So sorry for not updating yesterday! I'm extremely busy preparing for my tests (I have 10 this week, and in average, it's 2 per day!) and also my science project. So I might not be updating for a while. (I know, I'm sad too.)
Well, I will try to find gaps between my studying and update. I'll stay up late if necessary.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
=Usui's POV=
I came to the hospital the next morning with a bouquet of yellow zinnia, which means daily remembrance.
I entered Misaki's room.
She was – unfortunately – still unconscious. Her face was still very pale. Her head was covered by a new batch of bandage. The room was quiet, only a constant 'beep' from the heartbeat reader located beside her would disturb the peace. The doctor wasn't there. I wonder where he was...
I inched towards Misaki and placed the flowers on the table beside her.
"Hey, sleepy head," I said as I sat down on the stool. "Still haven't woke up, huh?" Even though I intended that as a joke, but it hurts me when I said that. Because it was the truth. Misaki hadn't woke up yet.
I stared down at her. She laid there motionless, only her chest was going up and down whenever she breathed.
"Oh, you're here!" A voice said behind me.
I turned and the doctor was there, standing crookedly with a mug of coffee on his hand.
"I'm sorry, I was getting some coffee," he lifted the mug.
"It's okay," I replied with a smile.
I returned my attention back to the girl in front of me.
"She's doing fine, you know. She's doing exceptionally fine. I think in a week or two, she might recover her consciousness. But I couldn't be sure, though," he said with chatty voice, as if I was his best friend, and not his patient's boyfriend.
"I'm glad to hear that," I smiled, at Misaki though. I was glad to hear that? What a lie!
I was trickled to death to hear that.
"Um, may I ask a question?" The doctor asked suddenly.
"Yes. What is it?" I replied, lifting my gaze to him.
"Did you ask a person to visit her last night?"
"No," I answered him as if he was crazy. "Why?"
"Well, a woman came to me last night, saying that you asked her to visit Miss Ayuzawa-"
"A woman? Who?" I interrupted him.
"I don't know. She said that she's Miss Ayuzawa's friend-"
'Misaki's friend? Sakura? Shizuko? Satsuki? But how can they know that Misaki is in the hospital? Even Misaki's mom don't know that she's here,' I thought.
"-But I didn't let her in, because to let visitors in, they need to show evidence that the patient's family – or in this case, the patient's boyfriend – had gave they're approval. And she looked a little... Suspicious," the doctor continued.
"Suspicious? Like how?" I asked.
"She wore a mask and a black glasses, covering most of her face. And her clothes. A long brown jacket – the one you see in detective movies – and a hat to go with it," the doctor replied.
'It's the person who ran away when I went out to grab Misaki a glass of water!' I thought. 'Who is she?'
"Well, I think that's it. I'll leave you guys alone," he said and went out the room.
I turned back to Misaki.
'Who is she?' I kept on asking myself. 'And what business does she have with Misaki?'
I spent the next 3 hours thinking about it.
The woman the doctor described as suspicious.
I closed my eyes to shape the scene I saw yesterday.
The lady, running away.
'Minami,' a voice in my head said.
'Could it be?' I asked myself. 'Could she be Minami? The girl who tried to kill us both? But it's impossible, she was arrested a year ago for gun abuse...'
There was a debate in my mind about whether the woman was Minami or not.
'But who knows if she escaped from jail?' The 'for' side of my head said.
'But then won't the police be looking for her?' The 'against' side of my head objected.
"Argh!" I scratched my head furiously.
'That redhead...' I thought. 'I swear if she dares to lay a finger on Misaki, I'll break every single bone in her body!'
Okay, so I wrote this after a 3-hour long basketball practice, I AM TIRED. I feel like fainting. But for the sake of you guys, I forced myself to write this. I hope it's not as bad as I think it is.
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