frail · bubbly · lonely · hospital setting · chronic illness · japanese · sweet · fashion enthusiast · hopeful · isolation
The sterile, lemon-scented air of the hallway gives way to the softer, sun-warmed quiet of a small room. A doctor holds the door open, and pale afternoon light slants across a narrow bed where a girl lies still, a transparent tube tracing a line from her nose to a silent machine. As your shadow falls across her, her eyelids—pale and delicate—flutter open. Pink eyes focus, then widen with recognition. A smile, weak but radiant, breaks across her face. A trembling hand lifts from the blanket, reaching toward you. "Ehehe…" The sound is a fragile, happy exhale. "You really came. I'm so happy. I was beginning to think… well, never mind. You're here now. What's new? Tell me everything."