The arms holding her were still trembling slightly, and even the breath in her ears was burning.

Furukawa Kumisa was sulking as he held his head in his arms, and his entire nostrils were filled with that familiar scent.

Even though she had already been reminded by the system that there was someone in the room, she was still startled by this sudden attack.

She was suffocated in his arms, and felt that her breathing was a little difficult. She could only move her body, trying to break away from his arms.

"Shuichi..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Furukawa Kumisa moved, he felt that his embrace suddenly tightened, hugging her with greater strength than before, squeezing all the remaining air in her.

"Xiuyi, let go first..." She reached out to push him because she was suffocated, trying to let him go.

Akai Shuichi remained motionless, ignoring her struggle as if it was nothing.

"...The wound hurts..." She could only moan slightly.

After hearing what she said, Akai Shuichi relaxed his arms, allowing her to escape from his arms.

Furukawa Kumisa left his embrace, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to turn on the light.

Under the bright light of the living room, Akai Shuichi stood in front of her, squeezing her shoulders tightly, his cheeks were thin, his eyebrows were dark, and he seemed to have changed into a different person after not seeing each other for just two weeks.

Furukawa Kumisa looked at the somewhat dejected Akai Shuichi, and suddenly couldn't say what he had prepared.

Akai Shuichi stared at her for a long time, with too many complex emotions settling in his trembling eyes, which made Furukawa Kumisa's heart tremble.

After a long time, he finally said: "...let me see."

Furukawa Kumisa: You've been staring at me for so long, haven't you seen enough?

Then he reached out to touch her collar and unbuttoned one of her buttons.

Furukawa Kumisa:???

She took a step back, trying to avoid Akai Shuichi's hand, but was blocked by the wall behind her, making it inevitable.

"What are you doing?" She frowned and blocked his hand.

Akai Shuichi waved away her blocking hand and continued to unbutton her buttons with a bit of force.

Furukawa Kumisa was a little angry: "Akai Shuichi, you..."

But Akai Shuichi interrupted her. He raised his head and his voice was hoarse, even pleading: "Let me see your wound..."

Furukawa Kumisa: ...Oh, it’s a wound.

system:……

Sensing that Furukawa Kumisa had calmed down, Akai Shuichi held her hand tighter, but his fingers trembling while unbuttoning.

He unbuttoned her buttons one by one, but his hands were shaking more and more violently. When he reached the last button on his chest, he was shaking so much that he couldn't exert any force.

Furukawa Kumisa sighed, held his hand, and gently pulled it away: "I will do it myself."

As she spoke, she neatly unbuttoned the button and opened the collar.

Furukawa Kumisa didn't feel any shyness, not because she and Akai Shuichi had done everything they were supposed to do before - mainly because the large area was covered with bandages, and now they were wrapped up like a mummy, which really didn't look good.

Of course, the wounds that Akai Shuichi wanted to see couldn't be seen, they were all tightly wrapped in bandages.

But something didn't look right about him. After thinking about it for a while, Furukawa Kumisa didn't violate his intention.

The moment he saw his bandage, Furukawa Kumisa saw Akai Shuichi's eyes turn red.

He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and gently touched the bandaged area. He didn't use any force to press her wound, but just touched it very lightly.

Furukawa Kumisa hesitated for a while between the two options of "reprimanding him for breaking into the void" and "comforting him", but still reached out and held his hand.

"I'm fine, Xiuyi, I'm fine."

In fact, the wound on her chest was almost healed, but because it was a gunshot wound and the injury was relatively serious at the time, it was so terribly covered.

Akai Shu hugged her up again, hugging her tightly, his breathing a little trembling than before.

Furukawa Kumisa sighed: "Let me go first...I'll pack my things so that I can rest as soon as possible, okay?"

Akai Shuichi still hugged her for a while before he let her go, but followed her closely, never leaving her even a step away no matter where she went.

Furukawa Kumisa felt as if there was an extra follower behind him, and turned around helplessly: "Would you like to go sit on the sofa for a while first?"

Akai Shuichi just looked at her and shook his head: "I'll help you."

Furukawa Kumisa: "...I have to go to the bathroom."

Akai Shuichi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice: "I'll wait for you outside."

Furukawa Kumisa:……

Then Akai Shuichi really followed her all the way to the bathroom door, waited for her to come in, and greeted her when she went out.

"...Xiuyi, you go and sit for a while, I can do it by myself."

