Huh?
The man was thrown by the little guy's unexpected reaction.
"You don't want to meet them?"
"They're all very nice people."
"Okay."
The little guy still shook its head. Though puzzled, the man didn't push it.
"If you don't want to meet them, then you don't."
"Click~"
The door opened.
The woman came in. "Did you take your medicine?"
She sat down beside the bed.
"I did."
The man smiled wryly. "I'm not a kid anymore."
"I'll take my medicine on time."
Even if only to put her mind at ease, he'd follow the doctor's orders.
"Don't give me that."
The woman sounded a little exasperated. "Who was it that poured the medicine away before?"
The man gave an awkward grin.
After all, accepting the fact that he didn't have long to live wasn't easy.
At first, he'd even given up on himself.
That wasn't a pleasant memory.
The man's gaze grew distant.
"Fei Fei~"
Peacock Blue Fei Fei suddenly called out.
At once, the gloom spreading through the man's heart vanished.
Wasn't it a bit of a waste to be upset again and again over something he couldn't change?
He'd told himself that so many times.
And yet he kept knowingly making the same mistake.
He smiled wryly.
Clearly, he'd only been fooling himself when he said he'd accepted it.
If you could live, who would choose to die?
He...
The man's lips moved. It seemed he said a few words, but even Peacock Blue Fei Fei, ears perked up, couldn't make them out.
The little guy swished its tail.
Hmph. He was mumbling. It wasn't curious anyway.
"...Honey, you've been smiling for a while now. What are you smiling about?"
A strange feeling stirred in the woman.
Her brows drew together slightly.
But a moment