In the ward, the girl with braided braids woke up from a dream. It was a nightmare.
In the dream, she was walking alone in the darkness. No matter how she walked, there was no end... She couldn't hold it back and shouted with fear and anxiety, but no one responded... She fell to her knees on the ground.
, feeling very helpless in her heart, something called loneliness, entangled her.... Then she woke up.
Realizing that this was a dream, Xiao Meiyan accepted the reality because this dream was real.
She has no friends... not a single one... Lonely people will always huddle in a corner and lick their wounds. Over time, they will change from envying others for having friends to becoming a little erratic. She doesn't know what it is.
friend.
Let's talk together, have lunch together, or go out for fun together... How to determine and distinguish...
She struggles with this kind of thing every day, and because of her physical condition, she can't fit into any group... Her black braids, red-rimmed glasses, clumsy appearance, and weak body are the impression she leaves on others.
...
If you are not good enough, you should become good, right? In this case, only those who can do it can export, right?
If it's me, it won't work... This is what Xiao Meiyan often says, and she is extremely convinced... She suffers from heart disease, myopia, poor grades, poor physical fitness, and cowardice...
..Everything is missing, right? She is just a girl with low self-esteem who thinks she can’t do anything...
Looking at the table next to the hospital bed, there was a transfer notice on it... See Longyuan Middle School... This time she would still be like this... What should I do... She sighed leisurely
tone.
However, in the classroom the next day, Lin Xiao yawned and looked at the 34-year-old senior class teacher, Teacher Saotome, who was not yet married. She seemed to be in a very low mood today.
Oops, maybe the blind date failed again this time. This is common among classmates in the class.
Then the head teacher asked a girl to come in, a girl with black braids and glasses... Her eyes seemed to be evasive and she kept her head lowered...
"Okay, then let's introduce yourself!" The head teacher pushed Xiao Meiyan briskly to the front.
But because he was a transfer student, the classmates in the class were a little excited and there was some noise around him.
Lin Xiao saw that the girl's body seemed to be trembling. Oh my, is this girl a child who is afraid of birth?
The girl looked in pain, and then she finally spoke.
""That... that..." Xiao Meiyan couldn't adapt to speaking in front of people. She was so nervous that she was standing in front of more than thirty people like this... "I
Call me, Xiaoxiaoxiaoxiaomeiyan. That...please give me some advice."
Alas! Lin Xiao and Atoriya both looked surprised, then looked at each other and nodded.
Well, according to the mission prompts, Xiao Meiyan is also someone they need to protect, but... Lin Xiao smiled bitterly.
It's true...even though his personality is a bit clumsy...but he can definitely get better.
"Xiaomei has been hospitalized because of a bad heart. She will definitely have a lot of inconvenience because she hasn't been to school for a long time. Everyone should help her more."
The head teacher is like this.
After that, the seats were arranged... quickly according to the Japanese routine.
Many classmates gathered around the black girl... Lin Xiao, who wanted to get closer, had to give up.
Wanyi is contacting her... Xiaomei Yan also has the talent to become a magical girl... After all, this mission to protect her must be because she is important enough.
Xiaomi Homura, a girl with braided braids, looked embarrassed. The reason was that she was curious about the transfer students, and countless classmates asked questions like machine guns.
"It's such a powerful name to call 'Yan'!"
"Xiaomei-san, where did you go to school before?"
"Have you participated in any club activities? Sports or arts?"
"What a long hair~ Isn't it hard to braid it every morning?"
Lin Xiao also noticed, and Atoriya also stood up and was about to go over to help her out...
At this time, the pink girl walked over and interrupted the students' continuous rain of questions.
"Xiao Mei-san, you have to go to the health room, right? Do you know where it is?"
Xiao Meiyan looked at Yuan, who showed a reassuring smile... which made her tilt her head involuntarily.
With his mouth half open, he was a little surprised and subconsciously said: "I don't know..."
"Then let me take you there. I am the health committee member of the class. - Everyone, I'm sorry. Xiaomei-san must go to the health room to take medicine during her break."
After the girl finished, everyone dispersed with regrets. Atoriya looked at the pink girl happily, and she nodded with satisfaction.
