457 Not a dream

By the time Hinari opened her eyes, she looked up at the ceiling and stared at it for a while before she sat up and rested her back on the headboard. 

She looked around as she opened and closed her eyes, awakening her still sluggish nerves. She then raised her hands and she stretched as she yawned. 

When she finally decided to leave the bed, her eyes suddenly opened wide. She began to remember everything that happened. She remembered that Zaki had cried in her arms. She remembered him embracing her so tightly and remembered all the words he had said.

Hinari gasped and she pinched her cheeks hard, as if she was trying to confirm whether she was still in dreamland.

"Those weren't dreams right? I was totally awake when he said those, right?" Hinari's heartbeat started accelerating. She felt like it was a dream so she wanted to confirm that everything was real.