Prologue

"You can't… YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN! YOU CAN'T TAKE ME LIKE THIS! YOU CAN'T! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU! GO TO HELL YOU FUCKING BASTARDS! YOU CAN'T TAKE ME THIS WAY! FUCK YOU!"

Its funny how those moments come. The moments you know are coming, the moments you've been waiting for your whole life. You wait, and wait, and wait, and realize, vaguely, that they're getting closer… But by the time they're on top of you, its too late to regain the time that you've lost.

"TOHRU? TOHRU! TOHRU! DON'T TOUCH HER! DON'T TOUCH HER YOU BASTARDS! NO! TOHRU! TOHRU! TOHRU, I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU… TO HELL WITH YOU ALL! LET ME GO, LET ME GO!"

Its when these moments arrive that you remember every smile, every teardrop, every sunset that you were simply waiting for the right moment to speak. The moment you never found. The moment to say "I love you", the moment to make yours, the perfect moment… They're gone. And you are left, all alone. Abandoned and isolated. In your own prison.

"DAMMIT. YOU FUCKING RAT! YOU FUCKING RAT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! I WON'T LET YOU TAKE ME… I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU YOU FUCKING BASTARD! DIE! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU ALL! YOU CAN'T…you can't, take me… not now… not when… I have so much to live for… Tohru…"

Its in these final moments that the tears come, and, sobbing, you are led to your prison, all will to live gone, your future fading before your eyes. Because you know that nothing lies ahead of you. There is no prospect in this future you are bound to. This is your own personal hell, and crying, you are dragged into it. Your world has turned into any everlasting night… and all eternal sleep needs is one sweet lullaby.