Entry 8: 夢 Dream

「The mind drifts away,

to an ethereal realm.

Let us fade away,

let us escape from the world.

Will you stay within my dreams?」

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She stirs from her sleep. I look up.

I put down my notebook to check her.

Her fever has gone down considerably.

She weakly opens her eyes and stares.

"You were passed out in an alley."

My own nonchalance about it scares me.

"Is your home far from the school?

You can leave whenever you want."

She weakly gets up. She looks drained.

Her eyes looked hollow, devoid of life.

I noticed how emaciated she was as well.

She stared at me. "I don't have a home."