episode_0195

When I opened my eyes again, I was in a really warm blanket.

Everything felt vague, as if the events of that day had been a dream, but the pain I felt all over my body left a clear trace, reminding me of the night before.

“Jeff, are you awake?”

Rain was sitting next to me, eating an apple without thinking.

As I blankly watched the rabbit-shaped apple disappear into her mouth, she watched me closely and put an apple in my mouth.

“Umm…”

I naturally accepted it, but I don’t know why Rain was eating the apple next to me.

As I looked at her, she held out the apple again.

As I was eating the apples that were being offered to me in such a generous manner, I was able to figure out where I was.

This is Rabin’s hospital room.

While admiring the pure white hospital room, Rain was pondering over the last remaining apple.

Should I eat this myself or give it to me?

In the end, she chose her own mouth.

Yum- A hand quickly reached out and quickly picked up the apple and put it in her mouth.

Rain, with bulging cheeks, looked at me and smiled awkwardly.

“Hey. Rain. What happened?”

“Hmm. What?”

Lane, whose cheeks were swollen, answered with a slurred pronunciation.

“It seemed like the train was stopped at the end…”

I tried to recall my memories of last night.

Blurry scenes flash by in succession.

Shine trying to catch me, and me ignoring her and running away.

And even holding the wire.

The final scene showed a giant train derailing and crashing into the melted ground.

“Yeah. The mission was a success.”

“So, did we get that Mind Stone?”

“That’s right. Jin took care of that.”

Rain answered my question and began to eat a banana from the table next to me.

Even though he eats so hard with such a small body, his height still hasn’t increased.

No, it did get a little bigger, but it would still be more accurate to say it was small.

“Where did everyone go?”

“Shine went to Jin. Amy and Victor went to the office.”

“Why is Rain here?”

“Shine said that someone should stay by your side.”

“So Rain is left?”

“Yeah. How was it, were you touched?”

Rain asked, caressing his plump cheeks with a banana in his mouth.

As she said, I was a little impressed.

If I had woken up and found myself alone in this quiet hospital room, without even Rain, I would have felt a little sad.

I sat up on the bed and examined every part of my body.

The ankle that had been severely strained was wrapped tightly in a bandage.

There were bandages wrapped all over his body, not just his ankles.

The length of my hair has become slightly shorter than before.

It felt like my hair was being trimmed as I absorbed the electricity from the entire area into my body.

“Did you all get back safely?”

I asked Lane, stroking his bandaged fingers.

Rain opened his mouth in confusion at my question.

Yeah, it couldn’t have been all safe.

Because the bombardment falling from the sky was not a light attack.

I closed my eyes for a moment to honor someone unknown who never returned.

“But, when I listened to it, there was something strange.”

“Huh?”

Rain tilted his head at my words and asked back.

I said, snatching the banana she was holding in her hand and eating it.

“Shine hates Jin, so why did she go to Jin?”

“Uh…”

After hearing what I said, Rain frowned and became lost in thought, as if he also thought something was strange.

I kicked off the blanket and got out of bed.

My ankles were numb and my whole body was screaming, but I could bear it.

It didn’t seem like it would be bearable to walk.

I sat back down on the bed, screaming silently.

I picked up my cell phone which was sitting on a nearby table.

It was full of traces of someone having touched it.

The picture of Rain’s small feet that was set as the background had changed.

A photo of a girl who looks exactly like me, smiling.

I knew this wasn’t me.

Shine, it was her picture.

I think she must have changed the wallpaper on my phone while I was sleeping.

I don’t think I ever told you what my phone’s lock pattern was. How did you change it?

Anyway, that wasn’t the important thing.

I decided to send a message to Shine right away.

‘Shine. Where are you?’

It seemed like he was too dependent on her, seeing as he looked for Shine as soon as he woke up.

I checked my messages and also found that Shine’s saved name had changed.

There were hearts scattered next to Shine’s name.

There was no reply to the message.

Instead, a phone call came.

I immediately pressed the call button.

[Jeff!]

A loud voice comes from the other end of the phone.

Shine’s voice was filled with joy and happiness.

I answered with a small smile.

“Yeah~”

[Are you awake? Where does it hurt? Are you okay?]

Her voice poured out quickly.

It seemed like she had a lot more to say, but she waited patiently for my answer.

I rubbed my sore ankle and cried.

For some reason, I felt like throwing a tantrum.

“I’m sick.”

The end of the voice shakes slightly.

He made his voice sound like that on purpose, so that it could be judged that he was sobbing a little depending on how you listen.

Rain’s expression as he looks at me becomes strangely distorted.

I stuck my tongue out at her and gave her a small smile.

[I’ll go now!]

Shine’s flustered voice could be heard over the phone.

Sometimes I see Jin’s voice mixed in, so she must have been with Jin.

After we ended the call, Rain said to me.

“Jeff, where did you learn that?”

“Just…”

“Just?”

