Chapter 9: Gray Traces
"Brother! Wake up, wake up......
Aokawaha called Ryusuke's name from the bedside, and Ryusuke woke up from a coma in a daze, opening his eyes and looking at the ceiling of the hospital.
"My head hurts, why am I in the hospital?"
Ryusuke sat up from the hospital bed, rubbed his head and looked at Aokawa Ye who was sleeping on the side, Kutsuki Kuroki outside the door heard the movement inside and pushed the door in to check how Ryusuke was doing.
"Hey, you're finally awake, and the doctor said you need to rest more, so don't hurry up and lie down in the hospital bed. If it's okay, I'll go back first."
Kuroki Kuzuki walked over to the hospital bed, pressed Ryusuke down on the bed, handed an apple, and walked out of the hospital room. Qingchuan Ye woke up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes, and finally let go of his hanging heart after seeing that Ryusuke had woken up.
"I'm sorry, brother, I caused you trouble, if I wasn't so willful, my brother wouldn't have braved the heavy rain to come to me."
Qingchuan Ye's emotions gradually became excited, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, Ryusuke raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Qingchuan Ye's eyes, and said comfortingly.
"It's okay, it's okay, don't blame yourself anymore. It's getting dark, let's go home, Ruri is still waiting for us."
Qingchuan Ye turned to the side and looked out the window angrily. The two came out of the hospital and took the tram on their way home.
"Well, will Ruri and me be with me make Ye so angry?"
Ryusuke sat aside, looked at his sister, who was a little angry, and asked this question casually without knowing what to say.
"Well, that's because..."
The train drove into the tunnel, and the sudden sudden braking caused Aokawaha to reverse to Ryusuke, and the train broke down and stopped in the tunnel. Qingchuan Ye got up a little shyly and sat back.
"What's wrong, brother?"
Qingchuan Ye leaned against the window and looked into the tunnel, and there was nothing to see in the darkness outside.
"Oh, the train must be out of order, but don't worry, it should be back to normal soon."
Ryusuke patted his sister's head, and Aokawaha turned to look at Ryusuke and sighed, with a look of disappointment on his face.
At this time, Liuli walked aimlessly through the uninhabited alley, wearing a cloak that he saw out of nowhere, and under the cloak, most of Liuli's body had turned gray, leaving gray footprints on the ground every time he walked through a place.
……
After a long time, the train finally returned to normal, and passed through the tunnel to the station near Ryusuke's house. Ryusuke got up and took his sister's hand and walked out of the train. When he arrived at the door, Ryusuke pushed open the door and called Ruri's name, but there was no response, the dinner plate on the table was already empty, Ryusuke came to Ruri's bedroom door, knocked on the bedroom door, and pushed in after finding that there was no anti-lock.
"Ruri?"
Ryusuke turned on the light and lifted the quilt on the bed, but Ruri was not in it, Ryusuke was about to return to the living room, the gray marks on the sheets attracted Ryusuke's attention, he bent down to wipe the sheets, but tried a few times and did not wipe them off, Ryusuke hurriedly looked for other gray marks in the bedroom, and sure enough, there were gray marks on the wall and at the door on the quilt, which made Ryusuke worried.
"Hey, Ye, I'll go to school and have food in the refrigerator, if you're hungry, heat it yourself."
Ryusuke ran out of the house and ran in the direction of the school, and on the way he bumped into Sakura, who was about to go to Ryusuke to play.
"Eh, Ryusuke, what are you doing in a hurry?"
"Oh, it's Sakura, have you seen Ruri?"
"Ruri? Well, no, what's wrong, is the glass gone?"
Ryusuke took a breath and explained what had happened to Sakura. Sakura smiled and looked at Ryusuke and said.
"Well, then I'll help Ryusuke find Ruri, too!"
Ryusuke said goodbye to Sakura, and then ran towards the school, Sakura looked around and ran to a nearby store to look for Ruri one by one.
Ryusuke pushed open the door of the coffee club and panted to look inside, but there was no one else in the coffee club except Ryusuke, and Ryusuke bumped into the girl who came running when he turned around. Ryusuke got up and rubbed his head.
"Ah, it hurts, I'm sorry, President?"
Jiuyue Limu touched his forehead and said angrily.
"Hey, it's okay to have more eyes! It hurts to death."
"I'm really sorry president, but did you see Ruri. She's probably been here."
"Ruri? Well, I didn't see her either, what's the matter, did you two quarrel?"
Ryusuke told Kuroki Kutsuki what had happened, and Kuroki Kuroki thought about it and took out his phone.
"Hey, stupid, this is my phone number, I'll call you when I find it, if it weren't for Liuli, I wouldn't have told you my phone number."
"Ah, thank you, President, I'll look for Ruri somewhere else."
Ryusuke ran out of the school, came to the street, looking around for Ruri's figure, Ryusuke looked around, stepped on a gray floor, and came to the mall to ask the clerk at Ruri's favorite bubble tea shop.
Qingchuan Ye sat on the sofa and turned on the TV to watch.
"Really, how can my brother be like this, if he wants to go out to find someone, he won't take me with him."
The moonlight shone on the ground, and Sakura searched all the nearby shops but no one knew about Ruri, so he had to stop looking for it and go home because of the curfew. On the other side, Kutsuki Kuroki didn't find anyone who met the criteria after looking for a few hours by the client, so he called Ryusuke.
"Hey, did you find it over there? I sent someone to look for it, but I didn't find it."
"Oh, yes... Yes, thank you very much, president."
Ryusuke lay on a bench in the park, looking at the starry sky, raising his hand to catch the stars in the sky.
"Oh, damn it, but tomorrow the holidays are over, and Ruri should go back to school."
The breeze was blowing Ryusuke, and it was late at night, because Ryusuke had to go home for class tomorrow.
……
During the lunch break in the morning, Ryusuke was eating lunch in the corridor, looking at the playground outside the window, and Orange came down the stairs with a lunch box and sat next to Ryusuke.
"Hey, why are you sitting here eating?"
"That, because I've been eating here before."
Orange opened the lunch box and ate it bite by bite, Ryusuke put down his chopsticks and continued to ask.
"Why don't you eat with your sister?"
Orange swallowed the rice in her mouth, put down her chopsticks and turned her head to the side.
"Because, because my sister is very popular, there will be a lot of classmates surrounding my sister during the lunch break, and I feel like I can't compare to my sister in anything."
When Orange talked about her sister, she couldn't help but get excited.
"I'm only going to cause trouble for my sister by my sister's side, and I don't have any friends at school except for you and Ruri, seniors."
"Eh, okay, let's have lunch quickly, or it's going to be cold."
Ryusuke picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.