The door opened.
A little girl in a hospital dress popped her head inside the single bed hospital ward.
The patient turned around and saw her standing in front of him, with an innocent look on her face.
She smiled.
"Hi," she greeted cheerfully. "I'm Miya."
He smiled and replied, "Hi, I'm Yukimura."
"I'm your new neighbour. I live next door." She pointed to the wall on the right.
"I just arrived today and I was hoping to meet new friends but my big brother said that I couldn't because he says that everyone in the hospital are sick and nobody will want to be friends with me but I said that I would make a new friend and prove him wrong," she said eagerly.
"So," she continued, "Would you like to be my friend?"
Her eyes were full of hope; she smiled from ear to ear, waiting for the answer.
He chuckled. "Of course."
Miya ran over and gave Yukimura a tight hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!" She thanked him repeatedly.
He just smiled and hugged her back
Suddenly, a voice from the next door called out, "Miya! Miya, where are you? Come here, you naughty little girl!"
"Oops, that's my mom. Gotta go!" she said.
Before the closed the door behind her, she told Yukimura, "I'll come back later!"
Yukimura waved a goodbye to the hyperactive girl as she ran to the other room.
"I made a friend!" He heard a Miya say.
"Don't make up stories, Miya," said a guy, probably Miya's brother.
"We're gonna be best friends forever!"
The boy sighed. "I give up," Yukimura heard him mutter.
"We're going home now, okay?" a feminine voice said. "Be a good girl."
"I will. Bye, Mom! Bye, Danny!"
Yukimura spotted the mother and son walking past his ward, waving goodbye to the little girl next door.
Miya- The girl next door…