It was late at night, and it was so dark outside the window that nothing could be seen, except for the occasional sound of the breeze passing over the leaves. Looking up, thick clouds drifted slowly towards the southwest sky, obscuring the moon in a few moments.

It looked like it was going to rain, and footsteps could occasionally be seen in the hallway outside the room, and there was a hat on the bedside table with a handkerchief pressed underneath. Lola, who suddenly came back to her senses, seemed to see Chihiro's figure—

But it didn't take long for him to sigh a little disappointed.

"How could he be here?"

Then, his gaze fell on the chair next to the bed. Unfortunately, it was just an empty chair. Now, no one is sitting. There was still sound on the TV in front of me, and it was moving from a food show to a news broadcast. Sure enough, the picture is very familiar, it is what happened before. At this time, Lola, who was looking at the picture, couldn't help but be a little irritable, so she reached under the pillow and fumbled for a while, took out the remote control, and turned off the TV.

In an instant, the only light source in the room was gone, so dark that you couldn't even see your feet.

However, since the balcony is very close to the next door, and the lights are on next door, there is still some faint light. Some of them fell to the floor, forming irregular circles that looked like broken threads.

Half of the low table that had been placed there was illuminated. On the low table were teapots and several cups, as well as several bowls.

Lola, who was a little thirsty, gently lifted the quilt with her hand, put on a sandal and walked there, reached out and picked up the teapot, slowly tilted it over, poured herself a glass of water, then picked up the cup, raised it in front of her eyes, hesitated slightly, and then poured it all down her throat.

When she returned to the bedside, she saw that the screen of her mobile phone was lit up, and there was a text message—

"Lola, the teacher will go back first, if you wake up, remember to tell me."

"Teacher, I'm worried about you, I'm okay."

The text message should have been sent by Mr. Xia Fan, about 3 hours ago. So, Lola also replied seriously. The moment I pressed the send button, I felt like it was too perfunctory, but unfortunately, it had already been sent.

So, when she put down her phone, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Forget it, shall we?"

She thought to herself.

Then, I rolled up the sleeves of the hospital gown a little, used the pillow as a cushion, and slowly leaned my back up. Then, close your eyes slightly. Before I knew it, when I opened it again, it was almost dawn, and there were more voices in the hallway again. It seems that the lights are still on......

"I wonder if Lola is awake?"

"Honestly, I'm worried about her, you see that, right? When she first arrived, she looked like she was dead—"

"Hmmm......"

Among them, there are also the voices of two good friends that she is too familiar with.

Their footsteps came from far and near, and they were walking towards this place. However, it was also quickly drowned out by other sounds coming from the surroundings.

"Lola's situation is much better than Chihiro's, though."

At this time, Shion added, but her voice was very depressed. His eyes lowered slightly, and he also looked sad. In the depths of those dark brown pupils, there seemed to be a lingering sadness. However, her expression didn't change much.

"I said, since you're so worried about him, why don't you go and see him now?"

"Lola just leave it to me here—"

Izumi's voice sounded from the side, causing Shion to be stunned for a moment. Then he shook his head.

"No, I'm ...... now No face to see him. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"I saw you go to a nearby convenience store just now."

"That's because I'm hungry and want something to eat."

In an instant, Shion, who was a little flustered, immediately stopped and explained. But when the two looked at each other, Aster immediately moved away. His gaze wandered a little, his expression stiffened, and the voice coming out of his throat was a little nervous and hesitant.

"Then you've bought too much, haven't you? Two whole bags? Can you finish eating alone? ”

After saying that, Izumi looked at her face from the side with a thief smile on his face—

"How do you look at it, it's all for two, right? And the drinks too, and ......"

At this time, the Shion who turned back glared at her very unconvinced—

"Nosy."

"Okay, you can go if you want! Don't force ......."

Unexpectedly, when Izumi saw her pouting expression, as if she was making trouble, she burst out laughing after a while. Then he grabbed her by the shoulders and helped her turn her head. "Go, go, or wouldn't it be a trip for nothing?"

"But—!"

Unexpectedly, the aster turned back again.

"What should I say when I see him?"

"I think it's good to be the same as usual—"

Izumi tilted his head and said with a somewhat surprised and confused expression.

"If you're thinking about it all the time, it's going to put unnecessary pressure on him. So I thought, as long as it's the same as usual. ”

Izumi's expression suddenly became very serious at this time.

"Chihiro, he definitely doesn't want you to keep your distance from him because of this."

Then, say it in a cheerful voice.

"I didn't expect to hear such a reasonable thing from you once in a while—it really scared me!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and wanted to put it on her head, but he didn't expect it to be knocked off by Izumi's outstretched hand—

"Sarcasm is avoided, go to ......"

After saying that, he waved his hand as if he was driving away flies. The voice that came out of his throat was disgusting, and so was his expression...... Before I knew it, Shion was outside my hospital room, carrying a shopping bag.

"Excuse me—"

She said as she slowly pushed the door open from the outside.

"I really didn't wake up......

Shion walked in, and because she was wearing flat shoes, she didn't make much footsteps.

After that, he threw the shopping bag he was carrying on the bedside table, moved a chair from the corner and sat down, leaning back naturally. Before I knew it, I sighed again, and her eyes fell on me, as if she was desperately enduring something. The sound seemed to be stuck in my throat......

