"I see someone's finally awake." Rachel sipped from her teacup with a soft smirk in her eyes. I gave her a look and sat up in my squishy mattress. The previous events in the day came rushing back to me, and I frowned.

"What happened this time?" She put down her phone and sat by the edge of my bed.

"It's okay. I was just tired, that's all." I lied.

"Mhm. You're not a good liar, you know." Her smirk widened, and I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"Fine. My friend's in the hospital."

"Are you... sad about it?"

I stared at her for a few moments before slamming my fist into the white sheets. "Dammit, Rachel! Of course I'm sad!" I exploded

"Woah, woah, control yourself, Felix. Take a breath and tell me what happened." I could already feel tears brimming the corners of my eyes as I told her what I heard.

"...He called the first contact he saw, and that happened to be me, I guess."

"Your... friend. Are you sure he's just a... friend?"

"That's not the point." I cocked my head at her. "The point is, he's probably suffering right now, and I-uh. I don't know if I should visit him."

"And why wouldn't you want to visit him?"

"I-I don't know."

I expected her to ask more questions, but all she did was hop up on my bed next to me and pull me close. She embraced me tightly as I bit my lip to control my emotions.

"It's okay." She said. "You can cry if you need to, I'm here."

"That's- that's what he said. But I don't know if he's kept his promise." My breath hitched and I buried my face in her arms, embarrassed to be crying AGAIN.

"He's going to be fine. You're both going to be fine. Lix, don't worry, it's gonna be alright."

"I hope so."