Aaron's POV
“Come on, Ronnie. Cough it out. What's the matter?” Ned asked calmly with his eyes already searching mine.
I bit back the urge to open up and fess up about the whole thing, but again, I had to make a rational choice and the rational choice here, surprisingly, was to be quiet for now.
“I just want to go home,” I replied. “I'm tired of staying here. I want to get home.”
He sighed heavily.
“I know you don't like the hospital, you never did, but you've got to heal, little buddy.”
It was weird and kinda awkward, Ned still called me a little bit buddy even though I was in my twenties already. He was still playing the overprotective big brother. This made me feel tempted to play the role of the weak little brother.
“I'm healed, though,” I replied and stood up with my hands sp
