The Twins' Afterstory
Prompt 17: Absence
Both of them had felt almost sick the first night back from the digital world. Kouichi was in the hospital; Kouji in his bed alone. But even if Kouichi hadn't been admitted for the night, he'd have been in his home, four hours away from his brother.
It was enough to make them both fear and doubt – was it just a dream? And when nightmares began and gripped them, it was an even worse thing.
The phone call lifted that feeling: Kouji borrowed his father's phone that night and called the nurse's station and had them pass the call on.