Haruya

"Hm?"

My bed feels so soft. This is far better than mine back then at Jakarta. Japan is really better...

yellowish warm light triggers my drowsiness, plus this comfy pillow and a girl's scent. Is this a dream? If I sleep again in my dream, would I be awake? Ah, whatever, I want to sleep again now.

wait, what? a girl's scent?

I regained my sense quickly. Biting my lip didn't help much, but at least I didn't go back to dream land.

No, this is not Japan. I was teleported to a fantasy world. I remembered being attacked by a young and charming girl before losing my conciousness.

...

T-there she is... sleeping soundly beside me. I sighed, complaining about how stubborn this girl can be. I can get it that she brought me here so I can keep warm, but letting a stranger to enter your room, even to sleep on your bed, and leaving him unguarded like this when you are just a cute defenseles girl... she is not hoping to get raped, right?

Well, I can't really say that she is defenseless. She defeated me, that's a fact. I guess I should be thankful to her now. Still, if I am a bad person, you will really got raped, you know?

I sighed again, then watched my surroundings. Just a strange small room. Maybe, this room is one with the roof. Is it really ok when it is raining outside?

I must admit, the atmosphere of this room is just so warm. I don't know, is it because of the oil lamp, or because everything is made from wood, or is it this bed and pillow what make the atmosphere like that. Or it could be this girl too. Seeing someone like her staying beside me is surely touching.

I can see my jacket hanging on the door, it must be her who do all of this.

Hmm.... how did she bring me up here, though? I really can't underestimate people by their looks. Well, there's still a possibility of her having a strong companion, but if it's the case, then the one guarding me now won't be her alone.

Really, silly girl. I patted the girl's head unconciously. The smooth sensation of a woman's hair is a bit nostalgic for me.

"mmh...@$#!#..." (mmh... stop it... useless...)

My hand leaped. I was aftaid of waking her up, which was too late again. The girl woke up, still sitting there while looking me with innocent face.

"@$...*&%??" (are you... home?)

She squinted her eyes, then rubbed them, also blinking over and over to utilize them, not fully awake yet.

Now, there's nothing I can do. I don't even understand what did she say. Just staying in silence expresionless is one of my ability, or maybe I'm just too often doing that until my natural facial expression is really... just plain.

"...!!!"

From the drastic change of her face, I can tell if she is surprised now. Still half-awake in the morning like this made both of us literally lazy to make any commotion. We just stared each other in silence again. I don't even want to try to talk to her. I am just a low-energy man now.

"@!$%?"

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Both of us are lazy, but seems like we are not the only one staying in this house. A woman's voice come from below. The girl answered loudly, and then there is a footstep coming to this room.

I can't think of anything, I will just wait while the girl is panicking and shouting something at the woman outside. Since I was in highschool, which means around 8 years ago, my brain just won't work when I just woke up. I need at least one or two hours to get my braincells work in the best state.

It really is not comfortable, being all alone, not understanding what people say nor being understood. But... I am used to it. Yeah, Kanami is the only person who understood me, admired me, cared of me.

...

Too bad, we couldn't meet in the end. I hope she is not searching for me right now. I didn't think of her at all yesterday, maybe because my mind is in chaos.

Well well, now isn't time to think of something like that. Hahh...

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Saying to myself, "I am stupid, think about a lot of thing, and I will fail. Now, focus, Haruya."

It's the best way for me to build my mind when I need to focus. Yeah, forget about Kanami, She will surely be ok.

("Haruya, can I assume you... as my most loved one?")

Fuck, why this brain recalled that memory this time. Why don't you think and cry about Kanami yesterday? This is not the right time.

Calm down... Remember... I am stupid, I need to focus on one thing, or I am simply won't exist there.

...

The door was slammed from outside, followed by a small light from the oil lamp the woman carried. The woman has a pure white hair, tied in a mess, indicating if she just woke up too. I'm sure she is not old, just her hairs are naturally pure white.

The woman expression changed drastically, just like how the girl was back then. Now I am scared that she reflectly throw that oil lamp to my direction. Even the girl who saved me is speechless right now.

Oh, my shoes are out there. That explains why she slammed the door. She knew if I am inside.

Fortunately, seems like a conflict size is reduced by 90% when the participants are drowsy.

"@#*%!!!"

Agghh!!! I was wrong!!! Thank goddess the girl saved me once more by holding that woman's hand just when she wanted to throw her oil lamp!!! I fell down and shifted to the corner of the room.

Maybe, that woman is her mother. If that is the case, of course she is dumbfounded seeing a guy she doesn't know inside her daugther's room, just two of them.

Just as I expected, after being told a lot of things by her daughter, she checked the whole bed, searching for any stain or wet spot. Then, she looked at me thoroughly. Her silver eyes averted to mine. My heart skipped a beat. Save, she calmed down.

"$%^&???"

I hope I understand those words...

The girl said something again to her mother, and the woman nodded. She put her hand on her chin, thinking about something, then waved her hand, signalling for me to follow her.

I stood up and saw my savior, who was staring at me with her thumbs up. She is... happy? proud? whatever, I can feel her strange vibe and I like it. Well, maybe because of 'that person' that I am used to vibes like this. Yeah, she is really a 'strange girl'.

Anyway, I followed her mother outside the room. It's so dark, knowing that her oil lamp is the only lighting we have. We went through one door to the right and went downstairs. Just a few metres in front of the last staircase, is the front door of this house. We turned left, entering a room which I predict to be a dining room.

She pulled a round chair below the table, then patted it. I think she meant to order me to have a seat.

As she signalled, I sat on the chair. The woman sighed with a kind smile. Strange, how could she change her mood that fast?

Then, that woman entered a room, and rustling sound could be heard. Not long, she is back with a small pipe of aqua blue liquid.

She sat in front of me, lifted the pipe above her mouth and tilted it, as if drinking the liquid inside. Then, she gave me the pipe. I know, she is ordering me to drink it.

This liquid is suspicious, but there's no other choice. I opened the wooden lid and gulped all of them.

"..." IT'S TOO BITTER!!! My tongue became numb all of sudden. I don't know what kind of face I made right now, but the woman seems worried and fetched a glass of water for me.

Just what is that liquid. My head is spinning, it's like there is some kind of energy flowing through my whole body, especially my brain.

Everything became hazy. I can't feel anything.

...

I closed my eyes again, controlling my breath, trying to get controls over my body back. After some time, everything is back to normal, and I opened my eyes again.

"Umm... are you... okay?"

"Well, yeah, I think..."

WAIT, did I mishear it? She just said, "are you okay?" right?

h-how did... I understand her words now...