[FF7] Those things after marriage

Belia woke up, and this was probably the only good news Esther had heard in a while.

When she heard the news from the red-haired boss who rushed over, Esther's mind went blank, and she didn't even notice that the pen in her hand had dropped.When she regained consciousness, she did not know when she was standing at the door of Belia's ward.

She unscrewed the door handle vigorously, and stumbled into the ward.Seeing that although she was still lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, she had opened her eyes and looked at her friend.For some reason, tears suddenly welled up in my eyes.Obviously before, I couldn't cry no matter what, even if countless emotions piled up in my heart and it was about to explode, I couldn't shed a single tear.

However, at this time, these feelings seemed to have suddenly found a breakthrough, and they rushed out violently through the sudden tears.

"Woo woo woo... ah ah ah..."

Esther fell down on the edge of the bed and cried bitterly, unable to speak a word.

Seeing her friend crying like this, Belia, who had just come back from the brink of death, forgot the pain from the fright, and subconsciously wanted to sit up on the edge of the hospital bed.But her weak body failed to complete such a difficult coordinated movement according to her wishes.Maybe she just let her upper body leave the bed less than one centimeter, and she lay back on the bed again.At the same time, the wound may have been pulled too hard.Belial could not help but let out a hissing gasp.

Esther wanted to say a lot, but at this moment she just held Belia's hand that was not on the IV, and lay down on the bed sobbing.

By the time the blonde-haired girl stopped crying, her voice was so hoarse that she could barely speak, and it took a long while before she finally recovered.If the relationship wasn't strong enough, she would have been kicked out by the nurses who came to round the ward - the patient who just woke up is very weak, how can you waste time like this?Do you still want the patient to recover well?

Esther hadn't spoken yet, but the woman lying on the bed spoke with a hoarse voice.

"Esther, do you know that after walking around in front of the god of death like this, I discovered a lot of things that I hadn't seriously thought about before. For example... Esther, your hair has grown so long. I remember the earliest When we met, your hair just reached your shoulders, but now it's almost past your waist."

"Staying in Shinra, it really has been a long, long time."

The woman lying on the hospital bed struggled to pull out the hand that was held by Esther, and lifted a strand of long hair hanging by Esther's cheek and held it weakly.But his gaze didn't look at her, but looked through her to a place far, far away.

Thinking of just coming to Shinra, I was so nervous that I didn’t know where to put my hands and feet. I thought of the time when I went to the interview with my seniors, and when I first met Genesis, that stubborn but flame-like boy.It wasn't until this moment that she realized how happy those memories that she had neglected were.Those complaints I used to have are so precious.

Now she wants to live like that, but she can never go back to the past.

Once some things happen, they can never go back.

"I'm sorry... I knew something was wrong with Genesis, but I didn't tell you..." Esther blamed herself.Although Genesis' abnormality is not a secret, she always feels that if she can talk to Belia seriously, or if she can talk openly with Genesis, the result may not be like this that's it.

"If only I could be with Genesis..."

"It's useless."

Belia softly interrupted Esther's unspoken words.

"That guy Genesis..." Speaking of the culprit who caused her to lie here, there was no hatred in Beria's tone, on the contrary, it was more of an indescribable helplessness and deep regret sigh.

"There are many things that can't be solved by taking the time to talk about them."

People who feel that they can solve problems by talking.The days are too happy--they are too naive.

They can't empathize with what happened to some people, so everything they say seems so pale.

"Esther, do you know that sometimes the most painful thing is that the person you care about is dying step by step, and you are right next to you, but you don't notice it." Belia lay flat on the hospital bed, her eyes Staring blankly at the pale ceiling above, he spoke in a low voice.

"...What?" Belia's voice was too low, and what she said was so thoughtless, she couldn't quite understand, so she leaned forward, trying to hear Beria's words more clearly .

"I said... I hope you won't be like me. You can only do nothing, you must be able to do something. Whether it's for yourself or Sephiroth."

Be it Genesis, Angel, or Sephiroth, they have all taken on too much.The thing called fate is like an invisible shackle, binding them layer by layer, pulling them like an abyss.She didn't have time to stretch out her hand to pull him, so she could only watch him sink into it bit by bit.

