I Am Not A Fool

Chapter 2

Dakota woke up with his eyes widened to perfection. He was breathing heavily. His entire body was drenched with sweat. He cast his eyes around. He was in an all-white room with medical equipment attached all over his body and a monitor screen beside the bed that kept beeping, disturbing the hearing.

Dakota looked at the IV tube attached to her right hand. "Ah, where am I? Why am I here?"

Dakota looked around once more. Then he was surprised by the arrival of a female nurse who walked into Dakota's room with a friendly smile. "Thank goodness. Apparently you've regained consciousness."

Something made Dakota's forehead immediately wrinkled in confusion when the nurse spoke calmly like nothing happened at all, but strangely she could hear the nurse's voice. In fact, the nurse was not talking.

It was lazy to serve a poor man like this patient. He is not a rich man.

Dakota shook his head while blinking his eyes several times because he felt something was wrong with his senses of hearing and vision. After all, he didn't see the woman's mouth moving like what he heard.

The woman approached Dakota. "Excuse me, I'm going to check on you." As usual, the nurse checked Dakota's condition with a friendly smile. However, Dakota's forehead continued to frown because he heard the woman's inner voice examining her again.

It's so lazy to have to go inside this room. If only I could get a chance like my friend who can establish a relationship with the doctor here. It would have been so much fun. Moreover, they would meet and my friend would get a special gift after the date. Meanwhile, I'm stuck with a poor patient like this guy.

Dakota styled the nurse with a voice that was still hoarse, opening her voice. "If you really don't want to examine me, just leave."

The nurse was so surprised that she dropped the pen. Instantly making the woman stutter. "Wh-what do you mean? Isn't i-I examining you?"

Has this man gone mad? He's weird. Obviously, I'm checking up on him, but he thinks that I don't want to check up on him. What an odd poor guy! Or maybe he went crazy because of the accident. That sucks. He deserves to be crazy. Makes me even more lazy to check on him.

The nurse continued to check the IV in Dakota's hand. Dakota felt more and more strange about what was happening. The nurse's inner voice kept sounding, making Dakota annoyed.

Dakota moved his right hand violently until it made the infusion hose that was being held by the nurse move. "Already, you can leave if you don't want to examine me."

The nurse's brow furrowed in confusion. "W-what are you saying? I don't understand."

Why was this man saying strange things? Creepy. Is it possible that he can hear my inner voice?

The nurse was silent watching Dakota. Dakota, who heard her inner voice, immediately turned his head. "Why?"

Suddenly, the nurse was shocked again. She became frightened and immediately tidied up the health checkbook. "I'm done, excuse me."

The nurse immediately excused herself from Dakota's presence with quick footsteps, hurriedly looking frightened. 

I don't want to examine that man again. It's scary. Maybe after this, I would get bad luck because of him.

While inside the hospitalization room, Dakota frowned even more because he didn't understand what was happening to him. He held his head. Everything that happened to him earlier was extraordinary. His feelings became erratic. He continued to hold his head, which felt painful and dizzy.

Dakota tried to recall the events before he was in this hospital. "I was hit by a truck, then what exactly happened now? Why can I hear the voice of the maintenance heart earlier?"

Dakota got up slowly from the bed and lowered his legs. His head still hurt from the hard impact when his head hit the asphalt. He lowered his head while holding his head. "Am I just hallucinating from the effects of being unconscious?"

Dakota shook his head. "No." He rubbed his face slowly. "It's obvious that I heard the nurse's inner voice, but this can't be happening either."

The more he thought about it, the more Dakota's head hurt. He couldn't help it. Even some of the other voices sounded faint in the ears. Dakota was really dizzy thinking about it. He lay back on the bed while massaging his head, which felt dizzy and like it wanted to break. Until Dakota fell asleep thinking about it, also from the influence of drugs still working.

A few hours later, Dakota regained consciousness. The thought had not disappeared from Dakota's head. Dakota could still vaguely hear other people's voices from nowhere. His head still hurt and he was dizzy.

Dakota got up and put his feet down. He rubbed his rough face. "This is really very strange. I'm sure it's just the drugs. Or maybe I'm already crazy because of the accident."

