21. Recovery
Koga sat by Souta's bed on a metal stool. He watched his little brother sleep, breathing slowly and hard. Pulling out a sheet of binder paper he began to write another letter. It was hard for Koga to even concentrate. He's been sitting here for three days now. Kagome had to go and help around the house with Mrs. Higurashi and her grandfather. But Koga didn't want to leave Souta's side. Kagome understood.
"Mutt-face better be taking care of my Kagome." Koga mumbled to himself.
"Koga. That's your name isn't it." A nurse walked into the room.
Koga looked up. "Yeah. That's me. Whats up?"
"Well, would you mind leaving Souta with us for the day. We need to check and see how he's doing." The nurse smiled a little.
"Uh...well..." Koga looked at Souta. "I guess." Koga stood up and stretched. "When can I come back?"
"Tomorrow if you want. And my name is Carol. It's nice to meet you Koga." Carol smiled even sweeter then before this time.
Koga just nodded and exited the room, looking back only once to be sure that Souta was okay.
As the sun hit the horizon, Koga was already dead asleep outside on the grass. It was comfortable, kind of like at home. At his den. He would sleep outside sleeping on the grass.
The next morning, Koga was still asleep on the grass. He woke up to a singing bird. "Oh...darn bird." Koga rubbed his eyes. He was outside the hospital sitting in a patch of fresh grass. Standing up quickly he went insideto see Souta. Right when he walked in, he saw Kagome's grandfather at the frond counter with Souta standing by his side on cruches.
"Just give him about to weeks, sir. He should be fine by then." Carol handed a pen and paper to Grandpa Higurashi from behind the counter.
"Yes. Thank you nurse." The old man signed the paper and began to leave.
"Ah. Koga! Hi!" Souta smiled.
"Hey Souta. You okay?" Koga asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Souta looked down at his leg. "Looks like we're not going to be playing soccer for some time. Well, at least I'm not."
"That's all right. As long as you recover." Koga had a serious expression on his face.
"Now, let's go home. Shall we?" Grandpa Higurashi began to head for the exit.
"Yeah. I gotta send another letter through the well." Koga held up his letter, neatly folded.
After sending the letter, Koga went straight to sleep, even though it was still morning.
The next day, Koga would play, or try to play, board games with Souta to keep him company. They also played video games and played some card games. Poker was Koga's favorite. Also, they wrote letters. Souta would write letters to his friends and Koga would write letters to Ginta and Hakakku.
Two weeks. It may seem like a long while, but, in a way, it is also short. As they say, time flies by when you're having fun.
Souta's leg was recovering.
While Koga's heart was recovering.
