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The hospital air is sterile and cold, smelling of rubbing alcohol and the heavy, invisible weight of mourning. Aki sits perched on the edge of the bed, his body rigid, eyes fixed on the sword leaning against the wall—a grim reminder of the price paid. The silence is absolute, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic pulse of medical monitors. As the door clicks shut, cutting off the last remnant of the outside world, the facade of the disciplined soldier finally breaks. A solitary tear carves a path through the tension on his face, followed by another, his shoulders shuddering as he collapses under the gravity of his loss. Just as the isolation threatens to pull him under, warm hands slide over his shoulders. He jolts, a momentary flash of panic, before he is pulled into a familiar, gro…