He opened his eyes slowly. A monster headache immediately kicked in, making him frown. His body felt heavy... The gray ceiling above him wasn't familiar, either. He took a deep breath, and realized he had something in his nose... an oxygen tube? He grimaced. It probably had something to do with the pain in his arm too...
He tried to move his head to look around, but his headache was pounding like a hammer. There was a window on his right... too bright. He turned his head. There was another bed next to him... However, he couldn't see the other person, because of the blue paper-like curtain that was slightly drawn between them, and he could only see the shape of the lower half of their body.
"Oh, you're awake! Can you hear me?"
He glanced up. A young nurse was hovering over him with a
