Discharged.

On the hospital bed.

" There there. I am also very happy to see you again, Carla. Can you let go of me now? It's not like I'll go anywhere okay? "

Leon has this helpless wry smile on his face as he combs the little girl's hair gently with his fingers.

How long has she been hugging him like this? Over twenty minutes?

Both her arms were wrapped firmly around his waist, burying her face on Leon's chess while sobbing.

" No! I don't want to let go. What if Leon will sleep and won't wakey-wakey again? " Carla shakes her head and resolutely refused him. " I don't want Leon to leave me again! "

Her words made Leon even more helpless and also, a bit guilty. It seems like he really made this favorite person of his very worried.

But can he do?

It's not like I did that on purpose, did he?

Who would have expect that he will suddenly fell unconscious so suddenly?

But the fact that he made this little girl worried and sad for a few days was undeniable. He can only appease her.

" What are you talking about, Carla? I will never leave you. Didn't we promised before that we will stay together even after we grew up? So why would I leave you? "

" Y-yes but you didn't wake up for so long, Leon. I... I'm scared that Leon will... you will not.... you will not... "

Leon also coiled his arms around the girl's shoulder then pulled her even closer to him. " You don't have to worry about that because I will always be with Carla forever. I won't ever leave you. "

" P-promised? " Only then did Carla finally lift up her small head and looked at Leon. She wanted to see him promised seriously.

" Mn. I promised! "

Carla's eyes shone as an incredibly brilliant smile bloomed on her lips.

" Then... Then I'll stay with Leon forever too! "

....

Flashback.

Around thirty minutes ago.

As usual, Pauline and Carla once again came to the hospital to visit Leon.

Today is saturday so there's no classes for Carla to attend. Pauline on the other hand, still did not open her eatery/canteen up to now. She can't bring herself to.

Christina was against this and she keep on telling Pauline to go open her eatery even without her but Pauline stubbornly declined. She even made an excuse that she wanted to take a rest too and that this was the best time to do that.

Christina of course didn't give up immediately, she appreciate Pauline's presence here but she didn't want to trouble her. Cristina told to think about her employees that are working for her.

They are losing their daily income as this continue but Pauline casually answered her with, " I already paid their full week salary and told them to take a rest too, which they gladly accepted. "

That answer from Pauline made Christina unable to continue persuading her.

' This woman.... * sigh *. '

That's was Christina's thoughts. She kept on complaining to her but deep inside, Christina felt really grateful to this newly found sister of hers. She knew that Pauline's doing this to support her; to at least lessen her burden by staying on her side and wait for Leon to wake up. Without even knowing when.

Although it's not logical, this action of hers really did moved Christina a lot.

" Mommy, let's hurry up. I want to see if Leon woke up already. " said Carla after arriving in front of the hospital.

But Pauline pulled her towards the nearby bench and took out a small gloves and a new face mask from her bag. " That won't do, Carla. You have to wear these things first, remember? "

" Eh, that again, Mommy? But it is very hard for me to breath if I wear them. "

" I know. But you still have to wear them, Carla because they will protect you. "

After a little more explanation, Pauline was finally able to make Carla wear those things she brought. Only then did the two of them went inside the hospital and head towards Leon's room.

Opening the door, Carla immediately bolted inside the room and climbed up on the bed withou even looking at it.

" Leon, I came again today! Let's play okay? Please wake up now okay? Okay? "

Without even looking at Leon, Carla began opening the small bag she's been carrying with her and took out something from it.

" Look, Leon. I brought you a suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper big apple! I asked mommy to buy it for me so let's eat it together okay? I'm sure it-... eh? EHHHHHH?!!!!! "

Carla wasn't able to finish what she's trying to say. It's because she saw Leon lying in front of her with his eyes open and was looking at her with a smile on his face.

" Hello, Carla. " he said.

" Leon! "

End of flashback.

.....

