A ''Fresh'' Story

Fresh woke up once again, being careful not to open his left eye socket once he woke up. His eye socket still hurt. Though, after a moment, he remembered that he had to open his left eye socket once in a while, so he opened it slowly. Well, you can't really day that he fully opened it. It was slightly closed.

This time, though, he woke up to the sound of the young nurse. The nurse looked surprised at seeing Fresh woken up.

"Hello, dear! I was just talking about you. I'm guessing you would like to listen, wouldn't you?" The nurse asked calmly.

Fresh still felt a little tired even after sleeping. He nodded sheepishly and listened to what the young nurse said.

"Okay then. We will need to take Fresh to the exercise room. After his soul sent waves to the rib cage, it also sent waves to the spine. That's why, we will need to test if he can walk properly. Actually, we can just see it here if he can walk."

CQ nodded. Error and Geno were gone. 'They are probably home.' Fresh thought. Soon, he realized the that nurse was looking at him, waiting for an answer.

"Yea, why nat?" Fresh said and slowly sat up. His spine and ribs hurt. But he was sure he could handle it.

CQ walked next to him before Fresh could stand up. She held his hand, wanting him to get help by his mom. Fresh did what his mother wanted from him.

Once Fresh's feet touched the floor, he felt cold. He didn't like it at all. Then Fresh got help by his mother to stand up.

Unfortunately, he couldn't quite stand up. It felt like his legs stopped working and he couldn't make a proper balance. He felt paralyzed. It really didn't feel good.

It also hurt when he tried to stand up. Mostly his legs and spine. He whimpered as he felt the pain. He shut his eyes, trying not to feel it. But there was no use.

"Fresh, I think you should lay down." CQ said with a sad expression. Fresh nodded and layed on the comfy hospital bed.

The nurse took notes when Fresh stood up. He was in a bad condition. The poor little skeleton couldn't even stand up straight.

"Hmm... Okie!" The nurse looked at Fresh as she continued. "We will need to make your body stronger first. It is going to take a while, but if you do everything as the doctors say, you will be able to walk again." She paused for a moment.

"But, Fresh... You are not going to grow taller much. You know, spine is the-"

"I kno wat spine does, Ms. Nurse. Ya don't have ta tell me, yo." Fresh replied. It wasn't his "enthusiastic" voice. It sounded tired and weak.

The young nurse looked at Fresh with widened eyes. She had never seen a ten-year-old with this much of intelligence and smartness.

"You really are a smart kid, Fresh!"

"Thanks. Sa, wat do I have ta do?"

"You will try to walk with your mom. Practice makes perfect, so when the doctors are not here, you will have to practice walking."

Fresh looked at CQ, who gave him a determined smile. Fresh smiled too, yet, a fake one anyway.

"Okay, Miss. We'll do that. Thank you." CQ said politely. The nurse nodded and got out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Fresh sighed. Since the first time he had been in a hospital, he hated there. Hospitals were always too white. They reminded him of his problems with emotions. And yet, it looked like he had to stay here more than some days as his mother said.

He wanted to forget about this for now.

"Hey...Ma? Can we start now?" Fresh asked, not bothering to smile.