Not long after, a different nurse came back in, but this time with a male doctor. They were surprised to see Dakota, who had woken up and put his legs down. The nurse and the doctor immediately approached Dakota.

"Why are you out of bed already?"  The doctor helped lift Dakota's legs back onto the bed while covering her. "You just woke up from a 5-day coma. You can't get out of bed yet."

Dakota laid back down on the bed. The doctor checked the medical equipment beside Dakota's bed, and then told the nurse so she could write it down in the checkbook.

Dakota's head was hurting more and more, and right at that moment, Dakota heard the nurse's inner voice again. I finally got to see the doctor again. I've missed him so much. Yes, even though it's not long, it makes me happy.

The doctor's inner voice was heard again by Dakota. My wife seemed suspicious that I was turning away from her. The doctor seemed to steal a glance with the nurse beside him. The doctor's inner voice was heard again. My wife must not know about our relationship. I can't end my relationship with her either.

Dakota widened his eyes. He was shocked. No, she wasn't. This is impossible. Why can I hear their inner voices? I've really lost my mind.

Dakota learned from the doctor and nurse's inner voices that the nurse and doctor were in a relationship. Meanwhile, the doctor already has a wife. This really didn't make sense to Dakota. I don't know how he could hear all this.

The doctor turned to the nurse for a moment. "The patient's heart rate is normal." The nurse nodded her head and wrote it down in the checkbook.

I wonder what the doctor will give me tonight. I couldn't wait for it. Moreover. He said he would provide me with something exceptional.

The woman's inner voice again sounded evident in Dakota's ears. Dakota massaged her sore forehead, pretending not to hear anything because the nurse and doctor were not talking.

Tonight, we will spend the night. I miss her beautiful body so much. Her games always make me want more. Unfortunately, I only have until nine o'clock at night to get close to her. Anyway, we have to make love after we finish examining this patient. I can't stand it anymore.

Dakota tries to hold herself back this time so they are not surprised like the previous female nurse. Dakota pretended to be calm and act casual with what she had heard from the inner voices of the two people near him.

The doctor had finished examining Dakota's condition. So did the nurse beside him, who had written it down in the checkbook. "You are fine. Everything is fine." Dakota only responded with a nod of his head. "Then, we will excuse ourselves."

The doctor and nurse excused themselves from Dakota's presence. After they left, Dakota could only manage to breathe with relief because he could finally refrain from commenting on the inner voice he heard.

Dakota rubbed his face roughly while exhaling. "It turns out that I can indeed hear other people's inner voices."

Dakota was confused as to why this was happening to him. His head felt heavy and dizzy. What made his suddenly able to hear other people's inner voices?

Dakota got back up and got off the patient's bed. "Being in this room makes my head hurt even more. I'd better take a walk for a while." He carried his IV tube, strolling out of the hospitalization room.

Dakota's legs felt stiff from probably lying down for too long, making it difficult for him to walk quickly. When he reached the lobby, another female nurse approached with a panicked look.

The nurse was holding Dakota's IV stand. "Where are you going? You can't go anywhere until you make the payment. You have to pay immediately. Otherwise, you will have to leave this hospital or go to jail because you won't pay."

Dakota was confused because he had no money. Even the money he had in his savings was small. "I-I have no money. Give me some time so I can pay."

The nurse grunted in annoyance as she removed Dakota's IV stand. "Alright, we'll give you up to 24 hours."

Dakota only responded with a nod, then the nurse left his presence. Dakota rubbed his face roughly. He really didn't know where to pay the hospital fees from. However, he suddenly remembered about the doctor.

Dakota returned to strolling while thinking. When he walked out, it happened that the doctor's wife came to the hospital. The doctor immediately greeted the middle-aged woman who had just exited the car. The doctor embraced his wife and then walked towards Dakota.

Dakota approached the doctor and whispered softly as if she was walking and muttering to herself. "What if I tell his wife that this doctor is having an affair?"

Suddenly, the doctor who was walking embracing his wife was immediately surprised and immediately looked at Dakota with eyes that widened perfectly.