"Stupid, why are you—"

At this time, the sound was probably only audible to her.

"Why did you save me first! Generally speaking, in that case, the first thing that comes to mind should be yourself! And yet, why are you—"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel his shoulders tremble.

"Why did you push me away in the first place?!"

At this moment, even the voice was shaking. Moreover, the eyes have long been red......

"What a fool, you...... This human affection...... Kindness, how do you want me to pay it back! ”

After speaking, Shion raised her hand to wipe her tears and snot that was about to fall. Coincidentally, the door was pushed open from the outside at this time, and she hurriedly covered her face with her hands in a startled manner.

"Shion, oh no!"

Behind him, Izumi's voice sounded as panicked and overwhelmed as if he had lost his soul.

"What's wrong?"

"Lola is gone!"

"Huh?"

The moment he heard this, the milk carton in Shion's hand fell to the ground, and when it landed at his feet, it suddenly made a loud sound. The dark brown eyes were wide open and couldn't help blinking several times.

"Really?! When did it disappear? ”

"Just when I went to her hospital room—!"

After saying that, she was so anxious that she walked over quickly, grabbed Shion's hand and dragged her to the ward where Lola was. But sure enough, there was no one inside. Moreover, the windows are open. The quilt on the bed was also neatly folded.

Even, left a note on the table near the window.

"Goodbye?"

"What was that guy thinking?"

Shion snatched the note from Izumi's hand and threw it out of the window like garbage in an instant. At the same time, I was so angry that my whole face wrinkled! "Cause trouble—!" As he spoke, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.

"Is what you just said true?"

"Chihiro!? You...... Awake! ”

Shion saw my face facing her, and was stunned for a moment, then rushed to me with great momentum, grabbed my hand and asked—

"Do you know who I am!"

Then, without waiting for me to answer, he held out another finger—

"How much is this?"

"I say, Aster—"

At this time, I thought it was a little funny and wanted to interrupt her, but her voice was instantly overshadowed.

"Answer me!"

“2。 You calm down......"

But as soon as she finished speaking, her face was pinched by her hand again. I pulled it outward several times before I finally showed a relieved expression.

"Now the important thing is where the hell Lola went, right?"

I reminded her in a faint voice, and tried to sit up with my hands propped up—but it didn't take long to realize that such an effort was in vain, so I reluctantly fell back on the pillow. "Chihiro, you have a good rest, your body hasn't recovered, don't mess around! Just leave it to us to find Lola—"

"But—!"

After that, at my strong request, Izumi's attitude finally changed a little and he no longer insisted as he did just now.

"Okay...... Anyway, you won't listen to me no matter how much I say, so let's go together. ”

After saying that, he sighed again. I don't know how many times this is...... So, coming back to our senses, we had walked through the woods behind the hospital. On the way, Shion used her body to bear most of my weight.

"I'm sorry."

"What are you talking about now, let's go."

Shion looked at me suspiciously for a moment, hesitated, and whispered.

"It's just that if I see something wrong with you, I'll turn around immediately. Even if it's dragging, I'm going to drag you back! ”

"Ah......? Not negotiable? ”

At this moment, her expression suddenly became very serious. It doesn't look like a joke by any means...... I wanted to defend myself a few more words, so I asked cheekily.

"It's not negotiable, that's the end of the conversation."

Unexpectedly, her attitude was very resolute. At the same time, we also came to a sandy beach, surrounded by rocks of various shapes, some of which were buried under the sand, while others were not completely covered by the sand, hiding in the shadows, revealing only the protruding edges.

There were shells at his feet, and scattered dead roots in the distance. In order to prevent the sand from getting into his shoes, Izumi took it off and carried it in his hand. While looking around, from one end of the beach to the other, looking for Lola's figure everywhere.

"Look at whether there's anyone there! —”

Then, I pointed to a tall, hill-like reef in the far corner.

"Really! Could it be —!? ”

Izumi hurriedly walked around from behind, and Shion and I walked around from the front. I ran as fast as I could!

"Lola, what are you doing! Come back soon!! ”

Izumi shouted and appeared behind her, only a few steps between the two.

At this time, Lola was standing on the edge of the reef, and she didn't even look back when she heard the voice. But his voice trembled violently......

"Why ......?"

"What else do I want to ask? Suddenly disappeared without a sound, what the hell were you thinking—"

"I'm sorry, this time, it seems...... It's all my fault......"

"It's not! That's not true!! ”

As a result, Lola, who didn't intend to argue, took a few more steps forward. Now, there is really no way ahead......!

"It's going to fall! Don't go any further!! ”

Suddenly, Izumi, who realized what she wanted to do, became nervous in her voice.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Lola disappeared from her field of vision—

“...... Don't let go!! ”

In an instant, I rushed forward! grabbed Lola's hand, and at the same time, her body followed the force of her falling, and she was dragged forward for a long distance in an instant!

"Don't say anything 'it's all your fault'! Don't say such frustrating words! In short, I will never let you die! So, don't let go! ”

At this time, Shion also reached out and circled my back and firmly hugged my waist!

"Me too! I'm not going to let you leave for that reason! ”

As he spoke, he handed his hand to Izumi, who had caught up from behind! And then just like that, pull up the ...... little by little!

"So, don't give up!!"