Stories For Sick Children
Cast:
Cure Happy, Hoshizora Miyuki - age 17
Wolfrun, Ookami Runtarou - age 17
Hanadera Nodoka - age 9
July, 2015
Far, far away, there is a land called the Healing Garden. It is a land filled with blossoming plants, fresh water, and most of all it is filled with animals. The animals that live there are called Healing Animals. Their job is to heal the Earth.
One day, the Healing Garden was attacked by an enemy called Byougens. The Byougens are creatures of sickness and disease. They are enemies to all living things. The Healing Animals drove the Byougens out of the Healing Garden, but the rest of the world was still at risk.
"Will this story reach a Good Ending? Or will it perhaps have a Bad Ending? Continue, if you dare!"
Yagami High School, which Miyuki and Runtarou attend, has a strong tradition of club activities. The Literature Club, of which both are members, has a tradition of reading to sick children at a nearby hospital. As the interests of the club members cover a wide variety of literary fields, many of them do not take the activity very seriously and simply choose a book that is appropriate for children.
For Miyuki, who wants to become a children's author, it is a chance to field her own stories.
Runtarou... not so much. His tastes are esoteric. Even now, he has trouble reigning himself in. He is, at this moment, wearing a wolf costume.
It is for precisely this reason that she is currently cross with him.
"Wolf- Runtarou, would you please not interrupt? You're going to upset the children!"
"It's not upsetting! It's exciting! Reaching an ending after working hard for it is a thousand times better than simply receiving it! For that reason, I will be your noble opposition!"
"You aren't noble! You're selfish! Everyone, if you want a Good End, hold up your light and cheer for the Healing Animals!"
The lights were handed out before Runtarou entered the room, along with simple instructions. Don't wave them wildly. Don't look directly into the light. And... when it is time to cheer, cheer.
"Go for it!" "We want a Good End!" "Beat that bad wolf!"
"I can feel your energy! Such energy! I will drive this bad wolf away with your power: Happy Shower Shining!"
"Gah!" Runtarou reels, clawing at his eyes. In fact, he has only been sprayed with water. It does not even sting, but this is a long-established part of their skit. Right now, he is a villain being vanquished by the hero.
A brown-haired little girl holding a pink plush rabbit, watches these antics with obvious admiration. Perhaps because she is one of the most sickly of the audience, she is able to perceive the scenario as Miyuki and Runtarou imagine it.
She already has a light in her hand. To this point, she has been wearing a flower in her hair, which she removes and wraps around the light. Combined together with her stuffed rabbit, she creates- in fact, it is not a magic wand. Its true form exists only in her imagination.
She shouts out loud. "Healing Flower!"
Miyuki pauses. Runtarou also pauses. There is only one reasonable response to an attack that cute.
He clutches his heart, as if struck. A bit artificially, he stumbles to the door. Holding the frame, he calls out. "Healing Good- Bye!" Then vanishes.