" I'm glad to see that you are already awake, Leon. " said Pauline as she smiled at him. " Are you okay? "

Leon went daze for a moment after seeing that. That smile really worth millions if not billions. " Mn. I'm fine now, auntie Pauline. I'm sorry for making you all worried. "

" As long as you are fine. " Pauline then turned her head to Christina and said, " Sister Christy.... "

" I know, I know. Let's go outside and talk. I also need to buy some medicines. " replied Christina.

She seems to know what Pauline was trying to say without needing her to finish.

" Leon, we will go out first so you have to take care of Carla, okay? You already know what to do right? I'm sure your father will come back soon too and if everything went well, we can go home after that. "

" Got it mom. Leave Carla to me. You and auntie, take care. "

" Bye bye auntie Christy, bye bye mommy. "

" Mn. We will be back immediately. "

Pauline and Christina then went out of the room after that, leaving only Leon and Carla inside.

Carla finally let go of Leon as she picked up the big red apple she brought with her and give it to him. " Here, Leon. This is for you. "

" For me? But you said earlier that we should eat it together, didn't you? "

" * Giggles * I only said that because I want Leon to wake up already. I asked mommy to buy this for you yesterday. Do you like it, Leon? "

" Mn. Of course, I like it a lot. I will keep it for now then. " As he said that, the apple on his hand vanished. " Thank you, Carla. "

" Wow! Leon, teach me, teach me. Teach me magic! Please.. "

" Next time. Let's eat first. Dad brought a lot of food yesterday. Let's eat them together. "

" Okay. But you have to teach me magic next time. "

" Sure, next time. " replied Leon nonchalantly. This event had happened a lot of times already so he knows how to divert her attention easily.

....

In Pauline and Christina's side.

" You are planning to discharge Leon today, sister Christy? " asked Pauline while they are walking side by side on the street.

" That's right. I talked to Joseph this morning and he said that it's okay to take Leon out today as they haven't found anything wrong his body condition. He also told me that Leon is completely healthy. Surprising right? "

" Yes, in a way. But they still haven't figured out what made Leon fell unconscious for almost five days now. Isn't that a bit..... sigh. "

" Mn. But it's fine as long as Leon is okay. By the way, Pauline. Are you gonna open your eatery on Monday? "

" Well, now that Leon is already awake, then I'll probably do that, sister Christy. But don't worry, you can take your time and take care of Leon first. "

" Thank you, Pauline. For understanding. "

" Mn. Let's go and hurry then, sister Christy. We still need to take care of Leon's discharge papers after this. "

" Oh, about that... Victor had already taken care of that. I'm sure Leon can take care of Carla too so we can take our time buying all the things we need to buy. "

" Is it so.... " Pauline thought for a moment before nodding her head. " Mn. Let's do that then. "

....

Back to Leon.

Joseph, along with a female nurse are inside Leon's room at this moment. The nurse is carefully removing the needle of dextrose on his hand while Joseph on the other hand is busy examine Leon for the last time.

" Congratulations, Leon. You are completely fine now and can go home after your parents returned. It won't take long so don't worry. I have to go first. " said Joseph after he's done examining him.

The results that he got this time are still the same with the past tests he did showing that Leon is completely okay.

" Yehey! You can go home now, Leon! We can play again tomorrow, right? You will go to our house again right? "

Leon patted Carla's head and smiled at her before saying, " Sure. "

An hour later, Victor, Cristina and Pauline finally came back. They then began packing all the things they need to bring back and also disposed all the things they needed to dispose ( Anything hospital related ).

Finally, at around 5 pm in the afternoon, Leon stepped out of the hospital. Feeling the rays of the setting sun on his face, Leon smiled.

A lot of things happened this week and majority of it, he didn't know as he was unconscious.

But it doesn't bother him too much.

His gains in this small event were also quite big after all. Just remembering about the conversation he had with the system this morning was enough to make his blood boils in excitement.

Looking at his parents' back, Leon nodded his head and murmured, " Guess I have to start soon. The sooner, the better. "

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