He was half-asleep sitting there and he had his eyes closed. His grip on my hand was so strong but at the same time, gentle. I squeezed his hand in return to his grip. He opened his eyes quickly and looked over at me. He blushed when he saw me staring at him.
"Niwa-kun. Are you feeling okay?" He asked me after a moment of silence.
"Yes, Hiwatari-kun. I feel fine. I'm very tired and my head hurts though."
No sooner had I gotten out my reply had my mom, grandpa, dad, Risa-san, and to my slight dismay, Riku walked over and were smiling and crying.
"Dai-chan! You're awake!" My mom practically squealed, she was so happy.
"How are you holding up, kiddo?" My dad asked trying to sound like he hadn't been crying for hours, although it was obvious.
"I'm doing okay. My head hurts, and I'm tired."
Riku, Risa-san and grandpa just stood and stared at me.
A doctor came in and told them that I could go home anytime I wanted to and that I was okay and I should just take it easy for a week or two. My dad helped me up and into the car. We dropped Risa-san, Riku, and Hiwatari-kun off on our way home. When we got home, dad helped me out of the car and into the house. They made me lay on the couch when we got into the house. I turned to my dad when no one else was in the room. "Dad, could you do me a favor?"
My dad left after I told him what the favor was. As I dialed the phone to ask Risa-san, Riku, and Hiwatari-kun to come over next week, I heard my dad leave the house.
A week later, my dad came into my room and gave me a bag and told me it was what I wanted him to get me. I thanked him and he left.
Three days later, Risa-san, Riku, and Hiwatari-kun walked in the front door and I called my mom, dad, and grandpa into the room.
Risa-san, dad, grandpa and Riku looked at me.
My mom asked, "What is it, honey?"
"Well, um... I don't really know how to say this..."
"What's wrong, honey? Are you okay? Should you have stayed in the hospital longer?" My mom said worriedly.
"No, it's not that mom..."
"Then, what is it? You're giving us all heart-attacks, Dai-chan!" Riku said a little more loudly than I think she meant to.
I closed my eyes and thought about how to tell them the truth about my 'falling' off that bridge. I breathed in and out slowly. I breathed in the wonderful scent of Hiwatari-kun sitting next to me. I loved his scent. It wasn't cologne. Even after he was running around or sleeping, he smelled that way. He never stopped smelling that way. Even after a shower. It was just Hiwatari-kun's scent. And it is impossible to describe. It's just pure and simply Hiwatari-kun. I slowly opened my eyes and said, "Mom, dad, grandpa, Risa-san, Riku, Hiwatari-kun, I wanted to tell you the truth about how I fell off the bridge."