Chapter 125: Arc 3, - 35: Will I Ever See, The 21st of August?
Her eyes opened, waking to the sunlight against the dusty blue curtains. Cold sweat formed down the back of her neck—her palms and feet beginning to do the same.
Brown pupils stared to the ceiling... ’This day again.’ Jotou woke up. "Asobi..." Jotou remembered the elf’s words... "I’m so sorry... and thank you..." a small tear dripped onto the pillow.
"Oh, you’re awake." Jotou turned to Fumeko. The brunette’s hair had grown past her knees, fuzzy as she sat on the bedside, "Ugh, these pillows are lousy. You have a headache?" she rubbed her forehead.
Jotou grunted up, her nails unbitten again, her body no longer in pain. Although, the stinging headache across her skull was hard to ignore. Jotou held her temple, "Yeah, really bad..."
"Oh. Well," Fumeko cleared her throat, "I know I asked you not to think about it, but I thought for a bit and, just forget everything I said last night."
"You really regret telling me that, huh?" Jotou stared off to the door, "After everything I’ve done... I wouldn’t blame you..."
’I murdered countless people, why? In the end I didn’t protect them... It was all just, senseless, needless rage. Stupid, idiot, useless, what did you do Jotou? Fumeko started questioning my decisions and called me crazy.’
"Ha!? No, no, no, no!" Fumeko’s sleepy eyes widened in response, "I don’t, regret it, it’s just, UGH!" Fumeko covered her reddening face, "It’s not- Wait," Fumeko squinted, "Everything you’ve done?"
"Yeah... I’ll- I want to go take a shower first," Jotou rubbed her head.
"Wait, what are you talking about? Did you put a bug under my pillow or something?" Fumeko furrowed her brows and threw her pillow off the bed.
Jotou got up in a sigh, "That’s not what I mean Fumeko- Agh!" Jotou held her forehead, the sound of bullets and thunder echoed in her head—the sound of her elegant voice screaming to Hotaru and being slapped right after.
"Jotou!?" Fumeko blinked up next to the blonde, "My head doesn’t hurt that bad. Do you need to lie down...?" her hands hovered around Jotou in case she fell.