Chapter-10: Meeting - part 3 {Edited}

Chapter-10: Meeting 3

After the meeting.

Hiro waited for Sakura at the place where they decided to meet, and after a short wait.

Sakura arrived, she waved her hands at Hito as soon as she saw him, she is really cheerful, despite the pancreatic disease that is currently incurable with modern technology.

- Hiro! I'm so sorry it took me a while to come here I made you wait too long!

Hiro shook his head and smiled.

- No, it's fine, so let's go, I'm so hungry!

- Okay, let's go, I know a great place!

....

Now Hiro and Sakura are in a restaurant – it's a simple restaurant where the food is not expensive, but still delicious.

When they entered the restaurant, it was crowded and the atmosphere was calm. The waiter noticed them and asked if they wanted a table, but Sakura replied that the table was already registered. Therefore, the waiter immediately accompanies them to this table.

When they sat down, Sakura said – I'm very glad you came! - Sakura smiled.

Hiro sighed and smiled back. He is glad to see her cheerful, though he can see that she is a little pale.

- Oh, yes, please order something, Hiro, I promised to buy you a drink. - Sakura said.

- Well, don't mind if I do! – he just accepted it because she's too stubborn.

Hiro ordered chicken with rice and French fries as a side dish, and soda as a drink. Sakura orders curry rice with strawberry milkshake. While they were waiting for their order, Sakura noticed that this restaurant was suddenly getting crowded.

- Hmm, it's getting crowded, so my mom was right about this place being quite popular. - Sakura said.

Hiro nodded and looked around, but he noticed that it wasn't as crowded as one red-haired boy's restaurant.

When the food arrived, they ate the delicious food calmly and happily. When they had finished their meal, they both praised how good it was and chatted together. Sakura suddenly felt a little uneasy as she grabbed her small bag from her purse.

- I'm sorry, Hiro-kun. I need to go to the bathroom. - Sakura said, hiding her nausea a little.

Hiro understood this and said. - Don't worry, go and take your time! - after which Sakura got up and quickly goes to the toilet.

As she abruptly stood up and left, her bag tilted slightly and fell to the floor. Hiro noticed this and picked up her bag. He noticed a book that had fallen out of her bag. It was recorded as a diary called "Living with Dying", and Hiro naturally recognized it immediately and opened it. As he thought, she has one more year to live, and in a couple of months, she will turn 18.

"This means that she will die at 19 after graduation." - thought Hiro.

Sakura, who is currently in the toilet, convulsively swallows some kind of pill to reduce the pain.

- At least I can see him. I don't know if I can see everyone I love and live near them for a long time, but at least I can live my life freely.

The thought makes her sad, but she endured it. When she came out of the bathroom, she noticed Hiro reading her diary, and it made her freeze.

Hiro, who had been reading the diary for a while, noticed Sakura and saw her standing still and quickly explained.

– Your bag fell off and your things fell out of it, so I put it back together. Sakura ... may I ask what it is? And is everything written in this book true?

Sakura sat down, and the mood became calm, after a moment Sakura answered him.

- This book is my diary. Under the title "Living with Dying" I write there my daily events, including my illness. Everything you've read, unfortunately , is true. Hiro-kun. I'm not going to live very long. That's why I want to live my best life in my spare time.

Sakura at the end of her speech becomes quite sad and just looks down. Hiro thought for a moment:

"I could heal her, since the store sells a lot of items for healing physical problems, in a pinch I can buy healing magic... I think I have an idea."

Hiro walks over to her and sits down next to her. Then he just patted her head and said.

- I'm sorry, Sakura. I asked you a personal question. I even looked at your diary. - Hiro bowed slightly to her.

Sakura is a little surprised by Hiro's sudden apology. She looks at the man and smiles.

- It's all right, Hiro-kun. All the people who are important to me should know the truth about my illness! - Sakura said, to which Hiro was slightly surprised. Looking at his face, Sakura immediately blushed slightly and corrected her words.

