Author's Note: happy Halloween! Sorry for not being able to upload last week! So without further ado then here's your chapter~ for last week supposedly.

Naruse Ibara's P.O.V.

Beep…

Beep…

Beep…

I cant believe what I was seeing. It's Haruto…

I fell down to my knees, my eyes starts to well up and slowly but surely tears starts to drop.

He was there…

Right in front of me…

Yet he doesn't know…

I gathered my strength and approached him. He was in deep slumber, a number of tubes were connected to his vitals, he was surrounded by machines that I could hardly recognize. I continued to cry and cry, I covered my mouth with my hands trying to suppress my sobs that starts to get louder with each beat of the EKG machines that monitor his heart. I gazed upon his face, wounds are already hardly visible and he looks as if nothing happened. I brushed his hair to get a clearer view.

Without removing my gaze I stood up silently and bended towards him. I brushed away my tears that still continued to form and planted a soft kiss on his forehead which had additional tears due to the tears that never cease to fall. I smiled as left.

'This is all your fault'

'You caused pain'

'You are better off dead'

All those thoughts rang in my head accompanied by the throbbing pain in my heart as I entered my room.

"Well, at least he's alive right?" I whispered softly to myself.

Days passed, yet everytime I went inside his room everything stayed the same. I never tire from crying just seeing him asleep as if he was dead.

I awoke to the sound of Aoi's voice yelling my name while knocking at my door. I immediately stood up and fixed myself.

"Wait a second Aoi!" I yelled as I brushed my hair waking towards the door. "Nee Ibara-senpai Ukiyo asks if we would want to accompany his group to scavenge food?"Aoi immediately greeted with a hug as I opened the door. "Of Course!" I smiled at her. She quickly dragged me away from the room and across the corridor. I focused on ignoring what I did and saw last night, it would be quite a shock for Aoi and Taeko and they would be extremely distracted.

But I failed in doing so, Aoi noticed the tears forming.

"What's wrong Ibara-senpai?" She asked softly and removed her grip from my hand.

"Whaddya talking about?" I feigned ignorance.

"You're crying.." She said as she looked upon my eyes

"Oh, these? Hahahaha! These are tears of joy ya know. Im too excited to save these people hear that I wanna cry Hehehe…. Why? Aren't you excited?" I said maintaining my firm voice.

Aoi's P.O.V.

It went wrong…

It all went wrong…

It's all Aoi's fault

Aoi's too weak…

The grocery we were scavenging had been utterly destroyed. Taeko was sent flying inside, Ukiyo is currently trapped inside trying to rescue Taeko, Maeko and the others are too wounded to move. Ibara-senpai is still fighting to protect us.

Yet Aoi is just standing here hiding behind a rubble watching.

We were supposed to go back already from that creepy grocery.

"eww… Aoi shouldn't have join" Aoi complained while clinging to Ibara senpai

"well we have no choice! But we're coppelion afterall and we also contribute to the usage of their supplies so their plantation are just enough but they still need to stock up ya know! Just in case of emergency!" Ibara-senpai explained

"Ibara can you look for some water or beverages?" Ukiyo asked Ibara-senpai

"You can count on me!" Ibara smiled with a thumbs up as she left Aoi.

Meanwhile I also took some medical supplies along with Taeko. When suddenly a voice that belonged to none of us resounded.

"Hey Mana. There are some pests here. Obliterate them"

Suddenly all the things in the grocery where drawn into a small ball. Everybody ran out, but Aoi tripped near the entrance and Taeko who was near Aoi pushed Aoi outside which caused Taeko to be left behind. Ukiyo immediately went back again to take Taeko but they were caught in a powerful shockwave.

"Aoi RUN!" Ibara-senpai's voice brought me back to reality and I immediately ran.

"Where do you think you're going?!" The girl with the one called Mana yelled.

I have to run! Aoi screamed in Aoi's mind,