Hospital bed

Kuromi waited, and waited for what felt like forever, like she was trapped in some sort of illusion.

“is she going to be okay? Is she going to be okay?” Repeated in her mind like a drum.

Suddenly, Lizzys eyes began to flicker meeting with Kuromis as she woke up.

“Lizzy!” Kuromi squealed, as she was overjoyed that she was okay.

“Oh no, how long have I been out? Has my mum been contacted? Sorry Kuromi! I didn’t expect for that to happen!”

“Oh no! It’s not your fault, no need to apologise! I’m glad your okay!”

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Flashback

Lizzy was used to hospitals.

hospital beds.

the crying.

the laughing.

the ticking of the clock

That was a sound she heard the most in the hospital.

No one was ever there for her, no one worried for her.

In those months, her, the hospital bed, and the clock.

For months.

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lizzy didn’t talk to Kuromi for weeks.

Lizzy was scared that like everyone else, Kuromi would leave, and Lizzy would be alone again.

Lizzy belived that if she didn’t build a relationship with Kuromi, no one would get hurt.

However Kuromi was hurting, she thought she had done something wrong, or said something wrong.. she wasn’t sure why Lizzy was avoiding her.

So she waited, and waitied at the spot they met.

For weeks and weeks, but Lizzy never showed up, no matter how long Kuromi waited, no matter how much she begged for just a glimpse of that blonde hair, Lizzy never showed.

But one day, on a spring evening, Lizzy appeared.

She saw that glistening blonde hair that she missed, and those pale green eyes, that were once full of life.

Where was the life in lizzys eyes? Where had it gone? Where had the fun, kind, smart Lizzy gone?

“Kuromi?”

“Lizzy?

“Oh kuromi, sorry, I need to go. Bye.”

“Lizzy! Wait!”

“Kuromi! No, I actually need to go!”

“Lizzy! Stop! Why are you avoiding me?”

“Kuromi I can’t hurt you! Why don’t you understand im hurting you! I hurt everyone i meet! They hurt me! I don’t want to hurt anyone again! And I don’t want to be hurt!. Just leave me be!

“Lizzy… your not hurting me… I care about you! It’s hurt me that you’ve avoided me all these weeks. I dont understand why you would think I would hurt you. I’ll never leave you Lizzy! I care, don’t you see?”

“Oh, Kuromi.”

Lizzy ran over to Kuromi and grabbed her for a hug, she started sobbing into her shoulder.

Lizzy had held back all of these emotions for years, only just letting them out.

“Hey Lizzy, it’s okay!”

Kuromi took lizzys hand.

“Let’s go to my place okay?”

“Yeah, okay!”

“I can introduce you to my mum! She’ll be really happy to know I have actual friends! Haha!”

Friend…

But.

Lizzy wanted to be more then a friend…

All these emotions that came over Lizzy like a waterfall.