- N-no! I mean close relatives and friends!

- Oh, so you don't like me? - Hiro asked with a smile.

- No... yes... that is, you saved me from those bandits, while other people who saw this situation just passed by as if nothing was happening, even though it looked like I was in trouble, so thank you so much Hiro-kun!

Sakura doesn't know why she's a little disappointed with the first part of the answer, but she immediately dismisses the thought.

- I understand Sakura! I couldn't leave a girl in the lurch, could I? Now that we've dealt with this awkward situation, can you give me your hand? - Hiro said.

Sakura is a little embarrassed, but gives him her hand anyway. Hiro suddenly grabs her hand, and Sakura turns even redder, to the point where she looks like a red tomato.

- What are you doing, Hiro-kun?! - Sakura asked, stuttering.

- I just want to give you a massage. You know, I don't have this body because I don't do anything? I studied the information about medical examinations, massage, and something about nutrition. I can make you a little healthier, since you're a little pale. That's all I can do at the moment. So can I massage your hand? - Hiro asked seriously, as he seriously wants to save her from this disease.

[Purchase completed]

{Massage Skill}

Type: Skill

{Healing Magic}

Type: Magic

But being a hardhead, he doesn't notice that Sakura is feeling increasingly awkward.

"Hiro-kun, you idiot!!! I thought it was something else! You're making me misunderstand your actions! He's really a kind person!" - thought Sakura, and just accepted it.

- Then I'll start! - Hiro started massaging his hands, not too hard or too weak, but with enough force to not make Sakura uncomfortable. He secretly used magic on her, and he immediately noticed the changes on her face as her complexion became healthier. He didn't use full healing, as it's suspicious to suddenly recover from a fatal illness, so he used small healing so that it wouldn't be noticeable.

- H-hn!! N-no! "Hiro-kun, your massage is too good! I must restrain my moans!" - Sakura thought, after a short moan.

Sakura held on, but at the end of the massage, she let out a small moan. Hiro was surprised and stopped the massage.

-…

"Is my massage that good? And my God, that expression! I'm sorry Sakura!!" - shouted Hiro in his head, but his expression didn't change a bit, so he asked her.

- Are you all right, Sakura?

- Your massage is too good. My body is a little tired. - Sakura said, and Hiro's mouth twisted.

"Hey!! You just said it like we already did "it"! At that time, I only gave you a massage! Fortunately, she didn't speak loudly." - Hiro thought.

She rested for a few minutes and drank her milkshake.

- Hiro-kun. Can you stay with me when I call you? I really want to spend a lot of time with my close friends and family. You're one of my closest friends. - Sakura asked him.

- Of course, Sakura, you can call me anytime, but only on weekends, okay?

- Good! - Sakura is happy and answers him with a smile. A couple of minutes later, they left the restaurant.

- Sakura, I have to go! It was good to see you! - Hiro said.

- And where are you going, maybe we're on our way? - Sakura asked with obvious interest.

- Mmm! I'll go to Fly Novel! - Hiro replied, seeing no reason to hide it.

- Wait! Why are you going there at all? If I'm not mistaken, this is the company that produces my favorite books.

Without saying anything, Hiro opened his bag to take out a light novel, Sword Masters Online. He gave the papers to Sakura, who is the only one who has seen him so far.

- Is that...?

- Isn't that obvious? It's A Novel. I'm going to introduce him there!

- Eh! Do you write Novels?!

- Well, anyone can write! Hey, try reading it and give me your feedback.

Sakura nodded.

- All right! Now I understand why you wanted to go there! I'll read it, and I'll be honest with my review, okay?! Just do not be sad if my review is not positive.

- Of course, come on! - Hiro said with a smile.

"Just don't ask for more later!" - Hiro said to himself.

Sakura began to read, walking slowly, so after a while, she was already on the last page.

After that, she read all the way to the end.