“It came from the comic book that Rain lent me.”

Rain opened his mouth, seeming shocked by my words.

Shine arrived at the hospital room in no time.

She opened the door and rushed in, saw me sitting on the bed, and stretched out her hand.

But he didn’t run to me and hug me like he usually does.

“Are you okay? How much does it hurt?”

It would have been okay if it didn’t move.

But I joked because I found Shine’s reaction a little funny.

“Shine… I’m in so much pain… I don’t think I can even move my hands…”

Shine shook her eyes, as if she was greatly shocked by my words.

Immediately after that, she approached me cautiously and gently hugged my body as I sat down.

I don’t know what she was doing just now, but the scent of coffee was strong on Shine’s body.

“Did you drink the shine coffee?”

“Yeah. I didn’t drink coffee.”

“Then why does it smell so strongly of coffee?”

I grabbed Shine’s collar as she tried to move away and sniffed.

It smelled really strong like coffee.

Shine didn’t answer.

Instead, he pressed his gaze firmly on my eyes and laid my body comfortably on the bed.

I didn’t rebel.

For some reason, my body moved naturally under her touch.

“Did you just wake up?”

“Yeah.”

Shine started asking Lane various questions.

How was my body, and if I was really sick?

Rain, who hesitated to answer for a moment at that part, looked at me and nodded with difficulty.

“Who was the first person Jeff looked for when he woke up?”

“Who found it first?”

Rain closed his eyes and crossed his arms, seemingly lost in thought at Shine’s question.

Rain, who had been like that for a moment, slowly opened his mouth.

“Um… I wasn’t really looking for anyone. I just asked, “Where did everyone go?” ”

“Um…”

Shine frowned, as if she didn’t like Rain’s answer.

I reached out and grabbed Shine’s hand.

I felt uncomfortable for some reason, seeing him just leave me alone and continue talking to Rain.

When I grabbed her hand, she seemed to know what I meant and reached out to pat her head.

Only then did I pull the blanket up with a relaxed smile.

“Hey. Shine. How long has it been since I collapsed?”

“Only one day has passed.”

“One day?”

A much shorter period of time than expected.

I was startled by Shine’s words and asked back.

Because, judging by the haziness of my memory, I thought it had been at least three days.

But it was only for one day, so I took out my phone in a strange mood.

“It hurts when you move.”

“This much is okay.”

I started searching on my phone, answering Shine who was trying to stop me from moving.

I was able to quickly find the information I wanted.

An internet article that clearly shows the traces of that day.

The sight of the ground melting and countless rays of light falling from the sky.

Images of the derailed and broken train were also posted on the Internet.

As I was blankly observing the scene, I was able to discover something strange.

Comments that had numbered in the dozens were being deleted in real time.

“What is it?”

Every time I refresh, the comments disappear.

I pressed refresh again out of curiosity, and the comments were completely gone.

And refresh again.

This time the article I was reading was deleted.

But there were still other articles left.

I checked those articles.

They were all similar, but what they said was the same.

The satellite crashed. An unavoidable accident.

Natural disaster.

I touched my chin and tried refreshing the page again.

This time too, comments were being deleted, but the speed was noticeably slow.

The content of the article, which was initially deleted, explained that it was the work of an unidentified terrorist group to which I belong.

I felt a strange chill and clicked on another article.

“Oops.”

The article has been deleted.

The article you were trying to click on anew, and the article you were trying to see before.

All deleted.

What remained were articles that made no mention of terrorists.

I turned off my phone screen.

“Jeff. Do you see this?”

“Huh?”

At that moment, Shine held something out in front of my eyes.

Something green and shiny looked really pretty.

“What is that?”

Shine smiled slightly at my question and handed it to me.

A sweet scent wafts through the air.

It was a green, sparkly candy.

A very large candy.

It was a candy shaped like a candy bar.

She put it in my mouth.

The sweet taste spread through my tongue and throughout my mouth, but for some reason it felt strange.

Kiss kiss-

The sound of sucking candy was embarrassing.

I pulled up the blanket to half-cover my face, avoiding Shine’s gaze as she smiled down at me.

As I was eating the half-melted large candy, I remembered the question I wanted to ask Shine.

“Shine.”

“Huh?”

“Shine hated Jin, right? But why was she with Jin?”

Shine didn’t answer this time either.

Instead, he snatched the candy from my mouth and put it in his own mouth.

“Oops.”

Cold air enters my empty mouth.

I licked the candy around my lips.

“Why are you stealing it?”

She was deliberately avoiding the answer.

If you don’t want to answer, you don’t have to listen.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t upset, but I believed that you would answer me someday.

“I’m curious about what it tastes like.”

Shine gave me back the candy she had been sucking on with her mouth open.

The candy that went into my mouth was slimy, sticky, and lukewarm.

Rain’s face turned bright red at the sight.

Was it that strange?

It was a scene that occasionally appeared in the comic books she showed me.