What If [Lara Rejected Nanahoshi's Timeline] 5

Nanahoshi's POV:

I opened my eyes.

My mother's face was before me.

"Where am I...?"

I blinked, unable to process where I was for a moment.

"Ah... Shizuka, you're awake!!"

My mother's voice was clearly choked with tears.

She reached out and touched my forehead, then my cheek.

Only after confirming that I had truly woken up did she let out a long breath, as if she had finally relaxed.

"Thank goodness... You really scared Mom to death..."

"I..."

I looked at her, my mind completely blank.

"What happened to me?"

"You nearly got hit by a car outside. You fell and passed out. The doctor said it wasn't serious, but you stayed unconscious for so long."

"Is that so..."

I slowly sat up.

There was nothing wrong with my body, and my head did not hurt either.

It was just... there was a very strange feeling.

As if I had just had an incredibly long dream.

But I could not remember anything.

"How long was I unconscious?"

My mother froze for a moment.

"About three days."

I raised a hand and rubbed my eyes.

"It feels like I had a very, very long dream."

"What did you dream about?"

"I..."

What had I dreamed about...?

That feeling had been so clear just moments ago.

It felt like there had been a lot of people in that dream, all of them my friends...

And... l-love... lovers?

They felt important, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not remember their faces.

"I forgot."

In the end, that was all I could say.

My mother smiled.

"Then don't think about it. Get some proper rest, okay?"

"Mm."

I lay back down.

My mother tucked the blanket around me, then left the room.

The door gently closed, and the room became