Close Friends Stick Together

I opened my eyes and noticed that Sonata wasn't next to me. I panicked and looked around and she was nowhere in sight. I also noticed that I wasn't in the same room as before. Suddenly, I heard a voice.

"Look honey, look at our beautiful baby girl..."

"Ughh.", I groaned unattractively.

And then I heard someone beside me that I hadn't noticed before.

"Oh good! You're finally awake.", A voice said.

Once my eyes finally adjusted, I looked to my side to see a man in a doctor's outfit. He had dark green hair and had fair skin. He was sitting in a chair next to me with one hand in his lap and the other over mine, giving me a relieved smile.

"Um... " I was stared awkwardly at his hand hoping he'll catch the hint.

Once he noticed, he retracted his hand and nervously scratched his head.

"Um y-yeah. Sorry." he apologized with a slight pink blush adorning his face.

I chose to let what happened slide to prevent anymore awkwardness. And that's when it hit me...

"Where is Son-"

The door opening interrupted my thoughts. At the door stood a girl with light blue hair with two dark blue hair light and it was at that moment I  realized it was Sonata. She wore a light purple sweater over a light blue shirt and blue pants. I hardly recognized her as I jumped up and hugged her, seeing that she was in a better state than earlier.

"Sonata!" I exclaimed jumping from the arms and running to my side. She was cleaned up and with new clothes

"Adagio..." she whispered caressing my messed up shirt.

She leaned into my touch. Remembering that there was other people in the room, I shyly looked over at them. They smiled watching our exchange.

"So anyway... where is Aria and... who are you people?" I asked.

"Well, you're currently at the hospital. I'm-"

"That's the nice man who helped me get new clothes and took me to see Aria," Sonata said interrupting him who was now pouting, and pointing to the girl with the the dress.

"And that's Nurse Redheart!" He finished pointing to the other. "They took care of Aria while you were sleeping."

"And you are?" He asked, smiling sweetly.

"Adagio Dazzle." I said. "It's a pleasure. And thank you for taking care of my sisters."

"It's nice to meet you, Adagio!" He exclaimed putting out his hand for me to shake. I flushed.

"There's no need to be so formal," I said quietly, shaking his hand anyway. "I'm only thirteen years old..."

That wasn't the reason I was hesitant to shake his hand. It was because I was still a mess and I rather not get anyone dirty. It took a moment for him to register this new information.

"W-What?" He stuttered standing up and embarrassed at his mistake. "But you have those two… and judging how she acted, I assumed you were..." he trailed off looking at Sonata. My cheeks flushed.

"No it's not like that! I haven't... done that," I partially lied. "I simply took them in and..." I mumbled the last part looking at my hands.

"Oh? Then that would explain..." I looked further down, hiding beneath my bangs.

The Doctor widened his eyes. He seemed to have put two and two together.

"Um, Nurse? Maybe you can take Sonata to get some ice cream while I watch over this one." He said nervously laughing.

Sonata opened her mouth to protest but shut it when she saw me nod to her, letting her know it's OK. She nodded back, but had a sad look on her face as she was taken by the hand and out the door. I sighed.

"Sorry about that.” I said as I merely nodded.

"You were asleep for a while, ya know."

"How long?" I asked silently thanking him for the change of subject.

"Almost a whole day."

"Wow," I laughed slightly. "I must've been really tired."

He gave me a weird look.

"Tired? No, you were sick and deprived from food. When we took a look at you, it was clear to us that you hadn't ate in quite some time."

I looked up at him in confusion.

"Really?" I asked know that it was true.

He nodded and resumed.

“Not only that, but it seems your were physically abused and you suffered a severe wound on your face and arm. Who attacked you?"

Her sharp nails pierced my arm while I had my hand wrapped around her throat. As for my arm, that was my own doing, but I wasn't going to tell him that.

"...I mean you're lucky you got here when you did. We were able to treat you in time. If not, you would've had been in a worse state than your sister or..."

Her skin was turning a sickly color and her entire face was flushed. Sweat soaked her clothes and she was panting heavily.

"... I've seen it before, it's a terrible sight. There was even this one person who bleeding from every orifice..."

I looked down and gasped seeing blood trickling from Aria. Her nose and her mouth.

"... you're lucky your..."

And with that, Aria said no more.

"...still alive."

I slapped a hand to my mouth and choked back a sob. Tears poured out of my eyes and fell uncontrollably.

"Wait why... oh no, did I say something to make you upset?"

When did it happen?  When did she get sick? Why did she hide it from us? The woman screeched, shoving Sonata away from her. Her nail nicked the side of the girl's cheek, resulting in a small cut. A small cut.

"That's all it took..." I whispered. "All it took to make her sick."

By this cruel world. Nobody truly cares for the helpless. They’re all just monsters who take advantage of you. I looked up, finally realizing what was happening. He gave me a soft smile and held his arms out and awkwardly engulfed me in a hug in order to comfort me. I clutched onto his coat into my fists and cried my eyes out while he muttered soothing words. Not that I could really hear him. But, eventually I did calm down slightly. My face was sticky with dried up tears, red puffy eyes, and my nose was red and with snot pouring out of it. I looked like a mess. More so then I was earlier. I needed to be strong, for myself and for Sonata and Aria. I moved back a little.

Either by politeness, or just not wanting to get my snot on his coat, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the snot from underneath my nose. I muttered a quick thank you and closed my eyes, still not letting go. And so we sat in a comfortable silence... that is, until he broke it.

"Hey, what... what happened?"

I didn't answer.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to but it might be a good idea to get some things off your chest. I can tell you've been holding all of your pain." he said with a smile.

I didn't know if he was saying that out of kindness or she was going to use me like those two men did. But for some reason, I felt comfortable around him. Not sure what to do next, I asked,

"Can... we go to a different room to talk?"

He nodded and grabbed my hand, this time, I didn't refuse it. We went into a office and as we entered, I asked,

"Could you leave it cracked please?"

He nodded and left it just a crack like I asked. We sat down and he looked like he was prepared to talk to me. He was gonna say something, but not before giving me some juice. Then, he said this,