It was warm around me. And somewhere, I heard something that sounded like a…bleep? The sound was familiar…
I opened my eyes. It was dark around me; not pitch black but dim. I was lying in a bed, there was a curtain around my bed, and the bleep came from a machine that was connected to my arm. Apparently, I was in a hospital. However, I had no clue how I got there.
And…there were needles in my arm. My first impulse was to pull them out, but I remained still.
It hurt. My entire body hurt. It felt like someone took me like a doll and smashed me against a wall severe times. I groaned. Damnit, what happened?
Oh, right. I got beaten up by a bunch of assholes. I tried to relax myself. Nice, my memory was unharmed until then, maybe my head didn't get as much damage as I expected. Though the pain told me otherwise.
"Are you awake?" A nurse appeared. She looked relieved. "Thank goodness you're awake. We were already getting worried."
I winked. "Yeah…" I didn't think that I was that badly injured. "More importantly: How the heck did I get here?"
The nurse smiled. "Oh, a nice young man brought you here. You were lucky he saw the men beating you up. He chased them away and brought you here. Even more, he is still here waiting for you." She smiled at me. "Such a caring and nice young man, really. And good-looking, too." I stared at her. The way she described the guy, I must've been brought into the hospital by an angel or something. "Oh, really. Well, lucky me I guess." The nurse smiled even wider. "Wait, I'll tell him that you are awake. I'm sure you want to see him, don't you?" And off she was.
I wanted to shake my head, but due to the pain in my neck and back, I let it be. But dude, the nurse seemed to have fallen in love with my savior. Maybe she should have a talk with him instead of me. Although, I was sort of curious. I mean, he's been waiting for me to wake up? Shouldn't he have something better to do than waiting for a total stranger?
The curtain moved. I looked up to see who entered, and when I recognized him, my breath stopped for a second.
The guy entering was Orihara Izaya. The guy who apparently saved me.
"Hello, Rei-chan. How are you?"