Chapter Thirteen

And that was not the ending, because these things in life do not end in these ways.

He had to gather up all his strength to face his mistakes, because to him, he had wronged Fuuko as he had wronged his sister. Once again his world imploded inside of him but this time it was different.

Because she was not dead.

And life goes on. In a book it would be the sequel. But life has no sequels because a sequel is a second chance – something life does not have. Life is long, and the ending does not come so quickly and so easily. Instead there is a tomorrow.

In the tomorrows, Fuuko awakes. Maybe she recovers. Maybe she does not. Maybe she changes her mind. Maybe she changes his.

And maybe, just once, she would get him to smile at her.

And it would all be worth it.