I wrote deaf reader with Kuro before, and now i write blind reader with Aone
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Hero Who I Can’t See
You took Mai's arm and walked to where she took you. She warned you before you entered the hall she mentioned
“Watch out, there is a step in front of you”
You heeded her warning. She took your hand to take the step in front of her and made you climb
You took Mai's arm again. You realized that you entered the volleyball training hall from the ball and squeaking sounds you heard around you.
“More power to you,guys!” he called to the volleyball team of Dateko, who was training.
“We have a guest today. Her name is y/n. Our families have camaraderie. We are childhood friends. We hadn't seen each other in a while, so I wanted to introduce you while she was here.”
While some of the men in the hall were fascinated by your beauty, others found your blank stares very strange. But you were not aware of any of this.
Mai released your arm. You couldn't walk around the hall, but as you could tell from the voices, the people Mai wanted to introduce you to were just a few steps away.
Seeing you walking with outstretched hands to look around, Kamasaki and Futakuchi were whispering among themselves.
"Can't she see?" he whispered softly to Kamasaki
"Didn't you notice she took Mai's arm on the way here?" Kamasaki replied in the same way.
As you walked, you suddenly felt like you had bumped into something as hard as a wall. But two strong hands held your shoulders.
“Oh!! Well…sorry” you said with a embarrassed expression
Everyone in the hall noticed Aone's surprised look at you.
"You're lucky he didn't see you, Aone," laughed Futakuchi from behind
Aone glared at Futakuchi. That was enough for Futakuchi to stop babbling.
You could recognize who the other person was by their voice and by touching their face. You raised your arms and your palms touched Aone's face. The tips of his thumb were touching Aone's forehead.
“Where are your eyebrows?” you chuckled
Everyone in the room started laughing. You ran your hands over every inch of Aone's face so you could memorize her features. Now you've written it in your mind.
Then you took a step back and talked about yourself
“I want to meet all of you. But unfortunately I can't see it. I lost my sight completely due to trachoma disease as a child. But I can get to know you better by touching your face.”
“It's an honor to meet you y/n-san,” Moniwa replied.
You met everyone by touching their faces one by one and wrote down their facial features in your memory.
Everyone was pleased to meet you. They also did not see the visual disability as an obstacle in their relationship with you. But you were supposed to be under the supervision of someone in the hall. If the thrown ball came in your direction, you wouldn't notice it.
That's why Mai sat next to you. If the ball came towards you, he would watch over you.
Although Moniwa also warned them, Kamasaki and Futakuchi did not pay much attention to the warning. The ball hit you from the first day you met. The ball moved so fast that no one, including Mai, could prevent the ball from hitting your head.
You were hurt, and you held your head with your hand.
"Hey, please just be careful!" he got up and shouted
Then Moniwa warned them a second time harshly.
“Aren't you two going to become wiser? The ball hit the girl from day one! Is it too hard to play a little bit carefully?”
“Sorry y/n-chan,” Futakuchi said shyly.
"I’m sorry y/n-chan," said Kamasaki as well.
Mai approached you and looked where the ball came from.
"Are you ok? Did it hurt?"
“A little” you replied
“Looks like it's going to swell”
Mai asked Aone, who was standing near
“Aone, could you get ice?”
Aone nodded and brought ice from the freezer in the living room. You heard their steps coming towards you and extended your hand to take the ice.
You were extending your hand in a completely different direction and you were not aware of it. Aone gently placed the ice in your palms. You felt the coldness of the ice in your palms and you took it and put it where the ball hit
"Are you ok?" asked Aone.
You heard your voice for the first time
You answered briefly, “Yes”
Moniwa also came close and apologized to you on their behalf.
“You don't mind them, y/n-chan. Unfortunately, they don't listen to reason."
"No problem. I'm sorry, Moniwa-kun, for causing you trouble."
“Oh no way! You are our guest” he said politely and generously.
At the end of the training, Mai escorted you home. You took the subway together
"How was it? Did you have some fun?" he asked you
"A lot. Even though I couldn't see what was going on around me, I still had a great time. Everyone on your team is so kind.”
