Treatment Bill

"What?" Aaron looks at everyone while scrunching his eyebrows.

"Man! Don't tell me, you're a waiter before?" Joe breaks the silence.

"Uhh...I don't think so, mate." he shakes his head.

"Then, what are you?" Nigel asks making Akiko raise her hand.

"I know, I know. He must be a superhero. He had nice abs and pecks when we found him, and not only that, he can cook and his movement is smooth and fast."

".…." Aaron just chuckled and continue to eat his dinner. Its amusing him to see how worked up all of them to guess who he is.

"Oh, Akiko..you hurt me. Am I not man enough to you?" he replied with a hint of sulking.

Chase takes the slice of carrot on his plate and puts it on Joe's plate making him more irritated.

"Damn you Chase!"

'What?' he raise his eyebrows, he did not say anything, but his face clearly mocking Joe.

"You're telling me I'm skinny?" Joe narrowed his eyes to Chase.

"Dude, stop fighting. Just eat your portion and gain more weight. And Akiko..don't leave him just because he's skinny. Have mercy on him please." Nigel said to her making Akiko nod and giggle.

Joe grunt and continue eating his portion. While all Loula and Hazel clearly not interesting in jumping into their conversation. They both eat their dinner and just ignoring them.

...

Next morning,

Hazel walks into his room, doing the same daily routine checking on him.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a bit?" Aaron asked.

"Hm? Yeah, sure. About what?" she takes a seat beside him.

"I think, I am already in good condition now. I feel much better than when I wake up last time. So, I want to discharge from here and I want to start to find my identity back. Could you discharge me tomorrow?"

"Sure. I'll prepare treatment for your bill, is it okay?"

"Yeah..thanks.."

She walks out of the room after putting the record back on the counter next to Aaron's bed. After a few minutes, he suddenly remembers something. Something important.

'Wait! I don't even know my name, how am I supposed to know my account number? My wallet? I don't even have a shirt! Shit! How am I gonna pay?'

Not long after, Hazel walks back to the room and pass to him his treatment bill. The file she giving him is a bit thick. Not having a choice, he took the file from her hands gently.

When flipping the front page, he feels like his eyes want to pop out from its socket.

"T-Thi...This is the amount?" he stammered a little. His eyes still fixed on the zeros number.

"Yeah."

"B-But..isn't it too much?"

"Really? No..it's my standard price. In fact, I give you a thirty percent discount. You stay at my little hospital for around fourteen months now. Of course, the bill will be high, Mr. Aaron." she replied casually.

"This is 5 million dollars we talk about here, honey. Even with one million dollars, I still can't afford to pay you."

"Hmm.. too bad, I can't negotiate about the price either. We are not any normal doctors who work on the usual shift like in a hospital, Mr. Aaron. Our price and service are the highest in this country. We took care of you 24/7 without any help from nurses here. And, oh, don't honey me. I'm not your honey."

'Shit!'

Squinting his eyes, he said again.

"Hmm, is that so?"

"Yup."

"But, hey.. who asked you to save my life in the first place? Did I asked you to save me?"

Hazel looks at his face with a confused look.

"Who volunteers to help me back then? Err, if I'm not wrong you said you found me on the sea right? But as far as I know, this place is totally not in Japan. Meaning, you can be charged as kidnapping me. Treat me without my acknowledgment and hey, where did you get me a passport?"

"Wait, I treat you here. Giving my best medicine to heal you and now you want to blame it on me?" Hazel already start burning inside.

"Ms. Hazel.. don't get me wrong here. I will still pay you. But I want you to list down every medicine and every minute I use your equipment. I will pay accordingly to it, and for your time taking care of me and feed me with nutritious food, that is what you have to pay for breaking the law."

"What?"

"You heard me, Ms. Hazel."

"You..son of bitch!" she roars and stomps away from the room.

'Fuhhh…I can dodge her for now, but how am I gonna find her money in the future?'