Ch. 5: That's Medicine? (MOON)
Night came…
It still hurts a little…
Sitting in a chair, my foot was still a little red and swollen.
But because Sakia treated it right away, the pain has gone down considerably…
At that time, there was a knock at the door.
Sakia: "OO…can I come in…?"
OO: "Sakia? Yes, please."
Sakia opened the door, and held out a vial of medicine in the palm of his hand.
OO: "Is this…? The overnight medicine you mentioned?"
Sakia: "Yeah…if you don’t drink this…you won’t get better…"
I-it's the color of poison…
I recoiled unconsciously as I looked at the color of the medicine.
OO: "B-but … I’m doing much better aren’t I?"
Sakia: "No no…I’ll prepare it…so sit over there…"
Sakia instructed me and smiled broadly, then poured the medicine into a cup.
Sakia: "What we talked about…this afternoon…"
OO: "Eh…?"
Sakia: "I thought about it a lot…while I was mixing this…that one day…my poison could be medicine. But…I’m just…"
OO: "Sakia…?"
Sakia turned to look at me, and the corners of his mouth lifted.
I felt that his eyes flickered strangely, though I shouldn’t have been able to see them hidden behind his bangs.