Pretending to Be a Girlfriend？ 40

Chapter 40 – Diagonal Lines (5)

“Whoa… Whoa…”

Bien’s rough breathing echoes in the hospital room.
The other two saints, who helped her and energized Stachis, were exhausted and went to rest.

Even so, Bien did not stop.
Even after using all her holy power, she did not rest.

She put up with the hard stuff and she talked to Starchis, and when even a little bit of her holy power returned, she squeezed it out for him again.

-Shuuk

7th already. Her holy power, which had risen a little, bottomed out again.
Her head was spinning and Bien was about to lose her mind, but she held on.

She fears that if she falls down now, Starchis will cross the river of no return.
It’s a contradiction that he’s afraid to die, but also afraid to miss the scene of his death.
She was terrified and couldn’t leave him.

“…I’ll take care of you just this time, so get up quickly…”

Vien, who had endured her exhaustion, spoke to Stachis.

In just a few hours, her face in Vienne had turned starch-pale.

Even Russ and Lily were starting to worry about her.

“Bien…”

However, the words to stop and rest did not come out of my mouth.
I thought I would regret it so much if Starchis died.

-No!! Wake up!! Kyaaaaagh!!”

A scream is heard outside the door.
A mournful scream, a sound like the howling of an animal is heard.

It seemed that someone had changed their lives again in another hospital room.

Every time that happened, Russ, Lily, and Vienne felt their hearts skip a beat.
They knew that they could become like that in an instant, and that they could clearly feel the heart of a person who was screaming like that.

Maybe more
Even now, I was holding on to the fact that he was still alive.

Russ reached out to squeeze Stachis’ arm.
She had been kneading him for a while already, but he had no intention of resting.

Something sparkled in his hand as he approached.

‘Ah.’

Then he let out a short sigh.

She saw the friendship ring on the index finger of her left hand.

A cheap ring, neither gold nor silver.

It has always been her treasure ever since she matched it with Starchis.
It seemed to imply and symbolize six years of friendship, so it was a ring that always gave warmth.

Even when he heard that Stachis had a lover, that preciousness did not fade.

But now the feeling of the ring was different.
It was so precious and at the same time so shabby.

It was so unappealing.

It implies 6 years of friendship, but from another point of view, it is only one friendship ring put together for 6 years.

Russ looked at the pale Stachis.

Perhaps, at this very moment, the kite with Starchis may come to an end.
‘Russ and Starches.’ It might have been the moment right before the end of that relationship.

All that remains is one ring.
Not even a couple, just a friendship ring.

During the 6 years I spent with him, I was heartbroken, thrilled, and jealous, and this ring was the result.
This is the only result of her efforts to get him.

While she liked, she did nothing.
I liked it and continued to draw the line.
She said she liked it, but she dragged him around and she only bothered him.

Starchis may not wake up anymore.

It is said that the ecstasy of the emotion of love, which has been told in countless stories or books, is of a different class.

The love that I experienced in the way of crossing arms with him or hugging him was enough.
It may have to end without even feeling the feelings that love gives.

He felt like he was dying to miss all the ‘first’ experiences with him.
The pain in his chest was so overwhelming that he couldn’t even stand up.

Still, he accepted gradually that fact and promised the next opportunity.
She would love only her Starchis for the rest of her life, and she only knew that her turn would come back to her someday.

But I didn’t know it would be like this.

I never thought that my next opportunity could disappear like this.

She didn’t think that he could disappear without experiencing all of his kisses, his one-night stands, and his whispers of love.

And what those facts conveyed to the heart was not pain.

A tremendous fear, as if the heartbeat would stop.
It was a cool, heavy feeling.

It was the despair of losing an important sense that was always there, such as sight, hearing, and touch.

Russ reached out and squeezed Stachis’ arm again, knowing that she would go mad if she thought too long.

Viendo and Lily were thinking the same thing.

She came to know that her mind to wait for the next opportunity was as foolish and stupid as the ‘Starchis Pact’.

