【novel】

Awakening

When my eyes were finally fully awake,

a quiet question suddenly crossed my mind.

Come to think of it…

who was he?

The boy who gave me that button.

My gaze drifted to the only thing in the room—

a small teddy bear.

Hanging from its neck,

that little object

was shimmering softly,

catching the sunlight spilling through the narrow gap in the curtains.

I lowered my feet from the bed,

then pulled the curtains open in one swift motion—

as if trying to push

the dream I had just seen

deep into the farthest corner of my memory.