Chapter 59

Chapter 59

"Calm down and take it slowly okay?" The nurse joy assigned to Virah said as she supported the girl by her arms.

When Virah left her bed, she shakily stood in place for a split second before suddenly collapsing- she sobbed, "I- I don't think I can feel my legs-"

"Calm down," nurse joy's soothing words calmed the girl's panic down enough that she was able to nod in response.

Nurse joy smiled kindly, "that's normal," the pink haired woman said, "that's why you're going through physical therapy, to get you used to moving your muscles again, you just need to put in the effort and I'm confident that you'll be able to walk on your own in no time,"

"O-okay, I think I can probably do it," Virah nodded resolutely, she met the nurse's eyes, "what do I need to do?"

"First," nurse joy started by supporting Virah back up and leading her to a reinforced crutch, she then guided both of Virah's hands towards the handles, "you're going to need to understand that you'll have to rely on these things to walk,"

"I know that," Virah replied, not really a stranger to this kind of procedure. After all, crutches aren't that different from the make-shift braces she's given her past patients.

"That's good then," the nurse smiled, "now, you're going to walk from here to the gym and after that, you're going to take a break followed by going on a treadmill," nurse joy explained, "don't worry, I'll be here by your side throughout the entire thing,"

Virah lifted the crutch forward and felt her knees buckle, she tightened her grip on the handles and prepared herself for the impact- her body shook as the wide foot of the crutch met the floor and stabilized her once more.

She stopped and started to breath heavily while waiting for the feeling of weightlessness across her body to dissipate, once it was gone and she felt her center come back, she inhaled before letting out a sigh of relief.

"The crutch won't fall, don't worry," Virah heard nurse joy say.

The poison specialist eyed the contraption that, if she didn't know any better, looked like the supporting beams of a construction site. The crutch in her hands held steady and thanks to the square-like shape of its foot, would continue to stay that way even if Virah decided to physically exert herself.

If she was healthy, she could maybe just push it forward and the thing would fall over but the her right now didn't have that kind of strength. By Lugia she didn't even have the strength to stand, let alone push the crutch supporting her.

'Which means that I'll be fine,' she thought to herself.

Regardless, she closed her eyes and took in lungfuls of air that she steadily breathed out, when she felt the aching panic at the back of her head come off, she started her journey towards the gym.

Each step burned her legs, and lifting the crutch over and over again strained her arms to the point of exhaustion, her body loathed each second that passed as she continued pushing herself but she didn't let it slow her down.

She only really stopped once she felt her sweat soaked clothes stick to her skin.

"I'd love that," Virah put up a shaky smile, "please,"

"Magikarp sandwich it is then," with those parting words, nurse joy walked out of the gym, leaving Virah with her thoughts.

Virah pulled on her shirt and frowned, the wetness was now starting to become noticeable and she was feeling the discomfort of wearing something soaked in so much sweat, she pulled on the her shirt just so that a large portion of it stops sticking to her stomach but eventually had to put it down since her tired arms burned even more from doing it.

She propped her chin on her hand in a thinking pose and frowned, 'I'm...'

Annoyed? Mad? Angry?

At what? Exactly?

She honestly wasn't sure just where to direct her frustration and because of that, the already aching feeling on the back of her head turned for the worse and started chewing on her scalp, she wanted to scratch her head in frustration but knew that she shouldn't.

It was very tempting though.

"Ugh." Virah held herself back from letting her head fall loosely, she instead straightened her back and when that got tiring, she placed both her hands on either side of her body and stabilized herself that way.

Virah waited until her arms burned before letting go and sitting in a messed up posture yes, but one that wasn't taxing or strained. She was still tired though and she didn't know just for how much longer she could keep this kind of position-

"Hey," Virah jolted towards the source of the voice and felt relief once she saw nurse joy coming her way, the woman stretched out a hand holding a sandwich and gave it to Virah.

The poison specialist immediately went down on the bread, oil-marinated fish, and mayonnaise like it was her last meal before gulping down the light blue energy drink that nurse joy gave her.

The sour taste only came for a split second before Virah's unresponsive tongue numbed down, allowing her to drink a semi-sweet, pseudo bitter liquid that pouted down her throat.

An aching feeling of relief washed over the top of her head once she was done and Virah found herself wobbling-

"Whoa there," nurse joy caught her in time, "I'll stop you next time if you eat that quickly again alright?"

Virah nodded, "mhm-" she gagged, "mhmm, thanks,"

Nurse Joy helped Virah straighten herself before rubbing the girl's back, "by Ho oh you're sweaty," she grabbed the girl by the arms and supported her upright, "come on, I'll help you change,"

"T-thanks," Virah gave the nurse a smile as she got carried towards a nearby bathroom.