"Mister!"
Huh?
"Mister!"
What the-
"Mister!"
I opened my eyes in an instant. Who's been calling me? I looked at my surroundings, searching for the voice that woke me up from my sleep. The voice came from the hole. I took a peeked into the hole … it was the blond kid from before. What does he want?
"What's wrong?" I asked.
He smiled, saying that he was done with the request. Huh? I thought … they had already forgotten about it. He came to thank me and he said his mother has recovered.
I told him, I was happy for him. The kid pushed some money through the hole, "I might not be able to pay you back, but please take it. I will pay back little by little"
I shook my head, saying it was unnecessary. But he kept on insisting to give the money. I don't need something like this. What's the point of giving money to a corpse? I won't be able to use it.
We kept arguing about it till I heard the iron door opened. I told him to go away. It was dangerous for him to keep staying here. He cast an angry glare at me before he went away, leaving the money on the hole. I quickly turned away from the hole, I was afraid the guard saw it.
As I turned back, I let out a sigh of relief. No one actually appeared in front of me. It must be wind. I turned back my sight at the money he left there. Why won't he listen to me? I really don't need it. I took the money and kept it inside my pocket. I need to give it back … but … how? My time will end soon.
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It seems I finally couldn't take it anymore. For the whole day I only sat here without doing anything. It has gotten worse than my previous condition. My mind was blank. I didn't know what to do anymore.
The blue faint light reached my cell that night. My dark world was now glowing with blue light. It must be full moon today. Haha … I never thought I could see it again. It was the same like that day, when the blue light had been spreading inside my cold world. She appeared in front of me. Smiling at me, I think that was when gear of fate started to turn inside me. I could still remember it clearly, that day she talked about her fairy tale life. Yes … her fairy tale life. The pure and innocent world she lived in. I like it when she told me about it, since very time she ends her story, she always show me her smile. And … her pure world made me grateful that I was still alive.
I closed my eyes and started to hum. It was a song which my parents taught me. For me … it was a good luck charm. Whenever I felt lonely, I would sing it. After all I have always liked this song, it was gentle yet sad. I kept humming the song with my eyes closed. I felt much better.
"It's good, where did you learn it?" my eyes immediately opened when the voice reached my ears. Princess! Why are you here? She appeared in front of me, after such long time, I thought she won't come anymore yet right now she is standing right in front of me, showing her smile that grew fond of.
She ran towards me and hugged me. My eyes opened wide at the moment she embraced me. It was … warm. When our skin touched, somehow … I could felt the warmth which traveled inside her body. Her head is beside mine, she was letting out crying voice. I could heard it clearly, her sad voice. But it was different from last time, I was sure … she was not crying because she felt sad.
She kept repeating the words "Thank you" along with her tears which kept falling from her eyes. She kept crying, pouring all her emotion that came from her heart. I didn't know what to do. I moved my hand to her back and pushed her gently against my body. By staying like this, I hoped it could make her felt better.
After crying for a while, she finally calmed down. But she still didn't want to release her hug. Rather she held me tighter. Just as I thought, it' was really warm. Even though I was inside a cold world, she could make me feel warm. "I miss you" she whispered. Her words flowed inside my ear like a pleasant breeze. I could not see her face, but I know … she must be smiling right now. It's so like her after all.
I released my hands that was wrapped on her back. She moved backwards and looked at me. She giggled. I asked her why she laughed. She said it was weird that we didn't know each other name even though we have been together for pretty long time. I laughed a bit, I also just realized, I didn't know her name. Ever since we first met, we just kept talking nonstop. I guess … it was really weird that we didn't know each other name up until now.
"Iroha … my name is Iroha. What's your name?"
"Nigaito … Nigaito Shion"
"Shion … "
Princess kept repeating my last name followed with giggles. She said that she liked it when she called me like that. She was really childish … it was good thing that she is so pure.
I tried calling her name. Her face turned red the moment I called her, as red as my face right now. I couldn't help but smile when she acted like that, since her face was so red, like an apple. She smiled back at me with her reddened face. We kept repeating each other's name while facing each other. It felt weird … I didn't know why, but I felt that heat was gathering on my face when I called her. She hugged me again. Her head was next to mine.
I asked her, why she thanked me. She grabbed me tighter. She then took out a paper plane and showed it to me. I smiled and understood when I saw it, the paper plane which contains the announcement about her missing dog. She said, thanks to this, she has found back her family.
I said she should thank those kids instead of me. I was happy if she could found back her family. I told her there is no reason for her to feel grateful to a hopeless man like me. She stayed silent when I said those words. No happy tone, just a silent atmosphere lingering between us. Was she angry? Might be so, I was saying unnecessary words again.
Suddenly I remember, I supposed to told her not to come again and … soon my times would end. I could not say it before, but right now … I have enough courage to tell her. If I want to tell her, now is the time. I better tell her quickly while we stayed like this in which I could not see her face. If I see her face again, her smile will get in my way.
She broke the silence and just the moment before I opened my mouth. The moment she spoke, time moved slowly. What? What did you say? Why everything become so slow all of a sudden? I realized … the reason was because of the words you said. Are you serious? Why … why …did you say those words? Hey … I am nothing, right? I never thought … you would go that far.
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