Zero Gravity / 無重力(Gakuen Alice)

【Chapter 12】Snow White in the Sleeping Forest, ft. Cat and Bunny Part 1

"...Natsume-kun, maybe you should go rest for now? I'll call you when she wakes up..." The doctor gently suggested, hoping for the solemn glaring boy to have some rest since he had been sitting in the seat next to Yue's bed for more than half a day now.

Yue was soundly asleep in the infirmary's bed dressed in her white pajama shorts, tank top and the beige long cardigan that went past her knees. The bed sheets are covering everything except her upper body and arms that were out on her side, an IV stuck to her left hand. Her blue thick soft hair was framed in a mess, strands here and there as her naturally pale complexion seemed to whiten even more under the moons invisible rays from the large window that was right next to the bed, her eyes heavily closed and her mind disconnected from her body at the moment. Since some hours ago she had come to the infirmary to take a short rest from that class, and now it has been 12 hours exactly since she's been asleep.

Though nothing anyone tries could awaken her, so the doctor suspected that she's in her 'Premonition State', those moments in which as she sleeps her mind goes into a state of unseen memories in which they may or may not have happened. Simply put, the past or future.

Ruka and Natsume had been visiting her ever since, even Mikan, Hotaru and some other classmates which came with them. Though many of those times they got glared at by the irritated Natsume so they could barely have half an hour with the peacefully sleeping blue haired girl.

"Why isn't she waking up." The fire caster demanded more than a question, a shudder passing by the doctor's back at the suspicious glare the younger boy gave him. The doctor sighed slowly and shook his head before turning around and returning to his papers.

"This has happened many times before Natsume-kun. It's just one of those dreams she has, all we need to do is wait and eventually she'll wake up." Natsume's narrowed eyes shifted to the sleeping girl and they softened with a non-audible sigh, leaning back against the chair with his hands in his pockets.

The doc glanced behind him at the close eyed ebony haired boy, truly amused at the reactions this youngster had with anything involving his patient Yue.

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"Natsume, is Yue alright now?" Ruka asked with his hands behind him for support, his head turned towards Natsume as they both laid on the building's rooftop, the night sky covered in thousandths of bright stars all too tiny but seeming in groups.

"She's still sleeping..." He mumbled with a glance at the worried blonde that sighed and raised his head back to the sky, Natsume with his hands behind his head as they both stared up into the night, the calmness of the dark relaxing to both of them that were in their own thoughts.

"Ne Natsume?" Ruka softly said without turning his head, Natsume making a sound in his throat indicating he heard. Ruka turned his head to his best friend that was still unmoving and staring up at the sky calmly, before closing his mouth and raising his head back to the sky, "Nandemonai."

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"Is this the past or the future now...." Yue softly mumbled to herself, looking around as her hair moved in swift motions with her curious head turns. She was indeed transparent and floating once again, meaning she must be unconscious at the moment. Hope Natsume or Ruka won't worry... Her eyes blinked in curiosity when the blank scenery changed into that of Narumi's classroom, everyone was chatting loudly as usual and just playing around with their alices, -Yue chuckled in amusement when she saw her past or future self-sleeping with a white pillow in the middle between the mumbling to each other Natsume and Ruka-, before she floated to the back of the room close to the walls, wondering to herself why she was seeing this.