monosyllable echo

I know that no one likes hospitals.

However, I still want to solemnly declare here: I really super-super-hate hospitals! ! !

There are white and bare walls, bursts of pungent disinfectant smell, faces with hurried faces showing embarrassment, and an emergency light that never turns green.

Every time I stand in front of this scorching red light, I feel deeply powerless.

Why is it that the most important person and I are only separated by this door, a light, but seem to be divided into two worlds.

Are you on the other side of the door struggling to survive?

Sorry, I on the other side of the door can't do anything except wait and pray.

Hello!Don't think about it!Hold your breath!Natsume Jiu!

Tightness, irritability, and restlessness near the temples seemed to be cramping.You see, before I broke out, someone else became impatient before me.

Shiroshiro Sakura, who was walking around me all the time, grabbed a nurse who just ran out of the emergency room as if seeing the right moment, and asked, "Hey! You! What happened to the people inside? Haven't come out yet?...Could it be—"

Ah ah ah ah ah! !I'm going crazy!

Turning my head, I grabbed the red braid that was as dazzling as an emergency light, and pushed it and its owner against the wall with force, shouting: "Shut your crow mouth! You bastard! If you can't murder, you can't kill me!" Do you want to curse you?!"

Obviously, he was frightened by my fierce appearance, he hesitated and stood there, forgetting to resist: "I—"

"Aha~" Wei Wei stepped forward, narrowing her eyes dangerously, and I quickly interrupted him, "Student Red-haired Crow, I don't have the time to listen to you explaining your crimes~~ Wait until the inside The person has come out, let's settle the old and new scores together!"

"Right, right—" The flustered, fragmented explanation made people even more irritated.

"I'll say it again—shut up! You don't owe me anything! You don't need to say sorry." Wei Wei tightened her grip on the other party's collar, and for the third time, I interrupted him mercilessly. Just a few words, whether it is real anger or venting anger, now I only know that seeing his tightly pursed mouth gave me a pleasure of being compensated.

Before I could express my satisfaction with the status quo, a backward pull pulled me away from Shirogane, "Hey! Natsume! Don't do this! You have to calm down. Shiranui wouldn't want you to do this."

I followed the sound and looked back, but I knew it even without looking. The owner of this sound—the teacher in the health room who came to the hospital with us——Hoshizuki Kotaro.It’s just that at this time, it’s really not a wise move to mention the name of Kazuki Shiranui. If you want to make an analogy, it’s like pouring another barrel of gasoline on a serious fire scene.If eyes can kill, Mr. Xingyue, by now you are covered in gunshot wounds and your blood tanks are empty.

Well-timed - "Boom!"

The emergency lights without heat finally went out.

Then, I saw the face of Kazuki Shiranui who was pushed out of the emergency room surrounded by people.

"Let me go!" I forcefully pulled away the hand that was holding my back collar, pushed away the nurse and doctor standing in front of me, step by step, I walked towards Kazuki——

"Where are Kazuki Shiranui's family members?" The voice kept ringing in my ears, and I knew I should respond, but at this moment I lost the ability to answer.

Step by step, he approached Kazuki, removing a trace of his uneasiness and anxiety.

Then, standing in front of the familiar sleeping face, she felt completely at ease.

Hey, Kazuki, when I really touched your face, I felt real.

"Oh." As if I was not expected to answer, Teacher Xingyue sighed, and answered the question of the doctor who kept asking him: "Hello, if you have anything to tell me, I am Kazuki Shiranui My teacher, Hoshizuki Kotaro, is also a doctor."

"Then, Teacher Xingyue, let me tell you that the patient fell from a high place, causing a slight concussion on the brain, varying degrees of abrasions on the face, elbows and other parts, and a fracture to the right leg. It is serious, but it is not a fatal injury, and now the situation has stabilized, and you will wake up after the anesthesia, and then you need to rest for a long time."

"I understand, thank you very much."

When I came back to my senses again, I followed a group of doctors and nurses to the fixed ward and sat in front of Kazuki's hospital bed.And it was the amiable and lovely teacher Xingyue who brought me back to my senses.

"Natsume, are you going to be like this all the time? Don't eat, drink or talk. Of course, when Shiranui wakes up, the first thing I see will undoubtedly be your corpse, and it will be an ugly mummy."

"..." Teacher Xingyue, you have a poisonous tongue.

Well, thanks to this venomous blow, I was fully awake.

Kazuki is still alive and well, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I still have a long, long time before I can work harder to guard him.

Really relieved.

Gently move my stiff fingers, and smooth out the crumpled sleeves of Kazuki's hospital gown that was held by me—it's ugly! 【Hey!Who is this thanks to? !

