Chapter 6: Back to school

With some faint conversation reverberating in her ears, she regained consciousness. She shifted her gaze to the side and gently opened her eyes. She noticed an odd window with white voile curtains that swayed with the wind. 

"She has regained the consciousness!!" saying this, someone rushed outside the room. After sometime Sana heard a familiar voice.

"Sana, my dear. Are you alright?" Sana's mom hugged her tightly. 

"She's alright. Don't exaggerate the thing," Sana's dad said to her mom.

" mumma, papa what are w..." before she could finish speaking, she started to feel dizzy and weak. "Sana it's alright, just get some rest my little child, don't talk yet. we will explain everything once we get back home." her mother said in a comforting tone while laying her back on bed to rest. 

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Sana healed after a few days and got to go home. Paper bombs greeted her as she entered the house, and Suguru rushed to give her a hug. Only a small number of her relatives and Suguru's family were present. To see her all fit again made everyone happy. Sana's father purposefully excluded everyone from her school from the invitation. He wanted that his daughter would not be hurt by those same people. They threw a huge party and everyone welcomed her warmly. 

Sana was feeling better now. There were some strange scriptures on her body that seemed odd. Since they were symbols rather than words, she was unable to read them. However, to those without any knowledge, it would appear to be tattoos. She was treated by sorcerers. However, she was clueless of anything that transpired. The fact that she seemed unharmed even after entering the tunnel due to an enigmatic cursed energy shielding her from the curse stunned the sorcerers who were treating her. Although she was cursed, her body was unaffected. Still to mitigate the curse she was treated by the sorcerers who sealed the curse as much as they could.

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Sana's dad didn't wanted her to go to the same school but she resisted as she wanted to go to the same school as Suguru. She insisted her dad again and again and finally he agreed to send her on the condition that she won't just let them do whatever they wish and punch them in the face if they ever trouble her again. She giggled a bit on hearing this and was happy that she will join the school again. She was going to join after 26 days. Almost a month had passed. 

Finally she was going to school today. She got ready and had breakfast. She checked her bag again so that she doesn't leave anything important. She checked her P.E. uniform and shoes. She immediately went to Suguru's house and called him. She got ready a lot earlier today since she was so eager to start school again. Suguru wasn't done with breakfast yet either. She went and sat next to him. 

"You aren't even ready yet? We'll get late today because of you." she said as if she is always ready at time. 

As soon as Suguru finishes his breakfast they left for the school. It was a lovely morning.Just like the first morning of the new year. Her favorite part of the route from home to school was the beautiful stream flowing alongside the road, sun rays shining through it's clear water, as if it's bed was covered with golden pearls, and many wild flowers growing on it's river bank were just adding more magic to it's beauty. That morning it looked so heavenly that Even though Sana went through all that, still she wanted to forgive everyone and live her life normally like before. She looked at Suguru and smiled. He was happy to see that she was back to her usual self. 

"Suguru.." 

"what is it?"he asked.

"can we just sit here for some time near the river."she asked in a calm tone.

"you sure? aren't you getting late now?" he asked. 

"It's alright. Either way going early will ruin our reputation."she said. 

"talk for yourself,don't include me,"

"OK fine, at least for once act your age," she giggled. 

upon seeing his pissed off face she said sorry in a very polite tone and jumped on to hug him. Suguru lost his balance and they both rolled down the little hill, and finally stopped on the flat surface near the river. Now both of their uniforms were ruined. But thankfully both of them were unharmed. Suguru covered Sana's head as they fell down in order to avoid any injury. After they stopped Sana gave a cheerful smile in order to escape from the scolding. As they were staring at each other, they suddenly burst into laughter. Sana went close to Suguru and took out his phone and clicked their photo. Their hair were messy and uniforms ruined. They both clicked more pictures near the river and sat there for a while. They both fixed their hair and uniforms and headed for the school. It became another special memory for them.

They finally were near the school but they already knew they were late. It was her best day of this year.