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Fragments of Light

Light gently filtered in from closed curtains. \nThe right room temperature. White walls. The faint smell of chemicals. Yukimura hated that smell. \nThat chemical smell irritated his nose. Even though he should've been used to it by now. \nHe had been enduring just about everything in that place, so he shouldn't be bothered by something like that anymore. \nOn the other hand, even if he'd try covering his nose, he could still smell nothing but that despicable smell. \n\n\nWhen the entire morning of long tests and examinations ended, Yukimura started reading the poem anthology he had his parents buy for him.\nMost of the time he spent in his hospital room was in boredom. He couldn't do the things he wanted to do, and it was breaking his heart. \n\n\nBefore he was admitted to the hospital, he couldn't even remember experiencing boredom despite having free time. Aiming for the third consecutive victory, he was set on doing nothing but tennis every day.\nHe wasn't even able to do that. He found the reality before him much harsher, being separated from tennis.\n\n\nWhile turning the page of the book, Yukimura thought. As he was right now, there was no difference from the rays of light on the other side of the window that couldn't reach him. \nParting the curtains, rays of light scattered and illuminated the room just as he remembered it to be. \n\n\nBecause he was often alone, there was so much time for him to reflect. \nWhen his teammates or relatives or parents would visit, he'd be taken away from his reverie. But when it was only him in the hospital room, gloomy thoughts would come back and haunt him at the back of his mind. \n\n\nWhen those feelings had grown close to his limit, she came along.\n\n\nThere were several knocks on his hospital door.\n\n\n"Come in."\n\n\n"Excuse mee!"\n\n\n"...ah."\n\nPeeking into the hospital room was his classmate <<$surname>> <<$nname>>.\n\n\nThey weren't especially close. They didn't talk a lot either. \nHe remembered her as being one of the class officers, but she never really stood out. He didn't have any lasting impression of her.\nYukimura wondered curiously why <<$surname>> would visit him.\n\n"Hello, Yukimura-kun."\n\n\n"Hello. Is there something today?"\n\n\n"Well, I'm here to visit today. I have something for you."\n\n\nFrom her school bag, <<$surname>> took out a bundle of printouts.\n\n\n"Here you go."\n\n\n"These are the compiled homework. Sensei didn't have anyone to deliver it, so..."\n\n\n"So sensei asked you to?"\n\n<<$surname>> shook her head as if to say 'no'.\n"You know, a lot of girls raised their hands, but since we couldn't decide who would do it, the task fell on me, the class representative. You really are popular, Yukimura-kun."\n\n\n"Is that so."\n\n\nEven though she could have easily lied and said she wanted to bring the printouts to him, her honest answer left a good impression on Yukimura. \nShe was an honest person. No doubt about it.\n\n\n"Thank you. This is a great help."\n\n\n"There's that and this..."\n\n\n"What's this? ...note copies?"\n\n\n"Yeah. Mine. Since I was coming here anyways, I thought I'd also bring you a copy of our notes. If you would, please accept them."\n\n\nWhile handing over the notes, Yukimura looked at her apologetically as if to say, 'Even notes? I'm really sorry for the trouble...'.\n\n\n"No, it's really alright. But in exchange..."\n\n\n"...in exchange?"\n\n\n"When you leave the hospital, you must treat me to ice cream. The soda flavored one that's 80 yen."\n\n\nWhen such an unexpected reply came from <<$surname>>, Yukimura's jaw unintentionally dropped.\n\n\n"Ice cream, huh. Okay, that's fine with me."\n\n\n"Great!"\n\n\nPumping her fists victoriously, <<$surname>> made a face as if to say 'yatta!'.\n\n\n"You like ice cream?"\n\n\n"Yep, I love it!"\n\n\nSaying that, the girl with her school bag rested on her knees smiled quite innocently. \nAt that, Yukimura felt all his pent up hard feelings melt away like ice cream. \n\n\n"I see. I'll keep that in mind."\n\n\nThat is if he could leave the hospital whole...was what Yukimura wanted to say, but he kept his mouth shut. \n\n\n"Since there's still time, there's one more thing I want to give you."\n\n\n"Ehh, really?"\n\n\n"Really. Ah, but this time it has nothing to do with soda."\n\n\n<<$surname>> spoke excitedly and amusedly, pounding a fist on her palm as if to say 'Oh, right! I almost forgot!'.\n\n\nOne would think she was a noisy girl. But that sort of noisiness was good.\n\n\n"Oh, the curtains are shut."\n\n\n"...yeah. It was the nurse who did it."\n\n\n"Is it alright for me to open them?"\n\n\n"Go ahead."\n\n\n<<$surname>> went from Yukimura's bedside to the window and pulled the curtains ends away from each other. \nWith the sound of drawing curtains, brilliant light filled the room.\n\n\nYukimura was speechless as he looked with fascination. The expanded scenery made him feel so distant from the world outside. \n\n\n"The weather's really good today."\n\n\n"...yeah, you're right."\n\n\nFrom such a simple thing as <<$surname>> opening the curtain, Yukimura felt as if his heart was beating faster.