Your eyes fluttered open, the first thing appearing your vision was the ceiling of an unknown room. You felt an IV attached to you, your body felt weak and fragile.

But the real question.. where were you?

Eyes darting around, hospital gown on your body, tulip dancing next to you—

Wait, why was the tulip moving?

Slowly moving up, beneath the potted plant was the face of a boy, one you recognized.

It was Rudo. The one who saved you along with the Cleaners.

You let out a small gasp of surprise, and you two remained staring at each other. He let a mumble, one you couldn’t hear, until he muttered, “..Sup.”

Staring at him, you still felt as if this was a dream. Did you get drugged? “Rudo..” You whispered. “Did a flower sprout from your head?”

“What? No!” He hastily replied, “I was looking at your jinki, then it fell!”

You remained quiet, eyes dazy and memory fuzzy. “Jinki…” you mumbled, hand reaching slowly out from the sheets.

Rudo noticed this— and without thinking, placed your jinki near your hand. You touched it; the familiar feeling coming back. And you smiled softly, and he swore his heart skipped a beat.

He stared down at you. “..I’m so glad… you woke up.” He said gently.