- Hiro-kun…

- Yes?

- Please let me continue, I'm so curious about what happens next!

- What about the review? Didn't you say I'd be sad if you said it was bad? Come on, where is he? - Hiro said, teasing Sakura.

- I... - Sakura blushed and could not say anything, but in her head she was extremely eloquent:

"You can't blame me, I didn't know your story would be so good!"

"I may not know anything about novels, but I'm pretty sure that this novel that Hiro made is really good! At least, compared to the novels I've read so far."

- Well, i-it doesn't matter, okay?! I admit that I can't criticize it, because it's too good! How did you even come up with this story?!

Hiro grinned at her embarrassment. - Well, thank you for the praise! As for the sequel..., I'll show it next time! - Hiro said.

Sakura smiled broadly and said happily. - Good! You promise, right? That you'll show it to me?

- Yes, yes, I promise, let's continue, but still, I didn't know that we would get along so easily, even though we only met yesterday!

- Well, after all, you know my secret! Besides, you're the only one who doesn't mind the fact that I'm going to die in a few years, and yet, you're acting normal. - Sakura said.

To which Hiro thought: "The reason I could behave normally is because I'm sure I'll cure you, just give me a week or so..."

- Well, who knows, maybe I'm different from the others? No, who am I kidding, I'm an ordinary person!

Sakura stood in front of Hiro, began to study his face, and said softly.

- N-no, you're quite handsome... - But Hiro heard her.

Hiro smiled and spoke. - This can be considered a compliment?

- ... - Sakura was silent for a while, but still decided and said. - Yes!

They continued to talk on the way, time passed, and they finally arrived at Fly Novel.

- We're here! - Sakura said, smiling.

Hiro nodded and entered the building, as they went inside, it was no different from any other medium-sized company, however, the difference was that there were many posters of famous novels on every wall.

They looked around for a while, but Hiro noticed that the staff was cleaning up a little, just like at Weekly Shonen Gongon. Then they found a counter and went straight there.

A lady was standing at the counter, looking through some papers. Hiro coughed.

- Hm... hello!

The lady quickly noticed them and asked. - Oh! I'm sorry, I was a little busy searching, wait a bit…

- No, it's all right!

- So, what do you need?

- I would like to introduce a novel.

The lady nodded and asked. - Oh, so you might have contacted the editor before you came here?

"Oh shit, what should I do, not to say that I wanted to check on the staff before holding a meeting at the company!" - Hiro thought, shook his head and said awkwardly.

- Well... this is my first time, so I didn't know about it.

The lady smiled and spoke. – No, it's fine, there are many cases like yours, since you are going to submit a novel, please wait in room 2, I will call the editor right now, it may take a few minutes before the editor arrives, can you wait?

Hiro nodded, he didn't have any problems with that, so he and Sakura went to Room 2 to wait for the editor.

- That was close, wasn't it? - Sakura asked with a cheeky smile.

- Shut up, I didn't know I had to contact the editor first! After all, this is my first time. - Hiro said, confused.

At last they reached the room. The room was not particularly large, but it could fit more than 6 people, there were 3 sofas and 1 table.

Each sofa can fit 2 people, Sakura and Hiro naturally sat on the same sofa. Hiro had prepared the manuscript beforehand and placed it on the table.

Now Hiro had to wait for the editor to arrive!

..

..

Exactly half an hour later, the editor finally appeared in the room.

- Sorry for the wait, there's quite a lot of people there, so ... which one of you will be presenting the novel? - The editor said as he entered the room

Hiro looked at the editor and suddenly he froze and thought: "This is Nishimiya Yaeko, right?! Right?!»

- Hey, are you okay? - The Editor asked.

- Mmm, yes, I'm sorry, Miss Editor, I'm the one presenting the novel! Mmm, what should I call you?

The lady editor smiled and said. - Yaeko, Nishimiya Yaeko, you can call me Yaeko.