Chapter 32 Section five

Just like noon, the busy Ogiwara delivered dinner, and then hurried back to the nursing center.Mariko and I ate a warm dinner gratefully.Maybe it’s because I’ve said enough about myself, Mariko asked me to talk about what happened after graduation, so I told her about the accident in Vienna and the death of my father. Dr. Kurano said the same thing, I never thought that I would tell others about my private affairs. After eating and washing the dishes, Mirai just came to visit the room.She apologized to us as soon as she opened her mouth, saying that she didn't come to see Chiori because she couldn't find time.I told her not to worry, and Chiori was fine.

"But she still didn't speak, did she?" When she asked me this question, I didn't know how to answer for a while, so I nodded my head a little too late.After such a moment of hesitation, Mirai immediately looked weird and said angrily, "Then you are not worried?" Then he asked Chiori (actually Mariko) if she had any headache or nausea, and whether her lower abdomen was uncomfortable. Questions like that, but Mariko just lowered her head and shook her left and right. "I'll still sleep here tonight. If you have anything to do, please contact me immediately." The future, who was a little restless at the beginning, finally gave up, no longer tempted Mariko to talk, and left the ward after speaking helplessly.

After she left, Mariko and I exchanged glances. "Maybe I can't hide it from her anymore, and it might be better to tell everything frankly. Do you really don't want her to know?" "Well. Actually, I also have a lot of things I want to tell her, but—oh, I don't know either." "yes?" "Hmm. And—" Mariko's voice sounded like she was muttering. I looked up and saw that she was hugging the blanket and hugging her arms, her fingers moving restlessly. "I said this morning, I had a strange dream, right!" Mariko burst out these words suddenly.

"Well, you did." "It was a dream—how should I put it? But it didn't look like a dream at all, it was just someone talking to me. It sounded like Chiori's voice, but when I thought about it this morning, it didn't feel right. Like, it's a sound I've never heard. I thought I shouldn't hear a sound in a dream, and it doesn't sound like I've heard it before. "I find it incredible. The voice said, from now on, you will have three nights in a row. Let's put it this way, I didn't realize that the voice said so until after waking up. It seems to mean, during this period Inside, there are some things that must be confirmed by me. But I don’t know what to confirm, so after waking up in the morning, I kept thinking, why only three nights? What will happen to me after three nights? I I have a feeling that when the time comes, everything will come to an end! Of course, I have no basis, but I believe my hunch, that is to say, from the accident to the end of the three nights, I only have four days in total It was like a miracle. I thought, Chiori must have lent me these hours.

"But I really feel scared. On the fourth night, that is, the night after tomorrow, that should be the one waiting for me! I'm really not in the mood to do anything in such a short time!" The last words sounded utterly pathetic.At some point, Mariko's fingers stopped moving, and tears fell on them. The scene was the same as last night, and I could only whisper Mariko's name, but still couldn't say anything else. After a while, I asked her, do you want something to drink?Need some alone time?But she just shook her head at every question I had.More than an hour passed, no one else came to visit, we have been consumed like this.

"Although it's a bit early, shall we go to bed?" Mariko finally spoke. "If you want to sleep, go to sleep!" I looked at my watch, it was not yet nine o'clock. "Well. Also, I'd be happier if you could hold my hand like you did last night." I nodded, moved the sofa to the side of the bed, dimmed the lights, and reached out to hold Mariko's hand.As soon as I touched her, Mariko who was already lying down suddenly jumped up and sat up. "Kisara, the glove—" "What? Oh, I wear gloves almost all the time, and I rarely even take them off when I sleep."

"That's not what I mean. I mean, when you held Chiori, did you always wear gloves?" I sat up, even in the dim light, I could still clearly see Mariko's serious eyes, as if she was angry. "Is there anything wrong?" "You are enough! You don't understand even this little thing? As long as you wear gloves, Chiori will definitely recall that accident, and she will blame herself and feel guilty. Because now I feel very scared, And I can clearly feel the fear coming from Chiori's hand." Mariko stared at me fiercely, I really never thought of such a thing.

"Please take off your gloves, now, immediately." Mariko said sternly. I said sorry and took off my gloves immediately.She immediately held my right hand with both hands, looked at it carefully for a while, then exhaled a sigh of relief, lay down, and slowly wrapped her fingers around my hand. "Can you promise me one thing?" It was a calm voice, and the angry voice just now had long since disappeared. "What's up?" "I don't ask you not to wear gloves in the future, but at least when holding Chiori, please don't wear them." "I see, I promise you."

"You must keep your promise! Even—even after I leave Chiori's body!" Mariko turned her back to me when she said this, but she didn't let go of her hand.After saying good night to each other, the two listened to each other's breathing for a while, Mariko let go of my hand suddenly, and sat up obediently. "What's wrong?" I saw her crawling out of the hospital bed, not knowing what she was looking for. "Sorry to disturb you. I can't help it, I want to go to the toilet." "Want to go with you?" "Absolutely not!" It took me a while to realize that what Mariko walked out of the ward after finishing speaking was holding sanitary napkins.I sat up and waited for her. After returning, Mariko hurriedly lay back on the bed, and I gently held her outstretched hand.Freshly washed hands feel icy cold.

"I'm sorry, it's obviously the same physiological phenomenon, but the feeling is completely different." "You don't need to explain, it's okay." "I can feel that Chiori's body is very healthy, and she will definitely be able to have children in the future." After she finished speaking, Mariko turned sideways and stared straight at me.When I noticed her gaze and looked up at her, she immediately closed her eyes, said good night, and turned her head straight. ——A thought flashed through Mariko's mind at that time, and it was a terrible thought that I could never think of.