Hospital

Neo sat up quickly, thinking he was being attacked, but then realized he was in a completely different place than he thought he was. His head was throbbing, and he wasn't sure if it was because he had hit his head or because he was asleep.

Looking around, he could see that he was in a brightly lit white room, lying on one of the two beds. In addition, there was a wardrobe and a television, and a door that he could swear led to the bathroom. Takeshi was beside him and looked startled to see Neo awake.

"Neo! You're awake! Wait a minute, I'll call the rest of the team," he said, getting up quickly and calling the other boys into the room. They all seemed both happy and a little sad to see their friend in this situation.

"How did I get here?" Neo asked, putting his hand to his head and noticing that it was bandaged.

"You don't remember?" Shike asked in alarm.

"No," Neo replied.

"Ryu carried you to the hospital." Pietro explained.

Neo was surprised by this information. "Ryu? I thought he hated me."

"Of course not, he was very concerned about you. He just couldn't stay longer because someone had to help his uncle," Takeshi explained.

"And how do you feel?" Maeda asked, looking at him as if he were analyzing him.

Neo smiled and said, "I'm fine."

Maeda wasn't convinced by this answer. "Do you have any idea what made you faint?" Pietro asked.

"It must have been the same as last time, I'm fine."

The whole team breathed a sigh of relief. Maeda still didn't seem to believe what he had heard. The nurse appeared and asked them to leave the room so Neo could rest.

"Hey, guys," he said before they left. "Thank you. Really."

Takeshi looked at them and they all nodded. They raised their fists and clenched their fingers - a sign for "stay strong".

As his friends left, Neo began to feel very tired. The room was so quiet that he felt sleepy. He turned on his side and fell asleep.

Later, the nurse came in with food. The food seemed tasteless and boring. The truth was that Neo did not like the situation he was in. He had discovered the truth.

"Neo?" the nurse called. "Are you well enough to see a visitor?"

"Visitor?" he asked curiously.

"Yes, a very pretty girl came to see you while you were asleep. She was really nice, and everyone loved having her around. I thought maybe she was your girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?"

"Yes, I'll bring her in."

To call herself his girlfriend, Neo was sure it could only be Yume, but someone nice enough to make a good nurse? He didn't know that she had those qualities.

Entering the room, a blonde girl appeared. Neo was obviously surprised. It was Saya. She was worried about the boy.

"You fainted again," she said sadly.

"Yes, this time it was my fault."

"Didn't Katherine tell you not to look into your past?"

"I wanted to learn more about my mother." Neo looked away sadly, unable to look at Saya.

"I understand," she said, placing her hand on his hair.

"My mother... She's not here anymore," he said, tears rolling down his eyes.

Saya took his head to her chest and hugged him, gently running her fingers through his hair. Neo cried and cried for a long time.

Saya thought that she could do something nice for him. She was a little embarrassed, but she had to do something.

"Neo, I met Mia. She was an amazing person."

She began to sing softly the lyrics of the song that had helped Neo through this whole journey. He stopped crying and looked at her in surprise.

The doctor interrupted their special moment. The man had shaved brown hair and a full beard.

Neo wiped his face, trying to hide the fact that he had been crying.

"So how are you feeling?" the doctor asked.

Physically, Neo was fine. "I'm getting better."

"Good, that's great. Have you fainted before?"

"Yes, this is the second time."

"Do you remember the first time?"

"I was trying to remember my old teacher, and that's when I fainted."

"Hmm..."

The doctor pondered while examining the reports, which worried Neo.

"Am I really sick, Doctor?"

"Please don't call me by my profession, it makes me feel weird... My name is Wellington," he said, pointing to his name tag.

That was strange, but Neo noticed that his surname was Miyamoto. Where had he heard that surname before?

"All right, Wellington. Am I really sick?"

"Well, you fainted and slept for a whole day, probably due to the psychological stress you've been under. We'll run some tests to make sure it's nothing from the impact. Physically, you should recover quickly. As for the psychological part, I'd say your condition is trauma related. You were in the lab accident, right?"

"Yes, I was."

"Then it's as I suspected. Now that you've remembered, you should focus on slowly accepting what happened and stay away from anything that reminds you of the accident. Because searching like that will break anyone, no matter how strong or intelligent they are. In time, you'll come to accept it and get better."

"Okay, I'll do that, Wellington."

Wellington smiled.

"Also, because you need to get better for your girlfriend and your friends who were worried and came to see you."

Saya blushed.

Then the doctor left. Seeing that he was feeling better, Saya decided to let him rest as well.