Chapter 120
[Chikusa University Hospital is located on the outskirts of the city, near a shopping district and a pedestrian street, both of which are quite deserted, especially at night.]
[You are pushing Nakajima Reina’s wheelchair along the side of the road. There are no other pedestrians or vehicles, and the night sky is vast. The streetlights cast a stark, lonely white light.]
[The sound of the wheelchair wheels scraping the ground reverberates within the circle of light from the streetlamps, while Nakajima Reina looks down at the shadow on the ground, silent.]
A memory scene appears.
On a cool autumn night, with a gentle breeze, Minami Yuuki is walking along the road, feeling the temperature is just right. He wonders if the same is true for Nakajima Reina in her wheelchair.
“Hand,” Yuuki says, placing the back of his hand on the girl’s shoulder.
Reina looks at him in confusion and obediently places her hand in his palm. Her slender hand lacks warmth.
After letting go of her hand, Yuuki stops the wheelchair at a corner, takes a black cloak from his backpack, and drapes it around the girl’s shoulders.
Reina puts on the sleeves, pulling the hem of the cloak down to her calves, and her slightly cold body quickly warms up.