Nice to Meet You

The door opened, and a man who seemed to be in his early 40s appeared.

'Hi, Mr. Shio. what are you doing here? I didn't expect to see you here.'

'Why else would I be here except to see my daughter-in-law? I heard that they both got into some trouble and she ended up here. I would like to apologize, behalf of him.'

'He is such a spoiled brat. It's my fault that he is like that. I hope those strangers can be kept outside the room, he said glaring at the guards who were all over the room.'

'Yeah sure Mr. Shio,' my father replied in a face full of happiness. 'Then I will let you talk with her. I will head out then.'

'He came near me and handed me over a bunch of flowers with a greeting card that said get well soon.'

'Thank you, Mr. Shio, I replied. Don't think of me weirdly. I am not trying to flirt with the bride of my son. It is his mom who gave me that stuff.' 

'I am sorry to ask this Mr. Shio, even though we just met. How old are you? You seem much younger.'

'Oh, I see. Don't worry you are not the only one who had that question. I am only 39 years old.'

'What? How come is that you are 39 and Samael is in his early 20s?'

'That's a long story. I fell in love with Samaels mom when we were teens, so after dating for such a long time, Samaels mom and I had Samael.'

'But if my calculations are correct you must have been an age around 15 to 18.'

'I was 16 back then, to be exact. Samaels mom was only 15.

But did you guys felt alright to have a kid at that age? It was alright. We were both in love and Samael was like a blessing to us. After that incident, Samael's mom and I were both homeschooled so we both barely had any contact with the outside world.' 

'I met your dad a few years ago, he was such a good person and that's how we both ended up deciding to get both of you married. I felt like both of you were match-made in heaven. I hadn't seen you until today, and what I decided the marriage with was a picture of you when you were small. It reminded me of my childhood.'

'Good for you Mr. Shio. I am sorry to say this but I still don't know whether I like Samael or not. Sometimes I think that I like him, but at the same time, he does something to make me hate him.'

'Oh that childish brat, please don't mind him. He is such a good boy, and I think you have already realized he is a bit of a weird kid. We didn't let him go out that much because we were scared that he might commit the same mistake.' 

'But you said you were happy to have him.

We were indeed happy but we had to go through a lot. Samael's mom went through a lot, Not me. She was discriminated against by other women whenever she was taken to the hospital, and she was insulted in all sorts of ways.

We were scared that something like that might happen to him if he gets into a relationship. It was our fault for believing such a thing. He became totally awkward in relationships.'

'It doesn't seem like it though.

what did you just say, I didn't hear you.

Oh, nothing Mr. Shio. We don't have to talk about that.

Do you want to meet his mom, she must be on her way. She was really worried when she heard that you got hospitalized.'                               

'That is unnecessary, tell her not to come here.

Who doesn't need to come here? I am here to visit my daughter-in-law. Oh, you are so beautiful. Honey, you better go save that son of ours. Yuki's dad is waiting outside. He told me that he is waiting for you to come.'

'Then I will get going, you two can talk.'

'Thank you for coming to visit me, Mr. Shio. I said bowing my head.'

'Nevermind that. Come home early honey, he left the room.'

'Oh, my poor girl. What happened?  It's a long story, Mrs. Shio.'

'what were you doing all this time did you not see that. Oh that childish husband of mine, He should have had noticed this. You have already lost so much blood. Can you call the Nurse for me? Until she comes I will prepare you for the shower.'

'You don't have to do that,

shut up and call your nurse. I need to know whether you can take a shower or not. I used to study to be a doctor, but got sick of it and studied business.'

The nurse came into the room and was surprised to see the blood on my sleeve.

'Can you take the shirt off Miss Yuki, I need to examine your wound.' She examined my wound, 'no need to worry miss Yuki, only a few stitches broke.'

'Are you getting ready to have a shower?'

'yes,' I replied.

'Judging from the way she behaves it will be okay for her to take a shower,' Mrs. Shio said while holding some bath towels.

'She can take a shower, but a little while after the stitches are completed. Otherwise, there is a higher chance of getting the wound infected.' 

'Alright then, let's go for a walk outside when she is done with the stitches,'

'I will go call someone else here cause at the moment due to some pills I took my vision is blurry.

No need to waste time, I will do it myself,' Mrs. Shio came near me.

'Lady, do you have the required medical knowledge to do it?'

'I was studying in medical college to be a doctor, so don't worry. I can handle this myself. Can you give me the needle? And sedatives.'

She was like a doctor and was done with it in a minute.

'You are quite skilled Mrs. Shio,' I said wanting to appreciate her.

'Oh, this is nothing, now I only remember only a few simple things like this.'

'But you are so good at it. Why didn't you become a doctor?

As I said before I had to drop out because I got sick of it and I had my son to take care of too. It was all too much work. For me. That's why I dropped out.'

'I can understand you, Mrs. Shio.'

'By the way, Yuki, can you stop calling me Mrs. Shio.' 

'What do you want me to call you?'

Can you call me mom perhaps, only if you like it? It's weird to ask this when you are not even part of the family yet.

It doesn't matter mom. Oh, you called me Mom. did I? I said smiling. 

Let's go out then I have a story that I want to tell you.