Days turned to weeks and thus turned to months as Akira's condition had neither shown any progress or regress at this point of time. The crowdfunding for Akira's medical expenses had trickled in but as time goes by, it had dwindled down subsequently. However, during the months that had passed by, we had managed to garner more than ¥10 million from the time my ¥23,000 prize money snowballed including the monthly cash injection from my so-called parents as well as from the general public. I did not realise that my parents had also injected more cash into Akira's account since they too had helped to crowdfund around their community of friends as well.
The hospital's committee also helped to alleviate the daily hospitalisation and medical expenses from a daily of ¥12,000 down to ¥7,500 and wi
