Great Hope

"What's behind the big door?" asked Alina more curious. "What did you see?"

Yu smiled broadly, it seemed that the young doctor was indeed very interested in the life he had lived, even more so in the things she had never experienced as part of the elite.

"Don't you think it's been too long?"

"Aah, dammit!" said the doctor, whom Yu heard for the first time that the beautiful doctor could swear too. "I completely forgot that you should rest."

"That's what I meant," said Yu.

"All right, Yu," Alina stood up, "see you tomorrow morning."

"See you tomorrow morning too, Doc."

Alina laughed softly, she left the room carrying her plate. After finishing the rest of the drinking water in his glass, Yu left the room.

*

Yu floated for a long time on the surface of the swimming pool with his face facing the ceiling. The ceiling is supported by a stainless steel frame. What a luxury, he thought. There were only two people in such a large room. Yu and a male doctor holding a tablet in his hand.

Beep!

The doctor about the same age as Yu himself took a deep breath, he stopped the movement of time on the surface of his tablet.

"Okay, Yu," said the doctor, he stood up and approached the edge of the pool. "Enough for tonight!"

Yu turned around, dived, and swam to the edge of the pool where the doctor was standing.

"Did you enjoy this session?" asked the doctor.

Yu came out of the pool. He rubbed his head as if he still had hair. Well, the guy wasn't used to a hairless head.

"Quite relaxing," said Yu.

"Good, that's good," said the doctor. "As much as possible, you should still be able to calm yourself, and get used to all this training."

"Yeah, I guess that's how it should be."

"Okay, Yu. Take it easy!"

The doctor left, leaving Yu who was reaching for his towel.

*

The thirty-year-old man smiled to himself as he looked up at the ceiling of his room. A room large enough for him to live alone, and the most luxurious room he had ever lived in. Had it not been for the offer he saw in the mass media called Into The Hole some time ago, it seemed like Yu would never have been able to enjoy all these luxuries.

Although, he knew for sure that the reward he had to trade for this luxury was his own life.

Entering a Black Hole?

Yeah, that sounds really scary. However, it was for the other people, while Yu, felt that his life had more meaning, especially for science, even though he had to risk his own life.

And his smile grew wider when he thought about Alina. The beautiful young doctor was indeed very charming. Yu had never been close to a woman before, nor did he have any friends. It's just that, Yu knew for sure what something called beautiful and charming was like. And Alina is the answer.

But then he realized, he would never be able to get Alina. The girl was part of the elite while Yu himself was a commoner. Maybe it's true, Alina never looked down on other people. But to like him, to love him? Yu felt this was just his wishful thinking.

Even so, Yu still felt happy, happy to know Alina who turned out to be very pleasant to talk to.

Yu took a deep breath before finally trying to close his eyes. Tomorrow morning, he still has sessions like today. Yu didn't want to disappoint those people instead Alina herself. And rest is the answer so that his physical condition and mind remain in good condition.

***

Yu was sitting dangling at the table with only his underpants on. He had been sitting like that for more than fifteen minutes in the simulation room, the same room where yesterday he had his first conversation with a girl. And it was the girl he had been waiting for.

His gaze was fixed on the clock on the wall. 08:15 am.

Is Alina not coming today?

The question kept popping up in Yu's head. He really hoped that Alina would be his supervising doctor, just like yesterday. There were many things he wanted to tell the beautiful doctor.

Yu tried to think positively. Maybe Alina was late because the roads were not friendly. Well, about the homeless and street thugs who are always there in every corner of the crowd.

However, that seems impossible. Alina comes from an elite family, which means she has her own wheelless. Wheelless, as they call it. A vehicle is an evolution of a car without wheels and can fly at a certain height from the surface of the land or water.

And that means Alina won't be bothered at all if she uses her vehicle to come faster.

Or could be…

Yu took a deep breath. Well, he couldn't do anything with what he was thinking. It could be that Alina is having breakfast alone with someone special to her. Her lover, maybe.

Yu wanted to just get out of the room, maybe he could do a thing or two apart from being in this simulation room. However, Yu couldn't do much but sit like that. Because he had been put on the thin transparent helmet on his head by the previous doctors. A helmet that has many small holes for later use as a holder for fine needles that will connect to the nerves in his head.

Also, a strand of medical mechanical traps is attached along his vertebral column. In each segment, there are very small holes. The holes will be deposited for fine needles that will connect with nerves in each part of Yu's spine.

So, yeah, Yu already looks like just a stone statue on that table, sitting almost naked. While his mind was not calm because Alina didn't appear in front of him yet.

Did she forget that she promised to see me again today? Yu asked in his heart with a troubled look.

And when the only door in the room opened, then Yu could smile with relief.

"Hey," said Alina who finally appeared.

Yu replied with a big smile. Yeah, she must be late because too many things got in the way. Yu still thinks positively of the girl.

Then, what is it?

His eyes widened to find Alina, who today was wearing a short, slightly tight, bright blue dress under her white medical coat. In fact, from the cleavage of the dress itself, Yu could confirm that Alina was not wearing a bra under her dress.

Yu immediately gulped, he quickly looked away or something in his crotch would make Alina awkward. Certainly!

"You're late," said Yu.

"I know," Alina smiled as she checked her utensils on the stainless steel table.

"Traffic jammed?"

"Ermm, no," said Alina. "Not that."

"Ah…!"

"What?"

"Nothing," Yu smiled wryly. "Boyfriend?"

"Good grief!" Alina shook her head. "Are you jealous?"

Yu shook his head with a sullen face and it made Alina laugh softly.

"You must be jealous!"

Alina gently pushed the stainless steel table on wheels towards the special chair that Yu would use as a support for his body during the simulation session.

"My God, Yu! What do you think I am to you exactly?"

"A girlfriend?" Yu answered curtly with turn-up eyebrows.

Alina laughed again. Was the man really that innocent and hoping for that or was he actually doing it on purpose? thought Alina. Either way, the answer remains the same. The man liked her.