Two weeks later; Komeiji Hot Springs Resort…

This was it. The most recent in Sanae's long line of dreams was coming to reality. It had taken some time and effort to set up, and even more time and effort to let everyone else know that it had been set up.

"It's pretty cool," Kogasa said, standing just beyond the walls of the resort. "And I'll bet that everybody else is gonna love it." In front of the two stood a small building, built here under Satori's funding, with three heart-warming words on the front.

You're not alone

"I hope they show up," Sanae said. She'd gone through a list of every resident of Gensokyo, and narrowed it down to the ones that were generally alone in life, like she herself once was, as well as Kogasa. The list was bigger than Sanae had expected, entailing many people given the criteria. Yuka Kazami, Medicine Melancholy, Yamame Kurodani, Fujiwara no Mokou, a small handful of others, plus one other name. Looking at the name on the bottom of the list, Sanae said "Somehow, I doubt she'll make it."

"Who? The Scarlet girl?"

BOOM!

"…well, that'd be her." Kogasa looked up the path, at the arriving crowd. Everybody on the list. They no longer had the building, but with a little bit of effort from everybody else, putting it back together would be a menial task. "It's cool that you did this," Kogasa repeated.

"Yeah…" A gathering of everybody in Gensokyo prone to being alone in the world. The perfect way of making sure nobody was alone unwillingly. A brilliant plan, and an excellent way to try and make amends with Gensokyo.

"Well, they're here. Let's get this project underway!"

Holy fucking shit. So tiny…

My pinky is bigger than this chapter! Well, I guess it's more of an epilogue than a finale. I had a good time writing this fanfic, so that's what really matters. This chapter and the one before it don't seem to be as great as the rest of the story, but I sometimes enjoy leaving folks with that "meh" feeling, that way my big endings are even bigger in comparison!

Also, even though it's probably quite a ways off from now, I figured out what I'm doing with college. Whenever I get to getting into one, I'll be majoring in music composition (ZUN inspired me) with a minor in literature. I'm a better writer than I am a musician, so this is my way of leveling out the field.

However, at the moment, I feel like a particular pessimistic teacher in that just about everything's been leaving me in despair recently. I'll do it when I do.