"It's just fatigue, Rea," Chihiro lied. He hated lying to her, but the truth was too heavy. "You've been active a lot lately."
Chihiro walked up behind her, wanting desperately to wrap her in a warm embrace, to give her the heat his own body possessed, but knowing it would do nothing. "Anything." Sankarea (Dub) Episode 13
The smell of hydrangea petals and rotting earth always hung heavy in the air of Chihiro Furuya’s room. "It's just fatigue, Rea," Chihiro lied
It was a scent that had become his entire world. Rea Sanka sat at the edge of his bed, her pale, porcelain skin glowing faintly in the dim moonlight filtering through the window. She was brushing her hair, the rhythmic shhh-shhh sound filling the silence between them. To anyone else, she was a beautiful, serene girl. To Chihiro, she was a ticking clock. 🥀 The Fading Scent of Hydrangeas "Anything
Lately, the hydrangeas weren't working as well. Chihiro watched her closely, his heart tightening. The dosage of the poisonous leaves in her regular meals had to be increased just to keep her motor functions stable.
"Don't let me hurt anyone," Rea turned around, a single tear—clear and cold—trailing down her cheek. It was a miracle of biology that her tear ducts still functioned at all. "And please... don't let me forget that I loved you." 🕯️ A Fragile Eternity
"I forgot something today," Rea said softly, her voice barely a whisper. She looked down at her hands. "I went to the kitchen to help your sister, and for a full minute, I couldn't remember why I was there. Or where I was."