Timeless

Chapter 18

A voice.

No, voices. People were speaking. They all sounded familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Words were too fuzzy to register.

"... Bunny"

That one, that one was definitely for you though. The name you got from Him. You should adequately respond to it then.

The first thing you saw was the pale ceiling—the one that undoubtedly belonged to the school nurse's office. You were thankful that someone was considerate enough to turn off the light above you. It was dark out the window, but you could see the first light of the day peeking just around the horizon.

The second thing you saw- no, felt was a touch on your knee. A firm hand that was holding you like it couldn't bear to part with you. As your eyes followed it, your heart was charmed to find him sleeping by the bedside. His sunglasses were laid carelessly on the side table. Judging from the tired eye bags, he must have kept his six eyes activated for a long period of time.

One of your hands found its place among his silverish-white hair strands. Brushing through them like your second nature. The dark uniform of his was laid forgotten somewhere, leaving him in his white undershirt. His long eyelashes brushed against his skin. Just seeing him like this calmed your heart.

His hold on your knee tightened first before his free hand caught your wrist, turning it against him so that he could kiss your open palm.

"If I had known you would wake up once I fell asleep, I would have slept here earlier."

As weak as your body might be, they still flushed under his attention, "Good morning, Satoru-senpai."

His eyes slightly wavered at your small voice, "I missed hearing that from you, Bunny."

"Your name?"

"No, your voice", he proceeded to kiss each of your fingertips softly. Each one left a tingling feeling on your skin, "You have been asleep for a while."

"Am I?"

He hummed with one last lingering kiss to your thumb, "Over two days."

"Two days?!"

Your hand jolted with shock but he was yet unwilling to let go of you.

"What happened to Yu-kun? Is Ken-kun safe as well?!"

"Calm down, they both are fine. I had to get them back to the dorms just last night."

"Any injuries?"

"Nothing major, Shoko got them taken care of."

"And the Sukuna's finger?"

"It has been safely transported to the school. They had it sealed away under Tenga's watch. But, enough about them", His free hand brushed away stray hair from your face, "How are you feeling? Any pain? Dizziness? Memory loss?"

You took a moment to recollect everything. Once you were sure that you were doing fine both mentally and physically, you gave him a firm nod, "I'm fine, just feeling like I had a long nap."

"Good, then you remember what you told me that night?"

"That night?", your question trailed off when he stood up from the chair to perch on the edge of the bed.

"The night you were going to leave me with a half-assed confession."

His smile from earlier was now slowly transformed into a stern one. His six eyes checked every part of you multiple times as if once or thrice wasn't enough to reassure his own heart. You unconsciously swallowed words when his shadow towered over you.