Only with Your Heart

Maybe Chizuru's injury, if it had the power of modern medicine, would have been completely lifeless. Because there were antibiotics to stop the putrefaction, and there were transfusions to recover the blood lost, and if there was an infusion, it would have taken both nutrition and moisture.

At least, it should have never wandered the border between life and death for five days.

The same is true when it comes to wound healing, because everything had to be left to natural recovery in an environment that had nothing but the suspicious paint Estabel formulates… naturally, it took time.

Five more days before you can let me get out of bed.

By the time I was able to get out of the room and walk outside, the season had already plugged into the winter, and it had been a long time since I had breathed enough outside air in the sun to cool my lungs tightly.

When Chizuru came to this castle, the trees that were blue and bushy, they had lost their leaves, and they had become only trunks and branches, and they were secretly swamped.

Chizuru looked up at the sky.

And I narrowed my eyes to the eyelids of the morning sun.

"Don't move around too much from the beginning. What if I get anaemia"

Ruklov's voice came from behind him, and Chizuru looked back over his shoulder. Luklov wears a black jacket with a heavy cloth tension like a bell bed, holding him back just behind a thousand cranes.

Ruklov is the chief of this castle, so it may be inappropriate to say "refrain," etc., but lest Thousand Cranes fall... so that even if they fell, they could be hugged right away, the appearance of waiting at close range was precisely "refrain" itself.

Chizuru slipped his neck slightly and smiled to show it.

"You don't have to worry so much. I feel like I can run around."

"Please, give me some more of my heart, Chizuru."

With that said, Ruklov seemed happy somewhere.

True, he seemed to lose a lot of strength while he was asleep, his breath went up to get down the stairs, and if he moved around too much, he was likely to get anaemia.

But for the first time in almost a month, the joy of being out there is enormous, and I feel like scratching it. Chizuru spun around and stood in front of Ruklov and grabbed him around the front of his coat.

"Can I go to the kids later?

Recently, Ruklov rarely refuses wishes from Chizuru. As long as it didn't adversely affect Chizuru's condition, any wish, along with a gentle smile, was easily fulfilled.

Of course I'm not willing to abuse that on Chizuru, and whatever it is I want to eat or who I want to see, to that extent. But if Chizuru begs me to build another castle, Ruklov wonders if he will accomplish it somehow.

As good as that, Luklov was kind to Chizuru.

And restore the brightness it used to have, with the addition of the mature charm cultivated in the years there... Chizuru's knees are going to tremble with joy when he can still be touched by Luklov. I can attract him enough to make it harder for me to stand. My whole body gets hot.

"If you promise you won't be forced"

Ruklov took Chizuru's hands and smiled as he gently mouthed them at his fingertips. Chizuru smiles back unexpectedly.

"I promise. 'Cause I just look at your face."

"The other person is a child. It's not something I know what to do if I'm excited... Right, let's go, too."

"And Luklov? Good, I'm sure they'll all be happy."

Releasing the hand he was grasping, Ruklov opened it straight in front of his coat, wrapping a thousand cranes softly there. I get a tough hug, like the cold outside air, the sometimes spraying wood wither, and trying to protect a thousand cranes from everything that's in this world.

Chizuru deposited his weight on Ruklov's chest.

When I quietly lay my eyes down as I pressed into his body temperature, I could hear the sound of toctok and his heart pulsing. The mark that he is alive. A sign that they are together (testimony).

They're supposed to be married in a few days.

Lone, who temporarily returned to the territory, took his wife and two children and came to this castle again the other day. In front of Ruklov, he softly overheard the disturbing news of Bal - he said he had injured his arm, but he was safe, and he was taking a rest and healing his injuries and heartbreak at his parents' house.

I don't know if Bal really liked Chizuru.

I don't know, I think it's good. He was a wonderful man, so I'm sure in the not-too-distant future there will be a nice woman who loves him wholeheartedly. Chizuru prays that Bal's future is happy, and Bal must be equally wishing Chizuru's happiness, he feels blurred.

Though Chizuru's condition still prevents him from exercising intensely, he has almost completely healed.

Trying to move your left arm can still be a terrible pain run. And maybe for the rest of my life, some pain (udder) will remain. Luklov knows that too, sweet for Chizuru, too overprotective.

It's a lie when it comes to not being hard at all, but still, if this was the price you needed to live with Luklov, Chizuru would happily pay as many times as he wanted.

Thousands of cranes raised their faces slightly, wrapped in Lucrov's body temperature and coat.

Unexpectedly, it can be seen in the contours of Luklov, who shines vigorously in the wake of the morning sun. And I felt happiness from the bottom of my heart at the gentle smile coming back from him.

"I... am glad to be back"

When Chizuru shrugged, Ruklov gave him a one-eyebrow and looked puzzled.

"You're so far from where you were born, but with Luklov, I feel nostalgic somewhere. It's like I'm finally home... like I finally found my real place"

"Right."

As if, praising every word of Thousand Cranes, Ruklov smiled proudly.

"You were born to live with me. And I live only to live with you. It's a pretty good combination."

"Yeah."

He nodded with a grin as he creaked, and Chizuru again received a hot mouthful from Ruklov.

From within the castle, the sound and smell of the day are beginning to drift. In addition to my normal life, a lot of humans are busy working around for the wedding rituals that are coming soon. Even Chizuru has to take his last measurements for the dress, and I want to be able to take care of the kids soon.

In Ruklov there is a territory, and there are the inhabitants, who must grow crops and reap harvests in each season.

There is much work to be done.

With you, to live.

Lucrov's lips slowly descended the skin of a thousand cranes, in the middle of his clavicle, and his chest… when he came around his heart, he bent and stopped perfectly.

"Here."

And Ruklov said.

"Your heart...... that's why I live. Only, absolutely."

There were so many emotions overflowing that I finally stood. Chizuru wrapped Luklov's head with both hands, and slowly mouthed it with all his heart in front of the noodle rub, on his freshly pruned and shortened dark hair.

"I like it, Luklov. Always, always..."

The morning sun was shining as if, illuminating the future of the two of us. The wind blew, I heard horse groaning from afar, and the two held each other forever.