No Longer Fragile
When he came back she shouldn't have been home yet, so he waited. He was waiting when Hanabi came to him.
"She's in the hospital. You should go see her."
He ran to the hospital, but there he was forced to wait again.
"At last…" she said when he came into her room. Lying there, all alone in that tiny room, she looked so helpless. So lonely. When she breathed out he could see it in the air, sparkling in the harsh neon lights.
"What happened?"
She smiled a little, and tried to laugh but it came out so small, with so much difficulty. It shouldn't be so hard. "I just found someone stronger than me. There are plenty of them out there."
But he didn't want to hear that. And she didn't want to talk about it anymore.
"Sorry."
"For what?"
"You just look so sad, so worried. I don't want you to worry over me." But how could he not?
He sat beside her and tried a smile. "Don't be stupid." Akamaru jumped onto the covers and lay down beside her.
She turned her face away, to the window.
"I'm sorry, but I forgot."