Night Carved Paths Into Silence by Zyrel Ash ` 338
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Her first instinct was to look at Roderick, and her gaze met his
smiling, deep eyes.
“You’re awake?
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Madeleine was instantly wide awake, sitting up straight in
pleasant surprise, her hand tightening unconsciously.
“How are you feeling?
Does it still hurt?
Are you uncomfortable anywhere?
I’ll call the doctor!”
As she spoke, she was about to press the call button, but
Roderick gently caught her hand with his.
“Don’t rush,” his voice was a little hoarse from just waking up,
but his tone was steady, “I’m fine, just a little hungry.”
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Madeleine finally relaxed a little, but she still looked him up and
down worriedly, confirming that although his face was pale, he
seemed to be in good spirits.
As her tension eased, the scene from her dream inappropriately
popped into her mind.
The awkward and funny teenage Roderick under the setting
sun.
She looked at the mature, steady man before her, who still had
a hint of a cool outline to his features, and couldn’t help but let
out a “pfft” of laughter.
Roderick was baffled by her laughter and raised an eyebrow.
“What are you laughing at?
Is me lying in a hospital bed that funny?”
“No, no,” Madeleine quickly waved her hands, her eyes curving
into crescents. “I just had a dream about high school, about the
day after the SATS, and the things you said to me in front of the
school tuck shop.”
Roderick froze for a moment, the tips of his ears turning an
almost imperceptible shade of red. He pretended to be calm
and looked away. “That was so long ago, who remembers that.”
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“Well, I remember it clearly!”
Madeleine got excited, leaned closer to him, and blinked slyly.
“Were you… confessing your feelings to me back then?”
Roderick’s body tensed almost imperceptibly. ‘He didn’t admit or deny it, just gave a vague “mm” sound.
Seeing him like this, Madeleine became even more certain of
her suspicion, laughing like a cat that got the cream:
“Hahaha, I knew it! All that stuff about the MIT cafeteria food
being bad, and being afraid I’d embarrass you… Roderick, your
communication skills back then were a solid F. I didn’t
understand at all, I thought you came looking for me just to pick
a fight!”
Listening to Madeleine’s laughing accusations, Roderick sighed
helplessly.
He raised a hand to rub the bridge of his nose, but the corner of
his mouth held a resigned, indulgent smile.
He turned his head, looking at Madeleine’s sparkling eyes, his
tone carrying a resigned fondness and a bit of the candor that
came from finally speaking up after so many years:
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“Yeah, I was confessing.”
“Too bad a certain silly girl’s reception was completely shot. Not
only did you not understand, you got furious and almost
actually applied to MIT.”
Madeleine froze, not expecting him to admit it just like that.
Even though she had already guessed, hearing him say it out
loud felt different.
It felt like a feather was gently tickling her heart, making it feel
tender and achy.
Roderick lifted the blanket beside him, “Want to come lie down
for a bit?”
The hospital bed was pretty big, and Madeleine was thin, so she
figured it wouldn’t be a problem to lie down, nodding
repeatedly.
She took off her coat and gently slipped into Roderick’s arms,
the warmth immediately enveloping her.
Madeleine took a deep, contented breath, burying her face in
the crook of his neck. Her voice was muffled, thick with
emotion and lingering fear:
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“Roderick… you scared me to death.”
Roderick stiffened slightly, then gently wrapped his arms
around her back, patting it rhythmically, like he was soothing a frightened little animal.
“I made you worry.”
He whispered in her ear, “It won’t happen again.”
Madeleine thought for a moment, then tilted her chin up a bit to
look at Roderick.
“Actually, I went to see Edward.”
Hearing that name, Roderick’s body clearly tensed up.
d’s in the hospital too. His condition… it’s a lot like how
Mrs. Miller and I were when we awakened, so.”
Madeleine thought for a moment before speaking slowly, “I
have a bold guess.”
“You think Edward is awakening too?”
Roderick finished her sentence.
“Yeah.”
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Madeleine nodded and sighed, “You see, Mrs. Miller’s accident
was like a trigger. It made me start to suspect things. Then,
because of me and Mrs. Miller, you went straight to confront
Edward and ended up coughing up blood. And now Edward
himself has collapsed, and his condition is so strange…”
She looked up at Roderick, her eyes filled with a searching look
and a hint of uncertainty:
“Does all of this mean that the so–called narrative control is
becoming unstable because we’re fighting back?
“And maybe… even Edward, the protagonist, is starting to break
free from its control?”
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