Akai Shuichi shook his head stubbornly, reached out and took her hand, "I will accompany you."

Furukawa Kumisa felt that he was starting to have a headache, "...then let's go sit together for a while?"

Akai Shuichi did not refuse this time and helped her sit down on the sofa. He took out the cup he had just washed from the kitchen and poured her a glass of water.

Furukawa Kumisa was holding a water glass, looking at him with complicated emotions, and finally got to the point: "Shuichi, how did you know that I was discharged from the hospital? Why are you at my house?"

In fact, she should have been more forceful in accusing him of trespassing into people's homes, but after being disturbed by Akai Shuichi's previous actions, she could no longer raise the tone of calling for an attack.

Akai Shuichi was silent for a while, as if he didn't know how to speak.

He has been paying attention to the movements of the organization recently. Although Gin hid her awakening from the organization very well, he still got a glimpse of some clues in the daily activities of Toru Amuro and Gin.

First of all, after staying in the hospital for a week, Gin suddenly left Tokyo, seemingly to track down Mescal's movements personally - as if after knowing that Furukawa Kumisa was in good health, he finally felt relieved to do other things.

.

Then there was Toru Amuro. After Gin left, Toru Amuro took over his job, running to the hospital three or four times a day.

The most important thing is that the sinister and cold look of Amuro Toru's previous stage is gone.

Akai Shuichi is the person who best understands his thoughts. After Furukawa Kumisa's accident, they felt the same pain and torture. If Toru Amuro's state is improved, there is only one reason.

But he didn't dare to be sure, let alone give himself hope rashly.

He carefully squatted beside their hospital for a few more days and discovered more details - most of the time when Toru Amuro went to the hospital, he would carry various kinds of food, which were not for unconscious patients.

It was obvious that someone was ordering liquid food.

All signs indicate that Furukawa Kumisa has woken up.

But Akai Shuichi still couldn't believe it - he didn't even dare to have such a "sweet dream" before seeing her alive.

Until he saw the living Furukawa Kumisa walking out of the hospital door and standing in the sun, everything looked vivid and beautiful.

It took almost all the self-control in Akai Shuichi's life to restrain himself from walking up to her on the spot and hugging her into his arms.

He arrived at her home in advance - ordinary door locks could not stop Akai Shuichi - and then waited for her minute by minute with unprecedented anxiety and patience.

He didn't know how long he had been waiting in such tension and uneasiness. The quiet darkness infinitely distorted his sense of time, as if it was fleeting and the days seemed like years.

In the extreme silence and darkness, he even began to doubt himself, whether everything was an illusion of his own, an illusion caused by his too deep obsession.

Akai Shuichi was almost driven crazy by such a terrifying wait, until faint footsteps came from the corridor.

He held his breath, listening to the footsteps approaching gradually, stopping at the door, and opened the door.

The light in the corridor shone into the dark room, and she walked into the room in the warm light, walking into the suffocating darkness, ending his long-standing torture and madness.

Akai Shuichi took a deep breath and said slowly: "I have my own channels."

The little sense he had left told him that he could not expose their connection with Bourbon to Kumisa Furukawa.

Furukawa Kumisa's expression darkened the moment she heard his answer. At this moment, she didn't want to hear his ambiguous Riddler answer.

Akai Shuichi bit his back teeth and restrained himself from the urge to tell the whole truth - at least now, it is not the time.

Furukawa Kumisa sighed and waved to him tiredly: "Forget it, I don't care about you casually breaking into my house. Don't let it happen again."

Akai Shuichi heard her words, his eyes lit up slightly, and he showed a slight smile, but he stopped at her next sentence.

"It's very late today, you should go home early."

She asked him to leave.

In other words, she wants to leave him.

Once again, leave from him.

Then, out of sight, came the devastating news.

It was like this every time, it seemed that just as quickly as he turned around, she disappeared before his eyes - disappearing from his world at the cost of her life.

He won't let this happen again.

After Furukawa Kumisa said this, she noticed that Akai Shuichi's breathing was stagnant. Before she could say anything else, she saw that he had already rushed towards her uncontrollably and kneaded her into his arms.

His lips covered her, with a sense of urgency and despair, and he swept and demanded in her mouth, fierce and helpless, as if he was at the extreme contradiction, and at the same time desperate, leaving only this primitive

This way, you can keep her by your side and feel that she is still alive.
To be continued...