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Yume jolted her eyes open, but only got to inhale a bit of air because her stomach was in pain.She looked down at her lower part and gently touched and caressed it. It was wrapped in thick layer of cloth. Aside from that, the pain seemed to have gotten down.She remembered the previous scene; the spirits, the stabbing, the pictures, the voices, Shirako and.... and Kiku... Yume made an attempt to hoist herself up into a sitting position.But failed. It puts pressure to her stomach and gives pain. At least she could still breathe. In some way, she was still unable to believe that she still had the courage to open her eyes and catch her breath. In a small moment, she bit her lips and thanked God for giving her another chance.She slowly turned her head left and right to scan her surrounding to see it has completely changed.On her right, she saw a shirtless Shirako.... and smiled at him. If it weren't for his efforts, she would've been dead by now.And on her left was a sleeping Kiku. She slowly reached out to touch his arm and gently called out his name.... but no reply.She turned to Shirako. Yume hoped that nothing like what happened to her happened to Kiku as well. Now that Shirako found them, it's high time that the three of them would set off to find the others together.
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Shirako appeared to have returned to his usual self now that all the chaos died down, listening to music and not saying much, and it took him a moment to register what Yume had asked him. "He...passed out just outside the Infirmary. I don't know whether it was from exhaustion or something else, but...it's best to let the both of you rest for now." Shirako replied. After a moments silence he perked up. "Oh yeah. Have you guys seen Tohaku anywhere? We got separated trying to distract some big ugly guy..."