Chapter 55

Alina's POV
I am quite confident in my decision to donate blood to Jake Gyllenhaal. After I answered with full confidence, the laboratory officer asked again to confirm the sincerity of my intentions.
At the same time, behind me, the nurse who accompanied me patted my shoulders gently. Gives encouragement and anesthetizes the feeling of caring for me.
I went through process after process until I had my blood sucked to get two pumpkins at one time. I endured extreme pain when my blood was sucked out using a needle. Until everything finished smoothly and I felt a little weak afterward.
"Are you okay, Miss?"
"Of course." I answered in a low voice because I was a little weak.
"Okay then, after donating blood, our nurse will prepare some nutritious food and blood-boosting medicine for you so you don't get dizzy and maintain your stamina. Later the nutritious food and blood-boosting medicine will be sent and delivered to your inpatient room."
"Yeah, okay, thank you."
"Then, the blood donation process is complete. Now you may leave this room."
"Good."
I came out of this room accompanied by the nurse who had been pushing my wheelchair very faithfully.
When I got to my room, the nurse advised me to rest and she left me here alone so I wouldn't feel disturbed, she said. I have to rest, the nurse said so I can get fit again.
"It's here, Miss. Please rest for a while until I bring food and medicine for you here. I'm worried that you will feel disturbed, so I will leave this room while carrying out other tasks for other patients."
"Yes, thank you for taking care of me and accompanying me."
"Yes, you're welcome, Miss."
I was helped again to get into bed by this nurse. After I lay down and slept comfortably with the IV tube installed neatly, the nurse left and left me here alone.
I closed my eyes slowly. Because it turns out that after donating blood you really feel a little dizzy. Moreover, this is my first experience doing it. At first I felt shocked by the needle hitting my skin and penetrating my veins. But over time I endured the pain by taking deep breaths and holding them in my stomach. So the pain is a little disguised. But in my opinion there is nothing more painful than the story of my unfortunate life. My fate is much more painful than being pricked by a needle and having blood drawn. I clearly felt bloodier than the blood I had taken earlier. It's just that I never saw the pain or brought it to the surface. I just want to be considered tough and be a strong figure in living this mortal life.
My feelings of mourning led me to lose myself in daydreaming until I drifted into drowsiness and finally I fell asleep without realizing it. Until I woke up again when there was a sound approaching behind the door. It looks like someone is coming into this room. I thought it was the nurse who treated me here and sure enough it was her.
"Good afternoon, Miss, how are you getting enough rest? Have you just woken up from sleep? Sorry if my arrival disturbs your rest time here."
"Yes, it's okay. It's time for me to get up. Besides, I felt enough rest and sleep earlier and was quite satisfied. My body is quite fit now, unlike before.”
"That's good then, I'm happy to hear and see it."
"Yes, thank you." I smiled at her.
"Okay Miss, this is my promise, it's time for you to eat and take your medicine. Please, miss, eat this dish. Do you need me to help you feed it?"
"You don't need a nurse, I can do it myself. But the nurse will accompany me here until I finish eating. Because to take the medicine I still need directions, I'm afraid there will be a mistake if I take it myself without the nurse's assistance."
"Yes, okay, of course I will accompany you until you finish taking the medicine, don't worry, Miss!"
This time I ate quite well because it felt good to eat. Besides, the feeling of weakness made me very hungry, perhaps because the amount of blood I had taken earlier made me hungry easily.
After I finished eating, I took medicine and suddenly someone opened the door without permission. She stood still in the middle of the door. She looked at me with a straight gaze and seemed very worried about my situation.
Suddenly, when the door opened suddenly and quite loudly because she pushed the door roughly, it was clear that I and the nurse who was beside me were shocked and in fact I was very surprised by the figure that came in front of me this time. I really can't believe that Mark will come here. Who would have given Mark information about my presence here? Could it be that Ryan told Mark about me now? Yes, I thought Ryan would tell Mark about me who was also being treated at this hospital.
But my reverie was suddenly interrupted and my consciousness focused on Mark's presence now in front of me.
"Mark? Are you coming?"
Mark ran towards me spontaneously, he hugged me very tightly then said to make sure he was really here for me now.
"Yeah it's me."
"Excuse me Miss, let me go back to my place."
It seemed like the nurse felt embarrassed and uncomfortable being among us. I didn't even have time to answer him and he just left after saying goodbye. I heard the nurse say goodbye to me to leave this room but I was still wide-eyed by Mark's embrace.
I swallowed saliva once. Mark let go of his hug after a few seconds and hugged me for almost a full minute. Then he looked at me and started asking how I was now.
"Are you starting to get better?"
"Yeah, not bad."
"Thank goodness you're starting to feel better. I'm starting to feel relieved after hearing you talk like that and seeing how you are now and you can still sit and interact."
I smiled at my lover.
"Are you feeling sore, Alina?"
"Reasonable."
"Come here, let me massage you."
"No need."
"Don't hesitate, I'm your boyfriend."
"Um, okay."
Mark also massaged my legs and arms regularly and gently. It feels pretty good and comfortable. It turns out he has the skills to massage too.
"Oh yeah, why did you donate your blood to Jake?"
"How do you know?" I even asked Mark back and haven't answered his question which was directed at me.