Trapped in the Past
Old Stories

During the night, wet wounds began to enter the facade to heal. Kagami does a final check before being completely allowed to go home.

After all, the man in a blue T-shirt left the hospital hallway, then sat in one of the long chairs. He leaned back, staring at the television that was broadcasting the news. His eyes glanced at the wall clock next to the television, the hour hand showing twelve o'clock at noon. As promised to his friends they will come soon.

"I'm sorry!"

A voice greeted him from a distance. His eyes turned, catching Alita's twinkle-filled bead. The girl who was still wearing the high school uniform ran towards him while waving her hand. Funny, Kagami's smile expands seeing it.

"Have you been waiting a long time?" ask Alita when she gets in front of Kagami.

"No, I've just been here" he replied without removing the slightest smile on his face. "I was able to go to work today" he continued, making Alita snatch.

The horse-drawn girl in front of him was gagging his waist. "No, you still have to rest today. Tomorrow we just get to work. If given a holiday, well, put to good use!" skink.

Ruri cleared her throat, switching the topic of the conversation of the two teenagers in front of her. "Have you finished talking? Come on, let's go see him."

Without waiting for approval, Ruri's foot stepped straight into the elevator. Mirai was confused to see it.

"Where are we going, Alita?"

The three of them tried to balance the steps, chasing after Ruri who was far ahead.

"To the third floor, there's someone we should meet."

Alita's answer made Mirai filled with spirit. "Walking someone? Was he someone Ruri always had a beard? So what's he been sick for?" The short-haired girl immediately asked a few questions.

"You'll find out later, Mirai. Just be patient in a minute." Kagami.

That afternoon the hospital was a little quiet because many officers entered the resting phase, so no need to wait long, they were already in the elevator moving towards the third floor.

The elevator rang, and the door opened. They reached the intended floor, but Mirai was confused to see the faces of her three friends. Their expressions suddenly tensed up after setting foot onto this floor, the surrounding atmosphere felt dry.

Mirai continued to follow them down the hospital hall until a long time after their steps stopped in front of the old gray door, the last room in the hallway they were standing in.

Mirai did not know what the room was, as there was no explanation above the door of the room.

Ruri let out a heavy sigh before her hand stretched open the door leaf in front of her wide. Without moving from the doorway, the eyes of the four teenagers immediately locked onto someone who was lying weakly inside.

Mirai was touched to see the figure. Part of his face was covered in bandages, then part was attached to a ventilator until it was difficult to see clearly whose face was there.

"Who is he?"

Mirai's voice trembled, her lips slowly drying. Seeing the figure wrapped in a lot of bandages and surrounded by medical devices, reminded him of the bodies of his parents. It was horrifying and awakened his fear unconsciously.

"Dion. Our friend who had an accident four years ago. From that time until now he is still in a coma," explained Kagami without taking his eyes off the figure named Dion.

Mirai's throat was dry. He thought hard after hearing the name. Dion's? He remembered someone he had known in the past. It was probably just a coincidence that his friend and the figure lying weakly in front of him had the same name.

The four of them stood before the door, after which Ruri closed the door again. "Because the hospital rules are getting tighter, so we can't get in there in groups. That's why we're just looking at it from the outside."

Afterwards Ruri demanded that her three friends sit in a long chair not far from where they were standing.

"Gue will tell you everything just like you, Mirai. The thing that made you wonder all this time and the reason why I agreed to Gagas' speech that time." Ruri sighed heavily while cleaning her glasses from the dew.

Mirai tightens her seat on Ruri. He can't wait to hear everything.

Ruri steeled her heart for the third time, her lips began to move telling a glimpse of the reason for her ambitious actions all along.

After his promise with Dion to meet at a fresh shop cafe ends tragically, the police arrive at the scene. Then the news spread throughout. Ruri was contacted after knowing the accident case was closed without due diligence, due to the request of the family of the dead. While Dion who was involved in the accident was ignored, because his identity was unknown and his family did not speak up.

Ruri couldn't take it. He therefore insisted on finding the Dion family to solve the case and in the hope that Dion would soon rise from the coma.

The only hope that Ruri has is the father who works as a lawyer. Huge hopes in the chest waiting for his father's return from out of town, but when the opportunity to talk face to face with his father there. Ruri instead received another bitter slap.

His father refused Ruri's request to look for the Dion family. According to Roland, he had no right to enter into people's personal affairs unless he was indeed asked to enter into them, and Ruri had no right whatsoever to drag him there.

Ruri who was getting burned with emotion immediately hated her father that night, the figure of the cool man disappeared, and only overgrown with seeds of hatred. He is not proud to be the son of a lawyer who is just cool in the eyes of others. As for his own family, he did not want to help.

The law is not a place for children to play. Yes, Ruri knew that and she realized that if she was a child anyone would not hear her words. Everyone looked down upon him.

Ruri's stubborn attitude with her request was also not without reason. When Roland was a kid, he told me about a kid who was in a coma. The child is predicted by the doctor will wake up for a long time, but after the child is met with his parents a miracle occurs. The boy suddenly woke up after hearing the voices of his parents. Roland said that the old man was the real medicine for the child. Ruri believes the fairy tale, which leads her to insist on finding the Dion family. The rude rejection of his father was one of those things he did not predict.

"I'm stupid to believe such a rubbish story. And until this moment I admit that I was so foolish as to expect such a miracle. Even so, my intention to find the Dion family did not diminish in the slightest. Whatever happens later, I still have to tell Dion's family about his current condition.

"Gue is not a great detective, so the search for the three of us until now still has not yielded results. Plus Dion's private was completely covered so we didn't have a single clue about him. Then ... in that despair, suddenly Gagas came and said that he had information that referred to the Dion family. I immediately believed it and .. everything ended like this. Everything becomes a very rotten rubbish. Especially I feel the most guilty. Alita and Kagami got hurt because of my carelessness. Including you who was forced to scream to break up my quarrel and Kagami. I'm wrong, I'm afraid and I admit it."

"Until now, I don't know what else to do. It's been four years of this wound running."

The story finished greeted by teary eyes. The tears that Ruri had been holding back from earlier slowly fell down her cheeks, she wiped her face as quickly as possible

Mirai freezes, putting together all of Ruri's stories in her brain. He did not experience the incident directly, but he also felt the pain. Then the other thing that had plagued him until now was, somehow his premonition said if he was familiar with this figure named Dion.

Just as she wanted to ask, Ruri directly thrust out a phone that showed Mirai a photo. "This is a picture of Dion before he fell into a coma."

In an instant Mirai immediately turned to look at the photo of the man who was smiling sweetly. The feathers bristled, resisting agitation. "Di–Dion Andesta ...." He glanced unblinking.

Those who heard it were immediately dumbfounded.

"Lu know Dion? Yes, his name is Dion Andesta," asked Ruri quickly.

Mirai nodded quickly. "Yes, he was my friend in SD. Dion Andesta."