Genesis is falling into the abyss.Angel chose to accompany him.Sephiroth is the only one standing outside now.

"Be sure...don't let go of Sephiroth's hand."

The girl with a miserable face said with an expression as if she was about to cry.Esther, who looked at that expression, almost shed tears again. She didn't know what happened, but she really felt the sadness of her friend.

"Don't be like me." Don't regret like me, don't hate your powerlessness like me.Don't let Sephiroth become a second Genesis.

How could a special soldier like Genesis fail to kill her.She was still alive only because he let her go... No, it should be said that he was saving himself.A lot of information is not what she should know. Under such circumstances, if she is unharmed, she will definitely be locked up by Shinra's high-level officials for review-if she falls into the hands of Tux, it must be a life-and-death dilemma.

On the contrary, if he killed her and took away the information, all the problems would be borne by him alone.

She still remembers the 'sorry' she heard as she collapsed.Although her consciousness was very blurred at that time, she could still hear the sadness in his low voice.He was never a strong person, but this time, because of himself, he left another scar in his already soft heart.

The wound on the body is healed, but the wound in the bottom of the heart often bleeds again.

So among them, who is sorry for whom?

Perhaps they owed neither of them—it was just that they shouldn't have known each other like this.

Belia had just woken up, so the visiting time couldn't be too long—Esther had already exceeded the time limit a lot this time, so when the nurse knocked on the door for the second time, she reluctantly left the ward.

Before leaving, she comforted Belia and said:

"Sephiroth has already gone after the two of them. With Sephiroth's ability, he will definitely be able to bring them back."

She said it with absolute certainty, and she didn't know whether it was to comfort her friend or to reassure herself.

"Well... Remember to tell Sephiroth that when you catch them, you must beat them hard for me."

Although she felt that the possibility was very low, when she saw the panic on Esther's face, she still couldn't help saying such a sentence.It was as if she had believed her words.

Not long after Esther left, Belia fell into a deep sleep again.

She had another dream.

I dreamed of myself and Genesis when I was a boy.

Time and time again, I watched that stubborn young man with a little childishness on his face perform tasks, and then return victorious with visible or invisible wounds.Although he always looked relaxed and simple, the combat uniform and the scars left on his body can reveal the dangerous situation at that time.

Many people said that Shinra had a new hero candidate, and felt that since he had the potential of a hero, he should be able to complete any task smoothly.Therefore, the difficulty of his and Angel's tasks has been increasing.More dangerous each time.

Even he himself felt that his task should be so difficult because he wanted to compete with Sephiroth.It's just that he and Sephiroth are different after all.This is something she has seen from the beginning.

Because his strength is still based on human beings. As far as human beings are concerned, he is second to none strong, but there is still a big difference from Sephiroth, who is born strong like a monster.

Then she watched him being left behind by Sephiroth little by little, and even Angel had a faint tendency to walk ahead of him.Year after year, even he himself realized the fact that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch up with Sephiroth.

She watched him step by step toward a despair she didn't understand.

Looking back now, if she could let go of her reserved pride at that time and stalk him to understand him, maybe she would not be like this now.

It's a pity that she was too innocent at that time.

They were so innocent back then.

She wants to get ahead in Shinra, a super big company, and he wants to surpass Sephiroth and become a hero admired by all.I think this is something worth pursuing in my life.So there were too many things that neither she nor he had noticed.

Even at that time, she always felt that it was a great blessing in life to have such a bad friend who would ridicule each other's progress.

Until one day when they are old, they can recall their brilliant life together.Noisy, old age life will not be lonely.

It's a pity that life is like a train that has derailed. It can only rush forward, and can't go back to the previous track.

And she didn't suddenly understand one thing until now, she paid so much attention to that man, not just because they were friends for many years.Rather...she liked him.

Although she doesn't know how deep this feeling is, she once liked that man who was like a flame.Maybe I still like it now, but it's a pity that I probably never have the chance to express this feeling.

Can't speak her mouth, can't enter his ear.