My Life In A Fantasy, Women-Dominated World-Chapter 41: PDA

In the Laby hospital, in Claire’s private room.

On the bed, she laid with an easy-going smile adorning her beautiful face.

But her body was another matter entirely.

Wrapped in bandages like a cheap mummy, plasters covering many of her limbs.

I guess there is indeed the need for hospitals and treatment even in this world, and although they had potions.

Eva and I had just arrived, and all the rest of her friends were sitting on the couch with not so pleased expressions.

I could see some injuries on them as well, but it was only to the point of small cuts and scars, unlike Claire who had to be hospitalized.

Seeing us enter, Katie got up from the couch, followed by the mature and calm lady whose name I still didn’t know of.

"What do the reports say?" Eva questioned quickly.

Jaq, I assume, stood up last. Her head dipping in a sigh as she gave a wry smile.

"It’s pretty bad, a few broken ribs and many fractures." She continued, "We are looking at least a 2 week bedrest, could be more depending on her vitality."

My eyes met with hers as I tuned out the background conversation for a few moments, looking into her lovely blue eyes.

Claire winked at me playfully, as if the pain and injuries didn’t exist.

She gently nodded at me, gesturing me to come closer before wincing slightly in pain.

Without wasting more moments, I moved closer to her, tempted to call her a mummy but stopping when I realized that I didn’t know if they even existed here.

My hand went to her cheeks, gently cupping them as her eyes widened slightly at my unexpected gesture.

Her pupils darted at the crowd of her friends before refocusing back onto me.

Lips puckering, she looked at me unsure whether to keep up a strong act or lean into my touch. But Claire made her decision in just a few moments.

She leaned closer to my palm, her eyes closing with a sigh.

"My baby got hurt?" I teased playfully, half tempted to call her a toy like she called me, but choosing not to in front of her friends.

"Shut up," she snarled, scoffing, "They just took advantage of my drunkenness, I remember their faces. Just you wait."

"Oh really?" I chuckled.

"I remember them too, don’t worry Clay." Eva instantly supported from the behind, moving closer to us.

"Me too." Jaq nodded.

"Yeah! Recover swiftly for revenge!" Katie cheered.

"Thanks guys, sorry for what happened. It was my fault."

Claire tried to sit up on the bed to talk more comfortably, but it only resulted in her wincing and struggling against the plaster.

"Calm down." I pet her head before supporting her from the side, my hand stroking the back of her neck.

"Mhm." Claire closed her eyes with a low hum.

And from the corner of my vision, I could see her friends staring at us speechlessly.

Wondering how shameless we both could be for serving them the doses of PDA like this.

But I didn’t really care about it and neither did Claire, apparently.

Though it was only expected from her as she already proved that she cared a lot about me, more than the stupid judgements of others at least.

"Guys let’s just go, we are not welcome here anymore." The mature and calm girl teased.

"Yeah, such is the society these days. And they say ’gals before balls’. My foot!" Katie added teasingly.

"Meh y’all go. I am staying, it might get spicy soon. Free porn, that too live." Jaq commented playfully, but her comment just made everyone look at her speechlessly.

But from other people’s expressions, it didn’t seem like it was her first time saying such shit.

"Hopeless," the mature one sighed.

"I’m in bandages, you expect me to fuck in this condition?" Claire gave her a look meant for idiots.

"You can’t? Skill issues." Jaq shook her head.

"Yep, let’s just go." Katie clapped her hands twice as she began pushing Jaq towards the door.

"I agree." the mature one assisted Katie in dragging Jaq away, but not before she could leave a final remark.

"Use protection!" Jaq gave us a thumbsup.

I blinked twice speechlessly, before chuckling at the interaction.

I knew that they just exaggerated it to improve Claire’s mood while also giving us privacy, but that’s what made it even better.

Thinking of privacy, my eyes fell onto Eva who was still inside the room, looking at us with calm eyes.

"What?" Claire relaxed onto her hospital bed, looking at Eva.

"Just waiting for the cooldown to end so I can apply one more heal on you before leaving." Eva waved her hand casually, walking to the other side of the bed.

"It’s not needed, they have already agitated my vitality to the max they could, your heal will just be wasted."

Eva shook her head, "Shut up." she said.

Claire sighed dramatically and turned back to look at me, "Sorry, you had to come all the way over here."

"It’s alright, the house would’ve felt empty without you anyway."

Claire blinked before smiling sweetly, feeling pleased with my light flirt.

"Okay now I regret staying behind," Eva groaned on the side, causing all of us to chuckle together.

"Major Heal." Suddenly amidst the laugh, Eva chanted calmly while aiming her palm towards Claire.

I watched as faint golden particles of light drifted onto Claire’s body, enveloping her in a protective cocoon before slowly cracking open into smaller motes of light.

The motes of light settled onto Claire’s skin at various places before getting absorbed by Claire.

"Okay, I’m done now. You both take care and I’ll try to drop by in the morning with some breakfast."

After leaving her final words behind, Eva waved her arm with a smile and left the room, closing the door after herself.

Our eyes met again, Claire looking at me with droopy, unfocused eyes.

"That bi...tch," she cursed softly, yawning, "She mixed sleeping inducement with the hea...l..."

Speechlessly, I could only stare at Claire as her eyelids got heavier and she dozed off.

’...The fuck.’