and thought.
' Why there is only this IV pole here?'
He thought about the accident that he had just experienced, but just as this thoughts came to his mind he was attacked by a powerful headache.
He felt like his head was splitting in half. He wanted to scream but no voice came out of his mouth. The pain was so unbearable that he wasn't able to keep his conscious and passed out.
.....
* Chirp * * Chirp *
After some hours the young man wake up hearing the chirping sounds of the birds outside. He look towards the big hospital window from which the sun rays were coming in the room after getting filtering trough the window curtains. He remained on his bed as he started to think about what happened to him yesterday night. But before he can delve deeper into that, he was suddenly startled by someone's greetings.
" Good morning Ryu."
He turned his head toward the voice and saw the person that greeted him. She was actually a beautiful lady that seems to be around in her early twenties and seems to be of Eastern Asian descent. Her hair was done in bun, while she was wearing a white shirt and long brown skirt, there was also a scarf around her neck which made her look mature and elegant at the same time. She was looking at him with pure loving smile and seeing this, the young man whose name seems to be Ryu also smiled.
He look at her and said.
" Good morning Big sister Miyoko, When did you came?"
He got up to sit on the bed, to which Miyoko help him up a little.
" Thank you."
Said Ryu as he got his big sister's help. Miyoko smiled seeing this and then move away from him to give him some space. She sat on the chair which was placed beside the bed for her by the nurse.
She said after putting the laptop bag on her lap that she was carrying.
" I came here 30 minutes ago, and was waiting for you to wake up."
He look at her and saw the laptop bag. He asked.
" How is your writing coming along?"
She shook her head and said.
" Currently I am not able to write anything new because of your condition. Once you become well, My mind will be at ease."
He become little sad and embarrassed hearing this. He said with a sad expression.
" Sorry for causing you trouble, big sis."
His big sister shook her head and smiled, she got up and came to the bed. She put her arms around his neck and pull him into her embrace. She said with gentle tone.
" What are you being sorry for dumb-dumb, it's not like you become sick intentionally. Don't be sorry for this kind of things, okay? Plus experiencing this kind of things will also give you and me new kind of ideas to write for our stories."
Hearing this the young man smiled and also hug her back. They remained like that for some minutes, feeling each other's warmth. Then finally his Sister separated herself from him which also give him signal to do the same. She sat on her seat and asked.
" So, how are you feeling?"
He told her after straightening his back a little.
" I am feeling very good today. It seems that my Malaria is totally gone."
Miyoko nodded and said.
" Okay, Let's see what results we will get after today's check up."
Then she took out the lunch box with breakfast that she had made for them in the morning before coming to hospital. She said to him.
" Let me help you wash first then we can have our breakfast."
Ryu nodded hearing this and went down the bed with Miyoko's help. She help him get to the bathroom which was also present inside the room. After helping him get into bathroom she came back to her seat.
After doing his morning ritual and washing up, Ryu came out of the bathroom and both Miyoko and Ryu started their breakfast together.