CHAPTER FOUR

DIVING GIRLS ILLUSTRATED　32 THE HOSPITAL BED

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―「お姉ちゃん、お姉ちゃんてば」
　肩がゆらゆらと揺らされる感触。分かってる、起きる、起きるよ。だんだんと瞳の焦点が合い、白い壁と、その手前で泣きそうな表情をしている綾の顔が眼に飛び込んできた。
　「綾･･･ちゃん」
　「お姉ちゃん」
　綾が、首元にぎゅっと抱きついてきた。

　”Chihaya、wake up. Chihaya."
　Someone was shaking Chihaya's shoulders hard. OK. I am up, I am up. She opened her eyelids and found nothing but milky blur. But as her pupils regained focus, she saw a white wall and an image of Aya rising in front of it. Aya seemed as if she was about to cry.
　"Aya.."
　"Chihaya, oh, you're back," Aya gasped and threw her arms around Chihaya's neck.