TEASER
Volume 4 Chapter 7.5
Seeds of Rekindling Part 5
She just kept running.
As if to escape the urge to rip out her own chest.
With her ragged
breathing, she headed for the medical facility of the Gloaurum Institute, where
he slept.
She opened the front
door with a force that could have destroyed it and dashed into the white
corridor.
"Oi, stop right
there!"
"Irisdina-kun?
Wha, wait!"
The facility's staff
members widened their eyes upon seeing the beautiful dark-haired girl running
at such a high speed, but Irisdina paid no attention to them. She ignored the
guards who tried to stop her, and even Inda's voice as she passed by.
When she reached
Nozomu's hospital room, she opened the door violently.
The room was shrouded
in silence. On the bed, Nozomu was still sleeping peacefully.
He was breathing
softly as usual.
"Haa, haa, haa,
haa... Nozomu."
Irisdina walked over
to the bed, not bothering to calm her rough breathing.
As his name leaked out
of her mouth, it melted away into the quiet of the hospital room.
*Creak, creak* .......
Her heart was creaking. She squeezed her chest and bit her lip as if to endure
the pain that ran through her. The white hands turned even whiter and wrinkles
were carved into the clean uniform.
"Come on, wake
up. You've been sleeping a little too much, you know? If you don't get up soon,
you'll have a hard time keeping up with the class."
The aching did not
subside. Instead, it seeped out of her chest like a leaking rain.
With a hoarse voice,
she shook Nozomu, who was lying on the bed. But there's no reply......
"Somia, Shina,
and the others are worried about you, too. And, and......."
The smile that she
managed to put on her face was distorted into an ugly smile. Trying to escape
the pain that stirred in her chest, she kept rocking the sleeping Nozomu.
Although she tried to hold back her tears, her uncontrollable emotions
continued to overflow.
"Wake up, please
wake up......! Let me hear your voice......!"
Her mind replayed the
memory of her childhood, when she clung to her mother, who had passed away and
become a mere husk.
The image of her
mother on her deathbed and the image of Nozomu sleeping overlapped. Exceeding
her limits, Irisdina's eyes became moist and a single tear trickled down her
cheek. She could not suppress it anymore.
"Gu~. Uu.......
Uuu......!"
Tears flowed like a
broken dam, and Irisdina clung to Nozomu's chest. She squeezed the futon so
hard that she could almost tear it off, buried her face in it, and sobbed
incessantly.
With a dry clicking
sound, the hair ornament Nozomu had bought for her detached, and tears streamed
down to wet Nozomu's chest. When she raised her face, she saw his sleeping face
right beside her.
His face has no
particular distinguishing features. But when he smiled, she felt warmth from
the bottom of her heart. But now.......
"Hic, hic .......
Nozomu......."
Bringing her face
closer and gently touching Nozomu's cheek, she pressed her own lips against
Nozomu's.
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