If Ishan thought a month in the hospital was grating, his time at home was beginning to sound torturous.

For starters, his parents had left about 5 minutes ago and Ishan was going to be stuck with him - him, who had shocked Ishan when he opened the door to Ishan's house, who had apparently installed railings and what-not so Ishan could use his wheelchair easily, who had gone to drop his parents off at the airport, who had done all of this with that cheeky smile on his face, as if he wanted to do nothing else but play nurse to his injured best friend.