CH 57

The day’s inspections were over and the time was already dusk.

It was completely night when I left Kashiwagi-san and returned to my room at the hospital to take a shower.

It was a good time to watch a B-movie recommended by Kashiwagi-san for studying English, so I laid down on my bed.

… But I couldn’t sleep.

I used to sleep with a weight that made me sink into the bed, but now it’s suddenly gone, so I feel flustered and restless.

I’d like to see a weight of about 30 kg on top of me… earnestly.

I couldn’t seem to sleep, so I decided to catch the night breeze.

I think the reason is that ever since I have had this body, I have become able to relieve fatigue with just a little sleep, that’s also why I’m not very sleepy.

I slowly opened the door to the room so as not to make any noise since it was already midnight.

—Then the door to the next private room also opened.

A cute American girl, about a third grader, came out at the same time as me and so she saw my face and suddenly widened her eyes, with her mouth opened in surprise.

(… Of course I have a neighbor. I’ve never met her before, but I didn’t know there was such a little girl in the hospital)

I greeted her with a smile, trying not to scare her off.

“Good evening, you can’t sleep either?”

“………”

—Thud.

However, the girl, who was dazed with surprise, huffed and immediately rushed to close the door.

The sound of a key being clanked tightly shut echoed through the quiet hallway.

What is this, it’s hurts.

(Well, it would be scary to run into a guy like me in the middle of the night. Sorry…)

Heartbroken, I sat for a while on a bench in the hospital courtyard looking up at the stars.

So that tears wouldn’t fall.