Huntresses and Killers

You don't need a dream or even a tomorrow
Just live

He didn't even know her that well. They only had talked one, maybe two times since meeting each other. So why was it that Ryuusei Igarashi was making is way to the Yuuei Infirmary after the end of classes to visit Aki Koyama?

There wasn't a very strong reason: he just felt that it was the right thing to do. Maybe it was the way his brain had of trying to erase the sins he had committed - even if that was impossible. But Ryuusei was actually worried for the 1-C Student. She had been recently stabbed - an event Ryuu didn't know much about, since he never really paid much attention to the news regarding Yuuei - and, if Ryuu was right, not many people would end up visiting her. Her speech was basic, her life had been spent in the woods, a wildling readjusting to the city life... Being alone in a hospital bed was a feeling that Ryuu knew well.

Still dressed with his school Uniform, Ryuusei held a large plastic bag on his left hand and carried his backpack on one shoulder. He had been told that, at this time of the day, Aki should be fine enough to receive one or two visits. He knocked on the door two times before entering.

Hello Aki, do you remember me?, he asked as he walked in the room.

Grabbing a chair, he sat next to the girl's bed. There he made a simple question to start their conversation.

How are the wounds healing up?

Notes: Ryuu comes to visit!
Words: 257.
Tags: @aki

You don't need a dream or even a tomorrow
Just live

Ryuusei... but that's close enough, he said before sitting down, replying to the words that Aki Koyama uttered from her bed, panting from fatigue in-between every word.

Now closer to her, Ryuusei took the chance to take a good look at how the girl from class 1-C was... and it did not seem good. She was pale and visibily drained from her strenghts. A wild animal that had been attacked and didn't understand why she still couldn't go freely run in the forest. It reminded Ryuu not only of himself a few months ago, but also of how he felt every time he went to visit his older sister... perhaps that was the real reason that made him visit Aki.

He leaned his body forward while the red-haired girl talked, not only to hear her better but also to not force her to speak louder and waste energy that did not needed to be wasted. It was pretty evident that even talking was, right now, a painful thing for Aki to do. She told Ryuusei about Alex, how she couldn't find him and how she missed him... How maybe Ryuusei had made him invisible.

Alex? the name echoed in Ryuu's head, the boy trying to figure out who that was.

A friend? Maybe something more than that? Her eyes poured emotion as she spoke about it, so perhaps it was that. Either way: Ryuusei didn't know him and, obviously, had nothing to do with his said disappearing, but... how could he explain that to such a fragile being?

I did not turn him invisible - the 1-A student figured that being honest was always better than telling lies - But I can try to look for him while you are here. And then when you're strong we look for him together. Does that sound good? he asked, trying to not make her lose hope of finding the one she longed for.

After this - and in an attempt to change subjects, since he did not want to make Aki any more sad than what she already appeared to be - Ryuusei placed the plastic bag he had brought with him on top of his own legs.

I brought you some gifts - he said while he looked with one hand around the bag - I know that closed buildings probably aren't your type of thing, so I figured I could try to bring a little bit of home here.

If Ryuusei was not mistaken and wasn't misremembering, Aki was from the wilderness: mountains, forests, nature. So, before coming to visit, he went to the nearest forest to grab what was now inside the bag. He placed everything on the table situated on Aki's bedside: one pine cone, little branches, some tree leaves, a couple of flowers and some green grass. Once everything was displayed in a way that Aki could see, Ryuusei  would add:

It's not much, but at least it brings the smell of nature... I guess. The infirmary has a weird smell, so it's better to cover it up with this, don't you think?

Notes: Gifts!
Words: 516.
Tags: @aki