Eternal Melody

Nagawa General Hospital, an hour and a half later.

The distance between the alleyway and the hospital was quite large. Since they traveled here on foot, they had no choice but to walk there.

If looks could kill, she would surely be dead right now. Sano glared a hole into her head as he patched up her wound. It seemed like Hino wasn't the only one who knew about her little missions from Aki. Then again, considering how Sano practically stalks her every move now, it does not surprise her too much that he knows.

"Sumire, do you not remember that you are pregnant?"

"Dr, it's not your kids, so you don't have to worry."

The test results showed that both kids belonged to Yuhi, much to Sano's dismay. Then again, they didn't actually do anything, so this result was quite obvious to her.

Sano looked at her, frustrated, and he leaned forward, but before he could kiss her. Hino enters the room.

"Sano," Hino said sharply. "Get any closer, and I will use this on you." He pointed to the gun in his cloak.

At those words, Sano drew back and sighed. "I am only worried about her."

"Aren't we all? It's fine. I've been accompanying her."

"If she didn't get hurt today when were you planning on telling me?" Sano argued.

Sumire looked back at the two bickering and sighed. Two handsome men worry about her, but it's difficult to feel happy. If only her dearest was here. Just as she thought, she heard a beeping sound come from her phone.

From: Yuhi

I'll be waiting for you at our home, come back soon.

Her gaze brightened. She wanted to highlight the words 'our home.' They had only moved in a month ago, but she was already getting used to the place. Sumire didn't think they would move in so soon. After all, it's a newly built place. Usually, moving in takes a lot more time. Yuhi-san used his connections.

"Doctor, can you hurry up? My husband is waiting at our home for me."

At those words, Sano tightened the bandage on her arm, and she winced in pain. "Doctor, you're being a bit too aggressive there."

"Leave it, Sumire; you know he is doing that because he is jealous."

"Mm, I suppose that's true." Sumire nodded.

"Is the neighborhood you moved into safe?" Sano asked.

"It is relax. I told you that you could visit but haven't yet."

She actually gave him the address during the first week they moved in. She wanted to show him the reality of the present, but he has been stubborn and hasn't shown up.

"I have been a bit busy recently." Sano averted his gaze, and she sighed.

"Hino, can you leave us alone for a few minutes?" Sumire asked.

Hino looked at her for a moment before nodding. It seems like he understood even without her saying anything.

"Alright. Hurry up, though. I don't want Yuhi to nag." Hino agreed.

Sumire nodded, and with those words, Hino exited the room. The moment he did, Sano lets went of her arm and hugged her tightly. She could only sigh.

"Now that I have bought a house with him and am about to get married in a few weeks. You still don't want to give up?"

"-I can't let you go," Sano mumbled. "I don't want to ever again."

Sumire didn't reply to that. No matter what she says now, nothing will console him. 'Sano's role is already over; he truly cannot help me anymore. He probably understands that too. But he is still calls and messages her daily, even though he knows I won't reply.'

They only ever meet now for her checkups, and he deliberately makes those meetings longer than necessary. Like slowly applying the medication and deliberately dragging on the medical side effects.

"Are you staying healthy? You said you have had a lot of work recently." Sumire trailed off as she got a better look at his face. "You haven't been sleeping; you have dark circles under your eyes, San."

"I've missed you."

"Even if we cannot meet often now, you must stay healthy. Didn't you promise me that?"

"Is it difficult for you to keep seeing me?" Sano asked.

Sumire briefly pulled away from his embrace. "You already know that's not the reason. I have already come to terms with the fact that you were used and that you were truly serious about me. But San, even when we were together, you understood, didn't you? That my heart already belonged to another person."

"I can't accept that."

She sighed deeply, hearing his words. This is very frustrating, but she does pity him. He probably has so many regrets that he doesn't know what to do with himself.

'I have been in a similar situation, so I understand.' Even if he sees her walking down the aisle and marrying another man, he still won't budge. He already made that clear after she gave birth to Ru's child, so it won't be any different when she gives birth to Yuhi's children.

"Alright." Sumire nodded. "I can spare some time; why don't we chat for a bit?"

Sano seemed surprised but nodded.

"I wanted to ask you. Has Lucifer not shown himself in front of you?"

"Was he supposed to?" Sumire wondered.

"He was several months ago. During the FNS J festival, before your final song, there was supposed to be a blackout. However, he instructed me to order the evolved humans to go home. I didn't know why he had changed his mind. That would have been a good opportunity to talk to you, but he didn't do that."

Sumire sighed. "It truly feels like Lucifer is in love with me. But his love would be more like an obsession."

At those words, Sano's gaze clouded, and her sweat fell. Uh, she probably shouldn't have said that.

"I thought it meant he had another plan, but, nobody has received any orders regarding you for the past few months."

No wonder it has been strangely peaceful. The people Aki has been asking her to take care of don't seem to belong to the Black Alice organization either. If they were, she would hesitate to get Hino involved. The past few months have truly been nice.

"I know I have been giving you the medication. But I am worried about what will happen if you directly meet Lucifer."

"I doubt he can already do much damage to me when my body is this weak already." Sumire trailed off. "Speaking of weak body. San, you were Ru's doctor but unofficially correct since you didn't want your family to find out?"

"That's correct. Do you remember that time he was hospitalized briefly for two weeks? You waited outside while you asked Mashima Toh to visit him."

"Well, I couldn't risk seeing you after all."

"It was when I found out and advised him what to do. Even after he left, I gave him medicine to suppress the symptoms."

"The reason why Ru was able to get admitted to that new large hospital that had nothing to do with your family was also because of you, wasn't it?"

"Yes," Sano admitted.

'I wonder how many other stuff this person has done for me since our break up. If I looked into it a bit more, I am sure I will find more stuff.'