“I think you're excluding Futakuchi and Kamasaki from that. Because they never sit still and their disputes never ends,” he laughed.
"Why?" you asked curiously
"I don't know. But I can say this much, if Futakuchi doesn't mess with Kamasaki, Kamasaki has nothing to do with Futakuchi."
“Usually Futakuchi initates it”
"Unfortunately. Their friction became the cliché of the team. Aone is also in the position of a fight separator”
You kept saying “Aone…” and then continued.
“This guy…he doesn't talk much, I guess. Because when I met him, he didn't say a word"
"Yes. He doesn't like to talk much. He talks whenever he feels like. That's why he surprises his teammates when he talks. But he is very kind. Although he looks like a scary bully from the outside”
"How? Does he look so scary?”
“He has a stern and serious look. Those who see him for the first time are literally sweating out of fear. But it is not at all what it seems.”
“So that's why Futakuchi “she’s lucky not to see you,” he said. But if he was really kind, I wouldn't be afraid if I could see his face."
“The reactions of people who know him for the first time are often not positive. You are the first person to think positively about him”
“You say so?”
"Yes"
You noticed how big his hand was when you shook hands with him.
“He's 1.90 tall isn't he? His hands were huge and as far as I could feel, his size was also big," you said while remembering.
“A little over 1.90. He’s the tallest player of the team and the strongest middle blocker.”
“I guessed”
From that day on, you visited the salon with Mai whenever you were available. You had become one of that team as you started to come in and out of the hall more and more.
In order not to be a burden to Mai and everyone who has accompanied you to find directions, you started using the visually impaired cane. Now you could find your direction more easily
That evening you got off the subway alone. You missed the first train and waited for the second. The area was extremely quiet. You could have been the only person on the subway. Or so you thought. You were always afraid of being alone in any place. Because when you were alone, you couldn't take care of yourself like normal people. Visual impairment was the biggest factor in this
You felt someone approaching you.
“Hey beauty! What about play blind man's buff with us?”
“No need to blindfold”
It was the voice of two young men, and it was clear that it belonged to strangers you hadn't heard before. You were getting scared and now you'd rather be alone on the subway
"Who are you! Go away or I'll call the police!”
“Oh really! In your blind state?" they laughed
“We just wanted to play a little. What were you mean?"
“I told you to get out!”
You tried to swing your cane in self-defense. But the abusers weren't at the point where you swung. Trying to attack them with your blindness had become fun for them and they started to come more and more.
“I think we will play with a real blind person”
“It will be funny”
"Don't touch me!" As you went back, your back hit someone's chest and you almost had a heart attack from fear.
But the abusers were idolized where they were.
"Dude, if we don't get out of here soon, this guy will run over us"
“Look at him! He’s like a giant”
You didn't know who the person behind you was. You thought you were cornered but that person was your savior
“Leave the lady alone!” You heard a solemn and menacing voice that sounded familiar to you.
But you couldn't make it out and couldn't remember the sound
Who are you? you said inside
“Get lost!”
You heard the harassers running away when the familiar voice gave a menacing command for the second time.
You had calmed down a bit and wanted to know who the savior was.
"Are you ok?"
You are one step closer to recognizing the voice when it asks you in the same tone and the same way
"Who are you?" you asked
“Y/n, it's Aone. Didn't you recognize my voice?"
"No. Sorry. We haven't been able to chat much with you. That's why I couldn't make a sound. If you let me touch your face, I can be convinced that you really are Aone"
Aone let you touch his face. You touched his facial features again, which you wrote in your memory. When you felt with your hand that he had no eyebrows, you were absolutely sure that it was Aone.
“It’s really you, Aone. Thank you. Really. You’re so nice person”
You touched his shoulders and lowered your hands down to his arms
You repeated "thank you so much"
"I am pleased that you are well. They didn't hurt you, did they?" asked Aone.
"No. But if you hadn't, maybe they would have hurt you."
"Don't worry. They will never dare to do such a thing again.”
Thank you, my hero that I can't see… you said inside
