I lay down lazily as Nikolai packed up the things I had brought to the hospital. I could see the apparent confusion in the nurse's face when she walked in to administer medicines, and the patient was up and about while his visitor was lying in bed and whining.
"She is just a princess," he said, causing her to laugh, a bright rosy tint covering her cheeks.
Once she finished administering the last dose, she walked away, leaving him to finish up with packing up.
"Should I take you on my back, too?"
I chuckled. "Remember the first time you did?"
"And you almost bit my face off."
"I didn't do that!"
"I sure remember that you did. Licking ice cream off my face, you naughty girl."
I leaned back, laughing. "That was just one of those moments when I felt so extremely close to you, but I kne
