The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 145
When she realized it, she was overcome with emotion.
“Can I…… see you again?”
Lionelli asked, trying hard to keep her face from collapsing.
“If I wait, will you come back someday?”
She forcibly squeezed out her voice that was suffocated.
Edwin turned his head to Lionelli.
Like wearing a mask, there was an indifferent and blunt face. Her tearful face was reflected in his blue eyes that had lost their light a long time ago.
“It’s foolish to wait for someone all the time.”
Edwin said quietly, like he was talking to himself.
“But isn’t Dame a wiser person than that?”
A bitter smile spread across his lips.
* * *
‘…… win.’
‘…… dwin.’
Like a soft spring breeze blowing from afar, a friendly and familiar voice tickled Edwin’s ears.
‘…… dwin.’
‘…… Edwin.’
It sounded like it held a smile. It sounded like it swallowed a cry.
Like breathing in. Like sighing.
Like the white snow that fell on the tree branches at dawn, the friendly voice hovered around him for a while before disappearing without a trace. The desire to get even a little closer to the owner of the voice came. Edwin, who had been so hesitant, was about to take a step.
“Edwin.”
The voice that seemed to be coming from afar was clear this time. Just as if it were right in front of him. Edwin, who had been lying languidly with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was clear brown eyes. His surprised face was reflected in the eyes under the light. Blink. Every time his eyelids closed and opened, the long eyelashes fluttered like butterflies flapping their wings.
“…… ?”
Edwin slowly looked at the figure in front of him, Stiff and rigid like a dazed beast. A rather pale and slender face. Concave features. Long brown hair hanging down the sides.
A woman in a neat dress was squatting in front of Edwin.
It was a woman Edwin knew well.
“Miss…… Herietta?”
Edwin, who jumped up, called Herietta’s name with a half-confident face.
No way. It can’t be.
Edwin couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Bathed in the beating sunlight, Herietta sat with a calm face.
It was the same as how he remembered it before.
It was the moment that he had hoped for so much. It was a landscape that he longed for. Still, he couldn’t be happy. Like someone had decided to mess up with his head, he couldn’t think properly.
How is this possible? How is she here…… ?
“Were you here all morning? You don’t know that I’ve been looking for you for a while.”
Herietta, who had been staring at Edwin blankly, looked sad and raised her voice.
“You’re really too much. The last time I accidentally fell asleep here, you nagged me saying I’ll catch a cold.”
“…….”
“Anyway, it’s pretty cool here, isn’t it? The windows are large and it faces the south, so there is sunlight in the afternoon.….”
Herietta looked around and had a proud face. But she couldn’t finish her words. Edwin, who was sitting like a plaster figure, hugged her tightly.
With a small rebound, Herietta’s curly hair was disheveled.
“Ed, Edwin?”
Edwin’s sudden action shocked Herietta greatly. He, who was much bigger than her, eagerly clung to her like a frightened child. She didn’t know what to do.
“Ed, Edwin? What’s wrong? Huh, what’s going on?”
“…….”
“Did you have a bad dream?”
“Miss Herietta.”
Edwin muttered her name as he buried his face in Herietta’s nape.
“Miss Herietta.”
“Yes, Edwin?”
“Miss Herietta.”
“Ed…… ?”
“Miss Herietta”
“…….”
Edwin repeatedly called Herietta’s name like he was chanting a spell. It was because it seemed that if he gave even a moment’s chance, she would disappear before his eyes.
“I…..missed you.”
Edwin whispered difficulty. There were many things to say to her, but only one word came out of his mouth.
“So…… so much…….”
“Edwin, you.”
Herietta, who was quietly cradled in his arms, giggled. She gently hugged him as he clung to her.
“If anyone sees it, they’ll think we got reunited after being away for a very long time.”
“…….”
“It’s okay. Don’t worry, Edwin.”
“…….”
“I don’t know what nightmare you had, but everything will be okay. See. I am standing next to you.”
Herietta gave Edwin a light pat on the back.
“So stop taking drugs like Longo. I, Herietta McKenzie, would be far more effective in restoring stability more than anything like that.”
Herietta made a joke with a mischievous grin. Edwin, who had been accepting her touch like a beast tamed by a trainer, hesitated.
Longo.
A green leafy herb with a nerve-calming effect.
Edwin slowly pulled himself away from Herietta. Then he grabbed her shoulders with both hands and looked at her face.
Two eyes twinkling like stars.
Two cheeks full of vitality.
Red lips with raised tips.
There was no sadness or pain, and she seemed happy. It looks like she came out of a scene in a calm and peaceful memory.
“…… yes.”
Edwin’s neck, as he managed to squeeze out of his voice, moved.
“Everything will be fine with Miss Herietta by my side.”
He tried to forcefully lift his lips, which kept trying to go down. It felt cramped, as if a heavy stone had been placed on his chest.
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