Chapter 10 Part 1
Spring Break (7) ~Swaying Feelings~
Sunday, April 8. It was the day Yuu was discharged from the hospital.
Since the injury was to his head, he was initially diagnosed to require more than a month to completely recover.
However, in addition to the fact that the post-operative course was going well, as it was the wish of Yuu himself in wanting to make it in time for the high school entrance ceremony, he was discharged from the hospital today.
The existence of Yuu, who was admitted to the VIP room on the top floor of the hospital, was only disclosed to a limited number of people; patients were no-brainer, but the same was true for the staff members.
Therefore, he could not afford to just walk out the front door with impunity.
As when he went for the physical examination, he had to sneak out through the back entrance amidst the vigilance of the security guards.
After lunch, a little past 1:00 p.m., Yuu followed Martina, who had taken the trouble to sneak away from work, through the door of the rear entrance.
A car was already parked in the parking lot to pick them up, and Kanako and Touko, who had left earlier, were waiting with the back seat door open.
There seemed to be another person in the driver’s seat.
The car had a blackened, very sturdy-looking body, and on the front grille was a distinctive circle with a thin silver triangle emblem.
To his surprise, it was a Mercedes Benz.
It seemed that not only the male security personnel but also the car had been upgraded.
A red compact car, which seemed to have been driven by Martina to get there, was also parked nearby.
As opposed to the roundish design that was often seen in the 21st century, it sported an angular style.
Yuu thought it looked similar to the 1980s March and Starlet cars in his recollections, so it made him feel strangely nostalgic.
Yuu did not immediately go toward the car, but turned around.
After all, the four nurses who were in charge of the VIP room had come to see him off.
They consisted of the leader, a nurse in her forties, two nurses in their thirties, and the youngest, Shiho.
「If you feel anything unusual, anything at all, please call us right away, okay? Your body is very important, after all.」
「Even if you do not feel anything usual, please come visit us anytime.」
「If it is Yuu-sama, you are more than welcome.」
Not only the nurse leader who took care of Yuu as if he were her son, but also everyone was expressing their reluctance to part with him, and Shiho, for instance, was even in tears, unable to put her feelings into words.
「Err, it’s been decided that I’m going to regularly visit the hospital for a while, so I’ll be in your care again. Please take care of me then.」
In exchange for having his wish to be discharged from the hospital early fulfilled, it had been decided that he would regularly visit the hospital every other week to receive examinations.
First of all, Yuu took the right hand of the nurse leader who was on the far left.
「Huh?!」
She, who had been showing a veteran-like composure at all times, was perplexed by the sudden turn of events.
Due to the nature of their profession, not only did they frequently sterilize their hands with alcohol, they also often came in contact with various chemicals, so their hands were prone to get rough.
Especially when they reached middle age, as their skin lost moisture, their fingers and thighs areas wound up becoming rough even after applying hand cream over and over.
Not paying any mind to the fact that she had such a rough hand, Yuu held it and wrapped it with both hands.
「It’s thanks to all of you that I’ve become all better now. Thank you for your help for almost a month.」
That was his genuine feeling.
Even if he discounted the fact that he was a man, which was precious in this world, he was grateful for their wholehearted nursing care.
There were parts he found a little too accommodating, or perhaps meddlesome, which might have been unpleasant for a man of this world, but for Yuu, who was an old man inside and had low walls against women, it was within acceptable range.
One by one, he shook hands with each of them, taking his time to look at their faces and talk to them.
「A, ahahaha.」
「Umm, this is embarrassing….」
Despite the fact that they had lived more than twice as long as Yuu, the nurses were reacting as if they were little girls, their cheeks flushed red, flustered and embarrassed.
Finally, it was Shiho’s turn.
「Shiho-san, thank you for everything.」
「Y, Yuu-sama. U, umm…」
As there was almost no difference in height between the two, when they faced each other face-to-face, their faces were very close.
Shiho realized that her heart was racing like never before.
For her, who, through her life up to this point, had always lived an earnest life and single-mindedly strove in her study and work, Yuu was the first man she had been able to get close to, even if only for a short time.
Shiho was aware that in terms of appearance, she was blessed.
However, this world was not so easy on women that they could find a spouse just because they were beautiful.
At the age of 25, she had more than half resigned herself, thinking that a man for a woman such as herself was no more.
As she had made peace with herself in such a manner, it was still fine when she was in the middle of work, but now that she was standing in front of Yuu, who was discharged from the hospital, she was perplexed by the rush of her own emotions as well as the pain that was suddenly welling up in her, so even though she had obtained the chance to be face to face with him, she was unable to utter even a single word.
「We will, see each other again, right? I want to see you, Shiho-san. I’d be happy if you could be there when I come for my regular hospital visit.」
「I, I want to see you, too, Yuu-sama. That is why, Yuu-sama, I will definitely be there on the day of your hospital visit!」
「Glad to hear that. Definitely, okay?」
「Yes!」
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After getting into the car, Yuu took the trouble to roll down the window and wave to them, so the nurses waved back to him fervently.
After watching the car eventually go out onto the street, the nurse leader muttered quietly.
「He was such a good boy, wasn’t he?」
「Even though from what I heard, young boys are especially handful.」
「I thought he was an angel.」
The two nurses in their thirties nodded strongly.
As for Shiho, she was unable to speak as her feelings seemed to be still shooting through the roof.
「Say, remember that male patient who was admitted to the VIP room before?」
「Ahh! I remember him well! He was the husband of an executive of a company called something, I believe? The one that was around 50 years old.」
「The one that was said to be so overweight that he couldn’t see his feet and broke his leg when he fell down the stairs.」
「I believe, he was there for about two months since the end of last year, right?」
「About that, you see….」
「「「That was just the worst!」」」
Except for Shiho, the three of them seemed to have also been in charge of the previous VIP patient in the surgery department.
「He was so selfish.」
「He yelled readily.」
「He made unreasonable demands.」
「Moreover, he was heavy as hell, so it was hard to move him.」
「To top it all off, he said something like 『Send me a nursing student to assist me with bathing on a daily basis』, so as expected, I was astounded. And you know what he said next? 『I’m giving you a valuable opportunity to teach the young women what a man is like, so you should be grateful, no?』, he said!」
「Even if he was a man, that was just too much.」
「「I know right?!」」
As their very existence was precious, men in this world were treated like jewels from the time they were newborns.
Unlike daughters, mothers who properly disciplined their sons when raising them were in the minority.
So as not to feel bad in the all-female society, there were many cases of them turning into sons in a box.
Should that happen, most boys grew up to be full of selfishness and extremely afraid of unfamiliar women.
It was common knowledge among the nurses who had come in contact with them that when they were hospitalized, they either did not want to be nursed or, on the contrary, they demanded more than they did at home, giving the nurses a lot of trouble.
Although there were men among the doctors, the nurses were 100% women, so there was nothing they could do about it.
「Comparing him to Yuu-sama, it was like night and day, right?」
「「Yes, yes!」」
「He should be much younger than me, but he doesn’t have the cockiness that is typical of young boys and reminds me of a broad-minded man, or something like that.」
Simply from the fact that he would normally listen to what the nurses said, as opposed to finding it unpleasant, that made him an excellent commodity.
As it was necessary for nursing, there were times when the nurses had to touch them, and while some men would reject it or blatantly make an unpleasant face, Yuu did not mind at all, which was also a life safer.
If anything, as he got nursed, he responded to conversation in a good mood.
Therefore, it was undeniable that as the girls were so happy about it, unintentionally, their skinships with him ended up going over the top.
Tftc