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......(Y/n).....? Are you there...?
Oh! Hello! Yes! You can hear me!
Hellooo, (Y/n)! It's me, [Goku] Mari! I'm so glad you're alright! The others are worried sick... but I knew you'd pull through! You're just that type of girl, hehe!
I can tell you're scared for them... I am, too.
I don't want them to worry, because you're strong and you wouldn't succumb to a little hit to the head!.......
...But I suppose I'm a bit of a hypocrite for saying that.....[😏]
Anyway, it's been a few weeks now. Hero stops by every day. And it may be hard to believe, but Aubrey has been coming by, too. Not for the wrong reasons, to taunt or try to excuse herself.
She's owned up to what she did and is accepting everything like a responsible person.
Even harder to believe, is that Kel got Sunny to get out of the house! He's worried about you, it's so sweet.... Almost like he sees you as his second older sister.
..Hahah, don't worry, I'm not jealous! I'm glad that you've somehow held the group together. Pretty sad that something like this had to happen first, though......
Man.....I wonder what would've happened if you didn't get hurt......
What if Sunny stayed in the house so long that he and Mom just.....resulted to moving? That would be terrible.....the group breaking up because of me....
I'm glad that's not happening, though! Hopefully, it never will!
Oh..?....you want to wake up and see them?...
I mean...it doesn't look like you'll be able to, in this state...your head is still bandaged up pretty tightly, and you do need your rest...
Aww, I couldn't say no to that look! Here, I'll help you out..!
You jolted awake, putting your hand to your chest. "Mari!-"
Everyone was sitting around your hospital room, now staring at you. Hero looked shocked, Aubrey raised an eyebrow, Basil flinched at your sudden outburst, Kel smiled excitedly, and Sunny did nothing.
Hero rushed over to you immediately, hugging you tightly. "(Y/n), oh my God, I'm so glad you're okay!" He hesitated, letting go. "Sorry, I was just..uh.....really worried......"
Kel smirked. "Yea, Hero, we were all worried about (Y/n)." He turned to you. "Hey! How was your nap?" Aubrey punched him in the shoulder, rolling her eyes. He yelped, rubbing where she had punched him.
You looked around the room, squinting a bit because of the bright fluorescent lighting. There was a table beside you with multiple bouquets, flowers of all kinds, labeled from who gave you what.
The biggest bouquet, filled with pink, red, white, and yellow roses alike, was from Hero. He followed your gaze, then reached his hand to scratch the back of his neck, blushing lightly. "R-right, uh.....I got you flowers.....Kel, Basil, and Sunny helped me pick them out..."
You smiled, sitting up and wincing slightly, putting your hand to your head. Hero had a concerned expression, his eyes filled with worry. He hesitated, sitting down on the edge of your bed.
"You know...." He started, keeping his head down. "You were talking in your sleep........"
You didn't respond, thinking about if you said anything about him, or if you could even remember what you had said.
"You were having a conversation with someone, right....?...and when you woke up, you said......her name....."
The air in the room was so tense you could cut it with a knife.
Looking up, you spotted Sunny staring you straight in the eyes. You couldn't tell what he was thinking, but there were many emotions built up behind his stare, that you knew for sure.
Judging by the aura the room was giving off, everyone was listening intently, and staring directly at...
You guessed it,
You. [social anxiety go brrr]
They all wanted to know what you had seen when you were asleep, whether it was just a dream or something more. Something that everyone was thinking about, Something that was remembered with a different pain for everyone, Something that was kind and caring and loving and was taken out of all your grasps much too soon.
That Something was standing at the doorway, only you being able to her. It just might've been the close run in with the possibility of death that gave you this ability, if you could even call it that.
"I...." Your voice was raspy from the 2 weeks of rest.
[i HaVe tO tEll yOu sOmEtHiNg!!!!!!!]
"You saw her, didn't you....." [WOW GEE HERO THANKS FOR RUINING THAT FOR ME 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭]
You nodded slowly, looking away from everyone.
Well, that answered the question. Now everyone knew you really had almost died. Aubrey didn't say anything, because if she did she'd probably be the next one to almost die. The shadow of her hair covered her face, it seemed like this was her way of saying she was sorry while looking the most emo she possibly could? Huh, only in Faraway, Ohio.
Mari, leaning against the door frame to your hospital room, was giving you a small smile. She giggled, motioning to Hero. Come on, (Y/n). I woke you up early to talk to him, so talk to him..!
You nodded [being the schizophrenic you are], reaching out your hand and putting it on Hero's shoulder. "I'm okay now, Hero..." you said softly. Perhaps that was what could calm his nerves of losing his..... new crush, I guess.
[SUDDENLY SUNNY JUMPED UP AND STABBED YOU GRRRRR AHAHAHAHAHAHA] [not rly :((( ]
"...I'm glad you are. Soon, this'll all be over, and then...maybe, and I know it might sound a bit hopeful....but I'd like to hang out again. All of us."
Basil finally spoke up [whimper boy]. "I-I'd like that, too....then...I can finally take pictures of us again..."
Kel jumped up. "And we can play fun games, too!"
Aubrey thought, as though she hadn't done enough to ruin everything, she should try to speak like the person with sense. "Are you guys really sure we can just continue on like nothing happened? Like these 3 years were just spent 'taking a break'?"
Sunny stood up. "...yes. I....I believe we can do that."
You all stared in shock. Sunny's vow of silence was finally over.
Mari was sitting next to Hero, leaning her head on his shoulder. He turned to look at you [looking the same as that one goofy out of the lake pic in game], a strong emotion hidden behind his gaze that you realized might be a feeling that you shared as well.
"I guess...this is it, then? We're all...back together...!"
Teehee. The end :3
/j nuh uh we need one final chapter that ends in them making out, the sunset glowing behind them- SO YEA HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER, WITH THE ALTERNATE NAMES "Mari's Monologue" or "The Stair Kisser Yaps to You"
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Romance[HERO X FEM!READER] [TW: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, ETC.] After witnessing what could be called manslaughter and a cover up that happened next door, Y/n forced herself to block it out to escape any future trauma. Over time, her dreams shifted...
