CHAPTER 11: HAVING YOU BACK
Fuuko felt that she was in a hospital because of the blinding lights. However, she did not bother to open her eyes and step into the light. She wanted to be like this, and purposely, she wanted to die.
"It was I who shot Prosecutor Mikagami. You didn't see me but I accidentally shot him…" Saiko's voice said in the background.
"That doesn't change anything. Even though Tokiya did not die because of my shot, I killed him because I made him go to that place," she thought, her closed eyes brimming with tears.
Unknown to her, she was taken inside the operating room to try to save her life. The doctors were frantically buzzing and doing this and that. However, they stopped as Fuuko's heartbeat deceased. (a/n: the straight line, actually)
Fuuko went out of her car as she saw a swish of long silver among the crowd crossing the street. "Tokiya!" she exclaimed, leaving the car as it is and running towards the man. Before she could even touch the man, it disappeared and she was left in shock.
"Looking for me?" a familiar voice said. She turned around and found Tokiya in front of her. "What are you doing here, Miss Kirisawa," he said formally, though there was still his warmth and sweetness reserved only for her.
"Tokiya, why didn't you come back? Why did you give up?" Fuuko asked him.
"There are reasons you ought not to know," he said, motioning her to sit down on a bench that appeared out of nowhere.
"Curse those reasons! I want to come with you," she said.
Tokiya smiled. "Don't you know the reason why you never died with all those crazy suicide attempts?" the girl believed that she knew the answer. "I never intended you to die. There is so much in this world. Go back there, Fuuko. I'm not asking you anything but you cannot stay with me because I haven't left yet."
"49 days…" Fuuko muttered. "Then…"
"Fuuko, if I need to push you back to your place, I will," Tokiya said louder, though he was trying to be normal. "Just go," he said.
"But I…" she stopped as Tokiya kissed him one last time, a kiss the she will never forget forever. Something that is remarkable. It was warm yet there was still the coldness of the place. He disappeared…
…And she opened her eyes. "It's successful, doctor," a nurse said, smiling at Fuuko.
She sat up and found herself in a clean and white hospital room. "Where am I?" she asked the nurse.
"In the hospital. The doctor says that you can go home five days after you wake up. For now, please take the medicines," she instructed.
Fuuko obeyed and drank the horrible-tasting medicines. One of them made her drowsy that she fell asleep once again.
a/n: wish me luck for the National Achievement Tests!