The pain he lived through came back in his dreams. It will make him remember. IT WILL.
NOTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT...
It was BASIL.
...
He had a skipping rope in hand. It looked a little childish for him. He was wearing a brown jacket and had a some white flower in his hair. What was its name again... Oh! Yes, it was "lily of the valley". BASIL said they remind him of MARI. MARI... Wait since when did he have long, black hair? When did he get so... TALL?
"S-SUNNY?... Is that really y-you?"
It was nice hearing his best friends voice again. It might have felt nothing for SUNNY, but for BASIL it must have been a long time.
"S-SUNNY? W-Why aren't y-you answering?"
Oh. This is bad. He can't answer that question. SUNNY can't answer to any question right now. What should he do?
"Please talk? W-why are you just s-staring at me?"
BASIL looked like he's about to cry. SUNNY needed to think of something. Fast. Really fast.
...
An idea. He still has the NOTEBOOK AND A PEN in his room. All he needs to do was guide his best friend there and explain everything. A good idea. SUNNY reached out to BASIL and gestured him to follow. He hesitated at first, but eventually ended up following him.
"O-Oh, so, t-that's how it is..."
SUNNY explained everything on the paper, Not exactly everything. The only thing he wrote that he won't be able to talk for quite awhile. The thing that his mom gave him proved to be useful.
"S-Sorry, about the earlier. I-I guess I panicked a little and felt like I'm gonna cry, heh..."
BASIL still looked a little sad.
...
Do you want to comfort BASIL?
YES
NO
...
SUNNY hugged BASIL. It felt different than before, when they were the same height. Now, it looks like a little brother hugging his older, just like KEL and HERO. BASIL was HAPPY. After so many years, he finally got to hug his best friend. So, he lowered a bit and hugged SUNNY back. It was nice.
"T-Thanks, SUNNY. I needed that."
They were in his room for good one hour. SUNNY listened to BASIL how he's still living with his grandma. How he used to have a caretaker named POLLY, but she resigned when BASIL moved out. He said that he would visit her, while scratching his hair. The hair. SUNNY didn't ask him why were they black. Maybe, BASIL went through his emo phase or something.
Growl.
Oh...
"SUNNY, are you hungry? If so, we could buy something from the cafeteria, I have some money."
Are you hungry?
YES
NO
...
"Oh! If so, let's go! You can lead the way."
The duo left the room and now they were at the HOSPITAL. It was the name of the hospital. HOSPITAL.
SUNNY looked around for a bit before going to the cafeteria. There was that TV again. Now instead of static, it played some cartoons with no sounds. The cartoon was boring. Even static was better. There was that OLD MAN again. He still sat in the hall waiting for something or someone.
"Hello again, young man. You are still walking around in those patient clothes, aren't you? You should ask the nurse for new clothes if you want to go somewhere, as they won't let you in these."
BASIL decided to add something.
"He's right, SUNNY. They won't let you in if you won't get normal clothes."
Now, the objective was to find new clothes. For that, he needed to get a nurse. Probably, one of them is walking around here. He should fetch one of them for new clothes. So, SUNNY walked in the hall, BASIL following him.
...
Not a single person in the hospital's hall. Maybe they are all in the cabinets. Let's open this... door... oh... uhm. Why won't it open? Were the doors always this heavy? After some tries, BASIL decided to intervene.
"L-Let me do it, S-SUNNY!"
Even though it was embarrassing, SUNNY let BASIL do it.
SUNNY TAGGED BASIL.
BASIL opened the door with no hesitation. It looked as he broke the door the enter the room. The OLD WOMAN patient that was in the room looked very shocked and concerned.
"The door was locked! How did you get in, you burglar!"
"Uhm, ma'am, please calm down, I'm not evil, I just-"
BASIL was cut out by the woman's screaches.
"THERE IS A BOY THAT IS BREAKING DOORS HERE! NURSE, NUUUUURSE!"
SOME DUDE came to the screeches. For some reason, he thought that I'm the door-breaker and tried to tackle me, but BASIL intervened.
"H-Hey! L-Leave him alone!"
"Oh, you pickin' a fight?"
"W-What, no-"
"Then, I'm gonna give ye one! Get ready, Boy!"
BASIL audibly sighed and took out his SKIPPING ROPE.
"Stand back, SUNNY. I-I got this."
BASIL entered a fight.
SOME DUDE was NEUTRAL, So was Basil.
BASIL chose to FIGHT!
BASIL attacked SOME DUDE!
SOME DUDE take 30 damage!
SOME DUDE feels ANGRY!
"Dude, what the heck?"
SOME DUDE attacks BASIL!
BASIL takes 18 damage!
"What's going on here?"
The fight was interrupted by the nurse that came by. She sent SOME DUDE away and lectured BASIL.
"We just needed clothes for my friend..."
"Oh, then why not just ask? I was so close by, you know!"
THE NURSE left and came back with CLOTHES! Finally SUNNY has some pockets! Oh, and new clothes.
...
Is BASIL okay? He just got punched in the face...
SUNNY tugged BASIL's jacket and showed him the notebook.
"Are you okay?"
The handwriting was neat and clean. Just like SUNNY always had it.
"Y-Yes, I-I'm alright! Y-You can count one me SUNNY, I will always help you out!"
SUNNY felt a little fall in his guts. After what he's done to the violin, to MARI... He didn't deserve to hear those sweet words. Even so, SUNNY just silently stood there. SELFISH.
"O-Oh! We were heading to cafeteria, right? L-Let's go!"
So, SUNNY and BASIL went to the HOSIPTAL's cafeteria.