Haru slowly opened his eyes as he began to awake from his own sleep. He didn't feel any pain or different in the least; if anything, he felt like he had been napping the whole time. He was rather close to the impact site, too, so it made things even more strange. He should probably be dead right now, but he was waking up like nothing happened. Strange...
Where was this place? The boy lifted himself up and upright in his bed. He tried to look around the room, but his view was restricted by the curtains around his bed. It had to be a hospital. Looking down at himself, he had no injuries whatsoever. No gashes, no bruises, and not one hint of any soreness. But one thing was more important than that: Moky. Where was his friend? He remembered that he had been looking for Monferno that day, and instead found that meteor heading his way. But where was he now? "Moky? Hey, Moky! Where are you?" Haru spoke up, looking around his bed to see if he was sleeping inside the space with him. In that instant, the boy heard the sound of something slapping the floor as it approached the bed, and then the sounds of the metal rings being disturbed. Looking up, Haru saw Moky cheering on the top of the metal rods. "There you are! Come down here!" Moky did as instructed and jumped onto the bed. He immediately grabbed Haru in a sudden embrace.
"That Monferno suddenly appeared one day while you were asleep," came a female's voice from the other side of the curtains. It turned out to be a nurse who worked for the hospital. She seemed to be glad that he was up, but at the same time amazed by it, too. "At first we thought it wanted to play, but when we saw how distraught it was after seeing you we figured it knew you."
"Yeah, we're close pals," the boy said with a confident nod, "But, what happened? Why am I here?"
"The paramedics found you and someone else together closer in near the blast site. Both of you were in some seriously critical conditions, but I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," the nurse said, looking down at her clipboard, "Did you know him?"
"No, I hardly even recall what he looked like," Haru said as he pet Moky reassuringly, "I just remember running to someone and trying to help whoever it was up. When I felt the meteor hit, I tried to shield them from a majority of the blast."
"That would explain why you were in rougher condition, and why the doctors have been keeping a closer eye on you," the nurse stated, then answered the boy's confused expression, "Well, while you were asleep, your body kind of... I don't know the proper term for it, but it seemed to glow a green aura. It happened periodically, and lasted only a few seconds. Whatever it was, it was probably saving you; your body was recuperating faster than the other nine."
"Glowing? Was that because of you, Moky?" the boy asked the Monferno, but he shook his head, "Well, that's kind of weird."
"A few of the other patients also showed signs of abnormality, and the doctors are checking up on them right now. We'll probably look at you first when the tests start. You seem to be the most fit right now," the nurse said casually, "Do you need anything now?"
"Where are my clothes? I'd like to see them," Haru asked, but then from out of nowhere also asked, "... I hear a family's voice in another room. Is it mine? What did they say about my condition?"
"Er--" the nurse stammered. That wasn't a good sign. The boy doubted that they got caught up in the blast, too, but maybe he shouldn't have asked. His heart started to sink deeper with each word uttered further. "Well, we did call them to let them know you were here, but all they said was 'Just call back when you can tell for sure if he'll live or die.' They didn't visit once while you were out-- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."
"Oh... I guess they were too busy," Haru forced the words out of his mouth. It was painful to say them. He got caught in the impact of a meteor, and his family didn't even have the courtesy to visit just once? No, that wasn't it. They wanted to know if he was just going to die. No one sensible would hear about someone they know getting caught in the impact of a meteor and just ask the hospital to keep tabs on the state of life. The nurse, Haru could tell, was thinking the same thing. "... Would it be alright to see my clothes now? There's something in them that I need, but it's kind of private."
"Of course, dear," the nurse said, adding the "dear" part in an attempt to make him feel better, "Just stay here, and I'll get them for you. A doctor might come to check up on you soon, so make sure you take it easy."
"Of course," Haru repeated, lowering his head to his pillow as the nurse closed the curtains. A gloomy void was in his eyes, and he felt bitter thoughts stream in his mind. They were so callous as to ignore this incident? What kind of people made up his family... "Moky, why? Why is it like this?" Moky showed his sympathy by sitting down next to the boy's body and holding onto one of the boy's hands. Not much else could be done to ease the pain that the green aura couldn't fix.