He never waited for them.
It was the same this time.

‘Give me one last chance.’
They thought.

He won’t wait any longer if he just gets up.

I can’t help it even if Starchis doesn’t like it.
I will push within the range of not being hated.

You have to act selfishly.
You shouldn’t be ashamed.
You shouldn’t leave any regrets.

A little more honest, but some parts are fake.

A little more aggressive, but some things covertly.

And a little more lovingly.
To be loved a little more.

Like that, they thought they would act like that from now on.

The first button, of course, the starches must happen.

Again, they begged and begged.

“Chiss, wake up.”

Russ’ tone, which was forcibly trying to show a bright tone.

“… Uh?”

And Starchis reacted, as if he had heard her words.
His body starts to tremble and his eyes slowly open to reveal the whites.

“Why..! What’s wrong, Starchis!!”

Lily exclaims.

The patient began taking shallow, rapid breaths and exhaling repeatedly.
His body trembled grotesquely with a groaning sound.

“Here you go!!! Here you go!!”

Russ calls for help. Her body her trembles like Starch from nervousness.

Bien has seen this situation many times.
That’s why I couldn’t believe the current situation any more.

My body, exhausted from using my holy power, suddenly wakes up.

“Ah..! Ah…!! No.. No..!! Starches!! Starches!!”

To stop her shivering, she hugged Starchis’ cold body her.
He could hear his heart her beating strangely.

“No..! No..!! Please, please, please… Don’t go! Don’t go!!”

Such an abrupt parting could not have happened, she thought.

‘I couldn’t even say hello properly.’

She thinks

‘I couldn’t even say I loved you.’

Whether they accepted it or not, it was something I had to say at least once.

But his heart didn’t listen to her words and wishes her.

The body of Starchis, who had been holding her tight with her eyes closed, stopped.
The power is loose.

– Ha…

A deep sigh escapes from Stachis’ mouth, a creepy warmth.

For a moment, silence comes.

I could no longer hear my heart beating in my ears.

“.. Uh…?”

Bien tilted her head and blinked, unable to believe what it meant, and unable to believe it.

“Uh..? Uh..?”

“… Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!”

Russ sits on the floor and screams.

“AA AA AA!!!!!”

The same beastly cry he’s heard so many times bursts from Russ’ throat.

Her best friend her, first love, and last love, when she recognized that he had left, no human voice came out.

“Ah ah ah ah ah…!”

Soon, the power is suddenly released and Russ faints.

“…Haha…”

Lily smiled as she leaned back on the hospital bed, her eyes wide open.
That kind of laugh that gets scarier and creepier.

-Bang!!

The sound of stepping on the floor.

Someone had heard their cries and entered the room shaking the building, but they had no time to care.

****

I was in deep darkness where I couldn’t see anything.

No one showed up or anything was seen.

I couldn’t even think deeply.

I didn’t know why I was here or where I was.
I was only in this darkness, and even that consciousness was hazy.

In that hazy consciousness that felt like an eternity, I think about my place for a moment.
I still couldn’t see anything, and my body felt heavy as if the darkness was pressing on me.

I don’t know because I can’t think of anything, but I wanted to rest like an instinct.

Power drains from the body
I let it flow.

At that moment, a stimulus catches my spirit.

-‘…S..’

A sound that cannot be heard properly as if a film has been built up.
But once you hear it, you focus all your nerves on that stimulation.

-‘… Suya, thank you..’

It was a little more distinguishable sound when I focused.

It sounds familiar. It was the voice I heard almost every day.

Who was it

.. I don’t know, and although I can’t check it because I can’t see it, it seems to be by my side.
It feels cozy yet reassuring.

By the time you go back to sleep, your body is energized.

At the same time, a familiar voice is heard.

‘Wake up.. Starchis..’

I turn my head to find that stimulus, but I still can’t see anything.
The neck also does not turn.
Still lacking power

Again the surroundings become quiet and the darkness crushes me.
I don’t think I want to go against the flow.

‘… What… Did you say…?’

