My Carnation - Dr.Stone FanFiction - 1215

j a s m i n e

𝑔𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒

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"Listen up, newbie!"
"Her name is Rina, Senku."
"I'm gonna need you to work your ass off, got it? I don't care if you're strong or weak, just take this hammer and start whacking!"
I blinked, standing straight in front of Senku, Chrome off to the side sweating over the copper he was supposed to flatten. I guess he wasn't acting fast enough and Senku decided to get me to help. Up until this moment I was sitting with Kohaku as she went over the past few weeks events, and the days leading up to their new project.
Apparently Senku wanted to make a generator, and so they first made a magnet with lightning. That was last night, and I appeared to them this morning.
I almost forgot there was a storm the other night. The morning sun was so warm... it dried me fast and I followed the light to the village. Maybe it was all meant to be, like a destiny I would have never previously believed in. I'm still having trouble believing it.
I reached out and took the hammer from Senku. It was heavier than I thought, and I gripped it with two hands. When I was growing up, being the oldest, my dad would always get me to help with building projects. Well, I really just handed him his tools. When I did hammer, I messed up. But this isn't with nails... this is just flattening copper.
"How thin do you want it?" I asked, hesitantly looking up to his eyes.
"As thin as possible. Chrome will help." With that, he walked off to carry on with his next task, and I moved to the other side of the copper piece with Chrome. He smiled lightly to me and I hesitated to smile back.
I had to do my best, or he'd think even worse of me. After all this, they probably already think I'm delicate and need to be watched. But maybe here... I can prove I'm worth something. Even if it's only a worth equivalent to something simple like this copper.
I bit my lip, raising my hammer. I don't want to cry anymore.

When everything was done, I stood with the others, my wrists hurt and my fingers throbbed, but they told me I did good so I felt like I could smile. I twiddled with my fingers and turned as they talked, watching the sun fall behind the trees in the distant. That sight, the sky... never got old to me.
You're the only part of my life that can't hurt me.
"Rina!"
I jumped slightly and turned back to see Kohaku running back from the receding group. My eyes widened as I realized I'd completely zoned out, but she caught up to me and gripped my hand before I crumbled, "We're going to get Kinro and Ginro. Want to come?"
No. I don't want to see them.
"I'll make sure they don't do anything stupid. But I don't want to leave you alone."
Thank you. "Okay."

When the sun was set, Kinro and Ginro were manning the generator and I stood waiting for Senku to show us the results of our hard work. Gen openly doubted the scientist, and I observed silently. There was no point in me saying anything. After all, I didn't know anything about science - especially not this kind.
I watched as he climbed to the top of the roof of Chrome's warehouse, a wire connecting the generator to the wood tip on the roof.
"It's an Edison Light Bulb made of Japanese bamboo..." Gen whispered, and I glanced at him with an eyebrow raised.
Senku is generating light? Will this really work?
When I thought about it, turning back to Senku, I remembered something. A small memory from when I was little, I went to a cottage by the beach with my family. There was a huge thunder storm and all the lights went out... it was so dark, that no matter where I looked when I opened my eyes that night, I couldn't see a thing. I thought I'd gone blind.
My mother heard my sister crying and made her way to our room. She held us tight to her and walked us to her room with her, somehow, even though she couldn't see either.
I remember the feeling of the wall. I kept running my hand up and down the wood. As I looked at nothing, I asked,

"Mommy, will the sun come up tomorrow?"

I didn't want to sob, so I just clenched my teeth. The last time I cried like this, was when I cursed God, blaming him for leaving me. But the God's can't speak to humans anymore. They can't really communicate with us at all, but they can lead us the best they can. There was just enough hope left in me to follow that light that morning, to lead me here.
And now, Senku defeated the darkness of the night, and as it shinned brighter and brighter and my tears fell hotter and faster, the shadow that had been holding so tight to me as if it was protecting me, faded away with the gentle wind.

"Of course it will."