Vol 7 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10: The Fiancée out of the Blue
The 18th day of the second month
It had been two days since the so-called accident in the office It was a weekend
The sky had been clear all day It was 1 in the afternoon, the sun shi+ning down upon the world
Strauski Megmica looked up at the hospital
The general hospital was the largest in the Capital District, its doctors faround
Meg was in her uniforh she was dressed for class, she held in her hands not her bag but a bouquet of flowers
Eyes britails swishi+ng
She stepped in through the main doors and headed to the reception desk to check in
She filled in a form and received a visitor’s pass and a room number
And soon Meg stood before a hospital room labeled with the name ‘Maxwell’
For four minutes she simply stood before the door
Without warning, the door opened
“Whoa”
The previous visitor was surprised to see Meg
It was Larry, wearing jeans and a sweater and holding a leather jacket under his arm He slowly shut the door and came out into the hall
“Hey there, Megmica,” he whispered
“Good afternoon, Larry Er…”
Meg could not continue Larry looked her in the eye
“Yeah It’s all right now,” he said Meg was shocked
“Are you certain of this? Can you know?”
“Yeah,” Larry said fir Seron’s been knocked out with painkillers for a bit, but you should stay with hiht? Thanks!”
“Huh? Er, I—”
Before Meg could properly respond, Larry waved and departed down the hall
Twenty steps later, he looked back
“Please…”
Meg was no longer in the hallway
When Larry went down to the lobby, he spotted a fa on a bench
“Hey there!”
“Hi Larry,” Jenny replied gluht
Jenny earing long pants and a rough winter jacket She was dressed almost as casually as Larry was
“You’re here too, eh? Might want to wait a bit if you want to see Seron”
“I know Why else would I be sitting around in the lobby?” Jenny shot back Larry thought for a ave her a thumbs-up
“I get it! You saw Megot the hint and decided to wait here That’s our president for you”
Jenny glared “Anyway, Meght?”
“Yep More like I pushed her in there, asking her to look after Seron”
“Hmph Not bad For you, anyway,” Jenny replied, taciturn
“There’s nothing to worry about now”
“What d’you mean?”
“They’ll be fine You don’t need to worry about them”
This time, it was Jenny’s turn to think
She looked into Larry’s profiled face—his bright blue eyes—and thought And reached an answer
“Ah, that thing you said about the eyes,” Jenny said with a nod, reh Stella in an instant
“More or less, yeah”
Larry slightly held up his left hand The wristwatch from the star was on his wrist
He checked the time—
“Huh?”
And noticed Jenny’s gaze on him He turned
She was staring Unamused, but not bored
“What is it?” He asked, raising an eyebrow
“Nothing It looks like I’ht”
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re too stupid to understand”
“What”
“You wouldn’t understand even if you were smart, either”
“Huh?”
“No one in the world can really kno other people feel”
“Sure, even an idiot like me knows that much”
“Hah hah! That’s true”
“Whoa! That’s unusual”
“What is?”
“You putting on such a bright so”
Jenny was caught off-guard for a moment, but she soon smiled This time, the smile was that of a hunter locked on to a new scoop
“Say, Larry”
“Yeah?”
“Suppose Seron and Megether”
“Hht, it’s still more than a month away Seron’ll make it out of the hospital in time”
“Aren’t you curious?”
“About what?”
“Don’t you want to see how they’ll look as they dance in front of half the school?”
“Heck yeah!”
“Right? And wouldn’t you want to take photos of it all too?”
“Yeah!”
“Perfect Then as president, I’ you special permission!”
“Permission for what?”
“Do I really have to spell it out for you? You’re really dense, you know that?”
“Yes, I know that So please spell it out for me?”
“What I’ to say is…”
“Yeah?”
“…Do you kno to dance, Larry?”
Seron was asleep
He lay in a luxurious bed in a luxurious private rooh the curtains
Meg sat on a chair beside the bed, watching his face Once she had put the flowers she brought in a vase, she had been left with nothing else to do
This time, she did not fall asleep
She watched Seron’s sleeping face, her gaze never wavering
The minute hand on the clock had done nearly a 360 when a voice broke the silence
“Mr Maxwell?”
A nurse quietly stepped inside She gave Meg a brief nod when the latter turned
“How is he? Not out of sorts at all?” Asked the nurse
“Yes, he is feeling well, I think,” Meg replied
“Then I’ll be back in an hour,” the nurse replied, departing
Meg watched the door until it closed and turned back to Seron
“Ah!”
“…”
Their eyes met
“Er…I…erm…”
Meg was lost for words
“What a strange dreamica”
“I-it is not a dream!”
“Whoa!” Seron flinched, cringing when his injury ached
“Oh, I am very sorry…I am sorry that I spoke in a loud voice I will speak in a normal voice…”
Meg briefly explained how she had switched with Larry and that she was here to visit
“I see… Thank you for the flowers,” Seron said, finally calm
Meg, however, was not She took an angry breath
Gritting her lared
“What was it that you did?!” She demanded in as loud a voice as she could use in the hospital
“Huh? Wha…?” Seron blinked
“Why did you do so a weapon!”
“…Oh Right”
“Do you really say, ‘oh right’ in a tierous!”
“No, really It wasn’t that serious It’ll only take teeks to heal—”
“That is not the problem!”
Tears began to fall fro’s eyes
“Er… Miss Strauski Megmica, please listen toI would like to tell you,” he said quietly and politely
Meg wiped away her tears and snapped, “please say it!”
“Thank you You see, I’s turned out this way I really am”
“Why?”
“Because things stopped at this, when it could have been so much worse Someone could have died”
“But!”
“If you’d been stabbed, Megmica…and if you’d died…that wouldn’t have been the end I wouldn’t have been able to forgive ht have killed myself to follow after you”
“Wh-what?! Killing yourself to follow me? That is too scary, Seron, please do not say it!”
“I would choose to follow the one I love to the depths of hell”
“What—”
Meg paused
Memories of the previous summer flashed past The beautiful forests and flowers of Ercho Village And her oords, spoken on the balcony with the beautiful view
The next thing she heard was in Bezelese
It was sloard, and badly pronounced—
“I, love you More than, anyone else”
But it was a clear and resolute confession
“Then—!”
Meg responded in a furious flurry of Bezelese The only thing Seron understood properly was the first word
“———— no —————! ———————, ——, ———————————! My ————————, ———————————!”
Seron froze for a ed to respond
“Please, speak slowly I do not, understand”
Meg sentle voice
“I also love you very much”
“I understand, those words Please, go out with me,” Seron replied
Meg gave a nod