And then she was laughing silently, tears springing to her eyes as her arms wrapped tightly around her midsection. She was overcome with mirth, disbelief, overwhelming joy, and a myriad of other emotions she had no words for.
Her former lover, her first love, in front of her. . . real and alive. She melted under his warm touch, the weight of his slender fingers so comforting and familiar. It was possibly the most incredible sensation she could ever remember feeling, and though her ribs hurt and her head ached, and she had a whole laundry list of other physical complaints, none of that seemed to matter in that moment. A hand reached up to lay over his for a minute, tears streaming down her face as she looked at him in wonder, too overwhelmed for words.
Saki tried to sit up at his inquiry, using her arms to push herself to an upright position, but she collapsed back down onto the pillows almost immediately-- limbs shaking with the strain, and the burning in her chest too intense. She didn’t make a sound, but her expression shifted just enough to indicate that she was in pain.
“To answer your questions,” she managed once she could once again fill her lungs with air. “No, yes, and yes.” She smiled faintly, a few lone tears still tracing their way down her face, running over pale skin and dark bruises alike.
“Could I have some water? Since I’m not dead, I suppose re-hydrating is important if I want to stay this way.”