Waiting For Yesterday.
By Courting Torment.
She looked upon the sleeping figure on the white bed, not moving, his skin a bit frail, his cobalt deep blue warmth-filling eyes closed. He still won't wake up, much to her distress. As the nights grew longer each day, he falls deeper into his sleep. The night was cold, she had dark huge circles under her eyes, her hair was a mess as it fell all over her face and shoulders, sticking to her sweat here and there though even it wasn't that hot. It was in the middle of autumn and god knows that winter will be here too soon. She was subsequently late for an appointment due twelve hours earlier, but she didn't care- this was a last chance.
It was so hard. She remembered how she'd seen his heart breaking, in front of her. It was like a solid blow on her face, of course, if it was a slap, even a punch, from him, she knew, austerely, it would have been less agonizing.
But she didn't love him anymore, right?
So, but why is she still here, after his body on a stretcher blood all-over went pass her as she was to leave this blasted building; she didn't think- at all, she didn't know the consequences. She saw him covering with both his hands on top of his face, dirty and contorted with pain, she didn't know what happened but everything went blank- so fast that she didn't meticulously understand anything. And the after that, she was at his side, Subaru earlier had done an operation to him; her brother's and some other doctors' words just passed through her ears, just some words that scared her to the core: heart unstable… broken ribs… the blood wouldn't stop flowing- he'll die soon… he could never see in his left eye… he may not be able live like before again- it'd be excruciating to watch- what about him?
"This is an Alice medical center, the best of the best- you aren't losers who couldn't do anything! You aren't plain humans so fucking use your fucking talents!" this one, she knew she had yelled, the doctors along with Subaru were shocked, it was not everyday you see the Hotaru Imai loose control and illogically speaking, along with cursing.
Subaru stood up and led her outside, comforted her in some way she couldn't remember but had decided to somehow return the favor before she leaves.
Looking at his still beautiful even though bandaged face make her remember when he had looked at her earlier, no one heard him, it was an airless and soundless, just a mouthful of words that no one heed to attend to, but to her, it was like he spoke right next to her ears: I missed you Hotaru?.
Maybe she was just hallucinating, she didn't know
The silence throughout the room was deafening. She couldn't think straight, her inventions, she already had the knowledge and structure and whatever her invention needed but she can't seem to translate it into matter. She couldn't invent. It even occurred to her that perhaps she was loosing her Alice- but knew than anyone else it was just her mind playing tricks on her. For the first time in years, she didn't want to invent. Want nothing to do with inventions or whatever. She doesn't feel like it to do anything.
For the first time, she hated her alice.
If it wasn't for her alice she wouldn't have left him.
She wouldn't have hurt him. And herself at the same time.
She wouldn't be under the governments control because she was dangerous.
She wouldn't have left her parents. Who died without her expressing a single love towards them, she could have led a normal life and stayed with Mikan. Who wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for hers truly
Mikan was somewhere out there and god she prays the idiot was still alive and with Hyuuga. She swears she'll haunt that bastard for the rest of his life if he doesn't protect her sunshine to the very end.
'Who am I kidding?' she wouldn't have met and even be friends with that guy if it wasn't for her alice. Thinking back to her childish antics in using blackmail as a bias to get close to him, it made her snort. At first, it really was for the profits she'd get, but she wouldn't stay with the same guy for so long. She could have used any other heartthrob other than the blonde. She chose not to.
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"His wounds seem to be healing properly as expected, without the war, he should be complete healed by now, but of course the priority is to the wounded alice soldiers and other alice agents. But mostly likely the result would be the same with only the length of time as difference." Subaru paused and looked at his sister, "We're just waiting for him to wake up,"
"And," she says, her mouth in a frown, even though no expression can be visualize, Subaru knew what agitation her sister must be feeling,
After a sigh, he continues, "He was tortured, one of the remaining survivors that were kidnapped alices, for information as you know," her eyes widen the slightest, "a blade we presume hit the side of his head, his right eye has been infected, and beyond repair, if he was taken here less than a day when he was hit, we could have saved the eye, and also, he will be permanently crippled." Her mouth firmed into a straight line, "His left leg had been completely crushed, we will be performing an operation on him three days from now; we'll be connecting the artificial leg then."
