My whole body felt rigid and awful, not even Aris could make it feel better. He held me close to him for a few more minutes, before quickly dressing himself and running out of the room. Only moments later Catalina, Mia and Zoey walked in.
They helped me get dressed, while I seemed to have slipped into a state of shock. I couldn't seem to focus on anything, not my friend's kind words nor about Aris standing in the door opening, looking at me worriedly. I could barely get my own limbs to move.
They took me back to my own room, where they peeled his shirt off of me and instead dressed me in a grey, woollen sweater. Catalina came back with a bucket of hot water and some washcloths and started to work on cleaning out the wound. It stung every time she touched it, but I did not say a word abo