\nWithout her noticing it herself, such an action eased his pent up feelings which were suffocating him.\n\n\n<<$surname>> didn't know it. \n\n\n"I have a present for Yukimura-kun."\n\n<<$surname>> was once again rummaging through her bag. She pulled something out with such a fanfare and presented it before Yukimura.\n\n\nThe object, which seemed a bit out of place being held in a middle school boy's hands, was a stuffed toy rabbit.\nYukimura instinctively began pulling on the rabbit's ears.\nIts round and black button eyes reflected back his face.\n\n\nUp until now, Yukimura had received different kinds of well-wishing presents like melons, fruits, and flowers, but <<$surname>>'s choice of giving a stuffed toy rabbit was very much unexpected.\n\n\nYukimura let out an unintentional 'waa' in admiration. <<$surname>> hid behind the rabbit's face and said, 'Hello! I'm Rabbit!' while moving the rabbit's hands and doing a ventriloquist act. \n\n\n"This stuffed bunny looks like it's been through a lot."\n\n\nIt looked like it had been with her since childhood.\nSince she's outgrown it, her parents wanted to throw it away, but she refused.\n\n\n"I was at a loss for what to bring as a well-wishing present, then I found this. You know, when I was little, I lost control of my bike and got thrown into a stone wall and broke a bone. I went to the hospital because of that."\n\n\n"That sounds like a hard injury..."\n\n\n"Yeah, I guess so. Anyways, during that time in the hospital, this stuffed bunny was with me so I wouldn't feel so lonely."\n\n\n"Lonely? Me?"\n\n\n"Yep. Being all alone here is kinda lonely, isn't it?"\n\n\nYukimura peeked behind the rabbit. To <<$surname>>'s straightforward look, he whispered, "Yeah, you may be right."\n\n\nHe was never able to admit such a thing till now. Not even to his close friends, his relatives, or his club members. \nMaybe it was because he was telling it to someone he wasn't very close to that he was able to express his true feelings.\nOr possibly, it could be because <<$surname>> was able to brighten up the atmosphere this much. \n\n"If ever you feel lonely, please give me a huuug!"\n\n\n<<$surname>> said that with a foreigner's accent before handing the plushie to Yukimura.\nThe stuffed toy bunny was fluffy and soft. Hugging it would probably feel really good.\nBut of course, he wouldn't hug it right at that moment. \n\n\n"Fufu, now's the perfect chance. Why don't you just do it?"\n\n\n"Definitely, the bunny will also be happy~"\n\n\n"Even if you say that, <<$surname>>, you're one to talk."\n\n\n"I'm just a bit shy. But if it's one-on-one, I can easily talk without restraint."\n\n\n"I've never heard you talk like this before at school. My impression of you has changed."\n\n\n"Eh, how so?"\n\n\n"That's a secret."\n\n\nIt's a good thing he came to know her a little bit.\nIf <<$surname>> hadn't visited today, he wouldn't be enjoying himself like this right now.\n\n\n"Uwaa, somehow I'm feeling uneasy. You must think I'm a weird person by now."\n\n\n"Not at all. But I could possibly still be mistaken, though..."\n\n\n"...ah, stop! It's alright already. You don't have to say any more."\n\n\n<<$surname>> averted her gaze as if suddenly remembering something and checked her wristwatch. \nYukimura recalled that his visitors always check their watches before taking their leave. \n\n\n'So this fun time is going to end, huh...' was what he thought, realizing he had enjoyed his conversation with <<$surname>>.\n\n"Ah, one more thing."\n\n\n"One more thing? You still have something else?"\n\n\n"Yep. This."\n\n\n"Ah..."\n\n<<$surname>> handed me a bouquet of pink tulips. \nThe flowers seemed to brighten up the room's atmosphere with a feeling that reminded one of Spring.\n\n\n"If it's a well-wishing present, it definitely has to be flowers, right?"\n\n\n"What a nice color. Was <<$surname>> also the one who picked these?"\n\n\n"Yep! But I really don't know a lot about flowers. I can only recognize sunflowers, roses, sakura, and tulips. It just so happened the flower shop I went to only had tulips."\n\n\n"...thank you. I like flowers."\n\n\n"That's great! Now, uh..."\n\n\nWhile <<$surname>> was looking for a vase, Yukimura spoke up.\n\n\n"Don't worry. I'll be the one to arrange them in the vase."\n\n\n"I'm sorryy! Usually it's the person who brings the flowers who's supposed to do that, though."\n\n\n"But it doesn't look like you have anywhere to put them in."\n\n\n"Ahaha...yeah, you're right. Well, then, Yukimura-kun. I have to leave soon."\n\n\n"Alright. ...thank you for coming today. I enjoyed talking to you."\n\n\n"Hehe. Likewise. I'll be back! I wonder what I should bring next time...?"\n\nAs <<$surname>> stood up from her seat holding her bag, Yukimura looked at her and said, "No, it's fine. Please don't worry about it."\n\n\nIt was enough for her to say she was coming again. <<$surname>> left the hospital room. The door closed.\n\n\nIf he recalled correctly, the meaning of pink tulips was...budding romance.\n\n\nHe inhaled deeply and no longer smelled that irritating chemical scent. The fragments of light remained scattered in that hospital room.\n\n\nEND

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