『Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni』

Yukidomarishi-hen

{Chapter 6}

~ Furude Rika's POV ~

Satoko is sleeping now. But, she was upset all day long. She was afraid.

She witnessed my suicide attempt. Of course she would be scared. She's probably thinking that I might try to kill myself again. I told her I wouldn't, but I guess she doesn't believe me.

Poor Satoko...

I look at the glass of wine in my hands. The color almost looks like blood in this darkness.

Blood... That reminds me. I don't have a very long time left before I'm murdered...

I've only spent two days in this world, and things are already starting to go wrong.

Keiichi gave the doll to Rena. This was the decision that caused Sonozaki Shion to kill us in previous worlds.

Along with that, Satoko is starting to change. She saw me trying to leave this Hinamizawa. I hope I can help her feel better before something terrible happens to her.

I take a sip from my glass of wine.

"Au au au..."

I can hear Hanyuu whimpering. She doesn't like it when I drink wine. If I get drunk, so does she.

"Hanyuu."

I call her attention.

"Rika?"

"You saw what happened. Do you think there's a chance we could still survive past June of Shouwa 58?"

"Au... I don't know for sure. But you should watch out for Shion and Satoko..."

"You don't need to tell me that."

"Au au au..."

Her whimpering is starting to annoy me.

I take another sip of wine to shut her up. Then, I continue speaking.

"Satoko saw me last night. She's afraid that I'll try to kill myself again. As for Shion, she's going to suffer from the Hinamizawa Syndrome. When that time comes, what should I do?"

"..."

Hanyuu doesn't answer me. It's clear that she doesn't know how to respond. She doesn't know what I should do.

"...I don't want to have to die..."

"Rika...?"

I hear another voice. It's not Hanyuu's. I turn my head to look at who said my name.

It was Satoko.

She probably got woken up by my conversation with Hanyuu. However, she can't see nor hear Hanyuu.

"What did you mean, Rika? Are you going to die?"

"Don't worry, Satoko. I'm not going to die. I'm just talking to myself. Nipah~"

"Rika..."

"I told you not to worry. Everything's going to be fine. Go back to sleep."

"...Okay..."

Satoko closes her eyes and falls asleep.

I sip my wine while looking out the window.

"Au..."

Once again, I hear Hanyuu whimpering. It's annoying me.

"Shut up."

I tell Hanyuu exactly what I want her to do.

"Au au auau auuu..."

She whimpers even more. I can't take it.

I move away from the window, taking my wine with me. I go over to the kitchen, and get out a box of spicy food. Then, I grab a pair of chopsticks.

I begin eating the food very fast. Hanyuu's face turns completely red from the spiciness.

"Au au au au! H-H-H-H-Hot! It's so hot!"

"Shut up."

I tell her once more.

I grab my glass of wine, and take a big sip. Hanyuu's face changes from red to purple as she falls to the floor.

"You're so annoying."

I say this to her as she finally shuts up.

I continue drinking the wine until I empty the glass. I feel my face heat up a bit from blushing.

If I had to take a guess, I would say that I'm drunk. It's not a big deal. This isn't the first time I've gotten drunk.

The world around me distorts a little. It's getting hard to tell where everything is.

I walk over to my bed on the floor. I wobble as I step. I feel like I'm going to fall.

Just then, my vision goes black. I hear a loud thud as my body hits something.

I don't have any reason to get up. I can't see where I am, so if I got up, I would probably break something on accident.

I decide to stay where I am. But... Where am I? I know I'm in my house, but I don't know what I fell on.

I guess I'll find out in the morning.

I close my eyes, though the vision I see doesn't change. Everything is still black.

I slowly drift to sleep.