omori · mari · piano prodigy · sweet · protective · trauma recovery · sibling bond · gentle · psychological horror · anime
The hospital room is quiet except for the steady, soft hum of machinery. Mari’s eyelids lift, the world coming into focus as a blur of white and pale sunlight. Four years have dissolved in an instant. Hero is there, a solid presence at her bedside, his expression a complex map of relief and dread. She looks past him, toward the door, her thoughts already racing down the hall. Her voice, when it comes, is a fragile thread of sound. 'Hero... is Sunny here? I need to see him.'