Raising his head, he saw Teacher Xingyue's eyes that were neither salty nor dull. He scanned the surroundings and found that there was one person missing, so he asked casually, "Where is the red hair?"

"Huh?" Teacher Xingyue was puzzled by my sudden question, "Red hair?"

Roll your eyes, please!Once again, I opened my mouth to ask, "Where's the red-haired scum of the ten thousand-year-old broom that everyone hates?"

"Pfft~ You mean Baiyin?" Teacher Xingyue covered the corners of his mouth and laughed as if hearing a top joke, "If you mean Baiyin, I've already sent him home."

"... besides him, who else has red hair." Curling my lips, I interjected unscrupulously, every word filled with dissatisfaction.

"Natsume, this is not good." After the usual smile, Xingyue became uncharacteristically serious, raised his eyebrows, and taught me: "I don't know if you treat Natsume and Baiyin as your good friends. You are so hostile to Baiyin. Shiranui will be very sad, right?"

"Don't put me and that red-haired man together! Your words really pissed me off!" I suddenly became annoyed as if my hair had exploded, and I continued to say to Teacher Xingyue's calm and serious face : "Teacher Xingyue, I'm not an unreasonable person, but I really don't have any good feelings for Baiyin Yingshirou. Ever since Kazuki and him became your so-called friends, I have never suffered minor injuries. It was broken, I think as the teacher of health care, you should be more clear than before. First it was a small contusion, and then it was scratched by a knife from an outsider, and this time it simply fell from the roof of the building!"

"Natsume……"

Slightly calmed down my emotions, deliberately lowered my voice to prevent waking Kazuki, I continued my words neither humble nor overbearing: "Teacher Xingyue, for me who swore to protect Kazuki in front of Kazuki's parents grave There is nothing more infuriating than seeing Kazuki repeatedly injured, so if you still have the face of wanting to educate me, don't blame me for being insensitive and open the door to see off guests."

I thought, Mr. Xingyue should have nothing to say now. Sure enough, no, he sighed for a long time, stood up, and walked towards the door of the ward.

I stood up and watched him go out.

One step, two steps, just before pushing the door open, Teacher Xingyue suddenly turned her head and took a deep look at me: "Natsume, I don't think I need to tell you, you know that the real source of the matter is not in Baiyin. You just It's just venting anger, for a fool who guarded in the wrong way."

"..."

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It's still early summer, why are there mosquitoes so soon?

Impatiently sweeping the itchy touch on my face again, my sore neck, continue...continue...continue what?

"Kazuki!" I woke up suddenly remembering that I was still in Kazuki's ward, raised my head, and saw an extremely sunny and handsome smiling face—well, if I remove the bandage wrapped around my head.

"Yo~ Ah Jiu~ I'm still wondering when you will wake up. My hands are so numb from your pressure. Be kind to the patients!"

With my confused eyes open, I paused for a moment, and hurriedly apologized: "Yes, I'm sorry!" Hey, hey!Natsume Jiu, how dizzy are you? How could there be a nurse pressing the patient's arm to sleep soundly!What a shame!

I think, now my face must look like a very ripe huahuaniu apple, because out of the corner of my eye, I saw the unconcealable smirk on Kazuki's face.

"Well~~It's nothing~~" Kazuki said while stroking my hair with his bandaged hand, this familiar touch...

Wait, something's wrong!What's wrong!

Looking up again at Kazuki with a smile on his face, I tried to think about something, but realized that I suddenly stopped on Kazuki's face, ah!correct!

"—Shiranui!!" I brushed off the big hand on my head, and I was about to start preaching.

"Hey!" Kazuki suddenly cried out in pain.

This really made me panic, and I immediately pulled up that hand to look carefully, "Eh?? Did it hurt you?"

I raised my head worriedly, when I saw Kazuki's constricted expression, I couldn't restrain my whole body trembling immediately, and violently shook off the palm that was carefully held, I opened my mouth to speak, and my voice trembled uncontrollably, "Is it funny?! Looking at me like this, is it funny?!"

Ahhh, seeing his expression that is exactly the same as that of the red hair, I knew that he was frightened by me.

But, I really can't calm down!From the uneasiness, panic, and impatience when I came to the hospital yesterday, all the negative emotions are clamoring to explode.From the pair of silver-gray eyes that are close at hand, I can clearly see my tangled expression - frowning eyebrows, extremely red eyes, trembling but tightly closed lips.

"Hey, Ajiu..."

Raising his hand to cover his eyes, he slowly stepped back to the door, and then pushed the door open to escape.

Ignoring the familiar voice behind him, he shouted hastily.

I thought, I need to calm down.