Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume2 Chapter5 3

3.

The surgery had apparently been complete by the time the matches ended.

When Yoshino-san's father showed up at the gymnasium with red eyes, everyone was terrified. But after saying the surgery was a success and Yoshino-san was resting, her father flagged down a taxi and rushed off again.

Unable to sit still, Yumi visited the hospital the next day, and was called by Yoshino-san's mother by the nurse station.

"I'm sorry. She's sleeping right now. Fukuzawa-san, would you like to see her anyways?"

"Eh, but it's after surgery, shouldn't she been in an ICU…"

"She's already back in her room. It's a bit hard to look at, because she has a few tubes still stuck to her…"

"…"

Well, without a doubt, Yoshino-san's surgery was simple, even if it was heart-related. She thought everyone was just saying it was easy, for the patient's sake.

Maybe she was affected by " see her anyways?" or maybe she thought of Rei-sama, but she decided against it. If she could see her this easily, it wasn't right to be ahead of Rei-sama.

Right after surgery, Yoshino-san had awakened from anesthesia and asked, "How was the match?" but had gone right back to sleep.

"So, how was the match?"

Yoshino-san's mother asked, but after a quick thought, she smiled, "No, I shouldn't ask."

"If I found out the results before Yoshino, it wouldn't be right."

What a knowing mother, Yumi thought.