Of course Lin Xiao understands what she means. Yuan has really grown a lot and is really a kind girl who thinks about others...
If she had been in the past, she would not have been able to do such a thing, help the transfer students solve their problems, hmm, Lin Xiao is very satisfied with Yuan, and must praise her later.
On this side, the pink girl led Xiao Meiyan out of the classroom... Madoka walked in front, while Xiao Meiyan followed carefully.
Now Xiao Meiyan's heart is actually full of gratitude, because of the girl, she can solve the problem... She is not good at dealing with these problems.
However, if you don't answer these classmates, you will definitely be disliked... But even if you answer, people may think that this child is boring...
But because she is a girl, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief now. Her classmate’s name just now was very powerful... which made her feel a little burning on her face... She has always found this name very annoying... completely
I don't like my name.
Because of the word Homura, I always feel like a bosozoku somewhere, and it also feels like a gang of old-fashioned delinquents.
"I'm sorry. We don't mean any harm..." The girl suddenly interrupted Xiao Meiyan's thoughts. The pink girl turned back to Xiao Meiyan and showed a spring breeze-like smile.
Because this smile was so beautiful, it gave Xiao Meiyan a particularly reassuring feeling. She was stunned and speechless.
The girl continued: "Because transfer students are so rare, so I'm so excited."
Xiao Meiyan finally came back to her senses and replied: "No, um... thank you."
After that, he lowered his head again... There's no need to be so nervous, we are all classmates." Yuan saw Xiao Meiyan's nervousness, and she showed a friendly smile.
"My name is Shikama Madoka, please call me Madoka."
Ah...Xiao Meiyan was stunned again. The girl's smile that healed her made her feel like a spring breeze.
Shika Eye Madoka... Madoka... such a name slipped into her heart... but she was a little embarrassed.
Because Xiao Meiyan has never directly called others by their names since she started school, because she has no friends... This is what only friends or relatives can call... It's just the first day they met.
People...screamed like this all of a sudden, and she really couldn't scream.
This made her stand there helplessly, not knowing what to do...
Then the girl named Shikama Madoka once again had a warm smile on her lips, as gentle as the spring breeze.
Xiao Meiyan couldn't help but feel at ease. She saw the tenderness in the pink girl's eyes, which was clear, calm, and warm.
The pink girl said, ""So, can I also call you Homura-chan?"
Her smile and gentleness made people feel foul, her body seemed to be frozen, and the protective wall in her heart was blown away... It turns out that there are still such people... What should I do?
Woolen cloth?
Xiao Meiyan's mind was a little blank, and she was a little at a loss. "...I, er, rarely get called by my name directly...and my name is very strange."
Wait, Xiao Meiyan regrets a little, she shouldn't have done this...but what should she do? She is very confused...
However, Shikame Madoka's next words made Akatsuki Homura feel as if her gloom had been blown away and it became clearer.
Her sunny smile was very serious: "Eh~? Not really. I always feel like I'm on fire. I think he's very handsome."
"Alas..." Xiao Meiyan then lowered her head: "It's not worthy of the name..." What she meant was that a person like herself is not handsome at all.
"Isn't this such a waste? It's rare to have such a great name, and Homura-chan will become more handsome." Madoka Shikame said happily.
Have you become more handsome... My words will definitely not work, Xiao Meiyan thinks.
But thanks to her, Xiao Meiyan suddenly learned not to regard this name as a cross that needs to be carried - just regard it as a stepping stone for her to grow.
But...Xiao Meiyan dropped her gratitude to the pink girl...she didn't know what else to do.
The pink girl must be someone who really wants her to change, rather than just someone who is really thinking about her.
Although Xiao Meiyan feels that she must be unable to do anything...because of such a long time.
She has experienced too much, such as taking a math class and being asked by the teacher to answer a question on the blackboard, but she couldn't answer it at all.
Then the teacher: Ah, well. You should take a break from school for a while and borrow your notes from your friends to take a look at.
My grades were very poor... Then I couldn't run very long in physical education class before I had to rest because of anemia.