"Is that all?" she lets out a big sigh.
"Other than the broken ribs, and loss of blood, there's nothing more I can say,"
Her face in a daze, she looked to her right, the door to the blondes room, "Rest, Hotaru, you'll need it," she slowly looks back to her brother,
"You'll be operating tomorrow," she states, then turning her back and walking away
"Hotaru! Don't be illogical-" Subaru scowls, walking after her
"Illogical, that's impossible, I'm never illogical when it concerns a person's entire future," and so she continues her way.
Subaru stopped dead tracks and ran a frustrated hand through his hair, "You're too smart for your own good," he looks back down at the records of Nogi Ruka. If his sister thinks the same way as him, he would already know the outcome.
And it scared him he can't do anything about it.
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"I was beginning to think you were going to change your mind, Imai," Persona looked at her, the mask was off and it showed his handsome features, but his eyes was as usual deadly emotionless,
"I know the consequences well enough not to be stupid," she replies,
His eyes narrowed at her answer, "I'm not the one forcing you," he pauses for a moment, "you're the one who volunteered,"
"I know," she nods, "I have the pieces already perfected with the specific area and distance,"
"Good, a little late than expected but you're in luck the AAO hasn't still moved into another location," Persona looked directly at her, "I have already set everything you wanted,"
She nods. Thinking back on how Persona almost killed her, she couldn't trust him completely but he still became her ally. He became a friend in the darkness. She doesn't remember how, when, where and what happened but they became like this in the end.
"I can take your place, you do know that right?" he says after some time,
"What? Is this the infamous frightening Persona wanting to actually help me?" she smirked,
"Pft." He snorts. "I'm already old, Imai. I can't see what I'll be actually doing when everything's done,"
"I'm the only one who can do this, the software is complicated as it is and even more complicated to function, I based all my research for years on this," she glared hard on him, "worked for half a decade. This war just pisses me off."
"Nearly going to be a decade if this goes on," he nods. Looking at his young acquaintance, he pulled of the band keeping his hair together, falling just above the shoulder.
The war started nearly half a century back, but the two opposing teams attacked each other silently, away from the normal humans. It surprised the academies around the world when normal politicians and influential men started attacking them, kidnapping and accusing lies. As any human would want, they wanted power.
The silent war became active and included the innocent humans with them. Every where now had the smell of blood, death, and the children, alice or a non-alice user, were forced to grow up and strive on their own.
"You can explain it, Imai," he persisted, "I owe you, after all, and as I detest into saying this, you still have someone beside you, don't let him go,"
She ironically chuckled, "I already did, don't beleaguer me anymore," she turns her back, "and you still have your mission, you can pay me back with that," she tossed an item back to him.
And she was gone.
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A week later…
"It's simply amazing how this is even possible, Doc!" says someone, "His body is responding magnificently!"
"It should be," Subaru Imai responds, "it was her work after all," he wryly smiles at the other doctor,
"This should be documented! If he can actually walk on it like a real leg, it'll make history!"
"Shut it, Hayate! You know fully well as soon as he wakes up you or anybody else can not examine him." Subaru scowled, "Now back to your work!"
"Yes sir," the other man grunted, leaving the room,
"Are you awake, Nogi?" No response. "You're a burden to her, I don't see why she even wanted to keep you," His eyes set to the news papers residing on the end table:
ALICES: This strange power. Are they really gone forever?
…After the unexpected explosion, the Alice users wondered to themselves where in Mother Nature their so called gifts are.
It seems the explosion was a hidden operation of the government to stop mankind from destroying themselves for the so-called Alices. And it sure worked!...
"Tch, pitiful liars," the doctor sneered once more, not finishing the whole paragraph before walking away from the room
He knew well it was his sister who was the operation. Not the government. The wretched power-seeking devils they were, it wasn't that surprising. He knew that this was the outcome. Exactly how she had wanted it. No more no less. When she could have sent someone else, so why didn't she is not much of a mystery.
She made a choice. The academy will always be the hell itself. They give you one choice and it isn't something you can't defy without paying an extra price. When they gave her no other choice, she chose to make her own path. And she knew where it would lead her.
To her freedom.
And her death.
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