Chapter 188: Don’t Leave Me Alone!

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Don’t Leave Me Alone!

Blood slowly seeped from the corners of her mouth and body. Haruko struggled to maintain her smile, trying her best to remain beautiful and serene in her final moments.

She motioned for Ichiko to come closer so she could hear her faint voice.

Her consciousness seemed to be fading. Haruko no longer paid attention to Ichiko telling her not to speak, to hold on.

Her lips trembled slightly, and her voice became hoarse.

"Ichiko, I really want to tell you, I’ve never... never blamed you."

"Even if you were perfunctory with me, even if you said you were pretending to like me, but you... but you would still find time to see me. I... I was very happy."

"But I’m also a greedy person."

"Cough cough cough!" Haruko coughed up another mouthful of bright red, becoming even weaker. "I don’t want that fake liking, I want true love."

"When you didn’t pay much attention to me anymore, I started to worry. I... I really didn’t know what else I could do to keep you by my side besides hurting myself."

"I could only think of how much you cared about me on the rooftop. I really wanted it to stay that way forever."

"But... I’m really sorry."

Haruko’s smile gradually dimmed, like a wilting flower.

Ichiko, crying, held Haruko’s hand against her forehead, her voice hoarse and pained. "Haruko, please don’t say anymore, okay?"

"Silly Ichiko, if I don’t speak... I might fall asleep."

Haruko’s smile slowly began to stiffen, and the highlights in her pupils gradually faded.

"Ichiko, if... if there’s a next life, I won’t pressure you anymore, I won’t make you angry anymore, I..."

"Don’t say anymore, don’t say anymore. I never hated you... I like you every day. Please, Haruko... I hear the ambulance outside, please hold on, okay?"

Haruko looked at Ichiko with difficulty. "Don’t be sad for me. I’m very happy right now."

"Ichiko isn’t hurt..."

"And won’t suffer pressure because of me..."

"And no one will interfere with your life anymore..."

"In the future, if... if you meet someone else you like, please don’t forget..."

"Never mind." Haruko suddenly gave a light laugh at the end of her sentence.

Her drooping hair swayed in the wind, as if she were shaking her head helplessly at this moment.

"In the very end, forget about me and start a new life."

I’m leaving, I shouldn’t make you keep thinking about me.

I shouldn’t be so greedy either.

Right now is undoubtedly the happiest time for me.

"After all... right now, your eyes are full of me."

The dream she had always wished for, the love she had always wanted, were all satisfied at this moment.

Your eyes are full of me, with no room for anyone else.

Even if it’s only for a little while, only for this moment, this instant.

"Ichiko, can you confess to me one last time?"

I’ve always wanted to hear you like me from the bottom of your heart.

Ichiko’s tears fell onto Haruko’s face. She nodded hard, her voice choked with sobs but firm. "Haruko, I like... no, I love you!"

The words she had been avoiding for so long were finally spoken at this moment.

It was both the confession she had desperately hoped for and the goal and motivation she had constantly strived towards.

However.

Whether such a confession was true or false no longer mattered.

Because she could no longer hear it.

The moment Ichiko spoke, Haruko had already closed her eyes, and her soft hand slipped weakly from Ichiko’s palm.

With a "thud," it fell heavily onto the blanket on the floor.

A faint smile of anticipation still lingered on her lips.

She wanted to hear her confession in the very end.

And forever be frozen in this moment.

The words spoken with heavy emotion could no longer reach Haruko’s ears.

Accompanying the shattering of a little straw doll in Haruko’s drawer, a heart-wrenching cry rang out.

"Haruko!!!"

The tears flowing out gradually became tinged with red. At this moment, Ichiko actually shed tears of blood!

The strength from her chest had gradually drained away. Those bright red but clear eyes, full of love and contentment, had also closed.

Her lips were slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something.

But she could never say it now.

Ichiko hugged Haruko tightly, unable to accept this reality.

Tears streamed down her face, gathered on her chin, and then dripped onto Haruko’s face, before falling onto the blanket.

As if trying her best to dilute the red staining the blanket.

"Haruko... don’t leave me, don’t leave me here alone."

"Don’t you like me? You haven’t heard my confession yet. I like you too, I like you too!"

"Don’t be satisfied so easily, okay? Don’t show such a contented look before you go, okay?"

"What do you mean my eyes are full of you? Aren’t you very greedy? Don’t you want to possess me? Are you satisfied with just this!"

Ichiko was sobbing uncontrollably, moving the Security Guards who were protecting her.

They didn’t communicate or speak.

They just silently clenched their fists.

They had worked here for a long time, so how could they not know how kind and warm Haruko was to everyone.

The old Haruko used to greet everyone she met with a bright, gentle smile and would always bring a small piece of sweetness or words of encouragement to them when they were busy with work.

But now, they were separated forever.

The Security Captain was silent for a long time, but still couldn’t help but come over and pat Ichiko’s shoulder. "Miss Su, the Doctors are coming up in the elevator, please..."

Accept your grief.

He couldn’t bring himself to say those two words.

But undoubtedly, his words stimulated Ichiko.

The latter’s bloodshot eyes widened, her emotions completely collapsing. "What do you know? Haruko will be fine! She’s not dead! I won’t allow you to say that about her. She still has a lot to say to me, how could she just leave like this!"

As she spoke, Ichiko seemed to remember something.

She reacted in a panic. "That’s right, you said you liked my lips the most!"

Ichiko gently held Haruko, lightly patting her face, urging anxiously, "Haruko... Haruko, think about it, don’t you like me? Don’t you want to possess me? Don’t you want me to kiss you all the time? I won’t hate it anymore, never again."

"I’ll kiss you now, I’ll experience it now. Please wake up, okay?"

Ichiko gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Haruko’s eyes and gently cupped her beautiful face.

Looking at that warm softness, she tried her best to feel her response from it.

However, no matter what, Haruko did not respond to her as she usually did.

At the same time, Inari led Professor Su and other Doctors bursting in from outside the door. He asked loudly, "Haruko, Ichiko! Are you alright!"

As soon as she stepped through the door, she saw Ichiko sitting on the blanket holding Haruko. The blanket, which was originally white, was only bright red where they sat.

Inari looked at Ichiko’s lost expression, and the hand hidden in his pocket couldn’t help but tremble. "Hey Ichiko, what exactly happened? What’s wrong with Haruko?"

Ichiko raised her empty, lifeless eyes.

Her lips trembled uncontrollably as she stared blankly at Inari. "Hey Inari, why... why is Haruko asleep and not waking up?"

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