The heart is born with very thin blood vessels. Therefore, when you do strenuous exercise or when you are extremely nervous, your chest will feel tight and painful. Therefore, even when your body is fine, you will feel stressed for no reason, and as a result, you will become very afraid of life.
I have been to many different hospitals, so I kept changing schools. Of course, I have no friends.
Xiao Meiyan is very happy to be treated tenderly by others...but also very powerless.
She felt that there was no way for her to change and become a person like the pink girl, confident and gentle.
In fact, what Akatsuki Homura didn't know was that Shikama Madoka was also a little timid before...but she was luckier, not suffering from illness, and having good friends who have been by her side since school.
Soon, it was time for school to end. Xiao Meiyan packed her things and left the classroom alone.
Lin Xiao glanced at it, and then said to Yuan: "How is it, are you sure?"
Yuan Tou said firmly: "Well, I have already told Sister Asami."
Atria: "Then, let's follow quickly."
Xiao Meiyan was walking home alone. When she thought about her unhappy life, she felt like crying.
While everyone was doing things as a matter of course, she was the only one who was left aside. This feeling of anxiety and incompetence kept accumulating.
Why is my health so bad? Why is my life so painful?
As Xiao Meiyan walked on the iron bridge that she must pass on her way home, the loss and pessimism in her heart became more and more magnified.
She thought again: Although her parents were desperately trying to find a doctor for her... even though they kept moving for this purpose - she also knew that this was just increasing the burden on her family. It took a lot of effort and effort to settle her down near the hospital.
She was looking for a house, and then moved to a new city with the hope that she might be cured this time and sent her to a new hospital.
However, if the condition shows no signs of improvement, hope will turn into disappointment. Finally, it is only a matter of time before disappointment turns into despair.
She doesn't want to have such a life... But why is it me... Xiao Meiyan touches her heart with her right hand in pain.
Then she remembered the words of the girl she met for the first time today: "Homura-chan, just become handsome."
..... In her opinion, life is already full of darkness, and she will only fall into a deeper and deeper abyss step by step.
"Becoming handsome or something...it won't work...I can't do anything..."
Xiao Meiyan looked at the running water under the bridge and finally shed tears. "I keep causing trouble to others and embarrassing myself... What should I do? Can I just keep doing this in the future?"
This question, along with the tears, dripped onto the water under the bridge.
"It would be better to simply die." At this time, Xiao Meiyan heard such a voice.
Xiao Meiyan, I thought it was my own voice. My weak, cowardly inner voice.
Therefore, she gave a somewhat compromised answer.
"Would it be better to die..."
Yes, it would be better to die." The voice replied immediately.
This voice was not Xiao Meiyan's, it revealed a strange quietness and bewitching power.
There is no doubt that she is a witch...but Akatsuki Homura has been deceived.
This is the witch's barrier, and now Akatsuki Homura is the prey.
Xiao Meiyan entered a strange place, not on an iron bridge... it was incredible.
It was also creepy... She looked at the stone slab with strange human figures painted on it under her feet - the sky was red and the clouds were lingering. Then the sound of laughter began to ring around... along with the sound of the ground shaking.
, a huge stone gate appeared on the ground.
I was swaying back and forth due to the violent vibrations on the ground, as if I was overwhelmed by the rapidly changing world. My knees began to shake violently, and I couldn't even stand still.
Fear instantly covered her eyes, and then the witch's voice said: "Then, go to hell."
Xiao Meiyan felt that this creepy sound was rubbing her body back and forth.
"Come here - follow me." Then amidst the strange laughter, a graffiti-like monster appeared in the stone door and walked towards Xiao Meiyan.
Xiao Meiyan's face turned pale with fright, and she collapsed on the ground unable to move. Her lips moved but she couldn't say a word.
Then she was surrounded by these monsters without realizing it, and she finally screamed because she was facing death.
"no, do not want!"
Then Xiao Meiyan felt a flash of light appear in her field of vision... it was incredibly dazzling.
"Are you okay? Homura?" The pink girl stood in front of her with a smile, holding a bow and arrow in her hand. For a moment, she almost shouted the girl's name... Madoka.