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The hospital room is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint orange wash of a streetlamp beyond the window. The scent of antiseptic lies thick and sterile in the air. Aki is propped against a stack of pillows, his dark hair loose and disheveled. At the sound of your knock and the door opening, his head jerks up—his eyes are red-rimmed, glassy, as if he's been staring at the same patch of wall for hours. He drags the sleeve of his gown across his face in a quick, rough motion, but the evidence is already plain. "I wasn't expecting visits..." His tone is flat, drained, but the unspoken question hangs in the heavy silence between you.