LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 59 – Hospital Second
Edited by The Darkest Knight#4796
Basically, I don't particularly appreciate being brought to the hospital. Especially when I don't feel sick or anything like that. Also, even if I feel something different, I don't believe the hospital can explain what had just happened to me.
However, when I look at their faces which not only really look very serious, a bit pale and I can see how worried they are about me.
When I saw them like that, I couldn't resist their request to the hospital to get checked out. Mem didn't take long to call a taxi to take us all to the hospital. On the way, I just sat there, doing nothing. Because to be honest, I was still shocked and confused by what had happened to me. Even so, at the same time, I tried hard to keep calm. I didn't want to make the three girls I was with even more worried.
Right beside me, Ruby quietly refrained from her trademark playful chatter and just embraced and hugged my hand tightly as if she didn't want to let go of me.
Seeing their behavior made me believe they might have seen something outside my usual behavior. When I think back to what happened to me, I'm pretty sure what happened to me was a possessed mind. I could remember things that happened in my mind, like all the cursing and furious voices—but I wasn't sure what happened outside my mind.
I wonder if I'm doing something crazy or something else.
I've never been in some sort of possession, so of course, I don't know what my body does when I'm possessed. However, I guess it was bad enough that the three girls were really worried about me.
Ah, to be honest, it's thanks to Ruby hugging me tightly like this that gives me the warmth of a human body that calms my mind. Otherwise, I might have been in a worse situation. Plus, my pride in not looking bad in front of her was also quite helpful.
Also, I was still confused after leaving the building. I no longer saw the black mist or shadow that previously haunted Jimina and me. No, the right thing was after Ruby kissed me and stayed close to me, and hugged my body without letting go of me from her side.
I didn't know, but for now, it felt like I stood beside her to make my world become clearer and normal. I stared at her, who sat beside me, and let her head stick to my body. Just like me, she also stared at me and looked at my face with worry.
At that moment, I realized there was a story or maybe an article in my previous life that several twins had a weird connection. It made me wonder if she may have felt or realized something was happening to me.
Well, I, even without realizing it, held her hand quite strongly. Something that I rarely did— Anyway, in the end, I gave her a soft head pat to assure her that I was fine.
Inside the taxi, I could also hear Mem, who was probably talking to Miyako. Meanwhile, the three of us sitting in the back said nothing. I felt a little guilty for Kobachi, who must have experienced a strange incident and was still accompanying me to the hospital.
"Kobachi, I'm sorry that you have to come with us to the hospital. After arriving at the hospital, Mem will take you home immediately." I was the first to speak after the three of us got into the taxi.
"Eh," She looked slightly surprised and was silent for a while before replying to me. "Ah, to be honest. It's not a problem."
"Really? You saw something strange too. Sorry about that too—"
I could feel Ruby's hand hug my arm harder when I said that. Even so, she didn't say anything except rest her head on me.
"Well, that's something else— I guess," Kobachi replied with an expression that may have looked like someone who didn't know what to say.
"Is that so?" Even so, I was a bit thankful she didn't look at me scarily or carefully and just looked worried about me.
Just like that, our taxi arrived at our family's regular hospital. I was immediately taken and examined by the doctor. It didn't seem to take long for Miyako and Ai to arrive at the hospital and listen to what Dr. Tanuma had to say.
In the end, Dr. Tanuma said nothing was wrong with my body. However, he said I might be tired and told me to rest before asking for time to talk to Miyako and Ai. I guess he would talk about important things with those two adults rather than me.
So I rested myself on the chair in the hallway. Honestly, I was grateful to Dr. Tanuma for taking the time to check on me since I knew we were out of his schedule. Even so, it was Mem who went to take Kobachi home. And even though a few nurses and patients were walking in the hallway. In the end, there weren't many people around me—
Then after experiencing supernatural things like seeing creatures that might be ghosts, being in the hospital at night made me tremble and honestly a bit scared. For someone who had experienced death and gotten counseling before, seeing this made me really scared as those ghosts felt really real— and they were actually in my mind, too— asking for revenge.
That's why even though this hospital was modern— bright, clean, and a good hospital that I am familiar with.
At the moment, the corridor that I was familiar with felt really different. I mean, those corridors that were far away always had been bright, but now— it was darkness— Just like those in the horror movie, and the worst thing, that darkness came closer and closer toward me.
It was as if the darkness wanted me to become part of them once again. I didn't see any ghosts or anything like that, but it was so scary that I felt a bit pathetic when I read novels or manga in this situation. I always thought that I would do this or that. I will not be scared and do a brave thing.
Or I will accept this supernatural stuff and make use of it.
But at this moment, all I felt was fear, and I wished I could escape as quickly as possible. Running like a loser and screaming like a child. However, just like before. I couldn't move, and once again, it was as if someone was holding my body back from running away and waiting for me to be swallowed up by the darkness that filled the hallway slowly approaching me.
Until once again, someone appeared in front of me, and I didn't think I could see her clearly because my mind was focused on the darkness that came over me. However, once again, I could feel someone's lips touch mine. Those lips did nothing else but kiss and stay there before the darkness that came at me slowly retreated away and disappeared. Before I could once again see my surroundings clearly again.
In front of me was none other than Ruby, who was, of course, alone accompanying me in this hallway. As before, she kissed me to bring me back to my senses. Previously I was shocked and recoiled after being kissed by Ruby. However, this time even though I was already awake. I said nothing and continued to enjoy the warmth I was getting. The warmth made the darkness coming at me disappear.
Honestly, what we did was beyond the norm. Even so, I couldn't resist Ruby's warmth, and I didn't want them to return. It's like CPR, and my mind was trying to justify my actions.
To be honest, it felt like an anime trope that I got stabilized by kissing. What is this? An ecchi anime—
Even so, I let myself be kissed by Ruby for a long time before she let me go. And to be honest, I didn't want to let go of my oasis and grabbed her hand to hold her back beyond my control. But my hand stopped when I saw her face, which was a bit jumbled with emotions and tear-stained eyes.
"Oh, did I do something weird again?" I asked her again, and when she heard my answer. Her tears welled up even more, and her gaze on me became stronger than before.
"Well, this time, you didn't do anything like before," Ruby replied.
"Which means I did something bad before?"
"Well, you took a knife and acted like a different person, I guess. Thankfully, Mem moved fast to take the knife from your hand."
"Is that so? That's sound really bad—"
"Yeah, but that's not my problem. My problem is why you look really calm. I'm your twin, after all, I don't know how, but I can feel it. That's you scared and wanting to run away or crying. But you didn't do anything like that— After you came to senses what you were doing, just staying calm, and that makes me worry." Ruby said while crying, and I felt like this was the first time I saw her crying like this. It was as if she was crying on my behalf.
When Ruby said that to me, I felt the truth of her words, especially when remembering that my past self was the one who cried when watching anime. However, right now, even in my mind and thoughts, I felt scared and wanted to cry. For some reason, none of these feelings came out.
Of course, this is very strange, considering that I can cry, laugh, and get scared perfectly when acting.
"Ahaha, well, to be honest. I didn't realize this myself." I said it truthfully to Ruby, who cried on my lap as I patted her head to assure her.
At that moment, I felt like— I myself maybe already stepped into a world that I didn't know about.
