When Matilda woke up the next day, she found herself surrounded by a crowd.
Godfrey, Chloe, Luna, Hala, Baxter, Yoshi...
Matilda blinked in confusion. "What's with the gathering?"
"Hey, heard you checked into the hospital again, so we came to check on you."
Hala sat down, looking at Matilda. "If this hospital had a VIP loyalty program, you’d definitely be rocking the top-tier status with all the points you’ve racked up."
Matilda chuckled. "Are you teasing me for spending so much time here?"
"Yep, feels like you're here 20 days out of the month." Yoshi showed up in his green dinosaur pajamas, the hood pulled over his head with a massive dinosaur head attached and a tail sweeping behind him. His appearance caused quite the stir in the hospital, making people wonder if a patient from the psychiatric ward had escaped.
Luna smiled. "My brother’s still got you on his mind, mentioned how sexy those stockings you wore during Truth or Dare were."
"Whoa!" Baxter chimed in with a grin, "Not many can catch Cyprian’s eye; goddess, wanna give it a shot?"
"Back off, back off!"
Chloe shoved Baxter aside, "Matilda’s mine. All these Cyprians, Yvans, Adrians, can just back off!"
Just then, Yvan walked in with a pot of soup, startled by the crowd. "Did... did you guys just mention my name?"
Chloe immediately plastered on a sycophantic smile, "Nope, nope, just talking about how handsome you are."
Everyone internally: ...
Yvan set the soup down next to Matilda’s bed, and everyone’s jaws dropped.
What… what’s happening?!
Yvan came to visit and even brought Matilda soup?!
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