Chapter 13

Robin walked out of the room and left Hiro to sleep

Knock. Knock.

"Hello, Hiro." "It's time to wake up."

As Hiro opened his eyes, the sunlight was entering through a small part of the window.

He looked over to where the noise was coming from. A lady was standing there. She was one of the nurses.

"Hello there Hiro. I've brought you some breakfast."

"Thank you, I'll be sure to eat all of it."

The nurse left the room after he said that. Hiro finished eating his food and read a book, although he had a difficult time concentrating on his book. Suddenly, a nagging headache started to plague him. He rubbed his temples and rubbed his eyes. But it seemed, no matter how many times he did this, the pain wouldn't subside. His brain was on overload from the only stimulus it had at the moment, the pain. He took a deep breath, and he closed his book. "I can't do this today," he said to himself.

He got out of the hospital bed and walked over to the window. It caused him a bit of pain, but he didn't care. He looked out the window and saw several students heading toward their high school. The hospital that he was in was right in front of a high school. Seeing students walk into a school reminded him he also had to deal with much homework when he got back.

"Not today," Hiro muttered under his breath. "I'll just go back to bed and deal with it tomorrow."

Hiro got back into bed and tried to relax his mind. He knew that no matter what, he'd get through this. As he closed his eyes, he could hear his mother's gentle voice echo in his mind, "You're stronger than this, Hiro. You'll get through this. Just think about what your mom told you."

Hiro looked at the clock on the nightstand. It was 12:38 PM and the food tray was still on it.

"She was right," he said to himself. "I am stronger than this. I can get through this!" He couldn't believe that he was actually going through this right now, and he was on the verge of crying the tears from his eyes and tried to focus on the thoughts his mother had planted in his mind. "I can do this," Hiro told himself again. "This will be over soon, and I'll be able to see everyone again."