Hearing her words just now made me feel a little embarrassed. It seemed like the girl was sensitive and quite understanding of my current situation. Somehow her words just now reminded me of a classic drama scene.
"Your words just now reminded me of a drama on the internet." Usually, those words are said when the female protagonist starts to feel scared.
Nakamori waved his hand in front of his face and replied like this: "Not really. Perhaps you're feeling offended because you feel like you're being treated like a girl," he quipped.
Tsk, damn, his words just now made me feel a bit offended, or rather, they did make me feel offended.
"Forget it. Aren't you curious about that red door over there?" I pointed at the door.
Nakamori narrowed his eyes. "Want to try going there to see something?" he offered in a teasing tone. "If you're brave enough to go there,"
"Don't keep teasing me. Stop." I then walked ahead of the girl towards the strange door.
The girl just giggled behind me. She seemed to like pranking me. That nosy character of hers made me annoyed with her. If only she were a man, it would be much easier to get back at her harshly.
Arriving in front of the red door, I immediately opened it wide.
"What the hell?!" screamed Nakamori in disbelief.
I didn't understand the scene I saw before my eyes either. A laboratory room was on fire, with flames engulfing it.
"Just close the door!" Nakamori hurriedly closed the door. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. "We could have died if you had left the door open earlier."
Damn it, didn't I see something wrong? Before Nakamori closed the door tightly, my eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of a man who was so familiar in my memory. I also saw a woman burning in the flames.
"Are you okay?" Nakamori asked worriedly.
I turned to him and asked like this: "Does my face show that?"
"Very much so. Don't you realize that your face is covered in cold sweat? Let's take a break if you can't take it." Nakamori then prepared to carry me. "Get on my back; we'll go rest there." He was already standing behind me and preparing to wait for me to get on his back.
For God's sake! This girl is really out of line and a bit different.
"Never mind, you don't need to carry me. Come on," I said as I tugged on the girl's hand.
Nakamori brushed my hand away. "I can't let you faint in the middle of the street."
I turned to look at her with a serious face. "Enough fooling around already. I seriously don't need that kind of help from you," I told her.
"You don't want to because you feel ashamed of being helped by a woman?"
I don't know if she said that out of pity or something else. But still, when talking to this girl, I had to restrain myself as best I could. "
"I never minded that. So I think this is enough. Please don't continue it anymore." Knowing that this would lead to endless arguments, I decided to take Nakamori away immediately.
***
There was nothing we could do at the moment. The two of us just sat in silence as we watched our surroundings. There was no sign of anyone else coming to help us. Ah, it's too hopeful to call it that. How could anyone come to an old abandoned building like this?
Hey, how are you doing now?" asked Nakamori, suddenly breaking the silence.
"As you can see," I replied simply. I was thinking hard about how to escape from a place like this.
"You didn't give me a specific answer. I know the truth; you're thinking hard, aren't you?" the girl guessed.
Even though she guessed correctly, I still didn't feel like showing her any appreciation. "Stop babbling about things that don't matter. I know you're not scared. But why don't you try helping me think of a way out?" I honestly didn't want to rant in front of this girl at all. But it felt like my mouth was already itchy from her chatty nature.
"There's no point in thinking hard. My hunch is that the two of us will still be able to get out of here. Then you said that I'm not scared? Don't get me wrong; I'm just as scared as you are. What were you thinking exactly? In a situation like this, who wouldn't be scared?" Nakamori looked at me sharply; she looked a little angry. "Not showing fear doesn't mean I don't feel fear at all."
I could feel it coming—the aura of an argument that I couldn't avoid if only I wouldn't hold my mouth. Knowing that the situation could turn ugly, I chose to remain silent and hold back all the words that were stuck in my mouth. Let me swallow those words for myself. Nakamori would be provoked if, in the slightest, I let out some words that sounded sensitive to his ears.
Having decided not to argue with him anymore. There was only silence. There was no sound other than the breathing of both of us.
"Did you see that woman earlier?" Nakamori opened his voice for the first time amid the silence between the two of us. It seemed like Nakamori was the more dominant speaker between him and me.
"You mean the woman in the flames?" I guessed that he was talking about the mysterious figure we had seen earlier by accident.
"Yes."
"What about the woman you saw earlier?" I asked curiously.
"When I saw her burning, For some reason, I also felt myself burning a little. I mean, for some reason, there's a burning sensation on my skin that makes it feel as if it could be blistered," she said indignantly.
I furrowed my brow, not understanding. "You're not joking, are you? This time, please don't say something that makes me feel worried about you."
The girl turned to me and looked at me with a strange gaze. "Do you feel worried about me?" She looked like she couldn't believe it.
"What the hell are you thinking in that head of yours? What, I look like I don't care about you? Forget it; please answer me if you feel what that woman feels."
"I felt what she felt. I'm not joking. If you don't believe me, you can see this." He pulled up his long sleeve slightly and showed the burns on his arm. "I've never had a burn before. Plus, it doesn't make any sense other than leaving this burn so hot and sore. Do you know how painful it is to endure this wound?"
Seeing the strange burn, I hurriedly tried to treat the wound. But Nakamori stopped me.
"There's no need. This wound does hurt. But I think it will slowly disappear. You see, this burn is slowly starting to disappear on its own."