I ended up blacking out while he was still applying burn medicine (I believe it was) to my back. The pain had ended up being way too much for me to handle. Before I had blacked out, I had asked why that one girl couldn't heal me again, and it turns out, she was out of town for a while. Once I regained consciousness, I realized I was no longer in Urahara's shop, but somewhere else, on a couch, in a house I didn't recognize. I was lying on my stomach, and judging from shifting slightly, I was bandaged. The pain was numbed, and I was feeling a little…off. I must have pain medicine in my system. That was best, except everything always got confusing and weird to me whenever I'm on it. I hallucinate sometimes too. I don't remember the last time I was on pain medicine, but I don't think it was a pleasant time.
Ichigo walked into the room, saw that I was awake, and came and crouched next to the couch. "How are you feeling?"
"Funny." My voice sounded a little slurred, as if I was drunk. "I'm on pain medicine, aren't I?"
He smiled slightly. "Yeah."
I made a sound that was supposed to be a groan, but I couldn't honestly tell what the heck it was; it was in-between a gurgle, and a growl. Pain medicine was really making me weird. I must have a lot in my system to be making me feel all out of whack. "I hate pain medicine."
He laughed. "I can see why."
"Yeah, I get a little messed up." I yawned. "Where I am?"
"My house. My dad and I brought you here since it'd be easier to keep an eye on the injury."
"I see." I sighed, feeling totally out of it. I hated this feeling. I wish I didn't have so much medicine in my system. But maybe I needed it. I didn't really know.
"You don't look too great." He said with a frown.
"I'm not in any pain….though I feel really funny. I wonder if this is what it feels like to be drunk." I said, without really thinking about it.
Ichigo snorted, and then started laughing. I didn't really know if I should start laughing too. I wondered if the fuzzy thoughts and funny feeling, that I had no idea how to describe, was something a drunk person dealt with. Why was I wondering about that? I cleared those thoughts from my head and just listened to Ichigo laugh, although it was short lived, and then I just stared at his face. The worry and concern returned after the short laughter. I didn't say anything right away; I just stared at his face, glad that he was here. If he wasn't here, I might have lost my mind, maybe have hallucinations. I didn't know what would happen. I just hoped maybe he could keep me sane while I was looped up on the pain medicine. I wasn't really sure.
I reached for his hand, although it hurt my shoulder to move my arm that wasn't pinned to the side of the couch, and he gently took my hand, as if afraid he was going to hurt it. I knew he had a reason to feel that way, but to me, it just seemed kind of stupid that he was being overly gentle about it. Maybe the pain medicine was just making me read into this weird. I wasn't entirely sure what was going on in my head. Then I noticed a blanket on me. How long was that there? I wasn't going to ask; it was there the entire time most likely, and I had just been beyond noticing it.
"I'll be fine." I said, still slurring my words, which was really annoying me.
"I know…I just worry that the Hollow is going to try to take over next time you are out of your body." He frowned. "It seemed she recovered as fast as you had."
I sighed and yawned again. "Of course she did. She's a part of me."
Ichigo didn't say anything, and his dad suddenly appeared, and I wasn't sure where he came from. He moved the blanket off of me and I shivered. He moved my shirt up and checked the bandages.
"I have to change them. Again." He said.
Ichigo sighed and released my hand and I pulled it back to my side. I already knew that this was going to hurt, because the blood that was on these bandages probably got them a little stuck to my skin. I gritted my teeth and I felt him slowly start to peel them off, and it took everything in me not to react. I may have pain medicine in my system, but this still hurt. I wonder how badly it would have hurt if I didn't have any medicine in my system? I was really glad for the medicine in my system, despite it probably being too much, hence why I felt so weird.
He continued peeling the bandages off, and several times I winced in pain. Once the bandages were gone, I felt how cold the outside air on my back was, and it felt really good. I wondered how bad the injuries still were
"They got infected." Isshin sounded frustrated. "Really bad."
Ichigo stood up and looked and then jerked away. "Is she gonna get sick?"
"Well, yeah, her body is going to be fighting the infection. The most we can do is put anti bacterial on it, and continue giving her medicine." Isshin said.
Ichigo made a sound of frustration. "If Orihime was in town, she wouldn't have to get sick before she gets better."
It was getting a little annoying, having them talk as if I wasn't there. But I didn't want to open my mouth as my back was starting to really hurt again. I unintentionally let a groan slip; the medicine must've been wearing off. The pain was starting to become a burning. I hissed at that and clenched my teeth. Ichigo was watching my face, and then he kneeled and touched my face gently. It seemed he knew better than to ask if I was okay, when I clearly wasn't. I heard Isshin sigh and say something, but I couldn't make it out, he was talking too low for me to hear him. I just laid there, and waited for the pain to lower a little, but it only seemed to slowly start to amplify. I groaned again and my muscles went rigid, as if to fight off the pain. Isshin left the room, and Ichigo held my hand with his open hand, the other one still on my face.
"My dad went to go get more pain medicine. He'll probably end up putting you under while he assesses the infections." He sighed.
I nodded. "Makes sense." I whispered.
Isshin came back with a needle with a clear liquid in it. Without a word, he put it into the crook of my elbow, then depressed the plunger, sending the liquid into my system. After about five minutes, I began to feel drowsy and the pain began to numb. My lids were getting too heavy to hold open, and I passed out after staring at Ichigo's face for a few seconds.