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"'–losing... much blood!"

where am I? ..argh my head hurts.

as seconds go I start hearing faint voices around me.

I try getting up but my body doesn't listen to me.

what is happening to me.. I cant move.

my legs feels all tingly and weird as well.

I try to reach my legs but its no use, my arms feel heavy and are refusing to move.

after some struggling I manage to force my eyes open.

bright!

after getting used to the light, I can make out some blury figures around me. they seem to be wearing white clothes.

they seem to be taking me somehwere, lets try asking them where we are going.

"..."

eh...my voice wont come out.

lets try again. this time I scream as loud as I can.

"..w-where am I?"

this time even tho its faint, unmistakably words come out of my mouth.

the figures in white halt for a second as if they are surprised but after they regain their former speed.

one of them seem to be speaking to me.

I cant understand most of what he is saying but I can make out a few words.

"–you... an hospital. ...name?"

hospital? oh right I got hit by a car and then..

-argh my head is splitting...

"sir!.. name!"

do you want my name? I can barely hear what you are saying...

I'm starting to feel shivering cold all over my body as well as intense tiredness and I can feel my eyes are starting to close.

the last thing I hear is a quiet murmur which can only be my voice.

"...Laurent... Wiles."

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Laurent Wiles, that is my name.

my mother once told me that when I was born I was giggling instead of crying.

my parents, the doctor and the nurses got really scared but after some check ups it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong with me.

I was a perfectly healthy baby.

apparently after hearing that both of my parents broke down laughing, most likely from relief.

according to my dad, my name Laurent means "bright one" in an ancient lost language.

thats how I got my name.

my dad was a charismatic tall good looking guy.

he had this energetic aura around him which would make everyone around him feel energetic and happy.

on paper my dad was just a regular civil worker.

however in reality my dad was a researcher.

together with a small group of his friends, they researched aincent relics and books from our old world.

as thats counts as hersey in society, it was kept in secret from everyone apart from the families of the group.

on successful expeditions my dad would bring home some of the relics he found together with a bunch of exciting stories.

for example he would sometime bring back thin round metal objects which he believed were used as currency.

in other occasions he brought data chips or some weird objects. on really successful trips he would return with some old computers or books.

our home was perfect. my sister was always energetic and my reliable mom would cheer me up whenever something bad would happen at school.

that lasted until a few weeks after my 14 birthday.

on that cursed day my dad and his friends simply vanished.

to the police it was nothing unusual as people suddenly disappear every once in a while.

whenever they do, they either disappear forever or a few days later they suddenly show up with no memories of the time they were gone.

however my dad and his friends were never found.

I can still remember the day the police explained my mom that he is most likely never coming back.

that day was the first time I've seen my mother cry.

after that my life turned upside down.

we had to sell our old house.

our new home was tiny with a bunch of problems in a dangerous neighborhood.

but that wasnt the biggest change.

together with my dad, the cheerfulness, the laughing and the never ending excitement, all disappeared as well.

a short while after his disappearance, my mom who was a strong reliable woman completely broke down from the stress and had to be hospitalized for almsot a week.

since then she became a very fragile and impulsive person.

my sister who was always cute and energetic locked herself in her room and refused to either eat nor get out.

after that I made a promise to myself. I will become what my dad cant do anymore, I will become a pillar for this house.

I started working part time jobs, taking care of chores and I kept smiling and laughing as much as I could.

after a while my efforts started paying off and everything once again started looking up.

my mom started looking after herself and my sister started coming out of her room and returning to her previous self and finally after a year of struggles she even returned to school.

everything was almost normal again. I was happy.

then a year later I started highschool and met April.

she was this tall, beautiful, confident girl who was also extremely smart, nice and social.

it always felt weird talking to her so I never did.

which is why I dont understand why a month into the year she and her friends started bullying me.

as the year went on the bullying accelerated and my school life became hell.

however I was still happy.

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why is everything so bright? argh..

the first thing I see after I open my eyes is a white roof.

after some touching and looking around, it seems like I'm in some kind of a bed, and a pretty uncomfortable one.

I clench my teeth, grab the bed handles and I push myself up.

I'm covered with a white blanket from my belly downward and there are a some medical looking equipments next to my bed.

it seems like I'm in a hospital room.

from looking around it appears there are at least three other people in the room, one is near me and as his bed is covered in curtains I can only see its resting shadow and not whether its a he or she.

the other two are middle age looking woman which are most likely nurses judging by their clothes.

they appear to be talking about something although I'm too far to hear what it is.

shouldn't nurses look after their patients... I cough.

"..hello? this is an hospital right?"

the two nurses looks my way and after exchanging a few words one of them leaves the room and the other one walks up to me.

getting a better look at her, she appears to be around my mother's age.. no perhaps slightly younger, she has a bob cut brown hair and she wears the classic white nurses outfit.

with only a few steps she arrives at my bed and starts taking a look on the medical equipment.

after she finishes turns to me and smiles softly.

"how are you feeling sweetheart? this is indeed a hospital. the other nurse just went to call your mother and the doctor so they will both arrive shortly."

my mother is here? I've caused trouble haven't I...

just as I'm about to reply to the nurse a serious looking man with white hair wearing matching white robes enters the room together with the other nurse from before.

looking at my direction the old man speaks up, "thank you, Minerva I will take it from here."

the nurse with the bob cut which appears to be Minerva nods to me as well as the old man which by now I'm guessing is the doctor, and heads out of the room.

the doctor walks up to me and when he arrives he starts scrolling through a tablet which appears to

have my medical diagnostic in it.

with a stern look on his face he turns to me and his expression hardens.

I start feeling a little nervous as that look can only mean bad things.

"young man, first I want to thank you as the uncle of the two girls you saved from certain death."

oh those two.. I hope they are okay. didn't one of them strain her leg or something?

"excuse me sir, do you know if both girls are okay? it looked to me as if one of the girls was suffering from a strain."

"there is no need to worry while one of the girls is currently a patient in this hospital she is only suffering from a light strain."

thanks god... I'm glad they are both okay.

"also your family medical expenses have been personally taken care off by the girls family."

oh thats good to hear I was worried we might not be able to pay the–

...my heart sinks. wait.. he said family, is someone else from my family hospitalized here? why? what happend?

"oh my, I deeply apologize it appears that you didn't know that your sister is also hospitalized here."

my sister? perhaps something did happen yesterday after all. if that is the case then its all my fault... if anything serious happened to her I wont be able to live with myself.

"..is my sister okay!? what happend to her?"

the doctor face softened. as his mouth opens up to say something he gets cut off by the footsteps of someone.

"perhaps its better to let your mother explain.

after you two finish talking I will come back finish your check up."

after saying that his face regains the stern look and he walks out of the room.

the footsteps sound is getting closer and finally after mere seconds my mother shows up.

she looks terrible, her face is a mess and it looks like she cried a lot.

she stops at the front of my bed and just stands there quietly.

"...mom!? is Kana oka-?"

"Kana has been assaulted!"