This time, a voice full of regret is heard.
No matter how I listen to it, I feel discomfort in the area around my chest at the voice that is so apologetic.

I don’t know what it is, but I hope you’re not sorry.
Try to open your mouth
But it’s not even clear.

Instead, the words I was trying to convey echoed in my head.

‘Don’t be sorry, sister Lily.’

Oh okay. This voice was Lily’s sister.
Before that, it was Vienne, and before Bienne, it was Russ.

It seems like they are by my side, having spent countless hours together and made many memories.

That one fact puts me at ease.
The energy seems to return to the body.

However, I couldn’t properly feel the flow of time in this situation.

Was the voice I heard just now the same voice?
Or is it a voice I heard a long time ago?

I do not know.
Again, darkness overtook me.

*****

A sense of weight returns to my body as I flew and explored in the deep darkness.

I felt like lying down.

I thought I would lie down again for a while, but the memories of the past come back to me.

My last memory… Was of being stabbed by a demonic sword and heading for the gate.

Oh

I tried to open my eyes, but I didn’t move quickly.

Slowly, eyes open.

-‘Woke up!! It happened!!’
-‘Ahh!! Aaaaa!!’
-‘Chi, Chis, do you recognize me?’

The voices of three women are heard.
The blurry eyes gradually become clearer.

He could see his party members who had awakened him or held him.

Starchis laughed at them even though he was still dizzy.

“…Haha..”

Vien was still crying like a child, and Lily was jumping around with joy as if she were not crying.
Russ grabbed my cheeks and continued to ask questions.
His voice His was full of moisture.

“Uh..? Do you remember me Chisya…?”

“… Russ.”

Then I let out a big sigh and laid my head on my stomach.

“I really… Thought you were going to die… Black…!”

The voice pierces the futon.

I stroked her hair with my right hand.

A huge needle was inserted into his right hand her, and red blood flowed into his body his.

In the darkness that was short if it was short, long if it was long, their voices were grateful.
Maybe I would have really died if I hadn’t heard their voices there.
I thought so.

“Stop crying too, Vien.”

He took his hand off Russ’ head of her and this time touched Bien’s face of her.
He put his hand her on her cheek and wiped away her tears with his thumb her.

“Hey..!”

Bien, who had been crying, was surprised and looked at me with wide, round eyes.

I was surprised by her reaction to her, and when I thought about it, ah, that’s right.
He lied about having a girlfriend.

After dying once, I forgot that lie for a while.
It may have been because the duration of this relationship was longer than the duration of the lie.

When he remembered the lie, he flinched and withdrew his hand from Vienne.

“..Ah..”

Bien let out a sigh.
I was embarrassed for nothing.

“Starches. Let me stroke your hair too.”

Sister Lily, who turned to the left, said.

“Yes..?”

“I was so scared… My heart is still beating… Just once… Yes…?”

It was Lily noona who looked like she would cry at any moment.
That grown-up noona is like this, so she’s cute for no reason, and I’m thankful that she kept talking to me when I was down, so I decided to do it just once.

There is no need to keep lying like a knife until here.

Since my sister was on the left, I raised my left hand and looked at the forearm that had been pierced by the demonic sword.

The arm where the blood continued to flow.
It now looked exactly like the original arm except for the huge scar.

As my gaze moves to my arm hers, the gaze of the three also moves to my arm hers.

“Oh, Chis. Sniff.”

Russ raises his head and speaks to me, wiping his tears with his arm his and eating his nose his.

“My arm has been treated. But the scars couldn’t be helped…”

But that’s not why I looked down at my arms of his.

Slowly I lifted my left arm. Rotate your arm back and forth to check the scar.
It was strangely heavy.

“Starches?”

Lily noona calls me while looking at me curiously.

But she did n’t hear It should n’t be like this.

“… Uh?”

A bewildered sound comes through my mouth.

If so, what will become of my dreams?

I can’t believe it, so I clenched my fist as hard as if I were holding a weapon.

But his left hand was frozen and did not move.