Hibiki

Chapter 17 | Hibiki

Wait.

I'm not dying just yet.. I need to-

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"What is all this." A white room. A monitor beside me. A person leaving the room.

Who am I?

          "You... Who are you?" I quickly but calmly asked the person leaving the room.

          He looks shocked. Did I say something wrong?

          I followed his movements towards me, walking while tears were forming in his eyes.
          He didn't say anything for a while and just sat down beside me. Crying. I wiped his tears with my hands. I don't know him but I somehow feel drawn to him, like he's someone close.

"Kaede."

Kaede?

...

Kaede..

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          It hurts.. my head hurts. But I can't express it..? How come?

          Wait.. that name. Yes, Kaede. I think I heard that name before.

          "I think I know someone called Kaede?" I answered but it somehow turned into a question with the way I said it.

          I just looked at him, observing everything he's doing. What's that reaction? Is he angry? Shocked or happy? What does it mean to be happy? No.. what does all that feel lik-

          "Lay back down, you're still unwell. Sleep for a bit." His voice. Kaede's voice cut my thoughts.

          I don't want to sleep yet but...

          My body seems to be disregarding its master. Why am I laying back down? Why am I closing my eyes? Why am I following orders?

"You just do."

        Who was that? I can't see anything.. of course because my eyes are closed but still.

"I can hear you, you know."

        What?

"I'm you, Hibiki."

          Who's Hibiki? Me?

"Yes. Hibiki Onagawa."

          Wait. I have to ask, what is happening right now? Why am I like thi-

"Not important right now."

...

"The important thing is for you to remember."

Ring

--"Take care of Kaede for me, will you."--

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          I've finally been discharged.. currently walking down the stairs, going out of the hospital.

          'Are you there?' I asked myself inside my head.

...

        I took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. The sky is clear of clouds, sun's already half way down the horizon and the sky, oddly enough, is colored in pink.
          I looked back in front of me. Kaede, who has already walked a little far from me. Head looking down and one hand playing with his right ear.