Episode 2

Why is he so silent?

She goes near him, and realizes it's only a little boy. He's dirty and his clothes are torn up.

'Did he... Pass out?'

"Hey, kid, get up," she says, poking his face.

No response came.

Now that she looks closer, she realizes how thin he is.

'Maybe he passed out from hunger.'

Reyna sighs, but still carries his body bridal style.

After some time, she arrives home.

She wants to put the kid on the bed, but he's just too dirty. She keeps thinking about what to do, until she gives up.

'Looks like the first male body I'm gonna see is that of a little kid. I don't know whether to scream or puke. Sigh, poor me.'

She carries him to the bathroom and undresses him.

When she looks at his body, she looks surprised and sickened.

His body is covered with bruises and burns.

'Who would do this to a child?'

She silently put his thin body in the bathtub and showers him.

When she finishes, she carries him to her bed. She put him in a sitting position.

Unfortunately, Reyna doesn't have clothes for kids, but she does have many plain shirts, which he could use. As for the underwear, who cares about that?

When she finishes, she lays him down and covers him.

Looking closely, he isn't bad looking at all. His black, straight hair looks pretty cute, and his facial features as well.

Her heart aches slightly, but she forgets about it soon enough.

She goes to a chair and sits on it. There are many papers she gets out, and she starts to write. There also is a laptop on the table in which she writes things every now and then.

She keeps writing until she notices something; she forgot to give the little one IV fluids.

She runs out of the room and returns immediately with some needles and IV fluids. It's the only thing she has for him, even though he needs more things, but she'd buy them later.

She put the fluids in him and he flinches slightly.

'Well, at least there's a reaction. That means he's alive.'

She then goes back to work. She keeps writing things until she heard her stomach rumble.

She goes to her kitchen and makes some instant noodles as she has no time to make something else.

She gets them in her room, and writes with one hand while eating a bit with the other.

She keeps writing until midnight, when she remembers she has school tomorrow.

'Oh well, it's not like I can go anywhere with this kid here. Who knows what he'll do once he wakes up. I would rather not see my house burn.'

She keeps writing things until the next morning.

She takes her phone and dials a number.

"Hello, is this X City's university? I'm calling to inform that Reyna, from the medical department, is asking for a leave for a week for sickness. Yes. Thank you very much for the comprehension. Good day."

Well, that's taken care of, but when is this kid gonna wake up?

She looks at the little boy intensively.

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