Flutter Into Life: Episode 4, Epilogue by MORI Hiroshi

Author:MORI Hiroshi [Hiroshi, MORI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781678180652
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2020-02-28T15:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

According to what they told me, I woke up on the bed, three days after being hospitalized.

Although I could not speak, I could hear what others were saying. A man that I did not know stood beside me, moved his mouth, and uttered words. I understood that they were words. But, I could not comprehend the meaning, and was incapable of understanding in what language of which country the words were spoken. I am afraid that it is because some parts of my brain were damaged.

They ordered me to drink something viscous and tasteless. Every day. Still, it was not a difficult task for me. I could just think of it as oil. Finally, I can become a machine, I thought. My left hand was bandaged and heavy. It was as if something other than my hand was stuffed into it altogether.

I could not get out of the bed. I could not see my legs. I could not even tell if I still had my legs.

Judging from the fact that there is no window here, this place might be in the basement, I thought. Many pipes were running on the ceiling. Two long fluorescent lights. Luckily, it was not cold. I was the only one in this room. This bed was placed by a wall. Some parts of the room could not be seen, due to the partitions. But those parts were darker. When the frosted glass of the door became brighter, it was the nighttime. Everyone else seemed to be on the other side of the door.

It was quiet.

It was terribly dead quiet.

While looking at an intravenous drip tube, I remained still.

A needle was stuck into my right arm.

I could feel with my cheeks a towel placed on the bed sheet.

Subtle scent of disinfectant.

It was not cold.

Nothing was attached on the wall. Not even a calendar.

I had something in my hand.

It was a button with a cord.

If I pushed it, someone would come for me.

I had no pain.

I wonder if I still have my legs.

I should not push the button just for that reason.

I should have pushed it in that snow.

I pushed it.

But, the machine gun was not shot.

I felt good in the room.

Refreshing.

Footsteps were approaching. The sound of the door being opened.

“Sir, is anything wrong?” A woman’s voice.

I tried to look at the direction. I could move my eyes.

“Sir, don’t worry. Let me remove it, okay?”

She appeared to be stopping the intravenous drip injection.

The needle was removed.

My right hand was obedient. It was still holding the switch.

“Here, it’s not painful, is it?”

Not painful.

“Sir, it is time to sleep.”

The sheet was pulled up toward my face, and my hands were hidden in it.

I was not cold.

I closed my eyes.

“Good night.”

I want to have a dream.

The dream in which I fly around in a brighter space.

“If something happens, please let me know. Okay?”

The dream in which I fly around freely in the beautiful blueness.

I close my eyes, and wait for it.

My body will hover in the air and ascend.

The wings slice through the wind and the white vapor is trailing.

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