There's no place for you to sleep here, they had said.
And so she obeyed. Hinamori trudged half-asleep, half-awake down the blustery sidewalk, paying little attention to the world around her. It seemed so long since she had been outside, since she had felt able to leave the claustrophobic halls of the hospital and walk in the open air.
Her purse dangled loosely from her elbow, carrying a wallet and keys and a paperback book halfway falling out. She almost missed the slight brush of a girl not much bigger than she, and the strange lightness of her bag. She stopped, turning to look behind her as she realized what had happened. "Wait," she croaked after the girl, "Please, stop."
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There's no place for you to sleep here, they had said.
And so she obeyed. Hinamori trudged half-asleep, half-awake down the blustery sidewalk, paying little attention to the world around her. It seemed so long since she had been outside, since she had felt able to leave the claustrophobic halls of the hospital and walk in the open air.
Her purse dangled loosely from her elbow, carrying a wallet and keys and a paperback book halfway falling out. She almost missed the slight brush of a girl not much bigger than she, and the strange lightness of her bag. She stopped, turning to look behind her as she realized what had happened. "Wait," she croaked after the girl, "Please, stop."