As soon as the doctor touched Chokichi's leg, Chokichi screamed out in agony. The doctor backed off a little bit. Michiko knelt by his side and held Chokichi's hands in one of her hands while brushing his tears away with the thumb of her other hand.
"It'll be ok." She whispered to him in Japanese.
The doctor, while Chokichi was looking at his sister, quickly snapped his small leg back so that it was straight again. Chokichi, mouth open and face contorted with pain, failed to make a sound as his face paled and the pain began to sink in. His breath quickened and his face paled as the doctor splinted his leg. In that moment, all Michiko wanted to do was take his pain away, to go back home and live out their normal lives. But as she sat there next to Chokichi, the longer she waited, and the longer she wished, things didn't change, yet she refused to give up. She had to be strong for her parents' and brother's sake. She just had to wait for that jolt to bring her out of this never ending nightmare.
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