"Nn"
A few hours had passed, and the sun had slightly sunk, and Yuu was slowly opening his eyes, only to see the hand he was holding was gone.
"It was just a dream, huh…"
He muttered to himself as he tried to stand up.
"No, it wasn't. I just dropped my bag, the noise did wake me up, huh. Sorry, Yuu." there stood before him was Higabana Aoi. You could may as well call her his girlfriend, as she basically is already.
"I see. Sorry for saying that, then."
"No. Anyways, I have good news for you."
"Good news?" Yuu pondered what good news would be.
"Doctor said you can be discharged tomorrow. He suggested a full hospital observed sleep would be best before you leave. Don't you notice? It's more spacious around you, and maybe you feel easier to move around?"
"Now that you mention it…"
He had realized that the blood pack for him was gone already, and his body felt the same as ever.
"I see. Thank you for telling me. Tomorrow huh."
"Yeah, oh, and…sit down, dinner is ready."
"Ah— right."
Yuu stood up as Aoi readied the table and placed the plate in it.
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙.
He said after a few minutes of eating, again, the plate was empty, as Aoi was strict on making him finish his plate. A few seconds later, the door was knocked thrice, in which Aoi immediately reacted and headed for the door and opened it, showing her mother along with both his siblings.
"Ah, Aoi-chan. Thank you for taking care of my son." Yuu's mother thanked her as Aoi replied "Ah— no. It's not that big of a deal."
𝘈𝘰𝘪? 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?
"Then, good night, Yuu. I'll be heading home now."
"Ah— yeah. Good night, Aoi. Be careful on your way home."
"Thank you, but my father is here to pick me up anyways."
"Really? Then, good night."
"Yeah, good night."
After an exchange, Aoi had left the room and off to the hallway. Leaving just Yuu and his family alone.
"Quite a flirt you have become, huh, Yuu."
"Eh— that's…."
He hadn't noticed that his siblings were there too, even so, to think that he flirted with her in front of them.
"But, if you can act like that, then you're probably fine already?" his brother said as he walked towards Yuu.
"Yeah, I guess…" Yuu answered nonchalantly
"Well, who wouldn't try to get better if someone like 𝘩𝘦𝘳 would nurse you to health…" his brother said teasingly, which made Yuu red up to his ears and suddenly hid himself in the blanket.
That was Awagami Haruki. 23 years old. He likes teasing just about anyone. Also, he is extremely caring despite his usual facade. After all, he is the oldest of the siblings.
Behind him is his sister, Awagami Hina, who was fiddling with her phone with a headset inserted on her left ear, and the other ear open. She is extremely studious, but even amidst a storm of school tasks, if Yuu ever got sick, she'll do her best to take care of him while doing her school works.
And of course, his doting mother, Awagami Kana. She was really doting to Yuu when he was young, but when he entered Junior High, he became a bit more mature and told his mother to stop it already.
"I-If you don't have anything more to do, then I'll sleep and rest again…"
"Yes, yes. We just came here to check on you after all." said Hina.
"Well, there's also a few more things we'd have to do at home, and it's already late, we'll go now so rest so you can get home tomorrow."
"Yeah, good night."
And so, the three of them left the room Yuu was in, only to leave him puzzled.
𝘍𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?
He remembered his mother's words and began to wonder what they could mean. But as smart as he is, he is too tired of everything that happened earlier to think too much now, so he just decided to doze off.
𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩… 𝘏𝘪— 𝘈𝘰𝘪, 𝘩𝘶𝘩….
As he thought of being able to date Aoi was something he had never expected after that rejection a year ago, until he finally dozed off.