Chapter 10 - The Change Part 2

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You look over the window...

Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting...

For what exactly?

...

...

...

What's missing?

What's...? 

Empty?

Is it me?

You?

Your life?

Your longing?

The sky?

The sea?

The people?

Your people?

Your...

Family?

.

.

There's nothing left...

For both me and you...

Atsushi...

My beloved...

Come back...

Soon...

The woman looks over the city lights... Her head down...

Her silent tears pouring over...

Her breath ragged and held back...

And then...

It all washes over...

All of these years... Of brief glimpses...

Why won't it last...

Why won't it last...

Why... Won't it last...

and now...

It all washes over-

WHY WON'T IT LAST?!?!?!?

ATSUSHI!!!!!

WHY!!!!!!!

FUCK!!!!!!!!

She smashes the glass right through the window pane, the glass shards slowly falling over, her fragile eyes look over, her heart swells, she knows... Why...

And yet...

And yet...

She still waits...

She still longs...

She still hopes...

For him... 

For their time...

If there even is any left...

At all...

.

.

I know... Inari...

The man coughs up blood...

His hand barely visible to him...

I'll come home... soon...

To you...

To you all...

Wait for me...

Wait for me...

W-wait...

For m-me...

The man collapses...

The ground all barren and rough and cold and... is all he'll ever feel...

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