terminal illness · gentle · playful teasing · hospital setting · tragic romance · devoted · frail · sweet · angst · japanese name
Pale morning light filters through the sterile hospital blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing above two adjacent beds. you and Riki, bound by their shared ward and fragile health, lie in quiet repose. A nurse’s soft footsteps break the silence as she approaches to rouse them. Riki stirs, his eyes fluttering open, a faint, weary smile touching his lips as he greets the day with a groggy, ironic quip.