After My Brother Fell into a Coma Chapter 1

A strange girl showed up, claiming she could wake him with her "chatterbox therapy."

I didn't believe her. Not until a stream of comments flickered into view before my eyes:

【Here comes the talkative female lead! The comatose male lead is about to wake up!】

【She’s going to use a barrage of shameless, cringe-worthy lines to make him curl his toes in his coma until he just can't take it anymore and has to wake up, LOL.】

【And after he wakes up, they’ll start their super sweet romance. Happy ending, here we come!】

【So, the side character sister needs to step aside for the female lead. Your daily chitchat is useless. This is a job for the pro!】

And my brother did wake up, just like they said.

But the first thing he did when he was back…

Was to make me break up with my new boyfriend.

* * *

It was the weekend, so I went to the hospital, same as always. I was there to talk to Daniel, to turn him over in his bed.

Every two hours, like clockwork. Left side, on his back, right side. A constant, gentle rotation.

That’s when Martha arrived.

My parents brought her into the room, telling me she had a way to wake Daniel. She reached out to me without a hint of shyness, as if we were old friends.

“Hi there! I’m Martha. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Hope we get along!”

Her voice was bright and cheerful, like a newborn canary.

I didn’t answer right away.

I understood why Mom and Dad were so desperate. Daniel had been in a coma for two months. People were starting to whisper that if someone doesn’t wake up after three, they might never wake up at all.

But trusting a complete stranger with him… did that feel right?

Just as I was about to voice my doubts, a line of text materialized in the air before me.

【Here comes the talkative female lead! The comatose male lead is about to wake up!】

【She’s going to use a barrage of shameless, cringe-worthy lines to make him curl his toes in his coma until he just can't take it anymore and has to wake up, LOL.】

【And after he wakes up, they’ll start their super sweet romance. Happy ending, here we come!】

【So, the side character sister needs to step aside for the female lead. Your daily chitchat is useless. This is a job for the pro!】

I stared at the strange words, my mind reeling.

Female lead? Male lead? What did that even mean?

I must have been frozen for a while, because my mom gently tapped my arm.

“Lily?”

I snapped back to reality and politely responded to Martha. “Hi, I’m Lily. Please, take care of my brother.”

With that, I stepped back to stand with my parents, waiting to see what Martha would do.

She, however, ran a hand through her hair, a bashful look on her face.

“Sorry, but would you mind waiting outside? I can’t really… get in the zone with an audience.”

And so, the three of us found ourselves standing in the hallway.