| Author: Hidsuki Shihou | Original Source: Syosetu | Word Count: 2345 characters |
| Translator: PunishedLyly | English Source: Re:Library | Word Count: 1095 words |
| Editor(s): Fire | ||
What I first felt when waking up was an intense headache and extreme nausea. If this was already the lighter symptoms, then it might have been good that I fainted back then. Either way, I would have still probably shut down from the intense pain.
「I want to go to the bathroom.」
I want to just vomit. Only after getting off the bed and wearing the slippers, I realized where I was. I already noticed I wasn’t at our lodging from the bed, though. To think that I’d be brought here again.
「The hospital, huh. To think I’d be hospitalized again.」
It was fine until reaching the hallway, but now where’s the way to the toilet? It’s a different hospital than the one I’ve been to before. Which is normal, I guess, since it’s a different prefecture. As I was looking around to find any clues, someone came my way.
「Kotone! Thank goodness you’re awake.」
「Before anything, please lead me to the toilet.」
It was Mizuki but I’m really close to reaching my limit. I can’t just scatter filth on the floor at such a touching moment. Rather, I don’t want to humiliate myself like that.
「Awawa, you’re completely pale. Like Akira when she’s hungover.」
「That’s unneeded information. The toilet, tell me where the toilet- ubgehk-!」
「Ah, it’s pretty serious. It’s this way.」
She took my hand and slowly led the way, but honestly I’d rather if we sprint all out to the toilet. I’m still managing, but it wouldn’t be surprising if I burst any moment now.
「We’re here.」
「Excuse me!」
Excusing myself, I dashed into the toilet entrance. I heaved with the intent to empty my entire stomach, but only fluids came out. That’s the worst kind, though. I thought about it while groaning loudly but a lot of time has probably passed since my fainting. Otherwise, my dinner should have come back out.
「The field trip isn’t over yet, is it?」
I’m finally feeling better. Still, it shouldn’t have been a week yet. I don’t feel my strength deteriorating much and I don’t feel pain over my body either. It’s probably around one or two days.
「Thank you for waiting. And sorry for causing you concern.」
「You’re awake now, so it’s nothing. You still seem to be out of it, though.」
「The nausea has subsided somewhat. And my head is still paining.」
I’m feeling bad enough that my words aren’t coming out right. Takes me back to when I didn’t realize my limits and drank too much. The next day all of us were just practically groaning zombies.
「It’s still early morning, so it’s better if you lie down.」
「What time is it?」
「5 am. I’m going to report to everyone. Also, we’ll be switching with Akira and Kyousuke at 7.」
「Understood. Thank you very much.」
She then explained the current situation while leading me to my room. Two days have passed since I lost consciousness. In other words, today is the 3rd day of the field trip. Because of my sudden collapse, how I wouldn’t wake up, and how awful my complexion was, they called an ambulance and hospitalized me immediately.
「It’s turned into a pretty big situation, huh.」
Worse, I lost one whole day of sightseeing in Kyoto. In our itinerary, we’re supposed to be sightseeing this morning too. Then in the afternoon, travel to the next destination. It was Osaka, right? There’ll be a lot of traveling this time around.
「I remember the dream. Actually, it’s harder not to remember.」
A reunion with the small Kotone. It’s a waste to leave it as a dream. So I’m convincing myself that it actually happened in reality. It resolves a lot of my questions somewhat, but I still have no clue about the main issue. It might stay an eternal mystery.
「Rather, how am I still getting sleepy after sleeping so much?」
I’m learning that sleepiness isn’t stack-able. I don’t feel like eating or moving thanks to the headache anyway, so I guess I’ll just surrender to sleep. Sleeping should help a bit with the headache.
The next time I woke up was when the clock in the room hit 8:00 am. My headache feels a lot better too. It’ll probably reach the level of not bothering me anymore soon.
「Now, what to do.」
I guess I’ll check my phone first. I feel somewhat reluctant to use one inside the hospital, but I’m curious how many unread messages and missed calls there are. It’s charging, but off. Enter password and…
「There’s a lot.」
Practically all of the people in my contacts sent a message to me. The contents are roughly the same. Contact us when you wake up and so on. As expected, I can’t make calls here right now.1 Guess it’ll have to wait until I’m discharged. Still, I should probably contact the academy faculty at least.
「I’m hungry.」
Part of it might be because I vomited, but I didn’t eat a whole day, after all. Akira and Kyousuke might be outside the room like with Mizuki, so maybe I should ask them to relay to the academy. Maybe there’s even a teacher on standby.
「Good morning.」
「Finally awake, are you? Sleeping beauty.」
What’s with that nickname? Including this time, this is only the second time I’ve been hospitalized, okay. Anyways, I asked Kyousuke to inform the faculty people and he obliged. It seems like a teacher comes here everyday.
「They generally arrive by 9:00 am. Several students also came to visit yesterday. They might come today too.」
「We’re still on our field trip, so I feel bad bothering them.」
「We got immediately sober that night too. The people in charge had everyone be alert no matter what happens, after all.」
「I’m really sorry.」
「Your body just failed you, so it can’t be helped. Still, it seems that they couldn’t pin down the cause. Just to be safe, we were informed as well, but all they figured is that it might be from mental stress? They said there’s no abnormality with your body.」
As expected, doctor. It’s as you say. The cause was accurately identified, but even I can’t properly explain it. Even if I could, I don’t think anyone would believe it.
「If you get good results from health inspection, you should be able to leave.」
「Okay, time to enjoy the field trip.」
