A/N: So, yes, Chapter 5. This will be shorter than the last one. Chapter 4 went on forever, huh? I hope you liked the long chapter, though. Hopefully it was more exciting and got you a little more into my fic. And maybe answered a few questions for you, too. Oh, and sorry for the OOC-ness, but it was necessary for the story. Hopefully from now on Riku will act more like himself. Or as close as I can get him, anyway. He gets OOC a lot around that girl. Thou shalt find out why in the last chapter. - Sorry to do this to ya, but suspense is what gets readers, and it really should be obvious why he gets OOC anyway. But anyway, yah. This chapter, like the first and third, is in the girl's perspective. I do this so you get a better idea of her role in the story, and to keep the variety up. - That, and it probably bugs you because you want to know what Riku is thinking and what Riku's emotional reactions are and Riku, Riku, Riku!! So, yes, the chapter, right...

Chapter 5 (A/N: I have got to find a better break format thingy...)

The girl woke up a little after dawn. She sat bolt upright, and looked around quickly. What the...? she thought. Oh, yeah... That's right, that guy, Riku. He saved me from drowning and then the doctor tried to help me get my strength back up...

The doctor came in right after she thought that.

Speak of the devil...

"Well, good morning!" the doctor said upon seeing that she was awake. "How's my newest patient this morning?"

The girl smiled. Not the half-smile she had given Riku, but more of an "I shoulda known" smile. "Good morning to you too, doctor. I'm feeling better, thanks."

"That's good. Can you walk yet? Or have you even tried? I know you had trouble just getting up yesterday."

"I haven't tried yet, no," she admitted, almost sheepishly. "But I'll try it now, if you'd like?"

The doctor nodded his approval, and the girl stood up, expecting her legs to give out like they had yesterday, but they remained steady.

"Well, that's a start," the doctor said as he set a tray full of the girl's breakfast on the table by her bed. The doctor then proceeded to check the muscles in her legs to see if everything was working right and so on and so forth. "Well, they'll hold you while you're stationary. Let's see what happens when you try walking."

The girl nodded and took a tentative step, then another, and, gaining confidence, walked slowly, shakily, but surely across the room and back. On her way back to the bed, she noticed a neatly wrapped package sitting on the chair Riku had occupied the other day, with a letter on top of it.

Hello, what's this? she wondered as she proceeded to the bed. The doctor noticed her looking at the package, and told her it was from Riku and Riku's mother. A sort of welcoming gift, he supposed. The girl picked up the package and read the note. She noticed the word "Love" scratched out, and felt her lips part in the half-smile she had given Riku.

"Now, now," the doctor said with a chuckle, startling the girl. "Sit down before you use up all of your strength." The girl gave that "I should have known" smile again, and sat down on the bed, still gently clutching the letter and package. The doctor then pointed to the breakfast tray. "Eat. It'll help you get your strength back up, then you can check the package, got it?"

The girl laughed. "Yes, doctor," she said, then proceeded to clean the tray of every last crumb in five minutes or your munny back.

"Hungry, were we?" the doctor said approximately 2 minutes and 37.285 seconds later. "Oh well, that's a good sign. Check your package and get dressed, got it?"

The girl nodded at him, then, as soon as the doctor left, carefully opened the package, all the while thinking We're not saving the paper, just tear it open already! She decided that that was probably what Riku would say had he seen her being so careful. Seeing as she had already read the letter, she was unsurprised to find a shirt and pair of shorts under the wrapping. The quality of the clothing suggested that it was brand-new and had never been worn before.

The shirt was made of a light material dyed a dark yellow, and designed so the wearer had to tie it around her chest in order to keep it from falling off. The shorts were of a faded blue denim material and designed as jean-shorts often were. With the shorts was a belt of brown leather. Along with the shirt and shorts was a pair of boots, yes, boots also of a brown leather and designed so that they didn't go up much past her ankle, and had some cloth-like material hanging down around said ankle, but not enough to get in the way of walking. Socks were included.

She pulled shut the curtains that covered the one window in the room, save for the one on the door, and pulled the curtains shut over that one, too, and got dressed.

A/N: So, shorter, but still longer than the first chapter. Boring, but I felt like putting it in. Besides, it leads you up to the next chapter. The next chapter is gonna make Riku fangirls jealous, mebbe. Or is it the chapter after that? Anyway next chapter will be a little shorter. Or a little longer. Depends on how much I change it from what I have written down...