Two Months later….

Eliza walks into the kitchen making sure to grab her purse and lock the door as she leaves for work. She walks down the sidewalk and hops into her green car. She places the key into the ignition as a picture of her son hangs off of the keyring. She places her hands at the wheel and drives off down the street. Approaching an intersection, she sees the green light and begins to pass through, when she has a violent coughing fit, closing her eyes for but a moment as the light turns red.

I can’t breathe… She thinks as her eyesight refocuses on the road.

A person waiting at the intersection hammers the gas pedal and comes flying into the intersection right at her. The car honks his horn and Eliza gets a glimpse of the vehicle as it crashes straight into the right side of the car. Her car is thrown off course and tips over, crossing over into a lane of opposing traffic and comes to steady sliding stop.

A little while later, Seiren is sitting in class, staring out of the window when he gets a call on the loudspeaker.

“Seiren Kaminari, please report to the main office.”

The other students in class look at him as he gets up.

“I wonder what this is about.” Seiren thinks as he exits the room.

It only takes him a few moments to enter the main office when the principal tells him the news about his mother. His eyes widen and his heart rate increases, he bites his lip enough to make it bleed. He wastes no time running out of the office and down the hall.

“Wait!” They exclaimed.

I’ve gotta go. Seiren thinks as he dashes out of the school.

He runs till he reaches the sidewalk.

Aundi Meridian Hospital. Where is it? Seiren wonders when he recalls what his mother told him.

He looks at the horizon and sees it in the distance with a bright blue sign. Seiren filled his lungs with air and took off running toward the building. No matter how far it was Seiren would run. A massive twenty-two blocks and roughly 2 miles from where he had been standing, it took him around twenty minutes of running to finally reach the front of the building. Without stopping even for air, he continued on into the building. He dragged his heavy legs to the front desk and slammed his hands down as sweat ran down his face.

“Eliza… Kaminari… Which room is she?” Seiren questions.

The receptionist was taken aback by his appearance and heavy breathing but understands that he may have extenuating circumstances.

“She’s in room 222 and a half on the second floor.” When she looked up, Seiren wasn’t even there anymore. He had already taken the doorway to the stairs.

“How could something like this happen? Just when we thought our lives were getting better, something goes and happens.” Seiren thinks as he forces himself to run up the stairs. He arrives at the second floor and walks down the hall. He quickly glances at the numbers above the door plates and spots room 222 and a half with a blank door plate. He rushes into the room and finds his mother sitting in bed, a bandage resting on her cheek and a cast covering her left arm. She hears the tapping of Seiren’s feet as he comes into the room. She looks over to see him and tears fill his eyes as he rushes over to her. He throws his arms around her, making certain not to touch her arm.